Tasman Grass Kart Club

🏁RACING🏁

We’re getting set for another awesome Sunday of kart racing.

We are watching forecasts and working with the local knowledge from our landowners so we can deliver another awesome day of racing.

Date
Sunday the 16th of June

Location
Barkers family farm
3579 Motueka Valley highway
Stanley brook

Times
9am - 10am sign in
10.30am racing

Local area school is lined up for another awesome BBQ.

We will be assessing weather and making the call on Friday night. In case of postponement we will be pushing to the following Sunday the 23rd.

Proposed Race Dates!

June Sunday the 16th
July Sunday the 21st
August Sunday the 18th
September Sunday the 15th
October Sunday the 20th
November Sunday the 17th
December Sunday the 8th

Save some dates in your calendars. These are the proposed Dates we aim to have events for the remainder of 2024. Things may change with paddock availability and also weather dependent.
All venues are TBC.

Shout out to our members,

This Thursday the 30th of May we are having a committee meeting.
If you’ve got some ideas for the club or want to see what goes on behind the scenes we would love to see you there.
We offer great chat and some friendly banter once the serious stuff has been taken care of.

Location; Armadillos Richmond
Time; 7pm

Otherwise we will see you racing on the 16th of June full details to come.

What an awesome day today out at the Barkers family farm massive thanks to them for the paddock

It held up well thanks Brad Fenemor and Shane Ohlson

Also shout out to the Blenheim boys for coming over ,everyone that helped with flags , spectators and Jam Fellas for some great food on the bbq and of course

MTF Finance Richmond
Brad Fenemor Builders

Next event 16th June

Cheers

It’s on let’s go racing

Don’t forget your dollars for the bbq

See you here

Racing this Sunday update

Location
Barkers family farm
3579 Motueka Valley highway
Stanley brook

Sign in from 915 to10 ish briefing then let’s get into racing 1030

We have Jam Fellas doing the bbq so bring your spare dollars

Spectators are free and most welcome
Nelson boys college should have a couple of karts there

We have water on hand and track should hold up for a great day’s racing

See you all there Sunday

Let’s go Racing🏁
This Sunday 19th of May
Barkers property Stanley brook
Grades for everyone
Get those karts ready

More details Thursday night

Massive thanks to everyone who made Sunday a fun filled day of racing.
Few special mentions,
Our awessome photographer Tim.
MTF Finance Richmond for you continued race day support.
Pockets Holdings for keeping the track watered.
The amazing team on the club BBQ
The people behind the scenes running around delivering trailers etc for our events whether you be on committee or an avid club member!
Our awesome landowners were once again amazing hosts.

And lastly to all our members who get stuck in on race day with flag duties and helping around the track. Without you all we wouldn’t get as many races in as we do.

We now look forward to Sunday May 19th for our next event.

What an awesome day in Wakefield today.
I'd like to give a shout out to Tim Williams for coming along with his camera and grabbing some awesome shots!
So get amongst it, tag your mates and share some photos from today.

🏁RACING🏁
Sunday the 21st of April

That’s right we’re back into it this weekend with some awesome grass kart action!
Massive thanks to the Farley’s for access to their awesome Wakefield property.

So come along, dust off those cobwebs and let’s have an awesome day mixing it up on track.

Location,
163 Wakefield Kohatu Highway,
(if towing a trailer from the Wakefield side take a wide berth as driveway turns back on itself).
Times,
Sign in from 9am - 10am
Racing starts 10.30am

Club BBQ will be running thanks to some amazing volunteers so bring some change.

Well final results are in and the team did Tasman proud!
For a lot of us the end placings weren’t what we were aiming for, but with such quality fields we can be proud of how we performed.
Must also say a massive thank you to our supporters who turned up from Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch and even Perth. Having you all come help us and cheer us on was awesome.
We now have the long drive home from Timaru but the planning seems to be on Easter 2025 when the Nationals return to the south in Dunedin!
See you all on the 21st of April at our next event!

Massive day here in Timaru. Mixed bag for a lot of us but we’re still smiling and two more races tomorrow to see off the weekend. Attached is final points positions as of today.

