Post by The Hammer on Mar 22, 2009 20:25:48 GMT
Saturday 21st March 2009 – NZ Shortrack Solo Championships, Moore Park, Christchurch
Senior Solo’s Result:
1st Grant Tregonig
2nd Larry Ross
3rd Dylan Moohan
4th John Tuffley
• Meeting run along similar lines to the old Grand Prix format – 2 consecutive loses and you’re out!
Heat 1: Larry Ross, Sean Cox, Chopper Bagshaw, Adam Wilson – 64.91
From the gate with Larry Ross well clear
Heat 2: Sean Mason, Grant Tregonig, Craig Blackett, Matt Smith – 65.07
From the gate.
Heat 3: Dylan Moohan, Jason McKay, Ryan Moss, Kenny Williams (Fx) – 66.44
From the gate. Williams fell end of lap 3 and race was stopped. In the re-run exactly the same outcome.
Heat 4: Alex Cunningham, James Miller (2 riders only) – 67.19
Miller led for first lap but Cunningham got up the inside on lap 2 for the victory.
Heat 5: John Tuffley, John Ross, Cory Lang (3 riders only) – 66.75
From the gate. Ross challenged but had to slow after nearly running into the back of Tuffley on lap 3.
Heat 6: Chopper Bagshaw, James Miller, Kenny Williams, Matt Smith (DNS) – 68.69
Miller went round the outside on turns 1 & 2 to lead, but by the end of the lap Bagshaw was up the inside and away for the victory.
Heat 7: John Ross, Ryan Moss eliminated
, Adam Wilson eliminated
(3 riders only) – 68.56
Moss up the inside of Wilson entering turn 3. Ross was well clear until he ran wide at the start of the last lap. Held on for the victory though.
Heat 8: Craig Blackett, Cory Lang eliminated
(2 riders only) – 71.75
From the gate.
Heat 9: Larry Ross, Grant Tregonig, Alex Cunningham, John Ross – 65.22
Larry Ross from the gate, John up alongside him. Tregonig managed to go round J Ross, before Cunningham was past as well by end of lap 2.
Heat 10: Dylan Moohan, Chopper Bagshaw, Craig Blackett, Sean Cox – 66.78
Blackett gets a flier from the gate and is allowed to continue. At the end of lap 1 Moohan is up the inside, before Bagshaw repeats the move at the end of lap 3.
Heat 11: Sean Mason, John Tuffley, Jason McKay, James Miller (Fx) – 66.34
Bunching exiting turn 2 and Miller is left with nowhere to go. He falls and excluded as the primary cause of the stoppage. In the re-run result is from the gate.
Heat 12: Alex Cunningham, James Miller eliminated , Craig Blackett eliminated (Tapes) – 69.25
Blackett tried to jump the start again but this time goes too early and destroys the tapes. Cunningham wins the re-run from the gate.
Heat 13: Jason McKay, John Rosseliminated , Sean Coxeliminated – 65.82
From the gate.
Heat 14: Larry Ross, Dylan Moohan, John Tuffley, Jason McKay eliminated – 65.34
Moohan outgated but on turns 3&4 sneaks up the inside to go from 4th to 2nd.
Heat 15: Grant Tregonig, Chopper Bagshaw, Alex Cunningham, Sean Mason (Tapes) – 64.63
Tapes don’t seem to rise properly as Mason touches the tapes first before the rest plough through. Mason is excluded and should be eliminated overall. Re-run from the gate with Tregonig looking a lot faster.
Heat 16 – Last chance saloon: John Tuffley. Dylan Moohan, Sean Mason eliminated , Chopper Bagshaw eliminated , Alex Cunningham eliminated – 66.44
Mason allowed in and the heat is run as a 5 rider race. Cunningham on outside is boxed out at the start with Tuffley and Bagshaw away. Moohan went up the inside out of turn 2 for the final time before Bagshaw runs wide on last turn to allow Mason through for third.
Final: Grant Tregonig, Larry Ross, Dylan Moohan, John Tuffley – no time recorded
Ross gated well and looked set for the victory as Tregonig was back in third. On lap 1 Tregonig got past Moohan and set about after Ross. Lap by lap he got closer and closer until entering turns 1 & 2 for the final time Tregonig went high and wide, round Ross and away for the victory and the title.
Non-Qualifier heat: Ryan Moss, Cory Lang, Adam Wilson (3 riders only) – 70.59
From the gate.
