I probably don't need to do much of a write-up about this meeting as the excellent Rotorua website has everything you need to know with reviews posted probably before I even managed to get out of the carpark! Once again this meeting was a winner, how could it not be with a class field of Superstocks and a good support programme. Once again there were quite a few improvements at the track, most notably the carpark which is now flat rather than the surface of the moon that it used to be. The food and printed programme were great and apart from the poor sound on turn 3 where I sat on Friday night it would be hard to fault this meeting. Action on the track was a little down on last year, but the repercharge for the last spot in the finals made up for it. Going by the size of the crowd on Saturday, it's easy to see that the Rotorua club have made this a must see on the speedway calendar and they sure know how to run a great meeting.
Just a few random thoughts then... what words do you think Shane Penn was saying as he sat stalled in turn 4 after being spun in the first heat of the finals, he won heats 2 + 3... pity the 19c Ngatai car didn't perform on Friday like it did on Saturday, still it must have been very encouraging for the NZ title... what strange magnetic force was on the 23h Ashton car that managed to have him in the wrong place at the wrong time in almost every race... how many SuperStock titles would Frankie Wainman jnr have if he lived in Rotorua and not the UK... is he the Sleepy Tripp of SuperStocks... should there be less entrants from overseas... and a final thought mentioned by the commentary team between races about what is the best grid draw to have, starting at the front or back in a championship? I would have thought off the front in heat one, middle in heat 2 and then when you are off the back in heat 3 and six cars are already DNS you have gained six places already... Bengston's grids were 22-9-9 for what it's worth... Bengston was only paying $12 to win on the TAB odds so he wasn't quite the outsider I thought he was, Collingwood and Redfern both paying $20 and Wainman $6.
Meeting rating : 8/10
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