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2009 NEW
ZEALAND POST CLASSIC GRAND PRIX.
This Saturday 31 October 2009 at Taupo
The New Zealand Post Classic Racing Association is
hosting their annual Grand Prix event at Taupo once again this year on Saturday
the 31st of October.
This event promises to be really
exciting with riders coming from all over the country to compete for their
respective Grand Prix titles. As well as the Post Classic classes there is also
racing for the BEARS and Pro-Twins, which last year proved to be an exciting
watch. With few meetings during the year that include the BEARS they tend to
roll out in good numbers for this event and with the Pro-Twins put on a really
good show.
There is going to be a ‘Show and
Shine’ display and competition which Vince Sharpe will judge. During the mid-programme
break Vince will then lead the bikes in the competition for three laps of the
circuit so spectators have the opportunity to see the beautiful motorcycles of
the ‘post classic era’ looking at their best.
There will then be a ten minute window
for those who would like to try their road bikes at speed around the track and
then it will be back to business with racing.
Post Classic bikes were first run
by the Auckland Motorcycle Club in New Zealand in 1994 at Pukekohe mixed with
Clubmans. Then there were just four bikes. The NZPCRA now has one hundred and
fourty active racing members with a total membership of just over two hundred
with new people joining each year. The advantage of racing a bike of this class
is of course that your bike will never become outdated for the class you are in
and the friendships that result from a common interest within the club make for
a fantastic social atmosphere.
Come to Taupo on the 31st
of October and feel the atmosphere
that we enjoyed in the heyday of motorcycle racing from 1963 to 1989.