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18th October 2011

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1/24th LMP / GTP 4th Round
4th October 2011

On the 4^th September 2011 Christchurch ran the 1/24^th Divisional Series with LMP/GTP cars for 4^th (Final) Round of the Series.

Div3 ran first.
It was good to see Jim back and racing again.
JT had car troubles, but it was Jack who got off to a flyer with 23.12 laps on Green lane for his first heat to set the pace for div3.
Jack actually got slower with every heat he raced, but still had more than enough speed to win each heat – Well done Jack !

1^st Jack 86.72 laps
2^nd JT 72.33
3^rd Jim 71.92
4^th Steve 69.16

Div1 ran next.
Baz and Kerry had the closest battle of the night, but it was Kerry who ended up just under half a lap ahead when the final tally was done.
Barry won the top division (again !), and the Series – Well done Barry !

1^st Barry 100.72 laps
2^nd Kerry 97.03
3^rd Baz 96.56
4^th Shannon 89.31

Div 2 ran last.
Lately div2 has been our “demolition-derby” class, but less damage than normal happened this week !
There were a few crashes, but not too many of the 3 or 4 car high-speed pile-ups that normally occur.
Dave and Pete had car troubles, but not really due to crashing this time.
Paul ran better than Brendon in both the Red and Blue lanes, however Brendon did more than well enough in the other 2 lane to take the win overall by about a lap and a half.

1^st Brendon 93.03 laps
2^nd Paul 91.58
3^rd Pete 85.80
4^th Dave 77.52

Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in a meat pack to be raffled, which Jim won this time.
Next week it'll be a relaxed “fun-night” with both Parma Int32 and 1/24^th Cars.
Go the ABs !,
Kerry : )

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GP Night
27th September 2011

A very small turnout for our feature GP night with the results as follows...so this week GET YOUR BACKSIDE TRACKSIDE.

32 GP feature
Barry Toomey     81.36
Paul Hamilton    73.45
Peter Darrell    65.57

Int 32 sports group 2
Dave Reese       77.09
Peter Darrell    73.78
Brendon van      68.07
Gentleman Jim    65.52

Int 32 sports group 1
Barry Toomey     88.66
Baz Milicich     82.76
Adam Brice       81.64
Paul Hamilton    80.28

This Tuesday night its our last round of the 24th sports so lets see a good turnout and the tracks been cleaned and gooed
......Cheers Barry Toomey

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Race what you like night
20th September 2011

A few of our guys were missing in action on Tuesday so we had a "race what you like night".
A tight contest ended up with young Jack Fife taking away the box of jaffa's (the choc fish also missing in action). Some how, he also took the meat raffle prize back home too.
Cheers, and see you next week for 1/32GP's and 1/32 Internationals.
Pete

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Parma Int32 Divisional Series 4^th
13th September 2011

On the 13^th September 2011 Christchurch ran the Parma Int32 Divisional Series 4^th and Final Round of the Series.

We were meant to run a 5^th heat “Ladder” final, but it was forgotten about due to the carnage that is division 2 and an impromptu committee meeting at the end of the night.

Div3 ran first.
Our newest club member Riki raced his first meeting and did an impressive 15.03 laps on Yellow lane which is really good for a first-timer with an Int32.
Jack was just off the boil and had a poor run in Red lane, which handed another win to JT, which means JT has won the Div3 Int32 series – Well done JT !

1^st  JT       79.58 laps
2^nd  Jack     66.92
3^rd  Riki     52.57

Div1 ran next.
Adam had the heat of the night with 23.32 laps on Red lane, but also the slowest heat of the division on Blue lane and this inconsistency let Barry win the top division (again !), and of course the Series – Well done Barry !

1^st  Barry    90.34 laps
2^nd  Kerry    87.60
3^rd  Adam     86.97
4^th  Baz      84.64

The “demolition-derby” division 2 ran last !

We're not sure whether the earthquakes have scrambled their minds or if it's the drugs they're on, but the Div2 class always seems to turn into a wild west shoot-out at the OK corral !
The amazing thing is that all the cars survived all the heats, but the same can't be said for the marshalls.
Shannon's Parma 32 seemed to take on the characteristics of an aeroplane rather than a car, and Pete's Parma 32 was more like that of a Bulldozer !
Perhaps we could make a reality TV series - “Survivor Division 2” ???
As it took so long for the dust to settle and the removal of the marshall's body parts after the bloody battle we never even worked out where the drivers finished overall for the Series.
But two of these cowboys will be promoted / demoted, the overall winner into div1 and the wooden-spooner into div3 then hopefully they will learn to how to race (unless they infect those divisions with the div2 insanity ?).
Sadly for JT he is gonna be promoted up to the melee that is div2 – May the Force be with you !

Survivor results :-

1^st  Paul     82.34 laps
2^nd  Pete     79.87
3^rd  Shannon  71.51
4^th  Dave     66.23

Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in a meat pack to be raffled, which Adam won this time.

Next week it'll be Teams Racing with 1/24^th Cars !
Go the ABs,
Kerry : )

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1/24^th V8 SuperCar Teams Race
6^th Sept 2011

On the 6^th Sept 2011 Christchurch ran the 1/24^th V8 SuperCar Teams Race.

With only 11 drivers, it was decided to run JT in 2 teams (that'll teach him !).
It was good to see Chris Reese back and racing.
John, Baz and Brendon were missing in action.
Each team captain randomly drew for a 2^nd and 3^rd bracket driver.

So the Teams were :-
Toomey's Terrorists
Barry,
JT,
Chris R.

Radford's Rebels
Kerry,
Paul,
Jack.

Adam's Ants
Adam,
Shannon,
JT.

Pete's Pirates
Pete,
Dave,
Steve.

The Driver raced for 4 minutes on each lane, giving them 16 minutes of racing each (but 32 minutes for poor ole JT !).
At the halfway stage Radford's Rebels were in the lead by about a lap from Toomey's Terrorists, with Adam's Ants only a couple of laps further back (and Kerry could already taste the Chocolate Fish !).
By the ¾ stage Toomey's Terrorists were just 5 segments ahead of Radford's Rebels.
Pete's Pirates had hit a rock and their ship was sinking !

