PUKEKOHE

[Malcolm McLeod]

Well, I got to Puke yesterday to flag for the first time at the "Circuit Mark Skaife Hamilton at Pukekohe", and can safely say that, with the exception of the 6 Hour race, and maybe the V8 Supercars, um, I won't be flagging there anymore.
It is an absolute joke that at many flag points you have to climb up the wall and clamber through the actual openings that you flag out of, to get on point.
It is also hard to see just where the actual flag points are, unless you see a flag waving (ok, that wasn't a problem yesterday, I waved the red flag more times yesterday then I have for the last 5 years!).
And the racing certainly suffered with having to launch the Safety Car everytime a car stopped on the side of the track, as with the exception of one or two places, there is nowhere for the cars to pull off.
Having said that, the driving by many competitors was absolute crap and undisciplined - the first 6 or 7 races all had either safety car periods, red flags, or both! No wonder Morty was expecting to still be there at 8.30 last night!!!!!
To those of you who have decided not to race there in future - I shall look forward to blue flagging you at HD....