Classic Racer

A SUPER SHOW

The country that hosted the final round of the first two years of the championship did it in style, with one of the original protagonists, Gary Goodfellow, not only parading but returning to the track for the first time since the early 1990s.

Goodfellow was joined at the New Zealand Classic Motorcycle Racing Register’s annual festival by Aussie Ducati SBK world champion Troy Bayliss and Kiwi SBK Kawasaki and Honda rider Aaron Slight. Also present were Andrew Stroud and Stephen Briggs, who both featured in international racing at that time, including on the Britten V1000. New Zealand’s most famous GP racer Hugh Anderson was on hand

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