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PALMYPERFECTIONKIEREN JOHANSEN DOMINATES PALMERSTON NORTH MID-SEASON

MONTHLY SIM RACING PUBLICATION ISSUE 9 - DECEMBER 2012

SIMRACING NZ

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CREDITSEditors Jamie Hall

dEsignEr Mitch Keys

WritErs Jamie Hall Hayden Kirk

PhotograPhErs Jamie Hall

Mitch Keys Sam Gray Peter May

srnZ CrEW ChiEfs Daniel Huia

Hayden Kirk Jamie Hall Mitch Keys Peter May

srnZ Pit CrEW Anton Bowen

Ayrton Smith Bryce Harding

Kieren Johansen Matthew Pluck

Tony Drake Vaughn Hutton

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gEORgE sCOREs MinisPRint CROwn New Zealand Minisprint Title

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MCCullAgh MOnstERs fiElD New Zealand Sprint Car Title

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george scores minisprint

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The second round of the 2012 SRNZ Dirt Nationals was hosted by Robertson Holden Speedway in Palmerston North.

19 cars made up of mixture of drivers throughout the world who brought with them some serious talent, some of the top NZ contingent from the likes of Kyle George, Mitch Keys & Dayne Powell would be doing their utmost to keep the NZ title in its home but USA driver Keith Fitzgerald & Aussie cannon Brett Wheeler were here to be the first to claim the NZ1 honour.

An early incident involving Kieren Johansen, Dayne Powell & Ryan Nolly saw them retire to the infield early as Sean Challis soon followed the same fate.

Keith Fitzgerald was making the race his own opening up a commanding lead with clear track in front of him. Anton Bowen was trying hard to match the pace but also had to keep and eye out for Kyle George who was closing in fast. George soon worked his way past as Greeks looked to follow suit, another battle was tightly being contested between Mitch Keys & Tait Poole as they raced hard whilst closing the gap. Slight contact between George and Fitzgerald allowed the field to bunch up again, Fitzgerald loosing out dropping two spots to Matthew Greeks & Smithers and thats how race 1 would finish with Kyle George taking first blood.

Mitch Keys set the tone at the halfway point with the field practically nose to tail from 1st to 19th. Slight contact between Sam Gray & Kirk allowed a few of the back marks to gain a few places, George & Fitzgerald among them showing true class working way through the field. Keys went on un challenged to take the win as Smithers took second & Gray claimed 3rd.

As expected Kyle George was holding a narrow points lead with Greeks, Smithers, Fitzgerald & Keys not far behind going into the 3rd and final. George sitting pretty had drawn grid 1 for the final and went onto to take 2/2 National Titles as Smithers claimed 2nz & Keys 3nz.

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1 Kyle George 68

2 Smithers 164 66

3 Mitch Keys 63

4 Keith Fitzgerald 62

5 Mathew Greeks 60

6 SRNZ_4finga 53

7 Tait Poole 38

8 Sean Challis 37

= Hayden Kirk 37

10 Sam Gray 36

11 Anton Bowen 32

12 Dayne Powell 30

13 Keegan Levien 16

14 The Game 0

15 CASPER22K 0

16 BrettWheeler 0

17 Ryan 0

18 Kieren Johansen 0

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McDonalds Kihikihi Speedway was the setting for the hotly contested 2012 New Zealand Midget Title. Eighteen of the best, made the cut after three qualifying races from the 30 strong field to have a shot at the SRNZ Midget Title. An even mix of Australians, Americans & Kiwis mixed the field up and was a true stars & stripes battle.

Brodie Kostecki lived up to expectations taking out race 1 with a victory from grid 3 just edging out Dale Grotherr. Followed home in third was Hayden Kirk emerging the better from a back n forth battle between Mitch Harris & Brett Wheeler. Heat 2 saw Kostecki start mid pack grid 12. In a similar style to race 1, the Aussie pair battled for the lead it was now the USA contingent had a turn at battling it out as Cory Wentzel took early advantage of Jordin Mitchell who sat on the tailcone patiently. Both drivers full aware that Mitch Keys was gaining ground furiously and couldn’t afford for either to make a mistake.

