Update from North Island Champs for Midget 91a
The North Island Midget Champs were held at Western Springs on the weekend (18-19 Feb, 2012).
We had grids 7 and 5 for our two heats and had two really bad heats, probably our worst all year. We moved nowhere in the first one and lost two positions in the second on a very rough and bumpy track. We completely missed the setup for the track and my driving wasn’t the best for the conditions so we struggled a bit.
We had to come from the repecharge and moved from 4th to 2nd to start 18th for the main. We had got the car sorted now and it was lightning fast, I'm happy to say. We moved from 18th to 6th in the first 10 laps, with some carnage ahead of us that helped. The track was unbelievably rough - probably the worst I've been on in a while. Unfortunately we then got black flagged as our fuel tank became dislodged from the mounts that broke off. We got pulled off 12 laps into the 30 lap final. With only 5 cars finishing out of the 15 starters, it was a race of endurance by the end of it.
This weekend we are off to Huntly for the 40 Lapper, which we are excited about, then the final round of Springs the weekend following. Make sure you come and say hi if you're there.
As always thank you very much to all my sponsors and friends and family who make this all possible. We will be having a few big nights in the shed, with the boys this week getting it all ready to go again, and hopefully turn out some good results with 24 cars entered this weekend. It will be a goodie!
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Thanks to the following who are on board as part of the O’Connor Motorsport Sponsor’s team,
Terry and the team @ Vernon and Vazey Truck Parts
- Gary and the team @ Waiuku Car Spares
- Phil @ GT International Logistics
- Craig @ Ortho at Ormiston
- Dave & Jess @ Waiheke Easy Store
- Simon @ Link Electro Systems
- Bryan @ Carbon Fibre Designs
- Angus @ Garage 9 Performance
- Tim and Chris @ Motul Oils
- Dave @ Logick Print
- Gary @ GCP Performance
- Chris @ CSR fabrications
- Ryno @ Ryno Designs
- Troy @ TWC Contracting
Cheers,
Shane O'Connor
Vernon and Vazey Truck Parts Midget 91a
