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Newsletter of KartSport Taranaki

Happy New Year to you all. I hope the festive season didn’t take too much of a toll on you all. I am sure there are some of us who still have the same New Year’s resolutions as last year because there was not a lot of progress made on last year’s resolutions. And… Christmas certainly came and went. I am sure that this year will go as quickly as last year especially looking at the karting calendar. We are lucky to have the next Goldstar meeting here in the Naki, and then the Nationals being held at our neighbours in Palmerston North. National School’s this year is in Dunedin followed by North Islands in Te Puke and of course CIK during November in Hamilton. Since November 2014, there hasn’t been a lot of karting, however, a few of our club members travelled to Palmerston North for the second round of the Goldstar series on the 7th December 2014. The weather seemed to plague us all not knowing from one race to the next what the skies were going deliver us. In the Cadet class Logan Smith finished the day in 3rd place, Corbin Smith 11th and Euan Dwyer in 13th. Aaron de Ridder came home in 2nd place in the Rotax Heavy class. Thomas Boniface placed 7th in the Mini ROK class. In the Junior Yamaha class, Brendon Jury placed 1st, Ryan Jury 2nd, Robbie Johnson 5th, Nathan Cox 7th and Jayden Smith 8th. Garth Lacey was

10th in the Clubsport class while in the Rotax Max Light class, Brad Still finished 2nd and Jonathan Dwyer 14th. Let’s see if we can get as many of you to join in the Goldstar meeting that we will be hosting here, 7-8 March 2015. Good on you Brendan, our best placed Naki driver coming home with the big trophy! As you know we did not hold a club day in December, and we are having our fun day on Saturday 31st January 2015. This will be a joint event as we will be holding our 2014 prize giving. It would be great to see as many of you as possible there to support the fun day and the prize giving. The committee are putting on a BBQ tea for everyone too. It’s not often that we have an opportunity to socialise together. Let’s make the most of what summer has to offer and support the committee. January proved a successful day for our Taranaki peddlers in the first round of the Superkart Series, this event kicked off in Taupo on 11 January. Three of our members managed a podium finish. Logan Boyde racing in Rotax Max Light placed 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd and 3rd overall. Good job Logan, only 21 points off Ryan Urban, who sits in first place. David Cox, a newbie to Superkarts, also sits in 3rd place after finishing with 2nd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd and 4th. David sits only 27 points off Jonathon Buxeda. Greg Robinson also finished 3rd for the day in the Rotax Max Heavy Class, after finishing

6th, 5th, 5th, 2nd and recorded a DNF in the last race, sitting 35 points off Teddy Bassick. Also in this class Garth Lacey had a mixed event finishing 5th, 7th, 7th followed by a DNF and then could not get the kart out for the last race. All considered, Garth managed 7th overall and is 61 points behind Teddy Bassick. Nick Isaac started off the event well with two 2nd placings however, things took a backward slide when he had two DNF’s followed by DNS, finishing the day 7th overall and 70 points off Tony Gestro. Considering it is still early days in the series it will be more about ‘watch this space’ to follow the exciting results of these karters. We travelled up to Auckland over the weekend to compete in the Auckland City of Sails Event. After a bit of soldering and re-clamping of some wires on the very substandard Vortex wiring loom, we finally got the kart hooked up for the final race on day two to come away with a new track record. Not bad considering Thomas spent 5 out of the 8 races mowing the lawns for which we are yet to invoice the Auckland Kart Club for. They certainly drive a bit rougher up there than we’d like! Here’s wishing you all the very best for a prosperous and happy 2015!

February 2014 Kartorque

In this issue:

President’s report

Birthday list

Coming events

Crossword Answers

And some more…..read on!

January 2015 Kartorque

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Birthdays for December

Barney Davis 3 Dec Garth Lacey 3 Dec Dave Pascoe 12 Dec Logan Boyde 12 Dec Stacey Biesiek 12 Dec David Lundt 14 Dec Geoff Thom 15 Dec Steven Bennett 19 Dec Kyle Robertson 21 Dec Brad Still 24 Dec Shona Robertson 24 Dec Gavin Waswo 29 Dec Murray Podjursky 30 Dec Richard Belk 30 Dec

Birthdays for January 2015

Chantele Johns 1 Jan Thomas Boniface 11 Jan Mark O’Sullivan 11 Jan John Robb 13 Jan Dylan Frere 15 Jan Jayden Ransley 16 Jan Ryan Carter 18 Jan Chloe Ingram 26 Jan Amy Pearce 27 Jan Brittany Riddick 30 Jan Scott Peters 31 Jan Josh Dobson 31 Jan Happy birthday to all these members!

