MCNEWS.COM.AU - The ultimate in motorcycle news 2005 Australian Superbike Championship - Round Three - Wanneroo Raceway
Nakedbike & NK Lites - Race 2
May 29th, 2005

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Pos Name Class Machine Laps Time Behind Fastest On Lap
1 Benn ARCHIBALD (QLD) NB Aprilia Tuono 7 6:57.823   58.487 3
2 Simon RATTENBURY (TAS) NB Yamaha FZ1 1000 7 7:01.890 4.067 59.182 2
3 Alan HOARE (NSW) NB Yamaha FZ1 1000 7 7:06.766 8.943 59.755 5
4 James VAN ROOYEN (SA) NB Aprilia Tuono 7 7:16.143 18.320 1:01.151 2
5 Andrew WHYMENT (SA) NB Aprilia Tuono 7 7:38.336 40.513 1:04.150 2
6 Pete SMITH (QLD) NKL Ducati 900 SS 7 7:43.543 45.720 1:04.989 2
7 Byron MILLS (NSW) NKL Yamaha FZ6 600 7 7:46.076 48.253 1:04.808 6
8 Andrew OLM (QLD) NKL Honda Hornet 600 7 7:51.647 53.824 1:06.486 6
DNF Jon CARTWRIGHT (QLD) NB Yamaha FZ1 1000 5 4:59.993 2 Laps 58.571 5

Unedited rough notes from out live text coverage

  • 1005 - All over by the shouting now as we lost Cartwright somewhere on the circuit, not sure why but he will be a DNF, Archibald celebrates the win with a nice mono while Rattenbury takes second place 4 seconds behind and Al Hoare scores the final spot on the podium a further 5 seconds down.  Eight riders finished that race from what looked like nine starters. Disappointing for the class it must be said.
  • 1004 - Only a couple of laps to run and Cartwright is putting in a determined charge to try and close some ground to Archibald, the gap had gone out to nearly 2.5 seconds but he pegged a few tenths back from that after putting in a 58.57 to Archibald's 58.9 on that time around
  • 1002 - Archibald backed that up with a 58.48 on the next lap to stretch his lead out to 1.9 seconds over Cartwright who managed a 59.71 that time around. Al Hoare running fourth and also under the magic minute mark now
  • 1001 - Cartwright and Rattenbury got away with Archibald in this encounter but it only took a lap for Archibald to start pulling away with a 58.60 on his second lap but Cartwright should not be counted out of the game as he was also in the 58s with a 58.810, Rattenbury still there also with a 59.182
  • 1000 - More technical dramas for the Aprilia men again at this round though with John Allen having to sit this one out. It isn't only the Aprilia men to have had dramas in this class though as one of the FZ-1 Yamaha machines also lunched a motor yesterday
  • 0958 - Nakedbikes are out for the first race of the day which is their second race of the weekend. Only a very small nakedbike field again at this round which is quite disappointing as the class did hold much promise but without a large quality of field bikes the class does lose some allure. The two Aprilia men are the only team in this class with any sort of budget and that shows in the results while Rattenbury and Cartwright chase them.

Results

Lap Time Chart - Sorted by race number and NOT by finishing order

No Name Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Lap 7
1 Benn ARCHIBALD (QLD) 1:03.123 58.604 58.487 58.656 58.900 58.894 1:01.159
3 Simon RATTENBURY (TAS) 1:03.497 59.182 59.749 59.768 59.559 59.987 1:00.148
5 Jon CARTWRIGHT (QLD) 1:03.584 58.810 59.713 59.315 58.571
32 Pete SMITH (QLD) 1:09.887 1:04.989 1:04.992 1:05.275 1:08.111 1:05.128 1:05.161
36 Alan HOARE (NSW) 1:05.176 1:00.118 59.949 1:00.972 59.755 1:00.221 1:00.575
41 Andrew WHYMENT (SA) 1:08.307 1:04.150 1:05.313 1:05.060 1:05.224 1:05.079 1:05.203
77 James VAN ROOYEN (SA) 1:06.903 1:01.151 1:01.241 1:01.709 1:01.320 1:01.736 1:02.083
81 Byron MILLS (NSW) 1:11.349 1:06.348 1:05.639 1:05.883 1:05.211 1:04.808 1:06.838
99 Andrew OLM (QLD) 1:11.291 1:06.706 1:06.648 1:06.751 1:06.822 1:06.486 1:06.943

2005 Australian Superbike Championship
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