FEBRUARY 2020 Zac Fuller after his first win at Levels “Aims And Objectives: tO prOmOte mOtOrcyling fOr the gOOd Of mOtOrcycling” THE OPINIONS AND VIEWS OF THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT OF THE EDITOR OR THE HAMILTON MOTOR CYCLE CLUB INC. ‑1‑ HAMILTON MOTOR CYCLE CLUB INC Prez Report COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2019/2020 Welcome back all I hope you had an PATRON Bruce Delaney Mob: 027200 3484 Ph: 839 7722 PRESIDENT Phillip Duthie Mob: 02102939231 Ph. ...... enjoyable break and managed to get in SECRETARY Sharon Martin Mob: 027 6869925 Ph: ...... some riding with this glorious weather TREASURER Steve Parker Mob: 022 0964067 Ph: all round. Well done to club members e-mail: [email protected] ASST TREASURER Catherine Carlaw Mob: 027 323 7071 at Wanganui street race, as always BAR MANAGER Tim Hedges Mob: 022 1964280 Ph: 824 7088 there were members who stood out CLUB CAPTAIN Mark Hatton Mob: 0274 856 843 Ph: 856 7076 and stood tall. Not to forget the many EVENT COMMITTEE Ray Cox Mob: 022 3400118 Ph. 853 7495 Jordan Burley Mob: 022 169 5824 Ph. ...... of you racing in the Nationals with Tim Hedges Mob: 022 1964280 Ph. 824 7088 great results also. Pete Commons Mob: 022 410 9400 Well it’s starting to get into the Chris Bridge Mob: 021 826 451 Steve Bridge Mob: 027 5433960 nitty gritty end of our preparations TRIALS Barry Nicholls Mob: 021 141 8115 Ph: 855 4891 for the centenary events. Centenary CLUB HISTORIAN Terry Stevenson Mob: 027 2225656 Ph. ..... meeting is this tues 4th feb and club night is then Thursday 6th-quite important you get one or the other to find out what’s WEB www.hamiltonmcc.org nz Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Hamilton-Motorcycle-Club-Inc-NZ happening and when. Failure to be there may mean you miss out Photos on Flickr www.flickr.com/groups/hamiltonmcc COVER PHOTO: Our very own Zac Fuller Newsletter Contributions If you’ve ever thought: “ What Toss! I could write better than that! Zak is off to a flying start in Pro Twins in NZSBK, including I have a better story / bike /stat than that “ - then feel free: picking up his first wins at Levels, well done! email at [email protected] Al photos from Levels by Shaun Parker ATTENTION: Deadline is 6:00pm the FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY before clubnight please. CLUB NIGHTS NEXT CLUB NIGHT First Thursday of the month, doors open 7.30pm 6th February COMMITTEE MEETINGS Tuesday nights, one week prior to Club Night, starts 8.00pm Yamaha Night courtesy of your new Yamaha dealer, Boyds! Doors open 7.30pm CLUB EVENTS INFO LINE PHONE 022 380 5122 Note Next Month is AGM LIFE MEMBERS 6th March Hugh Anderson ...............................R ........... 853 2711 Doug McLaren .......................................... 021 575006 Mike Child ...............................S,D .............Australia Steve Parker (F) ..........................S,D,F ........... 858 2334 Mark Hatton .........................S,R,D,F .... 0274 856 843 Trevor Rose ............................... T,R ........... 855 9523 Future Club Night: Doc Holliday .................................. S ........... 843 8368 Bruce Weeks ............................... S,R ........... 839 2325 Roy Long .........................S,R,D,F ........... 825 4874 Mike Webb ..................................R ................And no, TALK About SUSPENSE! Neil McCabe .............................T,S,R ........... 829 9383 you can’t bother him with your opinion! Guest Speaker to talk about trick suspension ‑2‑ ‑3‑ on something important. There is lots happening in the coming months and the club will need you to lend a hand in some way, The View from the Front - by Zac Fuller shape or form otherwise what is planned simply won’t be able to go ahead. The next racing coming up after the classics at Pukekohe is Sound of Thunder at Ruapuna with a solid group of members taking the pilgrimage to take it to the mainlanders then the national rounds. To all racers and members I hope you are prepared to give a little more as this year will be one of the most important years in the clubs history since it’s inception 100yrs ago. See you Tue and/or Thurs to find out more. Cheers Frilly What’s coming up in the next few months February ?? Road Ride - refer to Website for date and details New Zealand Superbike Championship February Trials - already happened on the 2nd! This season aboard my Kiwi Rider Magazine Suzuki SV650 backed by Suzuki New Zealand I am competing in