Supersport - Race Three

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

• 1200 - Both Jamie and Jason were on used tyres in that Supersport bout so expect the lap record to go again this afternoon when they have new Dunlops slotter in the rear. Jamie's tyre was in better condition that Jamie's at the end of the race. All riders running the new Ohlins TTX shocks they used for the first time in the World Superbike support races and now really starting to get them dialled in.  Josh Waters looks to be struggling with the rear of the Suzuki, the Honda looks fairly well balanced but the boys on their Pirellis aren't in a position yet to really take it to the Yamaha boys over the race distance but if Waters can get his spring/shock sorted I think he might be able to spring (sic) a surprise on them if things go his way, he is certainly a demon off the line!
• 1145 - Supersport Points - O'Halloran now leads the Supersport Championship on 115 points to Jamie on 111, Crowe 88, Waters 83, Staring 82, Holland 73
• 1143 - Supersport Race Results (Provisional)

1. O'Halloran
2. Stauffer 0.176
3. Crowe 0.717
4. Staring 1.499
5. Waters 2.338
6. Holland 18.58
7. Seaton 22.36
8. Smith 29.41
9. Kelly 31.67
10. Trounson 31.95
11. Greedy 32.34
12. Jones 34.09
13. Maxwell 44.71
14. Davies 53.187
15. Hay 54.78
16. Andrews 54.98

• 1142 - The winning machine will be a Yamaha, that at least is settled....  And it will be Jason.... Yes Jason has done it, Jamie up his pipe but can't do it,  Crowe third, Staring fourth, Waters fifth.
• 1141 - Jason up the inside at Jamie on the penultimate corner of the penultimate lap.... Jason the leader as they start the final lap... Crowe less than a second behind them and with a couple of bike lengths on Staring now who in turn has a couple of bike lengths on Waters....
• 1139 - Crowe and Staring closing on the leading duo now... Three laps to run and this could be a hell of a finale...
• 1138 - Waters coming back up to Staring and Crowe now...
• 1137 - Yellow flag at the sweeper so no passing to be done there... Jamie and Jason nose to tail and 1.7 seconds ahead of Crowe who in turn has Staring right up his clacker...
• 1136 - Waters starting to lose touch a little now on Staring and Crowe
• 1135 - The trio fighting over third now lapping marginally quicker than the leading duo but they are two seconds behind the leading duo with six laps to run
• 1132 - Staring nearly parked it under Crowe then but had to pull out of the move or they were both going to end up on their leathers... Jamie and Jason still nose to tail....  Holland challenging Seaton for sixth place but they are a fair way behind the triumvirate tussling over third place...
• 1129 - O'Halloran right on Jamie's tail, a 23.975 on that last lap to Jason, Jamie a tenth or so slower... Nothing separates that duo...  Crowe, Staring and Waters haggling hard over third...  Shaping up for an exciting last couple of laps but we still are not near that.... Nine laps still to run at this stage as we approach the halfway point...
• 1128 - O'Halloran staying with Jamie though and it's not over yet... Seaton starting to lose touch a little with Crowe, Waters and Staring... Holland a couple of seconds further behind with 8 seconds over eighth placed Sam Smith, the Kiwi taking a liking to the tight Winton circuit
• 1126 - Jamie into the 23s now, a 23.908 and Jamie is in the lead now.  He backs up that 23.9 with a 23.843 and the leading duo now have 1.5 seconds on Crowe who has Staring, Waters and Seaton right on his tail now...11 laps to run...  New lap record to Jamie that 23.843
• 1125 - I missed O'Halloran getting the better of Crowe but he has, O'Halloran the race leader, Jamie Stauffer up to second place now and hassling O'Halloran,  Crowe in third place and falling back into the clutches of Staring, Waters and Seaton...
• 1124 - Jamie Stauffer passes Staring, right on O'Halloran and Crowe now... Waters hassling Staring now, Seaton right behind them and running strong
• 1123 - O'Halloran back under Staring at the penultimate turn and their tussle playing into the hands of Crowe but nothing separates the top four, well less than half a second anyway, the order Crowe, O'Halloran, Staring and Stauffer, Waters a few bike lengths further behind in fifth, Seaton strong just behind him.  Jamie Stauffer quickest man on the track and looking to go forward...
• 1122 - Staring looking more aggressive today, a bit like we saw him at the World Superbike support races while he was a bit soft yesterday...
• 1121 - Bryan Staring puts a block pass on O'Halloran as the WA man parked his Honda underneath the Yamaha in the tight right hander after the old start-finish line...
• 1120 - Crowe gets the holeshot again this time around and leads them through turn one, O'Halloran second, Staring third, Josh Waters fourth and then it is Jamie Stauffer in fifth ahead of Seaton, Maxwell and Holland
• 1116 - Riders off on another warm up lap now... Shannon Johnson was in pitlane and hoping to head out on the warm up lap but he has not been allowed out of pitlane
• 1109 - Wayne Maxwell is running back across the paddock to try and get back to pitlane, not the perfect way to have your morning run, he fell or had a machine problem around the back of the circuit and is trying to get back in time to get on a spare machine
• 1108 - Riders came round and formed up on the grid but Shannon Johnson returned to pitlane and entered his pit garage, a problem with his machine perhaps
• 1106 - Crowe leads them away but a couple of riders down at the esses, hopefully it can be cleared... No.... Red flag out, two red flags out of three races thus far this morning and Crowe will be upset at finally getting a holeshot only to have that voided by the red flag
• 1105 - Getting ready for a Supersport race start...