The Island Classic
2017
The Island Classic was run on the
weekend of the 26th - 29th
of February and our club racer was there
to represent the club in all its newly
painted glory thanks to Ivan Hoey for
transporting it down to Victoria from
Sydney where it was stored for the last
few months while some restoration was
done to bring it up to spec for this
year’s race program.
Ivan, Des and Caillin, presented all three bikes Stacey was to ride for scrutineering on Thursday.
Qualifying on Friday saw the bike
going round the track for the first time
in Q06 Unlimited Classic & Post
Classic and Stacey did a best time
2:05.979 on the third lap with a fastest
speed of 180Kph. Stacey finished
Qualifying in 18th place.
Later on Friday in the first race, R06 Stacey again did a 2:05.334 in the 4th lap at a fastest speed of 178 Kph. Stacey finished this race in 17th place against a field much higher powered bikes. Saturday and race two R20 saw Stacey better her previous lap time to 2:04.019 on her 2nd lap and her finishing positon drop to 12th with a top speed of 177Kph. Stacey improved in every race and considering the brake problems she was having she did very well. The master cylinder was changed to one from the Suzuki in an effort to improve the brakes but because we didn’t have a double banjo bolt one calipre and brake line had to be removed. Sunday morning and the first race of the day was carried over from Saturday R34 or Race 3 saw Stacey improve her lap time again down to 2:02.501 on lap 3 and do a fastest lap of 185 Kph on lap 4 with Stacey finishing in 15th place. Sunday afternoon and R48 race 4 was run with Stacey doing her best time for the weekend at 2:02.402 on lap 4 with her best top speed of 175Kph on laps 2 & 5 and finishing in 14th place in the mixed field. Ivan’s best lap from 2016 was under 1 second quicker and 3Kph faster.
Stacey also raced a Honda 125cc bike
in Vintage 125 Post Classic and finished
in first place for that class. Thanks to
Ivan for bringing the bike down from
Sydney and helping to get the bike ready
to race and thanks to Nick McGinn who
will be servicing the bike post-race
meeting and making sure it’s ready to
go for the next outing. Thanks to Stacey
for doing such a great job and bringing
the bike home in one piece and achieving
her personal best times over the
weekend. I would also like to thank the
many club members who called in to lend
their support to Stacey and the pit
crew. Stacey’s
Island Report
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PCRA Round 1 at WakefieldP4 Unlimited Round
1 of the PCRA was run on the weekend of
Saturday February 4th with
two Yamaha XS650’s entered in P4
Unlimited those being Ivan Hoey on his
championship winning bike and Col Waltho
on the Mark Peatman co-owned FCR bike
the only other P4U bike in the field
being a 750 Norton Commando ridden by
Paul Coughlan. In
the first qualifier Q5 for P4, P5 &
P6 Unlimited and Pre Modern F1 Ivan did
the fastest lap time of 1:16.125 on lap
6 with Col following on 1:23.005 some 7
seconds behind on the same lap. In
their first race R5 of the event Ivan
again set the fastest lap of the trio of
P4U bikes with a time of 1:14.729 ahead
of the Norton with a time of 1:16.552
followed by Col on the FCR bike at
1:19.680. In
the second race R12 of the event Ivan
again set the fastest lap time of
1:13.167 followed again by the Norton
with a time of 1:17.704 with Col Waltho
again in third place with a lap time of
1:19.367. P4 750 In
the first race for P4 750 R7 of the
event Ivan set the fastest lap of the
bunch with a 1:14.669 followed by the
Norton and the Suzuki and then Col with
a 1:20.646 with the Honda starting this
time but failing to finish. In
the second race R14 of the event, you
guessed it, Ivan first with a time of
1:12.237 followed by the Suzuki this
time and then the Norton with Col again
following in fourth place with a time of
1:20.903 and the Honda again failing to
finish. The
next round is at Sydney Motorsport Park
7th of May.
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International
Festival of Speed 2017
The International Festival of Speed or as we affectionately call it the Barry Sheene was run on the weekend of the 23rd – 26th of March at the Sydney Motorsport Park Eastern Creek Venue with several XS650’s in attendance. The club racer was there of course with Stacey Heaney aboard and Ivan Hoey was also there with his championship winning bike and last but not least Mark Peatman’s team FCR bike was also there with ex club member Colin Waltho aboard.
Heading
out for the last race Stacey
also rode a Honda CB125 and a Suzuki
T500. She also rode a Royal Enfield in
practice but the class was cancelled so
she then rode the club racer in the P4
750 class as well to finish the weekend
with a 4th place result in
that class. The Races Friday - P4 Unlimited Leg 1
- Stacey started the day with a fastest
lap on lap 2 with a 2:07.906 Ivan did
not appear in the results for this race.
