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RIDER's BRIEFS April 2018 RIDER’S BRIEFS THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE AUCKLAND MOTORCYCLE CLUB INC. April 2018 Pukekohe Park Raceway – Club Circuit – March 2018 In This Issue AMCC Club Series NZSBK Pukekohe Park Club Circuit Upcoming Events 1110 Great South Road, PO Box 22362, Otahuhu, Auckland Ph: 276 0880 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2017 - 2018 Email Phone PATRON Jim Campbell PRESIDENT Paul Stewart [email protected] 021 126 2905 VICE Peter Nagle [email protected] 027 497 0101 PRESIDENT SECRETARY TBA [email protected] TBA TREASURER Nikki Nagle [email protected] 027 438 0777 MEMBERSHIP Mandy New & [email protected] 021 139 1262 Steve Collingwood 021 918 053 CLUB CAPTAIN Adam Mitchell [email protected] 021 128 4108 ROAD RACE Scott Buchanan [email protected] 027 242 7639 COMMITTEE Mark Wigley 027 250 3237 Neil Martin 021 823 588 Adam Mitchell 021 128 4108 Angela Vernon 027 684 0552 Jim Manoah Fergus Main ROAD RACE Colleen Thompson [email protected], 027 423 1433 SECRETARY [email protected] GENERAL Greg Percival [email protected] 021 160 3960 COMMITTEE Glen Mettam 021 902 849 Connor Le Cheminant 021 186 2971 Philip Kavermann 021 264 8021 Trevor Heaphy 022 647 7899 MINIATURE David Diprose [email protected] 021 275 0003 ROAD RACE CHIEF FLAG Angela Vernon [email protected] 027 684 0552 MARSHAL NZIGP Rep Chris Costello [email protected] 027 437 1251 NEWSLETTER Philip Kavermann [email protected] 021 264 8021 EDITOR MNZ REP Chris Costello [email protected] 027 437 1251 WEBSITE Johannes Rol [email protected] 021 544 514 MEDIA Philip Kavermann [email protected] 021 264 8021 PRESIDENT’S REPORT - APRIL 2018 Hello fellow Club Members, Well the race season is now over for the Club, for a wee while. Although ‐ there will be a lot of work going on in the back ground, planning for next season. The Race dates at Hampton Downs have been locked in place for the 2018 season. They are 21 October, 11 November, and 2 December. After that everyone will again be into the Suzuki Series and the Nationals; with the Club again officiating at Paeroa, and the second Moto Fest at Hampton Downs. So it will be a busy six months for the Club, with planning and running these meetings. At the end of this month ‐ on the 29th ‐ through the good work of Peter Nagle, we are again promoting the Auckland Motorcycle Club at the annual Waiuku “Steel and Wheels” event. If possible, make sure to mark it on your calendar, and come along to support the Club. This is a great event to go and see – with bikes, classic cars, race cars, vintage military vehicles, and many more things to ogle over. Last but not least ‐ I am sure you will join me in wishing Daniel Mettam all the best with his racing over in Ireland; and watching how he gets on. AMCC wish him every success. Cheers, Paul Stewart | AMCC President Nathanael Diprose – NZSBK – Rd 3 Continuing the season back in the North Island at Hampton Downs turned out to be an awesome weekends racing. It was the first ever motorcycle race meeting at the extended circuit, and it was really fun having the extra corners thrown in. As well as continuing the Superlite series on my 450, I also had a 600 to ride for this weekend ‐ thanks heaps to Lance Goodger. The Superlite races went great once again. I qualified on pole, won the three races including the NZ TT fairly comfortably, and set the fastest lap/lap record in the process. The racing on the 600 was a bit more exciting, and I really enjoyed riding something with some more power again. The bike is fairly stock which made things a little trickier, and it was my first time riding it that weekend, but I was able to get up to speed quickly despite the chain breaking in morning practice. I qualified in 9th, and in each of the three races was able to do a bit better, latching onto the back of the lead group at the start with plenty of good battles afterwards to try make up positions, especially in the final race. I got two 8ths, and a 6th place in the TT on the 600. Also my best lap time at the end of the weekend was just 1 second off the fastest lap. All up ‐ I'm very happy with how things went on both bikes. It was a great weekends riding, and I'm looking forward to wrapping the Series up at Taupo this weekend. Huge thanks to RCM Performance, Pirelli Tyres, AGV Helmets, RST Leathers, EBC Brakes, AMCC, Colemans Suzuki, Lance Goodger