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
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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
Sunday, 27 December 2020, 2:05 pm
Whakatane
brothers Damon Rees (left) and Mitch Rees relax in the pit
zone between races at Whanganui s Cemetery Circuit event on
Boxing Day. Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
It couldn t have
gone much better than this for the men from Honda as the
world-renowned Cemetery Circuit event in Whanganui dished up
another scorcher on Boxing Day.
The traditional
post-Christmas affair, this year celebrating its 70th
anniversary on the public streets circuit, wound up the
three-round Suzuki International Series in classic style,
with Whakatane s Damon Rees taking his Honda CBR1000 to
dominate the premier Formula One/Superbike class on
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Whakatane brothers Damon Rees (left) and Mitch Rees relax in the pit zone between races at Whanganui’s Cemetery Circuit event on Boxing Day. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com
It couldn’t have gone much better than this for the men from Honda as the world-renowned Cemetery Circuit event in Whanganui dished up another scorcher on Boxing Day.
The traditional post-Christmas affair, this year celebrating its 70th anniversary on the public streets circuit, wound up the three-round Suzuki International Series in classic style, with Whakatane’s Damon Rees taking his Honda CBR1000 to dominate the premier Formula One/Superbike class on Saturday.