The final results :-
1^st Toomey's Terrorists  350.59 laps
2^nd Radford's Rebels     344.47 laps
3^rd Adam's Ants          343.70 laps
4^th Pete's Pirates       309.06 laps

So it was Barry's team who sprayed the Champagne from the top of the podium and ate the coveted Chocolate Fish !
Adam's Ants were less than a lap behind Radford's Rebels, but even with 2^nd place Kerry was still crying inconsolably over not winning the Chocolate Fish !

Another big thanks to Chris for providing a meat pack which was raffled and won by Dave.

Next week is the 4^th (final) round of the Parma Int32 Divisional Series, followed by a 5^th Heat Ladder Final !
Go the ABs,
Kerry : )

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1/24^th V8 SuperCars Divisional Series 3^rd Round
30^th August 2011

On the 30^th August 2011 Christchurch ran the 1/24^th V8 SuperCars Divisional Series 3^rd Round.

Div 3 ran first.
JT did 4 good consistent heats to take the top spot.
1^st JT 81.01 laps
2^nd Jack 77.23
3^rd Steve 66.28

Next we ran Div2.
Pete had an great run on Yellow lane with 22.31 laps plus 3 other good heats to smoke the rest of the Div2 field.
1^st  Pete     85.82 laps
2^nd  Dave     80.22
3^rd  Brendon  76.03
4^th  Paul     73.23

Div 1 ran last.
Adam had the heat of the night with 25.24 laps on Yellow lane, but was inconsistent and let Barry won the top division yet again.
1^st  Barry    97.19 laps
2^nd  Adam     94.54
3^rd  Kerry    93.03
4^th  Baz      89.80
5^th  Shannon  85.35

Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in a meat pack to be raffled.
Pete won it this time.
Next week it'll be Teams Racing with 1/24^th V8 SuperCars !
Cheers,
Kerry : )

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1/24th Grand Prix
23rd August 2011

11 drivers turned up on the 23rd including long lost Adam Brice !
5 drivers raced the feature 1/24th GP event and 6 were in a Parma Int32 consolation race.
The 1/24th GP cars were flying with 3 lap records being broken.
Pete broke lap records on the Yellow (23.56), Red (23.13) and Blue (23.60) lanes, and coincidentally Kerry did exactly the same on Red lane (23.13).
Well done Pete !

1st Pete  93.20 laps
2nd Kerry 92.72
3rd Baz   91.09
4th JT    82.93
5th Steve 72.36

Adam proved he's not lost any pace after being away for the last few months doing two heats with 22 laps and one heat with a 23 !
Both Barry and John were away, yet incredibly there was still a couple of jump-starts !
After the Parma Int32 racing was over the computer locked up and the results were lost !

But the results were something like :-
1st Adam
2nd Paul
3rd Brendon
4th Dave
5th Shannon
6th Jack

A big thanks to Chris for bringing in another meatpack that was raffled.

Next week is the 3rd round of the 1/24th Divisional Series, this time with V8 SuperCar Bodies.

Cheers,
Kerry : )

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1/32^nd Saloon Divisional Series
9^th August 2011

After a week of snow then computer problems the following week the 1/32^nd Saloon Divisional Series was 2 weeks late but 12 drivers still turned up on the 9^th August 2011.

Div2 ran first.
All 4 drivers had a close race with Pete, Paul and Dave within a lap with 1 heat to go, but it was Pete who held his nerve and took the gold medal.

1^st Pete    75.55 laps
2^nd Paul    74.56
3^rd Dave    72.51
4^th Shannon 72.40

Next we ran Div1.
Brendon had car troubles and only had 1 good heat.
Kerry and Barry had a close battle, but it was Barry back on the top step of the podium again – Well done Barry !

1^st Barry   87.19 laps
2^nd Kerry   86.08
3^rd John    83.63
4^th Baz     80.94
5^th Brendon 72.09

Div3 ran last.
It was good to see our newest member Jim race, and he had a great run for his first meeting of 15.86 laps on yellow lane.
JT set the pace and Jack had to settle for the second place.

1^st JT      73.67 laps
2^nd Jack    66.81
3^rd Jim     60.48

The official schedule has been moved along 2 weeks, so next week will be 1/24^th GP Cars and Parma Int32s for those without the Feature cars.

Then the following week (23^rd August) it'll be the 3^rd round of the 1/24^th Divisional Series with V8 SuperCar bodies !

Cheers,

Kerry : )

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19th July 2011

It was suppose to be 1/24^th EuroSport night (with a Parma Int32 consolation race), but with only 2 entrants in the 1/24^th field that was abandoned, so and an “all-in” Parma Int32 race was held.

With Warren now in Wellington, and Chris, Brendon and Jack missing in action only 10 drivers fielded the race.
Baz had controller problems straight away and only completed a minute of the first heat.
It was good to see Steve back racing again.
Shannon had his spur-gear strip and that cost him any chance of a podium finish.
Ole sparring-partners JT and Dave had a very close battle for 5^th and 6^th places with Dave just over half a lap in front by the end.
The biggest shock of the night was that for the first time in months Barry did not win !
It was John and Kerry who made the top 2 podium spots.

1^st   Kerry   86.90 laps
2^nd   John    85.49
3^rd   Barry   84.62
4^th   Paul    81.45
5^th   Dave    79.05
6^th   JT      78.49
7^th   Pete    70.43
8^th   Shannon 64.71
9^th   Steve   57.94
10^th Baz      5.00

Next week will be the 3^rd round of the Parma Int32 Series with Saloon Bodies.

Cheers,
Kerry : )

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1/24th Divisional Series - Second Round
12th July 2011

12 drivers turned up on a cold Christchurch night for the second round of the 1/24^th Divisional Series for Christchurch on the 12^th July 2011.

It was Warrens last night at the CHCH club as he is moving to Wellington.
He brought in a great banana cake he'd made and the club members cleaned that up in no time ! : )

He was presented with a toolbox and new 1/24^th car to help him kick some butt in Wellington where he will be racing – Good luck Warren !

