Nine-time former national superbike champion Andrew Stroud (Suzuki GSX150F, No.10) slides up
alongside a newcomer to the sport, Taupiri’s Billee Fuller, during this GIXXER Cup race at Taupo
Nelson’s Tyrone Kuipers (Suzuki GSX150F, No.33),
one of the ‘finds’ of the 2019 GIXXER Cup season
go their way either, with current national
superbike champion Daniel Mettam, from Glen
Eden, and Hamilton’s nine-time former national
superbike champion Andrew Stroud having to
settle for third and fourth overall respectively in
their first taste of GIXXER Cup racing.
The GIXXER Cup trophy was won for as second
consecutive time this season by Hamilton’s Jesse
Stroud, the 17-year-old son of Andrew, with
Whanganui’s Caleb Gilmore finishing runner-up.
New Zealand’s 2014 superbike champion Dennis
Charlett, from Christchurch, rounded out the
top five behind Mettam and Andrew Stroud.
“With 22 bikes on the starting grid and 25
entrants over the three rounds, the GIXXER Cup
riders put on an excellent display of close racing
and kept the spectator crowds fully entertained,”
said Suzuki New Zealand spokesman Peter
Goldfinch.
“Lap records at each track were broken this
year, in some cases by as many as eight riders.
The series and the competitors are certainly
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