DeeKnow’s Grotto

On Sunday I headed down to Taupo with team-Subaru-Norway to see the national race meet on in town, a combo car and bike event. Was a bloody great day, two races per class, 4-wheel events included Formula-Ford, V8 tourers, Porches, GTs and Pre '65s. The bike lineup was Superbikes and Supersports with points apparently going towards the national championship.

Only caught the end of the SuperBikes and it looked like the Suzukis of Bernard and Charlett from the Bernard team were one-two. Same result in the SuperSports in the only 600 race we saw. If Sherriffs was to win the last race, Shaun Harris only needed to finish 6th or better to retain the title, and it actually got pretty close in the end as he finished 5th (he wasnt looking his usual self, due to recent injuries I guess). The two GSX's were almost the whole back-straight ahead of the Harris group at the finish, really close racing between the two of them.

Best race of the day had to be the Pre-65's which was loaded with Ford Anglia's, Cortina's, EH Holdens and the like. There was a Morris-1100 which was obviously non-standard which charged thru the handicapped field from the back right to the front winning the race on the last lap. Bloody great racing, fun to watch him picking the opposition off one at a time.

Its the 1st time I've been to the Taupo track after hearing lots about it from dudes who've ridden it on track days, and now I'm itching to get down there next time they have an open day, especially as its mostly left-handers :-)

The funniest scene on the day had to be this kid on a scooter, a micro Harley Davidson lookalike with the name 'Hardly Dangerous' on the tank. The kid was obviously thinkin he was looking pretty cool, and enjoying riding the thing. We had to laugh tho, once he'd gone past us the 20th time :-)

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