Hi,
Finally I have the results. Rick Liefting and I slaved away for a couple of hours trying to make sense of the numbers, finally got it all together and the results are attached. Wonderful what a different set of eyes and a different way of thinking brings to the data set. Think about how many numbers there were to work on, 60 cars each doing 17 laps = over 1000 lap times to check.
Where it shows MISTIME your time was either far too fast or unreasonably slow for you. Other than that a great day’s racing was had by most.
It fascinates me that despite building in an extra hour into our timetable we still had people arriving late to scrutineering and documentation at the track. Despite that Ian briefed only slightly late, and similarly we started only slightly late. Once underway with Practice the timers got into the swing of things and it became reasonable to ask them to time 8 cars at once. This is done by 2 people, and this year one had never done it before, so a great thanks to Rick and Shona, and the others who put in an appearance in the timing tower to help out.
After our wet practice the weather was basically kind to us for the rest of the day and we had the times steadily improve as the day went on.
Phil Grey showed that gradual development and plenty of seat time on the track paid dividends and he came out our overall winner. He was followed closely by Brett Perry who was fastest Series competitor. Another new to the series this year is Mike Hindmarsh in his fabulous BMW M Coupe.
Winner of Class A was Russell Jenkins in his Suzuki Swift, Class B was won by Steve Wilcock in his very rapid Toyota AE86 - don’t expect us to believe you haven’t driven since January, I have heard the Porsche thunder past home, Class C was taken by Brett Perry and Phil Grey was our Class D winner.
Fastest Lady at the track was Julie Mitchell in her Toyota Trueno, and top Junior was again David Middlemiss in the Peugeot. Second was Bradly Martin whose family do so much to support our series, it’s always great to have them do well.
There were a few youngsters who all performed magnificently on the track, in particular we had 3 first timers on the track in Hannah Lowther sharing Dad’s Mazda MX5, actually competing in our series for the 1st time, Leigh Mitchell in his shared Starlet and Jack Batchelor in the smallest car running, a 903 cc Fiat 127.
Campbell
Results of Dual Car Sprints
September 17th, 2009
Remember that Normal Entries close on Friday 31 July 2009. After that there is a $20.00 surcharge. Entry Form and Regulations are attached.
Campbell
bent-sprint-entry-09.doc
bent-sprint-regs-09.doc
July 26th, 2009
I received the following tonight from Mike Lowe, surely one of our people wants to own this little gem.
We purchased this car new in October 1989, it was the very last series 1 Uno Turbo sold by Continental Car Services before the series 2 cars arrived. We have maintained it fastidiously and it has always been garaged and consequently is rust free. It has always had genuine exhaust systems etc and has not been modified in any way.
We have not advertised it on Trade Me as we are only willing to sell to a real Fiat enthusiast who will hopefully continue to look after it properly. We are asking $5000 which considering its condition we think is very realistic.
The total distance travelled is 169000km and has had a recent cam belt, water pump, thermostat and exhaust system
fitted and never needs oil between changes. The tyres are Toyo 175 60 13 in good condition.
Regards
Brian McIntosh
Ph 021-950094 or 07-3331535
July 22nd, 2009
Attached is the July Newsletter. Note the date for Round 3 of the TENG Tools series.
Campbell
July 09 Newsletter
July 19th, 2009
Attached is the June Newsletter.
Campbell.
June Newsletter.
June 19th, 2009
Dual Sprinting - Taupo Raceway 13th September
Details can be found in the forum under events
Entry forms are here:
Dual Sprint Entry Form 09
Dual Sprint Regs 09
June 9th, 2009
I have had a call today from Shona Teesdale. Her son Michael Torrey has had his race-car broken into and the Link computer and his new red full face helmet stolen. The computer was ripped out, not unplugged and removed gently.
If you hear of anyone offering these around please contact Michael or Shona on minzuki@ihug.co.nz
Ciao,
Campbell
May 31st, 2009
Swann Insurance, who specialise in insurance for special vehicles including competition cars, have Ann Lane coming to talk to us next Tuesday night at Chris and Shona’s. They have a neat scheme where the Club benefits from any policy taken out, and then further each time it is renewed. Ann will talk to us about what they offer you as a Club member, how the Club benefits, and what the ongoing benefits are.
If you want to hear about this,
1) Let me know at robbos@ihug.co.nz
2) Come to 46 Ashurst Avenue, Pukete, Hamilton at 7:30pm, Tuesday 2 June 2009.
Hope to see a few of you there.
Campbell
May 29th, 2009
Finally the regulations are ready! Each of the Entry forms has drop down boxes for licence expiry and club membership expiry dates, age, club, licence type etc. All others have fill in fields available. As each of the event Supplementary Regulations become available I will post them under the separate event topics on the forum as well as here.
Campbell
TENG TOOLS Tarmac Series Portfolio.
May 27th, 2009
I received this from David Martin, can anyone help?
Hi, I’m after a bumper iron for an 81 Spider also a few associated sundries. If you can help, text or call david 021585481, thanks.
Campbell
May 25th, 2009
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