Australian 500cc Solo Championship Updates Rd 1

[Guest lucious artorius castas]

Hi there his some updates (heat 1-8) thus far from the Australian 500cc Solo Championships Rd 1 Gosford Speedway, New South Wales, Australia, 29th Dec 04 start time: 7PM (EAST)

 

Updates via RON MALM trackside (Many thanks Ron)!!! (will email you about my absence as well!! )

 

Rider line up for tonight is:

 

1 Shields

2 Woodward

3 A. Jones

4 Lemon

5 Schlein

6 Allott

7 Adams

8 Johnson

9 Gjedde

10 Wethers

11 McGowan

12 Batchelor

13 Doolan

14 Ferguson

15 Watson

16 Lyons

17 Reserve – Hedley

18 Reserve – Holder

 

Heat One:

1st Start: Ashley Jones fell, caused by Lemon. Lemon excluded.

 

2nd Start: Woodward excluded for touching tapes. Holder (second reserve) in for Woodward.

 

3rd Start: Shields broke down at tapes. Jones fell and excluded. Race awarded to Holder.

 

Track being re-graded after heat one debacle. Riders inspecting track. Drizzling with rain … happy days!

 

Heat 2

Bad fall. Another Long delay

Adams, Johnson, Schlein, Allott - fell time 58.4

 

Heat 3

McGowan, Gjedde, Batchelor, Wethers DNF time 60.41

 

Heat 4

Lyons, Doolan, Ferguson, Watson DNF time 58.85 (Track is wet and grippy)

 

Heat 5

Gjedde, Shields, Doolan, Schlein time 59.57

 

Heat 6

Wethers, Woodward, Ferguson, J. Stevens (replaces Adam Allott) time 61.64

 

Heat 7

Mcgowan, Watson, Holder, Adams DNF time 61.88

 

Heat 8

Johnson, Lyons, Lemon, Batchelor time 59.48 (Best race of the night.

Track settling down and racing getting better)

 

MORE SOON!!

[Guest lucious artorius castas]

(Heat 8 - Heat 12)

 

Heat 9

Lyons, Shields, McGowan, Stevens time 60.5

 

Heat 10

Watson, Woodward, Batchelor, Schlein (fell last corner, last lap while

challenging for lead) time 60.65

 

Heat 11

Johnson, Gjedde, Holder, Ferguson time 60.72

 

Heat 12

Adams, Lemon, Doolan, Wethers time 59.67

 

Points progress:

1 Shields 4

2 Woodward 4

3 A. Jones 0

4 Lemon 3

5 Schlein 1

6 Allott 0

7 Adams 6

8 Johnson 8

9 Gjedde 7

10 Wethers 3

11 McGowan 7

12 Batchelor 2

13 Doolan 4

14 Ferguson 2

15 Watson 5

16 Lyons 8

17 Hedley 0

18 Holder 2

Stevens ? (will check)

 

(Thanks to Howard for his assistance)

 

MORE REULTS TO FOLLOW

[Guest lucious artorius castas]

(Heats 13-16)

 

Heat 13

Adams, Shields, Batchelor, Ferguson time 59.09

 

Heat 14

McGowan, Johnson, Doolan, Woodward time 61.05

 

Heat 15

Lyons, Schlein, Wethers, Holder DNF time 60.01

 

Heat 16

Lemon, Gjedde, Watson, Stevens time 60.12

 

MORE RESULTS TO FOLLOW

[Main Man 222]

what happened to Adam Allott ?? Was he ok ?? Will txt him now anyway but an update but would be much appreciated. Thanks

[Guest lucious artorius castas]

(Heats 17-20)

 

Heat 17

Shields, Johnson, Watson, Wethers time 60.75

 

Heat 18

Adams, Lyons, Gjedde, Woodward time 59.83

 

Heat 19

Batchelor, Doolan, Holder, Stevens - fell and did not take his place in the

restart time 61.62

 

Heat 20

Lemon, Schlein, McGowan, Ferguson time 60.83

[Guest lucious artorius castas]

B Final

Lemon, Watson, Shields, Gjedde time 60.68

 

A Final

Adams, Johnson, Lyons, McGowan time 59.99 yoohoo go Leigh!

