ROCKY ROAD: Whanganui racer Richie Dibben (119) hunts down the leaders before getting the chop in the Asia Supermoto Championship in Newcastle, Australia at the weekend.
Whanganui racer Richard Dibben received the visitor's welcome when he took his place in the Asia Supermoto Championships in Newcastle, Australia last weekend.
The two-time New Zealand Suzuki Series Motard champion received a late call-up to race in the international field after current Suzuki Series motard titleholder Duncan Hart from
Tauranga broke his collarbone.
Dibben had never raced in Australia before and nor had he competed on the sealed and unsealed track that made up the tight Newcastle circuit.
However, he came to grips with the street and carpark combination to qualify second fastest for the first of the two race series.
He finished third, but not without escaping a fair bit of argy bargy from the Australians.
"I was second most of the way and charging, but an Aussie rider behind me took me out of the race," Dibben said yesterday.
