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| No. | Driver | Grid Heat 1 | Points | Grid Heat 2 | Points | Grid Heat 3 | Points | Points Total | Placing |
0a 1NZ 11H 14a 15r 16a 17a 19h 21a 26s 35a 37s 38h 39e 46p 51r 58g 65a 75a 94h 95a 99h 102a 116a 165a 515uk |
Clive Bracey Craig Pierce Gary Ellis Neil McCord Stan Hickey Aaron Headington Rick Campbell Kerry Remnant Peter Drake Grant Gillanders Paul Vazey Brendon Rowlands Ross Ashby John Blokker Kelvin Gray Rodney Wood Joe Faram Mark Thompson Dave Tennant Murray Hobbs Rodney Garnett Mark Decke Richard Connelly Chris Allen Vic Neal Frankie Wainmann |
23 25 19 17 15 8 11 18 22 12 1 5 14 2 6 16 20 13 10 26 7 9 3 4 24 21 |
0 26 7 16 24 0 15 14 21 12 0 19 0 0 20 17 9 8 22 23 10 0 11 25 13 18 |
10 12 6 4 2 21 24 5 9 25 14 18 1 15 19 3 7 26 23 13 20 22 16 17 11 8 |
0 11 16 23 26 15 19 17 22 0 0 18 0 12 0 25 0 13 21 24 0 0 14 20 10 0 |
7 3 15 19 23 12 6 17 9 4 26 18 25 24 16 21 13 2 8 1 14 10 22 20 5 11 |
0 14 13 22 21 0 19 20 17 0 0 18 0 0 0 16 26 12 23 25 0 0 11 15 24 0 |
0 51 36 61 71 15 53 51 60 12 0 55 0 12 20 58 35 33 66 72 10 0 36 60 47 18 |
23= 10= 13= 4 2 19 9 10= 5= 20= 23= 8 23= 20= 17 7 15 16 3 1 22 23= 13= 5= 12 18 |
Unconfirmed from down the line
Wellington. North Island Streetstocks. Won by 45a Bill Peat
Christchurch. New Zealand Modifieds. Frost, Game, Keegan. 1,2,3.
Word from the mainland is that Murray Gordge was leading after 24 and 3/4's laps in the 25 lap championship. He spun onto the straight going to the chequered flag got hit by Wishart and both lost their places. Frost had started off the back and passed the field to win. He went into the last lap in 4th place.
Results meeting No.17. (Probably almost accurate).
Race 1. Streetstocks. 8 laps. No time. 92a, 29a, 69a, 9a, 7a.
Race 2. Ltd Saloons. 10 laps. 3.43.00. 43a, 46a, 35a, 28a, 9a.
Race 3. NZGP Visitors Hot Laps.
Race 4. Std Stocks. 8 laps. No time. 75h, 22h, 78h, 24a, 98a.
Race 5. Modifieds. 10 laps. No time. 22h, 96a, 5h, 42h, 97h.
Race 6. Sidecars. 4 laps. 1.15.08. 52a, 58a, 13a, 17a.
Race 7. NZGP Heat 1. 15 laps. No time. 1nz, 116a, 15r, 94h, 75a, 21a, 46p, 37s, 515r, 51r, 14a, 17a, 19h,
165a, 26s, 102a, 95a, 58g, 65a, 11h.
Race 8. Streetstocks. 8 laps. 3.03.15. 9a, 29a, 64a, 69a, 5a.
Race 9. Ltd Saloons. 10 laps. No time. 51a, 83a, 46a, 55a, 44a.
Race 10. Std Stocks. 8 laps. No time. 22h, 88h, 27h, 24a, 26a.
Race 12. NZGP Heat 2. 15 laps. 4.30.98. 15r, 51r, 94h, 14a, 21a, 75a, 116a, 17a, 37s, 19h, 11h, 16a, 102a,
65a, 39e, 1nz, 165.
Race 13. Modifieds. 10 laps. 2.43.53. 5h, 33a, 96a, 42h, 22h.
Race 14. Sidecars. 4 laps 1.14.98. 58a, 52a, 13a, 84a.
Race 15. Streetstocks. 10 laps. No time. 72h, 29a, 9a, 92a, 58a.
Race 16. Std Stocks. 10 laps No time. 75h, 24a, 177a, 45a, 88h.