Did you hear…?

A number of karters were seen in the New Plymouth Christmas Parade which, proved to be a great hit.

Our condolences go to Robert on the loss of his mum on December 28. The Boniface family would like to thank the Kart Club for their thoughts and kind wishes. Thank you to John and Isiah Kenny and Murray, Liz and Matt Podjursky for attending the funeral.

For those who actually read this spot you will have noticed that a little bird thought it was Andrew Adlam who achieved numerous awards at NPBHS prizegiving… rest assured it wasn’t actually Andrew but William Adlam who did his family proud.

Presidents Report – Robert Boniface

Gidday everyone,

Xmas is over, time to head back to work and earn some more “karting dollars” to allow us to continue on with our obsession. Summer has really arrived and it is looking good for some quality time at the Todd Energy Raceway to test some new stuff, ensure old stuff keeps going and to break some stuff you hadn’t expected to break! The next big meeting at the Todd Energy Raceway is the Bayleys WPKA Goldstar Series which rolls into town on 7/8 March. If you are able to help out with any spare time or energy if you are not competing, please let Mike Jury, Maurice Frost, Steve Boyde or me know ASAP, we can always do with some more spare arms and legs. KartSport Taranaki always puts on a good event so let’s get behind the Goldstar Series again. Well done to those racing in the Superkart Series, things have started well for the Taranaki contingent of Nick Isaac, David Cox, Logan Boyde, Garth Lacey and Greg Robinson…keep it up guys! The Rotax Max Challenge is kicking off in Rotorua this weekend, but KartSport Taranaki is not represented by any Rotax drivers this year. I see KartSport NZ is still tinkering with the rules and I am not sure they are winning too many friends with this incessant desire to

“fiddle”. Just my opinion, but if they focussed more on the actual issue of removing barriers for people to want to come and race, we might all be better off…. There hasn’t been any progress in getting the “Have-A-Go” kart on the Todd Energy Raceway of late, we’re hoping to give that another push shortly and hoping to get the Cadet chassis from Rotorua as soon as possible to give us more options for the public. The sponsor’s fun day will be attended by 5 representatives from Todd Energy, and we have had some members kindly donate the use of their machines for these people to have some fun in. Thank you to those members, your generosity is very much appreciated! It is important we keep our sponsors on board, as we could not function without these businesses (Todd Energy, The Radio Network, Transpacific, TSB Community Trust, TET, Supreme Kart Supplies, EHL Group etc). The new Gough TWL Summer Series kicks off on 22 February and Murray Podjursky has generously donated significant prizes to be given away at each round. Please support Gough TWL and the club as we head into a new series of race meetings designed to encourage you, our members, to come along and compete and have some fun. That’s about enough from me…. See you all soon Robert For those heading back to school… this one’s for you

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The holiday season went too slowly…I couldn’t wait to get

back to work.

Subs are overdue!!!

Next Club Day: Saturday 31 January

Event: Fun Day Duty Class: All Direction: Both Convenor(s): Mike Jury Raceday sponsors day Thanks to Todd Energy our kart club’s major sponsor.

Upcoming Karting events…

2014/15 Bayleys WPKA Goldstar Series

Rd3 - 8 March 2015, Taranaki

Rd4 - 3 May 2015, Hawkes Bay

Trophy round - 31 May 2015, Wellington

2015 National and Other Events

RMC Rd 1, 31 Jan-1 Feb 2015, Rot.

RMC Rd 2, 14-15 Feb 2015, H.Bay

Nationals, 3-5 Apr 2015, Manwtu

Top Half Rd 1, 19 Apr, 2015, Tok.

RMC Rd 3, 9-10 May 2015, Tok.

Top Half Rd 2, 24 May 2015, Wngrei

RMC Rd 4, 13-14 Jun 2015, BoP

Top Half Rd 3, 28 Jun 2015, Ham.

