New Zealand’s Richie Dibben will be hoping he can again feature at the front when the 2016 FIM Asia Supermoto Championship series makes its final stop of the year this weekend.

From Australia’s Foreshore Park, to Indonesia’s Kanjuruhan Stadium, to the Philippines circuit at Bayanihan Park, the championship now sets up for the fourth and final round in Malaysia this weekend, with the Honda rider from Whanganui hoping he can improve from his sixth overall ranking in the series.

It’s only bad luck that sees the Kiwi hero down in sixth spot after he had set the tracks alight at the earlier rounds but when he then also suffered a few bike problems.

The Shah Alam Stadium will host more than 20 of the best riders from around the Asian region, as well as Australia, the United Kingdom and possibly also from France and the United States as well.

Located in the Selangor state of Malaysia, the Shah Alam Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium that’s mostly used for football matches. It is home to the Football Association of Selangor, one of the nation’s top professional football club. It has also hosted some of biggest European football clubs with the likes of FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Having a seating capacity of 80,372 and 5,500 parking bays, the stadium is Malaysia’s second largest stadium.

This weekend the grounds that surround the nation’s football stadium will be transformed into a 1.15 kilometre Supermoto race track of tarmac and dirt.

As every track in this year’s championship had something different to offer, such is the case for this next track. CEO of Asia Supersports Group, Satheswaran Mayachandran said: “The layout has been designed as such to make it a high-speed track”. Trackside spectators can expect a lot of nail-biting lightning action with plenty of drifting and overtaking being thrown into the mix. Earlier this year, the championship inked a deal with KTM Malaysia which resulted in the latter supplying a set of brand new KTM 450 SX-F bikes.

Aside from being able to witness some of the best Supermoto riders duke it out, event attendees will also be able to catch Malaysia’s first ever city-built enduro track. Built with a combination of natural and man-made obstacles, the track will see professional extreme enduro riders compete in the inaugural Pangkolo City Enduro Challenge that’s set to take place in conjunction with our Grand Finale. Spectators will also be entertained with a flea market of a hundred over vendors selling vintage goods, antiques, collectors’ items and much more.

The Grand Finale of the FIM Asia Supermoto Championship 2016 promises to have no shortage of entertainment.

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