Sidecar 3NZ

Had our opening meeting last night which nearly didnt happen for us! Clint was admitted to Hastings hospital with a herniated disk in his back, laid him out and he couldnt get off the floor. From what I could gather the morphine at the hospital was awesome though!

Anyway managed to get the expertise of Calvin Fogarty (aka stuntman, honk) to jump on and have swing. With the new engine in and no time for any practice or setup with Honk it was straight into it, and we took out all three of our heats so we were both pretty happy with that.

Dont know how long Clint is out for but Honk seems up to filling his boots for now, good to see the visiting bikes here too with Chuck & Red 4k, Worm & Vinnie 92a and Stu & Ritchie 52p making the journey and keeping the locals honest

Cheers Sefton.

we have been nominated for competitor of the year at the NZ Speedway awards so if any of you supporters out there want to vote for us you can go to www.speedwaynzawards.co.nz  Voteing finishes on 8th of june.

thanks for your support.

Hey everyone, the last few meets at home all went good with plenty of chequered flags and a few seconds, didn’t quite take out the main points trophy, missed out by a couple of points. Maybe something to do with the way the grid draws were being done, maybe not!!!!!!!

Any way, had our prizegiving last Saturday night and managed to take all the other trophies home. We won the club feature points trophy, runner up in the main points, won the Cartmell/ Law memorial trophy and fastest lap time of the season. Add these to 3rd at the NZ Champs, 1st at the NZ Grand Prix, 1st at the Wellington champs, !st at the Sidecar opening series in Hawkes Bay, 1st at the Sidecar Champ of Champs and 3rd at the King Country champs and all in all its been a fairly rewarding season.

Real good feeling being able to accomplish this on a new bike this year that we built ourselves last off season, aiming for just as good , if not better next year! Thanks to everyone that helped in any way this year.

Sefton

Another cup up for grabs, this time the Cartmell/Law memorial trophy.  Only Deane left racing that knew them but still a sought after cup, Deane having the hard luck of the night getting tangled in first race 1st corner and holing his radiator putting him and Honk out for the night.

We beat Clive/Brendon in heat 1 and Russell/Andrew in heat 2 and lined up against them both as well as Rob/Nev and the gap vacated by Deane/Honk. Got another flyer off the line and a bit off a jump on the rest of the bikes only to throw the bike into the corner on lap 2 and realise the sidewheel had worked loose, giving the bike a mean shudder.

Kept on going, only two wheeling it round the corners so not to load up the sidewheel and managed to hold on for the win, 3 out of 3 and the cup to take home, I’m sure the boys looking down would be stoked to see all the other close racing that was going on in the other heats as well, all the bikes getting closer every meeting!!!!

Cheers Sefton

Well what a trip, 20 hours on your arse from gizzy to invercargill (and 3 hours drinking on the boat!!!).   Caught up with Tomcat in Chch on thursday and right into friday, bout 4-45 in the morning if memory serves me right.

On to Invers on friday and went had look at the track when we got there, first impression was not too bad!

Turned up Satur day and the track looked totally diff, water truck was going hard and heap more moisture in the track than last night. Heres where the solo tyres take over!!!!!

1st heat, Russell & Andrew had the inside run in 1st corner and completely filled us in , couldnt see anything but got back to 2nd, not a bad result considering.

Heat 2, us outside ,Toby&Bondy inside, got a screamer and managed to drop in 1st into the turn, all going good until the 3rd lap when pulled a wheelstand half way round pit bend but managed to save it, f@%ked up1nz I’m sure but still in the lead  at the end.

Won the 3rd heat.

Heat 4, us and 2nz, got the gate again us on 2 les on 4, managed to hold them out for 4laps this leaving us and 2nz tied on 11 points going into last round.

Heat 5, Les & Kervin up before us against locals Lightfoot, Lightfoot upsetting 2nz finishing 2nd. Us lineing up with everything to loose but got another good gate and home for the win and the title. This giving us after a few years of chasing all the major titles in the bank, Nz, Ni, and Gp.

3nz 1st, 2nz 2nd, and 49a 3rd.

Many thanks to Fujitsu NZ, East Coast contracting, Gillies Electrical & Aircon, Gisborne Sheetmetals,Cooltech, Gisborne Honda, Maurice Heaps Painting (HB), Trevor Jukes and to dad for driving us there and back.

