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  • 1720 - Blake Leigh-Smith the winner from Glenn Scott by 3.3 seconds.  Galvin a further 7 seconds down in third and Jackson Leigh-Smith put a huge move on Brent Rigoli at the penultimate turn to steal fourth place, Metcher sixth, Wilkinson seventh, Burke eighth, Inkster ninth, Sutherland tenth.
  • 1715 - A 28.38 to Blake Leigh-Smith that time around to break away from Glen Scott.  Galvin and Rigoli being chased hard by young Jackson Leigh-Smith
  • 1713 - Glenn Scott riding like a demon in this last 125 race... Blake Leigh-Smith smokes him on the straights but Scott is going absolutely berserk in the tight sections to take it right up to the more fancied young Queenslander... Both boys running 29s....  Blake Leigh-Smith trying to do everything he can to get as far away from Glenn Scott as possible...
  • 1704 - Josh Houwen just completed his domination of the FX Cup events. Fox second in that one from Greentree, McClue, Knox, McKenzie, Ward, Moulton, Olson, Stafford, Durling, Mills, Starkey, Shields, Frost, Gerdsen, Wootton
  • 1703 - Today's results thus far

Points after Sunday (Round Three) - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - FX - Superbike - FZ6 - 125 
Race 4 - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - FX - Superbike - FZ6 - 125
Race 3 - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - 125 - FZ6 - FX - Superbike

  • 1657 - Superbike Championship Points
Pos Name Round 2 Race 1 Race 2 Total
1 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) 97 25 25 147
2 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) 85 20 17 122
3 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) 61 16 16 93
4 Craig COXHELL (VIC) 53 18 20 91
5 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC) 58 15 14 87
6 Shawn GILES (NSW) 46 17 18 81
7 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) 52 14 13 79
8 Bryan STARING (WA) 44 13 15 72
9 Adam FERGUSSON (VIC) 54 12 6 72
10 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) 57 0 12 69
11 Russell HOLLAND (NSW) 39 10 10 59
12 Robert BUGDEN (QLD) 28 9 11 48
13 Anthony GOBERT (VIC) 23 11 9 43
14 Michael FRASER (NSW) 27 7 7 41
15 Ashley ROE (VIC) 21 8 8 37
16 Cole ODENDAAL (QLD) 16 5 4 25
17 Brenden GUROWSKI (QLD) 24 0 0 24
18 Shannon ETHERIDGE (NSW) 23 0 0 23
19 Mark HIGGINS (VIC) 14 4 3 21
20 Brent SIDWELL (QLD) 14 2 1 17
21 Matt BATTISTA (WA) 5 6 5 16
22 Shogo MORIWAKI (VIC) 14 0 0 14
23 Steve MANNING (NSW) 4 3 2 9
24 Denis CHARLETT (SA) 5 0 0 5
  • 1646 - Superbike Championship Points (Provisional)
  1. J Stauffer 147
  2. D Stauffer 122
  3. Allerton 93
  • 1644 - Provisional Results from Superbike Race Four for the weekend
  1. J Stauffer
  2. Coxhell 1.00
  3. Giles 2.92
  4. D Stauffer 7.23
  5. Allerton 7.28
  6. Staring 7.89
  7. Johnson 10.12
  8. Maxwell 14.23
  9. Charlton 15.95
  10. Bugden 15.96
  11. Holland 20.30
  12. Gobert 24.56
  13. Roe 32.8
  14. Fraser 32.9
  15. Fergusson 36.77 (after ten second penalty)
  16. Battista 65.51
  • 1642 - It's Jamie's....  Allerton pushes underneath Staring... Whoah that was fierce.... Jamie gets the win... Coxhell a great return to form for second place, Giles third to put two Suzukis on the podium.  Dan Stauffer holds onto fourth and Allerton steals fifth from Staring, Johnson seventh, Maxwell eighth, Charlton ninth, Bugden tenth, Holland 11th, Gobert 12th, Fergusson 13th but will be pushed back further due to a jump start penalty...  Jamie wins the meeting and I believe Coxhell will take second place overall for the Sunday round
  • 1641 - The gap now 1.48 seconds... Last lap though, it will be too much unless Jamie gets held up by a lapped rider...  A huge battle over fourth unfolding on this last lap with Dan Staffer, Bryan Staring, Glenn Allerton and Shannon Johnson nose to tail for this last three kilometres...
