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This will be a pretty strange weekend for me.
The place I started racing way back in 1978 is closing down. So its the last time I'll ever race there. I came back to racing last year after almost 20 years to have one more go & have some fun. Now its time to do the last ever laps of this great track.
The promoter has put together a great program>>> http://www.the6hour.com.au/index.html

While Im to old to be banging around for 6 Hours, I am doing the support races. Its not a big grid, but there will be some interesting bikes there. I will have a think about what im doing next year. But at this stage I want to have a great weekend, catch up with some very old friends, & then I might hang the leathers up for the last time.

MCNEWS
Races: 1-2-3
Event: RETRO UNLIMITED
Laps: 6
No Name Entrant Grade CC’s Make

4 MARTIN D 750 Suzuki Katana 1981
10 JOHN TWEEN Bike Wreck C 750 Yamaha YZF750 1994
15 RUSSELL DOWNIE D 600 Yamaha YZF600R 1994
20 STEVE BUTLER Motortech D 1000 Peter Jackson FZR1000
36 MURRAY CLARK A 1000 Kawasaki
41 ZOLTAN PETRI C 750 Yamaha FZ750 1984
43 DAVID GILYEAT R 750 Kawasaki ZXR750
44 STEVEN GREEN D 750 Kawasaki ZX750
47 CHRIS MUNN D 1000 Kawasaki Z1000J 1980
63 TROY LOVEDAY Gowanloch Ducati D 880 Ducati 880
72 IVAN HOEY Bike Wreck D 750 Yamaha YZF750
84 ASHLEY D 919 Honda CBR900 1995

sbutler wrote:This will be a pretty strange weekend for me.
The place I started racing way back in 1978 is closing down. So its the last time I'll ever race there. I came back to racing last year after almost 20 years to have one more go & have some fun. Now its time to do the last ever laps of this great track.
The promoter has put together a great program>>> http://www.the6hour.com.au/index.html

While Im to old to be banging around for 6 Hours, I am doing the support races. Its not a big grid, but there will be some interesting bikes there. I will have a think about what im doing next year. But at this stage I want to have a great weekend, catch up with some very old friends, & then I might hang the leathers up for the last time.

MCNEWS
Races: 1-2-3
Event: RETRO UNLIMITED
Laps: 6
No Name Entrant Grade CC’s Make

4 MARTIN D 750 Suzuki Katana 1981
10 JOHN TWEEN Bike Wreck C 750 Yamaha YZF750 1994
15 RUSSELL DOWNIE D 600 Yamaha YZF600R 1994
20 STEVE BUTLER Motortech D 1000 Peter Jackson FZR1000
36 MURRAY CLARK A 1000 Kawasaki
41 ZOLTAN PETRI C 750 Yamaha FZ750 1984
43 DAVID GILYEAT R 750 Kawasaki ZXR750
44 STEVEN GREEN D 750 Kawasaki ZX750
47 CHRIS MUNN D 1000 Kawasaki Z1000J 1980
63 TROY LOVEDAY Gowanloch Ducati D 880 Ducati 880
72 IVAN HOEY Bike Wreck D 750 Yamaha YZF750
84 ASHLEY D 919 Honda CBR900 1995

Hey Steve ,
Hang up you leathers? are you dead? absolute sacriledge to utter those words on a biker list

Jokes aside have agood time and tell Zoltan that Yamaha-george says hello.
he may not remember me but he is a very helpful guy from way back on another list.

Said with a harsh, regal old English Accent

Hang up your leather? "My God Man, get a hold of yourself!"

Someone get this man a drink he obviously had a brain fart and needs to rest a moment.

Talking such nonesense.. Why I never heard of such a thing...Hang up your leathers.. in deed.


Hey man, find another track and stay young.

sbutler wrote:But at this stage I want to have a great weekend, catch up with some very old friends, & then I might hang the leathers up for the last time.

Steve - You been quite the inspiration to us here. You have certainly done the FZR very proud over there and we thank you for sharing that experience! Like the others, I hope that you can still find a way to ride.

darrin

Ok this is how I went for the last hit out. Not bad if I do say so myself..

