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AIN PRIZE AT PAEROA January, before suffering a similar misfortune at round two near Timaru a week later. Fellow Suzuki rider Sloan Frost comfortably leads the points chase after two of four rounds of the national series and he decided not to risk that campaign, the Wellington man opting to stay away from Paeroa that weekend. Moir currently finds himself down in 11th overall in the national series, but he took great encouragement from his winning the stand-alone meeting at Paeroa. “I have won the Formula One class at Paeroa in the past, but never the all-important King of the Streets race,” smiled Moir. “I felt pretty comfortable here, but lappers can be a problem on the street circuits and that’s how KIWI RIDER 19