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PIRTEK NEWCASTLE / MAITLAND

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

2011 May: 1/10th off pole, 3rd with a dud fuelpump and tragedy strikes.

My race finish is insignificant in comparison with one of member's fate.
Above - Mixing it up with the 90's PreModern bikes again, I qualified 9th and had a strong start, but was certainly outpowered by the more modern engines of often larger capacity.

Never mind, this up-entering is for fun and extra tracktime as much as competetiveness! In this class' race I got a 10th, but the main fun was to be had in my class.









ONBIKE VIDEO: In my F750 class I qualified 2nd in class, only 1/10th of a second behind pole position, had a great start, missed one corner letting Steve Anderson slip by. Then later coming onto the straight the bike hesitated badly, feeling like it was running out of petrol / power. Rob Cole slipped by. Upon further testing I found the electric fuel pump was only intermittently working and a quick remedy was made, but no opportunity was had to ride it again, as One of the chaps in another class had a heart attack while racing and on the main straight. By the time he was attended to, the Police advised us that due to the involvement of a vehicle (his racebike) at a controlled event resulting in a critical incident (he had to be revived 2 times apparently) a critical incident investigation was to be held and we would not get access to the track again until quite late if at all, so a decision was made to stop the meeting. While this was disappointing from a racing perspective, it is a great comfort to know that the chap was alive (again). As was widely discussed at the track, having a hear attack at the races is probably the 2nd best place to have one apart from being inside a hospital, as you are within walking distance of highly qualified and experienced emergency medics and a defibrulator! Much better than having an attack on teh way home while driving!

The next meeting will be either the QLD historic Championships at Morgan Park at Warwick, or the St Geroge MCC / Honda / RJ series 4 hour endurance teams event, which was a lot of fun last year.


I have started a Facebook page called retroracing.com.au which has updates and event dates, with the website itself having a simple flashpage for now, with a more interactive memebr driven forum-type setup coming soon to www.retroracing.com.au