Finally got all 3 majors in the bank!!!!

Cheers, Sefton & Clint

Another dodgy weather forecast but it held off for a good nights racing.

5 wins from 5 starts best describes our night!!!!

Beating 37a first up then on to 21b & 9g in the second, third heat with 2nz we had great start and lead the whole race.

Heat 4 , scraggy and brat and heat 5 49a & 33g, Russel got the start but we cut under him coming out of first corner to take the win.

Thanks to all the sponsors and supporters for helping us to our 4th Champ of champs title.

Off to Oreti park for the NZGP on the 15th.

Sefton & Clint

Turned up all set for another skid fresh off the Wellington champs only to be denied by a hole in one of the oil lines on the 2nd of Feb, so we got to watch the meeting which also had the Nth Is streetstock champs. They ended up running the last heat of sidecars in the rain and the final of the streets in the pouring rain which was not bad watching.

Onto last weekend, 16th Feb, we had 2 wins in first 2 races against Clive& Brendon and Deane & Honk and lined up in the feature race with 1nz, 56g, 9g and 69g. All into first corner together but luck on our side popped out in the lead and held on for the win ahead of Toby & Bondy. Track was mint bar a couple of ruts and the Nth Is Midgits were awesome watching.

Sefton

Hey,

Another meeting on the road to get away from the rainy weekends in Gizzy!!!

Turned up in Welly to some real summer weather (yes in Wellington) with a field of 13 bikes all up. Format was 3 heats with top 6 point scorers through to an one of top six final.

After the first round of cars the track wasn’t ideal but rideable, had a 2nd place behind Mick & Blinky, Sally & Bag won the other heat. Second round, track a bit better, Had another 2nd behind Sally & Bag (or was it Sally?) all looking good for the top 6 so far!

Round 3, starting on the wall everyone got to the corner at the same time, got dominoed out into the wet and spun out, got going again but half a lap behind, managed to pull a 5th just scraped into top 6 by 1 point.

Onto the final, us 11p, 19v, 35v, 6p and 49a, got the best start of the night and made first corner in 2nd, into 2nd lap Mick having probs again with bike and we jumped into 1st spot which we held to the finish, 6p Ram & Horse in 2nd and 35v Mick & Blinky in 3rd. Cheers to all involved with making it happen, Stu, Ritchie,Kirky and we’ll catch you there next season!!!

Sefton & Clint

Made a last minute decision to head to the Bay after Gizzy called off TQ NZGP due to bad weather forecast, always wondering if you are going to get a surface that holds together (clay track).

First heat up against 6p 49a 97p had a s#*t start and was battling for 3rd with Russell when the chain adjuster broke, dnf

Second up against 52w 21a 6p 23b, Stu got away with a flying start only to be denied by the ever increasing hole sizes in the track causing not 1 but 2 flat tyres, we went from 4th to 2nd in the 2-3rd lap but horse and ram to far ahead by then, 2nd

Last up we had 21b 5g 97p 6p, finally got a half decent start, 2nd into first corner behind Dave and Pete and thats how it stayed, 97 Mike hot on our tail all race but really only a one lane track so hard to pass, another 2nd giving us 8 points only enough for the minor placings.

97p 11b and 21b had a run off for 2nd and 3rd spots with 21 Dave &Pete wining from 97 Mike who tried some brave outside passing moves considering the condition of the track. 35v Mick & Blinky took the overall honors being a point clear of the feild after the three rounds, well done guys.

Next week we hope to get to Wellington for their champs if not it will be racing here at home and maybe the Golden Helmet Champs in Kihikihi on the Sunday

Sefton

Hey guys,

Sorry for the delay, been trying to work out new web site (cheers GT).

Another awesome NZ’s on sat night, we were really pleased with where we finished and had a mean after match to top it all off. Congrats to 1 & 2 great performance from you both!!!! Now looking forward to rest of the season and hope to get around the countryside for some meets.

Thanks to Fujitsu NZ, East Coast Contracting (dad),Gillies Electrical & Aircon, Cooltech (Darren Beard), Gisborne Honda, Maurice Heaps Painting (Hastings), Gisborne Sheetmetals, Jukes Carriers and everyone who has helped in any way over the years.

Sefton