Greg Viles Stockcar 84R

Hi there race fans... Well we made it to opening night after a frantic few days to put the car back together in time for Rotorua's huge guy fawkes meeting.
Since the last update there sure has been some hours spent in the shed and the time involved in replacing my roof plate and hip plates was alot longer than i planed so the presure was on the last few weeks to get her finished. Big thanks to Carl from B C Engineering in Rotorua for helping me out with the plates as to say it was taking me a while to sort is an under statement.

Rotorua Guy Fawkes Meeting - Results page
We made it to the track at 3pm for the last greensheeting day and after the checks were complete we were informed of a minor issue that needed sorting.... a minor issue that now had us scrambling home to sort and we just made it back to the track at 645pm and make it out for our first race. Starting p10 on a slightly wet track we set off and lost about 5 or 6 places in the first corner but steadily came back to finish 9th which i was happy with considering it was just rolled off the truck and straight  out onto the track. I think we got our fastest lap time ever in this race even though the setup was no where near where it should have been.... very interesting result.

Race two

From a pole position start i was hoping for a good result to get me up in the club points, all was going well with a good close race with Shannon Orr and Jeff Munroe until half way through the race i got a big push off the end and got turned around facing the wrong way. I recovered a few spots but it wasnt the result i was after and the new bumper didnt like it much either.

Race 3

Starting from  p19 i definately had to make up a few spots to get some decent points and although i picked up 9 spots the setup still wasnt right and we just couldnt catch the front runners. Nothing to eventfull happened in this race but there are definately some quick stockcars in Rotorua this season so the team will have to have our setup sorted in order to try and keep up with the big horsepower boys or . . .

Next meeting is a club night Friday the 13th november, see you there... Greg

Well its been a few days and nights in the shed between updates so heres a little catch up.
We welcome on board a couple of new sponsors this season in Pirtek Rotorua in Tallyho st and Performance Machinery in View Rd Rotorua, thanks for your support for the 2009/10 season.

On the car we have replaced the front bumper with a more standard bumper that is a lot quicker and easier to make, we will wait and see if it lasts as long before we decide weather we stay with it. A new siderail has been put on and the seat moved back a couple of inches for just a bit more room in the drivers seat. We were on track for painting this weekend but I thought i would get my head plate checked for the correct measure of 6mm by John and you guessed it. . .  its got to come out and be replaced as well as the hip plates as they also dont measure up!!! We will be going all out to keep on target for the painting schedule so keep checking back to see the progress. We have a few pics of the progress so far.

Big thanks to my family Tracey, Antz, and Cameron for putting up with me being down at the shed so much...

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Big ups to these guys for their huge support during the season just gone as without them we would have struggled to perform to the level we attained this season. Please support them as they support us.

Well the off season is here and we have had a bit of time away from the race car for everyone to have a bit of R and R but it’s getting to the time to open up the shed doors again people. . . .

We have made a start with the "LIST" (that’s the hard bit done). We have a few side rails and bumpers to replace and spares to make just in case we make the cut for the Rascals again this year. The engine will have a tickle up and the chassis will have a few modifications here and there to try and get that little extra gain to keep up with the big boys.

She's going on a little weight loss program in the off season with some excess bits removed and then she is off to the sandblasters to remove a few KG’s of paint off the rails as it's been a couple of years since the last one.

We have a couple of new sponsors on board this season so a new paint job maybe on the drawing board but you will have to check back during the off season to see what we get up to.

Cheers Greg