P4
750 Leg 1 - Ivan started with a fastest
lap on lap 2 with a 1:54.946 followed by
Stacey with a fastest lap on lap4 with a
2:00.922 and Colin following them with a
fastest lap on lap2 with a 2:07.757 but
received a 10 second penalty for a jump
start. Saturday - P4
Unlimited Leg 2 - Ivan started this race
with a fastest lap on lap 3 with a
1:53.588 and Stacey following him with a
fastest lap on lap3 with a 1:58.064
P4
750 Leg 2 - Ivan again lead the way with
a fastest lap on lap5 with a 1:54.397 with
Colin following him with a fastest lap
on lap 4 with a 2:01.954 and Stacey
following them with a fastest lap on lap
5 with a 2:03.405
P4 Unlimited Leg 3 - Stacey was
alone again in this race and managed to
do a fastest lap on lap 5 with a
1:57.429
P4 750 Leg 3 - Ivan lead the way
again with a fastest lap on lap 3 with a
1:52.590 followed by Stacey with a
fastest lap on lap 4 with a 1:57.701 and
Colin following with a fastest lap on
lap 5 with a 2:02.553 Sunday - P4 Unlimited Leg 4
- Stacey finished this leg with a
fastest lap on lap 4 with a 2:00.572 and
Ivan DNF
P4 750 Leg 4 - Ivan bounced back
to lead the XS’s with a fastest lap on
lap 6 with a 1:53.563 closely followed
by Stacey with a fastest lap on lap 3
with a 1:55.967 and Colin DNF
P4 750 Leg 5 - Stacey again lead
the XS’s with a fastest lap on lap 3
with a 1:58.602 followed by Colin with a
fastest lap on lap 5 with a 2:02.333 and
Ivan DNF The Results
L –
R Ivan
Hoey (5) Stacey Heaney (162) Colin
Waltho (110). Well done to all our club
members involved this weekend.
Just a reminder for all visitors to the track, don’t touch the bikes unless you are asked to help. If you visit make sure you don’t get in the way. The riders do appreciate your support but they have to focus on what they are doing so please keep that in mind.
Max Evans sent in the next two pics.
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The Vic road race titles were run on the weekend of 8th & 9th of April 2017 at the Broadford track with Stacey Heaney again riding our club racer. The weather started out fine but progressively got worse over the course of the weekend with the final race being abandoned as a result of the bad weather. In the first qualifier Stacey managed a fastest lap time of 1:09.933 on lap 3 and followed this up with a fastest lap time of 1:09.533 on the 4th of 5 laps. In leg 1 of the P4 unlimited race Stacey finished in 13th place with a fastest lap time of 1:11.722 on lap 2.
In leg 2 with the weather getting worse Stacey managed to better her finishing place to 5th place with her best lap time of 1:22.931 again on lap 2.
In leg 3 which was to become the final race as leg4 was cancelled Stacey held onto her 5th place with a best lap time of 1:24.717 on lap 2.
With
the combined nature of the races Stacey
had to race against P5 bikes as well as
her own class of P4 unlimited. She
finished with an overall 3rd
place for the weekend. Well done Stacey.
out on the track with her knee down on the mighty club racer.
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Winton Historic
Road Race Meeting
Stacey indicating she finished in first place in P4 Unlimited.
Des
and Stacey with the Club Racer under the
race team tent at Winton.
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PCRA
Round 2 at Eastern Creek
Round
2 of the PCRA Club Championships was
held at the Eastern Creek International
Raceway on the 7/5/2017 with both Ivan
Hoey and Mark Peatman’s team FCR in
attendance. In the first Qualifier Q3
for P4 Unlimited Ivan started
proceedings with a 2:01.22 fastest lap
time followed by Col Waltho on the FCR
110 bike with a 2:03.858. In
the next Qualifier Q5 for P4 750 Ivan
again lead the class with a 1:58.064
followed by Col with a 2:01.615 Ivan Hoey received two first place medallions for his weekends efforts at the creek on his Number 14 XS650 racer, Mark Peatman's FCR team and rider Col Waltho also did very well with two second places. Both competed in P4 unlimited and P4 750 With Ivan leading the way in all events followed by Col Waltho. Ivan was involved in a bad accident where a rider was taken to hospital following the crash and Ivan went on to finish the race unharmed but the other rider was travelling too fast and came off his bike taking out Ivan in the process. After the accident the program was altered and as the last race was no longer a points race the boys elected to swap bikes with Ivan riding the FCR bike and Col riding Ivan's bike. That would have been an interesting exercise with Col being impressed with the speed of Ivan's bike.
