hero Richie Dibben ( the Whanganui 35-yearold who won both the Supermoto class , for modified dirt bikes , and the inaugural Adventure Bikes class as well ). “ It was a fantastic series again this year , with great racing throughout the classes ,” said series organiser Allan ‘ Flea ’ Willacy . “ The competition was good and we saw some great crowd numbers . The overseas competitors did not let us down and they really put on a great show .” Meanwhile , German rider Wolfi Schuster and Frenchman Timothee Monot also added to the international flavour of racing this year , both these riders entered in the Formula Two / 600cc class , although Monot was at Whanganui only . Stuttgart ’ s Schuster finished a creditable third overall in the F2 class at Whanganui , behind Cambridge ’ s Morgan McLaren-Wood and Wanaka ’ s Seth Devereux , while Brittany resident Montot claimed 11th overall in the class on Boxing Day .
CLASS WINNERS 2024 Suzuki International Series winners were Whakatane ’ s Mitch Rees ( Formula One / Superbike class ); Cambridge ’ s Morgan McLaren-Wood ( Formula Two / Supersport 600 ); Auckland ’ s Tyler King ( in both the Formula Three and Supersport 300 classes ); Wellington ’ s Malcolm Beilski ( Formula Sport , Senior ); Whanganui ’ s Jeff Croot ( Formula Sport , junior );
Tyler King
Glen Eden ’ s Daniel Mettam ( Post Classics , Pre- 95 , Senior ); Tauranga ’ s Darrick Kattenberg ( Post Classics , Pre-95 , Junior ); Hastings ’ Gian Louie ( Post Classics , Pre-89 , Senior ); Lower Hutt ’ s Dean Bentley ( Post Classics , Pre-89 , Junior ); Panmure ’ s Adam Unsworth and Whanganui ’ s Bryce Rose ( F1 Sidecars ); Whanganui ’ s Tracey Bryan and Auckland ’ s Kendal Dunlop ( F2 Sidecars ); Whanganui ’ s Richie Dibben ( in both the Supermoto and Adventure Bike classes ). Robert Holden Memorial feature race top five : 1 . Mitch Rees , 2 . Davey Todd , 3 . Tony Rees , 4 . Morgan McLaren-Wood , 5 . Rogan Chandler .
Tracey Bryan and Kendal Dunlop
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