SUZUKI SERIES SET FOR
A SUMMER SCORCHER
S
ummer is here, Christmas is coming
and the nation’s best motorcycle
road race tracks are beckoning.
It is just a few days now until the 2019 edition of the
always-popular Suzuki International Series begins.
The 12th annual, three-round Suzuki International
Series kicks off at Taupo this coming weekend and
it is again swamped with potent, world-class entries
right through all the various bike categories.
Taupo’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
hosts the opening round this Saturday and
Sunday, December 7-8, setting into motion
three consecutive weekends of blistering
motorbike action, the series again proving to be
somewhat of a magnet for international stars.
Manfeild, on the outskirts of Feilding, follows as
host venue a week later, on December 14-15, and
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the action wraps up, as it traditionally does, on
the public streets of Whanganui, riders tearing
around the world-famous Cemetery Circuit,
on Boxing Day (Thursday, December 26).
Spectators can save money by purchasing “early
bird tickets” through Ticketek on-line and they’ll
also go in the draw to win a Suzuki GIXXER150 bike.
While it is true that Taupo’s Scott Moir has
his fingers crossed that he can make it three
wins in a row in the premier Formula One
Superbikes class, there are so many talented
individuals lining up again this year that
picking a winner is almost impossible.
In addition to Suzuki ace Moir’s traditional Kiwi
rivals in the class – riders such as Glen Eden’s
current national superbike champion Daniel
Mettam, Wellington’s two-time former national
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