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Paul Whibley Racing's Wil Yeoman kicks off national enduro series with a win
Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement 12.04.21 PWR’s Wil Yeoman kicks off national enduro series with a win. CAPTION: PWR Yamaha’s youngest team member Wil Yeoman (15) transferred his winning ways from cross country to enduro, with an E1 0-200 2 Stroke class victory yesterday Whatever the riding discipline, it seems PWR Yamaha’s Wil Yeoman is capable of transferring his winning ways, after scoring a victory in the 2021 New Zealand Enduro Championships’ E1 0-200 2 Stroke class at the opening round yesterday. The Taupo 15-year-old seamlessly continued on from his two recent national cross country series wins to head...
Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Purvis wraps up MX2 with dominant title defence
Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement 28.03.21 TITLE CAPTION: His podium grin says it all - Altherm JCR Yamaha's Maximus Purivs was stoked to defend his MX2 title this season Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Maximus Purvis ended his MX2 reign in commanding style - winning the 2021 New Zealand Motocross Championships’ (NZMX’s) final round today and defending his 2020 title. The Mangakino star-in-the-making signed off on his MX2 years at Taupo’s Digger McEwen Motocross Park with four from four round victories - with runner-up results constituting his lowest placings across the season’s 12 races. Purvis will now park his YZ250F and step...
Yamaha’s Buchanan enters history books with double title win
Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement 15.03.21 Yamaha’s Buchanan enters history books with double title win Title Photo ABOVE: The Yamaha Racing Team is made up of (from left) rider Alastair Hoogenboezem, Nigel Friend, Nic Bishop, Dan McKenzie, Tim McArthur and rider Jake Lewis CAPTION: Invercargill 14-year-old Cormac Buchanan celebrates winning both the Supersport 150 and 300 class titles. There’s a saying that proclaims ‘it’s a lot harder to defend a championship than to win one’, which Yamaha Racing Development Team’s (YRDT) Cormac Buchanan not only confounded but added to at the final New Zealand Superbikes Championship (NZSBK) round in Taupo over...
Yamaha tops the Cross Country Championship opener’s Senior and Junior races
 Yamaha Motor New Zealand Media Statement 02.03.21  Yamaha riders won both the Senior and Junior races at the 2021 New Zealand Cross Country Championships’ first round on Sunday. TITLE CAPTION: The Senior race podium had two Yamaha riders on it with Napier’s Tommy Watts (#912, centre) claiming the win and PWR Yamaha Team Manager Paul Whibley (#99, left) finishing second. Hosted by the Bushriders Motorcycle Club in Marton, the event was held on Rangitikei farmland and saw Tommy Watts #912 prove he is as handy on a YZ450F over a three-hour race, as he is in the short, sharp motocross events that...
Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Purvis takes it to the next level at NZMX’s second round
Altherm JCR Yamaha Media Statement 23.02.21  Title Image : Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Maxiumus Purvis took his riding to the next level in the MX2 class, extending his championship lead as he defends his 2020 title  Maximus Purvis and his Altherm JCR Yamaha team both took it to the next level at the New Zealand Motocross Championships’ second round on Sunday with a completely dominant performance in the MX2 class.  Mangakino’s Purvis was unassailable at the Rotorua track, recording the P1 position in qualifying; all three races and overall for the day. He remains unbeaten halfway through the four-round season, after...