and it nearly cost him dearly , especially considering that a plane was warming up at Auckland airport on Sunday night , ready to fly him to Europe and his international racing commitments . Buchanan crashed out of the first two of three 300cc races at Taupo and he was fortunate that these didn ’ t result in serious injury . Other title winners this season were Whitby ’ s Dave Fellows ( Pro Twins , post-2020 bikes ); Waiuku ’ s Bob Irving ( Pro Twins , pre-2020 bikes ); Christchurch ’ s Hunter Charlett ( Supersport 150 ); Panmure ’ s Adam Unsworth with Whanganui ’ s Bryce Rose ( F1 Sidecars ) and Albany ’ s Mark Halls with Geoff Davies sharing first equal in the F2 Sidecars class with all-female Whanganui / Hamilton crew Tracey Bryan and Jo Mickleson . Because the sidecars class was not run at either of the South Island rounds of the series this season , the third and final sidecar race at Taupo became doubly significant for the threewheeled brigade , with that race designated as their Grand Prix trophy race for the season . Unsworth and Rose won the GP title for the F1 class on Sunday and Bryan and Mickleson won the corresponding trophy in the F2 class .
2022-23 NZ SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIPS : Superbikes 1 . Mitch Rees ( Honda ) 351 points ; 2 . Alastair Hoogenboezem ( Yamaha ) 252 ; 3 . Dave Sharp ( Kawasaki ) 167 . Supersport 600 1 . Cormac Buchanan ( Yamaha ) 259 points ; 2 . Jake Lewis ( Yamaha ) 254 ; 3 . Rogan Chandler ( Suzuki ) 243 . Pro Twins , post-2020 1 . Dave Fellows ( Aprilia ) 294 points ; 2 . Bruce Telford ( Aprilia ) 232 ; 3 . Jonny Lewis ( Aprilia ) 196 . Pro Twins , pre-2020 1 . Bob Irving ( CF Moto ) 316 points ; 2 . Jarad Horn ( Suzuki ) 230 ; 3 . Vaughan Maine ( Suzuki ) 194 . Supersport 300 1 . Cormac Buchanan ( Yamaha ) 305 points ; 2 . Jesse Stroud ( Yamaha ) 270 ; 3 . Dennis Charlett ( Yamaha ) 208 . Supersport 150 1 . Hunter Charlett ( Yamaha ) 288 points ; 2 . Nixon Frost ( Yamaha ) 243 ; 3 . Lucas Guthrie ( Yamaha ) 178 . F1 Sidecars 1 . Adam Unsworth with Bryce Rose ( LCR Aprilia ) 212 points ; 2 . Barry Smith with Stu Dawe ( LCR ) 187 ; 3 . Chris Lawrence with Richard Lawrence ( Suzuki ) 135 . F2 Sidecars 1 equal . Mark Halls with Geoff Davies ( Kawasaki ) and Tracey Bryan with Jo Mickleson ( LCR ) 188 points ; 3 . Peter Dowman with Lucy Dowman or Michael Dowman ( Windle ) 132 .
Cormac Buchanan won both the supersport 300 and 600 classes .
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