Triple R Superbike Team Triumphant

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Triple R Superbike Team Triumphant
At New Zealand Superbike Champs

Christchurch based Triple R Superbike Team came away from the final round of the 2009 Castrol Power 1 New Zealand Superbike Championships at Pukekohe Park, just south of Auckland over the weekend, with a large haul of Silverware

Australia’s Robbie Bugden clinched his third consecutive New Zealand Superbike title on his Triple R Suzuki GSXR1000.
The 28 year-old dominated his opposition, winning both Superbike races on his Radio Sport supported Suzuki. In doing so he collected both the New Zealand Superbike Tourist Trophy and the Geoff Perry Memorial Trophy.

“It is fantastic to win the championship for a third time, I really like coming to race in New Zealand, I have a lot of very good friends here now,” said Bugden after racing

In the 600 Sports Production class, the “TEAM” picked up a second and a third in the Championship

Team-mates James Smith and Dennis Charlett, both from Christchurch, have been battling all season with Yamaha’s young Australian Gareth Jones.
Charlett the defending Champion had a disastrous round one and has been playing catch up ever since. The pair have always had their “King Tony Tools” GSXR 600s right in contention. Over the weekend Charlett picked up two thirds, while James Smith took two fourths, giving them third and second respectively in the Championship

“The Triple R Superbike Team is very happy with the 2009 Championships and will now begin preparing for 2010,” said Team owner Peter Fenton after racing.

Provisional from Final Round of The New Zealand Superbike Championships:

NZ Superbikes:

Race One:
1, Robbie Bugden (Australia) Suzuki; 2, Andrew Stroud (Hamilton) Suzuki; 3, Ray Clee (Auckland)Suzuki; 4, Craig Shirriffs (Feilding) Honda; 5 Hayden Fitzgerald (New Plymouth) Honda.

Race Two NZ Superbike TT:
1, Bugden; 2, Stroud; 3, Jones; 4, Clee; 5, Shirriffs.

600 Sports Production:

Race One:
1, Sam Smith (Pukekohe) Yamaha; 2, Gareth Jones (Australia) Yamaha: 3, Dennis Charlett (Christchurch) Suzuki; 4, James Smith (Christchurch) Suzuki; 5, Karl Morgan (Auckland) Suzuki.

Race Two 600 Sports Production TT:
1, Jones; 2, Sam Smith; 3, Charlett; 4, James Smith; 5, Morgan.

ENDS

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