Div2 ran first.
It was good to see Chris Reese turn up for the 2^nd time in a row.
Dave was away fire fighting on the Port hills, but did arrive later on in the night.
Pete had four good consistent heats for the win, with Brendon not too far off the pace.

1^st Pete    94.75 laps
2^nd Brendon 92.29
3^rd Chris   88.62
4^th Paul    70.24

Next we ran Div3.
Good to see Steve back racing again.
Jack was away and left Warren without his normal sparring-partner for his last club night at CHCH.
JT took an early lead and did 4 good consistent heats to win the division.

1^st JT      85.58 laps
2^nd Warren  78.18
3^rd Steve   66.56

Div1 ran last.
Shannon is enjoying Div1 racing and is on the pace.
Baz and Kerry had a very close battle for 2^nd place, but it was Barry (again !) who stole the show.

1^st Barry  101.20 laps
2^nd Kerry   96.61
3^rd Baz     95.81
4^th Shannon 93.27
5^th John    92.93

Next week will be 1/24^th EuroSport Cars and Parma Int32s for those without the Feature cars.
Remember the follow week it'll be the 3^rd round of the Parma Int32s which will be Saloon cars !

Cheers,
Kerry : )

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Group 12/15 Racing
5th July 2011

Group 12/15 night and a Parma Int32 consolation race.

It was a big turnout with 14 drivers including long-lost Chris Reese and Split from Nelson, and making another special guest appearance the Rat the in the roof !

Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in a Meat-Pack which was raffled, and Barry won it this time.

The Parma Int32 consolation race was very close with all seven drivers finishing within just 5 laps.
Chris who'd normally be a top driver was a bit rusty which allowed Brendon and JT to take the podium positions along with Shannon who has been racing regularly and took the top spot by just over 1 lap from the fast improving JT.

1^st Shannon 76.54 laps
2^nd JT      75.50
3^rd Brendon 75.26
4^th Chris   74.00
5^th Dave    73.44
6^th Warren  72.54
7^th Jack    71.79

The Group 12/15 cars ran last.
It has been many years (maybe about 8 ?) since there has been a field of as many as seven Group12/15 cars racing at the CHCH club !
With Paul Hamilton back from across the ditch now, this has sparked a bit more interest in this class again.
But Paul had car troubles and that left him in the dust.

Split, John and Barry took the podium positions, with John and Barry clearly faster than the rest of the field, with Barry keeping up his winning streak – Well done Barry.

1^st Barry   93.49 laps
2^nd John    90.94
3^rd Split   87.09
4^th Kerry   85.64
5^th Baz     84.81
6^th Pete    84.50
7^th Paul    60.80

Next week will be the 2^nd round of the 1/24^th Series, with a 5^th heat final for Ladder positions.
Note, the 3^rd round of this Series will be V8 SuperCars, so get those bodies ready now !

Cheers,
Kerry : )

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2nd Round Parma Int32 Divisional Series
28th June 2011

12 drivers turned up on a cold Christchurch night for the second round of the Parma Int32 Divisional Series for Christchurch on the 28^th June 2011.

Div1 ran first.
Brendon was asleep for the first 3 heats then put in a great heat at the end, but it was too little too late !
Baz, John and Kerry fought it out for 2^nd and 3^rd places, but it was Barry who romped away with three heats of 22 laps and one of 23 (the only one of the night) to take top spot (again !).
There was a “jump-start” before one of the heats, but incredibly it wasn't Barry this time ! ; )

1^st Barry   91.88 laps
2^nd Kerry   88.21
3^rd John    86.08
4^th Baz     82.34
5^th Brendon 75.91

Next we ran Div3.
After three heats Jack was ½ a lap ahead of Warren, but Warren had a great last heat to snatch 2^nd place.
JT took an early lead and did 4 good consistent heats to win the division.

1^st JT      76.79 laps
2^nd Warren  73.29
3^rd Jack    72.51

Div2 ran last.
With track repairs, car body swaps, pinion soldering, suspected power surges and restarts it seemed to take hours to run the last division.
Less than 5 laps separated all four drivers by the end, with Paul taking the gold medal in the marathon !

1^st Paul    81.10 laps
2^nd Pete    79.09
3^rd Shannon 77.06
4^th Dave    76.27

The biggest highlight of the evening was Warren trying to hit the Rat in the roof-beams with the broom !
Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in a Meat-Pack which was raffled (I still haven't won it yet !).

Next week will be 1/32^nd Group12/15 Cars and Parma Int32s for those without the Feature cars.

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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1/32nd GP night and a Parma Int32 consolation race.
21st June 2011

With only 10 drivers surviving the earthquakes they were all treated to 4 minute race heats at no extra cost ! (Batteries not included).

Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in a Meat-Pack which was raffled, that JT won this time.

The Parma Int32 consolation race was a good shake-down (for the guys without 1/32^nd GP cars) before next weeks Divisional Series.

There was a 4-way battle for second place with Shannon less than a lap ahead of Dave by the end.
Luckily the race stewards didn't black-flag Shannon's car for leaving a trail of debris on the track as his orange paint was flaking off after each crash !
But Baz did 4 good heats and cleared away from the pack for first place !

1^st Baz     111.12 laps
2^nd Shannon 102.34
3^rd Dave    101.49
4^th Warren  100.81
5^th JT       97.92
6^th Jack     87.67

By the halfway point of the 1/32^nd GP class John had a clear lead and all the other drivers were very close for 2^nd position.
John finished his heats on the tricky blue lane and Kerry finished on the easier yellow lane and managed to make up enough ground to win by just 9 segments which is about ½ a second of race-time after 16 minutes of racing !!!

1^st Kerry   108.44 laps
2^nd John    108.35
3^rd Pete    106.46
4^th Brendon 104.37

Next week will be the 2^nd round of the Parma Int32 Series.
Note, the 3^rd round of this Series will be Saloon cars so get those bodies ready now !

