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2024 NZ Suzuki Worldwide Collection Dates
Spherical Two – Manfeild

Textual content by Andy McGechan – Photographs by ASP

It’s extremely tight on the prime of the premier class after the second spherical of three within the 2024 Suzuki Worldwide Collection within the Manawatu on the weekend.

And now the competitors is headed for a much-anticipated finale on the general public streets of Whanganui’s world-renowned Cemetery Circuit in simply 10 days’ time, December 26.

Three of the main riders within the components one/superbike class every suffered crashes in separate incidents at Manfeild, on the outskirts of Feilding over the weekend, which means nobody particular person was in a position to acquire benefit and dash away within the factors standings.

TT winner Peter Hickman crashed whereas bidding for the lead in race one on Sunday, which allowed fellow TT star Davey Todd to race away on the entrance of the sphere.

Collection chief and defending champion Mitch Rees, from Whakatane, took up the chase and was beginning to acquire on Todd when he too crashed out in the identical treacherous nook only one lap later.

Todd went on to have fun the win and banked most factors.

Rees’ father, Tony Rees, completed runner-up in that race and in addition zoomed up the standings.

The drama didn’t finish there, with Todd crashing out spectacularly within the third and last F1 race of the weekend simply over an hour or so later.

31-year-old Mitch Rees had certified quickest on Saturday (price an additional competitors level), and his 1-dnf-1 race outcomes have been simply sufficient to see him stay prime of the rankings, whereas the “outdated man” of the category, 57-year-old Tony Rees, truly gained the weekend along with his 4-2-3 score-card, transferring into second place within the F1 standings, simply 4 factors behind his son.

Todd’s misfortune within the last F1 race – giving him a 3-1-dnf score-card for the weekend – meant he slipped to 3rd within the standings, albeit solely six-points behind Rees senior.

Twin-class “ironman” Todd then took a motorbike loaned to him by fierce rival and good friend Richie Dibben to additionally race within the supermoto class (for highly-modified grime bikes).

North Yorkshireman Todd and Whanganui’s Dibben then placed on one other masterclass, the 2 males unable to be separated and battling shoulder to shoulder a great distance in entrance of the chasing pack of riders.

Dibben certified quickest within the supermoto class after which registered an ideal 1-1-1 for the weekend, whereas Todd completed 2-2-2.

“It was an awesome weekend, and I loved battling with the fellows all through,” mentioned the 29-year-old Todd afterwards

“I used to be gutted about crashing within the final F1 race although. For as soon as I wasn’t main after the beginning and so I used to be tucked in behind Mitch (Rees) the place I assumed I would be capable to work him out to see the place he was sooner or had a weak point.

“I don’t know if it was the excessive observe temperature or what, however once I went into the highest nook, I used to be truly going slower than I used to be earlier within the day and I simply misplaced the entrance finish. It was a little bit of a thriller to be trustworthy.

“I suppose with so many people crashing, it retains the factors tight. I suppose we’re all simply attempting to placed on a present for the individuals, eh? It will likely be extra thrilling for the followers if we’re all actually shut heading into Whanganui,” he laughed.

Apparently, Dibben additionally leads the brand new Journey Bike class after a weekend-long battle with former New Zealand superbike champion Sloan ‘Choppa’ Frost, from Decrease Hutt. The 2 males have been racing comparable Suzuki V Strom journey bikes, Dibben’s an 800cc model and Frost on board a 1050cc mannequin.

Different class leaders after the second spherical of three within the 2024 Suzuki Worldwide Collection at Manfeild on the weekend are Cambridge’s Morgan McLaren-Wooden (components two/Supersport 600); Auckland’s Tyler King (in each the components three and Supersport 300 courses); Wellington’s Malcolm Beilski (System Sport, Senior); Whanganui’s Jeff Croot (System Sport, junior); Glen Eden’s Daniel Mettam (Put up Classics, Pre 95, Senior); Tauranga’s Darrick Kattenberg (Put up Classics, Pre 95, Junior); Hastings’ Gian Louie (Put up Classics, Pre 89, Senior); Decrease Hutt’s Dean Bentley (Put up 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).

2024 NZ Suzuki Worldwide Collection
Spherical Two System One / Superbike Outcomes

2024 NZ Suzuki Worldwide Collection
Factors after two rounds

1. Mitch Rees 124
2. Tony Rees 120
3. Davey Todd 114
4. Alastair Hoogenboezem 104
5. Rogan Chandler 96
6. Peter Hickman 94
7. Rhys Lindsay 77
8. Dave Sharp 70
9. Ray Clee 60
10. Marcus Learn-Bloomfield

2024 NZ Suzuki Worldwide Collection Dates

• Spherical 1, Taupo, Dec seventh and eighth;

• Spherical 2, Manfeild, Feilding, Dec 14th and fifteenth;

• Spherical 3, Whanganui’s Cemetery Circuit, Dec twenty sixth.

Concerning the NZ Suzuki Collection

Began in 2008, this 12 months’s sixteenth annual Suzuki Worldwide Collection – it skipped a 12 months in 2021 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic – climaxes as typical with the post-Christmas public road race occasion on Whanganui’s well-known Cemetery Circuit on Boxing Day.

The Suzuki Worldwide Collection is supported by Suzuki New Zealand, Mondiale VGL, Auto Tremendous Shoppe Tawa, Givi, I-Instruments, Bridgestone tyres, Sharp As Linehaul Ltd Whanganui, TSS Bikes, Ipone, Inferno Design and Digital, Kiwibike Bike Insurance coverage Specialists, Cemetery Circuit Ltd.