March 2012 part 1 - NZ Post Classic Racing Association

Pre 82: 1st Trevor Taylor, 2nd Carl Hanna, 3rd
Phil Bagshaw. Pre 89: 1st Steve Groom, 2nd
David Scott, 3rd Randy Scott.
The second Senior race saw Russell take a
start to finish win with Peter Smith in second
and Graham Moorhead, who had to battle from
8 after the first lap, to come home in third
place. The result started to sort out the points
for the weekend with the class results for this
race being:
Pre 82: 1st Russell Barker, 2nd Graham Moorhead,
3rd. Phil Clarke. Pre 89: 1st Peter Smith,
2ndPatrick Hansell, 3rd Randall Dixon.
Race two for the Juniors saw a change in fortunes
as the Pre 89 class got faster and for the Trevor Taylor at the front of the pack again. Photo courtesy of Highside photography
first time we saw a Pre 89 bike get in front of
the Pre 82 brigade. Steve Groom led from the start and it looked like an upset was on the cards as he battled with
Trevor Taylor for the first 4 laps before Trevor managed to stick his head in front and hold on to take the win by just
over 1 second from Steve Groom and a hard charging Trevor Discombe and Scott Findlay. Pre 82: 1st Trevor Taylor,
2nd Phil Bagshaw, 3rd Carl Hanna. Pre 89: 1st Steve Groom, 2nd David Scott, 3rd Randy Scott.
Being the last race for the Seniors the fields were a little depleted but this did not stop the racing from being as fierce
as it had been all weekend. Russell Barker was out to finish on a high note even though the race was only a 3 lapper
and Graham Moorhead was out to stop his charge. The end result was another first for Russell but only just as Peter
Smith finishing just 0.38 seconds behind and Graham coming home third. The results were:
Pre 82: 1st Russell Barker, 2nd Graham Moorhead, 3rd. Brian Deadman. Pre 89: 1st Peter Smith, 2ndRandall Dixon,
3rd Patrick Hansell.
The last race for the NZPCRA was race three for the Juniors and it turned out to be a clean sweep of the weekend for
Trevor Taylor who had shown all weekend why he is the current NO 1 Plate holder. The name of the game is consistency
and 6 out of six is as good as it gets. The result is spectacular but he was pushed hard all weekend by Trevor Discombe
who again ended the race breathing down the neck of Mr Taylor with 0.32 seconds separating them. The race for third
was just as close with David Scott beating Phil Bagshaw to the finish line by only 0.2 seconds. The results for each
class are:
Pre 82: 1st Trevor Taylor, 2nd Phil Bagshaw, 3rd Carl Hanna. Pre 89: 1st David Scott, 2nd Randy Scott, David
Smith.
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