CHEETAH 0 Posted December 15, 2004 Just found a bit of news from New Zealand took it from Jason Bunyan's site. CHEETAH The first meeting of this Winter's Tour was rained off last Saturday, so the whole event was re-arranged for this week, i rode in the Buck Buchanan Memorial event at Ruapuna Speedway near Christchurch, winning all four races using a Handicap format. I had to use all borrowed equipment as mine is still on a ship near NZ, staying over for a week meant i could go to Queenstown, trying white water rafting and other water sports, now it's a 2 week wait until the Official Tour starts over Xmas with 6 meetings in 7 days. Jase Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor 270 Posted December 23, 2004 There has been this year a limited attempt on South Island to have league racing. Three teams are competing in the new 'Kiwi League' they are racing under the old 13 heat formula. On the web site it says the long term plan is to expand in the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cablehogue4671 3 Posted December 23, 2004 (edited) the championship dates for NEW ZEALAND of interest with thanks to speedway new zealand's website at http://www.speedway.co.nz/ are:- dec 27/28 north island sidecar Wanganui 30 south island sidecar Cromwell jan 08 NEW ZEALAND solo Gisborne 22 south island solo Christchurch [Ruapunyah] feb 04/05 NZ Grand Prix sidecar Nelson 12 NZ Grand Prix solo Westport 20 north island solo Auckland [Rosebank] mar 05 NZ under 21 solo Invercargill [Oreti Park] 12/13 NEW ZEALAND sidecar Kihikihi ps: [in the past] pulling granny's tooth out with a pair of pliers is easier than getting results of meetings out of the land of the long white cloud regards john Edited December 23, 2004 by cablehogue4671 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHEETAH 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Copied from www.jasonbunyan.com These are the Dates for the J&J Promotions 2004/5 NZ Tour 28 Dec Ruapuna, Christchurch 29 Dec Invercargill 30 Dec Cromwell 1 Jan Moore Pk, Christchurch 2 Jan Westport 3 Jan Nelson 7 Jan Wellington 8 Jan Gisborne NZ Final 9 Jan Rosebank, Auckland 15 Jan Waikaraka Pk, Auckland 16 Jan Rosebank, Auckland 21 Jan Waikaraka Pk, Auckland 29 Jan Palmerston North 5 Feb Waikaraka Pk, Auckland 6 Feb Rosebank, Auckland Seems very hectic to me. CHEETAH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHEETAH 0 Posted December 30, 2004 Copied from www.jasonbunyan.com Result from the 1st Round (Ruapuna, Christchurch) of the Sunday News International Series in New Zealand. 1st Jason Bunyan 2nd Glen Phillips 3rd Sam Taylor 4th Lucas Dryml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopper34 0 Posted December 30, 2004 Hi, I will be trying to keep things up to date on the New Zealand Speedway forum i have just started found here (NZ Speedway forum) There is results from the first meeting at ruapuna. The meeting at Oreti Park in Invercargill on the 29th went ahead and from what i have heard Lucas Dryml was dominant and had the overall win.(more info to come soon) The meeting scheduled for the 30th at Cromwell was unfortunately rained off. Hopefully this will be of interest to you. Out of curiosity in one of the earlier posts it was mentioned that we are using the "old" 13 heat format. QUESTION. What is the new format as i am new to League racing. Chopper34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHEETAH 0 Posted December 31, 2004 Copied from www.jasonbunyan.com Result from 2nd Round of the Series at Invercargill on 30th December. 1st Lukas Dryml 2nd Jason Bunyan 3rd Glenn Phillips Result from 3rd Round of Series at Cromwell on 31st December. 1st Jason Bunyan 2nd Glenn Phillips 3rd Lukas Dryml Due to a rain off the dates have changed slightly CHEETAH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor 270 Posted December 31, 2004 Chopper34, the current format for racing in the UK is 15 heats with the last heat a nominated race. In that, the team managers selects two riders based on their form over the meeting to face each other in the last heat. The 13 heat formula which is what I believe happens in the Kiwi League, was the set up when I first started watching speedway in the 1970's. Both formats have seven man teams, hope that helps. I always prefer a team meeting to an individual one so I hope the Kiwi league is a success. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopper34 0 Posted January 2, 2005 Hi, Just updated some results from NZ Moore Park 1st Jan here Westport 2nd Jan here Chopper34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopper34 0 Posted January 3, 2005 Hi Update from Nelson Speedway 3rd Jan http://www.speedwaybikes.co.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?p=73#73 Overall results from this meeting. Glen Phillips 26 Simone Terenzani 22 Sam Taylor 15 Jason Bunyan 13 Sean Cox 12 Lukas Dryml 9 Attila Stefani 8 Shane McCabe 4 Andy Aldridge 2 Chopper34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
czechmate 0 Posted January 3, 2005 Hi Update from Nelson Speedway 3rd Janhttp://www.speedwaybikes.co.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?p=73#73 Overall results from this meeting. Glen Phillips 26 Simone Terenzani 22 Sam Taylor 15 Jason Bunyan 13 Sean Cox 12 Lukas Dryml 9 Attila Stefani 8 Shane McCabe 4 Andy Aldridge 2 Chopper34 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hello chopper34.i see lukas has 9 points , how did he ride in this meeting and what position did he finish inp please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopper34 0 Posted January 3, 2005 Hi, He missed his first ride with what seemed like mechanical trouble and in his next ride he showed that he was certainly capable of riding on the clay surface despite what would appear to be a case of just not liking it. He did not appear to be taking this race too seriously as i almost expected a bit more from a GP rider. It would have been good to see him race at Moore Park or Oreti Park as they are propper speedwaybike tracks with a real racing surface. This is simply my humble oppinion. Full details of placings etc available on the NZ Speedway forum HERE Chopper34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
czechmate 0 Posted January 3, 2005 Hi, He missed his first ride with what seemed like mechanical trouble and in his next ride he showed that he was certainly capable of riding on the clay surface despite what would appear to be a case of just not liking it. He did not appear to be taking this race too seriously as i almost expected a bit more from a GP rider. It would have been good to see him race at Moore Park or Oreti Park as they are propper speedwaybike tracks with a real racing surface. This is simply my humble oppinion. Full details of placings etc available on the NZ Speedway forum HERE Chopper34 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thanks for info,maybe lukas is just taking things a bit easy on tracks like that,as he has big season ahead to rebuild his form Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopper34 0 Posted January 4, 2005 If anyone is interested there has been a photographer taking some shots at these races and some from Moore Park can be found online here http://www.mainlandphotos.co.nz/tj%20photos/moai/start.html And purchased here i think http://www.mainlandphotos.co.nz Chopper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopper34 0 Posted January 4, 2005 Here is a good write up on Nelsons meeting. http://www.nelsonspeedway.co.nz/ind_news.php?id=18 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
