The official magazine of Auckland Motorcycle Club, Inc. SEPTEMBER 2020 In this issue: • Dick Smart – Part 4 • Formula Auckland Returns • Buckets – Back In Action • AMCC AGM & Prize-Giving (Part 2) • Campbell Little • And Lots More ….. 1110 Great South Road, PO Box 22362, Otahuhu, Auckland Ph: 276 0880 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2020 - 2021 Email Phone PATRON Jim Campbell PRESIDENT Greg Percival [email protected] 021 160 3960 VICE PRESIDENT Adam Mitchell [email protected] 021 128 4108 SECRETARY TBA [email protected] TBA TREASURER Paul Garrett [email protected] TBA MEMBERSHIP MXTiming [email protected] and John Catton CLUB CAPTAIN Adam Mitchell [email protected] 021 128 4108 ROAD RACE John Catton [email protected] COMMITTEE Adam Mitchell 021 128 4108 Mark Wigley 027 250 3237 Paul Garrett Tim Sibley Jim Manoah Neal Martin ROAD RACE MX Timing [email protected] 027 201 1177 SECRETARY Nicole Bol GENERAL Glenn Mettam [email protected] 021 160 3960 COMMITTEE Trevor Heaphy 022 647 7899 Philip Kavermann 021 264 8021 Alistair Wilton Juniper White 021 040 3819 MINIATURE ROAD David Diprose [email protected] 021 275 0003 RACE CHIEF FLAG Juniper White [email protected] 021 040 3819 MARSHAL NZIGP REP Trevor Heaphy [email protected] 022 647 7899 MAGAZINE EDITOR Philip Kavermann [email protected] 021 264 8021 & MEDIA MNZ REP Glenn Mettam [email protected] 021 902 849 WEBSITE Johannes Rol [email protected] 021 544 514 Cover Image: Buckets back in action at Hampton Downs PRESIDENT’S REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2020 Hi All, The Wattyl trees around Hampton Downs are out in bloom, signaling that Winter officially finishes on the last day of August ‐ and more importantly, only 20 days to go until we're back racing on the National circuit on the 20th. Last year the club lost money running the Club Series, so if you're able to get your bike, gear & body up and running we'd like to see as many riders out there as possible. The Road Race Committee is bracketing more classes together to reduce the number of groups which will give everyone at least one practice & four races each meeting. If you cross enter another class that will give 8 sessions to double the fun! As I write this report, we're back in Level 3 Covid‐19 restrictions and are hoping that we'll be back to normal on the 26th, but with there being no guarantees on where or when this disease will rear its head, we've confirmed that if we can't run on September 20th, there will be no financial penalty. We'll most likely try to find a date later in the year to run that round (if we have to). MNZ has cancelled race permits if the country or region is operating at Level 2. HD is in the Waikato currently at Level 2 so we're hoping that this drops to Level 1 on the 26th too. HD's track manager mentioned to me that Motorsport NZ is still allowing events to run under Level 2 so if need be, we might be able to negotiate with MNZ. You'd think that August would be a quiet month for the Club but the Exec & RR teams have been working away in the background. The club's apartment hasn't been able to earn short term rentals under the lock down, and so the Apartment Committee has recommended we put a long term rental in there. We've just spent some money to paint & renovate the interior, and once we have someone paying rent every week, the extra coin can feed back into the Club's accounts to help offset our racing. (All going well, we'll be positive there this year anyway). The RRC & Exec have had meetings with Hampton Downs, the MNZ board and the RR Commissioner (Grant R) to schedule another Motofest in 2021. It's really great to see Hampton Downs getting behind this event for a fourth year running. Spectator & competitor numbers have grown every year and the event is growing in momentum. More great legends & more great bikes will be present too! We're looking to run the event on the National circuit for a change in 2021, this will give a lot more laps as well as have the riders in front of the spectators more often, and save a bit of time getting the bikes on and off the track to help the officials. By the time you see this report, the Miniature RR boys & girls will have had their meeting in Tokoroa, and planning their next excursion on the club circuit at HD in October... So as you can see the Club's quite busy at this time of the year. Looking forward to seeing you all at the track. PS. Juniper says if you want to get close to the action have a go at marshalling txt or call her on 021 040 3819 :‐) Cheers, Greg Percival | AMCC President AMCC 2020 AGM & Prize‐Giving: Marshals: The "Marshal Of The Year" Award went to Carleen Cruse. Presented by AMCC Chief Flag Marshal, Juniper White Marshals: The "Triston Bolton Memorial Trophy" went to Keegan Maley. Presented by Triston's mother, Megan. Marshals: Arguably the most important awards of the evening; as No Marshals = No Racing. (L‐R) Juniper, Carleen, Dennis, Megan, Keegan. Pre 89 F2: Pre 95 F3: 1st ‐ Rory Garvey 2nd ‐ Nick Olson Pre 82 Junior: (L‐R) Guy Webster 1st, Phil Oades 2nd, Pre 89 F1: 3rd ‐ Geoff Irving Pre 95 F2: (L‐R) Graham Moorhead 1st, Paul Pavletich 2nd, Sidecars: 1st ‐ Mark Halls (with Darren Prentis) 3rd ‐ Kendal Dunlop (with Peter Goodwin) Incoming AMCC President Greg Percival looks on. Buckets ‐ F4: 1st ‐ Jason Hearn ‐‐ Accepted by Paul Ellis (L) 2nd ‐ Gary Cunningham (R) 3rd ‐ Nathanael Diprose (C) Buckets ‐ F5: 1st ‐ Nathanael Diprose (L) 2nd ‐ Alexander McNab (R) Buckets ‐ B Grade: 1st ‐ Andrew Simon (L) 2nd ‐ Paul Byrne (R) 3rd ‐ Peter Bradder (C) Buckets ‐ Sidecars: 1st ‐ Chris Lawrance/Geoff Davies Accepting on behalf was Richie Lawrance (L) And acknowleding that Chris would have wanted to thank him, for keeping the sidecar going ! 