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VMX 2017 Track News

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Hi everybody and welcome to season 2017 and what a great season it’s shaping up to be.  A very full calendar already.

 

Good news first.  The two old gentlemen who came to Narrogin and did a whole days work, it is rumoured that both were off life support and are now on oxygen only, should be back to health by the week’s end.

Our first event will be the night series. The 380-metre track has taken shape with lots of twists and turns plus a jump or two.  This event will be run under lights on the Saturday night, so anyone who has a spare generator can we please borrow it?  Please let Gary or myself know.  A working bee will precede both meets.

Our combined meet with the Classic Club will be held at Darkan on April 30th.  Richard has been elected president again and is very keen to foster the friendship between the 2 clubs so let’s get there in big numbers and support him.  The other race dates for the Classic Club at Darkan are May 28; July 23; Aug 13 & Sept 3. Other dates to keep in mind are the Nationals in Port Pirie SA on the weekend of Aug 19 & 20.  Maybe a convoy across the plain again.

The big one !!!! VMX 2017 calendar – this will be released Wednesday at the monthly meeting so make sure you are there to get it hot off the press, plus enjoy some free pizza (extra weight = traction).  This year’s Wandering will be the fifteenth anniversary of the event so plans have already started to make this one to remember (further details as they come to hand).  Dandaloo classic will again be run on the June long weekend (3 and 4th) at Narrogin.

IMPORTANT RULE CHANGE!!!!!!!!! – As from JANUARY FIRST 2017 all tear offs will be banned for all disciplines of motocross, so if you use them, you may need to use a little of the race budget to purchase some roll alongs.


Not yet confirmed, but have on some authority, that Bridgetown is back on in 2017, possibly the Sept long weekend.

 

That’s it, for now, happy racing for 2017.
CAPTAIN FRANK.
PS If anybody has any cement slabs (600×600), they don’t want, the club would appreciate them, let me or Gary know.

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First Busy Bee 2017!

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Greetings and a very happy new year to all VMXWA members!

A small group of club members went to Narrogin track to start this season’s track works and repairs to the canteen verandah and mods to the front of the canteen.  As you can see buy the 2 photos it was the old guys doing all the work while the youngest stood back laughing.  There were mods done to track for the up and coming night series that will be held  on a shortened track in front of canteen, the events will be held over 2 weekends with trophies  at the end of series with tallying of points for the events so you must be at both events to be in the running.  More details to follow soon.

Gary would like to thank Brad Green, Frank Barron, Nick Ferguson and Ron Chandler for all their hard work.

Ron and old man Gary hard at work!

Supervising the geriatric work crew.

Race Reports

Narrogin October 2016

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The weather was once again kind to us on Sunday morning at our home track in Narrogin . Thirty-three brave souls turned out for a perfectly prepared track  – aside from the dust. With the water truck out early to lay some moisture on the track, racing was under way by 10.00 am.
The days racing was capacity with 125/250/500 over 55’s and sidecars
125s were low in numbers. The racing was fast and furious, the lead changing on numerous occasions with very old campaigner Stewy Aldred proving he still has it when his bikes are going. Young Thomas Lawson and Stewy changed places at the pointy end over the day.
There were 12 250s on the start line with multiple winners on the day. Andrew Irving and Mike Godbold  took out most of the races and many others  tried hard to match them for pace. There was great racing among the rest of the field.
Open Class had Rod Gilchrist showing everyone a clean pair of  heals all day. Brad Green and Scott Lawson both pushed hard to catch the leader and had their own tussle racing for the other positions.
Sidecars only had two units for the day so they turned it into a training day. The pairing of Gary (the Legend) Johnson and Bradley (the feral) Green showed the ropes to Andrew (is my hair all right) Irving and his new passenger Nick (my pants won’t stay up) Ferguson. Nick showed much promise and is full of enthusiasm. Looks like we found another great passenger and member. When they raced the pairing of Johnson and Green had it over Irving and Ferguson because the young starter girl was Brad’s girlfriend and she told them that when she lifts her left bum cheek she would pull the trigger. This made Gary miss the starts because he was too busy looking at her bum cheek.
Over 55s  – once again another great race  for those that could remember where the start line was – it happens when they get old. They all charged into the first corner then realized that they best slow down before they hurt themselves. The likes of Alan Mitchell and Geoff Davison were having an absolute ball at the front of the field with Stan Reed and Barry Mitcheson swapping places in the minor positions.
The last race of the day was the all in handicap, I am not sure who won as newcomer Nick Ferguson had a big off at the end of the back straight. His mate Brad Green was the next along and stopped to help. He said he found him on the ground in the fetal position sobbing and asking for his mum. The next person to turn up was Gary Johnson and Brad heard Gary say in a caring voice, ‘you had better not have damaged the bike’as Nick was riding one of Gary’s. Anyway after all that he was OK accept for a few lumps and bumps.
We would like to thank the flaggies, starters and those involved with running the day for putting of such a fabulous weekend.