Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 4:52 pm
Hastings
rider Gian Louie (Yamaha 1000), sure to be a contender after
winning the NZCMRR F1 class last year and the Post Classic
class in the just-completed Suzuki International Series.
Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
It s that time of
year again when all the best from motorcycling yesteryear
come together in one massive celebration.
We re
counting down the days for New Zealand’s biggest and most
famous classic motorcycle racing event – The Pukekohe
Classic Festival – this year set for the weekend of
February 6-7.
The New Zealand Classic Motorcycle
Racing Register s (NZCMRR) annual Classic Festival, always a
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 6:46 pm
Invercargill s
Cormac Buchanan (bike No.28), the leading rider in two
separate classes after racing near Timaru at the weekend.
Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
The points tables do
nothing to indicate the closeness of racing in this season s
New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK).
The
competition kicked off at Christchurch just over a week ago,
while round two was staged at Levels International Raceways,
near Timaru, on Saturday and Sunday, and both weekends
featured ferociously-close racing in all the various bike
categories.
The four-round series reached the halfway
stage at the weekend, also winding up the South Island phase
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 8:40 pm
Timaru s
Harry Parker (Yamaha R3), hoping to turn his home track
advantage into valuable points this weekend. Photo by Andy
McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
It s one
down and three to go in this year s chase for motorcycle
road-racing honours and the action on tarmac is set to get
hotter as the series progresses.
The first round of
four in the 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK)
was held at Mike Pero Motorsport park, Ruapuna, on the
outskirts of Christchurch, last weekend and several riders
surely have bragging rights after that early dust-up, but
it s early days yet and none can really take anything for
Monday, 11 January 2021, 5:56 am
Whakatane s
Mitch Rees (Honda CBR1000), leading rider in the premier
Superbike class after racing in Christchurch at the weekend.
Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
It was a typical
summer scorcher in Canterbury at the weekend as the 2021 New
Zealand Superbike Championships (NZSBK) got underway in
thrilling fashion.
The four-round series kicked off at
Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Ruapuna, on the outskirts of
Christchurch, and the two-day Underground Brown-sponsored
affair produced some of the closest and most thrilling race
action that had possibly even been witnessed on the twisty
3.4-kilometre race circuit.
Lap records fell
constantly – and unfortunately so too did some of the
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 4:16 pm
Taikorea s
Paul Whibley (Yamaha), a likely front-runner when the 2021
national cross-country series kicks off near Marton next
month. Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com.
New Zealand s
cross-country motorcycle racing elite will be chomping at
the bit to hit the tracks again as the competition is
resurrected for 2021.
When the full effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic struck New Zealand in March last year, a
nationwide lock-down was imposed, sporting activities
curtailed and travelling restricted, with the 2020 New
Zealand Cross-country Championships barely underway at that
time.
The competition was then postponed entirely for
2020, so no national champions were declared last