for the 600, my family, and Cassie for all the support. Nathanael Diprose #88 Trevor Heaphy: 25th February, 2018 – Round Three of the 2017‐2018 AMCC Club Series ‐ was a significant day for both AMCC, and the sport of motorcycling in NZ. AMCC Life Member, Trevor Heaphy, announcing that this would be the final motorcycle race meeting at which he would serve in an official capacity. Along with Warren New some 12 months earlier, the withdrawal of these two experienced Officials will leave a big hole in the sport. “I first got involved in the sport when I joined the Auckland Motor Cycle Club Inc in 1974, assisting as a Flag Marshal, until I started road racing on a home built Yamaha 350 in 1977. My first race was a Marlboro Series 350 race amongst all the visiting International riders (you wouldn’t get away with that now, but times were different then!) This was upgraded to a TZ250C in 1979, which was sold in 1982, at which point I became more involved in the organisational side of things, initially at a club level. I became a Club Steward in 1985, progressing to Assistant District Steward in 1986 and have been a Steward continuously since then, culminating in being made a Senior Steward in 2009. Over the years, I have made the odd foray back into competition on a range of machines, including 250 and 350 Production and Clubman’s class on a 1989 RS250 Honda. However, during this time I have remained more involved as an Official and have held several roles within MNZ (and prior to that the NZACU). These include Board member 1991- 1994 and 2008/9, Road Race Commissioner 1992 - 94 and 2001 - 04, R/R Commission Member 1997 – 2001. My main role within AMCC has been as Clerk of the Course, which I have carried out since the mid 1980’s including every Paeroa Street Race since the first one in 1991. I was made Life Member of the club in 1990 and Life Member of MNZ in 2015.” MNZ Life Member Induction 24 May, 2015. Dan Mettam ‐ Riding Steve Roberts Plastic Fantastic 1135 in the Legends Parade: 2018 International Festival of Speed Sydney Motorsport Park 22‐25 March, 2018 Nathanael Diprose – Season Wrap‐Up The 2018 NZSBK Championship has been a great Championship to be a part of. It has had its share of ups and downs, and though it's mostly been an amazing year, there has been numerous difficulties to overcome along the way. As such I am very happy to have arrived at this point, winning my first ever National level Championship. Many of you may know I spent a huge amount of the past year rather sick with a stomach problem, barely able to eat, and at the worst point throwing up even from a simple glass of water. This illness started during the previous Nationals season, when I was riding the same bike as a 600 in the SuperSport class. It continued throughout almost the whole year, as even after numerous tests and diagnosis of a stomach acid problem and receiving medication to help with that ‐ I still was having a lot of problems with food, and not being able to eat food is not much fun. This largely influenced my decision to ride in the Superlite class this year, as I had just started to get comfortable on the 600 in the 2016 Suzuki Series, but the end of that season was quite a struggle, and that was while I was only starting to get sick. As 2017 went on ‐ and there were still no signs of getting healthier in a hurry ‐ my family and I decided that it would be best to drop down a class to something a little easier to ride, Thus we took the bike to Ray Clee, and he got it running as a 450cc triple, instead of as the 600cc 4‐ cylinder. The bike is otherwise exactly the same as it was as a 600, except for some new body work and a great paint job by Al from Impact Cycles. I was looking forward to riding in this class, as it meant I was already used to just how the bike handled, and could then focus on just improving my riding. I knew that if I was still sick (as was looking more and more likely) it would be less demanding to ride, and I would be able to manage it better than the 600, as the last few months I'd had practically no energy despite all the doctors efforts and pills I had been given. Also the Superlites looked like a really exciting class in its own right, as there is a huge variety of really cool bikes allowed, and it gave me the opportunity to race against big names like Dennis Charlett, Jacob Stroud, Gavin Veltmeyer, and plenty more.
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