The annual Boxing Day motorcycle races on the Cemetery Circuit first ran in 1951 and runs today on exactly the same city streets. What was started by the Wanganui Sports Motorcycle Club has a "Continental Round-the-Houses" style motorcycle race, continues to draw international riders, fills the grids months before the event and attracts other motorsport events who use the event to promote their races.
This year's event was as good as ever - Weather was just about perfect with only the light at midday being too bright to work with.
Hightlight of the day for me was seeing the Britten V1000 ridden by the then works rider Andrew Stroud.
All shot with a MK3 and a mixture of 600 / 300 / 70-200 / 24-70 for the wide angle shot.
1. Darryl Atkins "The Kiwi Kid" having one last race before retirement. He was the class of the field lapping at front running times forthe Super 600 road bike class
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4. Andrew Stroud again, this time leading the usual suspects through Suzuki Crossing
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5. Hayden Fitzgerald - The guy is always kind enough to use mirrored visorsHTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO
6. Winners of the F1 Sidecar class - Stacey Sellar & Louise Blythe HTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO
7. Due respect for Will Williamson Julie Loveridge - Classic sidecar class where understeer is normal. To make the corner figure out how far the sidecar is goingto slide and launch it in and hopeHTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO
8. Classic Bike racing shot - This one is Gavin McKayHTTP response: 404 | MIME changed to 'text/html' | Byte size: ZERO
The full set (if you're interested) can be found here http://www.motorsportmedia.co.nz/gallery.php?gid=246
CC always welcome ... Cheers Dave
