For anyone interested, heres the results(thanks to Neverwas aka Mark Strong)
http://www.mcnews.com.au/MotorcycleRacing2...ic/Saturday.pdf
Some interesting names in there, Ditchburn, Gourlay etc.

Yes , good stuff , Mick , also saw Rob Phillis was there

Lea Gourlay finished 2nd overall in the International post classic race at Phillip Island to Steve Martin whom i'm led to believe had about another 30+bhp over Lea's Winfield XR69 Suzuki, he also won all his races on his own TZ350 and also broke the lap record by about 1 second, he was about 4 secs a lap quicker than the 2nd placed guy!!!!!
He races Roger Winfields Paton at Pukakhoe NZ in 2 weeks time.

Where you been hiding? You OK?

PS, Love that pic of Nigel Palmers TZ (ghost one) also the girl in red ball gown & same girl? the black & white one with blurry background superb Michael!!

Hi Graham, thanks for that, did Nigels TZ earlier in year but could not load to my site until Nigel had given print to his sponsor otherwise would have spoilt suprise! Girl in red........prom photos and yes, same girl in black & white. Just tried to ring you but phone off as per usual!!

Just about to have me din dins, & lots on after, I will phone you tomorrow evening?

You'll be lucky , Mick

Good to see David Johnson taking a win, home in Oz for the winter and riding the old bikes, as opposed to his usual BSB mount.
Town has been quiet without him.

Spotted in the pits in the British team hq, was that very natty Terry Shepherd-framed TZ. Nice ! Also our first look at Danny Imberg, going very well on the legendary ex- Keith Huewen Len Manchester TZ750. Unfortunately Steve Maney on the big Commando had nowhere to go on the Saturday evening in a huge start-line bingle, and has been quite badly injured, murmurings about limbs, lungs etc. Fingers crosssed for the big fella.

That one accident aside, it was otherwise a great weekend for all concerned : plenty of new talent, and plenty of quick old talent...

Heres a link to an onboard lap or complete race with Mr Gourlay on Roger Winfields Suzuki XR69
http://www.mcnews.com.au/latest.htm

Just watched it , Mick , highly recommended

At 360 entries, this year's Island Classic was the largest entry ever in Aussie roadracing, and while World Endurance champ Steve Martin dominated the Challenge, the diversity of the fields made it a weekend of much interest and novelty. I had the pleasure of dining at the Friday night riders' dinner with Colin Stockdale and his wife Jacqui, he was screaming round all weekend in everything he could enter on his Honda 500 four with 4 meggas, in company with Dave Martin on a similar bike. Add in a CR750, four-megga Honda, three Tridents, two H2Rs, five TZ750s, a couple of RG500s, and a period 5 Unlimited field of some 75 entries, and you had a weekend with something for everyone. Hats off Phillip Island, and roll on next year !

Must admit seeing the Philip Island clip, it beats a wet cold Darley Moor hannds down!!
Philip Island has to be the best circuit in the World now, its not been ruined by alterations for eff1 like many of the classic European circuits have, (Monza, Hockenheim!! Silverstone etc etc!!)

Looking through the results it shows a lot of riders on GSX1100 powered bikes, I can't understand why WERA won't allow them in a fair class here in the USA, they only allow 4 valvers to 1025cc in Superbike which rules out a whole lot of entries. Eligible against GSXR1100s and FZs etc so no contest and pointless running one! I'll have to moan like hell at them


Looked like a brilliant meeting on a great circuit Well done OZ


David

Any news on Steve Maney?

Apologies for the delay, Gra, I tried another forum but came up empty-handed. However today I contacted Keith Higgs, who informed me that Steve is in the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, with broken ribs, femur, and collarbone, and a punctured lung. The femur and collarbone have been plated. Steve's wife has flown over to be with him, and he's in good spirits.
Yeowch ! Poor bugger.

Let's hope he makes a speedy recovery Glenn

No speeds though....think it's an Aussie thing. In the seventies, unlike here were riders were given results, times, speed, Oz organisers gave you jack shit.

Yes, best wishes to Steve Maney from me too.

Do you mean lap average speeds, or trap speeds, Russell ?

I meant race and lap speeds GD, but trap speeds would be good too.

Gotcha. You're right, I'd never thought about it. When you collect your race result sheets at the meeting, Computime print on the back, giving the whole field their lap times for the whole race, to three decimal points, bvut not the race speed. I suppose once you've divided your time into the lap distance and figured out your rough average lap speed, it's really not going to alter much if your lap times vary by only a few tenths.
I might run it by them, it'd be quite interesting to keep an eye on.
But you're right mate, they don't normally publish it...

Thanks for that Glenn, my wishes to Steve for as quick a recovery as possible.

Hi Graham

I,ve been asked a lot over the last few days for news on Steve Maney - trawling through the internet hasn't brought up ant fresh news - I know all of the guys are back home as Mr Chapman bumped into Phil Godfrey who didn't know the current situation on Steve either.

Hopefully someone can shed some light on how he's mending

Thanks in advance....

John

I have been corresponding with Steve through his website, he flew back to England on February 16th and was back at work on the 22nd. His injury list included six broken ribs, punctured and collapsed lung, broken leg and a broken clavicle, which had bone grafted from his thigh.
But he sounds in good spirits, and is full of beans.
Why not drop him a line through his website and pass on your regards ?
stevemaney@talktalk.net
Cheers GD.

Cheers GD

I'll pass the info around to the boys and ping Steve an email........

Sounds like he had a lucky escape as the injuries sound a bit similar but not quite as bad as Stu Melling had at Snetterton last year, News is that Stu is recovering well but he still rckons his race days as a rider are over, such a shame to loose that talent from the track......

Thanks again for the update

John

Stu's doing very well , has taken up classic trials riding