Kane238 Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) Well what a way to begin 2021! Thanks everyone for racing tonight, was a great night of Team Racing. For the first time since 2012, we had a new Team on top spot after the Heats - the Palmerston North Panthers won every single Heat race to clinch pole in Semi Final 1. Defending New Year Teams Bash and NZ Team Champions - the Nelson Tigers - finished in 2nd place with the Rotorua Rebels 1-point behind in 3rd. The Christchurch Glen Eagles came home in fourth to set up a Semi Final match-up with the Panthers. 5th down to 8th were our new Teams for this year who all gave it a good go and well done to each and every one of them. The Manawatu Mustangs pipped 5th place by just a point over the Great British Lions. Finally, in 7th were the Hawkes Bay Hawkeyes and the Stratford Scrappers in 8th place despite their 2 race wins. Every team took at least 1 win home with them which was a good thing to see. Onto the Semi Finals and up first were the Panthers against the Eagles. It was a tight race from the off and it was hard to choose the winner. It looked as if the Eagles had the win sealed heading onto the last lap but the blockers from the Panthers made it a very close finish around the last bend to get back into contention. However, this wasn't enough and the Eagles held on to head into their first New Year Teams Bash final with the top three drivers seperated by just 0.3 seconds. Semi Final 2 lined up with the two titans, Tigers versus the Rebels. The Tigers started off strongly with a tight battle between the front runners. As the race went on the Tigers dealt with the last threat up front for the Rebels and took the victory to book their spot in the Grand Final. It was Final time and it was a repeat line-up of last years NZ Team Championships, the Eagles against the Tigers. The race got off to a close start with both teams going for it. The race had a big turning point when the lead Eagle (Tosh) got damage and it felt like the race was over soon after with the Tigers able to concentrate all their blockers on the one remaining Eagle (HGR) going for the win. After the last rodding Eagle was halted multiple times and rolled over once it was the Tigers who took home the title with a 1-2 finish in a comfortable style. Heat Points: Panthers - 98 Tigers - 88 Rebels - 87 Eagles - 81 Mustangs - 53 Lions - 52 Hawkeyes - 35 Scrappers - 32 Semi 1 - Eagles, Panthers Semi 2 - Tigers, Rebels Teams Final - Tigers, Eagles Nelson Tigers - Kane, Fake Wardy, TomD, Crashley England Christchurch Glen Eagles - HGR, Tomdavison, Tosh, Barker Palmerston North Panthers - Braderzzz, EllisR, Niall, Burnsy Team racing returns for the 2021 ENZED Teams Championship on the 4th Feb from the usual Palmerston North, bookings will be on a first-come first-serve basis with a limit to EIGHT teams. Bookings will open straight after the meeting on the 28th Jan... Don't miss it! Back to now and we return to singles racing next week with the first 'Hall of Fame' event for the NZ's - The NZ Superstock Championships with the prestigious 1nz, 2nz & 3nz race numbers up for grabs! Bookings are open for that event here: Harry & Kane The Replays Are Here! Edited January 12, 2021 by Kane238 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh924 Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) Top meeting, well done for running it all. Edited January 8, 2021 by Tosh924 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby108 Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 This was a top notch meeting guys well done for running the meeting so smoothly and congratulations to the winners So glad I decided to race these during the winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaRkEr55 Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 8 hours ago, Tosh924 said: Top meeting, well done for running it all. Assuming that me at the back ? whoops lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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