MOIR
“Then I thought I’d go all-out in the (stand-
alone) Robert Holden Memorial race. I led for
every lap but then celebrated too early. I was
pulling little wheelies… they weren’t even that
good really. My pit board said ‘four seconds’
and I thought ‘Oh, that’s a pretty good lead’.
But I slowed down a bit much eh?
“I got a lap record in the Robert Holden race
though, so that’s something.
“I have learnt a lesson from this: Don’t
celebrate too early and just race until the
chequered flag.”
The Suzuki Series’ various venues – Taupo’s
Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park, Manfeild
Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding and then the
public streets of Whanganui that make up the
famous Cemetery Circuit raceway for the final
round on Boxing Day – brought out the best
in all the riders, but must now surely rate as
Moir’s three favourites.
If he remembers the lesson he was taught
at Whanganui on Boxing Day, then he should
surely again rate among the favourites to win
both the premier F1 trophy and Robert Holden
Memorial trophy too at the 2019 edition of
this popular series.
Meanwhile, the crowds at Whanganui on
Boxing Day were also thrilled to get right
behind local hero Richie Dibben, the Kiwi
international making his comeback from
recent injury. He delighted with his Super
Motard bike prowess on the tight and twisty
circuit, taking his Suzuki RM-Z450 to win both
Super Motard outings.
There was strong interest also in the Gixxer
Cup class – reserved for riders aged between
14 and 21 years and all on identical Suzuki
GSX150F bikes – where two young men had
shared the glory in the earlier rounds of the
series, Taupiri’s Zak Fuller and Hamilton’s Jesse
Stroud, the son of Suzuki’s nine-time former
national superbike champion and four-time
former Suzuki Series champion Andrew
Stroud.
In the end, it was Fuller, riding for Kiwi Rider,
who had all the answers at Whanganui.
Fuller had twice finished runner-up to win the
day at Whanganui last season, but this time
around he scored stunning back-to-back wins.
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