  • 1640 - Two laps to go... The gap now... 1.68 seconds... Craig has a sniff but I don't think he will do it....  Allerton and Johnson have closed on Dan Stauffer and Bryan Staring who have been continuing their tussle over fourth place... This could be one exciting final lap...
  • 1638 - Three laps to run and the gap now is.....1.972.... So the gap has remained about constant... A 23.0 to both men... Staring still looking to steal fourth place from Dan Stauffer.  Maxwell must have made a mistake as he has lost seventh place to Johnson who has now closed on Allerton to a little....  Jamie just got baulked by a backmarker... Will it affect the gap.... We will know shortly....
  • 1637 - Coxhell catching Jamie again now... The gap under two seconds now.... Staring all over Dan Stauffer... Giles looks safe in third though...
  • 1636 - Bryan Staring starting to threaten Dan Stauffer now...  Glenn Allerton has been engaged in a fierce tussle with Wayne Maxwell over sixth position
  • 1635 - Jamie has the hammer down now, a 22.383 to Coxhell's 22.736, the gap 2.5 seconds.  Craig has 1.5 seconds over Giles though who in turn has 1.4 seconds over Dan Stauffer so at this stage of the game it is looking likely that we will have two Suzuki men on the podium in this one...
  • 1633 - Jamie replies this time with a 22.46 to Craig's 22.64 to stretch his buffer back out to 2.22 seconds...
  • 1632 - Jamie's reply....    Giles a second behind Coxhell and now with a full second over Dan Stauffer who is being caught by a huge gaggle of riders that includes Staring, Maxwell, Allerton and Johnson, those four covered by only a second...
  • 1631 - Anthony Gobert's Kawasaki starting to puff plenty of smoke...... The top 10 covered by only 8 seconds.... Anthony Gobert might get a black flag before his engine really does let go in a big way...
  • 1630 - Coxhell has pulled away from Giles now, just how much has he clawed back on Jamie... The gap was 2.584 seconds... Now it is 2.247.... He is reeling him in a little now... There is 9 laps to run...
  • 1629 - Coxhell through on Giles again,  Giles come back up the inside but this time allows Craig to have a run... Now let's see what Coxhell can do.... Was Gilesy holding him up?  We are about to find out...
  • 1628 - Allerton coming on strong too, just behind Staring, then it is Maxwell who is also running well
  • 1627 - Shannon Johnson just ran across the grass and lost a heap of positions... Jamie cracking out 22s,  he leads by 1.8 seconds now, Coxhell still right behind Giles, Dan there also... Bryan Staring not much further back...
  • 1626 - Holland was running fifth position but just lost a heap of positions and will be pushed back to nearly tenth...
  • 1625 - A 22.864 to Jamie this time.. Leads by 1.37 seconds over Giles, Coxhell trying to get past his teammate.. Dan right on their tail and watching from a safe distance and ready to pounce should they make a mistake or trip each other up....
  • 1624 - To add insult to injury Adam Fergusson's pain from running on at turn one has been amplified by a ten second jump start penalty, currently in 13th place behind Anthony Gobert...
  • 1623 - Shannon Johnson in seventh position but the fastest man on the track! A 23.549 to the Kawasaki man as he hounds Staring.  Coxhell through on Giles... They swap back again... This has allowed Jamie to get away a little... 22.723 to Jamie. 
  • 1622 - Jamie takes the lead into turn one, thought it might all end in tears as Giles did not want to give up that position... He is going to put it on the line in this one...
  • 1621 - Jamie all over Giles, Coxhell right up the Yamaha's clacker in a supporting role, Dan in fourth so it is Suzuki-Yamaha-Suzuki-Yamaha-Honda-Honda-Kawasaki
  • 1620 - Still Giles from Jamie, Coxhell still ahead of Dan, Holland, Staring, Johnson, Charlton, Allerton, Maxwell, Gobert
  • 1619 - Shawn Giles and Jamie Stauffer away well, Shawn with his nose in front when they come out the other side, Coxhell third, Dan Stauffer fourth.  Krusty ran in too deep at turn one and is well down the back of the field...
  • 1618 - Getting ready for a Superbike start...
