hairpin in race two ( at Levels ) and that cost me 10 seconds or so in that one . I ’ ve just got to make myself ride better . “ As soon as you start to get tired , your brain sort of goes , but the gap ahead of me was nothing , so I just pushed and pushed each time to earn another podium .” Lewis , Christchurch ’ s Alastair Hoogenboezem ( Yamaha ) and Taupo ’ s Scott Moir ( Suzuki ) round out the top five in this elite class after Levels .
SUPERSPORT 600 Meanwhile , the junior member of the Team Rees Honda Racing outfit , Taupiri ’ s Zak Fuller , was also smiling at the weekend as he achieved three podium finishes in the hotly-contested Supersport 600 class . He is fourth overall in the class standings , despite crashing out of one of his races at Ruapuna .
Christchurch ’ s Dale Finch ( Triumph ) has so far been unbeaten in the class , winning all the Supersport 600 races at Ruapuna and Levels , and Chandler ( Yamaha ) is safely second overall after two rounds , but Fuller ( just 11 points adrift of Kawasaki ’ s 2019 600cc champion Avalon Biddle ) is a novice in the class and is rightly encouraged by the form he has been exhibiting against his vastly moreexperienced rivals . “ I ’ m getting better and better ,” said Fuller . “ It was good to latch onto Rogan ( Chandler ) and keep him honest . I ’ m absolutely stoked to be on the podium .” One of the most impressive riders in the series so far has been 14-year-old Invercargill rider Cormac Buchanan ( Yamaha ), who won all but one of his 11 races at rounds one and two in the two separate classes he is campaigning
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