The CRUSADE continues (in Nelson) …......
Kerry : )

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First Round 1/24th Divisional Series
14^th June 2011

It was the first round of the new 1/24^th Divisional Series for Christchurch on the 14^th June 2011.

11 local drivers survived the latest Earthquakes to compete along with long-time slotcar racer Split from Nelson, who's temporarily working in Quakechurch.
The copper tapes were cleaned just before racing started and with the track surface being cleaned and re-goo'd just a few weeks ago the cars were running about as good as they can, considering how bumpy the track and tapes are now.

Div1 ran first.
Shannon had been promoted up into Div1 after the last 1/24^th Series and proved to be up to the task.
Barry did a 26.19 in the red lane which was close to the record, and with 3 other good consistent heats won by over a lap from Kerry then a couple of laps back to Baz.

1^st Barry   101.43 laps
2^nd Kerry    99.93
3^rd Baz      97.33
4^th John     94.19
5^th Shannon  92.75

Next we ran Div3.
With only 3 drivers in the division turning up, Split ran with them as a warm-up before being thrown into the deep-end with Div2.
JT did 21 laps in all 4 of his heats to take a comfortable win in the division.

1^st JT       86.32 laps
2^nd Warren   81.34
3^rd Jack     79.59
(Split did  86.67 “practice” laps).

Div2 ran last.
Pete had 4 consistent heats with 22 laps in each, giving him a 4 lap win over Dave who was promoted up after the last series.

1^st Pete     89.53 laps
2^nd Dave     85.06
3^rd Split    83.65
4^th Paul     81.22

Good to see Split turn up and race, and who knows we may even see Chris Dillon again soon ???

Another big thanks to Chris for bringing in Meat-Pack which was raffled (that Dave “tin-bum” Reese won for the 2^nd time in a row !).

Next week will be 1/32^nd GP cars and Parma Int32s for those without GP cars.

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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1/24th Grand Prix Night
7^th June 2011

It was 1/24^th GP night for Christchurch on the 7^th June 2011.

In the 1/24^th GP race JT had a night to forget with car troubles, a lapping incident and computer problems later on !
It was an extremely fast pace with 3 lap records being broken, 1 by Barry and 2 by Kerry.
Baz and Barry won a heat each, but it was Kerry with 3 wins and 4 consistent heats who took the gold medal.

1^st Kerry   91.25 laps
2^nd Barry   88.56
3^rd Baz     87.10
4^th Pete    82.05
5^th JT      70.06

Next we ran a Parma Int32 consolation race for those without the 1/24^th GP cars.

Jack and Brendon had car troubles, but Warren, Dave, Shannon and Paul had a close battle for the silver medal.
But John gave these guys a bit of a lesson showing them Div1 pace and winning by over 3 laps.

1^st John    81.92 laps
2^nd Paul    78.28
3^rd Shannon 77.35
4^th Dave    75.05
5^th Warren  72.12
6^th Brendon 66.90
7^th Jack    62.48

A big thanks to Chris for bringing in another meat pack which was raffled (that Dave won this time).

Next week will be the first round of the 1/24^th Division Series.

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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Group 12/15 Night
24^th May 2011

It was the Group12/15 night at Christchurch on the 24^th May 2011.

A Parma Int32 race was held first.

Only 7 divers turned up to race, so with a lack of marshalls it meant we ran 2 drivers at a time with the winner moving up to meet the next ranked driver.
We ran through this system twice.

1^st Kerry
2^nd Paul
3^rd Dave
4^th Pete
5^th Warren
6^th Jack
7^th Chris

Next we ran the Group12/15 cars.

Just 3 drivers had Group12/15 cars, but we ran four 3-minute heats with only 4 marshalls anyway.
Paul had given himself a comfortable lead by the halfway stage, but then had controller troubles and unfortunately lost several laps in the 3^rd heat.
Pete lead Kerry by just 2 segments after 3 heats, but Kerry won the last heat by just 5 segments to give him a 3 segment win overall !

1^st Kerry  80.00 laps
2^nd Pete   79.97
3^rd Paul   75.66

A big thanks to Chris for bringing in a meat pack to be raffled (which Pete won).

Next week will be Parma Int32 for the first round of the new divisional series !

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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Last round of 1/24th LMP Divisional Series
17^th May 2011

It was the last round of 1/24^th LMP Divisional Series at Christchurch on the 17^th May 2011.

Div 1 ran first.

It was a close finish for the 2^nd to 4^th places with less than a lap between John, Baz and Kerry !
But Barry had managed at least a lap more per heat than the rest of the field, and that meant Barry won all 4 races in the 1/24^th Series (as well as all 4 the Parma Int32 Series), making him the Grand PooBah ! ; )

1^st Barry   100.99 laps
2^nd John     95.87
3^rd Baz      95.83
4^th Kerry    95.25

The Division 2 demolition-derby ran next.

With 15 drivers and 2 non-racing Dads there during the night, it still wasn't enough people to do all the marshalling required for the Div 2 melee.
During the calamity Peter Allens car jumped lanes and took off at full speed and deslotted backwards into a fence bending the rear of the Champion Turbo-Flex steel chassis ! : (
Cars continued to bash 'n crash around the track until the time ran out (normally the racing would end, but “racing” would have been a misnomer for what was actually happening).
Shannon managed to keep out of most of the carnage and finished in first place (well …... someone had to win), but the rest of Div 2 should hang their heads in shame !

1^st Shannon  90.12 laps
2^nd Brendon  87.79
3^rd Pete (D) 85.87
4^th Paul     83.99
5^th Pete (A) 74.19

Unbelievably we saved the best 'til last with Div 3 – Yes that's right, Division 3 !

Young Jack (who has only raced a few meetings) did 2 heats with 20 laps – Very well done Jack !!!
But it was Warren who stole the show with 3 out of his 4 heats doing 22 laps !!!
Warren has only been slotcar racing for less than a year, but with 88.80 laps would have put himself 2^nd in Div 2 for the night – Awesome effort Warren !!! : )
Perhaps most of the Division 3 guys should be swapped with most of the Division 2 lunatics for the next series ???