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PCRA Round 3PCRA Round 3 Round
3 was held at the Eastern Creek North
Circuit on 24/6/2017 and only Mark
Peatman’s FCR team was in attendance
on that day, Ivan was in Melbourne on
that day attending his daughter’s 21st
birthday. Colin got all first places as
there was no opposition. His lap times
are as follows:- Race
3 P4 Unlimited 1.22.472 was his fastest
lap recorded. Unfortunately
they did not maximise their points with
the DNF so Ivan is only a few points
behind them in the points tally. Should
be interesting after the next round. From Mark Peatman:- Hi terry the results for PCRA round 3
at Eastern creek FCR Yamaha 1st place in
both 750 and unlimited putting us in
first place in the championship. Not
without issue our lithium battery
collapsed and we missed both races in
round two.
Talking to
Frankie Chili to ride the bike next year
Jeremy Burgess gave us a hand and
another old bloke wanted my autograph, looks
a bit like Giacomo Agostini doesn’t
he?
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PCRA Round 4 at
Wakefield Park
Round
4 was held last weekend (26th
August) at the Wakefield Park circuit at
Goulburn with Ivan Hoey and Mark Peatman’s
FCR team in attendance. This proved to
be a popular event as it was the last
opportunity to race at that venue before
the Australian Titles are held there in
November.
Ivan Hoey (14) in pit lane. In
qualifying for P4 unlimited Ivan set a
fastest lap of 1:23.039 while sorting
out the bike. Colin Waltho of Mark
Peatman’s FCR team got going in the
same qualifier with a fastest lap of
1:20.969 beating Ivan. In
the first qualifier for P4 750cc Ivan
did a 1:15.345 followed by Col with a
1:19.837 In
the first race R2 for P4 unlimited Ivan
led the way with a 1:15.309 followed by
Col with a 1:19.146 In R4
for P4 750cc Ivan did a fastest lap of
1:14.318 and Col did a fastest lap of
1:18.701 These
lap times represent a significant
improvement for Mark’s FCR team with
on average three seconds faster lap
times than the last appearance here at
Wakefield so well done Colin and the
guys at FCR. The
next race R9 for P4 unlimited Ivan
improved his lap time down to 1:13.622
and Col did a 1:18.240 continuing to
lower his lap times in progressive
races. The
next race on the program R11was for P4
750cc and Ivan did a best time of
1:12.726 with Colin again improving his
best lap time of 1:17.966 R16
for P4 unlimited saw Ivan do a 1:14.126
and Colin 1:17.799 In
R18 for P4 750cc Ivan had a problem with
a fuel leak and did not start so Colin
had the race to himself and did a
fastest lap of 1:17.464 So to
look at the points achieved by the XS650
riders at Round 4 PCRA at Wakefield Park
for P4 750 Colin Waltho riding the FCR
team XS650 got second place with 56
points and Ivan Hoey got 50 points
finishing in fourth. For
P4 unlimited Ivan Hoey finished in first
place with 70 points and Colin Waltho
finished in second place with 54 points.
At speed. The
current championship table has Ivan
leading the P4 750’s with 125 points
and Colin Waltho in second place with 74
points. In P4
unlimited Ivan is leading with 125
points and Colin in second place with 76
points
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PCRA Round 5 club championships at
Eastern Creek International Raceway
23/9/2017
In the first qualifier Q1 for P4 Unlimited Ivan Hoey did a fastest lap of 1.58:3080 and Colin Waltho on the Mark Peatman FCR team Yamaha XS650 did a fastest lap of 2.01:0290
In
the first race for P4 Unlimited R1 Ivan
managed a fast lap of 1.57:1680 with
Colin doing a 2.01:5760 The next race for P4 750cc R3 Ivan did a 1.57:2320 and Colin a 2.00:8700
P4 Unlimited R15 Ivan was excluded from the results and Colin cleaned up with a fastest time of 2.05:7910
Ivan
was excluded from the result of this
race because he left the pits too late
and violated a flag warning. In
the final race of the day for Ivan and
Colin a fastest lap of 1.59:8730 was
recorded for Ivan with Colin doing a
2.09:4340 At the end of the day Colin took first place for P4 Unlimited with an aggregate score of 65 point and Ivan finishing second with 50 points.
In P4
750cc Ivan got first place with an
aggregate score of 75 points with Colin
finishing in second place with 58 points
and Tony Brearley finishing in third
place on his Kawasaki H1 500
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Mount Tarrengower 2017The club racer made some strong runs up the hill in Stacey’s capable hands on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of October 2017. Stacey posted her best result on Saturday as 46.6 seconds which was the fastest time recorded by anyone.
This
time was faster than the previous year by a couple of
seconds so it’s nice the improvement for the team of Nick
McGinn and John Chambers who prepared the bike for the
weekend.
Stacey’s
team chilling out in the pits between runs. Sundays runs up
the hill were There is a small video of one
of Stacey’s starts on the club’s website at
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