RACE REPORTS, PCRA WAKEFIELD FEB 2010

ZoltanP · Post by **ZoltanP** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:03 am

I thought i'd start the ball rolling: for results totals, see natsoff's http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/resul ... .RRT.F12.M

seems wetty ruled the F95 roost, followed by james spence-yzf750 and murray clark-bikewreckzx750. followed by brett clark, stu lomax and steve butler...

I heard it rained, results showing some riders not riding in that event.

F95-F2 was won by rick kwow-yam250, followed by mat hanna-600kwaka and steve green on his 600kwaka.

F89-newera F1 was won by nigel taylor on a fzr1000, floowed by brad lopaten and rob cole, both on suzis.
F2 results: CRAIG RALLS-Honda 250, then JASON BRETT-yam 600 and troy galvin, also on a 600 yam.

c'mon boys, let's hear the nitty gritty details!

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:04 am

Your quick off the mark!!

I was watching the times too, couple of things stood out:

Paul Grant Mitchell doing a 1.03 on his ZXR...
Steve Green, D grader on a ZX6 doing a 1.06...
Nigel taylor hasn't raced for 20 years and hadn't ridden the bike again before the meeting. Its a Superbike spec 87 FZR thou, raced at Bathurst etc he won new era F1 in every heat mainly doing 1.09's
Butler managed an impressive 1.10 on debut with the 750T on a track he hasn't ridden before

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:05 am

Here we are pre modern F1
Points for the meeting>>>>
Pre Modern Formula 1

1 69 PAUL GRANT-MITCHELL NSW Kawasaki 750 25 25 25 25 25 125
2 6 JAMES SPENCE (NSW) CIRCUIT BREAKERS Yamaha 750 22 18 22 18 18 98
3 36 MURRAY CLARK (NSW) BIKE WRECK Kawasaki 750 18 20 0 22 22 82
4 30 BRETT CLARK (NSW) RB RACING Honda 900 20 22 0 20 20 82
5 37 STUART LOMAX (NSW) Yamaha 750 14 15 0 16 16 61
6 20 STEVE BUTLER (NSW) MOTOTECH AUSTRALIA Suzuki 750 15 13 0 14 15 57
7 13 SCOTT PUSEY (NSW) Kawasaki 750 11 12 0 13 14 50
8 86 JOSHUA KELLY (NSW) Suzuki 750 6 0 20 15 9 50
9 96 NEIL CROCKFORD (NSW) Suzuki 750 16 16 18 0 0 50
10 18 JOHN SKEERS (NSW) Kawasaki 750 12 14 0 10 11 47
11 11 MICHAEL MCLEAN (NSW) WRP BRIDGESTONE Suzuki 750 10 11 0 12 13 46
12 40 DAN ELBOURNE (NSW) Kawasaki 750 5 6 16 9 8 44
13 70 KEVIN THOROGOOD (NSW) Kawasaki 900 13 10 0 8 12 43
14 35 STEVE ANDERSON (NSW) Suzuki 750 7 8 0 11 10 36
15 19 DEAN SCOTT (NSW) Suzuki 750 8 9 0 7 7 31
16 29 KIRK OSGOOD (NSW) Suzuki 750 9 7 0 0 0 16
17 89 JAMES PACE (NSW) Kawasaki 750 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 96 NEIL CROCKFORD (NSW) Yamaha 750 0 0 0 0 0 0

Full race report tomorrow Just got home & Im shagged, so shower & bed for me.

ZoltanP · Post by **ZoltanP** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:22 am

hotcam · Post by **hotcam** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:01 am

Go Steve! Great result on a new-to-you bike and a new-to-you track!

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:49 pm

Rightyhoe this is how my weekend went down>>>

Got called up for 1st practice, out I went & the first thing I noticed was the track seemed to be going the wrong way. [very odd] But anyway I was starting to work the place out & came in a bit unshure of were I was placed in the big picture. 17th fastest with a 1.14 sec..

Went out in qualifing & stuck in on 21st with a 1.12.!! Everyone had lifted their game since practice, I thought not good!
Mid field carnage comming up.!!!!!

Race 1
Grided up & thought I may as well start from down the entry road into the track I was that far from the front.
Got a [so so] start & started picking guys off 1 by 1. Still not at all famililar
with the track & the bike, buit thats another story! Guys I use to beat are now beating me by a good margin. But anyway, I finished 13th with a fastest lap 1.11.7.