  • 1553 - Results thus far - Points - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - Race Four Results - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport -FX Cup race up next
  • 1539 - O'Halloran takes a convincing win with a 23.862 on the final lap.  He wins by 2.87 seconds over Crowe who in turn had 1.7 on Waters, Jamie Stauffer fourth then it was Holland, Staring, Seaton, Jones, Smith, Johnson, Maxwell, Greedy, Kelly, Davies, Hay, Andrews, Casella, Goldsmith.  A new lap record to Jason O'Halloran, a 1m23.465
  • 1538 - Last lap board now and O'Halloran leads by 2.7 seconds, Waters 8-tenths further behind, Stauffer seven seconds behind the Suzuki man who in turn has two seconds on Holland, Staring in sixth, Jones seventh, Seaton eighth
  • 1536 - Waters has been badly held up by a backmarker now, that will make second place safe for Crowe... The Suzuki man certainly fared worst in the traffic that lap around...
  • 1534 - O'Halloran has backed it off a little now, three laps to run, the leaders all having backmarkers to contest with now...
  • 1532 - Famous last words.. Just as I said the Suzuki is hooking up better it again starts to grip and slip as Waters puts the power down... O'Halloran has run away with it now however, he leads by 3.2 seconds and still continues to crack out 23s while the others have drifted back into the 24s. Jamie doesn't look as though he is going to be able to get into a position to challenge for a podium in this one
  • 1530 - O'Halloran leads by 2.3 seconds now, Waters trying to get Crowe but even when he gets on the power earlier than the Yamaha man he can't match it when upright, it really looks to be handling beautifully now however, hooking up much better than this morning and yesterday
  • 1529 - A 23 to all the top three, Crowe looks to have a power advantage over Waters, if the Suzuki man is going to make that second place his he is going to have to put it all on the line and force his way through as it certainly looks as though he won't be getting an invitation!
  • 1528 - Waters is on Crowe but Winton not an easy circuit to pass on, this will help Jason, he leads now by 1.7 seconds, the top trio still cracking out 23 after 23
  • 1527 - Waters right on Crowe now! Jamie can't match them here today!  A lot of racing under his belt though and a tiring weekend with two rounds across both the Supersport and Superbike classes perhaps taking its toll on the double champ.
  • 1526 - Jason under the lap record yet again, now a 23.465 to make his lead now a full second, a 23.875 to Crowe but a brilliant 23.483 to Waters, the Suzuki man might yet make the lap record his!
  • 1525 - Jason sets a new lap record again, a 23.630,  Crowe again right with him and put in a 23.635, only 5-thousandths between them!!!  Incredible stuff... Waters and Jamie also on this mornings lap record pace, a 23.878 to Waters on that last lap and a 23.838 to Jamie, this quartet head and shoulders above the rest this afternoon...
  • 1524 - Crowe slowly pulling away from Waters now, only 6-tenths between them but he has Jamie Stauffer 1.4 seconds behind him and eager to make it another Yamaha 1-2-3
  • 1523 - Jamie is through on Holland now, Crowe really trying to chase down O'Halloran and just put in a 23.770 to nearly beat the lap record that Jason set on the lap before...
  • 1521 - There it is, Jason sets a new lap record, 23.735 to the youngster, he now leads by 0.750 of a second, Waters not far behind Crowe and nearly a full second further back is Holland who is being hassled by Jamie Stauffer
  • 1520 - O'Halloran leads by half a second over Crowe, same gap back to third placed Waters.  O'Halloran only a tenth off the lap record... New rubber in this one so they might crack out a new record...
  • 1519 - 23.9 to O'Halloran that time around, he leads by 0.452 now from Crowe who has a bike length or two on Waters, similar gaps to Holland and then Stauffer.
  • 1518 - 7-tenths of a second cover the top four..
  • 1517 - O'Halloran to the lead now after putting in a 24.25, Waters right on Crowe and trying to challenge for third...
  • 1516 - A few changes as been made to the suspension of the Suzuki for this race so Waters might be able to stick with the Yamaha men this time around... Crowe leads from O'Halloran still, Waters third, Holland fourth then it was Jamie Stauffer, Staring, Seaton and Sam Smith
  • 1515 - Supersports away now and it Crowe in the lead from O'Halloran, Waters and Holland.
  • 1503 - Supersport up next
  • 1500 - McMartin wins on the track but will get third after that penalty, Charlton the winner, Cartwright second, Kruck fourth, Roe fifth, Odendaal sixth
  • 1459 - Ten second jump start penalty to McMartin!  So even though he will get the flag first Charlton will get the win, Cartwright second but even with the penalty McMartin will still get third
  • 1458 - Last lap board now and McMartin leads Charlton by 1.4 seconds who in turn has 6-tenths on Cartwright.  First Forgotten Era is Karl Corpe, I fear Robbie Phillis' machine problem from this morning may have been terminal...
