Al Hoogie Racing

Another action packed weekend for NZSBK Rnd 2 along side the Burt Munro.
From the start of Friday we started feeling pretty comfortable on the bike and made some positive changes heading into qualifying that afternoon. For the first half of qualifying I was rather happy to be on the front row but was then bumped to 5th in the final couple of minutes.
Qual - 5th
Race 1 - 4th
Race 2 - 3rd
Race 3 - 2nd
Rnd 2 over all - 3rd

Over all a pretty good weekend. We really had to work hard to play catch up after losing out every time we got onto Teretonga’s front straight. I’m looking forward to Hampton Downs and Taupo where we will have more corners make up on what we have been losing in a straight line. I’m very happy with how we have the bike working.

Saturday night I once again rushed over to have some fun on the Flat Track bike. Turning up just in time to see the lads lining up for the first heat race.
Managing a 3rd, 2nd and a 4th in my heat races, taking me straight in to the A main final (qualifying 5th for the start)
Unfortunately the rain really picked up for the A main final and off the start I quickly realized (along with 3 other racers) that we had picked the wrong set up for the muddy conditions, resulting in us dropping to the back of the feild very very quickly. Apart from the last race I had a blast and was epic racing infront of a great crowd and against some international competition.
Massive thanks to the Flat Track family to hauling my bike down, taking it through bike check and getting it all ready for me while I was racing over the paddock on the superbike.

2 free weekends now to prep for the final 2 rounds, squeeze in some work and probably spend some time with the other half.

Grant, Red, Hank and Smokey, thanks a million for making my job that little bit easier as well as the rest of the KMD crew for the environment we have to work in.
Also my personal sponsors who continue support me in what I do.

See you at Motofest