|
PALMERSTON NORTH SUPERSTOCK REVIEW:2009-2010 SEASON
MANAWATU SUPERSTOCK CHAMPS
1st: 591p WAYNE HEMI
2nd:10p PETER REES
3rd: 31p ANDY McCABE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NEW ZEALAND SUPERSTOCK CHAMPS
2nd: 54p BEVAN HUMPHREY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NORTH ISLAND SUPERSTOCK CHAMPS
2nd:591p WAYNE HEMI
3rd:10p PETER REES
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SUPERSTOCK GP
1st: 7p SHANE PENN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WORLD INVITATION SUPERSTOCK CHAMPS
1st: 52p SCOTT JOBLIN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
248 GLOBAL CHALLANGE
1st: 52p SCOTT JOBLIN
3rd: 31p ANDY McCABE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POINTS CHASE
1st 10p PETER REES
2nd 64p KEV SMITH
3rd 7p SHANE PENN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PALMERSTON NORTH PANTHERS FINALY LOST AT THE TEAMS CHAMPS AND THE CHALLANGE CUP TO THE TIGERS.I THINK THE PANTHERS WERE UNDONE BUY A COUPLE OF DRIVERS HAVING LATE STARTS TO THERE SEASON,BUT THATS SUPERSTOCK RACING AND THERE IS ALLWAYS NEXT SEASON MANAWATU MUSTANGS ON THE OTHER HAND MUST BE HAPPY WITH THERE PURFORMANCE AT THE TEAMS CHAMPS,WITH TWO DRIVERS WHO HAVE NOT TEAMS RACED AND THEY CAME 3RD.WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE MUSTANGS HAVE SOME LEAD UP RACES BEFORE THE TEAMS CHAMPS. 2NZP BEVAN HUMPHREY,FIRST YEAR IN THE SUPERSTOCKS AND HE GETS 2ND PLACE AT THE NZ'S.THINGS LOOK GOT FOR THE MANAWATU FARMER BRUCE WARD,DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF THIS CAR THIS SEASON SHANE PENN,HAD THE OLD CAR OUT FOR THE START OF THE SEASON STILL GOING AS FAST AS EVER THEN THE NEW CAR TURNED UP AND WAS ON THE PACE EARLY,WON THE GP AND THE HAWKES BAY CHAMPS AND 3RD ON PALMY POINTS,THIS CAR CAN STILL GO FASTER SCOTT MIERS,VERY LATE START FOR THE TANK COMMANDER AND NOT THE BEST SEASON FOR THE TANK SEEMED TO SUFFER MOTOR TROUBLES BRETT HYSLOP,HOT AND COLD FOR THIS CAR ASWELL,WOULD HAVE SOME GOOD RACES THEN SOME SHOCKERS,BRETT RACED HIS STOCKCAR WITH MORE RESULTS PETER REES,COULD SAY IT WAS AN OK SEASON IN THE CAR,WAS LOOKING GOOD AT THE NZ'S INTILL HE WAS ROLLED BUT GOT TOP POINTS AT PALMY AND PICKED UP PLACINGS AT THE NORTH ISLAND AND MANAWATU CHAMPS AND FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 1ST AT SPEEDFEAST
 CLINTON SCHICKER,CONVERTED HIS STOCKCAR TO SUPERSTOCK THIS SEASON,MIGHT NEED MORE HORSE POWER DRIVER?CAR TURNED UP LATE IN THE SEASON SO NEEDS MORE TRACK TIME I THINK,LOOKS TO HAVE SOME SPEED. ROB POTTS,VERY NICE CAR,SEEN A FEW TIMES THIS SEASON,GO'S WELL,MORE TRACK TIME NEEDED RUSSELL HARROP,BEGAN THE SEASON WELL BUT THEN SOLD THE CAR DOUG BOOTH,THE CAR HAS SOME PACE AND ITS GOOD TO SEE DOUG RACING THIS CAR PHILIP GARGAN,DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS DRIVER,TURNED UP MID WAY THROUGH THE SEASON,IS THE SISTER CAR TO 32p  ANDY McCABE,HAD SOME GREAT RACING FROM THE 31p CAR THIS SEASON,3rd IN THE MANAWATU CHAMPS,2nd AT THE BOP CHAMPS,3rd IN THE 248's AND IN THE TOP 5 FOR THE POINTS CHASE BUT HAD SOME BAD LUCK IN TEAMS RACING,I BELEAVE THE CAR HAS BEEN SOLD  GRAEME BARR,FAST CAR BUT HAD SOME BATTLES THROUGH OUT THE SEASON WITH 64p AND A BIG ROLL AT THE NZ'S,A FEW OTHER DRIVERS HAVE HAD A GO IN THIS CAR ASWELL ROBIN DAVENPORT,VERY WELL PRESENTED CAR AND GO'S WELL TO  DARYL HAMMOND,WAS GOOD TO SEE THIS CAR STIRRING IT UP THIS YEAR HAD SOME GREAT BATTLES WITH THE 64p CAR,FAST ASWELL SCOTT JOBLIN,FIRST YEAR IN SUPERSTOCKS AND WHAT A YEAR,WORLD 240 CHAMP AND WAS IN THE HUNT IN MANY OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS,CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT SEASON KEVIN ROBERTS,IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE SUPER TANKER BACK OUT,STILL SHOWING GREAT SPEED BUT WAS USED MORE AS A TANK SHOULD BE,BLOCKING AND HITTING BEVAN STARTED THE SEASON AS 54p BUT IS NOW 2nzp
