“ A QUICK REGROUP AND I WAS BACK ON TRACK , ALBEIT IN LAST POSITION . THE REST OF THE RACE I RODE BETTER THAN I EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE , MAKING PASS AFTER PASS
SLOAN ‘ CHOPPA ’ FROST
Hassan , from Westmere , stormed to an impressive hat-trick of wins at Taupo ’ s final round , adding that to the three superbike race wins he scored at the second round of the series near Timaru that January . Runner-up to Hassan that season was 2014 superbike champion Dennis Charlett , of Christchurch , the Suzuki rider finishing a distant 42 points behind Hassan , with Frost taking the third step on the series podium – and keeping his No . 3 ranking from the previous year – finishing 18 points further back , but making it a Suzuki 1-2-3 that year . Frost rebounded to win his first national superbike championship crown the following year ( 2016 ).
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