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train lines. On a Supersport ma-
chine you're nudging about 118
mph. It's an intense lap, one that
takes about 50 seconds if you're
really on it, with around 13,000
screaming Kiwis training 26,000
eyes on your every move, sepa-
rated from bikes on redline by
water barriers and thick chicken
wire. Those super-dedicated
in the crowd spend Christmas
night camping amongst the
tombstones around Robert Hold-
en Corner, getting on the sauce
and enjoying what could only be
described as a ghastly camping
experience before the first bikes
take to the track at 9:00am the
following morning.
Racing here makes going to
Willow Springs look like a picnic.
Now part of the Suzuki New
Zealand Tri-Series, this race was
formally known as one half of the
Battle of the Streets series with
the equally frightening Paeroa
street track in the north of the
ENTERS THE FIN AL ROUND OF THE 2014 SUZUKI
LEGENDARY WANG ANUI CEMETERY CIRCUIT.
M
AND OTORCYCLES
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DALLAS ALEXANDER AND TERRY STEVENSON
