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07-26-2005, 12:26 AM
Manfeild's bid to host the New Zealand round of the Avesco V8s has been formally withdrawn "without fanfare", the Manfeild Park Trust Board has been told.
Acting chief executive Ruma Karaitiana said at yesterday's board meeting in Feilding that Manfeild would retain an interest if Avesco reconsidered its obvious preference for a street race and returned to a circuit-based event.
Avesco (Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company) had been informed of Manfeild's continuing development and its start on a $1.3 million pit lane project involving corporate suites and pit garages.
Chairman Ben Vanderkolk said about 16,000 cubic metres of earth had been moved from the construction site to either end of the front straight to build up spectator embankments for enhanced viewing.
He also said the board had entered negotiations with the Manawatu Car Club to source funding for the construction of a race control tower, estimated to cost $400,000.
"The tower, which will contain everythiog needed for race control on the day, will be the only one of of its kind in New Zealand. It's what a fully international track needs."
Vanderkolk said the board, in conjunction with Motorsport New Zealand, was creating a comprehensive safety plan to ensure track safety compliance was immediate, current and did not fall behind the standard requirements.
"The aim is to get a theoretical and engineering template against which we can assess safety requirements to ensure compliance," he said.
The board recognised that the track was an occupational hazard and the plan was designed to ensure that commercial users of the park were as safe as competitive users, Vanderkolk said.
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Acting chief executive Ruma Karaitiana said at yesterday's board meeting in Feilding that Manfeild would retain an interest if Avesco reconsidered its obvious preference for a street race and returned to a circuit-based event.
Avesco (Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company) had been informed of Manfeild's continuing development and its start on a $1.3 million pit lane project involving corporate suites and pit garages.
Chairman Ben Vanderkolk said about 16,000 cubic metres of earth had been moved from the construction site to either end of the front straight to build up spectator embankments for enhanced viewing.
He also said the board had entered negotiations with the Manawatu Car Club to source funding for the construction of a race control tower, estimated to cost $400,000.
"The tower, which will contain everythiog needed for race control on the day, will be the only one of of its kind in New Zealand. It's what a fully international track needs."
Vanderkolk said the board, in conjunction with Motorsport New Zealand, was creating a comprehensive safety plan to ensure track safety compliance was immediate, current and did not fall behind the standard requirements.
"The aim is to get a theoretical and engineering template against which we can assess safety requirements to ensure compliance," he said.
The board recognised that the track was an occupational hazard and the plan was designed to ensure that commercial users of the park were as safe as competitive users, Vanderkolk said.
From www.stuff.co.nz