the 2020 NZSBK Championship in the Pro Twin March 1st TRIALS HMCC Champs Round 2 Class. Can’t thank these people enough for this awesome opportunity to progress my March 6th HMCC AGM - Clubrooms Thursday from 7.30pm road racing career. March 29th Road Ride -Centenary Re-creation, meeting at Hood St 9am I recently travelled down to the South Island for Round 1 & 2 of the series held at Mike Pero Motorsport Park in Christchurch and Levels International Motor April 2nd Club Night Thursday Raceway in Timaru. April 4th/5th The BIG ONE - HMCC Round of NZSBK at Taupo Round One held in Christchurch was a really solid weekend, riding to where I was comfortable as the goal was to finish the round off with a good amount of points Lots of volunteers required, please make it easier for the to my name. As this was my first National Pro Twin event we used this as a big committee by offering your services before you are asked! learning weekend, many things to get my head around. Practice complete feeling reasonably happy with the setup, we headed into race Then, even BIGGER than BIG!!! day not really sure what to expect. EASTER WEEKEND- CENTENARY! Qualifying I had a goal set to be on the front row and we achieved that with a solid lap to put me 4th on the grid. The load in for the show at the Classics Museum starts Thursday 9th Race One started with a bit of drama with one rider going down and another The Show opens Saturday 11th having bike issues in front of me on the first lap. That slotted me into second where I hunted down the leader but decided at half race distance I didn’t quite The Centenary Dinner happens also on the 11th have the confidence in the bike to stick with him. I settled for a solid 2nd place to start off my NZSBK Pro Twin campaign which I could not be happier with! Various other events are happening over the weekend too Race Two got off to a cracker start pulling the holeshot and leading my first laps Again, we will be looking for plenty of help from ordinary club members at of the Pro Twins. I got shuffled back to third on the heels of the leaders but again various times, please make yourself available. didn’t quite have the pace to stick with them. Another podium finishing 3rd! ‑4‑ ‑5‑ The View from the Front - continued New Zealand Grand Prix / Race Three another holeshot and held the lead for about 3 laps then got I pushed back to second. Working my ass off I put my head down and kept within a second up until the last couple laps where I had a big enough buffer behind me to roll off and just bring her home for another podium in 2nd! For the weekend I didn’t expect much coming in and to finish every race on the podium is absolutely mega for me! Overall I wrapped up Round 1 with a 3rd, 5 Points covering the top 3 of us and 2nd in the New Zealand Grand Prix! Round 2 held in Timaru was a mixed bag of emotions. Heading in feeling really positive with a great team behind me this weekend. Starting with a test day on Wednesday to get my head around the track and then started to feel out the bike for where we need to work on setup come Friday test day. Friday test day was really positive finding a really comfortable setup throughout the day getting to grips with the bike more and more. Going into race day feeling prepared and ready to rumble. Qualifying I put in one heater lap straight off the bat which put me 2nd on the grid! Race one I pulled the holeshot and led a few laps then slotted in behind the leader and waited for my opponent to pounce. On the last lap I made the move and came across the line to take my first NZSBK Championship ProTwins Win! Jordan Burley 600 Supersport Levels Race two I played the same tactic letting him set the pace working out where and ABOVE: when I had to make my move. With two laps to go I took the lead and held off to take another Win! BELOW: Jacob Stroud leading 300 Supersport Levels Race three did not go to plan at all. I tried to pull a lead from the get go as I felt I had the speed to make a run for it. After making a few mistakes I got out of rhythm and started to push to make up a bit of a buffer again. With tyres going off my inexperience got the best me and ended up throwing it down the road at the hairpin for a DNF in the final race. Overall was a really positive weekend knowing I have the pace to stick it out with the top boys and win races. I have now learnt from my mistake and we can only build from here. For the weekend I still finished 3rd Overall and holding down 3rd in the Championship.