President:

Brett Killip

Ph: 021-852630

Or: 07-8434221

Secretary:

Yvette Martin

Ph: 021-728772

Treasurer:

Ivan Knauf

Ph: 027-4548999

Series Co-ordinators:

Grant Shirley

Ph: 021-2448889

Series Scrutineer:

Tim Dorset

Ph: 021-2691876

Brian Hamilton

Ph: 027-4393284

(Nathan Strachan

Ph: 027-2255727)

Committee:

Grady Homewood

Ph: 021-808021

Chris Sklenars

Ph: 021-2721822

** Plus all the executive

members above.

Newsletter Editor:

Bob Louie

Ph:021-941344

Or: 04-2971693

Email: bob.louie@xtra.co.nz

Website: www.ss2000.co.nz

Brent Thompson

Ph: 027-2430779

PR & Sponsorship:

Committee Members

SS2000

Club Contacts: With 4 rounds down, Ant Te

Rito still remains at the top of

the championship points table,

despite a less than dominant

performance at Manfeild.

This was partly due to Brett

Killip and Graeme Smyth, both

having good runs in all 3 races

over this weekend in their

Mazdas, with Killip winning the

round overall and Smyth the

runner up.

Qualifying at 4th on slightly

older tyres, netted Te Rito a

3rd placing in the scratch

race. Then on Day 2 the Civic

driver bolted on a set of

“green slicks” and although he

crossed the line victorious in

the 8 lap handicap race, he

eclipsed his fastest lap time

twice. Once the time penalties

were

applied,

this

dropped

Te Rito

down to

5th and

allowed

Smyth

to close

the

champi-

onship

points

gap somewhat. In the final 10

lap handicap race, Te Rito did

manage some redemption

though and finished ahead of

both Killip and Smyth with a

2nd placing.

Whilst tactically you could

argue that Te Rito didn’t quite

get it 100% right for round 4,

Te Rito still at Top Tactically (?)

In case you had all forgotten,

by competing and finishing in

the 10 lap handicap races over

all 6 Rounds, if you are the

highest accumulative points

scorer, you can win a Racetech

race seat kindly donated by

Racetech NZ.

Having said this, there are a

number of our top competitors

already using Racetech seats

in their cars, testament of their

quality and popularity amongst

competitors.

After 4 rounds, Ant Te Rito

leads the tally on 130 points,

with both Brent Thompson and

Ross Gordon next equal on

118 points. With up to 40

points available, there is still a

chance for a few others as

well.

Whilst the devastating fire last

Racing for Racetech!! year destroyed their

factory, Racetech NZ

will soon be operating

out of their new factory

and showroom prem-

ises, still located in the

Petone-Lower Hutt

area.

So where you can

please repay their gen-

erosity by supporting

them and helping them

rebuild their business.

Series Sponsor:

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he did manage to minimize

the damage by only loosing 3

points overall to his nearest

championship rival, Smyth,

when compared to the start

of the round.

As the saying goes, it is still

anyone’s race going into the

final 2 rounds.

President’s Patch

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Hi everyone,

I decided at Manfeild I would resume the role of President for the remainder of

the season. I need to make special mention of Brent Thompson who filled in for

the President’s role for me while myself and my family came to terms with Dad’s

passing. It’s still strange going racing without Dad, but I know he would want me

to carry on. So Brent, thanks for you help at a very difficult time.

On to the last meeting at Manfeild. Although we were down on numbers the rac-

ing was ON! A good mix of cars from different classes battling extremely tightly.

It must have been some great entertainment with only 23 points covering the top

5 cars for the overall results for the weekend. It was great to see Graeme Smyth

get his first SS2000 win at Manfeild. As we all know this car is immaculately pre-

sented and they are finding some real speed out of it this season. Good to also see Brent Thompson win the 10 lapper, but I think

he may owe Ant Te Rito a beer or two, as I spied some green wheels on the Civic’s rear for this race! Thanks also to our fantastic

Saturday evening function sponsor, Hitech Motorsport, for the pizza and beers. A nice change which went down well with all.

The points for the Racetech seat prize have been updated on our website. Remember this is made up from the points of the

last race of every meeting this season. Ant has done well in these races but Brent and Ross Gordon are not too far behind. With

two more races to decide the winner it will be all on. Greg Jones from Racetech will be at Taupo as a guest of SS2000, ready to

present the seat after the last race. So if people could hang around for that it would be great.

It would appear that we will fall short of the 20 car minimum grid at Hampton Downs also, which is a shame considering our strong

start to the season. At least we are not alone, with other classes struggling and this being a hot topic for the upcoming IRC AGM. If

there is anything you would like raised at this AGM please feel free to contact myself as I will be attending on behalf of SS2000. It

is a bit earlier this year so it will be before our SS2000 one.

