Class Clashes At Round 3 Of The AMCC Series

SS300 Shine On The Club Circuit 

Some of the Intermediate classes crashed the party, but it was the Junior categories, and notably SS300, that shone on the Hampton Downs Club Circuit on 3rd November for the third Round of the Suzuki – Auckland Motorcycle Club Series. Lots of laps, low cost, and a chance to run an alternate circuit configuration were the order of the day for the small circuit.

ProTwins turned out just for a skid – while the SuperLite and Post Classic classes decided to go for points on the short 1.1km configuration. And in SuperLite, Tyler King now has an enormous point lead – being 11 from 11 for the season to date. He makes a potent combination with the well-sorted and prepared GVR645.

The Carl Cox Motorsport Cup ran as they always do with AMCC, and Tyler King enhanced his CV here also – now 9 from 11 in the Ninja Cup, and with a points lead, knocking on just under 200. The battle for second is where all the action is – Oliver Pykett, Michael Robinson, and Billee Fuller trading blows.

Scott Findlay has grabbed the lead of the Hyosung Cup, after Elijah Daiken suffered a fall in the final Cup Race of the day. The master and the apprentice have jumped out to a ‘comfortable’ point lead over the rest of the field – but the Cup Series is only at the halfway point, with three rounds still to come for both the Hyosungs and the Ninjas.

Elijah Daiken does, however, hold a very comfortable point lead in ProLite 250. Four more wins on the Club circuit takes his season tally to 9 from 11. Jacob Rutherford and Esmond Williams are both riding well, with Rutherford having taken a couple of wins off Daiken at Round Two. Still, their run was interrupted by Scott Findlay, who made his first appearance in ProLite for the season and bagged four second-placings.

SS300 continue to shine this season, with Haydn Fordyce on the Yamaha R3 up against a trio of Double-6 Motorsport KTM 390s – in the form of Cameron Leslie, Hamish Simpson, and Logan Rowell. And Tyler King is an occasional interloper on his Ninja 400.

Fordyce holds the upper hand – being 8 from 11 for the season – and he took three wins on the Club circuit, only bested once by Hamish Simpson, who got the jump through traffic in Race Two.

The Bucket class rounded out the programme with a modest field surrendering to the pace of Nathanael Diprose on his RS80-powered machine, who took all four victories whilst lapping consistently in the 42s – a time equivalent to the quicker ProLIte 250s.

Round Four, the final Round of the Suzuki – Auckland Motorcycle Club Series, is coming up on Sunday, 17th November, and will be back on the National Circuit for all Club Series classes. 

WINNER WILL BE DRAWN!
And in conjunction with Suzuki NZ, AMCC will be giving away a brand-new Suzuki GSX250 to one lucky eligible competitor to take home.

Credit: Phil Kavermann

2024-2025 Suzuki – Auckland Motorcycle Club Series Points:     

(After ROUND THREE)

Senior: FORMULA AUCKLAND                                                    
150      Rogan Chandler
134      William Crosby
77        Matthew Drayson

Senior: FORMULA AUCKLAND B (1:09s)                          
142      Abbin Abraham
114      Ian Reed
97        Andrew Boldero

Senior: SUPERSPORT 600                                                                       
161      Tahana Parker
80        Paul Jenkins
72        Alex Langdon

Senior: CLUBMAN
150      Paul O’Doherty
116      Taylor Mason
45        Akira Miyauchi

Intermediate: SUPERLITE                                                                       
275       Tyler King
127      Britten Somerville
125      Nick Kampenhout

Intermediate: PRO TWIN 650                                                     
150      Chris Defiori
120      Vaughan Maine
94        Billee Fuller

Intermediate: Super Twin
150      Brendon Vesty
100      Luke Ryder
65        Rob Edwards

Intermediate: Post Classic
235      Scott Fenton
222      Cody Sanders
200      Chris Nobbs

Junior: SUPERSPORT 300                                                                       
237.5    Haydn Fordyce
175      Hamish Simpson
150.5    Cameron Leslie

Junior: SUPERSPORT 150                                                                       
137.5    Seb Mitchell
45        Jayden Parker

Junior: 250 PRO LITE                                                                 
251      Elijah Daken
186.5    Jacob Rutherford
149      Esmond Williams

SIDECARS                                                                                                          
140      Chris Lawrance / Richie Lawrance
130      Phillip Law / Angus Ravernwood
91        Tracey Bryan / Kendal Dunlop

Carl Cox Motorsport Cup:
Points – NINJA CUP                  
818      Tyler King
622      Oliver Pykett
593      Michael Robinson

Points – HYOSUNG CUP
753      Scott Findlay
732      Elijah Daken
600      Esmond Williams

Points – WOMENS CUP             
575      Billee Fuller
399      Megan Kemp
218      Vicky King

The 2024-2025 Suzuki – Auckland Motorcycle Club Series is organised and promoted by the Auckland Motorcycle Club – who acknowledge all our valuable partners and sponsors:-

Suzuki NZ, Shirriffs Media, CTAS  – TXT & Web, MX Timing, BRM Dyno Paeroa, Darkart Motorsport, Eurobike / Domino Grips, Forbes & Davies, M&M Engineering, Motomail, Motul, Mr Motorcycles, MTF – Wairau Valley, Carl Cox Motorsport Cup

Calendar – 2024-2025 Suzuki – Auckland Motorcycle Club Series:

Rd 1     15^th September, 2024    National Circuit

Rd 2     13^th October, 2024        National Circuit

Rd 3     3^rd November, 2024      Club Circuit – No SENIOR classes

Rd 4     17^th November, 2024    National Circuit