1^st Warren   88.80 laps
2^nd Dave     85.89
3^rd JT       82.41
4^th Jack     78.07
5^th Steve    68.71
6^th Josh     65.45

Below are the overall results for both the 1/32^nd and 1/24^th Series :-

The worst result was dropped so only the 3 best rounds (points) for each person in each Series counts for the overall totals.

The points system was 6 points for 1^st place, 5 for 2^nd, 4 for 3^rd, 3 for 4^th, 2 for 5^th and 1 for 6^th place.

 

Name	1/32nd Series	1/24th Series	Totals
Division 1
Barry Toomey	6,6,6,6	6,6,6,6	18 + 18
John Hawkins	5,5,5,4	5,4,4,5	15 + 14
Kerry Radford	4,4,4,5	4,5,5,3	13 + 14
Baz Milicich	3,3,3,-	3,3,3,4	9 + 10
Adam Brice	-,-,-,-	-,-,-,-	0 + 0
Division 2
Brendon van O	4,6,6,-	5,3,3,5	16 + 13
Paul Hamilton	6,5,4,5	6,2,2,3	16 + 11
Peter Darrell	5,-,5,3	4,4,4,4	13 + 12
Shannon Williamson	-,-,3,4	2,5,5,6	7 + 16
Peter Allen	-,-,-,-	3,6,6,2	0 + 15
Chris Reese	-,-,-,6	-,-,-,-	6 + 0
Division 3
Dave Reese	5,6,5,6	6,5,6,5	17 + 17
John Truman	6,-,6,4	5,6,5,4	16 + 16
Warren Brewer	2,4,4,5	3,3,4,6	13 + 13
Josh B	4,5,-,-	-,4,-,1	9 + 5
Steve Gibbens	3,-,-,-	4,-,-,2	3 + 6
Jack Fife	-,3,-,3	-,-,-,3	6 + 3

Next week will be 1/32^nd Group12/15, and Parma Int32 for those without Group12/15 cars !

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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Last round of Parma Int32 Divisional Series & AGM
 10th May 2011

It was the first day of the KFC Double-Down Burger and the last round of Parma Int32 Divisional Series at Christchurch on the 10^th May 2011.

Div 2 ran first.

It was good to see Chris Reese back again.
Chris proved he had not lost any pace in the last couple of months giving the rest of the Div 2 boys a bit of a hiding !

1^st Chris     83.95 laps
2^nd Paul      78.92
3^rd Shannon   74.99
4^th Pete      67.23

Div 3 ran next.

Young Jack returned after a few weeks missing in action. With a new controller he did extremely well for only his first few meetings with a 16.42 on red lane – Well done Jack !
JT looked to have this race under control after the first heat, but body clips falling out of his car cost him several laps in the next heat.
Warren won one heat (18.27 in Yellow lane) – Good work Warren, but was no match for Dave's consistency.

1^st Dave      70.29 laps
2^nd Warren    67.83
3^rd JT        67.05
4^th Jack      63.25

Only 3 drivers raced in Div 1.

After 4 heats there was only 2 segments (!!!) between Kerry and John for 2^nd and 3^rd places.
Even though Kerry had stuffed his face with a KFC Double-Down Burger earlier in the day the Super-Human powers it gave him weren't enough to stop Barry winning, and that meant Barry won all 4 races in the Parma Int32 Series – Well done Barry !

1^st Barry     91.12 laps
2^nd Kerry     84.89
3^rd John      84.87

Also, on the 26^th of April Christchurch had its AGM.

The new appointments are :-

President :- Peter Darrell
Treasurer :- Barry Toomey
Secretary :- Kerry Radford
Committee :- Dave Reese, John Hawkins, Baz Milicich, John Truman, Paul Hamilton

All the normal stuff was raised in General Business (Roof, Track, Marshalling etc) and will be ignored over the next 12 months. ; )

Next week is the last round (of 4) for the 1/24^th Divisional Series !

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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1/32nd GP Night
 3rd May 2011

First we ran a consolation race for those without 1/32^nd GP cars.

Baz had car troubles, and ended up racing 3 different cars in 3 heats, and not even racing his 4^th heat.

Brendon was a clear cut above the rest, but Dave had 4 good consistent heats to put him in 2^nd place overall just pipping Paul at the post – Well done Dave.

1^st Brendon  85.33 laps
2^nd Dave     70.75
3^rd Paul     70.54
4^th Steve    56.73
5^th Warren   50.88
6^th Baz      38.52

GPs raced next.

It had been many months sinced we last raced these cars, and unfortunately Johns tyres had gone off leaving him with a car that had very little grip.

Coincidentally with the final results JT and Shannon finished with less than a lap between them, Pete and John finished with less than a lap between them and Barry and Kerry finished with less than a lap between them – 3 close battles !

GP results :-

1^st Kerry    84.21 laps
2^nd Barry    83.63
3^rd John     75.03
4^th Pete     74.68
5^th Shannon  68.96
6^th JT       68.68

Next week is the last round (of 4) for the Parma Int32 Divisional Series !

The CRUSADE continues …......
Kerry : )

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V8 SuperCar Teams Race
 19^th April 2011

There were 11 drivers to be divided into 4 teams (by random draw), and another random draw was held to see who would drive in 2 teams to make the 12^th driver, just like the raffle 2 weeks earlier Brendon was drawn out.

Dave walked in late but just in time to be subsitutied for Brendon in Pete's team.

So the Teams were :-

John's Jets              :- John, Shannon and Steve.
Kerry's Krusaders    :- Kerry, Paul and JT.
Baz's Bulldogs         :- Baz, Peter (D) and Brendon.
Pete's Pirates          :- Peter (A), Warren and Dave.

All the normal caos ensude.

Amazingly at the halfway stage only 1 lap separated the top 3 teams.

Only 6 laps separated the top 3 teams by the end.

Final result :-

Baz's Bulldogs      249.43 laps
Kerry's Krusaders   247.93
John's Jets         243.16
Pete's Pirates      219.35

Next week is the AGM then a 1/24^th Eurosport demo and then an all-in race of some sort.