Non-Qualifier heat 2: Cory Lang, Adam Wilson, Ryan Moss (3 riders only) – 71.37
From the gate.
Senior Solo’s Result:
1st Grant Tregonig
2nd Larry Ross
3rd Dylan Moohan
4th John Tuffley
• Meeting run along similar lines to the old Grand Prix format – 2 consecutive loses and you’re out!
Heat 1: Larry Ross, Sean Cox, Chopper Bagshaw, Adam Wilson – 64.91
From the gate with Larry Ross well clear
Heat 2: Sean Mason, Grant Tregonig, Craig Blackett, Matt Smith – 65.07
From the gate.
Heat 3: Dylan Moohan, Jason McKay, Ryan Moss, Kenny Williams (Fx) – 66.44
From the gate. Williams fell end of lap 3 and race was stopped. In the re-run exactly the same outcome.
Heat 4: Alex Cunningham, James Miller (2 riders only) – 67.19
Miller led for first lap but Cunningham got up the inside on lap 2 for the victory.
Heat 5: John Tuffley, John Ross, Cory Lang (3 riders only) – 66.75
From the gate. Ross challenged but had to slow after nearly running into the back of Tuffley on lap 3.
Heat 6: Chopper Bagshaw, James Miller, Kenny Williams, Matt Smith (DNS) – 68.69
Miller went round the outside on turns 1 & 2 to lead, but by the end of the lap Bagshaw was up the inside and away for the victory.
Heat 7: John Ross, Ryan Moss eliminated
, Adam Wilson eliminated
(3 riders only) – 68.56
Moss up the inside of Wilson entering turn 3. Ross was well clear until he ran wide at the start of the last lap. Held on for the victory though.
Heat 8: Craig Blackett, Cory Lang eliminated
(2 riders only) – 71.75
From the gate.
Heat 9: Larry Ross, Grant Tregonig, Alex Cunningham, John Ross – 65.22
Larry Ross from the gate, John up alongside him. Tregonig managed to go round J Ross, before Cunningham was past as well by end of lap 2.
Heat 10: Dylan Moohan, Chopper Bagshaw, Craig Blackett, Sean Cox – 66.78
Blackett gets a flier from the gate and is allowed to continue. At the end of lap 1 Moohan is up the inside, before Bagshaw repeats the move at the end of lap 3.
Heat 11: Sean Mason, John Tuffley, Jason McKay, James Miller (Fx) – 66.34
Bunching exiting turn 2 and Miller is left with nowhere to go. He falls and excluded as the primary cause of the stoppage. In the re-run result is from the gate.
Heat 12: Alex Cunningham, James Miller eliminated , Craig Blackett eliminated (Tapes) – 69.25
Blackett tried to jump the start again but this time goes too early and destroys the tapes. Cunningham wins the re-run from the gate.
Heat 13: Jason McKay, John Rosseliminated , Sean Coxeliminated – 65.82
From the gate.
Heat 14: Larry Ross, Dylan Moohan, John Tuffley, Jason McKay eliminated – 65.34
Moohan outgated but on turns 3&4 sneaks up the inside to go from 4th to 2nd.
Heat 15: Grant Tregonig, Chopper Bagshaw, Alex Cunningham, Sean Mason (Tapes) – 64.63
Tapes don’t seem to rise properly as Mason touches the tapes first before the rest plough through. Mason is excluded and should be eliminated overall. Re-run from the gate with Tregonig looking a lot faster.
Heat 16 – Last chance saloon: John Tuffley. Dylan Moohan, Sean Mason eliminated , Chopper Bagshaw eliminated , Alex Cunningham eliminated – 66.44
Mason allowed in and the heat is run as a 5 rider race. Cunningham on outside is boxed out at the start with Tuffley and Bagshaw away. Moohan went up the inside out of turn 2 for the final time before Bagshaw runs wide on last turn to allow Mason through for third.
Final: Grant Tregonig, Larry Ross, Dylan Moohan, John Tuffley – no time recorded
Ross gated well and looked set for the victory as Tregonig was back in third. On lap 1 Tregonig got past Moohan and set about after Ross. Lap by lap he got closer and closer until entering turns 1 & 2 for the final time Tregonig went high and wide, round Ross and away for the victory and the title.
Non-Qualifier heat: Ryan Moss, Cory Lang, Adam Wilson (3 riders only) – 70.59
From the gate.
Non-Qualifier heat 2: Cory Lang, Adam Wilson, Ryan Moss (3 riders only) – 71.37
From the gate.