Archive for July, 2008

Fine weather again for Round 2 of Teng Tools Tarmac Series.

After a miserable Saturday in the Waikato, cool temperatures, a hint of fog and generally fine weather greeted us at the Wintec Avalon Drive campus on Sunday morning. A total of 52 competitors turned up to take part in a lap and a half autocross on a good tar seal surface. We were again treated to a vast variety of vehicles, from the minimalistic Daihatsu Charade through to the thundering 5.8 litre Ford V8s in a couple of cars. Naturally we had all possible drive configurations and including at least one automatic transmission, and just about every form of internal combustion engine including a rotary - but no diesel unfortunately.
There were a couple of small corps of cars in the forms of 5 Mazda MX 5s and a similar number of Honda Civics in particular.
Competition was hot from the start, with Paul Harvie laying down the gauntlet with an opening run in the 50 second range. From that point on there were a couple of chargers looking to better him, but at no stage up to his finishing his last run was he bettered. However, Daryl Webster kept a final ace up his sleeve and popped a sub 49 second run to take overall honours for the day, and with it a 3/8 drive torque wrench for his troubles! Paul finished second with Alan Smith in his naturally aspirated 2.2 litre Subaru Legacy a fine 3rd.
The fastest Fiat on the day was driven by Troy Bell, ably peddling his 1500 cc Fiat 128 Coupe to a fine 14th overall, with Bevan Gray 2nd Fiat in 21st. Top Junior was David Middlemiss in his Dad’s Peugeot 106, finishing 22nd overall.
Of the groups of cars, the fastest MX 5 was driven by Nik Lowther. The fastest Civic was driven by Sam Price, finishing 4th for the day.
All in all a great day. Our next event is the Hiwi Road Bent Sprint on 17 August. This has an early entry price of $60.00, with the cost rising to $80.00 after 8 August. See the earlier posts for the portfolio and entry forms.
Autocross Results.
Series Points to Date

July 13th, 2008

Teng Tools Tarmac Series starts in fine weather

The 2008 Tarmac Series now sponsored by Teng Tools, started in fine conditions at the Wintec Avalon Drive Campus on Sunday 15 June. 56 competitors turned up to pit their skills against the clock. Each had 2 attempts at 4 different tests, and they certainly proved to be a test with many “Wrong Ways” being recorded.
Vehicles covered everything from a 999 cc Daihatsu Charade through to a 4 litre Lexus Soarer, with FWD, RWD and 4WD all being represented. Our youngest competitor was Leigh Mitchell at 13 years old in a Starlet he shared with his father, and we had an over 60 with Colin Cavanagh from Tauranga in his Fiat 125 Special.
At the end of the day 4WD prevailed, unusual in motorkhanas as they often don’t change direction as well as smaller more nimble cars. First was a Subaru WRX driven by Paul Harvie. Second was another 4WD, being a Subaru Legacy, often thought to be a bit big for this type of event. This was skillfully used by Alan Smith, a regular in our series for a number of years now. Third was a more likely Mini driven by Ralph Taylor, a long time Minis Waikato competitor and organiser.
First Fiat was Geoff Johnson in his Fiat 125T. As always Geoff attacked the tests well and came home in 18th place. First Fiat Club Waikato member was Michael Torrey in the ex Chris Teesdale Toyota Corolla, beating Chris by 2 places. Chris was having his first outing in the ex Peter Taylor Holden Barina, a vehicle he won the series in a number of years ago. Our first lady home was Lenare Martin in the Toyota Levin she usually shares with husband Wayne. She came home in 24th, beating home both her boys.
Our first Junior was Zurrin Wiki, although Zurrin will no longer be a Junior by the end of the Series so our first Series Junior was David Middlemiss.
Our next round is the Autocross at the same venue on July 13th. Hope to see lots of you there.
Results of motorkhana
Entry Form in Word format
Entry Form in pdf format

July 6th, 2008

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