2012 Australian Solo Championships Qualifiers And Seeded Riders

[A ORLOV 8,628]

I love watching the sidecar racing at speedway but do wonder if it will come back because of the wonderful noise these 1000cc machines make. We now have to put up with four bikes on the track sounding like bees.

 

Many years ago after a meeting with mad aussies on the track, I spoke to one of the riders and mentioned that must be great. Two of them offered to take myself and a mate round the track. Having put on helmets and leathers we got on the sidecars and they started off. They told us how to hold on and move over the back wheel at the bends, we wont go too fast they said, Lying B******s. But one of the best experiences of my life.

 

With all the elf and safety brigade these days I doubt if anybody could experience such a thrill.

Sorry to go slightly off thread.

[BigFatDave 258]

Alas the Vincents are long gone from Sidecars, Orlov, but they certainly put on a good show, and with most meetings in Oz featuring the top 8 combinations in the World we do get some excellent racing.

 

Here's an interesting view, looking back over the swinger's shoulder at the recent SA Championships.

 

Meanwhile, we're still waiting to find out who's in for Kozza & Troy for this Saturday Night at Kurri Kurri.

[BigFatDave 258]

Latest Gossip: It looks like Harley Horwood will be in the line-up for Kozza, while Mason Campton should get the job to replace Troy and Tyson Snow will step up to reserve for the second round at Kurri Kurri tomorrow night.

[crazysue 613]

Updates on Round 2 from Kurri Kurri will be available on the following link http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=aus&action=display&thread=9807&page=1

[Bomo1 141]

Congratulations to Holder, Masters, Woodward and Watt!!

Edited January 14, 2012 by Bomo1

[JCookie 753]

May aswell have awarded the title to Holder instead of running 3 meetings. What a non-event.

[BigFatDave 258]

Another great meeting; plenty of exciting racing, anyone who didn't like it doesn't know anything about Speedway.

[Pollyanna 1]

Congratulations to Holder, Masters, Woodward and Watt!!

 

Yes, hearty Congratulations to Chris,Sam, Cam and Davey.

[Bomo1 141]

Yes, hearty Congratulations to Chris,Sam, Cam and Davey.

Although I note the result amended to Holder, Woodward, Watt, Masters?!

[Clint 0]

Although I note the result amended to Holder, Woodward, Watt, Masters?!

 

 

A Final Event 22 will be the A Final.

The top three point scorer’s will go direct to the A Final plus the Winner of the B final.

The place getters in this Final will determine who is 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Championship.

 

B Final Event 21 will be the B Final

The rider’s for the B Final will be the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th point scorer’s after 20 heats.

The winner of the B final will go to the A Final, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in this final will determine who 5th, 6th and 7th in this meeting.

[BigFatDave 258]

Although I note the result amended to Holder, Woodward, Watt, Masters?!

I think the person might just have quoted the gate selection for the final, Bomo. It was correct on Updates when I checked later, and I don't think I was THAT out of it by the end of the meeting!

[BigFatDave 258]

Another great night's Speedway at Kurri Kurri; many thanks to all concerned.The track was perfect, just gets better every year, and I was surprised to see Campo using a Bobcat to pull dirt down from the boards on the straight to be graded by the tractor on the racing line on the turns - don't think I've seen that done before, but it worked very well and stopped any ruts developing. As the night wore on the racing got better and better - hats off to all the track crew and officials involved for a seamless event.

Some wonderful performances - Harley Horwood took us all by surprise, firstly winning his first race then gaving us a four lap thriller against Sam Masters in his second: Sam finally got underneath him on turn 4 lap 4 and Harley slid off - poor reward for a great race. In his final outing he never gave up against Joey Ringwood, catching him almost on the line for third place - more to come from Harley, I'm sure.

Davey Watt must have walked under a Black Cat or left his calender on Friday 13th I reckon, with an EF while way ahead in his fourth race but he came back strongly when it mattered most to take out the B Main. A great duel between him and Rohan Tungate in heat 17 was one of the highlights of the night. Another thriller was heat 19, with Taylor came from last to end up pushing Corey almost all the way before sliding off on turn 2 of the final lap. One of the lighter moments of the evening followed, with the Tadpole kicking his bike as it lay defenceless on the shale - judging by the way he limped off after that I think the bike won!

For many of the lads it was a question of 'what more do I have to do?' - Sedgy, Todd, Jake, Robbie K, and James all had their moments, strong heat wins from Sedgy and James in particular, while Micky, Joey and Daine will all have learnt from their mistakes.

Taylor, Rohan and Corey all put in strong performances to make the B Main against Davey, but as we all know Davey's all class when the chips are down, although Corey chased him hard all the way to the flag,

The rain that had been forecast and had threatened all day finally put in an appearance, but it was only a sprinkle and freshened the track up beautifully after a light grade; I reckon Campo had a word with Him Upstairs after Boxing Day's downpour ended the meeting before the finals - don't rain on our parade, OK, Huey?.

The A Main field was as most of us expected - all four finallists had been consistently good all night, but Chris just cleared out from the start, although Cam made him work hard for his victory, while Sam and Davey fought it out for third.

On the social side it was a pretty big crowd; a fine selection of souvenirs with Ivan Mauger's Travelling Bookstall present as well, plenty of good tucker (The Steak Sangers are the Best! - with the continued absence of Mildura from the Championships they could be in the running for a Signature dish, although I favour the Kurri Kurri Curry Puff, if and when it eventuates!) plus copious cold drinks to wash it down, and all in all the facilities for us fans just keep improving: everyone I talked to both during the meeting and afterwards in the carpark (waiting for the traffic to move throughthe bottlenecks!) thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and will be back for sure.

 

Next Stop Gillman - bring it on!

Edited January 15, 2012 by BigFatDave

[Clint 0]

NBN News.

 

http://www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2012/01/16/jason-crump-eyes-move-to-kurris-loxford-park

[BigFatDave 258]

Thanks for posting that, Clint. The clip gives you a good idea how much the riders like the track; Kurri is rapidly becoming one of the best racing surfaces World-wide, and a stockpile of Shale due in April will ensure it continues to improve. Jason Crump, who tested four new GP engines here on Boxing Day, has the right idea in using it as a practice base before the Auckland GP, and I'm sure he won't be alone.

The four main Speedway clubs in the Hunter have united here; it's always been a significant nursery for Australian Riders, dating back to the birth of Australian Speedway at Maitland in 1923 - Todd Wiltshire, Adam Shields, Wato, etc - the list keeps growing. All youse mob over there could do a lot worse than head Downunder next Northern Winter: TravelPlus's 2013 Australian tour is already looking like two coachloads-full, or you could plan your own tour as several already do. Really looking forward to returning there on Jan 28th for the Under-21s.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706]

Next Stop Gillman - bring it on!

Forgive my ignorance but who are the home riders or track specialists for the last round?