Allan Haigh Motorsport

2007-2008 Season Completed

2008-05-12T15:11:00.000-07:00

Photos kindly supplied by Graham @ Sportsweb

Well, it's been a busy season. Raced out of Western Springs, Tauranga and Palmerston North with the Sprintcar and raced at Waikaraka Park and Wellington in the modified which was later sold.

We would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support:
Spot-light Systems
Elf
Key 2
A & K Haigh Engineering

and our new sponsor
AMT - Mazak

The car will be striped down and prepared again for the 2008-2009 season.

Photo kindly supplied by Chris @ Racepics

It's SOLD.......... It's GONE!!!

2008-02-17T17:42:00.000-08:00

The modified has been sold, the only advertising was the 'For Sale' sticker that was stuck on the car while at the Modified champs in Wellington in January this year.

Luke Keegan will be racing it down in Christchurch, we wish him all the best with the car, it has been an asset to Allan in it's first season.

2007-2008 Season so far.......

2008-02-13T17:03:00.000-08:00

Well, where to start? Allan has been out in the Sprint car a lot mainly at Western Springs, but also at Bay Park & Palmy. He has been seen doing a lot of donuts, but also has been keeping up with the best of them. He has found it very different racing a Sprint car compared to the modified, it is a lot of hard work, and sometimes finds himself tiring out towards the end of a race.

The modified is currently For Sale, complete car including the motor, it will be sad to see it go as it gave him the NZ Title last season.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the sponsors associated with the cars -
Spot-light Systems
Elf Lubricants
Key-2 Real Estate
Auckland Machine Tools - MAZAK
A & K Haigh Engineering

Until next time..........

2007-2008 Race Calendar

2007-10-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

Saturday 3 November
National Sprint car series Rnd 1 Western Springs

Saturday 10 November
National Sprint car series Rnd 2 Western Springs

Saturday 17 November
?

Saturday 24 November
Child Cancer promotion @ Waikaraka Park

Saturday 1 December
International Sprint car series Rnd 1 Western Springs

Saturday 8 December
International Sprint car series Rnd 2 Western Springs

Saturday 15 December
North Island Modifieds @ Waikaraka Park

Saturday 22 December
International Sprint cars @ Palmerston North
(World of Outlaws)

Wednesday 26 December
International Sprint car series Rnd 3 Western Springs

Saturday 29 December
Sprint car series @ Tauranga

Tuesday 1 January 2008
Sprint car series / Gold Cup @ Tauranga

Friday 4 January
NZ Sprint car Champs @ Tauranga

Saturday 5 January
NZ Sprint car Champs @ Tauranga

Saturday 12 January
Western Springs Sprint car series

Saturday 19 January
?

Friday 25 January
NZ Modified Champs @ Wellington

Saturday 26 January
NZ Modified Champs @ Wellington

Wednesday 30 January
Western Springs Sprint car series

Saturday 2 February
NZ Modified Grand Prix @ Rotorua

Tuesday 5 February
King of the Springs 40 lapper Western Springs

Friday 8 February
Modified Super Dirt Cup @ Waikaraka Park

Saturday 9 February
Modified Super Dirt Cup @ Waikaraka Park

Saturday 16 February
?

Saturday 23 February
?

Saturday 1 March
Western Springs Sprint car series

Saturday 8 March
North Island Sprint car Champs @ Palmerston North

Saturday 15 March
National Sprint car series final Western Springs

Sunday 23 March
Easter Champs @ Rotorua

Saturday 29 March
John Webster Memorial @ Waikaraka Park

Saturday 5 April
?

Saturday 12 April
Auckland Modified Champs @ Waikaraka Park

Saturday 19 April
?

Sprintcar vs Modified

2007-09-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

Well the racing season is creeping up on us now, with the first practice scheduled for 6 October.

The modified is ready to go, all we needed to do to it on the off season was powdercoat the chassis.

Allan purchased a sprintcar at the end of last season and has been busy ordering parts for it from the States and also painting it.

Will put a race calendar on here soon.

Allan keeps NZ Modified Grand Prix Title

2007-03-13T18:10:00.000-07:00

20 cars fronted in Huntly on Saturday 24 February for the New Zealand Modified Grand Prix. Three 20 lap races would decide the title.

Heat 1 Allan got grid 4. He moved quickly into 2nd spot and passed Blakeley 56A to take the lead and the first heat win.

Heat 2 Allan had grid 14. Tama 9W hit the front early on, Allan moved into 2nd and gave chase. Tama and Allan fought it out up front with Tama finishing 1st and Allan 2nd.

After the first two heats Allan had 39 points, Foxy with 37 points, and Tama with 35 points. These three guys pretty much being way ahead in points.

