A brief dry period at mid-day interrupted the drizzle that book-ended the opening Round of the Auckland Motorcycle Club Summer Series for 2017-2018, on Sunday 22nd October.
In Senior, Daniel Mettam topped the day after a cautious second placing in a very wet Race One; and then taking a narrow win in Race Two, after an entertaining battle with Steve Bridge and then Brendon Coad.
Nathanael Diprose, now GSX-R450 mounted, was a comfortable winner in Intermediate, and ready for a season in the competitive cauldron of Superlite/F3.
Along with the Pro Twin 650 and the 125 GP classes, there is plenty of potential to come from Intermediate this season.
Similarly in Junior – where Nick Burke picked up from last season to dominate, mastering the conditions to take Race One by a healthy 12 seconds, and take the Round.
Jacob Stroud however, seized the early upper hand in the Carl Cox Motorsport Hyosung Cup.
Burke and Kiwi international Avalon Biddle also featured, and with a grid in excess of 35, the action continued right down the field.
It was a welcome return to the programme for the Sidecars, and a pair of second placing for the Lawrance Brothers on their new LCR rig took them to the Round win.
Whilst over in Post Classic, there was the first appearance of Pre-95 class machinery at an AMCC meeting.
Mark Wigley and Phil Duxbury set the pace at Round One – both running in Pre 89 F1; with Clubman rounding out the racing on a challenging Sunday.
Round Two of the AMCC Club Series is coming up on 19th November.
2017-2018 AMCC Club Series Points:
Points – Senior: SUPERBIKE
50 Daniel Mettam
20 Connor London
Points – Senior: SUPERSPORT 600
50 Nathan Jane
20 Morgan Long
Points – Senior: SUPERSTOCK 1000
50 Brendon Coad
20 Adrian Clare
Points – Senior: PRO TWIN OPEN
50 Steve Bridge
Points – Intermediate: SUPERLITE
50 Nathanael Diprose
40 Simon Ramsdale
Points – Intermediate: PRO TWIN 650
41 Tarbon Walker
31 Josh Augustine
26 Mike Cross
Points – Intermediate: 125ccGP
45 Campbell Grayling
45 Matt Reichenbach
32 Jason Hearn
Points – Junior: LIGHTWEIGHT PRODUCTION
45 Alistair Wilton
25 James Barham
Points – Junior: 250 PRO LITE
50 Nick Burke
40 Leon Jacobs
32 Avalon Biddle
Points – CARL COX MOTORSPORT HYOSUNG CUP:
136 Jacob Stroud
126 Nick Burke
103 Avalon Biddle
Points – PRE 72 JUNIOR
25 John Comer
Points – PRE 82 SENIOR
50 Matthew Ineson
40 Russell Barker
32 Brian Deadman
Points – PRE 82 JUNIOR
38 Phil Oades
36 Guy Webster
25 Alistair Wilton
Points – PRE 89 F1
45 Mark Wigley
41 Phil Duxbury
36 Andrew Skelton
Points – PRE 89 F2
25 Bryan Ashdown
25 Nigel Lennox
20 Nick Brown
Points – PRE 95 F2
50 Graham Moorhead
Points – PRE 95 F3
50 Finn Webster
20 Ray Waring
Points – SIDECARS
40 Chris Lawrance
35 Mark Halls
32 David McArthur
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