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The 2003 Turondale Race Weekend |
Postiebikes Inc. presents...
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The 2003 Turondale Race Weekend |
| Well folks it was blood, sweat and postie bikes at the
inaugural Turondale Grand Prix held on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th
Feburary 2003.. Day 1 was hot and dusty (with emphasis on the dusty),
so since this was the first time here we decided to play around a
little more than usual. Also, the fact that we were camping on the
Turon River among the gold diggings we decided to swim a little, ride
a little and drink a lot! There were a couple of semi serious
races held later in the day when things got a little cooler, but boy
was she still dusty!
Day 2 was cool and wet after a thundery and showery night. Racing got under way around 10:30am and the boys really made up for what they didn't to on Saturday. The dust had turned to mud and the track although firm was a bit slippery in places which made for some good tight racing with a few spectacular stacks thrown in for good measure. Luckily no-one was seriously hurt, just a few bits of bark missing here and there and a few burns and bruises. I can't say the same about the bikes though. |
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| The first thing to do is setup camp. Very hard to do when there is little or no level ground and the ground consists entirely of river stones. | The second thing to do is take a picture of
the tent! That's mine on the left. The bike track is on top of the
hill in the background. . |
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| This is Colin doing a last minute rebuild of his engine. | OK here we go, getting ready for the first
race. |
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| The start of race one day one. Not sure about Dean on the XR200. | As you would expect the XR lapped the field
but he did look good so what the heck. Did I mention it was dusty? |
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| There goes Parko, one of the pioneers of the sport. | This is a newcomer, Neil doing it tough on
my bike. He didn't like my rear suspension, I told him that bad
tradesmen always blame their tools. |
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| This is Rob from Orange who has become a regular. |
This is Pete, who has also become a regular. |
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| And here's a closer look at Rob's beast. | What's this? Try a CT90 engine in a YZ80
frame. This one was built by Pete for his daughter. |
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| Very pro. | Purple is nice... |
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| Now this is a novel idea... lets go the
other way! |
There goes Dave on my bike again. Hey Dave,
get your own bike! |
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| Go Sarah, hey what's that behind, a storm? |
What to do when it starts to rain? Why not drink! |
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| Glenn wanted to have a go on my bike so he
could get his picture up here! |
This is what happened 2 seconds later.
Cleaned up by the guy who came from behind! The price you have
to pay! |
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| Look at this little charger, Rob's son Jeremy on his XR75 | But the weekend belonged to big Jeremy, who won
every race he entered and totally demoralised the rest of the field.
(even when he gave a head start) |
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| And Jeremy's dad Ken also blitzed them when he was allowed to have a go. Thanks for a great weekend Ken! | Here's the aftermath of another stack which resulted in great pain for 2 members of the team from Cowra. (Danny & Denzel) |
P.S. That was not all! After I left there was even more fun. A hill climb event that was a time trial in which Ken's son Jeremy won. There were also a few more races, the last of which resulted in Danny from Cowra breaking his leg in two places. Sorry to hear about that. Get well soon matey!
Copyright ©2003 - Postiebikes Inc.- Warren Leadbeatter
Last Updated - 11 March, 2003
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