March 2012 part 1 - NZ Post Classic Racing Association

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To all our members please use these people as they help in making our racing happen. A Note to our Sponsors We would like to give a special thanks to all those who sponsored races at the NZPCRA GP at Taupo this year. To all our members please use these people as they help in making our racing happen. ON TRACK MOTORCYCLES JASON VOICE NZPCRA 2009 GP Taupo We have now run our own GP for the second year and I think we now all appreciate how much of a debt we owe to the Auckland Motorcycle Club for all the years that they have overseen our event. Thanks!! The 2009 GP went off extremely well due to the fine efforts of our organizing committee and a good turnout of willing helpers. The weather was even great and this was evidenced by the lack of accidents. The timetable was tight so it was straight into the practice sessions after the riders briefing. ON TRACK MOTORCYCLES JASON VOICE Next up was the first of the Pro-twin outings and it was a very impressive Paul Dobbs who dominated on a very fast Ducati 999 which was lapping at 1.36. The second guy home was Sam Smith who made his Ducati 749 fly lapping for all but the first lap in 1.38 give or take 0.04 of a second. Third home and completing the Ducati tri-fecta was Dave Cole on the Ducati 851 Corsa. This was a classy field and the race times were showing this. Last minute Instructions Photo courtesy of Terry Stevenson The class of the field is shown by the lineup. Photo courtesy of Terry Stevenson. The programme called for three races for each class with the only concession to time being the amalgamation of the Pre 72 class in with the Pre 82 Juniors. Race one saw the extremely quick Peter Sale on his Honda XR500 take off chased by Carl Hanna on his TT2 Ducati and Chris Sale on the evergreen TM400. These three pulled away from Graeme Moorhead on his TZ 350. The race was great but the end positions stayed the same over the whole race. Race two was the first time out for the Pre 89 Juniors and it was a quick change for Chris and he was out on his Honda XR500 and off to a great start to the day with a start to finish win. Chris Fry on his Honda VFR 400 followed home by Scott Findlay on the Kawasaki ZXR 400. The positions were unchanged from the first lap and the gaps were even throughout the field Race 4 saw the time for the Pre 82 Seniors to shine and we saw a great start by Paul Brigham on his Suzuki GS1100 who charged to the front ahead of Sean Donnelly on his Z900 Kawasaki and Dave Freeman on another Suzuki this time a GSX1100..Lap two saw Dave Freeman make his move on Sean and slip into second place while Russell Barker dropped two places to Graham Moorhead and Phil Clarke but managed to claw back one place by displacing Phil Clarke on the last lap. The end of the race seeing Paul Brigham in first, Dave Freeman in second and Sean Donnelly in third place. Seven of the first eight places were filled by Suzuki’s. The last race of the first round was the Pre 89 Seniors and Dave Cole on his Ducati 861 Corsa was first out of the gates followed by Phil Duxbury on the GSXR7/11 and right on his heels was Peter Smith on his GSXR1100. The race developed further as Jaden Hassen moving Page 2 The Post Classic January 2010
into third on his Yamaha RZ500 as Phil Duxbury dropped down to fifth. It got worse for both Phil Duxbury and Peter Smith had been judged to have jumped the start and both incurred a 20 second penalty thus making the finish order, Dave Cole first, Jaden Hassen second and Darren Calder on his Yamaha FZR100 finishing in third spot. Round two was the GP round which meant that the races were now 10 laps and it was no longer a sprint. The Pre 72’s and Pre 82 Juniors were the first again and the race started with Peter Sale once more getting the jump off the line and leading from lap one, behind him was the Pre 92 of Andrew McDonald and close on his heels was the first Pre 72 of Chris Sale. Chris slowly edged past Andrew on lap 4 and managed to pull out a two second lead to end up in second spot behind Peter. With Andrew finishing a close third spot )but second in the Pre 82 Junior Class) it was Trevor Discombe who ended up with the last of the podium spots in the Pre 82 Junior class with Eric Bone and Dean Beat6son finishing second and third in the Pre 72 Class. The Pre 89 Junior GP was a carbon copy of the first race with Chris Sale pulling away to register the win and Chris Fry and Scott Findlay finishing in second and third spots. The Pro twin race was not a GP event but that did not mean that the racing was less than spectacular even though it was a start to finish win to Paul Dobbs who again threw down 1.36 second laps. Sam Smith was valiant buy the 750 lacked the pace and there was nothing that Sam could do no pull on the 999 of Paul. Daniel Kempthorne on his SV650 Suzuki looked very good to lock down third spot in front of the Ducati 748 of Jason Green. third and fourth spots. Peter Smith initially seemed to have second place to himself while Jaden Hassen held the third spot ahead of Phil Duxbury who had a horror start and had to work overtime to get past Jaden. Once past he put his head down and reeled off a series of quick lap’s withy the last two laps being down in the 1.41 second class. This meant he eventually ended up third only 0.36 seconds behind Peter Smith who was second. Again the days racing was a great success and we thank all those who willingly gave of their time to make it happen. Pre 82 Seniors doing battle in race one. Photo courtesy of Al Wilton The last two races were the two Senior fields and the Pre 82 Seniors were on first. With Paul Brigham taking his accustomed first spot for the first three laps until Dave Freeman managed to inch ahead on lap four and hold the advantage. Lap 9 though spelt the end of the day for Paul and this let in Sean Donnelly who had been close behind for the race, into second and he held on to finish in that position. There was a ding dong battle taking place for the third spot between Graham Moorhead and Russell Barker who were trading places throughout the race. Someone had to succeed and it was Graham who brought the GS1100 home ahead of Russell on the GSX1100 The final event of the day was the Pre 89 Senior GP) and we had the first place going to Dave Cole on the Ducati with a fight for second The Pre 89 prepare for battle. Photo courtesy of Terry Stevenson. The Post Classic January 2010 Page 3
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