BIDDLE
The 26-year-old racer from
Rangiora has previously
won major trophies in New
Zealand and abroad too, but
this will perhaps rank as
among her most cherished
AVALON BIDDLE CREATES NZ HISTORY WITH TITLE WIN
Canterbury’s Avalon Biddle created history
when she wrapped up the New Zealand
Supersport 600 title in Taupo on Sunday, April
7, the first female to win this coveted Kiwi
motorcycling crown.
The 26-year-old racer from Rangiora has
previously won major trophies in New Zealand
and abroad too, but this will perhaps rank as
among her most cherished.
It was a landmark win when she snatched
victory in the New Zealand TT Championship
Trophy race at the third round of five in this
season’s New Zealand Superbike Champs at
Hampton Downs in March and her momentum
continued on with her claiming the national
Supersport 600 title at the final round of the
series at Taupo’s Bruce Mclaren Motorsport
Park five weeks later.
Biddle (MTF Finance Kawasaki ZX-6R) had
started the weekend at Taupo a commanding
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29 points ahead of her main rival for the
title, Manukau’s Toby Summers (Carl Cox
Motorsport Kawasaki ZX6R) – the dynamic duo
totally dominant in the class – and there was a
heart-stopping moment for Biddle when she
crashed out of the first of her three Supersport
600 races on the Saturday afternoon.
Fortunately for her – and unfortunately for
Summers – he also crashed in an unrelated
incident in the same corner.
With neither of them scoring points in that
outing it meant the margin between them
remained intact and so the next day’s two
600cc races would decide the outcome.
Further misfortune for Summers occurred
in race two with another non-finish – that
race being red-flagged twice and eventually
declared a non-scoring race – and so Biddle
was crowned champion with a race to spare.