The CRUSADE continues …......(ed Whoops hickup this week, GO the HIGHLANDERS 26 - Crusaders 18)
Kerry            : )

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Round 3 of the 1/24^th LMP/GTP Series
12^th April 2011

A random draw was held for the division race order.

Division 3 was run first.

Warren had car troubles and that put him out of racing for top spot.

The Dave vs JT battle was the reverse of last weeks result, with Dave beating JT by about a lap per heat this time.
Well done Dave !

1^st Dave        85.19 laps
2^nd JT          80.85
3^rd Warren      59.93

Next we ran Division 1.

Normally Div 1 has the closest racing, but not this week as Div 2 would take that honour later in the night.

Still, only a bit over a lap separated Baz, John and Kerry for 2^nd to 4^th spots, but Barry showed a clean pair of heels clearing away from the rest of the field to take the gold medal.
Well done Barry.

1^st    Barry                99.20 laps
2^nd   Kerry                95.63
3^rd   John                  95.04
4^th   Baz                   94.18

We saved the best ‘til last with Division 2.

Paul and Brendon were a bit off their best, but both Pete’s and Shannon had a furious battle right down to the wire !
Once the dust settled only 3 segments separated 1^st and 2^nd place, with 3^rd just 1 lap back !
The cool calm wisdom of Peter Allen just paid off against the faster but inconsistent Shannon.
Well done Pete !

1^st  Peter (A)  90.81 laps
2^nd  Shannon    90.78
3^rd  Peter (D)  89.77
4^th  Brendon    86.95
5^th  Paul       79.33

Note :- The AGM has now been postponed from the 19^th until the 26^th April.

Next week we will run a V8 SuperCar Teams race.

The CRUSADE continues ………
Kerry             : )

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Round 3 of the Parma Int32 Series
5th April 2011

Last weekend the Green LEDs on the Starting Box were fixed, and the new "Back-Up" lap counter PC is now also back up and running again, a big thanks to JT for all that work.

A random draw was held for the division race order.

Division 2 was run first.

Brendon again showed he will be moving up to Div 1 shortly with 4 good consistent heats.

1^st  Brendon    81.25 laps
2^nd  Peter (D)  75.02
3^rd  Paul       70.11
4^th  Shannon    69.51

Next we ran Division 3.

Once again the the battle between Dave and JT was all on with JT managing about 1 more lap per heat giving him a relatively comfortable win.

1^st  JT         73.94 laps
2^nd  Dave       69.77
3^rd  Warren     63.74

Division 1 ran last.

For the 2 previous rounds of this Parma Int32 series Barry has won, with John in 2nd place, Kerry in 3rd and Baz in 4th spot.
"Bingo" - Same again this week :-

1^st    Barry                  89.72 laps
2^nd   John                   89.46
3^rd   Kerry                   85.03
4^th   Baz                     51.18

Note :- The AGM has now been postponed from the 19^th until the 26^th April.
We will run a V8 SuperCar Teams race on the 19^th.
Next week is the 3^rd Round of the 1/24^th LMP/GTP Series.

The CRUSADE continues ………
Kerry             : )

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Divisional Race Series
1/24th Cars
29th March 2011

This was the first night of the 2011 divisional race "Series" since the interruption of the February 22nd earthquake.
13 drivers turned up.
Good to see Josh back and racing again.
Dave got Div 3 going with a great first heat, but JT managed to pip him at the post with 3 better heats to follow.
With those results JT managed to put himself in the Ladder "B" Final and got 7th overall in that - Well done JT !
1st    JT                84.92 laps
2nd   Dave            82.99
3rd    Josh            70.26
4th    Warren        68.73
In Div 2 Shannon had a blistering drive in the blue lane with an incredible 25.80 laps, but had a bad run in yellow lane.
In contrast to Shannon, cunning ole Pete (A) showed his experience with 4 calm consistent heats to win Div 2 and later that would prove to be enough to put himself through to the Ladder "A" Final.
 

1st  Pete (A)   94.75 laps
2nd  Shannon    92.83
3rd  Pete (D)   87.33
4th  Brendon    83.83
5th  Paul       82.66

In Div 1 Kerry did a 26.41 in green lane, and Barry did a 26.20 in the yellow lane at the same time, these could have possibly been lap records (??? - I forgot to check).

1st  Barry     101.34 laps
2nd  Kerry      99.62
3rd  John       95.50
4th  Baz        93.12

A "5th heat" final shoot-out was held for the Ladder positions.
Drivers were seeded from the 4 previous heats into an A, B and C final with the higher qualifiers in each final having lane choice.

Ladder result :-
Barry
Kerry
John
Pete (A)
Shannon
Pete (D)
JT
Baz
Brendon
Dave
Paul
Josh
Warren

So Barry tops Div 1 and the 1/24th Ladder  - Well done Barry !
Next week is round 3 of the Parma Int32 Series.
The CRUSADE continues .........
Kerry            : )

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Warm up meeting
22nd March 2011

Kerry makes it 2 in a row !

11 drivers turned up to race Parma Int32's in a warm-up meeting before returning to the 2011 Race Series next week.
It was good to see JT back in action.
Baz was missing as he is in QLD for a week or so (talk about jumping out of the pan into the fire !).

The drivers were divided into 2 groups, with the winner of the first group having a "bonus" race with the second group.

It turned out to be a night of close finishes !

Warren and Steve had a close race, but Dave was just off the pace to keep JT honest.
Shannon had the fastest car, but with one too many "offs" Pete just managed to beat him by a 1/3 of a lap and put himself in the next race.

1st  Pete (D)   78.37 laps
2nd  Shannon    78.04
3rd  JT         72.10
4th  Dave       68.84
5th  Steve      56.03
6th  Warren     54.53

Paul is still getting use to Christchurch, earthquakes and racing again and will no doubt have his cars back up to speed soon.
Pete was again involved in a very close battle this time with Brendon, and after 4 heats just 1 segment separated them with Brendon on 78.99 and Pete on 79.00 !!!
In yet another thrilling finish John, Barry and Kerry all ended up on 88 laps, with Kerry taking the top step of the podium for the 2nd week in a row !

