600 production race..........

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Eric the viking

Discussion Starter · Jun 6, 2003

Well the mist and fog were all over the mountain this morning, but in the west and norht of the Island, people were enjoying sunshine. the race was delayed and delayed, but eventually started at 3.30. Dave had a good start, first lapin 20.28, then 3/4 of the way round his second lap, they shortened the 3 lap race to 2 laps. We were due to pit for fuel after 2, so no pit stop reqd. Dave finished the race in 27th Place, at an average speed of 110.33, the fastest he had gone all week on the 600. The race is suposed to be for production machines running stock exhausts no powercommanders or engine tuning allowed, but dave said there was a few bikes that were unexpectadly faster than him, at least 10 more moph on the straight!!!!!!!!!!

The winner was shaun harris on a 600 gsxr and he averaged 119 mph. When they dynod his bike at the end of the race at scruteneering, it had rreportadly over 110 rwhp, from a production bike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! make of it what you will as they let the result stand

Still a top result for us as we think Dave has qualified for another bronze replica. thats 3 this week.......superb

Anyway the senior race is postponed to tomorrow due to the weather

Will psot some pics when the camera battery is recharged.

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kiwi7y

· #4 · Jul 2, 2003

first up congrats to Dave and the whole team who put in a huge effort.
well done. Thanks for posting up the pictures/results etc. it was a great read.

The race is suposed to be for production machines running stock exhausts no powercommanders or engine tuning allowed, but dave said there was a few bikes that were unexpectadly faster than him, at least 10 more mph on the straight!!!!!!!!!!

The winner was shaun harris on a 600 gsxr and he averaged 119 mph. When they dynod his bike at the end of the race at scruteneering, it had reportedly over 110 rwhp, from a production bike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! make of it what you will as they let the result stand

I'm disappointed that this is obviously an inference that Shaun Harris and the team was cheating. As a Nz.er, I'm proud of the acheivements of Shaun Harris & Bruce Anstey. see Kiwis really do fly.

all that aside, I think You guys really did well and look forward to hearing about Your 04 campaign.

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kiwi7y

· #7 · Jul 6, 2003

thanks for those comments Eric. That does put it in context much better. I agree with You that the scrutineers didn't do their job, especially with such a large discrepancy.
I wish that they had pulled it apart, as You say, because then it would have been clear exactly what was up there. I have to concede that from what You are saying his team may well have cheated. That's not good for the guys who DID play fair and not good for the sport. I hope that something will change regarding scruitneering for next year.
There's that old saying "You're only cheating if You get caught". Unfortunately some people take that literally. Oh well at least Bruce Anstey did the kiwis proud.
disappointing news really, Kiwis pride themselves with playing hard and fair, it's part of our national psyche, but I'm glad You put it up here.

rgds.

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