  • 1456 - Cartwright closes on Charlton, Scotty may be carrying some injury from that nasty get off in Superbike earlier in the day... McMartin getting away..
  • 1455 - Only half a second covers the leading duo, Cartwright struggling to try and stay in touch.. Kruck a further ten seconds behind in fourth
  • 1453 - McMartin to the lead!
  • 1451 - McMartin and Cartwright tussling hard over second place
  • 1450 - Final Naked/Twin/Forgotten Era bout underway now and Scott Charlton got the holeshot once again
  • 1441 - Hern takes the win by 1.32 seconds over Henry and Carr gets third, Riddle fourth followed by Cowie, Nicholson, Darby, Bonthorne, Yates, Roche, Reid, Durie, Keevers, Scott, Wootton, Middleton, Adam, Chapman, Madigan, Griffin, Anset, Harding
  • 1439 - Last lap board out now, Hern looking safe for the win, Henry has to make up 1.36 seconds on the final lap and he isn't going to do that unless Hern makes a big mistake, third place far from decided however with Carr, Cowie and Riddle all in that hunt
  • 1437 - Hern the clear leader now, Henry finally got Carr and is trying to chase Hern down but the Yamaha man has a 1.4 second lead with two laps to run
  • 1435 - Hern into the lead at the esses, Henry challenging Carr now, Cowie still in the hunt also
  • 1433 - Hern up to second and challenging Carr, Henry up to third ahead of Cowie
  • 1431 - Carr into the lead now from Cowie, Hern in third and Henry in fourth then a bit further back is Riddle in fifth
  • 1430 - Tim Cowie the early leading in the final Superstock race of the weekend from Brayden Carr
  • 1429 - All results from this morning - Race 3 - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - 125 - FZ6 - FX - Superbike
  • 1401 - Points - Jamie 122 - Dan 105 - Allerton 77 - Johnson 73 - Coxhell 71 - Maxwell 66 - Fergusson 66 - Giles 63 - Staring 57
  • 1400 - Superbike Race Results (Provisional)
  1. J Stauffer
  2. D Stauffer 1.8
  3. Coxhell 6.7
  4. Giles 7.3
  5. Allerton 8.5
  6. Johnson 9.9
  7. Maxwell 19.7
  8. Staring 20.2
  9. Fergusson 22.2
  10. Gobert 26.1
  11. Holland 28.2
  12. Bugden 28.3
  13. Roe 28.6
  14. Fraser 51.5
  15. Battista 65.8
  16. Odendaal 78.2
  17. Higgins 80
  • 1359 - Dan gets baulked by a backmarker, that will decide it, think it might have been Jamie's anyway but Dan was robbed of his chance of taking it to him all the way to the flag,  it will be another Yamaha 1-2 though and Coxhell will get third unless Giles or Allerton can spring a last turn surprise on him....
  • 1358 - Jamie and Dan negotiating backmarkers now but without incident thus far.. Coxhell in third place nearly seven seconds down with a small buffer over Giles and Allerton.... Last lap now...
  • 1357 - Jamie has managed to pull a couple of bike lengths on Dan now.. Can Dan come back at him...Two laps to run...
  • 1356 - Fergusson ahead of Bugden for ninth place,  Gobert then gets Bugden to move up to tenth...
  • 1355 - Dan made a small error under brakes on the penultimate corner with three laps to run and it allowed Jamie to get the run on him, the two swap positions, and then again, and then again, Jamie in front now, Dan not giving up... Anybody would think this is last lap desperation but there are three to run!!!
  • 1353 - Maxwell through on Staring to take seventh place, Bugden has lost touch with that pair but still has a useful buffer over Fergusson who in turn is in danger of being closed down by Anthony Gobert
  • 1352 - Coxhell running third, Giles right behind him as is Allerton, Johnson closing in on that trio also to turn it into a quartet...
  • 1350 - Staring has got Bugden, Maxwell through also.. So Staring up seventh... Dan had gone back to the lead and managed to stay there for nearly a complete lap in a major tussle, the Yamaha camp will be biting their nails in fear that the brothers end up taking each other out....
  • 1349 - Eight laps to run Jamie right on Dan's tail.. They have slackened their pace a little to high 22s but they are the only men running that pace. Jamie in front now, Jamie to the lead.  Staring rubbing fairings with Bugden over sixth...