Heat 3 Allan had grid 14 again. Foxy had grid 6. To win Allan knew he only had to finish directly behind Foxy. It took Allan a wee while to make any progress but he slowly made his way into 4th behind Mark Ward which is where he finished.

Heat 1 - grid 4 finished 1st
Heat 2 - grid 14 finished 2nd
Heat 3 - grid 14 finished 4th

After heat 3 both Allan & Foxy were tied on 56 points. Tama was back in 3rd with 51 points. This meant a runoff to decide the title between Allan & Foxy, Allan started on grid 2 and Foxy on grid 1. As expected Allan won the start and drove away to keep the title.

Many thanks to Allan’s sponsors for their continued support - Elf Lubricants, Spot-light Systems, Sandvik Steel, Sandvik Coromant, A & K Haigh Engineering

Modified Dirt Cup

2007-03-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

The Modified Dirt Cup Championship was scheduled to run over two nights. However, after a committee meeting it was decided to limit the meeting to one night, Saturday 3 February.

21 of New Zealand’s top Modified driver’s from around New Zealand came up to Auckland to contest the Modified Dirt Cup.

The cars were split into 2 groups and each group was given two 15 lap points races. The top 6 cars from each group would then contest a flying lap shootout to confirm the starting grid positions for the 25 lap Dirt Cup Race.

Allan qualified through to the Top 6 shootout with ease. The shootout saw Allan get the fastest lap time which meant he would start on a front grid, which was grid 2.

The start of the race was a bit of a shambles for Allan, which resulted in him being passed by a number of cars, but he managed to pass them all again except 3nz, who came home first and Allan finished 2nd .

The race itself went without any cautions, however I feel there should have been two orange light cautions, one to move 38a who was only just off the track in pitbend and the other to move 4s off the wall in cemetery bend with 2-3 laps left to run under green.

A good night and a good result coming home 2nd.

Introducing the new New Zealand Modified Champion

2007-02-20T16:57:00.000-08:00

Yep, Allan has won the New Zealand Modified Championship (2006-2007).

The New Zealand Modified Championship was run over two nights, 26-27 January 2007 at Waikaraka Park Speedway, Onehunga.

29 of New Zealand’s top Modified driver’s from all regions of New Zealand came up to Auckland to contest the New Zealand Modified Championship.

Qualifying was on Friday night, where the cars were split into 3 groups. The top 4 cars from each group went through to the final heats on Saturday night. The remaining cars raced in one repercharge heat on Saturday, and the top 8 cars from that then joined the other 12.

Allan qualified top in his group on Friday night and moved on to the Saturday night which had 20 cars racing over three 20 lap races for the title. (driver's start in different positions for each race e.g. front, mid, back). After the three races Allan was a clear winner with 50 points, his closest rivals had 47 points.

Allan’s grid draws for Saturday night:
Heat 1 - grid 4 finished 3rd = 18 points
Heat 2 - grid 14 finished 4th = 17 points
Heat 3 - grid 14 finished 6th = 15 points

Many thanks to Allan’s sponsors for their continued support - Elf Lubricants, Spot-light Systems, Sandvik Steel, Sandvik Coromant, A & K Haigh Engineering

Modified 1NZ: 2006 J & J Chassis from USA, with a Chev 406 engine (approx 660 horsepower).

The above event was only the second time Allan had raced his brand new car, some sceptics seemed to think it would take Allan 1 - 2 seasons before he would be back in the groove. Boy, did he prove them wrong.........

Sponsors & Race Calendar

2007-01-09T17:58:00.000-08:00

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for their continued support.

Elf Lubricants
Spot-light Systems
Sandvik Steel
Sandvik Coromant
A & K Haigh Engineering

Headcase Designs

We are looking forward to competing at the following Championship Meetings for Modifieds
in 2007.

New Zealand Modified Championship, being held at Waikaraka Park, Auckland this year on 26 & 27 January 2007.

Modified Dirt Cup also in Auckland on 2 & 3 February 2007.

NZ Modified Grand Prix at Huntly on 24 February 2007.

North Island Modified Championship at Wellington on 3 March 2007.

Auckland Modified Championship (Round 2) 10 March 2007.

Plus all club nights etc.........

The New J & J Modified

2007-01-09T14:35:00.000-08:00

Here is Allan's new J & J modified chassis direct from USA, arrived in Auckland late 2006.

With the new style body

Allan's first night out at the track, Saturday 30 December 2006. Started rear of field in all three races, with the exception of the Feature Race where he was about half a lap back from the front of the pack. He managed to get up to the front cars pretty soon, and then pass them as they were stuck behind slower traffic. Man is this car fast............... pity though that Allan overcooked it a bit, hitting the wall and taking out the drive line.

Can't wait to see him back out there.........................soon

(Photo courtesy of Ian Abraham)