Taupo 1000

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Taupo 1000

Postby Batfastard » Fri Aug 09, 2013 2:33 pm

Any one else doing this event :mrgreen:

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby Clint » Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:07 pm

Going to be helping out in the pits for Team Taupo. :D Sounds like we'll have Raana, Klembo, the Mullholland Bros & another mate with a newly built class 6 rig in the same tent so there should be no end of fun for the pit crew.

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby sig » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:24 pm

was going up for support but my bro in law didn,t finish his buggy in time .several wgtn 4wd guys doing it thou ,brian howat in a disco,warren jefferys in a buggy ,don morgan in a cj5 jeep.should be an awesome weekend .good luck mike .make sure you have a good kidney belt :D
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby meatc » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:43 pm

Yep we be going. Weekends events will decide if its class 6 or 8 :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: . How much we get done will dictate if the new truck can be certed early next week to make us meet class 6 rules. Either way we will be making the trek from northland on in 13 days time. Bring it on. :D :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby LOLYF » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:07 pm

I'll be there as crew for 869 DSTRBD Racing,

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby fullthrottle » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:17 pm

Having never been to this before, from a spectators point of view, would I be correct in assuming that the short course runs are better.
Looks like the Friday would be better.

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby meatc » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:31 pm

Na man come for the weekend.

BY the end of lap 2 the field is spread round the whole track and with 100+ vehicles coming in and out of the pits etc there is always plenty to see.

Friday avo will be ok, all in practice then 15mins per class qualifyin, it'll be over pretty quick
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby sibainmud » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:58 pm

Team Mullins Tyres. Whole weekend. Tyre bay, welding bay, 5 car pits @ the start finish line :mrgreen:

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby shortylux » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:59 pm

I am co driving for one day in this.
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Class 6. Won't set any records but should be fun!
Looking forward to having a bit of time to check out all the vehicles and spectate from the pits, not just broken down track side.

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby Batfastard » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:24 pm

sig wrote:was going up for support but my bro in law didn,t finish his buggy in time .several wgtn 4wd guys doing it thou ,brian howat in a disco,warren jefferys in a buggy ,don morgan in a cj5 jeep.should be an awesome weekend .good luck mike .make sure you have a good kidney belt :D


Been looking but cant find one to fit they all seem to be to big... :D

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby lincooln » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:18 pm

I am marshalling the shit out of this event. haha
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby 4WDbits » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:56 am

lincooln wrote:I am marshalling the shit out of this event. haha


I'll be driving past you :lol: :lol:

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby billfish » Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:23 pm

Go the Bat Mobile !.

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby lincooln » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:16 am

4WDbits wrote:
lincooln wrote:I am marshalling the shit out of this event. haha


I'll be driving past you :lol: :lol:


I will make sure I hide in a safe location, :lol: :lol:
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby 4WDbits » Mon Sep 02, 2013 8:50 am

lincooln wrote:
4WDbits wrote:
lincooln wrote:I am marshalling the shit out of this event. haha


I'll be driving past you :lol: :lol:


I will make sure I hide in a safe location, :lol: :lol:


Further the better

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby Clint » Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:17 pm

Looks like the new location will be much better for spectating than the old site, with a good few km of track around the pits all in the open farmland. Rumour has it the track building elves have shaped up a real sweet jump right next to the pits too.

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby meatc » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:54 pm

Clint wrote:Looks like the new location will be much better for spectating than the old site, with a good few km of track around the pits all in the open farmland. Rumour has it the track building elves have shaped up a real sweet jump right next to the pits too.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BopQHXqIrk

And it looks like Class 8 for us, run out of time for cert
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby Batfastard » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:02 pm

If you had asked me aweek ago what my race plan was i would of said i wanted to finish ,but now i just would like to start :mrgreen:

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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby meatc » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:49 pm

I'm hearing that :lol: :lol: . With any luck we will have a shake down run this weekend a spanner check then load up for the trip, hardly ideal, but drive to survive will be the motto for the weekend i feel.
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Re: Taupo 1000

Postby Gnarly Dude » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:42 pm

We are marshalling this weekend as well, hopefully for the racers we won't have to do anything! Keep an eye out for 2 white Landcruisers.

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