the future. Rees won the weekend
overall at Taupo, celebrating his first
ever Superbike class win in the
weekend’s first Superbike race on
the Saturday, backing that up with a
solid third in race two on Sunday
morning and then mounting a
thrilling charge through the field to
win the final race of the weekend
late on the Sunday afternoon.
Glen Eden’s Daniel Mettam (Suzuki
GSX-R1000A) rode consistently
throughout the series – although he
only finished sixth overall at Taupo –
to claim the No.3 spot in this class.
“It feels like more of an
achievement this year than my
other win,” said Frost afterwards.
“I was so nervous. My qualifying
times were really good, but, as
soon as we got to racing proper,
I was riding tight while the other
riders had nothing to lose, so
they were pushing hard.
“There was a lot of pressure
coming into this final round. To
coming so close last year to winning
the title… all those emotions
were coming back to me. The
first person to come up and
congratulate me was [injured 2017
champion] Tony Rees and that was
really nice. That was really special,
showing great sportsmanship.”
One of Frost’s biggest threats
Scotty Moir battled all season
Avalon Biddle took her maiden 600 class win
this season had been his own
Suzuki team-mate, Taupo’s Scott
Moir. “It’s a shame Scotty had
such a bad run at the South
Island rounds of the nationals.
It affected his championship,”
Frost acknowledged.
Christchurch’s Alastair
Hoogenboezem (BMW
S1000RR) was also impressive
this season, but, like Moir, the
victim of too many crashes –
especially in a short 12-race
series where even one crash can
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