  • 1348 - Some good tussles unfolding all the way down the field,  Jamie versus Dan,  Giles v Coxhell v Allerton, Johnson on his own but then another tussle with Bugden v Staring v Maxwell
  • 1347 - The Yamaha men are in their own race out in front and will not be challenged... The final podium spot is shaping up as a battle of titanic proportions with Giles, Coxhell and Allerton running nose to tail.
  • 1346 - Krusty just ran on but will regain the track without losing too much position
  • 1345 - Reckon yesterdays lap record might be about to be toppled....
  • 1344 - Dan has managed to break the two of Jamie now.... But Jamie responds on the next lap with a 22.300 to prevent his brother escaping, 2-tenths the difference... Coxhell and Allerton right on Giles now and battle about to commence
  • 1343 - Stauffer and Stauffer continuing to pull away, Coxhell and Allerton closing on third placed Giles.
  • 1342 - Johnson gets Holland, the Kawasaki man into sixth place now. Bugden in eighth, Staring ninth, Fergusson 10th and having a huge tussle with Wayne Maxwell
  • 1341 - Shannon Johnson looking for a way past Russell Holland who is running sixth.  Jamie right on Dan's tail as the two men crack out high 22s. Giles now 1.1 seconds behind the Yamaha duo and Coxhell half a second further behind, Allerton fifth
  • 1340 - Dan and Jamie nose to tail, rider into the airfence...Not sure who... Gurowski I think, hopefully that can be cleared and we don't have to have another red flag
  • 1339 - Jamie up to third... Dan pushes his way past Gilesy in an aggressive but fair move, he pushed Gilesy wide which allowed Jamie to go through also as Shawn was forced to pick his Suzuki up off the race line... Coxhell takes fourth place off Holland, Allerton in that mix also..
  • 1338 - Ready for a restart now...Away they go!! Gilesy shoots off the line well once again and leads the field through turn one with Holland followed by the Stauffer brothers then it's Coxhell, Staring and the two Kawasaki men followed by Adam Fergusson. Dan through on Jamie in the tight back section and immediately closes on the back of Holland and Giles. They cross the stripe and Giles leads from Hollad, Dan Stauffer, Jamie Stauffer, Coxhell, Allerton, Staring, Johnson, Maxwell and Fergusson rounds out the top ten. Dan takes second place on Holland in the same place as he took Jamie on the opening lap.
  • 1324 - Giles, Holland, Dan Stauffer third, Scott Charlton down at turn one, red flag.  Looks as though Charlton might be stuck under the bike... Red Flag is out.  Racesafe is there, Charlton crawling out from under the bike now...
  • 1323 - Dan Stauffer nearly t-boned Holland while trying to make a move but pulled out at the last second saving disaster, Jamie through on Coxhell. Maximum aggression already... Staring ran off the circuit and is rejoining at the back of the field....
  • 1322 - Superbikes are away!  Shawn Giles leads Russell Holland through turn one, Dan Stauffer third then it is Coxhell, Jamie Stauffer and a Kawasaki
  • 1252 - FX Cup next and then the Superbikes!
  • 1246 - Houwen takes a clear win, Greentree second, Fox third, McClue fourth then it was Knox, Ward, McKenzie, Durling, Moulton, Stafford, Mills, Shields, Olson, Frost, Gerdsen and Wootton.  Starkey crashed out with two laps to run
  • 1244 - Houwen in a different race, leads by 6.2 seconds over Greentree who is tussling over second place with Ewan McClue and Jack Fox.
