Cemetery Circuit

{{Short description|Street racetrack in Wanganui, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox motorsport venue | name = Cemetery Circuit | image = 250px|Cemetery Circuit Wanganui | location = Wanganui, New Zealand | coordinates = {{coord|-39.9392|175.0492|type:event_region:NZ-MWT|display=inline,title}} | opened = 1951 | capacity = 10,000 | length_km = 1.500 | length_mi = 0.932 }}

'''Cemetery Circuit''' is a temporary motorcycle street circuit in downtown Wanganui, New Zealand, so named because the route bisects the old town cemetery. The daylong road race has traditionally been held on Boxing Day (26 December) since 1951. The event attracts around 10,000 spectators and some of the best New Zealand motorbike racers to compete on the tight one-mile street circuit. It has earned a nickname: “Southern Hemisphere’s Isle of Man”.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aatravel.co.nz/101/Regional101_Cemetery-Circuit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001213244/http://www.aatravel.co.nz/101/Regional101_Cemetery-Circuit.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2009 |title=Cemetery Circuit |accessdate=18 November 2008 |date=n.d. |publisher=aatravel.co.nz }}</ref> thumb|right|250px|Sidecar racing at the 2012 Cemetery Circuit

==Recent winners==

Recent winners of the race are as follows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cemeterycircuit.co.nz/past-winners/|title=Past Winners}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background-color:#dacaa5; width:50px" | Year <br> ! style="background-color:#dacaa5; width:230x"| Rider <br> ! style="background-color:#dacaa5; width:170px"| Motorcycle <br> ! style="background-color:#dacaa5; width:50px"| Ref <br> |- |2025|| {{flagicon|NZL}} Mitch Rees||Honda CBR1000RR-R||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/cemetery-circuit-records-broken-in-finale-of-2025-suzuki-international-series-in-whanganui/TE3766JGTJBCTDOFXZW4AXN7SI/|title='Absolutely mega': Mitch Rees shines in Whanganui's Cemetery Circuit|first=Andy|last=McGechan|website=NZ Herald}}</ref><ref>ps://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/376325-bop-rider-dominates-cemetery-circuit-yet-again.html</ref> |- |2024 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Mitch Rees ||Honda CBR1000RR-R||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/cemetery-circuit-mitch-rees-wins-robert-holden-memorial-feature-race-in-action-packed-boxing-day-races/FDQ6CQWZO5BBLJAEPU3UH467UY/|title=Rees wins Robert Holden Memorial feature race at Cemetery Circuit|website=NZ Herald}}</ref> |- |2023 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Mitch Rees ||Honda CBR1000RR-R|| |- |2022 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Mitch Rees ||Honda CBR1000RR-R||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/300774428/rees-scores-another-winning-hattrick-at-cemetery-circuit-at-whanganui|title=Stuff|website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref> |- |2021 || not raced || || |- |2020 || {{flagicon|NZL}} Damon Rees ||Honda CBR1000RR||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300192172/whanganui-braces-for-annual-street-fight-on-boxing-day?rm=a|title=Stuff|website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref> |- | 2019 || {{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Cooper ||Suzuki GSXR1000||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/118476071/visiting-international-richard-cooper-triumphs-in-suzuki-series?rm=a|title=Stuff|website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref> |- |2018|| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Hickman || BMW S1000R || |- |2017|| {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Moir || Suzuki GSXR1000 || |- |2016|| {{flagicon|NZL}} Tony Rees ||Honda CBR1000RR || |- |2015|| {{flagicon|NZL}} Tony Rees || Honda CBR1000RR || |- |2014|| {{flagicon|NZL}} Tony Rees || Honda CBR1000RR || |- |}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official Website|http://www.cemeterycircuit.co.nz/}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014182537/http://www.wanganui.govt.nz/news/commsLink/issue290.asp Exhibition celebrates motorcycle racing heritage] *[http://www.motorcyclesport.co.nz/?id=3429 Cemetery Circuit, 2007]

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