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At the end of a controversial weekend Whakatane’s Tony Rees (Yamaha) leads the Suzuki NZ Superbike Championship after round three of the Motorcycle Trader and News Road Race Championships this weekend Feb 26/27 at Manfeild Autocourse. Hamilton’s Andrew Stroud (Suzuki) was excluded from the results from race one on Saturday after passing under a yellow flag. With two seconds behind Stroud on Sunday, Rees now has a twelve points lead over Auckland’s Ray Clee (Suzuki) going into the final round next weekend at Pukekohe.
Stroud dominated the SsangYong 600 Sports Production class although young Taranaki rider Hayden Fitzgerald took the win in Saturday’s race one.
With Championship leader New Plymouth’s Terry Fitzgerald withdrawing due to ill health, the Formula Three races were dominated by Foxton’s Jason Easton on his little Tigcraft Yamaha 465.
The 125cc Grand Prix class saw the battle of the young guns with Wellington’s Jay Lawrence and young Englishman Midge Smart fighting for the honours, with Smart coming out on top.
Ex Champions Andy Scrivener and Chris Meads dominated the sidecars on their Sowerby 1300.
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Round Three Manfeild 26/27 February 2005 - Provisional Results:
Formula Three:
Race one:
Jason Easton, Foxton, Tigcraft Yamaha 465, 1; Martin Dunn, Auckland, Kawasaki ZX 440, 2; Jason Nairn, Suzuki SV650, 3.
Race two:
Easton, 1: Nairn, 2; Dunn, 3.
Race three:
Easton, 1: Nairn, 2; Dunn, 3.
Points after three rounds:
Easton 196, Jason Nairn 146, Terry Fitzgerald 140, Mark Weller 106.
600 Sports Production:
Race one
Hayden Fitzgerald, Wanganui, Suzuki GSXR 600, 1; Andrew Stroud, Hamilton, Suzuki GSXR 600, 2; Craig Shirriffs, Palmerston North, Suzuki GSXR 600, 3: Derek McAdam, Wellington, Kawasaki ZX6, 4; John Hepburn, Timaru, Kawasaki ZX6, 5.
Race two:
Stroud, 1; Fitzgerald, 2; Shirriffs, 3; Shaun Harris, New Plymouth, Suzuki GSXR600, 4; McAdam, 5.
Race three:
Stroud, 1; Harris, 2; Fitzgerald, 3; Shirriffs, 4; Mc Adam, 5.
Points after three rounds:
Stroud 182, Harris 159, Hepburn 133, Shirriffs 131.
250 Grand Prix:
Race one:
Hayden Bool, Kirwee, Honda RS250, 1; Karel Pavich, Nelson, Yamaha TZ250, 2: John Beck, Invercargill, Yamaha TZ 250 3.
Race two:
Stephen Bagshaw, Wellington, Yamaha TZ 250, 1; Pavich, 2; Andrew Graham, New Plymouth, Yamaha TZ 250, 3.
Race three:
Anthony Mc Carthy, Timaru, Honda RS250, 1; Graham, 2; Lindon Sanders, Alexandra, Honda RS250, 3.
Points after three rounds:
Beck 169, McCarthy 132, Bagshaw 108, Pavich 107, Brookes 106.
125cc Grand Prix:
Race one:
Midge Smart, England, Honda RS125, 1; Jay Lawrence, Wellington, Honda RS125, 2; Steven Wood, Blenhiem, 3.
Race two:
Smart, 1; Lawrence, 2; Wood, 3.
Race three:
Smart, 1; Lawrence, 2; Wood, 3.
Points after three rounds:
Smart 205, Lawrence 144, Wood 129, Robinson 83, Evans 68.
Superbikes:
Race one:
Tony Rees, Whakatane, Yamaha R1, 1; Ray Clee, Auckland, Suzuki GSXR1000, 2; Dean Fulton, Mount Maunganui, Honda CBR1000, 3; Jared Love, Hamilton, Honda CBR1000, 4; Bruce Anstey, UK/Wellington, Suzuki GSXR1000, 5.
Race two:
Andrew Stroud, Hamilton, Suzuki GSX 1000, 1; Rees, 2; Fulton, 3; Clee, 4; Love, 5.
Race three:
Stroud, 1; Rees, 2; Clee, 3; Fulton, 4; Love 5.
Points after three rounds:
Rees 164, Clee 152, Stroud 140, Anstey 126, Fulton 123.
Sidecars:
Race one:
Andy Scrivener/ Chris Meads, Taupo, Sowerby 1300, 1; Phillip Law / Angus Ravenwood, Gisborne, CBR1110, Spike Taylor/ Dennis Simonsen, LCR 1000, 3.
Race two:
Scrivener/Meads, 1; Taylor/ Simonsen, 2; Chris and Richard Lawrence, Auckland, Yamaha 600, 3.
Race three:
Scrivener/Meads, 1; Law/ Ravenwood 2, Taylor/ Simonsen, 3.
Points after three rounds:
Scrivener/Meads, 215; Law/ Ravenwood, 150, Lawrence Brothers 129, Taylor/ Simonsen, 125.
