Australia & New Zealand

Nigel Roberts · Apr 21, 2009

Any chance of getting the offical results of the competition Tyson

Tyson Cierpial · Apr 22, 2009

working on it.
Will be at the correct PC tonight so should have it done.

Tyson Cierpial · Apr 28, 2009

Final results and championship table

http://motorheadz.net/index.php/results.html

Warren Dawes · Apr 28, 2009

Congratulations to ATR, a dominant performance.

Well done Jari, good result considering you were disconnected after turn 1 in Race 1.
Unfortunately both Motorheadz and RD suffered badly from disconnections to the top drivers from each team.

Michael Stead · Apr 28, 2009

Whoohoo! I'm the best of the zero pointers! :rotfl:

Cam Wedgwood · Apr 28, 2009

Well done everyone and thanks for participating! One point Olly, one little point!!!

Rhys Gardiner · Apr 28, 2009

Cam Wedgwood said:
Well done everyone and thanks for participating! One point Olly, one little point!!!

Heheheheheh. :sinister:

Man, just one point separated us and MH! If I had competed in the final race and finished in the points, we just might have beaten them...

Grats to AusTeam for a truly crushing performance. Great job everybody. :victory:

Warren Dawes · Apr 28, 2009

Michael Stead said:
Whoohoo! I'm the best of the zero pointers! :rotfl:

loooool Michael. You should get points for perserverence and tenacity after being disconnected in every race after being up front every race. :wink2: :laugh2:

Richard Hamstead · Apr 28, 2009

Sheesh I'm always getting discriminated against...last of the nil pointers

Günthar Rowe · May 3, 2009

no Sunday race this weekend...?

bummer....

Glenn Morris · May 3, 2009

Probably too late to try and arrange one too...

Is the open server still running? Jump on that tonight?

Günthar Rowe · May 10, 2009

and again...

Bram Hengeveld · May 10, 2009

And i dont think they are coming anymore Gunthar. Warren & Cam tried for months but the last time there was hardly any interest anymore.
It seems that the Aussies found another place to race

Stuart Neal · May 11, 2009

I cant log into the racing and i have the time now to race! AGGGHHHH

Glenn Morris · May 11, 2009

Did you check the server password Stuart?
They changed it not long ago...

Rhys Gardiner · May 11, 2009

I guess that the future of Aussie racing on RD is in the open server then... I might or might not be on there on Sunday at about the time we race.

Cam Wedgwood · May 11, 2009

Bram Hengeveld said:
And i dont think they are coming anymore Gunthar. Warren & Cam tried for months but the last time there was hardly any interest anymore.
It seems that the Aussies found another place to race

Certainly how it felt Bram... I think you put it best when you said it was like 'flogging a dead horse'. A shame really...

Dietmar · May 11, 2009

Cam Wedgwood said:
Certainly how it felt Bram... I think you put it best when you said it was like 'flogging a dead horse'. A shame really...

I am sorry to read, but was assuming that this happened after I did not see them anymore. Especially when I read Warren post on Bram's thread about the potential end of RD. When the target group drops out, than it becomes really difficult.

Warren Dawes · May 11, 2009

Just to clarify my position on this.
I retired as a Racing Club Staff Member some time ago, so my role as a Race Organiser has been ended for a few months. I had separately tried to support Cam with some unofficial help with the Oceania Group. I understand that Cam has recently retired also from his Race Director Role for Oceania.
I believe two main issues have lead to the current situation (from my point of view).
1. The level of support from Oceania members has been variable at best, and mainly very low in recent times. Most of the Oceania GTRE events were being filled thanks to European members who were prepared to race on a Sunday morning, but the Oceania support has been very small. It becomes very frustrating to organise events for Oceania members, when the level of support was virtually non existent except for a very few loyal regulars.
2. The quality of the racing and driving standards had drifted a long way from the spirit of Racing Club Events. Most events featured regular pile ups in the opening laps, very aggressive driving from many racers causing accidents on a very frequent basis, and people driving as if these races were serious League events (although I had seen better racing standards in League events). For me, and some others, the fun was disappearing from these events, seeing drivers being regularly punted off track loses appeal after a while.

In addition to this, the level of activity in the Oceania Forum is also very small, relying on a very few of us to initiate or maintain any level of discussion. So, when Cam and I step aside from the active leadership roles, it is hard to see anyone else stepping up to the plate.
I think it is time to admit that our past efforts to develop a strong Oceania Group, with clean friendly racing, are not going to succeed.