CAPTION: Whanganui’s Sam Willacy (Suzuki), chasing valuable points around the streets of his home town during the Cemetery Circuit racing on Boxing Day 2022. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com New Zealand’s most popular motorcycle road-race series has become a...
The Road Race Commission is pleased to announce that SJ Cavell has agreed to become the National Road Race Series Coordinator (Currently named NZSBK). SJ brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, both as a rider and as a business leader. SJ has spent time on the...
The New Zealand motorcycling family was saddened to hear the passing of road race sidecar hero Gordon Skilton this week. Gordon has long been the icon of sidecar racing in New Zealand. He first raced at Wanganui Cemetery Circuit in 1958, on a Triumph Tiger T110. He...
CAPTION: Sidecar team-mates Tracey Bryan (left) and Jo Franzen (nee Mickleson) are poised and ready to tackle the sidecar racing elite in the United States in July. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Riding the crest of a wave, Kiwi sidecar pair Tracey Bryan and...
The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Championships CAPTION: Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (Honda), the defending champion in the elite 1000cc superbikes class, may feel he has a target on his back at Taupo this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com NOVEMBER 28, 2023:...
The 2023-24 New Zealand Superbike Nationals CAPTION: It’s fast and furious at the start of this Supersport 300 class race at Taupo last season and more of the same can be expected when the 2023-24 season kicks off in just over a week’s time. Photo by Andy McGechan,...
CAPTION: Expect packed spectator grandstands and close racing like this when the Suzuki International Series and New Zealand Superbike Championships kick off in Taupo next month. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The revs are starting to build with the 2023...