Pauls Sidecar Racing

Well 4th jan in gisborne was a incredibly lucky escape for the both off us. the second race of the night was one we won’t forget a false start and the track marshals turned the lights red we did not see the lights and ploughed into deane miller and jason walters at high speed and walking out of the hospital with out any broken bones hours later was unreal .the bike has to rebuilt so we have to wait to get back on track. the crash has not dampened our enthusiasm and can’t wait to get back out there and racing and flying the V good luck for 19v 34v and 62v for the NZ champs go hard and rubbings racing

update on whats been happen raced at PN speedway and had best pairs we teamed up with 3nz horse & ram and came away with a win cheers 3nz awesome racing.next meetin was at PN speedway awesome nights racing with a 3rd, 2nd and a 1st.boxing day at wanganui is out for us as we can’t do both on the day. manawatu sidecar champs are on that night.westcoast sidecar champs at wanganui are the next night at wanganui . this will be the frist time in about five years we have not raced on boxing day but more track time before the aussies arrive for the frist meeting in gisborne on the 4th jan will be good .

sat 7th feb ray tarrant memorial three races to find the top 6. 1st race we got a 4th.2nd race we got 2nd.3rd race we got a 3rd that got us into the top six.awesome start but ended up coming 2nd in the top 6 another good night for us and pleased with the bike its humming gated well but we did not change gearing so that made a diff in were we where placed. palmerston north are not running sidecars this weekend so will have to wait for the 21st next weekend to race.wanganui will be opening soon so can’t wait for our home track to open. a lot of work as gone into ocean veiw speedway this year with the pits being made bigger to make room for more stockcars for the NZ stockcar champs on the 19th and 20th of feb.so come along and check it out

well its been a long time since i have updated our site…raced at palmerston north on saturday night and was one of our better nights there with a 2nd …1st…and a 3rd bike did not miss a beat not like last season with the bike cutting out …stopping and not knowing if we are going to get hit…big season coming up with the balls of steel meeting in wanganui with kiwi vs aussies …starting with the 1st round in gisborne on the 4th jan. the next 2 meetings in christchruch and 1 meeting in invercargill back to wanganui on the 13th jan for the balls of steel speed-fest then north island champs at palmerston north 15th 16th …..but before all this happens theres road racing mansfield on the 19th december boxing day at wanganui on the 26th. so wiil keep posted on our we are doing……….

11 bikes two heats three races each to deside top six..we made top six .with 3nz,52p,39p,62v,11p.flag starts no tapes first start was a red light coming on as we got out of first corner 3nz must of had a good start?found we had broken our gear cable so would have been left behind with only 1st gear.race was restarted and we had to start in 2nd gear new we were not going to get out of gate fast enough and chased rest of bikes which ended up a good night for 39p andrew buchanan and phillpa bruns these guys are coming on real form real fast with constant racing and wins to show ..45p 2nd phil/simon mcnabb  62v 3rd griag scott/tony hirwini good nights racing by all bikes …wanganui was next day 4pm start track didn’t suit us much but had two good starts with a win in the 1st race and looking like another win in the 2nd race but was not to be.pit gate corner about the 3rd lap and in the lead with bikes way behind and our bike just cut out an stopped with 62v hitting us to end the  days racing after that to much damage to boths bikes to get back out with only leaving 25p left with hangbag and sally out as well but that racing but bloody good fun

well the weekend did not go as we thought .we qualifed 7th on grid and then in frist race motor blew and that was as for the weekend.with paeroa the next weekend there was no way we could get pistons in time three week wait for them.so the weekend of paeroa was  off .the karl barritt memorial wasthe same weekend so we got to race  and was called of because of rain but was held on saturday.handbag rode our bike and was good to get out on track again.  1st steve king /shaun carter 42p   2nd graig scott /tony hirini 62v john hannon/paul blinkhorne 35v thanks to the other bikes coming over from palmerston north .mick is back riding this weekend but racing was cancelled . wellington sidecar champs next weekend so looking forward to having mick riding again

well  it has been awhile since last post.. have raced at palmerston north and meeanee at north island champs handbag has been riding our bike and have been having some fun.  a different bike for handbag to race from a inline four to a   v twin and has mastered the bike in no time .bad luck at north island champs  we had top points in qualifying but luck was not on our side. bike blew a big hole in muffler and some damage to motor .mick  managed to track another motor down and we were racing the next weekend .thanks handbag for the ride . this weekend we take the road sidecar to manfield saturday and sunday and of to paeroa the next weekend will post results next week on manfield

Well it has not been a good season to date with the speedway bike not running as we thought and only doing a few meetings before Mick breaking his hand four weeks out from boxing day,

Missing the NZ Speedway Sidecar Champs and frist round of road racing at manfeild.

We had both bikes on the dyno at tauranga and the road bike is running like a dream.

Boxing day was awesome as we were midfeild out of 21 f1 sidecars and pleased with that results.

Both of us have been going to the osteopath just so we were right for boxing day, mick with two broken bones in his left hand and me with my shoulder which was from a crash in speedway in 2004.

I dont know when we will race next but will be hanging out to do so.

Cheers Blink

Wellington sidecar champs was run on Saturday with 13 bikes.

1st race: We won

2nd race: Was flag start got a 2nd

3rd race: We developed engine trouble and got a 4th.

With these placings it put us into the top six. 1st out of the gate in the top six only to be passed by Sefton and Clint then by ram and horse, We managed to hold on to 3rd so not a bad night considering that it was flag starts for a championship meeting and the bike was not running as well as it should have been.

But happy with the 3rd Place,

1st = 3nz truuts Brothers

2nd = 6p Ram & Horse

3rd = 35v Mick & Blink

Cheers guys for the good racing.

Well we finally had a good result after the bad run we had at the Manawatu champs 0n the 29th, We didn’t make the top six and the next night in Wanganui we had teams racing with three Auckland bikes three Palmerston North bikes and three from wangas with me hitting the wall.

A first place at Meeanee’s Hawke’s Bay champs was a good result for us, thanks to Grunter for the help with the bike and without his help we would not achieved such a great result cheers Mick & Blink.