Points for the year are in..

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:21 am

Well concidering I road in 3 of the 5 rounds, & the Barry Sheene meeting being a bit of a loss. This is the wash up on my year>>

2009 PCRA Championship Class Standings
Pre Modern Formula 1
Ver 4.2 Points Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Position Number Name Make Model Total Total Total Total Total Pos. Pts Pos. Pts Pos. Pts Total
1 84 CHADD SLADE HONDA CBR900R 356 106 64 66 60 3 20 3 20 3 20 60
2 12 RICHARD EASTON YAMAHA FZR750 355 90 58 75 66 2 22 2 22 2 22 66
3 30 BRETT CLARK HONDA CB900 292 122 20 0 75 1 25 1 25 1 25 75
4 72 IVAN HOEY YAMAHA FZR1000 236 67 28 56 44 6 15 8 13 8 13 41
5 37 STUART LOMAX YAMAHA YZF750R 233 84 54 15 38 8 13 6 15 7 14 42
6 43 DAVID GILYEAT KAWASAKI ZXR750 196 0 45 58 45 5 16 5 16 5 16 48
7 97 STEPHEN WARD SUZUKI GSXR750 159 105 0 0 54 0 0 0 0
8 13 SCOTT PUSEY KAWASAKI ZXR750 154 0 42 48 31 10 11 9 12 11 10 33
9 99 CALUM MACKINTOSH KAWASAKI ZXR750 147 72 0 42 33 0 0 0 0
10 29 KIRK OSGOOD SUZUKI GSXR750 132 55 36 41 0 0 0 0 0
11 20 STEVE BUTLER YAMAHA FZR1000 125 0 25 0 46 4 18 4 18 4 18 54
12 42 SIMON GENEV YAMAHA FZR1000 118 0 34 40 26 12 9 12 9 DNF 0 18
13 2 KEN LINDSAY HONDA CB900 117 64 21 0 0 9 12 10 11 12 9 32
14 7 AARON MORRIS SUZUKI GSXR750 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 91 RODGER GREEN SUZUKI GSXR750 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 53 KEVIN THOROGOOD KAWASAKI 900 43 0 0 0 0 7 14 7 14 6 15 43
17 93 GARY EGGINS DUCATI 916 32 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0
18 18 JOHN SKEERS KAWASAKI ZXR750 31 0 0 0 0 11 10 11 10 10 11 31
19 41 CHRIS MUNN YAMAHA YZF750R 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 69 MATHEW LANE SUZUKI GSXR750 25 0 0 0 13 DNS 0 DNS 0 9 12

It shows you have to ride every round, & be consistant. Either way Im pretty happy with the year, Im still getting faster, my times are dropping, the FZR is one of the fastest bike out there, & Im enjoying the racing.
Cheers Steve

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:31 am

There's no question about it. If you don't ride every round you can't expect top five.

Still, and keeping that in mind, you had a good year, and most importantly of all you enjoyed yourself!

Hope you can afford to keep at it next year... and I wish you all the best for if you do.

John

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:04 am

Yoniboi wrote:There's no question about it. If you don't ride every round you can't expect top five.

Still, and keeping that in mind, you had a good year, and most importantly of all you enjoyed yourself!

Hope you can afford to keep at it next year... and I wish you all the best for if you do.

John

Thanks John..
You are exctly right!! I did enjoy myself, The year started off bad, but with the help of the EXUP team & some ideas of my own we worked out the bike issues, & things turned out pretty good all round.
I'll be back next year for sure. I have one very important meeting left this year..>> http://www.the6hour.com.au/index.html
A very sad meeting for me & many others... The end of an era.. :sad

Mike_SS · Post by **Mike_SS** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:21 pm

You are on the list. You gotta be happy with that.

Well done and good luck at the 6hour meeting.

spook · Post by **spook** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:57 pm

Well done Steve. Next year for sure.

Good to see three Yam's in the top 5, and a FZR750 1 point off the the lead.

Any info on the #2 Bike? Cheers

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:47 pm

spook wrote:Well done Steve. Next year for sure.

Good to see three Yam's in the top 5, and a FZR750 1 point off the the lead.

Any info on the #2 Bike? Cheers

Richards no 2 bike, is a bitza FZR/YZF 750 with an 810 kit in it & worked of its head! It goes like a shot cat. That bike is the only bike that can make a bike lenth or two on my FZR down the straight. He is a very good rider as well..
In one of the races we came onto the straight together & by the end he was two bike lenths in front of me doing 240+ Ks!

hotcam · Post by **hotcam** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:11 am

So mid-field despite only getting about half the racing done... that's
a really good result, especially all things considered. GO TEAM EXUP!

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:37 am

Thanks Cam, Im pretty happy.
Yeah the year started off with the Barry Sheene meeting, which wasnt a real humdinger, but once we got the fuel issues sorted out things turned around.
Its funny I finished 11th in last years championship too.

You'd have thought I would have improved a little?

But the bike good now, so I can race with confidence. Im still slowly getting those old skills back, so things are rosie.

Some pics of the last historic race meeting at Oran Park.>>
http://www.postclassicracing.com.au/gal ... age-3.aspx