Auckland Superstock Champs / Ollie Browne Memorial

Having missed the recent big Superstock meetings and the cancellation of the Auckland / Rotorua teams meetings, I was definitely hanging out for for a live Superstock fix. With a few encouraging posts on Macgors, I was excited to stand in the pits yesterday and watch the numbers build to a healthy 20 competitors. There were a few no shows but still a satisfying turnout. As stated on Macgors, a hearty thanks to Paul Vazey and Dave Tennant for putting in the spade-work and ensuring as many competitors as possible made the dummy grid.

I won't go into a detailed meeting report but the racing was just what the doctor ordered, with plenty of bumper work and a number of cars being introduced to the wall. Also it is one of the first times in a while that I have seen more cars with an A on them than R or H at an Auckland meeting. I was pretty gutted to see Vazey get toppled in heat 2 as I really wanted to see him take the title following all the bad luck he's had in past couple of seasons. He really has the 351 beast on song at present and due for a title win somewhere.

The other pleasing thing was to see some of the young fellas giving it a decent crack with the likes of Tennant, Wootan and Ross starting to show their skills. Nowadays it is such a huge commitment to campaign a Superstock and it is so pleasing to see so many still moving into the Superstock ranks.

Although the final race for the Ollie Browne Memorial may have been a little tamer than the previous heats for the champs, I am sure that Ollie would still have been so happy to see a good quality field of cars doing the business on the Waikaraka clay. On ya Ollie. Now please have a word with the boss and get the Teams Nationals back on the calendar for 2011.

Brilliant














Thanks Dave - good luck Scott

















Its go go go for heat 1

Bloody lucky kid is all I can say - awesome