championship standings to the runner-up spot.
Despite his absence, Rees is third overall in the
title chase.
Defending national superbike champion Daniel
Mettam started the weekend ranked only sixth
overall but he finished second overall in the class
at Hampton Downs – thanks to his 2-2-3 score-
card – and is now up to fifth in the series standings.
There was a turnaround in fortunes in the
Supersport 600 class too, with Upper Hutt’s Rogan
Chandler making up for his disappointing results
in the South Island to win the weekend in the
600cc class at Hampton Downs.
Chandler’s hat-trick of wins in the class at
Hampton Downs (including his winning the 12-lap
TT race), saw him rocket from a distant fourth
overall in the standings to the runner-up position,
albeit still a massive points margin behind
Hampton Downs’ fastest qualifier in the class,
Whanganui’s Richie Dibben.
Dibben finished runner-up to Chandler in each
of the weekend’s 600cc races and actually
extended his championship lead – he is now 60
points ahead of Chandler instead of 54 points
ahead of the previous No.2 man, Palmerston
North’s Ashton Hughes.
Other class leaders after round three at Hampton
Downs are Auckland’s Nathanael Diprose
(Supersport 300, provisional); Whangaparoa’s
Nathan Jane (650 Pro Twins); Taupo’s Andy
Scrivener and Tina McKeown (Sidecars);
Invercargill’s Cormac Buchanan (Supersport 150)
and Nelson’s Tyrone Kuipers (GIXXER Cup 150).
Christchurch’s Dennis Charlett won the Motul
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All the classes were well patronised
and the superbike racing was
consistently under the lap record. The
big crowd would have been well
entertained
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