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Unedited race
notes from our live reporting page
- 1244 - Word is that Dan Stauffer
has a broken wrist and forearm, that is yet to be confirmed by Xray
etc. but that is the early diagnosis
- 1239 - Superbike Race one
provisional result - Giles, Fergusson, J Stauffer, Johnson, Brookes,
Charlton, Bugden, Allerton, Rees, Geronomi, Maxwell, Tuchyna, Adams.
The only thing I can see possibly changing is the position of
Charlton as he did run off the track and cut out half a lap in the
first leg which I am unsure as to whether that has been taken
in to account as yet or not
- 1238 - Gilesy takes the win by 2.7
seconds over Fergusson, Jamie Stauffer takes third, Johnson fourth,
Brookes fifth
- 1237 - Last lap board now - On
track it is Giles, Fergusson, Johnson, Jamie Stauffer
- 1236 - Giles controlling it now,
he knows he only has to keep it tidy for a couple more laps and the
win is his
- 1235 - Three laps to run and on
combined time it is Giles with 2.6 seconds over Fergusson who in
turn has a full second on Jamie Stauffer. Fourth is Shannon Johnson
with two seconds on Josh Brookes
- 1233 - Krusty was pulling out all
stops to try and close on Shawn but he nearly missed a stop
altogether after nearly running out of track at the final turn, how
he managed to pull it up I'll never know, I was sure he was going to
be picking sand out of his teeth just then but he holds it together
and only loses a few tenths with the mistake and holds on to the
second position on track
- 1232 - Shannon takes third place
on track from Jamie. Charlton had been running fifth on track
but Brookes has just worked his way past for the track position
- 1231 - Fergusson up to second on
track now but still third on combined time but only by a couple of
tenths, on the track he is perhaps half a second behind Shawn but on
combined time the Suzuki's lead is a full two seconds
- 1230 - Gilesy with a few bike
lengths over Jamie now and Krusty has passed Shannon on the track so
the on track order now the same as the order on combined time
- 1229 - On combined times the order
is; Shawn, Jamie, Adam, Shannon, Josh
- 1228 - Krusty on a charge this
time, down to 55.8 and closing on Shannon
- 1227 - Suzuki, Kawasaki, Yamaha,
Honda the lead order after the first lap of the restart with Shawn,
Jamie, Shannon and Fergusson the protagonists in that top quartet
- 1226 - Who is going to get the
jump this time!.......... It is Gilesy and Jamie Stauffer who both
get off the line well while this time it was Josh's turn to fluff
the start as his Fireblade went skyward which meant he had to get
out of the throttle, they are going to have to try and invent some
sort of launch control for those Fireblades
- 1225 - I think we could be looking
at a record crowd here today with close to perfect weather, clear
blue sky and only a very slight breeze
- 1224 - Off on their warm up lap
again now. Krusty even fluffed his leave off the line on the warm up
lap, he will be livid. Third time lucky perhaps when he comes
around this time for the race start
- 1221 - All the mess has been
cleared and pit lane will open in 60 seconds for the riders to head
out and form up on the grid once again prior to another warm up lap.
Then we will have the second leg of this opening race which will run
over another 12 laps
- 1219 - We believe Dan came down on
his shoulder so could have damaged that once again. Both Jamie and
Shannon did stop at the scene before riding off so we can only
assume that Dan must be okay apart from the normal injuries
sustained in such a tumble
- 1215 - It is Daniel down, Shannon
is in the pits on his bike. Apologies to Jan and AJ as I know
I probably just gave you a heart attack
- 1214 - HANG ON, we thought and
along with everyone else that it was Shannon that was down but we
just got word that it could in fact be Dan Stauffer down. More as it
unfolds
- 1213 - There were 12 laps
remaining when the red flag came out so I expect we will have a
restart for the remaining laps with the grid decided on the current
running order and the overall race result decided on combined time
across the two legs
- 1211 - RED FLAG - Need to clear
Shannon's bike from the exit of the left hander, racesafe on way in
van and also vehicle recovery, racesafe there in I think less than
90 seconds and that would be a conservative estimate, perhaps closer
to 60 seconds
- 1211 - Lappers already but they
all make it through safely. Brookes through on Dan for 3rd place.
Shannon Johnson down at the left hander
- 1210 - The Honda boys starting to
look a little threatening now also with Brookes in fourth and
Fergusson fifth, the pair closing on Dan Stauffer
- 1209 - Shawn to the lead now, that
could be a wise move as Jamie will now have to fend off a challenge
from his brother
- 1208 - Things hotting up in front
now, the order still Jamie, Shawn and Dan but they are very close
together now and Dan looks as though he is on a mission after what
was a disappointing and frustrating day for him yesterday
- 1207 - Dan Stauffer the first man
to break the race lap record after going through in third place with
a 56.022, he is only half a second behind Giles
- 1206 - The race order; Jamie,
Shawn, Shannon, Dan, Josh, Adam, Bugden, Allerton
- 1205 - 18 laps to run now and
still Jamie from Shawn, both ran 56.2 that time around and have
pulled out a few tenths over Shannon
- 1205 - Jamie holds the lead around
lap one but Gilesy is hounding him while Shannon Johnson and Daniel
Stauffer follow
- 1204 - Superbikes are off and
Fergusson completely fluffed the start which shuffled him back
through the field but no such problems for Jamie Stauffer who held
the lead through turn one and through the esses
- 1153 - Superbikes out next for
their fist race of the weekend
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