MOIR
SUPERBIKES
here was a golden Suzuki streak
running through proceedings at
round two of the 2019 New Zealand
Superbike Championships, near
Timaru, on January 12-13. Suzuki stars Scotty
Moir and Sloan Frost came on strong at this
second round of five in the 2019 superbike
nationals at the two-day event at Timaru’s
Levels International Raceway, claiming the
top two spots and dominating the weekend
in the glamour 1000cc superbike class.
Racing virtually identical Suzuki GSX-R1000
bikes, Taupo’s Moir and Wellington’s Frost
finished respectively first and second in each
of the three superbike races at Timaru.
Whakatane’s Damon Rees (Honda
CBR1000SP) had dominated the 1000cc
superbike class at the opening round of
the series at Ruapuna, on the outskirts of
Christchurch, at round one a week earlier,
but at Timaru it was Moir all the way.
It was enough for Moir to rise up from fifth
in the standings to snatch the top spot.
Rees crashed out of the first of three
superbike races at Timaru on the Saturday
and, after repairing his bike, he did return to
the race track on Sunday, but managed only
two fourth-place finishes.
The riders now have seven weeks to re-
group before for the three North Island
rounds that will follow, starting with
Hampton Downs, near Huntly, on March 2-3.
Christchurch’s Alastair Hoogenboezem
(Yamaha R1) remains second in the
superbike class standings, 17 points behind
Moir, with defending national superbike
champion Frost improving at Timaru from
eighth in the table after round one to now
settle in at third in the rankings.