Well that's it from me, so see you at Hampton Downs ready to "give it some Jandal"!

………. Cheers, Brett

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Club Notices:

Track Chatter: • Brett Killip made the most of catching up on some missed

seat time by entering the Pro 7 National Championship in his

Series 1 RX7, at the recent NZGP meeting at Manfeild. After

3 races for the round, he currently leads the Pro 7 class of

NZ Championship. His bright red RX7 has a pedigree of

championship wins of past and so far is looking good to re-

peat this.

• Grady Homewood of Hitech Motorsports is also having an

extremely busy time over this summer season. With barely

a weekend free from motor racing, it has seen him involved

with the Dayne Running TransAm Corvette at Hampton

Downs, James Parker’s “borrowed” ex Bruce Gay’s Pro 7

Plus RX7 at the NZGP Manfeild meeting and then helping out

with various NZGT and SS2000 cars (namely the Green-

slade-Duffin Sylvia) at our last round again at Manfeild.

• The long awaited debut of Grant Te Rito’s Honda S2000

powered Corolla FXGT is about to make its appearance at

our next round at Hampton Downs. Apparently it has been

said that the car is a “work of art” and that the Hampton’s

round will be more of a shake down for both driver and car.

Good to see Grant making a welcome return to our class.

• Manfeild was the last round this season for Gary Maddock’s

Starlet. The attraction of a break in Vegas and other com-

mitments will see him miss the remaining two rounds. How-

ever, Maddock will not be resting on his laurels as he has

both gearbox, suspension set ups and driveshaft issues to

sort out before next season. Busy off season aye Gary?

• Chris Sklenar’s run of bad luck continued at Manfeild when

his Corolla’s engine let go after testing. According to Skle-

nars, the car was running so well before it blew. Sounds

familiar doesn’t it!

• Past Open Class competitor, Peter Edmonds had his race car

fall on him whilst he was underneath working on it. Inevita-

bly he was injured but still managed to be at Manfeild help-

ing Ray Hartley drive his Volvo in the NZGT Class. Edmonds

has since installed a hoist in his garage …. lesson learnt!!

2013-14 SS2000 Race Calendar

• Rd 1— October 26th/27th Taupo (Labour weekend)

• Rd 2— November 16th/17th Pukekohe (Thunder in the Park)

• Rd 3— January 4th/5th Taupo

• Rd 4—February 22nd/23rd Manfeild

• Rd 5—March 22nd/23rd Hampton Downs

• Rd 6—April 18th/19th Taupo (Easter weekend)

To All Series

Competitors

You could be the winner of this

fantastic Racetech seat prize worth

$750, kindly donated by

Racetech NZ.

The competitor who has the highest

points accumulated from all 6 of the

10 lap handicap races over all

rounds, will be awarded this prize.

All you have to do is race!!

Racetech NZ, 17 Regent Street,

Petone, Wellington.

Ph: 04-9390552

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Weather: Day 1—Hot/ fine/

Day 2— Fine/ windy.

Top 10 Qualifiers: 1st—Brett Killip

(RX7); 2nd— Derin Greenslade (Sylvia

turbo); 3rd—Graeme Smyth (RX7);

4th— Ant Te Rito (Civic 2ltr); 5th—

Todd Taylor (Altezza turbo); 6th—Gary

Maddock (Starlet 2ltr); 7th—Brent

Thompson (Civic 2ltr); 8th—Ivan Knauf

(Corolla 1600); 9th—Grant Shirley

(Integra 2ltr); 10th—Tim Dorset

(Datsun Coupe 2ltr).

Scratch Race: Greenslade got the jump on Killip and led, whilst Te Rito

also managed to sneak ahead momen-

tarily of Smyth before the black RX7

regained the position. Taylor was next

in the Altezza but further back Scott

Smith dropped a few spots in his Civic

2ltr. The duel came at the front though

with Greenslade and Killip swapping

places continually over 5 of the 6 laps.

The Sylvia turbo’s straight line speed

outrunning the RX7 on the straights,

with the RX7’s better handling domi-

nating the tighter parts of the track.

Top 1600 contender, Knauf pitted the

Corolla on lap 3 when a throttle linkage

came loose but managed to rejoin until

the finish. Smyth upheld the early chal-

lenge from Te Rito and extended a

slight gap, perhaps the older tyres not

helping the Civic driver for this race.

Ray Brown’s race came to an end when

his Civic 1600 had a CV failure after 5

laps. The battle for the lead also ended

on the pre-ultimate lap when Green-

slade entered the “Pepsi” sweeper too

hot with Killip hot on his tail. The Sylvia

driver ran into the gravel trap, nudging

the tyre wall and ending his race. This

left Killip to take the win comfortably

but it could have been a very different

story. Chris Sklenars was the only non-

starter due to a blown motor in his

Corolla after Friday’s practice.

