Superbikes - Race One

Unedited transcript from our live notes page that was run during the event

• 1415 - Well the official word is in and Jamie has it by 1.66 seconds on combined time over Dan who takes second by 4 seconds over Staring then it is Allerton, Johnson, Fergusson, Charlton, Giles, Maxwell, Etheridge, Holland, Fraser, Coxhell, Roe, Gobert, Odendaal, Gurowski, Higgins, Sidwell, Battista, Bugden
• 1402 - Well I have had time to take stock now...  From that race we can deduce that Gilesy has again smashed too many mirrors or walked under too many ladders again in the off season...  Dan has a much better handle on the R1 this year and considers it safe to push, a huge relief after his frustrating year last year.  And Bryan Staring should have made the move to Superbike a season or two ago... If Shannon gets away really well he might be chance in the second race...  Allerton is really enjoying his time back on Dunlops... The timing system has had a bit of a meltdown I suspect so the official results might still be a little time away. I suspect some rejigging of the schedule will also be considered around now as we are a long way behind time
• 1351 - Timing has gone a bit awry here but I feel safe to call it as Jamie, Dan and Bryan as the 1-2-3 finishers
• 1349 - Jamie crosses the line first with Allerton next, followed by Johnson, Dan, Staring and Giles but on combined time I believe it will be Jamie from Dan and Bryan Staring rounding out the podium
• 1348 - Bryan's mistake under brakes has allowed Gilesy to catch on to his tail, I still think Bryan's podium is safe on combined time...
• 1347 - Allerton still keeping his nose ahead of Johnson, Dan and Bryan while Jamie is ahead on his own and safe from attack. Bryan tries a huge move on Dan up the inside at turn two and nearly took both of them out with his Fireblade slithering every which way but up on the way into the corner...
• 1346 - On track it is Jamie, Allerton, Johnson, Dan, Bryan, Giles but on combined time I believe it will be Jamie, Dan and Staring in the podium positions....  Last lap board out shortly...
• 1345 - Jamie is getting away but on the track Allerton, Johnson, Dan Stauffer and Staring all nose to tail now. Gilesy not far behind that pack but well down on combined time.
• 1344 - Jamie getting away from Allerton, Dan tries a huge move up the inside of Johnson between turns 11 and 12 but Johnson gives no quarter! That is the widest Kawasaki on the face of the planet!
• 1343 - Dan Stauffer having trouble getting past a very wide ZX-10R piloted by Shannon Johnson, Staring looking on from just behind that duo.
• 1341 - Dan through on Staring to take fourth place on track, Jamie leading, Allerton chasing in second place, Johnson in third and being hounded by Dan and Bryan. 
• 1340 - Dan Stauffer did not get away well, but Jamie takes his position at the front but not for long as Shannon Johnson quickly shot to the front! Allerton in third.  Another big off!  One or two Suzukis.  One of them is Bugden on the exit of eight, trying to get his bike back up.  Jamie is in the lead now, Allerton up to second place on the track, Staring in fourth, Dan right behind him, Staring needs to get a few seconds in front of Dan to try and take second on combined time
• 1336 - Riders on their warm up lap again now, of course all have to start on their same rubber etc. and none have been allowed back into pitlane for any changes
• 1334 - Riders getting very hot on the grid before the restart. I don't think they will be waiting too long before we get on to a warm up lap and the restart for the final six laps. We are a long way behind schedule here at the moment, more than an hour already and we haven't managed to finish the first Superbike race yet
• 1330 - Russell Holland benefits from that red flag, he had run off the track and lost a lot of position but as the order goes back to the lap previous he will maintain his position
• 1324 - Jamie responds, the gap back out to 7-tenths.  Staring in third place, a rider is down, conscious but hurt and his bike in a dangerous position.... There it is, red flag is out.  Race will be run on combined times to make things interesting.  So I believe Jamie will start the second leg of this now two part race with a 7-tenth of a second advantage over Dan Stauffer, who in turn has around three seconds on Staring who in turn has three seconds on Allerton and Fergusson
• 1323 - Dan has the gap down to 4-tenths now...
• 1321 - Allerton frying some Dunlop onto the main straight this time around in his quest to stay ahead of Krusty, that battle for fifth is now a battle for fourth after Shawn's mishap.  Dan has pulled a tenth back on Jamie, the gap down to 6-tenths of a second, Staring a further 1.2 seconds down and running by himself now, he has more than four seconds on Allerton and Fergusson. 7 laps to run...
• 1320 - Gilesy runs off the circuit but remains upright but rejoins the circuit well down the field, not sure if he just went in too deep at turn two or whether he got a little shunt.  Jamie getting away, he now leads by 7-tenths from his brother
• 1319 - Dan Stauffer up to second place now, made his move between turn four and five.  Fergusson charging through that second pack and shaping up to challenge Allerton for fifth place. The top four covered by only 7-tenths of a second then it is a further three seconds back to Allerton in fifth
• 1318 - Adam Fergusson makes a forceful move up the inside of Holland to move up the order in that pack.  Staring still keeping Dan Stauffer and Shawn Giles at bay but having to work very hard for it, starting to run wide a little and I don't think it will be long before Dan and Shawn put a move on him.  The Honda not slow though!  Dan could not slipstream past him on the straight and he came onto the straight not far behind the WA youngster
• 1317 - Allerton leads the large second pack, Holland, Coxhell, Fergusson, Johnson, Bugden and Etheridge all in that battle while the top four break away
• 1316 - Still Jamie, Bryan not letting go but very sideways under brakes, no slipper clutch on the Fireblades and that doesn't make it easy for the Honda boys.  Dan Stauffer through on Gilesy for third, fantastic to see Dan back in the hunt for good results!
• 1315 - Jamie to the lead, the top four in very close formation. Gilesy sideways into turn nine
• 1314 - Still Staring early on lap two, Jamie right behind, then it is Shawn and Dan. A few bike lengths further back to Holland and Allerton
• 1313 - This is Staring's first season on a Superbike and to be leading the field around the first lap will have the Honda crew shouting until they are hoarse!
• 1312 - Bryan Staring gets the best run through turn one to take the lead at turn two, Jamie in behind and a Suzuki, can't tell yet whether it is Shawn or Craig
• 1311 - Grid nearly fully formed now... 
• 1308 - Superbikes on their warm up lap now
• 1302 - Superbikes up next.  There could be some surprises...  Krusty's good qualifying lap was wrecked by the red flag caused by the Stauffer brothers both crashing and a few other riders also lost their run because of that red flag in the dying minutes. Coxhell came from nowhere and was pleased to get a good lap in after struggling to get up to speed earlier in the weekend as he reprograms his brain to suit the Production Superbike specification GSX-R1000. Allerton could throw up a surprise. Russell Holland and Bryan Staring generated some good pace on the Fireblades to start on the front row but of course nobody got anywhere near Jamie's 1m31.7.  Jamie has gone down twice this weekend though and no doubt that will be playing on his mind. Dan Stauffer has shown encouraging form and yesterday was searching for a better shock set-up and was confident that if they could nail that he would be right up the front. Shannon Etheridge the surprise package of qualifying with a second row start, he will not be accustomed to playing with the big factory boys up front but could be an outside chance. Michael Fraser also showing stunning pace to qualify in front of some much more fancied riders but of course when the flag drops, the bullshit stops and we will see the real pecking order sort itself out