AMCC provides plenty of variety and action at Round Two

Round Two of the Auckland Motorcycle Club Summer Series for 2019-20 at Hampton Downs last Sunday enjoyed more fine weather; and the spirited racing reflected the diversity in an entry that allows complementary classes to share the grid, to provide a variety of interesting matchups.

In the Carl Cox Motorsport Cup, Jesse Stroud continues to hold advantage on the Ninja’s, but Zak Fuller and Hamish Fox are right there. With three rounds remaining in the Cup – who will do two additional rounds in early 2020 – the 400’s are wide open.

Likewise for the Hyosung’s. Loren May has a similar ‘five-from-six’ tally as Stroud, but he himself faces a stern challenge in the form of Justin Reid and Josh Augustine.

There is plenty to come here.

Senior saw several National competitors take to the circuit, with Daniel Mettam, Sloan Frost and Jayden Carrick offering a teaser for the coming Superbike summer. Adam Chambers likewise in Supersport 600.

Mark Halls and Darren Prentis are now six-from-six in sidecar, and it was encouraging to see additional sidecar entries in the lead-in to the Suzuki Series, with a healthy grid of nine.

Intermediate always entertains – and Steve Bridge spent all day battling with Ben Rosendaal and Matt Dunlop. With the giant-killing Moto 3 Honda of Chris Malcolm just a handful of seconds back. The diversity of Superlite – running cross-entry 400 Kawasaki’s, mixed with ProTwin 650’s and the 125 2-Strokes – is a recipe for good racing.

Junior though has a problem of sorts – in as much as Nathanael Diprose is so difficult to reign in.
A storming charge in Race One saw him blitz the field by 29 seconds !

Luca Durning was best of the rest, while Darrick Kattenberg showed his class also.

And encouraging to see the Gixxers joining the Junior grid, with Billee Fuller leading the points on the 150cc Suzuki.

Highlight of a healthy field of Post-Classics was Ken Ferguson in Pre-89 Senior. Running a 1989 Suzuki GSXR1100, Ferguson heads the points for that class; six-from-six so far this season.

While in Clubman it is delightful to see Hayden Kinmont aboard his KTM 390. A long-serving volunteer flag marshal with AMCC and other Clubs, Kinmont is experiencing life on the other side of the armco this season, and is flying the flag in Clubman Junior.

Round Three – the double-points Final Round of the AMCC Club Series – is coming up at Hampton Downs on Sunday 17^th November.

2019-2020 AMCC Club Series Points:      (After ROUND TWO of Three)

Points – Senior: SUPERBIKE                                          (Pirelli)

75          Travis Moan
70          Sloan Frost

52          Jayden Carrick

Points – Senior: SUPERSPORT 600                                (Pirelli)

75          Robbie Stokes

75          Adam Chambers

45          Tyler Brown

Points – Senior: SUPERSTOCK 1000                              (Pirelli)

150        Jonathan Skyrme

Points – Intermediate: SUPERLITE                                (Castrol)

122        Nick Olson
107        Jesse Stroud

76          Vaughan Simmonds

Points – Intermediate: PRO TWIN 650                         (Castrol)

150        Ben Rosendaal

102        Phillip Munt
90          Jarad Horn

Points – Intermediate: 125ccGP                                   (Castrol)
150        Chris Malcolm
40          Brodie Jones

Points – Junior: SUPERSPORT 300                                (Metzeler / Muc-Off)

150        Nathanael Diprose
108        Shaun Parker
74          Des Berghan

Points – Junior: 250 PRO LITE                                       (Metzeler / Muc-Off)

102        Sean White
102        Chris Smith
110        Loren May

Points – Junior: F4, F5, GIXXER 150                              (Metzeler / Muc-Off)
150        Billee Fuller
60          Corey Field

Points – PRE 82 SENIOR                                                (Motomail NZ)

75          Matt Ineson

75          Russell Barker

60          Brian Deadman

Points – PRE 82 JUNIOR                                                (Motomail NZ)

135        Guy Webster
88          Hadleigh Thomson
75          Phil Oades

Points – PRE 89 F1                                                         (Motomail NZ)

150        Ken Ferguson
100        Rick Van Velzen
68          Trevor Rollinson

Points – PRE 89 F3                                                         (Motomail NZ)
75          Rory Garvey

50          Richard Ford

Points – PRE 95 F2                                                         (Motomail NZ)
70          Graham Moorhead
52          Dave Freeman
50          Paul Pavletich

Points – PRE 95 F3                                                         (Motomail NZ)

125        Chris Malcolm
108        Nick Olson
61          Peter van Yzendoorn

Points – SIDECARS                                                         (Road Guide / Arai / Michelen)

150        Mark Halls / Darren Prentis
100        Bryce Rickard / Callum Innes

60          Spike Taylor / Graham Wilkinson

Points – CLUBMAN SENIOR                                           (Counties Honda)

102        Ross Tucker

95          Vaughan Hanna
93          Leixiang Zhu

Points – CLUBMAN JUNIOR                                           (Counties Honda)

115        Hayden Kinmont
50          Anthony Young

Points – NINJA CUP:                         (Carl Cox Motorsport)                      After Round Two of Five

447        Jesse Stroud
404        Zak Fuller

343        Hamish Fox

Points – HYOSUNG CUP:                  (Carl Cox Motorsport)                      After Round Two of Five

443        Loren May

407        Justin Reid

351        Josh Augustine

Calendar – 2019-2020 AMCC Club Series:

Rd 1       22^nd September, 2019   

Rd 2      20^th October, 2019        

Rd 3       17^th November, 2019