1st  Kerry      88.67 laps
2nd  Barry      88.38
3rd  John       88.15
4th  Pete       79.00
5th  Brendon    78.99
6th  Paul       72.19
 

Next week is the 2nd official round of the 1/24th cars in the 2011 Series as well as a 5th-Heat "Ladder" Final !      

Also the AGM has been scheduled for Tuesday the 19th of April (probably Teams/Fun-night racing afterwards ?).

The CRUSADE continues (in London at Twickenham !!!) .........
Kerry           : )

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1/24th LMP (non-points) meeting
15th March 2011

This was the second official meeting back after the February 22nd earthquake, but the first meeting last week didn't have any racing due to a power failure to the track, but plenty of swapping war-stories.

Luckily the club building is still standing and has very little damage to anything inside.

With 12 drivers we ran 2 groups of 6 over 4 heats with 1/24th LMP cars.

In the first group Shannon and both Pete's had a close battle with Shannon doing a great run on Red lane to put him on the top spot of the podium.

1st  Shannon    93.61 laps
2nd  Peter (D)  91.71
3rd  Peter (A)  91.19
4th  Dave       85.00
5th  Warren     73.49
6th  Steve      65.98

In the second group Paul struggled with the handling of his new car first time out.
Brendon and Baz had a close battle with Baz about 0.4 of a lap ahead once the dust had settled.
John, Barry and Kerry were extremely close with Kerry taking the top spot on the podium.

1st  Kerry      96.11 laps
2nd  Barry      95.71
3rd  John       94.16
4th  Baz        91.78
5th  Brendon    91.39
6th  Paul       79.46

The interesting thing was that only Shannon managed a 25 lap heat (25.05 on Red lane).

Next week we will run a similar meeting but with Parma Int32 cars.

The CRUSADE continues .........
Kerry           : )

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1/32nd Divisional Series
15th February 2011

Tonight we held round 2 of our Int 32 divisional series and it was good to see a reasonable amount of runners front up.
We were still missing a few runners namely Peter Darrell still shifting into his 42 room mansion might be back before Christmas 2011 watch this space, Chris Reese to tired or retired, John Truman work issues, Shannon Williamson  memory loss, Peter Allen gone bush and Adam Brice lost in space........please come back all is forgiven and we love you.

Div 1 results
Barry Toomey   90.20
John Hawkins   88.76
Kerry Radford  87.83
Baz Milicich   83.19.

Div 2 results
Brendon V      82.30
Paul Hamilton  78.85
Dave Reese     71.09
Young Josh     25.08

Div 3 results
Dave Reese     74.53
Young Josh     70.67
Warren Brewer  65.52
Young Jack     60.49

NEXT WEEK ITS ROUND 2 FOR 1/24TH SPORTS SO LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE
COMING EVENTS 1ST MARCH 1/24TH V8 SUPERCARS TEAMS RACE.

See you all next week for our 1/24th extravaganza and 5th heat ladder final.....Barry Toomey.

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GP Night
8th February 2011

A some what smaller than usual field contested our feature GP NIGHT on Feb 8. Only four 24th GPs raced with the results as follows.
Barry Toomey kept up his winning run by edging out Kerry Radford by just 5 segments with Steve Gibbins still getting to grips with his new car and Baz Milicich bent his GP and pulled out.
Missing were Peter Darrell still shifting must have alot of furniture, John Truman work commitments and Paul Hamilton's car under construction.
Two records were broken one by Barry the other by Kerry.

Barry Toomey   89.41
Kerry Radford  89.36
Steve Gibbins  62.64
Baz Milicich    9.71

In the 32 GPs we just had three runners with Barry heading John Hawkins and Kerry.

Barry Toomey   84.48
John Hawkins   83.14
Kerry Radford  77.52

Int 32 race resuts were as follows

Brendon Van    80.44
Baz Milicich   73.16
John Hawkins   70.93
Warren Brewer  61.59
Guest 1        49.45
Guest 2        39.28
Guest 3        38.58

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1/24th Divisional Series
1st February 2011

On the 1st February we ran the 1st round of 4 for the 1/24th Divisional Series.

A random draw for which divisions raced 1st 2nd and 3rd saw Div 3 run 1st then Div 2 run 2nd, with Div 3 at the end.
We had the closest racing across all 3 divisions that we've seen in a long time, and we had 15 drivers race for the night !

JT and Dave slugged it out in div 3 with Dave just taking top spot.
We also had 2 new guys Chris and Jack come and have a go racing for the first time.

1st  Dave      82.33 laps
2nd  JT        81.20
3rd  Steve     65.06
4th  Warren    64.89
5th  Chris     55.72
6th  Jack      51.27

Div 2 had all 5 drivers racing at about the same pace, sadly Shannon had car troubles and it put him well down.
There was only 3 laps separating the remaining 4 drivers once all the dust had settled with wise-ole Paul winning from whipper-snapper Brendon by just over a lap, and Peter D beating Peter A by less than a lap !

1st  Paul      92.79 laps
2nd  Brendon   91.57
3rd  Peter D   90.15
4th  Peter A   89.56
5th  Shannon   56.34

Div 1 was a nail-biter with John and Barry just about racing side-by-side for the most part !
A tape-up saw the 4th heat re-run.

John had a couple more offs overall and that gave Barry the win !

1st  Barry    101.12 laps
2nd  John      99.69
3rd  Kerry     98.22
4th  Baz       93.78

Next week 1/24th GP cars !

The CRUSADE continues .........

Kerry        : )

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Parma Int 32 Series
25th January 2011

The new race schedule for Christchurch in 2011 has 2 out of every 3 weeks as divisional racing with Parma Int32s and Champion Turbo-Flex 1/24^ths.

It was decided that we would have a series for Int32s and another for 1/24ths over 4 rounds each, with the top 3 rounds for each driver counting in the series.