[Pinstripe 0]

Considering Wato was on a dog of a bike after crashing his first one a few weeks ago, well done Wato!!

[Bryn 413]

Well it's 12.45am here and I've just got back to Ron Malm's place near Manly Beach from Gosford after tonight's 1st rnd of this year's Ozzy Champs.

 

After problems in the early stages, the circuit produced some cracking racing as the meeting progressed. Just to confirm that The A final was won by Leigh Adams ahead of Steve Johnston, Jason Lyons and Travis McGowan.

 

The B Final was won by Mark Lemon from Craig Watson, Adam Shields and Charlie Gjedde.

 

Scorers over the 20 heats were:

 

Adam Shields 9

Cameron Woodward 4

Ashley Jones 0

Mark Lemon 9

Rory Schlein 5

Adam Allott 0

Leigh Adams 12

Steve Johnston 12

Charlie Gjedde 10

Matthew Wethers 4

Travis McGowan 11

Troy Batchelor 6

Kevin Doolan 7

Chris Ferguson 2

Craig Watson 7

Jason Lyons 13

Chris Holder (res) 3

Jaye Stevens (res) 0

 

Ashley Jones and Adam Alott both suffered falls in their opening rides and took no further part although it appears that both have escaped with nothing worse than bruising Ash to an ankle, Adam in the rib area.

 

Jaye Stevens also crashed in heat 19 (he was replacing Allott) and suffered a shoulder injury, the full extent of which is not known.

 

The series now moves onto the Newcastle Showground on Saturday.

 

Incidentally, both Todd Wiltshire and Craig Boyce were interested spectators as was former Aussie test cricketer Steve Waugh.

 

Good to meet up with a number of forum members at the meeting including Ozyace, Sir Lunchalot (again) etc etc.

 

 

Scoring system for each of the 4 rnds is:

 

1. 20

2. 18

3. 17

4. 16

5. 15

6. 14

7. 13

8. 12

9. 11

10. 10

11. 9

12. 7

13. 6

14. 4

15. 3

16. 2

 

 

Off to Somersby tomorrow for the Oz Under 16 solo title.

[Main Man 222]

Thanks Bryn.

[jeffster 60]

How many rounds are there in this years championship ?

[Sulli 0]

How many rounds are there in this years championship ?

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Four, isn't there?

[Guest lucious artorius castas]

Hi Sulli, yep 4 races it is. Its acutally a bit of bone of contention amongst some outhere about just how successful this new format is and will be in the future. Also amongst other issues like using overseas riders in our national championship etc etc yadda yadda yadda..........

[Guest Sir Lunchalot]

Great night out as far as I am concerned !! Lovely to meet up with the usual forum culprits (eg Bryn and Ozyace) although Johno was making Ozyace earn his keep so I didn't have much of a chance to chat to him.

 

An interesting heat one with eventually all four scheduled riders being excluded after three attempted stagings of the heat (Lemon for taking Ashley Jones off, Woodward for breaking the tapes, Shields for breaking down at the start line and Jones for falling) leaving only the resrve still standing. The race was not re-run with one rider and there was some discussion with those near me should the reserve been given the 3 points for a declared race or was it nil points all round ? I think the announcer was much in the dark as we were.

 

Roll on Newcastle on Saturday night !! (which is where I am in an internet cafe at the moment and don't let anyone tell you it's always warm and dry in New South Wales in summer !!)

[Guest SwineTown]

Do the a and b finals mean that the a final determines 1st to fourth and the b final 5th to 8th?

 

ps - 16-rider field, which will contest a European-like schedule of four rounds in 11 days – kicking off with the novel Wednesday opener in Gosford.

[Guest Sir Lunchalot]

Do the a and b finals mean that the a final determines 1st to fourth and the b final 5th to 8th?

 

ps - 16-rider field, which will contest a European-like schedule of four rounds in 11 days – kicking off with the novel Wednesday opener in Gosford.

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Exactly right Swinetown, the A and B finals do decide 1st to 8th. It's a point score thing with 20 points for 1st, 19 for second etc down to 1 point for 16th. I'm not sure where the gap is in the points is as I haven't got my program with me but I think they miss out 13 points, 11, 8 and 5 (or something like that)