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From - MOTORSPORT NETWORK LTD:
Rees Takes Out Round Two:
Whakatane’s Tony Rees took two wins and a second in the Production Superbike Class, on his Yamaha R1, at round two of the Motorcycle Trader & News Road Race Championship at Manfeild today, December 15.
Rees, riding a near stock motorcycle after receiving the incorrect parts from Australia during the week, now leads the class with 99 points from Auckland’s Andrew Stroud on his Suzuki GSXR1000, with 94.5. Stroud scored a disappointing fifth in race one, but broke the lap record while chasing Rees in race two. The pair was clearly beaten in the final race by Wanganui’s Brian Bernard on another Suzuki.
Timaru’s Brendon Gare took his Suzuki GSXR600 to a win in the first 600cc Sports Production race, while series leader, Palmerston North’s Craig Shirriffs only managed fifth.
Shirriffs now only leads Gare by 11points.
This class will be very interesting, as the remaining three round are on tracks more familiar to Gare.
Christchurch’s veteran Steve Ward leads the 125cc Grand Prix class by 10 points, from fellow Christchurch rider Cameron Horgan, after taking two wins and a second today.
Palmerston North’s Troy O’Donoghue dominated the 250cc class and now leads the class with 108 points.
Formula Three saw the continued dominance of the Suzuki SV 650s of Taranaki’s Bruce Hansen and Terry Fitzgerald.
Reigning champion John Blaymires took three wins from three starts, after the way was left clear, with yesterday’s accident, in which series leader Colin Buckley crashed ending up in Hospital.
The Championship now takes a break over Christmas and resumes in Invercargill in the middle of January.
Provisional Results:
Motorcycle Trader & News Road Race Championship
Round Two Manfeild 15 December
Sidecars:
Race one:
John Blaymires/Brett Sproull, Te Puke/Tauranga, Applecross 1000, 1; Aaron Lovell/ Ryan Johnstone, Hamilton, Yamaha R1, 2; Brian Bright/Ian Mitchelmore, Greytown, Yamaha FZR1000, 3.
Race two:
Blaymires/Sproull, 1; Lovell/Johnstone, 2; Spike Taylor/Dennis Simonsen, Masterton, LCR8801/1100, 3.
Race three:
Blaymires/Sproull, 1; Lovell/ Johnstone, 2; Craig McGregor/Ed Railey, Wellsford, Kawasaki ZZR1100, 3.
Points:
Blaymires 111, Lovell 80, McGregor 56, Garrett 50.
125cc Grand Prix:
Race one:
Steve Ward, Christchurch Honda RS125, 1; Cameron Horgan, Christchurch, Honda RS125, 2; Regan Griffiths, Palmerston North Honda RS125, 3; Dan Ripley, Torbay, Honda RS125, 4; Steven Groome, Greymouth, Honda RS125, 5.
Race two:
Horgan, 1; Ward, 2; Griffiths, 3; Ripley, 4; Morgan, 5.
Race three:
Ward, 1; Horgan, 3; Griffiths, 3; Morgan, 4; Groome, 5.
Points:
Ward 111, Horgan 101, Ripley 71, Groome 56, Griffiths 48.
600 Sports Production:
Race one:
Brendon Gare, Timaru, Suzuki GSXR600, 1; Jared Love, Hamilton, Suzuki GSXR600, 2; Craig Shirriffs, Palmerston North Suzuki GSXR600, 3; Shaun Harris, New Plymouth, Honda CBR600, 4; Corey Oxenham, Hamilton, Suzuki GSXR600, 5.
Race two:
Shirriffs, 1; Gare, 2; Love, 3; Harris, 4; Oxenham, 5.
Race three:
Shirriffs,1; Gare, 2; Love, 3; Harris, 4; Oxenham, 5.
Points:
Shirriffs 116, Gare 105, Love 78, Harris 66, Oxenham 54.
Formula Three:
Race One:
Bruce Hansen, Hawera, Suzuki SV 650,1; Terry Fitzgerald, New Plymouth, Suzuki SV 650, 2; Steve Bridge, Hamilton, VeeArma F7, 3; Andy Bolwell, Oamaru, Kawasaki ZXR400, 4; Barry Ames, Wellington, Kawasaki ZXR400, 5.
Race two:
Hansen, 1; Fitzgerald, 2; Bolwell, 3; Armes, 4; Ross King, Auckland, Kawasaki ZXR400, 5.
Race three:
Fitzgerald, 1; Hansen, 2; Bolwell, 3; Bridge, 4; Armes, 5.
Points:
Hansen 120, Fitzgerald 101, Bridge 73, Bolwell 69, Van den Hoven 49.
250cc Grand Prix:
Race One:
Troy O’Donoghue, Honda RS 250, 1; Kris Shirriffs, Honda RS250, 2; Rickey Porter, Takanini, RPR250, 3; John Beck, Invercargill, Yamaha TZ250, 4; Tatsuo Hosokawa, Yamaha TZ250, 5.
Race two:
O’Donoghue, 1; Shirriffs, 2; Porter, 3; Hosokawa, 4; Anthony McCarthy, Wellington, Yamaha TZ250, 5.
Race Three:
O’Donoghue, 1; Shirriffs, 2; Porter, 3; Hosokawa, 4; McCarthy, 5.
Points:
O’Donoghue 108, Porter 98, Hosokawa 62, Shirriffs 60, Beck 53.
Post Classics:
Race one:
Sean Donnelly, Wellington, Kawasaki 900, 1; Vince Sharpe, Auckland, Honda CB900, 2; Bill Cooney, Auckland, Moriwaki Kawasaki 600, 3.
Race two, Post Classic Grand Prix:
Sharpe, 1; Donnelly, 2; Peter Sales, Palmerston North, Honda XR500, 3.
Production Superbikes:
Race one:
Tony Rees, Whakatane, Yamaha R1, 1;Brian Bernard, Wanganui, Suzuki GSXR1000, 2; Dean Fulton, Tauranga, Suzuki GSXR1000, 3; Chris Haldane, Auckland, Yamaha R1, 4; Andrew Stroud, Auckland, Suzuki GSXR1000, 5.
Race two:
Rees, 1; Stroud, 2; Bernard, 3; Haldane, 4; Fulton, 5.
Race three:
Bernard, 1; Rees, 1; Stroud, 3; Fulton, 4, Haldane, 5.
Points:
Rees 99, Stroud 94.5, Bernard 88.5, Fulton 58, Haldane 58.
