junior fan Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Disapointing news from Gillman is that they have decided that they dont want to run the support 350 class. From what im hearing its mainly one persons decision, doesnt seem to sensible when you consider the lack of solos in adelaide. I know if id spent the money on a 350 i would be fairly pissed. Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sEdgY2 Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 they will be running 350s at gillman at the aussie title as support Disapointing news from Gillman is that they have decided that they dont want to run the support 350 class. From what im hearing its mainly one persons decision, doesnt seem to sensible when you consider the lack of solos in adelaide. I know if id spent the money on a 350 i would be fairly pissed. Junior <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Hope your right Sedge,i personally was looking forward to it, but i was told last night that they arent running, and that was by someone on the commitee. Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sEdgY2 Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 yeah me old man just said that sidecars will be running thats a bit of a bummer! Hope your right Sedge,i personally was looking forward to it, but i was told last night that they arent running, and that was by someone on the commitee. Junior <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Seems like one person is bigger than Motorcycling Australia itself. I personally will be protesting with my feet, and wont be taking me or my family along. Interesting to see what happens next year when theres not a heap of sidecars looking for a ride there, still we can all go watch Quads going around, not. Peeved off Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderweb Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 (edited) quote; yeah me old man just said that sidecars will be running that's a bit of a bummer! That could be the Junior sidecars, (but there isn't any in this state to my knowledge) as no other racing is allowed on the main track during the Title meeting. The junior sidecars will be at the Side car title at Easter the Glen Obrien Cup I think But these days who knows! Edited December 16, 2007 by spiderweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Not sure whats in the rule book, but the 350s are going to be running on the same track as the 500s on all the other tracks during the titles,except for of course good old Gillman. As for if the junior sidecars are going to run, who knows, mr Gillman changes his mind depending on the wind. Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Anyone who has seen 350cc racing this year will know that its the Gillman public that will miss out (along with all the riders who would take part). Some of the 350 racing seen thus far has been exceptional. Not sure why they wouldn't want to run 350's, but its not a very clever decision in my opinion. We need as many riders progressing from the junior ranks as possible, the 350's are vital and should be encouraged to the max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Lack of nominations meant the Solos were restricted to just six races, Taken from Gillman website about sat nights meeting. Go figure, MA bring in an anitative to try to encourage riders to progress to the next stage and a club that is and has been for a while lacking solo riders gives it the big A. Give me a break. Junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sir Lunchalot Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I split this from the Oz title line up topic because I thought it was important enough to have a topic of its own. From what I've seen the 350's are great value. This year at Broadford we only have one although we had Robert Banford visit last meeting and he was good to watch. Last season we had Dakota North, Beau Evans and Josh Munro and they were as good to watch (if not better) as any other class on the program. We had Todd Kurtz visit one meeting last year where he had a go on a 350 for a first time and that was a super day watching him coming to grips with the big track. If Gillman did run the 350's at the Oz titles how many could they expect to ride ? From my experience it's not like Gillman to miss a trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Lunchy, I think they are looking at four or five for each of the other rounds so probably the same for Gillman. Having said that there would be more than five willing to ride. Initially we heard the local riders would get a shot, for example the NSW rounds could include Poole, Kurtz, Davies, Campton, SA rounds would have Branford, Sedgman, etc, etc. Things don't seem quite as clear cut now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawakid Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 This kind of crap doesn't help the sport at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior fan Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 (edited) Definetly no 350s at gillman. Junior Edited December 18, 2007 by junior fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 (edited) Yes can confirm after talks with MA today that the 350s are not running as support at Gillman So its 500ks down the road to Mount Gambier. Dissapointing but we will move on, but does leave a sour taste when we have outlayed a fair bit of cash, but if you got out of speedway every time it kicked you in the guts, no one would be left. Cheers Chopper ps,Robert has put a clip of him practising at gillman sat on you tube, just type in his name. Edited December 18, 2007 by chopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Looking good there Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted December 24, 2007 Report Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) Nick having is very first ride on the 350. Edited December 24, 2007 by whowasthatberntpersson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowasthatberntpersson Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Was listening to the commentary on Radio Fremantle last Saturday, they were talking about the 350's in between rounds but the reception wasn't too good and I missed a lot of what was being said. They were talking about the possibility of running an Australian Championship for the 350's, but I'm sure I heard one of the commentators disagreeing with this concept. Any thought? I can only see good coming out of more competetive 350 meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 (edited) Was listening to the commentary on Radio Fremantle last Saturday, they were talking about the 350's in between rounds but the reception wasn't too good and I missed a lot of what was being said. They were talking about the possibility of running an Australian Championship for the 350's, but I'm sure I heard one of the commentators disagreeing with this concept. Any thought? I can only see good coming out of more competetive 350 meetings. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I may have this all the wrong way around but I think the discussion was that the 350's are designed as training bikes and they should be used as such for the future of the sport. If ou start including them as a discipline within the sport then they loose their importance. The guy put up a good argument why they shouldnt be used in their own right but again I only caught bits of it. However - it may not have been the 350's he was discussing at all. It may be worth you listening to the archived edition of the show before the next round 'whowas'. Take care my friend Sandie Edited January 8, 2008 by Sandie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatesy50 Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I may have this all the wrong way around but I think the discussion was that the 350's are designed as training bikes and they should be used as such for the future of the sport. If ou start including them as a discipline within the sport then they loose their importance. The guy put up a good argument why they shouldnt be used in their own right but again I only caught bits of it. However - it may not have been the 350's he was discussing at all. It may be worth you listening to the archived edition of the show before the next round 'whowas'. Take care my friend Sandie <{POST_SNAPBACK}> By MA's GCR 07 edition. Rule 13.2.9 Categories for Junior Australian Championships SPEEDWAY: 125 Solo Under 16 years-Individual 125 Solo Under 16 years-Teams 350cc Solo 14 to under 16 yrs-Individual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopper Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Not to sure where those comments may have come from, but from my point of view as a parent, bring on an aussie title. The problem is that the 125s while a great learning curve are to small for some of the bigger kids, some kids can ride them till 16 if they are fairly small, but for the bigger kids the bikes become too cramped, the motors have to work a lot harder, and blow a lot more often. Robert will be finishing juniors after the aussie under 16 title, not because we dont love the sport but because he is to big.In the past the 350 option wasnt there, and if it wasnt there now we would have drifted away from the sport for a few years, and who knows if we may have come back to the sport as we also do motocross. So as far as we are concerned we would love to have a aussie 350 title, Roberts first two meetings in the aussie title rounds were brilliant fun,and a great learning curve, and if we had the option next year we would love to do all the rounds, and remember we dont get tow or point money.Todd kurtz rode in mildura, went home and then drove to Mount Gambier a 22 hour return trip so i think that clearly shows the commitment that they along with the other parents have to the class. Cheers Darrell Branford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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