 DAVE TARRANT,HAD A GREAT SEASON IN THE PLACEMAKERS SERIES COMING 2ND AND 2ND AT THE WEST COAST SUPERSTOCK CHAMPS,DAVE SEEMS TO BE GETTING THE HANDLE ON THIS CAR AND SHOULD GO FASTER NEXT SEASON PETER BENGSTON,LATE START TO THE SEASON BUT STILL VERY QUICK,WAS LOOKING GOOD AT THE NZ's UNTILL HE WAS ROLLED,GOT A 2ND AT ROTORUA'S EASTER MEETING THEN HAD A BIG ROLL AT PALMYS FINAL NIGHT. STEPHEN PENN,ANOTHER CAR THAT CAN BE FAST WITH MORE TRACK TIME,BUT ITS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THE 59p RACING GARY TROTTER,ITS GREAT TO SEE GARY RACING STILL ON THE PACE JUST NEEDS SOME MORE GOOD LUCK KEV SMITH,WHAT A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR THE 64p,STEPED UP THIS SEASON AND WAS JUST PIPPED AT THE POST FOR THE POINTS CHASE,HAD SOME GREAT BATTLES WITH A FEW DRIVERS ASWELL AND IF KEV DO'S WIN A MAJOR TITLE IT WILL BE WELL DESERVED TONY WHITTAKER,ANOTHER UNDER RATED DRIVER,NEEDS SOME LUCK HIS WAY ALSO,TONY BEGAIN THE SEASON IN THIS CAR SHOWING SOME GOOD PACE BUT ALSO CAN TURN TO ATTACK JUST AS FAST,GOOD TO WATCH TONY THEN BROUGHT THE EX 71p CAR AND WHEN HE GETS USED TO THIS CAR I THINK WE WILL SEE SOME GOOD RESULTS KIM LACE,ONLY DID A FEW EARLY MEETINGS THEN SOLD THE CAR,HOPEFULLY THIS IS NOT THE END FOR KIM AS HE IS A GREAT DRIVER SIMON JOBLIN,NOT A BAD SEASON FOR THE 72p CAR,2ND AT THE HB CHAMPS IN THE TOP 10 FOR THE POINTS AND RACED FOR THE MUSTANGS,IF THE MOTOR HAD STAYED TOGEATHER A BIT MORE WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS DRIVERS NAME ON AFEW MORE CUPS MIKE McCREADY,HAD SOME GOOG RESULTS THIS YEAR,1ST IN THE CITY OF NP CLASSIC IN STRATFOD AND WAS ON THE PACE IN MANY RACES,WATCH OUT NEXT SEASON WAYNE NORRIS,VERY COOL CAR,FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 FOR THE POINTS CHACE AND 3RD FOR THE MUSTANGS BUT MAYBE NOT THE BEST SEASON,HAD MOTOR PROBLEMS NEAR THE END OF THE SEASON, KERRY HUMPHREY,BROUGHT THE EX 24p CAR AND WAS STRAIT IN TO IT,PICKED UP A FEW WINS AND FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 FOR POINTS,ONE TO WATCH NEXT SEASON JAMES SOANE,THIS CAR IS REAL FAST AND WHEN ITS HOOKED UP IT JUST FLYES,JAMES WON THE WEST COAST SUPERSTOCK CHAMPS,BIG THINGS FOR THE CAR AND DRIVER NEXT SEASON CLIVE ELLIOT,NOT THE BEST FOR CLIVE THIS SEASON WITH THE CAR HAVING AFEW DRIVERS AND THEN CLIVE HAVING A BROKEN FOOT AT THE NZ'S, DARREN GRAY THEN HAD A FEW DRIVES AND THIS CAR HAS SOME PACE,HOPEFULLY CLIVE WILL BE BACK NEXT SEASON  CHAD ACE,YOUNG DRIVER WITH A VERY FAST CAR,TURNED UP LATE IN THE SEASON BUT NEXT SEASON SHOULD BE A CRACKER THIS IS A DRIVER TO WATCH CRAIG HUPHRIES,NOT SEEN MUCH AT ALL,MOTOR PROBLEMS,WAS A MEMBER OF THE MUSTANGS SAME OWNER BUT DIFFERANT NUMBER,THIS CAR DID ONE MEETING AS 161p,RON TYE STUCK IT IN THE WALL IN IT 1ST RACE,WAS THEN RENUMBERED AS 16p WAYNE HEMI,SOME PEOPLE HATE HIM AND SOME LOVE HIM BUT WHAT EVER WAY YOU GO THIS IS ONE FAST CAR AND VERY GOOD DRIVER,GOT A 2ND AT THE NI CHAMPS BUT WON THE MANAWATU CHAMPS IN SOME GREAT DRIVING,WAS IN THE TOP 10 FOR THE POINTS CHACE ASWELL
|