Race 2
Much the same as the first & I was not as tangled up with the first corner drama you get when you are starting from 21st.
Had a pretty uneventfull race still trying to find me way around & get ontop of the bike. A crash in the dying stages of the race caused a bit of drama, I saw the yellow flags come out & could see a rider down & dust around the next corner, so I eased off, & got passed under yellows!. After a call up by race control I explained what happend & it was decided it was a racing incenident & no further action was taken. Which put me from 13th to 15th finish. With a 1.10.2 getting better.

Race 3 WET!!!!!!! DNS
I was not going out in the wet, on slicks, on a track I hadent come to grips with & a bike I wasnt really a part of. So scratch that race.

Race 4
Starting to get a bit famililar with the joint, & had a pretty good race, Guys that I was dicing with were really good & had no problems at all.
Starting to find good passing points & using them! Worked on a few guys & picked tham off as I got to them.
Finished 10 outright, & 6th in class. Everyone seemed a little slower, I did a best time of 1.11.2..

So overall for the weekend, even with the DNS in the wet race I finished 6th outright in Pre Modern.. Came away reall happy, all good learning, I am happy with the GSXR. But really have to ride it well to extract the best out of it. The biggest diffenance is the braking, its much lighter & stops shorter.+++ But the down side is, it just hasnt got that HUGE mistake fixing GRUNT of the FZR--- But I think I can get ontop of that with somemore rider input. I was spoilt with the FZR & I havent got that now. I have to accually ride this bike.
So there you have it. Was it a better move going to the GSXR? Dont know. Both bikes have strenths & weekness's. At this stage I would lean 51% to 49% toward the FZR simply because it was a powerhouse that made it easy on me..

Next race Barry Sheene Festival of speed, easter sat & sunday. See ya there.

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:21 pm

Well done Steve, I hope I can say I'm coming in from the other direction - having had to wring the 750's neck, it may have done my racing some good, so when I (finally) get on the thou, I'll be ahead (so to speak)....or at least have an easier time....you can probably see a bit more now how frustrating its been lately for me running with bikes that are quicker in a straight line!! That's the beauty of horsepower, it gets you ahead into clear air from the beginning, you don't need to fight your way past

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:42 pm

JasonL wrote:Well done Steve, I hope I can say I'm coming in from the other direction - having had to wring the 750's neck, it may have done my racing some good, so when I (finally) get on the thou, I'll be ahead (so to speak)....or at least have an easier time....you can probably see a bit more now how frustrating its been lately for me running with bikes that are quicker in a straight line!! That's the beauty of horsepower, it gets you ahead into clear air from the beginning, you don't need to fight your way past

Yep big HP in most cases covercome rider ability.[Im the perfect example of that] I always said that FZR made me look good!
I would say the gsxr would almost be a match for the FZR on the straights, but the FZR would just be a lot easier to get to the straights first.. I couldnt pass Stu Lomax on his YZF750 on the straight, were I could on the FZR. So it is a little slower power wise.
Im sure you will love the HP of the FZR...

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:49 pm

Stuart's bike has had a bit of work done though, its pretty quick.

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:48 pm

JasonL wrote:Stuart's bike has had a bit of work done though, its pretty quick.

Well I didnt know that!!!!

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:06 pm

Yeah its not stock, I shared a garage with him at the BSFoS last year, he was telling me about it, can't remember exactly what he'd had done, headwork was one thing I think, plus having had him come past me on the straight a few times, it's got some go! BTW, you were saying you looked at Richard Easton's bike at the 6-hour and looked like it had a Thunderace motor, it might have but Spook was telling me its a mod people do - putting a Thunderace block / top end on the 750 which takes it to 820 or 840 or something (also why Ivan did better times on it than his own YZF)

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:38 am

JasonL wrote:Yeah its not stock, I shared a garage with him at the BSFoS last year, he was telling me about it, can't remember exactly what he'd had done, headwork was one thing I think, plus having had him come past me on the straight a few times, it's got some go! BTW, you were saying you looked at Richard Easton's bike at the 6-hour and looked like it had a Thunderace motor, it might have but Spook was telling me its a mod people do - putting a Thunderace block / top end on the 750 which takes it to 820 or 840 or something (also why Ivan did better times on it than his own YZF)

Yeah thats what me & Zol were thinking. Pretty common mod.
Ivan was cracking on that bike, I couldnt pass him. Good riding & a few more HP did the trick for him.

Jaffa · Post by **Jaffa** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:22 am

Hi Jason, Steve,
A good weekend at Wakefield, I'll give you a copy of the video of the races I followed you in Steve at the BSFOS or PM me with your address and I'll post it to you. You can see Mick Onrust crash in the distance just as I'm passing you on the back straight.
We should have some more good duels in the future as the speed of the GSXR was very close to my YZF.
Yeah my bike has head the head ported, it goes alright and was the only way to pass Jason as he is a demon in the bends and it was always entertaining to follow him riding the wheels off his VFR.
Richards bike is an 840 but he would be quick on a postie bike.

