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Comment on WRC Rally Poland dropped in favour of Turkey, no room for NZ on calendar by Jonathan Buck

Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:35:37 +0000

…….ok, safety comes first and your reasons for cancelling Poland are very reasonable. However, regarding a New Zealand Rally, if the teams can put a rally on in Australia, it is conceivably only a small stretch to come across the Tasman and let the latest crop of rally drivers experience some of the best rally roads in the World.

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Comment on Fernando Alonso Indy 500: What shock move means for his F1 future by Marahau

Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:44:58 +0000

Great to Fernando Alonso doing an Indy 500. F1 is not the pinnacle of motor racing at all.

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Comment on Bamber robbed of victory in bizarre end to Macau World GT Cup by Tony Hitch

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:16:16 +0000

There are some really stupid rules in all sports, but being over taken fairly and then crashing trying to drive at the pace of the guy in front means you win IS ONE OF THE STUPIDEST

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Comment on Bamber robbed of victory in bizarre end to Macau World GT Cup by Tony Hitch

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:14:27 +0000

Seems like an easy way to win…
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1) GET TO THE FRONT _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) CRASH REALLY BADLY *AFTER BEING OVERTAKEN* __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3) VICTORY PODIUM CHAMPAGNE

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Comment on Super Black loses Team Manager Greg Hahn by Tony Hitch

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:12:17 +0000

Bugger — I just love the way these guys are from WELLSFORD and drive FORDS.
Such a shame — But was always up against it running cars and technology that was, at best, other teams third choice left overs.

Really — They should be financially viable… They claim “NZ’s only Supercar franchise” but look at all the teams managed and run by expats. You only have to look at the results this season to see that trying to gain sponsorship, or a fan base, from claiming “only NZ team” is not going to work either.

But from the point of view of a small town, getting together and putting a car in… That should have had more impact.

Anyway, love these guys and what they stood for.

Just wish we, as a motorsport superpower in our own right, could have supported them just half as much as we did with the likes of Dixon, Bamber etc.

As a country we punch FAR ABOVE our weight in the motorsport world.

Hulme and a bunch of others in Formula One. Even some of the teams nowadays would be NO WHERE without New Zealanders getting them to be household names… Long before the rather stupid term “putting NZ on the map” was a media favourite. These guys were world names in motorsport, yet they left NZ without fanfare to do it.

We need more racetracks, more burnout pads, more support for our boy racer communities.

What we get is policing, a government that tries to ban anything even slightly modified or fast, and millions spent on a toilet in France (artwork), billions on some rich boys in carbon fibre “boats” (that actually don’t even touch the water 99% of their race) and a third rate Supercar team manager hitting his head against a brick wall every weekend.

Sad.

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Comment on Licensed to fleece by Ian

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 04:54:46 +0000

Make sure you take the instructor through a full safety induction given the risks he/she is taking And make sure they sign in And out.
And don’t forget to turn up in your HighViz, hard hat and capped boots, with a length of yellow chain in your pocket and 100 road comes for good measure.

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Comment on Kiwi team breaks multiple world landspeed records in New Zealand first by Paul Kirk

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:53:09 +0000

Great effort Guys I’m proud of you all!
My only concern is all the fern leafs on the transporter but no KIWIs, Maybe next time please.
Bruce Mc’Laren, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme and all our other young guys and and a girl (Biddle), that are currantly competing successsfully overseas are known as Kiwis and I’m very impressed that Mc’Laren F1 have a great Kiwi logo on their buildings, transporters and race cars!
Regards,
PK.

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Comment on Big is good by Not Spannerman

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:32:40 +0000

But is spanner man really a man? If so what about his blocks of wood he is standing on looking down on everyone with his ego?

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Comment on Kiwi Mini breaks Land Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats by Tony

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:48:19 +0000

Start Date
Started in 2010
Short Description
A mad group of kiwis who broke a world land speed record in a 1964 Mini Cooper 970S at Bonneville Speed Week 2012. We’re going back in 2016.
Long Description
Project ’64 is an attempt by a group of Kiwis on the world land speed record for a production car under 1000cc. We are using a 1964 Mini Cooper S using the standard engine block and special head (more details to come). The car was 48 years old when we broke the class record at Speed Week in 2012 with a speed of 146.6mph or 236km/h. Our top official speed was 156mph or 251km/h.

We are competing at Bonneville Speed Week 13-19 August 2016
Phone +1 (213) 275-6569 for all media enquiries up until August 24th.
Awards
I/BGCC class speed record at Bonneville Speed week 2012 (unbroken) 146.6mph.
Built
1964

There you have it – For real journalism you have to go to FACEBOOK and a guy on an ankle bracelet stuck at home

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Comment on Kiwi Mini breaks Land Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats by Tony

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 09:45:10 +0000

State of journalism nowadays. It’s like saying WELLINGTON WON THE RUGBY IN THEIR COMPETITION.

Was that Supoer rugby, NPC, IHC, Under fifteen B squads?

Unless I missed it somewhere. BUt I can read. So if I missed it – many motorsport fans (who, let’s face it, cannot read) would have also.

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