Qualifing
Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps
1 44 STEVEN GREEN 1:19.240 7 - 8
2 20 STEVE BUTLER 1:20.172 3 - 0.932 0.932 8
3 84 THOMAS BRYDEN 1:20.981 5 - 1.741 0.809 8
4 72 IVAN HOEY 1:22.873 4 - 3.633 1.892 10
5 41 ZOLTAN PETRI 1:22.929 6 - 3.689 0.056 8
6 10 JOHN TWEEN 1:23.210 7 - 3.970 0.281 9
7 84 ASHLEY WHITEHEAD 1:26.312 6 - 7.072 3.102 11
8 15 RUSSELL DOWNIE 1:28.666 2 - 9.426 2.354 4
9 63 TROY LOVEDAY 1:30.385 2 - 11.145 1.719 9
10 47 CHRIS MUNN 1:33.564 5 - 14.324 3.179 6
11 4 MARTIN KRAAYMAT 1:52.118 4 - 32.878 18.554 5
12 36 MURRAY CLARK --:--:--.--- 0 - 0.000 0
13 43 DAVID GILYEAT --:--:--.--- 0 - 0.000 0


Race 1
Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed
1 44 STEVEN GREEN 6 8:01.394 1:18.542 2 -
2 20 STEVE BUTLER 6 8:03.983 2.589 1:19.254 3 -
3 84 THOMAS BRYDEN 6 8:06.210 4.816 1:19.519 6 -
4 72 IVAN HOEY 6 8:06.627 5.233 1:19.160 6 -
5 10 JOHN TWEEN 6 8:16.006 14.612 1:21.281 5 -
6 41 ZOLTAN PETRI 6 8:29.285 27.891 1:23.897 3 -
7 84 ASHLEY WHITEHEAD 6 8:37.034 35.640 1:24.469 6 -
8 63 TROY LOVEDAY 6 8:51.093 49.699 1:27.076 2 -
9 15 RUSSELL DOWNIE 6 9:02.062 1:00.668 1:28.650 3 -
10 47 CHRIS MUNN 6 9:20.362 1:18.968 1:32.004 5 -
11 4 MARTIN KRAAYMAT 5 9:08.394 1 Lap 1:16.340 1 -

Race 2
Failed starter so a DNS
Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed
1 72 IVAN HOEY 6 7:56.340 1:18.888 2 -
2 84 THOMAS BRYDEN 6 8:00.585 4.245 1:19.771 5 -
3 44 STEVEN GREEN 6 8:00.907 4.567 1:19.717 3 -
4 10 JOHN TWEEN 6 8:14.091 17.751 1:21.773 2 -
5 43 DAVID GILYEAT 6 8:25.860 29.520 1:22.643 4 -
6 84 ASHLEY WHITEHEAD 6 8:30.109 33.769 1:23.793 3 -
7 41 ZOLTAN PETRI 6 8:30.636 34.296 1:24.175 2 -
8 63 TROY LOVEDAY 6 8:47.399 51.059 1:27.071 2 -
9 15 RUSSELL DOWNIE 6 8:55.539 59.199 1:28.276 2 -
10 47 CHRIS MUNN 6 9:15.766 1:19.426 1:30.629 2 -
11 4 MARTIN KRAAYMAT 5 8:52.731 1 Lap 1:44.956 5 -
Not classified ()
DNS 20 STEVE BUTLER 0 --:--:--.--- --:--:--.--- 0 -

Race 3
Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed
1 72 IVAN HOEY 2 2:42.612 1:19.688 2 -
2 44 STEVEN GREEN 2 2:43.964 1.352 1:18.644 2 -
3 20 STEVE BUTLER 2 2:46.524 3.912 1:21.528 2 -
4 84 THOMAS BRYDEN 2 2:47.037 4.425 1:20.940 2 -
5 10 JOHN TWEEN 2 2:50.556 7.944 1:22.612 2 -
6 41 ZOLTAN PETRI 2 2:52.255 9.643 1:24.448 2 -
7 84 ASHLEY WHITEHEAD 2 2:57.832 15.220 1:25.370 2 -
8 63 TROY LOVEDAY 2 3:02.276 19.664 1:26.386 2 -
9 15 RUSSELL DOWNIE 2 3:03.909 21.297 1:29.183 2 -
10 47 CHRIS MUNN 2 3:06.796 24.184 1:30.815 2 -
11 4 MARTIN KRAAYMAT 2 4:04.256 1:21.644 1:50.864 1 -
12 36 MURRAY CLARK 0 --:--:--.--- --:--:--.--- 0 -
13 43 DAVID GILYEAT 0 --:--:--.--- --:--:--.--- 0 -

I have now decided to have one real good go this year,2010 & see what happens..
Sorry guys but it wont be on the FZR1000. I have done a deal on [dont laugh] 96 GSXR 750 chock full of go fast parts. So the FZR had to go to make way for the new bike. It was a really quick decison, & to do the deal I had to move the FZR on.

I was all geared up to run the FZR for another year, but we lost one of only two tracks in NSW to housing, so the GXSR will open up a few more chances to race at interstate tracks. Was it the right move?? Only time will tell. I hope it was, as after this year I think I wont be talked out of hanging up the leathers again. But you never say never.

Oh heres some pics.
Kevin Magee riding my FZR in the parade of Champions...


Me on the last corner of last lap of the last race


Bit of an artical from a mag>>


There you are the end on an era....

Read this & try not to cry!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.oranpark.com.au/for_sale.html