Taupo 1000 updates pleeeease

[skid]

anybody got any links for live updates from taupo 1000

itching to hear the qualifying results etc etc

[lilpigzuk]

Enzed Facebook page fulla. On ph can't link. Motorbike engined toy on pole.
They had live qualifying times etc.

[tallsam66]

NZ1 Hamish Lawlor is fastest qualifier at this early stage with a time of 1:27.170 for the 3km sprint. Followed 5.9 seconds back by Scott Buckley in 1083. Thrid fastest at this point is U20 Ben Thomason.

[skid]

Bookface is only showing the big boys.

I wanna know how my mates went in some of the other classes.

Live timing is the same, just showing top qualifiers

[lilpigzuk]

Supposidely live time when race starts tomorrow. Gutted I'm not there as planned but new toy beckons. Enzeds t1000 is meant to be the best update page (on fb)

[Pedro]

Bookface is only showing the big boys.

I wanna know how my mates went in some of the other classes.

Live timing is the same, just showing top qualifiers

It good .should of come along. Drunk far to much.......
Pedro

[kbushnz]

http://www.livetiming.co.nz/wsTaupo1000.aspx

Its up and running now !

[Batfastard]

We rolled end for end and then sideways very hard this morn . But we back in race . Hoping for the best

[kbjj]

We rolled end for end and then sideways very hard this morn . But we back in race . Hoping for the best

good to hear your back into it. Hope that grin is etched onto your dial

[Clint]

Was there helping out Dan Connor with the debut of his freshly finished class 6 rig, also lending a hand to Raana, Klem & the Mullholland Bros.

The Landcruiser sitting in the sun before qualifying, happily unaware of the thrashing it was about to receive



Klem's well travelled Hilux



Can you tell we're new at this?



The plan for qualifying was to take it easy & cruise....







...Yeah Right. Qualified 2nd in class.

Klembo tests out the new shocks over the jump:









Saturday dawns, Raana in 3rd spot on the grid.



After the 1st lap things were looking good for the boys, Dan had picked up a few places, Klem was trucking & together with Lawler, Raana had put a 3 min gap on the rest of the field. Then it all went to shit with the end of Raana's rear axle housing breaking off, Dan rolling over & Klem rolling also as he skidded to a stop at the back of the queue behind Dan's incident!

A hasty repair on Raana's diff didn't hold so he was out but Dan & Klem got going again.



Dan was having issues with overheating & losing water which slowed things down for the rest of the day but he still got 7 laps in. Klem lunched a gearbox & was stranded out on the track for the afternoon.

The Mullholland's just kept cruising around happily!

At the end of the day we got Dan up on the Performance Mechanical mobile hoist to fix up some suspension damage from the roll over.



Next up was Klem for a quick gearbox change. But Sunday saw further issues so he knocked off around lunchtime.

Sunday was a heaps better day for Dan, with the cooling system issues fixed, & just a couple of minor electrical issues holding us up briefly, 9 laps were done & a heap of places gained to come in 39th overall, & 4th in Class 6 behind the Mullhollands in 3rd.

Cheers
Clint