  • 1237 - Josh Houwen doing the running in this FZ Cup race once again.. Leads Jack Fox by two seconds already, McClue in third ahead of Greentree, Knox, Ward, McKenzie, Moulton, Mills, Durling, Olson, Stafford, Shields, Frost, Gerdsen, Starkey and Ken Wootton at the rear after being ordered to start from the rear of the grid and given a 30 second penalty for unmarked tyres
  • 1232 - Races ran thus far this morning - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - 125 - FZ6 race starting shortly
  • 1220 - Brent Rigoli looked certain for a podium before highsiding himself on the final lap which promoted Peter Galvin and young Jackson Leigh-Smith onto the podium, Wilkinson fourth, Inkster fifth
  • 1218 - Blake Leigh-Smith has run away with this 125 encounter. Scott and Rigoli battling over third place while Metcher was a strong fourth ahead of Galvin before he crashed (unhurt) out of the race
  • 1215 - Results from this mornings races thus far, 125s on now - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport -
  • 1205 - Supersport Race Full Results
Pos Name Class Machine Laps Time Behind Fastest On Lap
1 Jason O'HALLORAN (NSW)   Yamaha R6 17 23:59.028   1:23.975 7
2 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW)   Yamaha R6 17 23:59.204 .176 1:23.843 6
3 Jeremy CROWE (NSW)   Yamaha R6 17 23:59.745 .717 1:24.050 11
4 Bryan STARING (WA)   Honda CBR RR 17 24:00.527 1.499 1:24.107 12
5 Joshua WATERS (VIC)   Suzuki GSXR 17 24:01.366 2.338 1:24.198 11
6 Russell HOLLAND (NSW)   Honda CBR RR 17 24:17.610 18.582 1:24.397 4
7 Christopher SEATON (QLD) P Yamaha R6 17 24:21.389 22.361 1:24.403 5
8 Sam SMITH (NZ) P Yamaha R6 17 24:28.445 29.417 1:25.365 11
9 Mick KELLY (WA) P Yamaha R6 17 24:30.705 31.677 1:25.369 9
10 Chris TROUNSON (VIC) P Honda CBR RR 17 24:30.981 31.953 1:25.144 10
11 Judd GREEDY (QLD) P Honda CBR RR 17 24:31.377 32.349 1:25.351 13
12 Gareth JONES (QLD) P Yamaha R6 17 24:33.121 34.093 1:25.141 11
13 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC)   Kawasaki ZX6R 17 24:43.746 44.718 1:26.399 3
14 Zac DAVIES (NSW) P Yamaha R6 17 24:52.202 53.174 1:25.960 7
15 Grant HAY (NSW) P Yamaha R6 17 24:53.808 54.780 1:26.548 10
16 Ian ANDREWS (SA) P Suzuki GSXR 17 24:54.013 54.985 1:26.768 15
17 Christan CASELLA (VIC) P Yamaha R6 17 24:54.100 55.072 1:26.099 17
18 Dustin GOLDSMITH (NSW) P Yamaha R6 17 25:05.392 1:06.364 1:27.398 2
19 Cameron STRONACH (WA) BP Yamaha R6 17 25:10.952 1:11.924 1:27.375 8
20 Stephen LIDDICOAT (SA) BP Suzuki GSXR 17 25:19.411 1:20.383 1:28.245 7
21 Alex TOMASSETTI (NSW) P Yamaha R6 16 24:13.972 1 Lap 1:28.220 11
22 Shane INGRAM (VIC) BP Suzuki GSXR 16 24:23.812 1 Lap 1:29.487 7
DNF Glenn CULLEN (NSW) P Yamaha R6 13 19:23.966 4 Laps 1:27.712 3
DNF Mitchell CARR (NSW) P Suzuki GSXR 12 17:27.721 5 Laps 1:25.516 3
DNF Brett SIMMONDS (TAS) P Suzuki GSXR 4 6:00.760 13 Laps 1:27.571 4
DNF Jason CULLEN (NSW) BP Yamaha R6 4 6:07.461 13 Laps 1:28.410 4
DNS Nick HENDERSON (VIC) P Yamaha R6  
DNS Shannon JOHNSON (VIC)   Kawasaki ZX6R  

Fastest Lap was 1:23.843 by Jamie STAUFFER (NSW)
New race lap record for SS class - Previous: 1:24.120 by Jason O'HALLORAN (NSW) on a Yamaha R6 set on 24/03/07
*** INITIAL RACE RED FLAGGED IN LAP 1 DUE TO ACCIDENT - FULL RACE RE-START.
No 15 DNS AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT. No. 42 NOT PERMITTED TO START AS ENTERED PIT GARAGE AFTER RED FLAG ***

  • 1200 - 125s up next.  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...
  • 1049 - Robbie Phillis out of the race with machinery dramas on his nearly three decade old Suzuki. Charlton a convincing winner, Cartwright second by only a couple of bike lengths over McMartin, Kruck fourth then it was Roe, Odendaal, Houwen, Buxton, Sutton, Corpe, Wolfenden, Webster, Johnston.  Supersport up next!
