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Photo - The Museum Hotel: Team:
Riders L to R, #4 Jay Lawrence, # 9 Derek Mcadam, #A Bruce Anstey.
The team L to R - Andrew Lawrence(Jays Dad), Chris Parkin (Museum Hotel, Pat Quin, Barry New & Bruce's partner, Annie Ramsey:
The on/off rain and wind were a contributing factor in the results of Round Two of the Motorcycle Trader & News Road Race Championships held at Teretonga Raceway, just outside Invercargill today, December 12.
The weekend saw some amazing battles develop on the racetrack after the hard choices regarding which tyres to run had been made.
The Suzuki NZ Superbike class had Hamilton’s Andrew Stroud (Suzuki) and Whakatane’s Tony Rees (Yamaha) fighting for the win in the first two races, but tyre choice for the last race in the changing conditions saw Stroud and Rees battling for fifth.
Ex. Pat Bruce Anstey, home from the UK for the Summer Series, showed everyone a clean set of heels on his Suzuki, to win comfortably from Auckland’s Ray Clee (Suzuki) second and Tauranga’s Dean Fulton (Honda) third.
The SsangYong NZ 600 Sport Production class again lived up to it’s reputation with Isle of Man TT winner New Plymouth’s Shaun Harris taking out the first two races, the first from Andrew Stroud (Suzuki) and the second from Palmerston North’s Craig Shirriffs. But the contest of the day was between Timaru’s Johnny Hepburn (Kawasaki) and Stroud in the last 600 race, run in the wet.
Hepburn lead for eight laps after getting a blinding start, only to be passed by Stroud in a shoulder to shoulder manoeuvre on the last lap.
"If there is a gap I will take it," said Stroud after the race.
"I thought I had him (Stroud) covered, " replied Hepburn.
The last race of the day, the "SOUTHERN SPIRIT OF SPEED", was won by hard charging Jason Easton from Foxton on his little Tigcraft 465, from Formula Three Champion, Terry Fitzgerald (New Plymouth) on his SV 650 Suzuki, with young Midge Smart third on his Honda RS 125.
Provisional Results from Round Two of
The Motorcycle Trader & News Road Race Championship
Teretonga Raceway, Invercargill
Superbikes
Race one:
Andrew Stroud, Hamilton, Suzuki GSXR 1000, 1; Tony Rees, Whakatane, Yamaha R1, 2; Bruce Anstey, Wellington, Suzuki GSXR1000, 3.
Race two:
Stroud, 1; Rees, 2; Ray Clee, Auckland, Suzuki GSXR1000, 3.
Race three:
Anstey, 1; Clee, 2; Dean Fulton, Tauranga, Honda CBR1000, 3.
Points:
Anstey 115, Clee 103, Rees 99.
600 Sports Production:
Race one:
Shaun Harris, New Plymouth, Suzuki GSXR 600, 1; Andrew Stroud, Hamilton, Suzuki GSXR 600, 2; Craig Shirriffs, Palmerston North, Suzuki GSXR 600, 3.
Race two:
Harris, 1; Shirriffs, 2; Johnny Hepburn, Timaru, Kawasaki XR6
Race three:
Stroud, 1; Hepburn, 2; Harris, 3.
Points:
Harris 124, Stroud 112, Hepburn 103.
Formula Three:
Race one:
Terry Fitzgerald, New Plymouth, Suzuki SV 650, 1; Jason Easton, Foxton, Tigcraft 465, 2; Jason Nairn, Suzuki SV650, 3.
Race two:
Fitzgerald, 1; Easton, 2; Mark Weller, Invercargill, Suzuki SV650, 3.
Race three:
Easton, 1; Fitzgerald, 2; Nairn, 3.
Points:
Fitzgerald 140, Easton 121, Nairn 90.
250cc Grand Prix:
Race one:
John Beck, Invercargill, Yamaha TZ250, 1; Anthony Mc Carthy, Timaru, Honda RS250, 2; Shane Livingstone, Invercargill, Yamaha TZ 250,3.
Race two:
Beck, 1; Kevin Brookes, Invercargill, Honda RS250, 2; Tatsuo Hosokawa, Southland, Honda RS 250, 3.
Race three:
Mc Carthy, 1; Beck, 2; Brookes, 3.
Points:
Beck 131, Mc Carthy 87, Brooks 79.
125cc Grand Prix:
Race one:
Midge Smart, UK, Honda RS125, 1; Blake Leigh-Smith, Honda RS 125, 2; Steven Wood, Blenheim, Honda RS125, 3.
Race two:
Smart, 1; Leigh-Smith, 2; Jay Lawrence, Paekakariki, Honda RS125, 3.
Race three:
Smart, 1; Leigh-Smith, 2; Lawrence, 3.
Points:
Smart 130, Lawrence 84, Wood 81.
Sidecars:
Race one:
Andy Scrivener/ Chris Meads, Taupo, Sowerby 1300, 1; Phillip Law / Angus Ravenwood, Gisborne, CBR1110, Chris & Richard Lawrance, Auckland, Yamaha 600, 3.
Race two:
Scrivener / Meads, 1; Law / Ravenwood, 2; Lawrence Brothers, 3.
Race three:
Scrivener / Meads, 1; Law / Ravenwood, 2; Lawrence Brothers, 3.
Points:
Scrivener / Meads, 140; Law / Ravenwood, 110; Lawrence Brothers 100
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