Whakatane's Damon Rees, 24, broke the superbike lap record over the weekend. Photo / Supplied
Whakatane's Damon Rees, 24, broke the superbike lap record over the weekend. Photo / Supplied
A young Whakatāne motorsport record-breaker is getting ready to hit the world stage.
Whakatane's Damon Rees heads, 24, will head to the British Superstock 1000 championships in late February and be based in East Midlands, England.
But this was not before his top performance over the weekend as he scoreda hat-trick of wins at the New Zealand Superbike Championships over the weekend Levels International Raceway near Timaru.
He broke the Superbike lap record in his first race on Saturday and set a time of one minute 2.529 seconds.
"It wasn't a perfect weekend, actually ... I didn't get the fastest time in qualifying," he said.
"But I'm happy with my results and feeling really confident ahead of my overseas trip."
But this was also his farewell performance in New Zealand before he headed abroad which meant he would be unable to complete the Kiwi domestic series.
"I believe I'm riding the best of my career and felt I was able to pass riders at will. I think I might need to develop a bit more of a mongrel attitude in the UK though. It will be more intense over there."