  • 1048 - Robbie Phillis might have some machinery problems
  • 1047 - McMartin all over Cartwright in the tight sections but once he hits the straights he just pulls away from the Ducati hand over fist, that FZ-1 obscenely fast in a straight line
  • 1046 - McMartin closing on Cartwright but Charlton has the win in the bag if he makes no mistakes
  • 1045 - Adrian Pierpoint has crashed at turn 11 but walked away unscathed
  • 1044 - Josh Houwen on the FZ6 doing very well to be running seventh overall just ahead of Phillips and within striking distance of Odendaal on the 1130 Benelli
  • 1043 - Cartwright a 26.026 now, but Charlton only a tenth slower so Cartwright will need to do better to challenge for the win, this pair have left McMartin behind, Kruck a further 3 seconds behind McMartin, Roe fifth
  • 1042 - Charlton leads Cartwright by 1.2 seconds and the pair running identical times but Cartwright will have the hammer down to try and chase him down.. Phillis the leading Forgotton Era bike and eighth overall, circulating around four seconds a lap slower than the front running current model FZ1 Yamahas
  • 1041 - Roly Kruck doing a better job today and not that far behind McMartin
  • 1039 - Cartwright putting pressure on McMartin, he has a huge power advantage over the Ducati. Scott Charlton out in front still though and said to be running a standard engine this weekend. Cartwright in front of Martin now and chasing Charlton but he has some ground to make up...
  • 1038 - Nakedbikes/Twins/Forgotten Era mismatch of machinery on track now for their first race of the morning, Charlton away best with McMartin right on his tail.
  • 1030 - Cowie now the new series leader with 114 points to Henry's 107, Carr on 106, Reid on 97 and Hern on 94.  A costly morning for some of the front runners with machinery problems costing them a lot of points
  • 1026 - Cowie takes a convincing victory in what was a race of attrition. Carr second a huge 8.3 seconds down on Cowie while Michael Riddle scores a podium, next home was Des Darby on fourth followed by Reid, Nicholson, Scott, Keevers, Bonthorne, Middleton, Chapman, Adams, Madigan, Anset, Wootton, Harding
  • 1023 - Cowie has this one in the bag unless Carr can really up the ante but Cowie still the fastest man, a 28.993 on the previous lap and Carr could only come back with a 29.44, the difference between the duo out to over three seconds now
  • 1021 - Ben Henry has dramas also, his Suzuki has let him down also.  This could be a race of attrition... Scott Yates also dramas and rolling to a stop out of fifth place...!  This is unbelievable, modern motorcycles, especially supposedly 'stock' ones hardly ever fail!
  • 1020 - Charles Hern sits up and turns around to look down at his Yamaha, something has come adrift or the fire has gone out but his race is run so the new race leader is Tim Cowie, he leads by 1.5 seconds over Carr who in turn has just stretched his buffer over Henry out to 2.1 seconds. Cowie the fastest man on the track that last lap with a 29.072
  • 1018 - Matthew Griffin just outbraked himself while running in seventh place and lost a few places as a result. Henry is going to have his work cut out for him if he is to get a podium in this bout, he is running fourth but has 1.5 seconds to catch up to third placed Carr and they were both put in identical 1m29.7s on that last lap so Henry making no headway into the gap as yet
  • 1017 - Ben Henry ran off the track, he did manage to rejoin but lost a lot of ground on the leading trio, nearly 3 seconds in fact the loss to the WA rider. Hern leading by half a second over Cowie and Brayden Carr not able to match their pace and losing touch with that duo. Cowie chasing Hern hard
  • 1016 - Hern put in a great opening lap to stretch out a lead of nearly half a second over Cowie who in turn had a few tenths on Carr who had Ben Henry on his tail, Yates 5th, Riddle 6th.
  • 1015 - Superstock Race away again now and it is Charles Hern that leads them through turn one ahead of Cowie and Carr while Ben Henry again fails to get a great run off the line.
