27 Dec 2011

Dan Stauffer again won the day at Wanganui’s traditional post-Christmas superbike extravaganza, the Cemetery Circuit races on Boxing Day, showing his surprise win there on debut last season was no fluke. He even went a couple of steps better this time around by winning every race he entered.

The 35-year-old from the Gold Coast finished 4-1-1 last year but on his second visit to the central North Island city he clinched a perfect 3 from 3 hat-trick of wins on his Bernard Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 that was on loan form Tony Rees.

Dan's point shoot style was an awesome sight on the twisty track as he charged from corner to corner, with the unique thundering sound of the R-1 echoing off the surrounding buildings.

“It wasn’t quite perfect,” he laughed. “I did have to give up $200 to (defending Tri Series champion) Andrew Stroud,” he said, referring to the fact that Hamilton’s Stroud led two of 10 laps in the Robert Holden Memorial race, with $100 on offer for the leader of each lap.

“It was an interesting start to the day for me. I ran off the track twice during practice. I was going too hard on new tyres,” he shrugged.

“It was a really good day in the end. Brian Bernard (of Wanganui) prepared a really good bike. It was fantastic."