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Saturday 17th June 2006

After a break of a few years, it was great to finally get back to Hallwood and what a great day it was!
 
Saturday's 2 Hour Postie Bike Race had a record 25 Bikes on the starting line with 7 Bikes actually completing the Race.  Definitely the BEST ever for a Winter Race, and reported to be the biggest starting line up EVER!  The weather was also the best we've ever had at a Winter Race as was the crowd with around 70-80 people in attendance at the meeting.  Some old faces that we haven't seen for years were also in attendance. The most notable was the Blayney Boys (Tim & Tony) who won the 2 Hour in their usual style after being away for 2.5 years!
 
A couple of 5 lap warm up races were held before the 2 hour, then there was an extended lunch break while I stuffed around trying to get a model aeroplane flying for pre-race entertainment.  This plan failed dismally. :-(  Next time I will fence off an area for flying planes if I decide to do that again.
 
When we went to get the 2 hour race started at 2:30pm there were 14 bikes on the track just free-styling, so I had to ask them all to stop to prepare for the 2 hour because otherwise we would have been finishing the race in darkness.  So the 2 hour actually started at 2:38 PM
 
Right from the start there were a couple of standouts, but Tim's Shell #327 racer was just out there in a class of it's own.  It looked really great to see so many bikes screaming around Hallwood and I reckon the roar of engines at the start would have been heard in Orange! The race itself was generally trouble free but a few people had to leave early and my bike although very quick early in the day was a DNF due to a burned out clutch. I'm sure there were a lot of other stories to tell.
 
Official Results:
1st Place - #327 Tim & Tony
2nd Place - MOTUL Terry & Cameron
3rd Place - Brett & Michael

RACING PICS

The start of one of the warm up races
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Coming down the hill - fast part of the circuit

Dave coming out of crash corner

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What a great scene
Dragging up the Main Straight

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A view back to the crowd.

The Line up for the 2 Hour Race

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The Start!

Woooaa! Look out!

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The Start from another angle.
Top of the Main Straight

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Big Waz with slipping clutch! (It's all about me)
This corner was quite tricky on the day.

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Nice shot of the boys going up the Straight

OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS

1st Place Tim & Tony

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2nd Place - Terry & Cameron 3rd Place - Brett & Michael

CROWD SHOTS & OTHERS

Nice Looking Shamrock Machine

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Interesting Fast 50

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A couple of happy campers getting ready for a cold night.

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A view back through the back of the pits.
The campers decided to move into the shearing shed.

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They should have done this!

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Next Race - Garthowen - 2nd September 2006 - see www.postiebikes.com for details


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