Greg Viles Stockcar 84R

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North Island Champs 22nd January
I'm still working and staying out of town so on the Thursday night when I returned to Rotorua I was pretty happy to come back and find the car cleaned and painted. Thanks to my partner Tracey and Antz for that one. A few hours spent in the shed doing a nut and bolt check and a few odd jobs and it was time to load up.

Heading down with the truck loaded up it was raining most of the way there and it didn't look promising for any racing. After a 4.5hr trip we got to the track for scrutineering and all was good until they questioned my right rear tyre.... different interpretations of the tyre rule made for some anxious moments but all was good.

Race one and with 28 cars in the group trying to qualify for 6 spots we were going to need a bit of luck (something we havent had this season) to qualify. Race one went ok but with a hit in the front left taking out the tyre we finished mid pack. Race two we started on grid 4 and needed a good result, First corner and I got to 2nd then got turned around on turn 2 and just hung on for the ride with 26 cars hitting me out of the way on their way through, end result was 2nd down to 30th in one lap so i now was just out there to help the Rotorua boys.

Race 3 I was on the breaks from the start to give the Rotorua boys in front a bit more breathing space to get some good points to qualify. Once the flag drops its actually quite hard to pick out certain cars you are looking for so I was just cruizin looking and just keeping out of the way of the Rotorua boys and hindering anyone after them. Jason Brown 109r was flying and qualified easily and unfortunitly Jeff Munroe 5r just missed out and well we will try again sometime...


North Island Champs 24th January
The rain kept coming down from just after the meeting finished on Friday so the Saturday meeting was held over to the Sunday and although we didn't qualify for the top 26 or the 2nd tier 26 we stayed around to race the consolations and watch the finals. The meeting started around 2pm after the excavators had removed the top layer of mud from the track and to say it was a little rough well shit happens.

We were first up and we decided to try some suspension changes as there wasn't anything on the line any more and the car went well with a 2nd place. Race 2 and we managed a win!! which is something that has eluded us so far this season so we were stoked. Race 3 and nobody was going to let me past easily so we had a bit of fun out there and finished the race mid pack.

It was another awesome well run meeting put on by the Stratford club and although the rain made it difficult they did well under the circumstances. Congrats to palmy boys for taking out the top 3 spots.

Well with the wet weather this weekend I figured it was about time to update the website. Its been a busy few weeks for the team with the World 240's and the North Island champs in Stratford the following weekend. Ive been working out of town the last few weeks so the team has had to do a lot of the racecar prep and I just come back to town and go racing so a big thanks to them. Last weekend as we tried to go racing for the Rascals in Kihikihi but the last two days wet weather has put that off for a further few weeks....


Rotorua BoP Stockcar Champs

We were looking forward to this meeting as last year we had come away with a top 6 placing but this year we sure didnt come away with any sort of result we were looking for.

First race we made a good start and got through the first corner but on exit Dale Stuart  95r was hitching a ride on my front bonnet and after getting off the front left shock tower was now rather bent but we carried on and the car was handling ok considering the damage until a car spun up in front of me and then the right front was damaged as well. DNF was the result. With a total front end replacement including tractor links and the repair of the shock tower we just missed the second race by 2 mins.

For the third heat we headed out to make sure the car was handling ok and the slight miss we have been trying to find was sorted as we were teams racing for the rascals the following night. Everything was good so we stayed out of trouble to keep the car straight for the following night. Jason Brown took the tittle away this year from Brent Stewart and Shaun Stewart third. So wasn't anywhere near the result we were after but this season seems to be going that way with always being caught up in someone else's incident.


Rotorua Rascals vs Gisborne Gladiators

In the warm up laps the car had a couple of splutters coming out of the corners and although I could have maybe raced I sat this one out for the team. Its a hard thing to do, but I think when you are racing for a Team the last thing you want is for your car to break down. So Dale Stewart took my position and did an awesome job along with the rest of the boys to come close to winning but the pace of Brett Lloyd kept them just in front.

It was the Rascals first race for the season and for a Team that had no teams race experience it was a brilliant effort. Back in the pits we changed another coil and replaced a spark plug lead in the hope to find this ongoing miss that was really starting to piss me off... We went out for the next race and got some decent laps in without any engine problems so hopefully I have finally found it. Was a good race with the gizzy boys taking on the locals and some fairly decent hits going in.

Race 2 went much the same way and with the car not giving me any problems we decided that was enough and loaded up to keep the car in good shape for the following weekend in Stratford.