Race 17. NZGP Heat 3. 15 laps. 4.37.09. 58g, 94h, 165a, 75a, 14a, 15r, 19h, 17a, 21a, 37s, 51r, 116a, 1nz,
11h, 65a, 102a. (21a relegated one place from 9th to 10th)
Race 18. Modifieds. 12 laps. No time. 5h, 42h, 22h, 33a, 97h.
Race 19. Sidecars. 4 laps. 1.14.93. 52a, 58a, 17a, 13a. (52a excluded from event)
Race 20. Ltd Saloons. 12 laps. 2.59.07. 9a, 44a, 43a, 55a, 46a.
Qualifiers Friday 22nd January.
Christchurch - No qualifiers
Blenheim - 39e John Blokker.
Wellington - No qualifiers.
Wanganui - No qualifiers.
Palmerston North - 46p Kelvin Grey
Stratford - 26s Grant Gillanders, 37s Brendon Rowlands.
Napier - No qualifiers
Gisborne - 58g Joe Faram
Rotorua - 15r Stan Hickey, 51r Rodney Wood .
Overseas - 515gb Frankie Wainmann.
Huntly - 11h Gary Ellis, 19h Kerry Remnant, 38h Ross Ashby, 94h Murray Hobbs, 99h Mark Decke.
Auckland - 0a Clive Bracey, 1nz Craig Pierce, 14a Neil McCord, 16a Aaron Heddington, 17a Rick Campbell, 21a Peter Drake, 35a Paul Vazey, 65a Mark Thompson, 75a Dave Tennant, 95a Rodney Garnett, 102a Richard Connelly, 116a Chris Allen, 165a Vic Neal.
There was no need of a qualifying meeting. Not enough cars turned up to make it necessary.
When entries closed on January 4th although there were not a huge number of entries there were enough to make qualifying a requirement. On the night fortunately late entries swelled the car count but no shows meant that there were simply not enough cars in the pits to justify ripping the public off by running nonsense races, where nobody was going to risk damaging their cars.
The entry form under Conditions of Entry stated In the event that a competitor has forwarded an entry form
and is unable to attend, the competitor must notify promotions at the A.S.S.C.C. that they are unable to
attend. I guess those that had entered and could not make the show will notify the club of their decision
sometime next week, or next month, or next year!
SNZ have called an emergency meeting for next week. They are to discuss an on going dispute where the
A.S.S.C.C. are demanding an incompetent SNZ official be sacked but the SNZ are saying you may not want
him and as bad as he is he stays because no SNZ official gets fired just because he makes mistakes. Of
course the fact that there are not enough A-Grade Stockcars able to make a decent field for the GP is not an
issue and is not on the meeting agenda.
The prizemoney on the GP was $12,150 and none of it for stirring. Thats only about 3,000 dollars
less than the Nationals are paying even with their extra heats and extra non-qualifiers arces.
There will be lots of nonsensical theorys put forward as to why the G.P. failed to attract a decent
field and why some of those that did enter couldnt make it, but poor prizemoney is not an excuse. Some
would have stayed away out of fear of the Auckland scrutineers, some because they are scared of the high
speed crashes into Waikaraka Parks concrete wall. Some because they are broke, some because their cars
are too soft
to to survive a meeting at Waikaraka Park. A factor is that three meetings in a row for A-Grade stockcars
is too many and another date should have been allocated for the G.P. Of course the fact that there are
drivers out there who can not race three meetings in three weeks is a sad endictment on their committment.
It was not a problem 10 years ago, and is not a problem with some other sections which have keener
competitors. The over lying reason for the GP being so undersubscibed with competitors is money. Racers
who dont have enough money target their meetings. They simply do not travel to a meeting which they
know they can not win, they cant afford to pay for the damage to their car, the costs of staying away from
their home or the loss of income from being away from their jobs.
Tonight was a sad day for New Zealand Stockcar Racing. SNZ must ensure that it never happens again. The reasons for the crowd at Waikaraka Park being either given their money back or given a pass worth $3.00 more than they had paid to get into the meeting must be investigated and immediate emergency action taken. The A.S.S.C.C. took a major bath financially with the limited saloon meeting last week, have lost a poultice of money on this meeting, and may in fact be better off pulling the plug and finishing the season early, there is no point in promoting meetings if competitors dont want to come and race. Run a couple of demolition derbys, put the money in the bank and invite the experts to put in writing how to they think the Park should be promoted next season!!