2nd ‐ Daimyn Nagle (C) ‐ with Louis Scrivener 3rd ‐ Henk Zeeven (R) ‐ with Rick Ford ‐ and keeping everyone laughing. Clubman Junior: Outgoing AMCC President Paul Stewart wraps up 1st ‐ Hayden Kinmont proceedings. "Thank you" Paul for your years of service to AMCC. A contribution beyond calculation ... Interclub Challenge: AMCC‐HMCC Something a bit different for the coming 2020‐21 season is the Battle Of The Clubs. An Interclub Challenge involving AMCC and HMCC – whereby a Round from each Club’s respective Club Series will count towards the Battle Of The Clubs points. Round 2 of the AMCC Series (at HD on 18 October) will be the first Round And Round 2 of the HMCC Series (at Taupo on 8 November) will be the second and Final Round. Points for the Battle Of The Clubs are independent of individual Club Series points. However it is a great opportunity for a bit of interclub fun and engagement, and some more track time. For more details, see the Entry Forms (on the AMCC Website), or email [email protected] and they will address any queries or questions. BATTLE OF THE CLUBS (AMCC, HMCC) There is no restriction of the grade of rider or capacity of machine unless for reasons of safety as deemed by the Race Secretary or CoC or failure to comply with Machine Specifications and event. Supplementary Regulations. Riders within the Sidecar and Supermoto classes are excluded from the points. Each club member that competes will still retain their club points. However, each club's member's points will also be added to the club's Battle of the Clubs tally. The tally will then determine the overall winner for the series. For each rider that attends an “away meeting”, their points will be doubled in the tally. At the end of each round, the tallies will be totalled and averaged based on the number of riders who have competed from each club. This is only eligible for Auckland Motorcycle Club and Hamilton Motorcycle Club members, any competitors from other clubs may enter the Battle of the Clubs but purchasing a club membership from either club they wish to represent. Failure to comply with the MoMs or supplementary regulations will result in the rider losing their points for that race. This decision will be at the discretion of the race officials with at least one member from each club. AMCC hosted Round will be held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park during AMCC Club round 2 on 18 October 2020. HMCC hosted Round will be held at Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park during HMCC Club final round on 8 November 2020 followed by prizegiving for the trophy will be done at the completion of the day. National Automobile Museum of Tasmania, Launceston: Go inside the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania, Launceston, for a trip down memory lane. https://www.speedcafe.com/2020/07/23/gallery‐national‐automobile‐museum‐of‐tasmania‐launceston/ “10 YEARS AGO” … Buckets Back In Action: AMCC Buckets Rd 1 ‐ 19 July, 2020: B Grade (27) Paul Byrne (85) Pete Leahy B Grade (91) Nicholas Lay Motards (22) Toby Summers Motards (63) Jette Josiah Motards (56) Luke Cabrol Luke was instrumental in getting the Motards together with the Buckets. Motards (56) Luke Cabrol (21) Tarbon Walker (75) Mark Oliver Juniper White 021 040 3819 [email protected] Fastest laps of the day were: ‐ Motard 38.891 ‐ 300 39.484 ‐ Bucket 41.004 F5 (77) Blair Lambarth F5 (93) Alexander McNab F5 (58) Nathanael Diprose POINTS AFTER ROUND ONE: Formula 4 TOTAL 37 Jason Hearn: R15 50 88 Nathanael Diprose: RS80 36 42 James Cunningham: FXR150 26 52 Will Ford: FXR150 22 3 Gary Cunningham: CBR150 20 26 Logan Rowell: FXR150 20 84 Aderino Sugiarto: FXR150 17 77 Blair Lambarth: GPR110 16 8 Alexander McNab: FXR150 15 56 Rob Smail: FXR150 15 5 Anthony Playdon: FXR150 7 Formula 5 TOTAL 58 Nathanael Diprose: RS50 50 93 Alexander McNab: TZ50 36 77 Blair Lambarth: RS50 20 B Grade TOTAL 57 Mark Robinson: FXR150 45 91 Nicholas Lay: FXR150 36 8 Gabriel Chesne: FXR150 25 27 Paul Byrne: FXR150 24 11 Andrew Simon: FXR150 24 85 Pete Leahy: FXR150 16 MotoFest Polo Shirts ‐ For Sale GET YOUR MOTO FEST POLO SHIRT Moto Fest was an annual event – held over three years (2018‐2020) ‐ and to commemorate the final this year, the Club produced a Polo Shirt to celebrate AMCC’s association with both Hampton Downs, and the event.
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