Awesome day here at the 2024 Grass Kart nationals.
Few options to keep up to date with things,
Mylaps offers live coverage on lap times and race order.

https://speedhive.mylaps.com/livetiming/ELHMNRVR-2147483938

And even better jump over to South Canterbury Family Kart Club page to see the live stream

speedhive.mylaps.com

Awesome news about NZ Champs this weekend. Jump over to South Canterbury Family Kart Club page and give them a like and catch the live stream of the event.

UPCOMING RACE DATES!

New Zealand Grass Kart Nationals, March 29 - 31st
(entries have closed)

Local Events,

Sunday the 21st of April Venue TBC
Sunday the 19th of May Venue TBC
Sunday the 16th of June Venue TBC

Awesome to get back in the Karts and back on grass again on Sunday.
Great to see some familiar faces again.
Our landowners were the greatest's hosts once again, even the Neighbours chipped in to allow us access to water.
Massive thanks to our volunteers, Neville for doing our starts for the day, and Faye for cooking the BBQ.
There's also a lot of people behind the scenes who make these days happen, so thank you for your help.

For some our next event is Nationals so keep an eye out for some posts from Timaru over easter.

Otherwise we will see you all in April at our next event.

Awesome News,
we’ve had some amazing volunteers offer to do the club BBQ tomorrow so bring some loose change and grab some lunch

🏁RACING🏁

That time again and let’s get back to racing in the paddock with our families and friends for a great day of racing.

Details,

Sunday the 17th of March
Location, Rowling Loop Motueka (follow the flags)

Sign in from 9am till 10am
Racing starts 10.30am

Please make sure your spark arrestor’s are fitted as it is essential to race.

See you all Sunday!!

Have a read on the upcoming 2024 Grass Kart Nationals being held by South Canterbury Family Kart Club.
We have 7 club members representing Tasman this year. The most we’ve ever had attend and our first junior representing our club.

https://www.timarucourier.co.nz/sport/record-numbers-to-tear-it-up/?fbclid=IwAR1bM4DTDFr1nqkU5Gq1Zsmkw5QlYxBWyPNbzcMV4IN08WSb-O6ARytiyvE_aem_AQVchdH3kU7b3TqnSM3zSPJ-n9YXadE2-zmCeU1Bt4MRS4mu4rr6kTvWxFTVrAw_MuE

Record numbers to tear it up South Canterbury is gearing up for some crazy karting chaos when the SJ Allen New Zealand Grass Kart Championship returns to the region. To be held over Easter, the championship will draw a record 250 drivers from across the South Island to tear it up in a Washdyke paddock, with plenty of adrenaline...

Not sure if anyone had as much fun as Brad on the weekend at eastern states speedway.
Massive thanks goes out to them for allowing us the use of their facilities. With such high fire risk in our region this was our only chance to spin some laps.
Thanks also to MTF Finance Richmond for supporting us on race day even when we’re over the hill in Marlborough.

We now look forward to our next scheduled event on the 17th March which we will release details as they come.

EVENT UPDATE!!!!

Hey everyone, I’m sure we all understand the current situation around fire risk and we are doing all we can to provide an event for February.

At this stage we are aiming for an event on,

Saturday the 24th of February in the Blenheim region.

This is subject to confirmation and sorting a few finer details, which we are hoping to receive on Monday.
We just wanted to give you all an update and will release full details as soon as possible.

Thanks from us all on committee

Hey everyone,
With our next planned event being next Sunday February the 18th we have made the decision to postpone by one week to the weekend of the 24th and 25th of February.
Our reason being, with the current fire risk in our region and the subsequent fire in the lee valley this past week we feel it is our best option to run a fun and safe event for all.
We are doing our best to find options for the delayed date and understand this may not suit everyone.

After an amazing night of racing at Eastern States Speedway, we’d like to say a special thankyou to Chris for controlling the lights and Matt for jumping on the quad, we’d be lost without all our volunteers so thank you.

Roll on this weekend,
Come see us this weekend at the Motor show. We will have a stand again this year showcasing our awesome sport. Any members come along and check out the show. Swing past our stand and spin some yarns about your experiences with Tasman Grass Kart club.
Next race event is February the 18th, full details to come.

Come check out our Tasman Grass Kart Club fun day this Sunday!
Thanks to Plumbing World NZ/Nelson for supplying food and drinks for a lunch time BBQ!