Skull n Bones Racing

Not sure how but so far this year we’ve been in multiple collisions with other vechiles, broke s**t, busted s**t, caught fire and still loaded them on the trailer smiling all before the end of the first day of the year!

Congrats to our mate Paul Collins for taking home his first placing and sash, I’m sure there will be many more to come!

Will do a write up once weve made up some good truths tomorrow!

Streetstocks = the premier class of speedway!

SNB and friends all ready for first meeting of the new season at the revamped waikaraka park. 14 cars tonight and weather looks to have cleared so we are good to go

SNB are in da house, Kihikihi today for Rory and Ollie’s first meeting of the year. 4.30 start sun’s shining birds are chirping and all is right with the world :-)

When you order a new hotrod for the 25/26 and this artwork shows up. ollie24lt got it looking sharp and we know he will have it ripping out there and repping SNB proud!

Yawnnnnnn

Right just waking up from a long winter hibernation 🙂

So quick update on bumblebee, massive rebuild over last few months as per pictures. After a s**t season where I wasn’t right health wise or in the zone mentally along with car not prepared to our normal standards which ended with the predictable result of f**k all success I decided to get my s**t together and do things properly.

Car came out great after many hours of chopping, grinding and welding. New hip plates, bumpers, guards, sides, and numerous other repairs it’s now back straight and square with best engine package we have ever had as per the pictures below.

In some breaking news, car is sold and the new owner has outed himself on instagram so I will formally announce here, drum roll …………. New owner is ……… worlds fastest lettuce yep Olliver LeTissier is the new owner and we are excited to see how he goes in a genuinely competitive car having got started in the ageing family loan car.

Rebuild of the family loan car has also started and I will wheel it out later in the season to keep the young fellas honest

Jag is resting quietly at the Cambridge branch and will also make an appearance later in the season if Rory ever gets his s**t together

Danielle is back doing the worlds most thankless job as class rep for Streetstocks in Auckland and we all thank her for her service 🙂 let’s be honest she loves streetstocks as much as I do, love you homie xx

In summary SNB is alive and well just different and looking forward to the long overdue upgrades to the Waikaraka park venue. That new banking should suit our cars and despite giving Ollie s**t we are all 100% behind him and excited to see how he goes

F**k yeah

Shane

Some pictures of our lap around Prestige Pools Waikaraka Family Speedway.

Who doesn’t love an update!!

Well we had the 290s 2.0 last night, What fun it was!

I had a real simple plan, with a racing trophy and stirrers trophy up for grabs it was win the first two races and then destroy everything in the third. Easy right.

First race I left from pole and head the lead for the first 9 laps before bowling a wide and letting Corry through, we were hard fast racing the whole race and with me getting use to the JAAAAAAAG I was happy(ish).

Second race I started 7th, made it to 4th in a couple of laps, got crossed up and got finished off by the car behind which sometimes you just have to go through to not undo your own race, I raced on in 9th and with the field flying sadly I caught no one and that's where I finished.

6th in points, the 290s option wasn't there any more, but I'm getting better at the stirrers thing and the Jag is the machine to do it in. I had a plan but as always its a flexible plan.

We started 12th (last) and the fastest way to the cars at the front of the pack and top of the points is get them to come around to you, Field took off and I crawled away to the pole line and waited for my friends, after a couple of goes at it, I got my timing and became a problem for the one who wanted it least and who ever else I could of but mainly looking to change the result (Stir the pot), only to spend the last couple of laps sitting middle of the track as a dead duck. I made it exciting and caused a run off so it worked out well, Hoping all while I had done enough to lift the Geoff Evans Memorial Shield.

My favorite part of the whole night for me was Corry driving up to the window whilst still on track to shake my hand then pushing me back to the pits. That's why we love it.

Congrats to the Lads, Corry for the big W, Logan on the second and Luke on not only his first heat win in the class but also taking home 3rd for the night.

Thanks to our crew that turn up rain or shine and are always ready to get to work, To my Mum for her forever support and as always our Captain (Shane) for the use of his cars.

Your s**t grinning stirrer
Rory!
My first trophy in three years, and its for being an as***le, seems fitting🤣

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Seen as everyone else is doing the debrief after NZs it seams only right we do ours.

Shane broke everything but the engine for once!

Rory had some fun then got a week holiday!

And Ollie was awesome, so we share his write up tonight as he did it best and left us proud flying the SNB banner!

