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just doin it Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 425 Location: kingaroy qld  |
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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Entries open 30th January-- are you ready.
Confirmed our accommodation
Checking flights for the girls
Quad should be right, don`t know about the rider
Time to get excited. _________________ JUST DOIN IT |
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flipper 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke

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Roycroft The Day Starts With OZATV !

Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 1512 Location: Newcastle  |
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:13 pm Post subject: didn't know |
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didn't know this was happening, sounds serious. and by the sounds of it you could be right in saying there will be no cars at finke.
for bikes and quads i think this is fine. quads may get some more recognition. don't know how this will affect the event with revenue etc. but there has been talk for the past few years that cars may go somewhere else eventually.
maybe finke will have 700 + riders this year? _________________ 2012 sponsors, Working on it. |
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rider 950 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 92 Location: nt  |
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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On the finke website entry # the same as 2011
550 total with quads capped @ 80
Deep well this weekend good training for Thumb Pump & Finke
You interstaters should come along it will only be about 43 degrees in the shade ha-ha
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mosko111 Blaster class
Joined: 16 Jun 2010 Posts: 183 Location: Gladstone Qld  |
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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I think it would be a HUGE negative for spectator numbers, sponsorship and coverage/interest in the event if cars didn't race it!
Sure bikes and quads are cool, but seeing some of the pro buggies and Trophy trucks is what gets the fans excited!
Plus it wouldn't feel like as much of an achievement if you were to race ya quad and the cars hadn't whooped up the track! Finke is know for it's whoops and if there's no cars there's no mega whoops! _________________ Finke virgin for 2011.....
Thanks to:
Offroad Cartel- www.offroadcartel.com.au
IRS
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Roycroft The Day Starts With OZATV !

Joined: 26 Aug 2006 Posts: 1512 Location: Newcastle  |
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: No |
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No cars at finke this year _________________ 2012 sponsors, Working on it. |
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mosko111 Blaster class
Joined: 16 Jun 2010 Posts: 183 Location: Gladstone Qld  |
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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I'm led to  believe they will have cars, it will still be a state round,  just there is now a national round on the same weekend in Vic.. For AORC... _________________ Finke virgin for 2011.....
Thanks to:
Offroad Cartel- www.offroadcartel.com.au
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Blue Dog Offroad. |
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flipper 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke

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Clarkie The Day Starts With OZATV !

Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Posts: 1138 Location: Mildura VIC  |
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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There WILL be cars at Finke this year, Peter Kittle Motorsport (Aus 1) as well as several other AORC competors will be giving up there Aus championship hopes to attend and will be boycotting Sea Lake (rnd 1)
Peter Kittle Motor Sport
The decision by AORCom to run Round 1 of the Championship to clash with the iconic Finke Desert Race has effectively ruled the Peter Kittle Motor Sport team out of the 2012 Championship. After racing almost every race in the AORC for the last 11 years we will be racing Finke and not the Championship. This decision by organisers has forced us to choose and we will not abandon the Finke Desert Race which has lifted Offroad Racing to a new level of exposure in Australia. We believe AORCom have made a bad decision and it will weaken the sport we all love. We also find it unbelivable that such a major decision has been made without any consultation with Drivers and or Teams,
Travis Robinson,
OBR wll be at Finke. Real champions win Finke!!!!,
Danny Brown,
Even though sea lake is 2.5hrs up the road I'll still be bringing the truck to Finke. Being able to race against the harshest elements we have in our sport and eat at the Sporties is way more appealing to me! _________________ Has turned to the Dark Side! |
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Nina 50cc nipper
Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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| Two classes for quads this year. Over and under 40 years of age. Still only a total of 80 quad entries accepted. |
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just doin it Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 425 Location: kingaroy qld  |
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Is this the nina we all know ?
2 classes, how good is that. _________________ JUST DOIN IT |
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Nina 50cc nipper
Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:20 pm Post subject: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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| Might be. Which one do "you all know"? |
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bullet The Day Starts With OZATV !

Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1518 Location: Middleton SA  |
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:24 pm Post subject: Re: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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| Nina wrote: | | Might be. Which one do "you all know"? |
There is only one Nina that would know that  _________________ Can-Am X Team
Bullet #Y12. MrsB #Y18. |
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just doin it Big Bore, Stroked & Bling +
Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 425 Location: kingaroy qld  |
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: |
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The one that`s been so good to the "Team Ironpot 701 Just doin it " group and no doubt a lot of others. _________________ JUST DOIN IT |
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John Mags Roostin Away

Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 728 Location: Gawler River SA  |
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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| Nina wrote: | | Two classes for quads this year. Over and under 40 years of age. Still only a total of 80 quad entries accepted. |
Who has a 40 year old quad???  _________________ When I'm racing I'm living..... everything else is just waiting. |
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cowchaser The Day Starts With OZATV !
Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: Warrnambool  |
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:51 am Post subject: Re: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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| John Mags wrote: | | Nina wrote: | | Two classes for quads this year. Over and under 40 years of age. Still only a total of 80 quad entries accepted. |
Who has a 40 year old quad???  |
Yours looks 40 years old _________________ Smitty |
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John Mags Roostin Away

Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 728 Location: Gawler River SA  |
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:17 am Post subject: Re: 2012 Finke Desert Race |
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| cowchaser wrote: | | John Mags wrote: | | Nina wrote: | | Two classes for quads this year. Over and under 40 years of age. Still only a total of 80 quad entries accepted. |
Who has a 40 year old quad???  |
Yours looks 40 years old |
It's not the years, it's the km's......bit like me really...  _________________ When I'm racing I'm living..... everything else is just waiting. |
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flipper 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke

Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 71
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| FDR website was broken for about an hour after entries opened but is back up now |
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rider 950 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 92 Location: nt  |
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Website all good !
Wayno's entry all done class 10
let's go racing can't wait  |
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Nina 50cc nipper
Joined: 27 Jan 2012 Posts: 6
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry about the website glitch, peoples. Didn't exptect 1014 people to try to get on it, all at one time. Who knew there would be so much interest? |
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bullet The Day Starts With OZATV !

Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1518 Location: Middleton SA  |
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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MrsB and I put our entries in tonight and we had reciept numbers 525 and 528.
Looks like it's filling early. _________________ Can-Am X Team
Bullet #Y12. MrsB #Y18. |
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flipper 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| bullet wrote: | MrsB and I put our entries in tonight and we had reciept numbers 525 and 528.
Looks like it's filling early. |
According to their Facebook page 400 entries as at early afternoon. I wonder if we will fill 80 quads this year? |
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cowchaser The Day Starts With OZATV !
Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 1618 Location: Warrnambool  |
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:15 am Post subject: |
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I got in at number 19
Early bird gets the worm _________________ Smitty |
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rider 950 90cc 2 stroke / 110 4 stroke
Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 92 Location: nt  |
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:26 am Post subject: |
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Told ya Smitty you were still capable of the top 30 haha
My receipt # 247
Just seen on FDR FB there is about 50 quads  |
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bullet The Day Starts With OZATV !

Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 1518 Location: Middleton SA  |
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| cowchaser wrote: | I got in at number 19
Early bird gets the worm |
Birdy should not be drinking Tequila every morning if in training for Finke
....but hey, I 'spose Birdy has done that before, and won the dam thing  _________________ Can-Am X Team
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