Midpoint of the second heat Grotherr, Kostecki & Harris were all fighting for a top 5 spot as Wentzel began to walk away with a handy lead. Things went horridly wrong for the serious title contenders as Wentzel found himself up the fence & Kostecki also following in a similar fashion. Mitch Keys went onto fly the Kiwi flag taking heat 2 bagging some much needed points after a disappointing opening heat. Mitchell to follow in second Dale Grotherr 3rd and leading the points chase heading into the final heat.

Grotherr had all the work to do from the rear of the field to try and hold a comfortable gap from Kirk, Harris, Wheeler, Mitchell who were all within 1 or 2 points back. Harris from grid 5 had probably the preferred position as him & Wheeler diced for 3rd position. Kevin J Holley diced hard with Blade Kearns for the much desired win as 75% of the race had gone and Harris & Wheeler still nose to tail for 3rd spot. Meanwhile Grotherr’s hard work was soon to be undone falling back several places, Holley went on to take victory but was not in the championship hunt Kearns 2nd, Wheeler getting one back on Harris fro 3rd but Harris had done enough to secure the 1nz position.

For the first time in the history of Sim Racing history there was a 4 way tie for 2nz. Brett Wheeler, Jordin Mitchell, Dale Grotherr & Hayden Kirk. Drivers would compete in 4x 4 lap races. Race 1 Kirk took the high line paying dividends holding on for the race 1 over Wheeler, Grotherr & Mitchell. Race 2 Mitchell made up for is earlier race taking command right from the get go assuming the lead on lap 1 holding off Kirk for second Grotherr 3rd & Wheeler 4th. Race 3 Mitchell again got straight out from the box and stretched away for the win but Kirk second again managed to just hold onto a slim 1 point lead over the American going into the final. Race 4 Contact between Wheeler & Grotherr on the opening lap left Mitchell with nowhere to go forcing him into early requirement handing the 2nz to Kirk as Wheeler went on to win the last runoff.....or so we thought.....

With the DNF to Mitchell & the win to Wheeler now meant that once more we were in a tiebreak situation for 3nz So the two paired up for 3x 4 lap dashes first to two wins would take the remaining podium spot. Race 1 Mitchell just managed to edge out Wheeler for the opening race only separated by .010 across the line, Race 2 Mitchell suffered a flay tyre on the opening lap forcing him out the the running for the heat, later leading to the dismissal of crew member Dayne Allan Powell. So it went to a 3rd and final race both drivers not wanting to give an inch, they left nothing behind but it was Wheeler ho just had the little bit more than Mitchell claiming 3nz.

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1 Mitch Harris 46

2 Hayden Kirk 44

3 BrettWheeler 44

4 Jordin Mitchell 44

5 Dale Grotherr 44

6 Mitch Keys 39

7 01 Bryson Curry Az 36

8 Brodie Kostecki 34

9 Azza Humble 33

10 Kevin J Holley 32

11 Patrick Jeffries 30

12 Cory Wentzel 20

13 The Game 19

14 1 Blade Kearns CA 18

15 Tait Poole 11

16 Dayne Powell 9

17 Mathew Greeks 8

18 Kieren Johansen 6

19 John Kennedy 0

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ginns gets big win

Photography: Mitch Keys

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Waikaraka Park was the scene for the 2012 NZ Modified Title. Twelve drivers fronted for what looked like an event ready to be rained out as track preparation was underway for the sudden change of venue. Some real life talent as the driver of the 81c Modified Todd Richards. Not much going his way as a DNS left him stranded on the starting grid.

4Finga Pete took the early lead but was soon mowed down by Kyle George being collected on the way through allowing Wheeler to take the lead and Stockie NZ to take grid 2 and went to advance to 1st place shuffling Brett back to third Kyle regaining to second. 4finga comfortably 4th with Daniel Huia picking up the biggest mover to 5th from grid 11.

