Cormac Buchanan easily won the Supersport 600 class
the 2023-24 season now wrapped up , it ’ s time for the riders to refocus on the nationals , which will resume in the South Island early in January . The Boxing Day ‘ street fight ’ was never part of the NZSBK series and that six-round NZSBK competition resumes in the New Year , with rounds three , four and five in the South Island – at Christchurch , Timaru and Invercargill
2023-24 NZ ROAD-RACE SEASON Round 1 Taupo , Dec 2-3 ( Also Suzuki International Series ) Round 2 Manfeild , Feilding , Dec 9-10 ( Also Suzuki International Series ) Whanganui ’ s Cemetery Circuit Dec 26th ( third and final round of Suzuki International Series , but not part of the nationals ) Round 3 Ruapuna , Christchurch ( includes GP title races ), Jan 6-7 Round 4 Levels , Timaru , Jan 13-14 Round 5 Burt Munro , Teretonga , Feb 9-11 Round 6 Hampton Downs , part of MotoFest ( includes TT races ), Mar 2-3 .
RESULTS Mitch Rees ( F1 / Superbike class & Robert Holden Memorial feature race winner & TT title winner ); Cormac Buchanan ( F2 / Supersport 600 class ); Shane Richardson ( F2 / Supersport 600 class TT title winner ); Karl Hooper ( F3 / Pro Twins ); Nick Kampenhout ( F3 / Pro Twins TT title winner ); John Oliver ( Formula Sport , Senior ); Jeff Croot ( Formula Sport , Junior ); Jesse Stroud ( Supersport 300 ); Joseph Stroud ( GIXXER 150 ); Keiran Mair ( Supersport 150 ); Karl Hooper ( Post Classics , Pre-89 , Senior ); Dean Bentley ( Post Classics , Pre-89 , Junior ); Jon Rawcliffe ( Post Classics , Pre-95 , Senior ); Jordan Leslie ( Post Classics , Pre-95 , Junior ); Richie Dibben ( Supermoto & TT title winner ); Adam Unsworth and Bryce Rose ( F1 Sidecars ); Peter and Lucy Dowman ( F2 Sidecars ); Mark Smith and Isaac Taylor ( Classic Sidecars , races run at Whanganui only ).
respectively – with the series then travelling north again to wrap up at round six at Hampton Downs , near Huntly , in March . Round five , at Invercargill ’ s Teretonga race circuit , is included in the annual 2024 Burt Munro festival week .