WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE
ENVIRONMENT WE ARE
CURRENTLY IN, WE WANTED TO
PROVIDE SOME CLARITY FOR YOU
ALL, AND WITH THE UNKNOWN
IMPACT OF COVID-19 TO OUR
SPORT WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE
BEST DECISION
take the title,” said Dibben, “Regardless of how
the season was going to pan out, I had already
decided that I will be in the (1000cc) superbike
class for next season’s nationals.
“It should be a good challenge. I have never even
ridden a superbike before,” Dibben laughed.
So is it optimistic and ambitious to jump up to
a 1000cc Suzuki?
“Yes, but it’s the same as for me racing the
GSX-R600 this year. I never really knew whether
I would feel comfortable with it to start with. It
will just be a time thing to get used to another
bike and try to go fast,” said the amiable
father-of-two.
Meanwhile, the champion in the Superbike
class is Canterbury’s Alastair Hoogenboezem –
the Christchurch Yamaha rider a meagre three
points ahead of Taupo’s Scott Moir (Suzuki) after
three rounds – while Whakatane’s Damon Rees
(Honda) was third overall.
Rees won the first two rounds of the series
before heading overseas to race at the end of
January, while Moir won the superbike class at
round three, at Hampton Downs on March 7-8.
All of the nine race wins were shared exclusively
between this talented trio – Rees won five of
the six races he contested before he left the
country, while Hoogenboezem and Moir won
two races apiece.
However, this class result is deemed provisional,
with technical checks still to be conducted on a
number of motorcycles.
“Please appreciate that this decision has not
been made lightly,” Motorcycling New Zealand
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