Midgets/Sprints at Western Springs NZ
 

Here is a list of drivers for the Boxing day show at Western Springs speedway in New Zealand. There is supposed to be an audio webcast at thedirttrackchannel,com
Midgets
USA
Jerry Coons Jr.
Brad Loyet
Bryan Clauson
Davey Ray

Australia
Nathan Smee
John McKay
Troy Jenkins

New Zealand
Aaron Webb
Alvin Cobb
Angus McLeod
Brad Mosen
Brian Edwards
Brock Maskovich
Carl Worboys
Chris McCutcheon
Craig Atchison
Darren Warren
Dave Gick
Dylan Wade
Duane Hickman
Gavin Elbers
Graham Standring
Hayden Williams
Jared Wade
Jason Bunney
Leyton Kendall
Mark Mullins
Michael Pickens
Michael Kendall
Michael Brunt
Neville McNabb
Nick Cassidy
Peter Hunnibell
Philippa Melrose
Ricky McGough
Scott Buckley
Shane O'Connor
Shaun Wade
Shaun Insley
Shayne Alach
Simon Wi
Wayne Green

410 Sprint Cars
USA
Sammy Swindell
Jonathan Allard
Ricky Logan
Peter Murphy
Tommy Tarlton

New Zealand
Glenn Torpey
Dion Kendall
Ryan O'Connor
Greg Pickerill
Jamie Duff
Dean Brindle
Hans Boere
Rob Corscadden
Karen Forsey
Carl Wilson
Daniel Eggleton
Franklin Jeremy
Mark Browne
Jason Scott
Jamie McDonald
Ossie Sokol
Rodney Wood
Daniel Rogers
Skinny Colson

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Clauson picks up the win with Pickens in 2nd and Coons in 3rd.

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Loyet starts on the pole of his heat, goes wire to wire winning the heat and then after the race is over he's penalized 2 POSITIONS for "Jumping the start". How do you jump the start when you're on the pole. Also, If somehow he jumped the start, why wouldn't they throw a yellow and restart rather than wait till AFTER the race to penalize him?

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Originally Posted by Dirt Pusher:
Loyet starts on the pole of his heat, goes wire to wire winning the heat and then after the race is over he's penalized 2 POSITIONS for "Jumping the start". How do you jump the start when you're on the pole. Also, If somehow he jumped the start, why wouldn't they throw a yellow and restart rather than wait till AFTER the race to penalize him?

Exactly. Maybe that's how they call it there? You should give the pole car a second chance before being penalized and do it before re-starting the race as to create a new line up moving the other cars into place.

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I totally agree with you. Maybe some Kiwi could explain if they do it differently down under.

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Originally Posted by Dirt Pusher:
Loyet starts on the pole of his heat, goes wire to wire winning the heat and then after the race is over he's penalized 2 POSITIONS for "Jumping the start". How do you jump the start when you're on the pole. Also, If somehow he jumped the start, why wouldn't they throw a yellow and restart rather than wait till AFTER the race to penalize him?

If I heard the interview correct , they changed there call after reviewing the call .

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here's the audio

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No you didn't hear the interview correctly. Initially Loyet was penalized 2 positions and Scott Buckley (Kiwi) was penalized 1 position. They both appealed but ONLY Buckley's penalty was rescinded! That's how Buckley was given "credit" for the win.

Midgets/Sprints at Western Springs NZ.......
 

Originally Posted by apexonephoto:
here's the audio

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Did he start on the inside or outside? I think if I remember right, the outside is actually considered position 1 and the inside is P2. That might help a little as to why he was penalized. Again this is off memory from being there 8 years ago so I could be totally wrong...lol

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Originally Posted by Tim Watson:
Exactly. Maybe that's how they call it there? You should give the pole car a second chance before being penalized and do it before re-starting the race as to create a new line up moving the other cars into place.

That's exactly how they do it in the U.S. too. You're penalized at the next yellow or the end of the race. The only time the yellow is brought out is unless they're going to give the front row another chance. N.Z. is 100% strict on their rules as well.

(Hopefully this gets posted while this thread is still relevant)

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Loyett wasnt aware that P2 sets the pace, so he got caught out on that one.
Scott Buckley is the son of the promoter, its got to make him cringe when he gets a ruling in his favor (he is in a tough position there) and others dont.

The most important things at Western Springs are:
1. Noise - the problems haven gone away, Springs are just doing a better job of managing the situation at the moment.
2. Time - Springs cant run 1 min over cerfew (10:30pm) so - no heat race restarts if you stop for ANY reason; no yellow flags to correct ALL on track incidents as they happen as this also takes up time.
3. Racing


Its a sad sad state when racing ranks a poor 3rd at a race track.