Once in a 52 year event!!

[SkylineObsession]

Something along those lines anyway (can't remember where i read it).

The New Zealand Superstock Champs are being held at Island Park Speedway (Waldronville, just South of Dunedin/Green Island) this year and has a huge field of 73 or so cars. These are the cars that are allowed to smash into each other too (its what they are built for) so if you haven't been to the speedway in years then you don't want to miss this!

More information;
http://www.islandparkmotorspeedway.co.n ... kinfo.html

I'm hopefully going to be there (i go to most races anyway) - going to try get there at 3pm or so on both days as want to get a good seat.

The only downside is the cost. $20 for Friday and $25 for Saturday (or $40 for both days). It is a bit higher than normal (normally $12 for one adult) so hopefully it is worth it. I strongly advise bringing your own food though, as they stuff they sell there is WAY overpriced and sometimes overcooked too.

Anyone else keen on going? There are a few decentish cars racing like a 300ZX (won its class overall at the last event - sounds really nice too), a couple of R30/R31 Skylines, Legacy's and so on. Production car classes have barely any Ford's and Holdens and mainly consists of Japanese cars now.

Anywho. Just thought i should get the word out. It is on this Friday (5th) and Saturday (6th)!

[SkylineObsession]

Hehe, i think that is me above the 69i car, the one taking a movie.


Number 34t (Turbo Nissan 180SX - 700 hp+) is my favourite super saloon.


My favourite car! (blue 300ZX)



And one of the two Skylines that race (black and green car - number 16).


Few more pics here: http://www.islandparkmotorspeedway.co.nz/pics.html

[SkylineObsession]

Anyone here go last night? Was freaking awesome and i think there'll be a lot more smashing up tonight.

I advise getting there real early though, as when i got there between 4:00pm and 4:30pm the carpark was nearly full (gates open at 2pm, racing starts at 6pm).

[fangsport]

Anyone here go last night? Was freaking awesome and i think there'll be a lot more smashing up tonight.

I advise getting there real early though, as when i got there between 4:00pm and 4:30pm the carpark was nearly full (gates open at 2pm, racing starts at 6pm).

what condition is the track in? the grapevine tells me many crews are not happy with the surface being full of pot holes and very little decent clay??

what time is it finishing tonight? thinking about heading down.

[SkylineObsession]

Last night was probably the smoothest i've ever seen the track. It did get a little potholed later on (as well as getting blacker than i'd ever seen it due to all the rubber being laid down) but not as bad as normal.

Last night i think it finished at 10:30pm/11:00pm or so and was really warm the whole day/night. I even got sunburnt.

If you do come down give us a text or something, we were sitting near turn two last night (getting completely covered in dust and dirt - good stuff).

I suspect tonight there may not be as many parks as there were yesterday at 4pm or so.

021 216 4593

[Lloyd]

Dont forget to mention its raining down here right now also

[SkylineObsession]

Bloody Auckland weather.

Gates open at 11am today (Sunday) and racing starts at 2pm for those who didn't already know. And it is sunny!