  • 1015 - Supersport Warm Up
Pos Name Machine Fastest On Lap Gap Behind
1 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:24.699 4 of 4
2 Jason O'HALLORAN (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:25.773 2 of 2 1.074 1.074
3 Christopher SEATON (QLD) Yamaha R6 1:26.473 3 of 3 .700 1.774
4 Jeremy CROWE (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:26.580 2 of 2 .107 1.881
5 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) Kawasaki ZX6R 1:27.172 2 of 2 .592 2.473
6 Mick KELLY (WA) Yamaha R6 1:27.421 2 of 2 .249 2.722
7 Glenn CULLEN (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:27.427 4 of 4 .006 2.728
8 Nick HENDERSON (VIC) Yamaha R6 1:27.537 3 of 3 .110 2.838
9 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC) Kawasaki ZX6R 1:27.929 2 of 2 .392 3.230
10 Sam SMITH (NZ) Yamaha R6 1:28.313 2 of 2 .384 3.614
11 Mitchell CARR (NSW) Suzuki GSXR 1:28.385 2 of 4 .072 3.686
12 Zac DAVIES (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:28.421 2 of 2 .036 3.722
13 Chris TROUNSON (VIC) Honda CBR RR 1:28.800 3 of 3 .379 4.101
14 Gareth JONES (QLD) Yamaha R6 1:29.011 3 of 3 .211 4.312
15 Dustin GOLDSMITH (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:29.703 2 of 2 .692 5.004
16 Alex TOMASSETTI (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:30.210 4 of 4 .507 5.511
17 Ian ANDREWS (SA) Suzuki GSXR 1:30.273 2 of 3 .063 5.574
18 Stephen LIDDICOAT (SA) Suzuki GSXR 1:30.352 3 of 3 .079 5.653
19 Grant HAY (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:30.645 2 of 2 .293 5.946
20 Jason CULLEN (NSW) Yamaha R6 1:30.645 2 of 4 .000 5.946
21 Cameron STRONACH (WA) Yamaha R6 1:30.705 3 of 3 .060 6.006
22 Shane INGRAM (VIC) Suzuki GSXR 1:31.053 4 of 4 .348 6.354
23 Brett SIMMONDS (TAS) Suzuki GSXR 1:31.549 2 of 3 .496 6.850
24 Bryan STARING (WA) Honda CBR RR 1:34.132 2 of 2 2.583 9.433
  • 1015 - Superbike Warm Up
Pos Name Class Machine Fastest On Lap Gap Behind
1 Bryan STARING (WA)   Honda CBR RR 1:23.341 3 of 3
2 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW)   Yamaha R1 1:23.709 4 of 4 .368 .368
3 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC)   Kawasaki ZX10R 1:24.088 3 of 4 .379 .747
4 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW)   Yamaha R1 1:24.225 3 of 4 .137 .884
5 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) P Honda CBR RR 1:24.461 3 of 4 .236 1.120
6 Craig COXHELL (VIC)   Suzuki GSXR 1:24.568 4 of 4 .107 1.227
7 Shawn GILES (NSW)   Suzuki GSXR 1:24.742 3 of 3 .174 1.401
8 Robert BUGDEN (QLD)   Suzuki GSXR 1:24.786 4 of 4 .044 1.445
9 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) P Yamaha R1 1:24.983 3 of 3 .197 1.642
10 Adam FERGUSSON (VIC)   Honda CBR RR 1:25.011 4 of 4 .028 1.670
11 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC)   Kawasaki ZX10R 1:25.496 3 of 3 .485 2.155
12 Ashley ROE (VIC) P Honda CBR RR 1:26.003 4 of 4 .507 2.662
13 Michael FRASER (NSW) BP Suzuki GSXR 1:27.243 3 of 3 1.240 3.902
14 Anthony GOBERT (VIC) P Kawasaki ZX10R 1:27.749 4 of 4 .506 4.408
15 Steve MANNING (NSW) BP Honda CBR RR 1:28.086 4 of 4 .337 4.745
16 Brenden GUROWSKI (QLD) P Honda CBR RR 1:28.117 4 of 4 .031 4.776
17 Dennis CHARLETT (SA) P Kawasaki ZX10R 1:28.360 3 of 4 .243 5.019
18 Mark HIGGINS (VIC) BP Honda CBR RR 1:28.436 4 of 4 .076 5.095
19 Matt BATTISTA (WA) P Yamaha R1 1:29.051 3 of 3 .615 5.710
20 Cole ODENDAAL (QLD) P Suzuki GSXR 1:29.163 3 of 3 .112 5.822
21 Brent SIDWELL (QLD) BP Honda CBR RR 1:29.975 4 of 4 .812 6.634
  • 1010 - A stark contrast greeted competitors this morning with not a cloud in the sky and an ambient temperature already on a sharp rise. All the warm up sessions have been completed. We did get off to a start with the first race of the day but a red flag on the first lap is causing us a small delay while things are cleared up but we are not far away from a restart now

Rnd 2/3 - Winton - March 22/25 - Pictorials - Gallery A - Gallery B - Gallery C - Gallery D - Gallery E
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Race 2 - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - FX - Superbike - FZ6 - 125
Race 1 - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - 125 - FZ6 - FX - Superbike
Combined Qualifying - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - FX Cup - Superbike - FZ6 Cup - 125
Combined Practices - Superstock - Naked/Twins - Supersport - FX Cup - Superbike - FZ6 Cup - 125
 

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