NZ Schools, 10-12 Jul 2015, Dndn

Top Half Rd 4, 26 Jul 2015, Mt. Wgtn

RMC Rd 5, 15-16 Aug 2015, Akld

Blossom, 5-6 Sept 2015, H. Bay

RMC Rd 6, 12-13 Sep 2015, Ham.

North Islands, 24-25 Oct. 2015, BoP

CIK, 21-22 Nov 2015, Ham.

Some comic relief…

REMARKS NEVER

HEARD AT A KART

MEETING

-- Hey, shut up! I can't hear the race!

-- My God, this is a splendid Merlot.

-- Jeeves, be a good man and retrieve the

Wall Street Journal from my attach case.

Then fetch me some clotted cream for my

scone.

-- What a coincidence, Hank, all my friends

are boycotting the bar, too.

-- These are even better seats than we had

for the Lionel Richie concert.

-- Good morning, Mr. Trickle. We at

'Depends' understand you're looking for a

new corporate sponsor.

-- Filling in for Dale 'The Intimidator'

Earnhardt today is substitute driver,

Michael 'Lord of the Dance' Flatley.

-- And now, singing our national anthem,

international recording artist Boy George.

NB there were a number of others but due to

censorship have been withdrawn.

Membership reminder…

Looking to sell anything?? Want to place a free classified advertisement - Get them to me ASAP

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Club Officials

Position Name

Patron Maurice Frost

President Robert Boniface

Vice President Mitch Day

Secretary Maurice Frost

Treasurer Karen Jury

Club Captain Peter Cottam

Senior Steward Steve Boyde

Promotional Officer Robert Boniface

Newsletter Donna Boniface

Race Secretary Chrissy de Ridder/Wendy Burroughs

Website Maintenance Chrissy de Ridder

Committee Mike Jury

Tony Chambers

Aaron de Ridder

Charles Frere

Cornelis van Zyl

Machine Examiners Robert Boniface

Steve Boyde

Malcolm Bruce

Greg Dietschin

Maurice Frost

Warren Riddick

Rob Webber

If you need any help, advice, information or just want a chat, feel free to contact any of the team above!

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Karting Crossword - How did you get on?? (answers below)

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Across:

Down:

3. NZ club with the largest membership

1. Surname of NZ kart driver with the most National titles

5. Surname of KartSport Taranaki brothers in same class 2. To start on pole position, you must be the top ..............

8. Essential part of an engine

3. Surname of driver in 10 across

10. Where Aaron Marr finished 3rd in 2013 Australian Nationals 4. To go faster, you need to step on the ....

12. "Controlled" oil for Vortex engine

6. Flag waved to indicate a crash ahead

13. Country where Sodi karts are made

7. Surname of KartSport Taranaki latest Life Member

15. International governing body of karting (abbr.)

8. Kart chassis manufacturer from Prague

16. New engine for Cadet and JR classes

9. KartSport Taranaki driver who switched to Superstocks (5s)

18. Entry level class of karting

10. The "nut behind the wheel" is the .........

20. Mixed with petrol, becomes explosive

11. The tyre and rim assembly is also known as a ......

21. Brand of wheel alignment equipment

12. The "nut behind the wheel" relies on a .............

22. Italian kart chassis manufacturer

14. Flag to signal the end of a race

26. Where KartSport Taranaki lap scoring is undertaken 17. World champion kart chassis manufacturer from Italy

29. BRP produce which engine?

23. V8 Supercar driver who held a trophy at KartSport Taranaki?

30. Japanese engine used widely in karting

24. KartSport Taranaki driver who has won the most NZ titles

31. In order to be able to start a race, you need to know your grid .......

25. KartSport Taranaki driver who won two NZ titles in 2013

33. A key skill to learn is the ability to ......

27. Surname of KartSport Taranaki Patron.

34. Naming rights sponsor of the KartSport Taranaki track 28. Outgoing Cadet class engine

36. Italian kart chassis manufacturer

32. First place in a race makes you the .........

39. Where 22 across is found

33. Fastest qualifying time will earn you ........

40. A French manufacturer makes this chassis

35. Current "controlled" dry tyre for Junior classes

41. Track where the 2015 North Island Champs are to be held 37. A vital piece of a kart setup

42. Longest running kart series in New Zealand

38. A ... Protector will stop you getting too sore when racing.