GIXXER CUP
The newly-created GIXXER Cup class, set aside for riders aged between 14 and 21 and all on identical Suzuki GSX150F bikes, got off to a storming start at Taupo. Hamilton’ s Jesse Stroud, the 15-year-old son of nine-time former national Superbike champion Andrew Stroud, scored back-to-back wins on Sunday. He leads the class by 10 points from the“ West Coast Warrior”, 14-year-old Greymouth rider Clark Fountain, with Paeroa’ s Blake Ross, Kiwi Rider’ s Taupiri-based Zak Fuller and Whanganui’ s Ollie Dennison completing the top five. As well as being an integral part of the threeround Suzuki Series, the GIXXER Cup grade of competition will also be a feature of the four-round 2018 New Zealand Superbike Championships, beginning at Mike Pero Motorsport Park, Christchurch, on January 6-7, with rounds to follow at Timaru, Hampton Downs and Taupo. Riders will count six of seven rounds from these two separate competitions, discarding points from their one worst round, to determine the inaugural GIXXER Cup champion for 2017-18.
Jesse Stroud, with dad...
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