Results: 1st—Killip; 2nd—Smyth;

3rd—Te Rito; 4th—Taylor; 5th—

Thompson; 6th—Maddock; 7th—

Shirley; 8th—Dorset; 9th—Jane;

10th—Gordon.

Handicap Race (8 laps): Brian Hamilton started first, holding the lead

for the first half of the race. After only

1 lap though, Maddock limped the Star-

let home with a broken CV. Michael

Jane (Corolla), Tim Dorset (Datsun

Race Report—Round 4 Manfeild—Feb. 22nd/23rd Coupe) and Ross Gordon (Sentra turbo)

battled in the opening laps until Dorset

managed to gap both of them to chase

down Hamilton. Te Rito had already

jumped Taylor’s Altezza at the start and

on lap 3, Taylor’s run ended with a

cracked waste gate pipe and a failing

clutch. Killip had also got the better of

Greenslade early on, but the Sylvia with a

flapping guard and a lack of boost, was

unable to provide any further challenge

to the RX7 driver. Smith’s Civic made

strong progress and by lap 5, was lying in

the top 5 with Shirley’s Integra closing.

Once Shirley passed Smith, Te Rito then

tailed and passed the Integra driver but a

mistake at turn 1 saw Shirley leave the

track momentarily. Knauf was also having

a strong run at this point and disposed of

both Jane and Hamilton. With a lap to go,

Te Rito had taken the lead from Dorset,

Smyth had got up to 3rd and Killip was

making his way from 5th to 4th. So Te

Rito took the provisional win but because

he broken out of his handicap time twice,

it handed the victory to the classified

winner, Smyth.

Results: 1st—Smyth; 2nd—Killip;

3rd—Dorset; 4th—Knauf; 5th— Te

Rito; 6th—Jane; 7th—Hamilton; 8th—

Gordon; 9th—Smith; 10th—Brown.

Handicap Race (10 laps): Brown’s Civic wouldn’t start so didn’t make the

grid for this race. Hamilton started first

again and led for 8 laps. Knauf got off to

a great start from the company of Mad-

dock and Shirley. As Jane and Gordon

were coming around to complete their

first lap, Te Rito, Greenslade, Smyth and

Killip had just started their race from pit

lane. By lap 4, after keeping close com-

pany for the early laps, Jane and Gordon

now had Dorset and Smith bearing down

on them. Progressing well was Thompson

who had caught and passed Shirley and

was soon to dispose of Maddock. Knauf’s

CV problems came back to haunt him and

he retired on lap 6. By this time Thomp-

son was a top 5 runner and before long

had got past Jane, Smith and Dorset to

lie 2nd. Te Rito had made it up to 7th,

Killip was 9th and Smyth 11th. 8 laps

down and Hamilton’s lead came to an end

when Thompson passed him. Te Rito had

got past a late improving Maddock and

had made his way up to 2nd spot. How-

ever, Killip’s lunge at the Starlet driver to

gain an extra place as they crossed the

line, saw him just fall short. In the end

Thompson held on to a well deserved win.

Results: 1st—Thompson; 2nd—Te Rito;

3rd—Maddock; 4th—Killip; 5th—Dorset;

6th—Shirley; 7th—Smyth; 8th—Smith;

9th—Hamilton; 10th—Jane.

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Pit Exit… There is still a long way to go before the NZ

Motorsport scene recovers from its divisional

wounds inflicted around 2 seasons ago, al-

though recently we did see small signs of its

recovery. At the recent NZGP meeting at

Manfeild, both the NZV8s and the V8 Super

Tourers actually ran at the same meeting,

albeit still as separate classes. It is fair to

say that many of the spectators can see the

frustration of smaller than normal fields in

both classes and it was painfully clear that a combination of both would have provided a

better spectacle. Funnily enough though a reasonable crowd attended, perhaps partly

due to the very international field of TRS Toyota drivers and the reasonable weather

conditions ….. or was it the presence NZ’s household hero Greg Murphy?

Further down the motorsport tier, our IRC series is still holding its own so far a numbers

are concerned but it is by no means overwhelming. However, if you had to compare it

with the NZRDL (NZ Racing Drivers League), only the Honda Cup and 2K Cup classes

are attracting any sort of decent numbers. The other classes are to say the least, a non

event. The formation of a different “series” has allowed competitors to choose what and

where they want to race but has it resulted in an even further split in competitor num-

bers? Has the number of events being run over many consecutive weekends also di-

luted competitor numbers? Whatever the reason, it is certainly ruining the sport!!

See you all at Hamptons …. Cheers, Bob

Round 3—Pit Cam: Thanks to Ian &

Yvette Martin

and

Sklenars Citroen

for the spot prizes at Round 4.

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