45th APS Classic Motorcycle Racing Festival 2025
Manfeild
45th APS Classic Motorcycle Racing Festival 2025
59 South Street,
Feilding 4775,
New Zealand
The Results
A stunning collection of historic racing machinery showcased the Register’s 45th Classic Festival, held for the second time with APS as naming sponsor, at Manfeild’s Chris Amon Raceway near Feilding in early February.
An innovation this year, competition for a series of nine National Classic TT Titles, gave rise to a modified programme of racing.
Many of our older members were to be seen around the pits (amongst them on Saturday, our founding member and patron, Hugh Anderson), and overseas friends Bill Swallow from UK and Guy Martin from Canada.
Now, our Regularity competition (Group 9) is often thought of as the poor relation but that doesn’t take into account the Harris Effect. Les Harris turned 100 years old shortly after the Festival and his Rooster Racing team created as much interest in the pits as all of the bright and shiny show bikes put together.
The Event
The NZCMRR Committee is pleased to announce the dates and format for the 2025 APS Classic Motorcycle Racing Festival, which will take place at Manfeild over the first weekend of February next year. This will be a THREE DAY EVENT, run entirely by the NZCMRR.
Race Groups
| Group 1: Classic 500cc | Classic 70’s 351-500cc, Pre-63 Clubmans 351-500cc, Pre-63 Factory Racing 351-500cc, Pre-63 Modified 351-500cc |
| Group 2: Post Classic Senior | Pre-82 Senior, Pre-89 F1, Pre-95 F1, Pre-95 Superbike |
| Group 3: Vintage, Pre-War & Classic 250cc | Classic 70’s 0-250cc, Pre-63 Modified 0-250cc, Pre-war 351-500cc, Vintage, Pre-war 0-350cc |
| Group 4: Post Classic F2 | P89 F2, P95 F2 |
| Group 5: Sidecars | Classic 70’s Sidecar, Pre-63 Sidecar, Pre-82 Sidecar |
| Group 6: Post Classic Junior | Pre-82 Junior, Pre-89 F#, Pre-95 F3 |
| Group 7: Classic Open | Classic 70’s 501cc-Open, Pre-63 501cc-Open Modified |
| Group 8: Classic 350cc | Classic 70’s 251-350cc, Pre-63 Clubmans 251-350cc, Pre-63 Factory Racing 251-350cc, Pre-63 Modified 251-350cc |
Photographers at the Event
Visit Lloyd Capon Photography’s Facebook page to view and order photos from the event
The Track
Manfeild is a fast and flowing circuit. It is known for its challenging cambered corners, three high-speed straights and technical sections while providing ample passing opportunities and with its flat nature great viewing for spectators. NZCMRR Races on the Chris Amon Circuit that’s 3km’s long and has 7 corners with 3 main straights
WARNING
WARNING: Motor racing is dangerous and persons attending this meeting do so entirely at their own risk. It is a condition of admission that all persons having any connection with the promotion and/or organisation and/or conduct of the meeting including the owners of the land and drivers and owners of the vehicles are absolved from any liability arising out of any accidents howsoever caused resulting in damage and/or personal injury to spectators.”
Principal Sponsor 2025
