Kiwi Rider January 2022 Vol.2 | Page 86

ROAD NEWS
By Andy McGechan

WHANGANUI PREPARING FOR 2022 ‘ RESURRECTION ’

It took a global virus outbreak to bring Whanganui ’ s iconic and world-renowned Cemetery Circuit motorcycle race meeting to its knees this year . But the fight-back has already begun and plans are in place to make it bigger and better than ever with a ‘ resurrection ’ of the threeround Suzuki International Series set to take place in 2022 . The COVID-19 pandemic forced organisers to reluctantly cancel the 2021 running of the immensely-popular motorcycle racing series and its street race finale as demand for vaccine passports and the huge numbers of spectators

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