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I have just got off the phone with Glenn Suckling. He's not a member of this forum and has asked me to post the following on his behalf.

Glenn regrets to advise you all that Mag And Turbo Warehouse / GDS Motorsports Nissan Skyline GT-R will not be attending the forthcoming HKS Import All-Stars Meet scheduled for Saturday the 17th of February. As you know, there has been discussion and rumour here about Glenn appearing at this event to race against Heat Treatments in place of the HKS Skyline.

Glenn has been faced with a very tough decision to make. Many of you will not be aware that the previous weekend (10th and 11th) is the NZDRA Nationals at Champion Dragway, and that Glenn had entered and committed to this event some months back.

Glenn is running on a very limited campaign budget this season and has had to choose carefully the events best suited to the car and sponsorship requirements. He works full-time and the Skyline development work takes place after hours on his own time.

Glenn and his team have decided that the best opportunity to run the Skyline on full power in an attempt to crack a 7-second pass this year is the fully prepped track offered by Champion, with plenty of rubber laid down by the V8-based drag slicks of the 6, 7 and 8-second cars, on a known track and conditions. He has been working towards this event all season as the "big one" for his team, together with other limited appearances (including the 4 and Rotor Nationals).

The turn-around time of only one week between events (remembering that the NZDRA Nationals start qualifying on the Saturday and racing on the Sunday) just doesn't give sufficient margin for error if he breaks something or strikes problems during the meet. A two-week gap could be done but as most in the Pro game will tell you, if you're under pressure with breakages, you need all the time you can get, and a five-day window when (a) you work full-time during the week and (b) you do pretty much all your own work on the car just puts too much out to chance that you won't get it repaired in time. A one-week window puts pressure on Glenn to turn the car around and prep it again for Taupo, even assuming it runs with reliability the weekend before, not to mention financial pressure to run an additional event over and above his season budget.

In a Hobson's choice scenario, in discussions with all concerned, Glenn has decided to stay with his original plan and run at the Champion event. All of us involved as friends and sponsors of Glenn are obviously sad he can't do both, but we understand and wholeheartedly agree his decision is the right one under the circumstances.

Yes, appearance money was discussed, but no, this isn't a factor in Glenn's decision. It's just too close to the event offering his best chance to run a 7-second pass this year, and with his budget and pressure to get there, I for one applaud his clear thinking and game plan to reach his goal.

Glenn, the GDS Motorsports Team and sponsors wish the Import All Stars meet the very best and encourage you all to still attend despite the absence of the HKS car running- New Zealand can field a world-class standard of Import Racing and with the list of confirmed racers so far it promises to be a great day out.

-Thanks, I've posted this up for Glenn as quickly as I can to avoid any further speculation.

Graeme Macdonald

Croydon Wholesalers Racing.

what an anti-climax. I read the link posted and thought. kudos to HKS for having a crack, and to the organisers for making it happen. there will be a lot of pissed off people it's not going to eventuate.

that really sucks they wont refund your ticket paul. i mean you bought a ticket to watch HKS race Heat Treatments and now that it's off I would think a refund only fair. especially since they sat on the press release for 4 days (no doubt getting good ticket sales in the mean time).

what an anti-climax. I read the link posted and thought. kudos to HKS for having a crack, and to the organisers for making it happen. there will be a lot of pissed off people it's not going to eventuate.

that really sucks they wont refund your ticket paul. i mean you bought a ticket to watch HKS race Heat Treatments and now that it's off I would think a refund only fair. especially since they sat on the press release for 4 days (no doubt getting good ticket sales in the mean time).

Looks like Stace and I will have a nice NZ holiday...and a visit to the track thrown in...ahh well "thats racing"

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AND the after party - don't forget to make a sexy time for all of us! :)

Had a fu(king unreal time....these sheep fu(kers really know how to run their racing....Pro cars heads up and sportsman classes indexed in 1 sec. brackets side by racing all day....no jumping on brakes backing off etc. This is the sort of racing that puts bums on seats, is great for spectators and makes great TV viewing.Cars like front wheel drive 10sec Civics racing 10 sec GTR's etc...something you will never see here with our antiquated dinosaur rule book stolen off the septics in Yankland.

other than Top Fuel, the best race meet ive ever attended.

and yes 2rismo the after party was a cracker !!

DVD of event and after party will be available soon through Infinity Entertainment (Ignition DVD)

here's a pic displaying how popular the events are over here....full stands...aussie promoters take note here.

except Jambo our events are poorly attended.

Dial yor own should only be used when ordering pizza...not racing cars

Reece McGregor did a NZ pb of 7.77 and backed it up next run with a 7.78

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some news about Reeces runs...

Heat Treatments GTR

The HT team didn't really expect to break any records at taupo. Despite this, the car still ran a solid 7.7, and then a 7.8. The 7.7 pass should have been quicker, as the car crept on the line and red lit before Reece actually launched (the timer starts from when the beam is broken). The next pass was looking great, with a PB mph to half track (152mph!!), but unfotunately the front diff broke in the 2nd half of the track. Becuase the front diff is integral with the sump, it also cracked this part, putting the car out of action for the afternoon.

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Apparently the HKS ride isn't safe any more. I dunno, it looks fine to me :)

Heaps of guys that are in the HKS circle and the company very well say the exact opposite and have been for the past couple of years.

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