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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

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