We had 3 races to run through the day.
This was a funday for us, so starting grids were very informal, with
emphasis on giving some of the new crews experience at circuit
racing.
While racing in surf is exciting,
circuit racing can also provide the same levels of adrenalin. Once these boats are ‘wound out’ they basically become low
flying airplanes... try and pull the tiller to turn the boat
at the end of the straight and nothing happens!!!!!!! You have to use the weight of the crew to get the boat to grab the
water and get round the corner.
The guy’s running cleavers had to battle
with the rest of the field running ‘bunny ears’ as the course
was relatively short with a few tight turns. Our 3 races were
run with no incidents except for the end of the last race when one
of the boats managed to flip on the turn. No injuries, just
big grins……and a few choice words.
Racing with Dave in ‘ZM’ was his lovely
partner Amber. The 2 raced hard all-day and managing to place well
up the field. Amber
even treated us to her new ‘wet look’, good on ya girl!!
Thank
you to Alan Astrop once again for taking care of the RD duties and
thank you to the NZ GP Hydroplane Drivers Club for inviting us.
Thundercats competing on the day;
·
Armour Linings
·
Dark Dog
·
Dirty Dog
·
ZM
·
Uniden
·
Mason Lowes Construction
·
Hydraulink
·
The Generator
·
Signtech Digital
·
Waikato Sandblasting 2