It was also decided that we would have a random race order (for the divisions) on race nights from now on, to help stop drivers arriving late and leaving early.

This was the first round (of 4) of Parma Int32s in this series.

Div 3 ran first and it was good to see Steve and Josh back racing.
Dave had a good run but it was JT who managed to win div 3 after the dust had setteled.
The practice and Enduro over the Xmas holidays paying off for JT !

Div 3 results :-
1st  JT        74.49 laps
2nd  Dave      73.16
3rd   Josh      70.49
4th  Steve     59.83
5th  Warren    58.24

Div 1 raced next with Baz promoted up from div 2 in the last series.
Close racing in the top division saw Barry just beat John by less than a lap !

Div 1 results :-
1sr  Barry     90.80 laps
2nd  John      89.91
3rd  Kerry     86.73
4th  Baz       83.48

Div 2 ran last.
Because JT won the div 3 race earlier in the night he was allowed to raced with the div 2 guys as a bonus (only div 3 points will count for the series though).
Paul showed that he would be back in div 1 shortly with good consistent laps throughout the 4 heats.
Brendon has been promoted up from div 3 in the last series, but struggled all night with a car that had very little brakes.

Div 2 results :-
1st  Paul      83.62 laps
2nd  Pete      78.61
3rd  JT        74.64
4th  Brendon   74.05

Next week the 1^st round of 4 for the 1/24^th LMP/GTP car series !

Cheers,
Kerry             : )

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GARDEN CITY 4 HOUR ENDURO
15th January 2011

The GARDEN CITY 4 HOUR ENDURO was held on Saturday the 15th Jan at the Christchurch track with 4 teams of four drivers contesting this long over due event which was put together at short notice by Kerry Radford. We had six visiting drivers from the Blenheim Track and it was good to see that they had supported our enduro and thanks go to Nigel Boyce for organising his guys.
4 team captains were selected and team members were drawn out of the hat and the teams looked to be quite even as it turned out.
Bazzas Boys: Barry Toomey, Paul Hamilton, Shannon Williamson, Chris Webb (Blenheim).
Kerrys Crew: Kerry Radford, Baz Milicich/Peter Allen, Andrew Bidwell (Blenhiem), Warren Brewer.
Neils Wheels: Neil Bidwell, Chris Parke (both Blenheim), John Truman, Rory Northway.
Boyceys Mob: Nigel Boyce, Trevor Russell (both Blenheim), Brendon Van, Warren Topp. 

After the first hour it was Bazzas Boys in front on 367.41 followed by Kerrys Crew 349.96 then Boyceys Mob 347.96 and Neils Wheels on 339.89 so not a lot in it and some drivers were just starting to get familiar with the track which was to be expected.

At the two hour mark it was still close with Bazzas Boys still keeping their noses in front but Boyceys Mob had got ahead of Kerrys Crew but Neils Wheels were on the charge and had pulled back some laps.

Laps at the after two hours
Bazzas Boys    365.11
Neils Wheels   361.76
Boyceys Mob    359.25
Kerrys Crew    353.37

Totals after two hours
Bazzas Boys   732.52
Boyceys Mob   706.38
Kerrys Crew   702.83
Neils Wheels  701.65

Then we had a brief stop for a BBQ lunch which was very pleasant.

After the three hour point it was still Bazzas Boys who pulled out a small lead on the rest with Boyceys Mob and Kerrys Crew having a great battle for the second and third place.
Bazzas Boys   364.50
Kerrys Crew   360.49
Boyceys Mob   358.08
Neils Wheels  357.20

Totals after three hours
Bazzas Boys  1097.02
Boyceys Mob  1064.43
Kerrys Crew  1063.32
Neils Wheels 1058.85

After the fourth hour it was Bazzas Boys who consolidated their lead with Boyceys Mob putting in the laps to end Kerrys Crew challenge with Neils Wheels struggling on an outside lane.
Bazzas Boys   367.70
Boyceys Mob   358.13
Kerrys Crew
Neils Wheels  350.96

So Bazzas Boys took out the enduro and a great time was had by all, Congratulations to all the teams for making this such a great social occasion. To Kerry Radford and his team of helpers well done and for those who couldn't race you missed a really good event. To Nigel and all the Blenheim boys thanks for coming hope to see you all at the Blenheim track sometime this year.

Final placings
Bazzas Boys  1426.72
Boyceys Mob  1422.59
Kerrys Crew  1414.92
Neils Wheels 1409.81

Attached photo left to right of Bazzas Boys winning team Shannon Williamson, Barry Toomey, Paul Hamilton, Chris Webb.

 

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24th Sports Cars
18th January 2011

GROUP A
Barry Toomey        98.22
John Hawkins        96.41
Kerry Radford       94.26
Shannon Williamson  92.02
Brendon Van         88.11

GROUP B
Shannon Williamson  88.32
Peter Allen         83.12
Peter Darrell       82.29
Dave Reese          80.43
John Truman         78.68
Warren Brewer       51.58

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TOOMEY AND HAWKINS BATTLE IT OUT IN 32 ''SHAKEDOWN"

Happy new year for 2011,
Racing has started for 2011 at the Christchurch club and it was very pleasing to see a good turnout of 12 runners front for our first meeting.This meeting gave people a chance to get back into the groove after the Christmas break and it was also an opportunity for drivers to get their cars sorted leading up to this weekends 4 man teams GARDEN CITY 4 HOUR ENDURO.

Drivers were split into two groups of six and in the first group it was Shannon Williamson heading off John Truman and Peter Allen. 

Results first group
Shannon Williamson  77.76
John Truman         72.64
Peter Allen         71.89
Warren Brewer       66.54
Bruce               60.05
Rory                51.58

In the second faster group it was Barry Toomey who got the new year off to a winning start heading off is main rival John Hawkins with Kerry Radford a distant third.

Results second group
Barry Toomey       90.41
John Hawkins       89.85
Kerry Radford      81.95
Brendon Van        81.26
Paul Hamilton      80.56
Peter Darrell      79.78