Olliver Le Tissier: So it's been almost a week now since the True Property Builders NZ Streetstock Championship New Zealand title race at Prestige Pools Waikaraka Family Speedway so thought I best do a little (not so little) write up.

Friday and Saturday I was man down with the flu, and made the hard decision to pull out. With it only being my first ever title chance and having only raced for 1 season, I was pretty gutted. HOWEVER, the rain gods, for once, did me a favour and kept it impossible to race until the Monday where I was feeling better but still not great.

Sunday the legends Rosy Walters, Paul Collins and I made the decision let's race Monday, so we scrambled to do some last minute bits on the car. Monday morning, got there nice and early so Logan Winiata Carl at Winiata Customs could do his magic with my new numbers.

Qualis:
I was in Smart Sparkz group 1 with some very competitive drivers and cars. Race 1 started 9th, managed to stay clean and finished 7th. Race 2, started 18th, managed to get up to about 8th but got DQ for an outside flat on the last lap. Race 3 started 2nd, had some trouble off the line and ended up finishing 6th which meant i was tied on points for 9th overall with only the top 8 from all 3 groups automatically qualifying for Tier 1.

Repocharge:
With finishing well on points, we got a second shot at qualifying for Tier 1 starting around grid 8. We got off to a bumpy start, it was absolute carnage, probably my favourite race ever. Took some big hits from some South Island cars but gave it back just as hard. There was lots of damage to everyone but managed to cross the line in P2 behind Daniel Curran from Rotorua,, securing my place in the Tier 1 title fight. Seeing my crew and supporters on the side of the track screaming in joy that I'd made it, was honestly my highlight of the event.

Tier 1 Title finals:
Thanks to the handy work of the crew, Colin, Emma, Shane, Rosy, Ian, Kev, Paul, Nicole, Diane and anyone else I have missed, we got alot of damage to the car bandaged up and I was off within 25mins to jump straight into race 1 of the finals. These finals are racing with the best in the country and it felt surreal to represent the Skull n Bones Racing team in such a high class title fight.

Grids for the finals were mental - Race 1 = pole, race 2 = 20th, race 3 = 14th.

Race 1, I managed to hold the lead for about 3 laps, never been so tense in my life and after a few hits and a bit of getting around in 1 piece, managed to secure 13th.

Race 2, was very much the same. Carnage everywhere, some really fast action, but held myself together and went from 20th to 12th. This meant I was sitting in 10th overall. That's 10th in the country.

Race 3, Ronnie the RX8 was really battered and bruised, and eventually he'd had enough at the end of lap 1 and decided he was going to stop working, putting an end to my title fight but man I was stoked.

So overall, came in at 15NZ. A feat I'd never of dreamed of, and a smile so big I didn't care how sick or tired I was still. This is something I'll never forget.

So a huge thank you to alot of people, sponsors:
True Property Builders
Fletcher wire (Cyclone)
Smart sparks

People:
All my friend and family that came to support
Colin Stevens, Emma Roberts for being my tow and crew for the day, keeping me stable and ready.
To Paul, Nicole Collins , Ian, Kev, Diane Walters, Rory, Shane Walden, Simon Anderson, Peter Howey and everyone else who congratulated me and gave me those strong words of encouragement.
To all the staff at Waikaraka Park for keeping us safe.
To my sister in law Danielle Walden , Ella Haare , Phil Mortensen and the rest of the committee for setting up and epic weekend.

To the Auckland boys, we put on a show, worked together immensely and did a great job. Logan also securing 6NZ, congrats man that was nothing short of epic. To everyone that traveled and to the Rotorua boys too who worked together with us to get the north island cars as well placed as possible. You're all legends.

And last but not least to my wife Courtney Le Tissier who was sat at home, 38 weeks pregnant, you're a star for giving me the time and energy to get out there and for everything you do and always have done to help me enjoy this crazy sport. Love you heaps.

For now, it's time for a bit of a break but I'll be back flying some dirt soon.

Peace out, Le Tiss (15NZ 🥰🤭🫣)

Just a quick thank you from Shane, Rory and Ollie to our family friends for everything they did this weekend

Ian, Colin, Emma, Dereck, Helen, Simon, Mark, Paul, Nicole, Diane, Brenda and everyone else who helped get our cars back out after we rearranged them every race

Heaps more to come over next few weeks including a rambling Shane reflection next time I’m having a quiet drink 🙂