The 2025 Star Insure New Zealand Superbike Championship which wrapped up last weekend in Taupo produced a remarkable number of “firsts” – some unlikely to be bettered. Kiwi motorcycling power couple Jake and Avalon Lewis became to the first husband and wife to win individual championship titles on the same day – Jake on a...Read More
And then there were two. Avalon Lewis ruined her perfect win record when she crashed during the third round of the New Zealand Superbike Championship at Hampton Downs last weekend. But two riders still have a chance of posting a perfect 12-race win record when the series winds up at Taupo this weekend. Avalon’s exit...Read More
Mitch Rees knows the final two rounds of the Star Insure New Zealand Superbike Championship will be no easy road to success. The current superbike class leader and former champion, who finished the first two rounds in the South Island with a near perfect win record – five out of six – is focussed on...Read More
We are keen to put a North Island title on the line for Superbike B/Formula One & Supersport 600 B/Formula Two if we can get a few more entries for rounds three and four of the Star Insure Superbike Championship series. The plan is to award points across the two rounds and the winner will...Read More
The power couple of Kiwi motorcycle racing look set to continue their winning ways in the final two rounds of the Star Insure New Zealand Superbike Championship Series – at Hampton Downs and Taupo – next month. Husband and wife Jake and Avalon Lewis dominated the opening two rounds of the series this month –...Read More
Timaru laid on the weather and crowd numbers and riders provided the spectacle at the Star Insure New Zealand Superbike Grand prix, at Levels last Saturday. The second round of the series, where New Zealand Grand Prix titles were at stake, attracted the biggest motorcycle crowd seen at the South Canterbury track in years. The...Read More
Mitch Rees has arrived in Timaru this week determined to consolidate his position as New Zealand’s leading superbike rider. The 32-year-old Whakatane motorcycle dealer heads a star cast of the country’s top racers competing in the second round of the 2025 Star Insure New Zealand Superbike Championship at Levels, this Friday and Saturday. The Honda rider...Read More
All roads lead South this week for the long-awaited start of the 2025 Star Insure New Zealand Superbike Championship. The southern swing of the new-look, four-round championship series begins at Teretonga, in Invercargill, this weekend when the country’s leading riders roll out for round one at the Burt Munro Challenge. Round two – the Timaru...Read More
Mike Pero is looking forward to returning to the Timaru circuit where his motorcycle racing career began, way back in the mid-1970s. “It all started for me when I turned up at Levels in 1976 – wow, thinking about it, it’s almost 50 years ago!” Pero says. A teenage Pero, then an apprentice motorcycle mechanic...Read More
Australian motorcycle legend Daryl Beattie and his long-time friend and Kiwi superbike star Aaron Slight will headline the inaugural Star Insure TransTasman Challenge. The three-time World 500 Championship grand prix winner and title runner-up is teaming up with Slight and other legends of the sport to usher in the inaugural Star Insure TransTasman Challenge –...Read More
