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2/3/10
Ok ok, so its been a week or 2 since we have
had an update on the site, but I promise you, the update is of a good size. Loads of work is happening around the site as
I put a rather large effort into the newly created Triple S site. This site will
be just as informative as The Pits, servicing through to the Sprint Cars out of
Christchurch. There has been some great feedback already, and are looking
forward to filling it with a load of content. Big thanks once again from the
guys at Winton Flooring Xtra for their help in setting this up.
Now just quickly, this is not an ad, but more of a thank you for someone that
did a huge favour for me over the weekend whilst I attended Island Park
Speedways meeting. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Leanne Simon
from Rumours of Eternity for helping out a very close and personal friend of
mine. Now I'm not into voodoo hoodoo stuff, but whatever Leanne did for this
young lady worked wonders. Here is a little of what Leanne does:
Spiritual Guidance, house blessings, herbal
remedies, clairvoyant / tarot readings also phone readings, email reading and in
person.
Tank madness is about to hit The Pits as we
are going to go in-depth with the man responsible for a couple of tanks that
will feature at Riverside Speedway next year. Next week is tank week. Find out
why!!! Check out the news that has come through on the other side of this page.
Over the last couple of months, my faith with the Street Stock
grade has been tested. The once mighty Street Stock grade is not what it used to
be, and I sometimes struggle to find any motivation to get excited about them.
It is common knowledge how disappointed I was with the grade with the lack of
turn out for the NZ Sprint Car Title. Who did the grade really punish. The club
or the drivers that did show up? Its a joke, plain and simple. I remember when
racing used to be about racing, not this politically motivated shit that's has
dribbled out of peoples mouths over the last couple of seasons. Its only a few,
but they have a very big voice in a very quiet grade. Once again I will get the
"If you don't like it then get a car and take us on" comment when people read
this, but its simple.... I'm the announcer you dumb ass... Look up and the
chances are you might just figure that out. Instead of sitting in a wee room
rocking backwards and forwards wandering what club, track or person you can fk
off next, how about get in your car and give us critics something to write
about.
But for now, we
are back on to The Pits update which this week features the Streeties that raced
at Riverside Speedway in the weekend. And I must admit they put on a bloody good
show as well. The carnage at the end of the meeting was amazing, and there will
be many an hour going in to getting them right. Here's what I had to say about
the meeting... read more
16/02/10
Just an update to tease with the proposed
Triple S web site. What is Triple S ... click here
to find out.
13/02/10
Just a quick update to rework the Sprint Car
Title update, as I had forgotten to do 5th place. My apologise to Jamie McDonald
for completely missing him out.
I would also like to welcome a new sponsor on
board in the form of the Winton Flooring Xtra team. Big ups to Chris Burns who
will also be the main sponsor for the Winton Flooring Triple S S S web page.
Southern Sprint car Scene is coming. Check back for the latest edition to The
Pits web site. And also, cheers to Kerri from Winton Flooring for getting the
stuff through for this site.
9/2/10
A good update comes to The Pits this time
round, as the information pours through at the peek of the season. on the
opposite page, you can see the info sent through about the NZ Side Chair
Championships, which sadly I will be unable to attend as I head off to Dunedin
to take in the Demolition Man Street Stocks. Its true, my heart belongs to the
cars not the bikes. Talking of cars, this update will have the review of the NZ
Sprint Car Title held in Cromwell over the weekend. If you interested, see what
I had to say about this event by clicking here....
Don't forget to check out the latest news on
the other side of this page...
62/10
After having a couple of issues with
the lappy that holds this web site, I have finally got the problem sorted and
are now able to update. Riverside Speedway did run at the weekend, and it
appears that there is very little to say about this meeting, other than to
highlight the fact that, once again, there was a clash with another track in
this part of the country. This is the last 3 meetings that I have been to where
there has been nothing really worth writing about. If anything, the only thing
worth mentioning was the Productions in race 1, and the Streeties put on a half
ok show.
26/1/10
Onwards and upwards for The Pits... There is
to be another couple of things added to the web site over the next
month...Already, the new Sprint Car page is well under way, and will be added in
time for the NZ Sprint Car Title. Also, there is a new feature/profile page that
was on The Pits some time ago that was popular but very hard to find the time to
sit down and hunt the info. This will start with a full profile on the Winton
Flooring Xtra sponsored car and driver of 61i Chris Burns. Burns has been nice
enough to sit down and have a lengthy chat about his old days of racing, right
through to the current time.... Also, a couple of years ago we had a full story
that was written in regards to Joel Kergozou the ex 1nz and 3nz Street Stock
driver. Having gone
over this story I have decided that what is in that story is well worth being
published. Its common knowledge that I have nothing to do with this character,
and felt it appropriate to highlight some gathered information that will raise
an eye brow or 2. If I could think back to that time, Kergozou never really had
a chance to get his side of the story out, so this article was written as a
neutral thing, and might just highlight a few things. There is some follow up
work to do now, but hope to have that story out within the week.
Don't forget to check out the news as we
build up to the NZ Sprint Car Title....
Check out the new Hall of Fame further down
the page. This has been set up to recognise the drivers that have excelled in
their chosen grade. If you think that someone should be on that list, send me an
email with and and why.....
But for now, sit back and enjoy the update
from Island Parks meeting held in the weekend by clicking here...
24/1/09
Just a very quick update to inform one and all of the fantastic effort of Geoff
Loan. But cruise back tomorrow for a very interesting update about the racing in
Dunedin on Saturday. What got The Pits writer and Island Park Speedway
commentator all wound up.. Check back for the details....
