The predicted wet weather never eventuated, and the final Round of the Auckland Motorcycle Club Summer Series was held in warm and dry conditions last Sunday at Hampton Downs.
As expected, the double points meeting threw up a number of surprises; and the Club Series titles were decided by small margins in many instances.
None more so than in Superbike – where Taupo’s Connor London (Kawasaki ZX-10R) got home by a single point over Daniel Mettam (Suzuki GSX-R1000). Mettam took a narrow victory in Race One, but London prevailed in the final two races, by margins of 0.1 seconds in both !
Adrian Clare (Yamaha R1) took out the Superstock 1000 title.
Nathanael Diprose (Suzuki GSX-R600) was a comfortable overall winner in Supersport 600, however David Hall was very fast on the day – both preparing for the upcoming summer events.
Scott Findlay (Kawasaki ZXR400) took the spoils in Superlite, after a season long arm-wrestle with Nick Olson (Suzuki Gladius 650); while sharing the Intermediate field was ProTwin 650, who were a highlight of the Series with healthy fields and plenty of battles. Matt Dunlop (Suzuki SV650) took a second consecutive Club title with seven wins from eight starts. However Alex Butson (Suzuki SV650) took a victory over Matt at Round Two.
Aaron Lambourne (Honda RS125) secured the 125ccGP Club title.
Nathanael Diprose also dominated Lightweight – enjoying a season on the Gavin Veltmeyer KTM RC390, and taking a second consecutive title for that bike. Diprose was beaten only once, at Round Three, by Nick Burke (Yamaha R3).
In 250 ProLite Sean White (Kawasaki 250) swept Round Three, to take the Series title from Darrick Kattenberg (Kawasaki 250). It was seven wins to one overall, however no points in Race One of the season had seen White playing catch-up all Series.
There was drama in Sidecar also. A DNS for the Lawrance Brothers (LCR 1000) in the final race of the Series allowed Hall & Prentis (BLR 600) to snatch the Club Series title at the final hurdle.
Post Classic and Clubman titles were also decided; while the Carl Cox Motorsport Hyosung Cup continue their Series with two events in 2019, and will finish up at the Motofest meeting in early March.
FINAL 2018-2019 AMCC Club Series Points: (After ROUND THREE of Three)
Points – Senior: SUPERBIKE (Nationwide Accessories)
237 Connor London
236 Daniel Mettam
66 Sloan Frost
Points – Senior: SUPERSPORT 600 (Whites Powersports)
247 Nathanael Diprose
190 Tarbon Walker
132 Regan Phibbs
Points – Senior: SUPERSTOCK 1000 (Whites Powersports)
210 Adrian Clare
168 Jonathan Skyrme
75 Adam Chambers
Points – Intermediate: SUPERLITE (Mr Motorcycles)
203 Scott Findlay
189 Nick Olson
150 Josh Augustine
Points – Intermediate: PRO TWIN 650 (Darbi Accessories)
270 Matt Dunlop
181 Alex Butson
134 Phillip Munt
Points – Intermediate: 125ccGP (Red Baron)
210 Aaron Lambourne
196 Brodie Jones
125 Chris Malcolm
Points – Junior: LIGHTWEIGHT PRODUCTION (Red Baron)
265 Nathanael Diprose
211 Nick Burke
162 Dylan Byrne
Points – Junior: 250 PRO LITE (Spectrum Motorcycles – Hyosung)
250 Sean White
207 Darrick Kattenberg
154 Loren May
Points – PRE 82 SENIOR (Motomail NZ)
170 Phil Clarke
112.5 Kevin Grey
68 Russell Barker
Points – PRE 82 JUNIOR (Motomail NZ)
130 Graeme Ogle
102.5 Guy Webster
Points – PRE 89 F1 (Motomail NZ)
112.5 Ken Ferguson
65 Rick Van Velzen
Points – PRE 89 F2 (Motomail NZ)
175 Scott Findlay
115 Malcolm Brown
45 Colin Box
Points – PRE 89 F3 (Motomail NZ)
190 Steve Collingwood
170 Richard Ford
112.5 Rory Garvey
Points – PRE 95 F2 (Motomail NZ)
225 Graham Moorhead
Points – PRE 95 F3 (Motomail NZ)
219 Nick Olson
176 Ray Waring
87.5 Chris Malcolm
Points – SIDECARS (Castrol)
220 Mark Halls / Darren Prentis
207 Chris Lawrance / Richard Lawrance
182 David McArthur / Tony New
Points – CLUBMAN SENIOR (Counties Honda)
235 Tyler Brown
195 Daniel Hendy
164 Ming Huang
Points – CLUBMAN JUNIOR (Counties Honda)
225 Sam Greenhalgh
205 Tim Rattray
134 Leigh Paulin
Points – NINJA CUP: (Carl Cox Motorsport) After Round Three of Five
458 Jacob Stroud
370 Hamish Fox
355 Dave Readings
Points – HYOSUNG CUP: (Carl Cox Motorsport) After Round Three of Five
438 Grant Cullen
380 Josh Augustine
293 Nick Burke
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