What a great job they have done with puke,good to see Ken Smith on tv last night look at it this way if they get the gearing right ,this is going to be one very fast track.Originally Posted by CUSTAXIE50
What a great job they have done with puke,good to see Ken Smith on tv last night look at it this way if they get the gearing right ,this is going to be one very fast track.
Yea real neat, and if they get it a little wrong, wang concrete. Great for TV.
The jury is out.
It was not a fault of the track lay out, as I understand it he had no brakes, so maybe he needs to look at his mechanic??
Roger
Please explain how concrete barriers make the track safer?
Well in my case when my car was almost writen off by the turbo Escort ,Bruce would not have tried to go around Barrys Monaro,on the outside and onto the grass,sliding fifty yards facing the track till he hit the seal of the old chicane and still pulling 8000 rev rocketed accross,not long before {days} the escort had slid down the grass and taken out yards of fence same corner ,and I think this the best corner in NZ
Is it better that the Escort destroys itself on a concrete wall? The walls also bounce cars back onto the track so the problem you describe, Jim, is not necessarily fixed.
The run- off for that corner needs re-thinking and doing properly.
The concrete walls will be judged by history as stupid as the chicanes were. It will be the end of any motorcycle racing at Pukekohe, including the incredible classic meeting every February. They are configuring the circuit for the V8 Supercars to the detriment of many other users, so I can't see how that's "better."
I'm even more interested to see how much of my rates have been spent on decent toilets and concessions.
Last edited by Shano; 03-14-2013 at 12:32 AM.
I love a good debate when no one wins,as I stated he would not have gone outside AS there will be no outside.
A run off would be a tunnell into the hill.
The Motorbikes use Paeroa and Wanganui and look at the Iles of Man ,are you insulting our riders, and lastly Murf who recently was all in favour of HD,,is it true he is related to Brownley and Co????
Believe it has stuffed it for any body but the TV Superstockcars, if the wall was there years back when Longhurst went down grass after coming on a car real quick and passed it and kept it together and back on track, that would have been different. Been down the grass myself Jimmy, lucky maybe but also believe it gave me time to sort out options before getting it straight and back on with out damage (luck & management). You were real unlucky that day.
Maybe, got to keep the car,,my first thought was take two mtrs, into the hill then a row of tyres all the way over the top, but I rather like a street circuit,and a nice feeling to get with in an inch of the barrier without lifting,.Yes I remember Tony that day ,something you dont see very often ,he did over 100 mtrs, on the wet ?? grass ,just kept the wheel pointing back onto the track ,bloody amazing
He had slightly quicker reflex's than us Jimmy, and maybe more talent.
Last edited by Rod Grimwood; 03-16-2013 at 10:13 PM.
The bike racers have already come out and said they would probably not run at the track because the barriers over the hill are too close to the track to allow them to put airbags in place.
The talk among historic single seaters seems to be that they will probably not run as any slight mistake (or avoiding another car that makes a slight mistake) will end up ripping off wheels and suspension.
Additionally, with the barriers so close to the track it means that any car the comes off over the hill will inevitably end up on the track (nowhere else to go) and the likelihood of it causing another accident are pretty strong.
Agree that all the ratepayers money seems to have been spent creating a track suitable for one weekends action without much consideration for the other 51 weeks of the year.
Exactly right RogerH. With the barriers being so close to the edge of the track over the hill, and the Supercar field within seconds of one another, they`ll be stacked four high in no time. As Rod said, she`ll make bloody good TV viewing!
And of course there is the Central Muscle Car guys running there as well..............
Interesting time will tell ,Wellington was prety good,I guess some drivers need plenty of room.
Man I hate this chap
And Formula Toyota. Could be an expensive learning curve for some classes.
Last edited by John McKechnie; 03-14-2013 at 04:49 AM.
Just use them for the V8s and get shot of them after the show has left town. that 10 foot high earth bank is fine, and leaves the a couple of meters of grass to skate down if needed.
As i am now living in the USA,Could someone please explain what exactly they have done to the track? Having been to the "old" track many times I am keen to know. as I understand it the back straight now has corners? Did they make it longer? Thanks in advance
This should help. I hear they've done alot out there and it's looking good. Relatively speaking.
Most have seen this i presume. Dale M
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