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:49 am

Some interesting reading here.
Very close I say. HP does make a difference. But good riding does a have just as much impact..

6 hour support times>>>
1 44 STEVEN GREEN 6 8:01.394 1:18.542 2 -
2 20 STEVE BUTLER 6 8:03.983 2.589 1:19.254 3 -
3 84 THOMAS BRYDEN 6 8:06.210 4.816 1:19.519 6 -
4 72 IVAN HOEY 6 8:06.627 5.233 1:19.160 6 -
5 10 JOHN TWEEN 6 8:16.006 14.612 1:21.281 5 -
6 41 ZOLTAN PETRI 6 8:29.285 27.891 1:23.897 3 -
7 84 ASHLEY WHITEHEAD 6 8:37.034 35.640 1:24.469 6 -
8 63 TROY LOVEDAY 6 8:51.093 49.699 1:27.076 2 -
9 15 RUSSELL DOWNIE 6 9:02.062 1:00.668 1:28.650 3 -
10 47 CHRIS MUNN 6 9:20.362 1:18.968 1:32.004 5 -

Last PCRA round..
1 30 BRETT CLARK (NSW) RB RACING Honda 900 A PF1 5 6:28.4810 2 1:15.3310R
2 36 MURRAY CLARK (NSW) BIKE WRECK Suzuki 1100 A NF1 5 6:36.9500 2 1:18.1180
3 12 RICHARD EASTON (NSW) BIKE WRECK Yamaha 820 B PF1 5 6:38.2390 5 1:17.4250
4 84 CHADD SLADE (NSW) Honda 900 C PF1 5 6:42.8160 3 1:18.2660
5 20 STEVE BUTLER (NSW) Yamaha 1000 C PF1 5 6:48.6560 2 1:20.5400
6 43 DAVID GILYEAT (NSW) Kawasaki 750 D PF1 5 6:54.7180 5 1:21.2620
7 53 KEVIN THOROGOOD (NSW) Kawasaki 900 D PF1 5 6:55.9970 3 1:21.3680
8 37 STUART LOMAX (NSW) Yamaha 750 D PF1 5 6:56.4890 5 1:21.7860
9 8 PETER WALDRON (NSW) Kawasaki 600 D PF2 5 6:57.4430 3 1:21.6760
10 72 IVAN HOEY (NSW) BIKE WRECK Yamaha 750 D PF1 5 7:00.5630 5 1:21.6600
11 38 JASON LIGHT (NSW) Honda 750 C NF1 5 7:01.2170 5 1:21.0940

Either way it looks like me and Stuart will be doing battle this year, because the bikes are very close, & I dont mind a bit. He's a good clean rider that I can trust. Suits me..

JasonL · Post by **JasonL** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:05 am

Put PCRA OP qualifying up Steve...! if only I could have replicated that time in the heats

Stuart, didn't know you were on this forum! Did I tell you I got an FZR1000? Should give me about 30bhp more than the VFR

Glad to be of service entertaining you, any onboard footage?? If you come to the Broadford Round I'll see you there, or I might make it to the One Hour aswell (ages away yet but gotta plan early!)

Mike_SS · Post by **Mike_SS** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:13 am

Good report Steve. I was following the timing over the weekend. For a while there it was quicker each and every session

Sounds like you are bonding with the gixxer a little

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:30 am

JasonL wrote:Put PCRA OP qualifying up Steve...! if only I could have replicated that time in the heats

Thats why I didnt put them up Jay. Im crap at qualifying.

spook · Post by **spook** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:45 am

Great report and results Steve... Aren't you glad i sabotaged your bike and kept you out of retirement

Hi Jaffa, I was going to say welcome, but you joined up at about the same time as myself

Any chance you can post that video on u tube or something? Cheers.

ZoltanP · Post by **ZoltanP** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 5:18 am

Came away reall happy, ... I am happy with the GSXR.

Guys that I was dicing with were really good & had no problems at all

me and Stuart will be doing battle this year, because the bikes are very close, & I dont mind a bit. He's a good clean rider that I can trust.

that's the name of the game! Feel the love!

Can't you fit a K1 gsxr 1000 motor in it??????? hehehe

sbutler · Post by **sbutler** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:04 pm

ZoltanP wrote:
Can't you fit a K1 gsxr 1000 motor in it??????? hehehe

Sure can but it wont be happening. It'll staying as is for now..

BTW Spook:: Jaffa, aka Stuart, is a bit of a dark horse. He says he has trouble at some track & others he goes well at. I have only ever seen him go well everytime ive raced against him...