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Blue Wing Honda announces today that they will be competing in the 2004/2005 New Zealand Super Bike National Championship with the all-new Honda CBR1000RR. Jared Love and Dean Fulton will spearhead Castrol Honda’s assault on the National Super Bike Title when round one starts at Ruapuna on 4-5 December this year.
Love and Fulton will need to call on all their experience and talent to fend off multiple challenges that are sure to come from other top New Zealand riders. Nearly all of New Zealand’s top track riders including Andrew Stroud, Tony Rees, Ray Clee, Chris Haldane and Brian Bernard are returning for what is sure to be one of the toughest championships ever contested.
Both Castrol Honda riders have won National road titles before, so they are keeping a keen eye on the competition, and each other. “Anyone who wins this year will have to fight for it” said Fulton. “I’m concentrating on being the fittest, I want to be the dominating factor”.
Love is certainly relishing the chance to ride with the Honda team “This year looks to be even more competitive, so having Honda’s backing has simplified everything. It’s allowed me to get fitter and I’m working on getting some International racing under my belt prior to the Nationals” he said. “The bike (Honda CBR1000RR) feels great, and the brakes are unbelievable, it is going to be an incredible event”.
The National Road Race series is being contested over a four race series with a fifth round for the two production classes being run in conjunction with the John Britton SuperBike meeting in March 2005 at Ruapuna.
The rider with the most championship points takes the National Super Bike Title.