19/1/10
There has been load of debate and questions
as to the reason why there was no update from the Cromwell Xmas meet. The
hardest thing about being a writer of a web site that has the reputation to tell
it how it is really has to be looked at sometimes. The old saying goes.. if you
have nothing nice to say, then say nothing at all. Sadly this is the case with
the Xmas meet. If I had to say anything about the meet, it was simply the fact
that it lacked atmosphere. On a personal level, I cannot relate to a particular
person in the club that is giving it a reputation it could do without. This has
to be the best facility track in the south but has more drama's than Shorty
Street. The racing on the first night was just plain and simply boring as fk.
The second night produced far better racing, more so because they raced all the
Sprint Cars as one grade. I am not sure as to the reasons why they didn't do the
War of the Wings the same way as they did last year. Non War of the Wings at the
back.. And War of the Wings guys off the front. On an up note though.. I would
love to extend a huge thanks to the ladies that are the lap scorers in Cromwell.
They are by far the best in the business that help me out as an announcer, and
just make my job so much nicer. You ladies ROCK!!! Sadly, these ladies (and
sometimes guys) are the most under valued and yet the most important people at
the track.
 
What's these photos about.. Story coming soon
Don't forget to check out the latest news on
the other side of this page before heading to the latest update........
This update is to cover the first meeting of
the new year for Riverside Speedway. See what we had to say by
clicking here
10/01/10
Hi honey I'm home...Didn't I fkn tell you so.
Mike Verdona delivered, and delivered good for the Riverside Club, and more
importantly, for himself. After months of watching disappointing results, with
the exception of a few meetings, and it was only ever mechanical failures,
Verdona headed to Huntly Speedway to take on the best in the business, and in
the process, put his hand up to be one of the best in the business. Since his
induction into Super Saloon racing, The Pits has watched with interest the
unique, and very cool, driving style of Verdona, and knew that it wouldn't be
long before we seen this man reach the top. On behalf of all the readers of this
web site, and on behalf of the 3 southern tracks, it gives me great pleasure in
congratulating you on your outstanding result. What a worthy result this is..
well fk done man.....
But that's not all.. read the latest news for
others to have made huge achievements over the last couple of weeks as well.....
9/12/09
Its not to far away before the big fat jolly
fella empties his sacks all over your lounge room floors, and a chance for a wee
break from the hectic speedway season that we have been witness to so far. A
huge update has been completed. This
weekend gone, I was, once again, witness to some superb racing when attending
the ELF Lubricants South Island Super Saloon Series at both Island Park Speedway
on Friday 4th Dec and Central Motor Speedway on the Saturday 6th Dec. But once
again, I had to make the choice as to where I would go, due to these clubs
consistently running meetings on the same day. It appears that this will happen
another 2 times this season, once at Cromwell and Invercargill, and then Dunedin
and Invercargill. On one of those clashes, both clubs are even running the same
champs for the same grade. WTF are you guys thinking!!! Its about time that this
has a resolution. For this reason, this has inspired me to put a poll together
to see what the general public and competitors think. It might be the case that
I am wanking off, and people don't really give a rats ass, but if the majority
speak, then I will approach each club as to what they will do about getting a
resolution. Please vote by clicking below
In this update, we feature some video footage
of Steve Williams racing both the 57d car of Greg Morris's and the 84d car of
Mark Taylor. To check out this video footage, Click Here. Also, the update for the Elf Super Cup..
read more
On behalf of The Pits web site, we wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas
and a fkn good New Year.. Take Care..........
512/09
Need to be on the ball this week again, with
3 meetings being run over 2 days. I was very pleased to be able to attend the
meeting at Island Park Speedway in Dunedin on Friday as 18 of the best Super
Saloon drivers arrived for the first ever Elf Super Cup. The downside today is
that I had to make a decision about where to head as Cromwell Speedway and
Riverside Speedway are both running. Sadly, both are offering good meets, but
will myself head to Cromwell to take in round 2 of the Elf Cup South Island Super
Saloon Series. But here goes what happened at the first round...
read more
31/11/09
One things apparent so far this season and
that is the quality of racing we are seeing in the 3 southern tracks. The best
thing is...the best is yet to come. With the Supers heading to Dunedin for the
New Zealand Grand Prix and the Sprint Car heading to Cromwell for the NZ Title,
its safe to say that the speedway scene after Christmas will be top notch. Hell,
you even have the Elf South Island Super Saloon Series which is heading to
Dunedin on Friday, and then off to Cromwell on Saturday. If you were into bikes,
you had the chance to be witness to the Birt Munro weekend held in Invercargill
over a 4 day period. For those of us that aint really into bike racing, we
packed our stuff and headed to Dunedin for the Otago Streetstock and Stock Car
Title.. here is the update from that meeting....read
more
25/11/09
One thing is apparent so far this season is
the quality of both the racing that we have been witness to and also the good
crowds that are fronting up to watch them. The amazing thing is that we are only
at the start of the season with the main events typically being held after the
new year. Cromwell will be an exception to that rule on the 5th of December when
they host a round of the South Island Super Saloon Series, more commonly known
as the Elf Cup. The thing that saddens me about this is that Riverside and
Cromwell will once again clash on that day, which has people having to choose
where they race or watch, or even commentate. More care needs to be put in to
avoid this happening. Typically, it ruins events when they do this. Expect
another clash of the clubs after Xmas as well. I think that it it is important
that these 2 clubs work together, not against each other, and compromise.
Perhaps alternate days on? 1 races on the Saturday 1 week, then the other the
next time. Come on guys, get with it and give us all something to talk about
that's positive. Talking of positive, the whole reason for this update is to
give you the run down on the DHL Southern Saloon Series. But before you head
over to read the lengthy update on that, catch up on the latest news on the
opposite side of this page.....read
more
All Photos by Shelley Corbett Photos
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