MCNEWS.COM.AU - The ultimate in motorcycle news 2002 Australian SuperBike Championship - Round 3
Race 3
Apr 28
th, 2002
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Shawn Giles ran off at turn one and had to rejoin the race after transiting through the pit-lane, this left Stephen Tozer and Josh Brookes to fight for the lead around lap 1, side-by-side at nearly every turn.

Brookes tried to shake off Tozer but the Stafford Yamaha rider stayed right with him.

Giles trying valiantly to catch back up to the leaders after being left at basically the back of the field on lap 1 due to his incident at turn 1, up to 5th by lap 6.

Tozer passed Brookes on lap 7, Alistair Maxwell some 5 seconds back in 3rd and being chased by Giles.

Brookes took the lead again on lap 8, Giles the fastest man on the circuit in 4th and starting to challenge Maxwell.

A lapped rider held up both Brookes and Tozer through turns 1 and 2 on lap 11 but neither gained any major advantage.  Giles has overtaken and cleared out from Maxwell now, he won't be able to catch the 7 seconds he would require to challenge Brookes and Tozer but he will be earning valuable championship points.

As Josh Brookes crossed the line to receive the last lap board he had pulled out 1.8 seconds on Tozer.  Giles seems to be settling for 3rd now and has eased his pace a little.

Josh Brookes takes the win from Tozer, Giles, Maxwell.

 

1    Joshua Brookes (NSW)     Honda CBR    16:18.5427   9 1:09.0236 
2    Stephen Tozer (VIC)      Yamaha R1    16:20.8027   3 1:09.2801 
3    Shawn Giles (NSW)        Suzuki GSXR  16:29.3237   6 1:08.9583*
4    Alistair Maxwell (NSW)   Suzuki GSXR  16:37.2541   2 1:10.0447 
5    Michael Clunie (VIC)     Yamaha R1    16:41.2812  14 1:10.3794 
6    Steven Cutting (NSW)     Suzuki GSXR  16:41.6837   3 1:10.3415 
7    Jay Taylor (NSW)         Honda CBR    16:46.0479  10 1:10.6645 
8    Robert Bugden (QLD)      Suzuki GSXR  16:59.1406   5 1:11.1842 
9    John Gazard (SA)         Yamaha R1    17:09.5596   3 1:11.7777 
10   Andrew Tootell (VIC)     Yamaha R1    17:26.4176   2 1:12.6354 
11   David Wilkinson (SA)     Honda CBR    17:32.2502   2 1:14.2003 
12   Ben Lucchitti (NSW)      Yamaha R1    16:33.1738  10 1:14.7981 
13   Ian Roberts (SA)         Suzuki GSXR  16:51.0040   5 1:16.4152 
14   Rob Vikuckis (SA)        Yamaha R1    16:52.9259   7 1:16.8562 

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