Friday, 12 February 2021, 9:58 am
FEBRUARY 12, 2021: MotoFest 2021 is
coming up and legendary former Kiwi international Aaron
Slight is one man who simply can t wait for it to
begin.
It will no doubt be another classic weekend at
Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, when the popular north
Waikato race track hosts the fourth annual Mike Pero
MotoFest on the weekend of March 6-7, world-renowned
Masterton personality Slight looking forward to having
another opportunity to ride the rare Proton KR3 bike during
the Legends Parade segment of the jam-packed
weekend.
The programme for MotoFest 2021 will feature
the second annual Motul NZ Classic Grand Prix, the Shoei
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Dunedin s Kevin Goddard (Yamaha TZ250 No.148), seen here leading the way at Hampton Downs last year, sure to be among the frontrunners in the Shoei Classic Two-stroke races. Photo / Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
MotoFest is just around the corner and, as final preparations are made, the revs are already starting to build ahead of what will no doubt be another classic weekend at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park.
Ready to mark its fourth anniversary at the popular north Waikato race track on the weekend of March 6-7, the Mike Pero MotoFest is sure to again rate as New Zealand s must see and must do motorcycling event of the year, particularly with the inclusion in the programme of the second annual Motul NZ Classic Grand Prix and the Shoei Helmets-sponsored Classic Two Stroke races.
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Georgia Elvin, from Christchurch chases Dunedin rider Olivia Goddard in the second round of the 2021 New Zealand Superbike Championships at Levels International Raceway on the weekend.
A 20-year-old motorcyclist suffered pelvic injuries in a crash that ultimately shortened the race programme at the second round of the New Zealand Superbike Championships in Timaru at the weekend. Jacob Pierce came off in the two-day event’s third Supersport 600 race and was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital on Sunday. Garden City Helicopters general manager Simon Duncan said a rescue helicopter landed on the racing track to retrieve the rider at about 4.30pm.
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