Heat 2 Clive got the jump from pole over Richards but had to keep focused as heat 1s big movers George and Huia quickly applied the pressure. George got through on Clive and Huia was about

to follow suit as Clive made a mistake allowing huia and StockieNZ through.

Huia made light work of closing the gap back to George but Stockie managed to slip through Dan but Kyle went away un touched for heat 2 win Stockie 2nd Huia 3rd. StockieNZ had probably the preferred grid for the final head as a blanket could be thrown over Wheeler, George, HUia Stockie & 4finga Pete for a podium placing.

Out of the box and away Stockie was gone and never looked back, George the only car who could half challenge him but had Wheeler and Kirk to get through first giving Stockie a handy buffer. Wheeler and Kirk battled hard for 3rd as Greeks got in on some action,

Wheeler threw it sideways a bit too hard allowing Kirk under him for 3rd followed by Greeks & Richards. Early contact between Huia and Greeks saw Huia retire with only 2 laps in the race.

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1 Stockie Nz 38

2 Kyle George 37

3 BrettWheeler 29

4 SRNZ_4finga 26

5 Mathew Greeks 25

6 Daniel Huia 20

7 Cory Wentzel 17

8 Hayden Kirk 16

9 Nathan Clive 15

10 Anton Bowen 14

11 Todd Richards 9

12 Dayne Powell 3

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mccUllagHmonsters fieldPhotography: Mitch Keys

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1 Corey McCullagh 69

2 Beau Breunig 68

3 Mitch Keys 66

4 Smithers 164 64

5 Jay Waugh 61

6 Cam Ginns 54

7 Mitch Harris 37

8 Nick Cooper 33

9 Jordin Mitchell 33

10 Sam Gray 32

11 Daniel Huia 20

12 Kieren Johansen 17

13 Kev64 15

14 Brett Wheeler 15

15 Nathan Clive 13

16 Michael Kemp 0

17 Hayden Kirk 0

18 Cory Wentzel 0

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WheelerWheels to 1nzwHeelerwHeels to 1nzPhotography: Sam Gray

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WheelerWheels to 1nz

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1 BrettWheeler 59

2 Hayden Kirk 53

3 Sam Gray 53

4 Cory Wentzel 51

5 Shane 45

6 Fourfingapete 43

7 Dayne Powell 34

8 Mathew Greeks 33

9 joel 29

10 Cottie 25

11 Kieren Johansen 17

12 Josh Humble 12

13 Azza Humble 11

14 Anton Bowen 10

15 Miers 9

16 Daniel Huia 0

17 Corey Skurr 0

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KirK crUises to woodford glen win

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KirK crUises to woodford glen winPhotography: Peter May

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1 Hayden Kirk 75

2 Bryce Harding 71

3 Mathew Greeks 70

4 Smithers 164 65

5 Matt Sherlock 64

6 Anton Bowen 63

7 Kyle George 60

8 MadMarty Brandt 51

9 Sam Gray 49

10 Michael Kemp 45

11 SRNZ_4finga 44

12 Daniel Huia 40

13 Dayne Powell 39

14 Azza Humble 38

15 Cooldood2266 35

16 Miers

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1nz - Kyle george2nz - Craig BaKer

3nz - Daniel huia

1nz - Kyle george2nz - ayrton smith

3nz - mitCh Keys

1nz - mitCh harris2nz - hayDen KirK

3nz - Brett Wheeler

1nz - Cam ginns2nz - Kyle george3nz - Brett Wheeler

StreetStockS

MiniSprintS

MidgetS

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1nz - Corey mCCullagh2nz - Beau Breunig

3nz - mitCh Keys

1nz - gisBorne glaDiators2nz - WaiKato raiDers

3nz - Wellington WilDCats

1nz - Brett Wheeler2nz - hayDen KirK

3nz - sam gray

1nz - hayDen KirK2nz - BryCe harDing3nz - matheW greeKs

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