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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
Excitement builds for the NZ Motocross GP at Woodville
10 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Bush Telegraph
Pic: BTG110121MOT2 Caption: Back in the day - in the dust in the background between the two riders is local Palmerston rider Alan Collison who was also a very good rider of that era.
Pic: BTG110121MOT3 Caption: Number 1 Arthur Harris. An Englishman who came over for an early NZ Motocross GP. The number 5 rider is Ken Cleghorn. Ken was one of the founders of the events and a big part in the early days of running Woodville. Ken is also a former New Zealand scrambles champion.
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