The plan for NZ1 is to have the trucks in town doing some basic stages for the public on Friday night. I don't know much about what's planned here.
Saturday we are out to a new property. (Some pics and info below) This will be run in a fairly traditional winch challenge style. I think the plan is for at least 6 stages. Two trucks will start from side by side start boxes and will appear to be racing each other. This makes it look good for the public (Yes, Saturday is has access for the public) but in reality the two tracks have nothing to do with each other.
Sunday is planned to be a single long stage. At this point we are still waiting to confirm access to a small section of land. Trucks from each class will start simultaneously, but we have a plan that will separate them out a bit at the start. At this stage it is planned to be two or three laps (depending on class) of the course. Nothing is set in stone yet but a test drive down one section took about an hour. Race pace is estimated to have that section take 30 minutes. So one whole lap could have an hour of driving. This lap includes a section through the property used for the Canterbury winch challenge. So there is plenty of option to shorten or lengthen the lap once we have done some testing. In any case, If we get the land we need, Sunday will be spectacular. Hours of seat time rather than minutes.
Today we went out to the new property to make some tracks. It was a blank canvas. Fairly flat, but hey that's Christchurch (and this property is only 10 minutes from town). This property has a water table in it that keeps it nice and wet. It's good and bogy in places, but not bottomless. Didn't get many photos as I was on the end of a winch rope or saw most of the day.
Saturdays property.
Clearing a water crossing.
Yes, this was the best way through. Damn it.
One of about 6 crossings.
Buggy driver. Thin about your clothing choice more than Turoa did.
