Hi Guys,
HRC Puke Summer 2009
Once again Puke was fine and hot. Only 3 sports car on the historic grid this time which was a bit disappointing and it was a bit of a we came we raced we broke we went home weekend. All 3 of us cross entered into the sports car grid to get some extra racing in and this seems to be working ok, even if we were with the Super Historic’s at this meeting. You just have to keep an eye out and it’s all good. Steve Sharp had the best run of the weekend managing to complete the 2 practice sessions and the all the races even if he did have to take the Lotus home on Saturday night to change the generator. Brian’s weekend started off bad with no first and second but the replacement of a roll pin in the selector fork soon fixed that. His starter also went to lunch so we had to push start him all weekend. His Puke times are now in the 11s and high 10s so he’s getting pretty hard to catch. However in the 3rd race of the weekend the driveshaft flew apart and that made it a bit easier if not a little scary for him.
My weekend started good with the 2 practice seasons but in race one the car moved a few meters of the grid and that was the end of my weekend. We thought it was the gearbox but it turned out to be a broken axle. There was a broken syncro in the gearbox as well though. Still no worries it’s all fixed now as is Brian’s drive shaft and starter problem. So the entries are in for next Sunday. Hopefully we may see a few more of you at this meeting.
What we do need is some way of getting the slower cars out. There seems to be heaps of Bucklers and Mistrals etc around but no one will bring them out racing. If we had one or two that came regularly then I’m sure more would follow.
Next meeting is Pukekohe 5th April
Alan Service
Sports Car Coordinator
McRae U2
Albo@woosh.co.nz
