Taupo’s Scott Moir romps to victory in Suzuki Superbike Series

Scott Moir clinched his first major Suzuki Series title in style.

The Taupo-based rider dominated racing at the Cemetery Circuit by winning race one and then the Robert Holden Memorial feature race at Whanganui on Boxing Day.

His race one victory and second placing in race two was more than enough to claim the series title after posting three wins throughout the 2017 Suzuki Series on his CD van der Meer Builders GSXR1000.

Moir was fastest into turn one of the opening F1 Superbike leg. although a rapid Hayden Fitzgerald was right on Moir’s rear wheel, until Daniel Mettam passed the New Plymouth rider early. Wellington’s Jay Lawrence was the fourth fast rider in the group racing in line astern until the end, as they finished in that order despite Fitzgerald making a late drive for the line to almost steal second place from Mettam.

Race two had an exciting start when Lawrence took the holeshot but was held up slightly at turn two when Fitzgerald decided his bLU cRU Yamaha YZF-R1 should be in front. That small fracas allowed Moir to take the lead and to make a small gap over the next few laps.

In his first season on a superbike, Lawrence – who  loves street circuit racing – began closing on Moir and he jetted his Carl Cox Motorsport GSXR1000 late to take the chequered flag with Moir’s second sealing the series title.

Fitzgerald finished uncomfortably close to Moir for third while Mettam won the battle for fourth ahead of Sloan Frost.

Moir finished the series with 137 points, with Mettam second on 122 and Mitch Rees third on 112.

Moir capped off his success by taking out the Robert Holden Memorial – the most prestigious motorcycle trophy in New Zealand – ahead of Lawrence, while new Suzuki Series F2 600 champion Shane Richardson rode his Wainui Joinery Kawasaki ZX-6R at the same near-record pace as the front two, on larger capacity 1000cc Suzukis.

2017 Suzuki Series round 3 results from Whanganui, Tuesday:

Suzuki Formula 1 Superbike, race 1: Scott Moir (Taupo, CD van der Meer Builders GSXR1000), 1; Daniel Mettam (Auckland, Suzuki NZ GSXR1000), 2; Hayden Fitzgerald, (New Plymouth, bLU cRU Yamaha R1), 3; Jay Lawrence (Wellington, Carl Cox Motorsport GSXR1000), 4; Adam Chambers (Clive, Wolf Pack Racing Kawasaki ZX-10R), 5.

Formula 1 Superbike, race 2: Lawrence, 1; Moir, 2; Fitzgerald, 3; Mettam, 4; Sloan Frost, (Wellington, Fujitsu TSS Red Baron Suzuki NZ GSXR1000), 5.

Final F1 Superbike series points: Moir, 137; Mettam, 122; Mitch Rees, (Whakatane, Honda Rider Insurance CBR1000RR), 112; Fitzgerald, 106; Frost, 103. Lawrence, 96.

 – Stuff

Source :Stuff.co.nz

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