Helmet Rule ?

[ceasar]

Most places i have been to require you to wear a helmet if you are running 13.99 and faster. What are the rules here ? Thanx ;D

[holden_philly]

Haha how long you been over in yank land mate??

Everyone here no matter what you're racing has to wear an approved helmet ;D

[ceasar]

thanks for the info, lol ! what about gutting the car ? can you remove seats & interior if you want or is that against the rules as well ? we can strip them down if we choose too (in test n tune and most events), so i was curious about that.

according to the MM website under race dates www.mastertonmotorplex.co.nz/racedates.html is the track open for test n tune or anything else ? or is that it for the year?

where can i buy a good helmet ?

[avgas]

Rgearding the dates, yes thats it for the season at Masterton Motorplex. Reason being that its not a full time turnkey strip. Its an airport that gets turned into a dragstrip for 4 meets a year.

If you go to the MMP sites, links, you will find all the other strips around Nz. There are alot of 1/8 mile street drags (legal) arranged during the year, in Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, also up Wanganui way, Fielding also.

North Island only has one turnkey fulltime strip and thats Champion Strip at Meremere which is about 1/2 way between Auckland and Hamilton.

There are a couple of strips down south and again more 1/8 mile street stuff and another airstrip that gets tuned into a strip 2 weekends a year.

Tokoroa back up north again, is another airstrip that holds about 2 meets a year.

Taupo has a circuit track, that is having changes made and a part time drag strip added to it.

Theres a fulltime turnkey strip in the planning stages at the moment for the Lower North Island, but thats probably a year or so away now.

Helmet, any motorbike shop will do, or you can get a cheap one 2nd hand out of the Trade and Exchange or off Trade Me.

But make sure that the helmet meets the safety requirements of NZDRA and is approved before spending your money.

Heres the specs the helmet must meet to be approved

seat belts (NZSS 1662) and a helmet which meets one of the following specs and has the cert sticker affixed inside the helmet

ANSIZ-90.1 (USA)
AS 1698 (Australian)
BSI BS6658-85-A or A/FR (British)
NZSS 5430 (New Zealand)
SFI 31.1 or 31.2 (USA)
SNELL SA85/SA90/SA2000?SA95/SA20 (USA)
ECE 2002/03/04/05 or EEC E22 (European)

A circle with an E and a number inside is a european standard the number within the E circled indicates the approving country 1 = germany, 2 = france, 3= italy, 4= netherlands, 5 = sweden, 11 = UK

[ceasar]

hey , thanks for the info, cleared up quite a bit of questions. will try to keep an ear open to check out some of the races. whats the best way to find out the when and where at these locations ?

[nos]

hey ceasar I have listed the race dates on our website.

www.plumcrazy.tk

have a look under race dates and they are all there,

hope to see you at one soon!!!!! ;D

[ceasar]

nos - thanks for the link and the race dates. will pop open the old map and hit the road for some of these. took a drive sunday and hit masterton and found the airport/strip. then swung over to castlepoint to have a look ;D

thanks again every1

[avgas]

so your not a local then what did you think of over the hill, I was out the coast on Sunday also, but at Riversdale about 30 minutes south of castlepoint. was hot, 35 degree in the shade. what were you driivng, might have seen you on the way out to the coast ??

[ceasar]

avgas said:

so your not a local then what did you think of over the hill, I was out the coast on Sunday also, but at Riversdale about 30 minutes south of castlepoint. was hot, 35 degree in the shade. what were you driivng, might have seen you on the way out to the coast ??

not a local, moved here from the us. i didnt really see much of the airport/track , basically i found the road and airstrip. they were having some sort of motorcycle racing down at the end of the street. castle point was awesome. really wish we could have sat around longer. one thing i need to stop doing is hitting these backroads. i went through alfredton from tuinui i think it was and found myself doing 25km on some wild backwoods road. HA ! it turned out not to be a shortcut ! but we road that about 30 kms to alfredton and continued on to E town (thats what i will call it, cant spell it)

ive hit another little road like this also from upper hut to waikanae. with all the twisties but going to waikanae its at least pavement (couldnt keep up with the locals). both were great rides. NZ has been great and im checking out the country in a 87 honda civic si. (great petrol saver/tourer !)

i have a car coming over from the states i will probably race for fun until i can get something quick. funny thing is the car is a 97 Nissan Maxima thats good for 14.1-14.4 n/a the car could be one of the quickest grocery getters in New World parking lot.

[avgas]

The road through from Upper Hutt, that was the Akatarawa Road, and yes very narrow and windy and best travelled at night, so you can atleast see the on coming cars from a couple of corners away, well their headlights anyway.

Next time your out the coast way, have a look at Riversdale, its pretty nice, more of a swimming beach than castlepoint.

HaHa the little country backroads we have in Nz, yes just a tad different to the interstates and freeways you would be used to stateside. having been there a couple of times, can certainly see the comparison.

Hell the street my mate lives on in Davie, Florida is bigger and wider than out biggest highway in Nz, and its only a residential street LOL

[slave]

hey there ceasar;
just a top up on your first question.....
there are some rules on striping out the interiors of the cars. IDRAG laid down some guide lines a couple of years back and they have become the standard as of late.
Interior..cannot be have front door panels removed as this can led to driver injury in case of car upset.
back seat can be removed and one head light for fresh air intake. Bonnets are to be left on and it was found that far better air flow was maintained with the bonnet/hood in place.The rule book has any other details you may need to know...
cheers

[ceasar]

thats not bad at all. need to have my corbeau's sent over. swaping out those and taking out the rear seat and spare save me 105 lbs./ or almost 49 kilograms. ;D

the things you do to make up for a small amount of horsepower. hey, next thing you know i will be pouring some V down in the tank ! lol

[slave]

does V work? cos I'll try anything
If it does...can we keep it quiet?

[ceasar]

yeah we can keep this one on the down low. one can of V black to a 1/4 tank of gas should knock you up a few points.

[barracuda]

ceasar said:

thats not bad at all. need to have my corbeau's sent over. swaping out those and taking out the rear seat and spare save me 105 lbs./ or almost 49 kilograms. ;D

the things you do to make up for a small amount of horsepower. hey, next thing you know i will be pouring some V down in the tank ! lol

Ok, call me thick, but what are corbeau's??

As for tipping black V into the fuel tank, I wouldn't even tip that muck down the drain, let alone in the fuel tank!!