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2008-2009 House of Travel @ Rotorua |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 16:47 |
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The meeting on the 6th of December went well but not good enough to get into the points unfortunately. 28 cars started the first race and to get a lap in without someone spinning up in front of you was a task in itself but was a heap of fun and we were doing some good lap times that were up there with the big boys so we were happy. |
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2008-2009 Opening Night @ Rotorua |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 16:46 |
Sorry for the lack of updates during the off season but time was fast running out with the modifications we had to finish on the car.
I would just like to thank a few people who helped us out in the off season. Big thanks to Lyall Rumney who gave us a hand to modify the diff and a few other bits in the off season. Your help was greatly appreciated. Stan and Sonja for letting me take over some of their workshop and for all the work they do for the Rotorua stockcar club! Awesome people these two. I can’t forget my crew of merry little helpers for doing their bit and my girlfriend for putting up with not seeing me much the last month.
Shady Racing would like to thank our sponsors who have come on board this season, we have Tony and the team from Hose Direct back again this year, Phil from Signedge for the awesome sign writing, Ronnie and the team from Warehouse Autoparts, The Rock FM team, Steiny from Central Auto Dismantlers and John (dad) from JV's Carshop. Thanks for the great help and support from all these businesses!!
Well we got the diff modified and shortened, got the new pedals done and got the engine work sorted thanks to Terry O’Conner. Was a lot of other little things to do but we got them all done just in the nick of time for opening night.
We started off the back for the night as we were a little bit late arriving, so with a good field of cars (close to 30 I think) we were going to be pushing it to get into the points. We ended up 18th in the race and had to do it with no brakes for over half of it, so we were reasonably happy with the outcome.
We didn’t quite get the brakes fixed in time for the second race but were ready for the third but unfortunately the rain came down and once the fireworks had been done the meeting was called off. So we have a couple of things to sort before the next meeting which is the club night on the 14th of November. Well that is about all for now. . .
Shady Racing. |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 16:42 |
The new pedals have been finished as well as the front end of the car. The diff is also almost done. New valve springs for the engine are at the engine shop at the moment.
Not much to show but plenty of time being spent in the shed most nights and weekends. Hopefully be ready for the first practise.
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