January 2012 - NZ Championships Nelson
A huge thank you to Garth of Creative Colours for opening his workshop for us. If it hadn't been for Garth we would not of been racing on finals night. A huge effort guy's which is very much appreciated. My Nelson crew team Joesph, Scott & Carl put in the hard yards to ensure 811 was ready to race. What a team! Thanks again fella's. What a weekend !!!
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8th January 2012
There's a whole lot of work being done to get 811 ready for the NZ Championships in Nelson. Aaron our new crew member to join the team has been great
in helping out too.
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December 2011
Got the engine in bits again cos we have a blown head gasket dammit! Gotta catch a break at some stage I reckon. Anyhow we will get it back together and head off to the NZ Champs in Nelson in a couple of weeks time. Gonna be great to be part of the action so really looking forward to the atmosphere of the event. Before then we have the car on display at the annual Spencer Park Gala on New Years Day. Always a great event which we love to support.
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21st November 2011
Pam & I spent sunday after the Canty Champs cleaning 811 and stripping broken parts from the poor old girl. We need to either repair or replace the following: rear suspension mountings, jacobs ladder, two wheel beadlocks, fix the brakes, etc etc etc plus still trying to determine why the engine is mis-firing. So we've got a lot of work to do in the workshop prior to the ELF Oils Super Cup Series which starts in December.
Anyone out there wanna help out??? Give us a call if you wanna join a fun team.
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24th August 2011
We achieved a bit more progress on 811 tonight as the new season approaches. The engine is getting close to being ready to fire up and with some finishing touches to the car and the trailer we should be set go. We are still looking for a workshop helper to join the team so give Flash a call on (027)229-4644 if you think you have what it takes. Plus TOOLZILLA is still available on TradeMe for the racer who thinks he has everything!
  
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13th August 2011
Hey everyone. Just a quick update to say the new engine is all together and now in the car as of today. With first practice only 4 weeks away we look to be on target and definately looking forward to the new season.
We are still looking for a mechanically minded helper to assist in the workshop one night a week and on race days. If you are keen give me a call (027)229-4644. Cheers ... Flash
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22nd July 2011
Racers get up to some weird stuff in the workshop when there isn't much racin' goin on. LOL
Introducing TOOLZILLA !!!
This is the latest set of wheels to emerge from the Nees Racing stables. There's a lot of Combo's out there but who would ever think of making a tool chest motorised, DUH ... WE DID!!! Estimated top speed of 15kmh with a range of over 5km. Disc Brake, Coil Over Suspension and complete with onboard charging system. FOR SALE with more details at TradeMe
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24th June 2011
It can be difficult to get motivated over winter but here at Nees Racing something is starting to happen again. Fisrtly I must appologise for the lack of website updates but honestly there hasn't really been anything to report while trying to raise the neccessary funds for the new engine to be built.
MP Performance have the engine short block ready to go and now we are just awaiting the new cylinder heads to be shipped from the states.
The Chevy van & transporter
have been undergoing a bit of a make-over. Well I've been goin' a bit overboard on the transporter to be honest. The old girl is being upgraded somewhat with some new gear including LED lighting, floor lockers, onboard air supply, car jump start system, wireless remote control winch plus the ability to recharge the trailer and race car batteries while travelling. (I'm an idea's man apparently). Hopefully it will all work once I'm finished with it. LOL
We certainly hope 811 will prove to be reliable during the new season as we are already starting to plan our race calendar. It looks like we may even be able to tie in the final two rounds of the ELF Super Cup with the Air New Zealand Golf Nationals in Dunedin in March (fingers crossed).
Bring on the race season I say!!! ... Yeehaa
Cheers ... Flash.
P.S. If you have a spare moment please pay a visit to our "Professor" Jody at Burwood hospital. He needs comfort food and race car magazines. LOL
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