KIWI RIDER SEPTEMBER 2020 VOL.2 | Page 82

ROAD NEWS 2021 NZSBK DATES CONFIRMED D espite the pandemic still wrecking havoc upon motorcycling events nationwide, Motorcycling New Zealand has confirmed the dates for the upcoming 2021 season of the New Zealand Superbike Championship. Like previous years, the four round championship will begin in the South Island at Mike Pero Motorsport Park (9/10 January) and will finish in the North Island at Taupo’s Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park in March. Round two is set down for a week after the Ruapuna round, with the championship moving to Levels in Timaru for the weekend of the January 16 before the championship takes time off for the busy February month. The championship is set to resume for round three at Hampton Downs on March 6 – with the round as yet to be fully confirmed by MNZ and Hampton Downs management – before the final round in Taupo on March 13. 82 KIWI RIDER