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back for another crack, this
time bringing his dad along as
company.
"I won a couple of classic
races, the big bike result was
sh!t, but I enjoyed this year ev-
ery bit as much as I did in 2013,"
Martin says. "It gets me away
from work! I'd be back working
on the truck on Christmas Day
if I weren't here. I get a chance
to ride my bike somewhere dif-
ferent, plus I got my dad here
because I never see him when
I'm at home, even though he's
only down the road.
"This event has the same feel to
it as an Irish national street race,
not an international like the North
West 200—those are proper races
and really serious. This event is a
bit of craic and banter, nothing too
serious, a few beers at the end of
the race—I like that."
It might not seem too serious
for someone with the interna-
tional pedigree of Martin, but for
the locals this event is one of the
jewels in the New Zealand rac-
ing crown. That fact is not lost
on 2014 F2 (Supersport) Tri-Se-
ries champion Toby Summers.
The Briton, who now calls Auck-
