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Unedited race
notes from our live reporting page
- 1644 - Full results coming down
shortly from the Superbikes and we will post full results and points
when they have been signed off on by the appropriate authorities
- 1626 - Still waiting for
confirmation of the full results from the second Superbike leg.
- 1624 - We just got word that Dan
Stauffer has been told at hospital he as broken nothing but instead
has done a little bruising on his kidney along with being quite
battered and bruised so it is highly likely that we will see him
back in action next week in Adelaide
- 1556 - We just got word that
Brookes might in fact lose the sixth place he recovered for not
rejoining the circuit in the correct fashion after getting himself
out of the sand.... More to hand when things are confirmed...
- 1537 - Superbike Race Two
Provisional Results - Giles, Johnson, J Stauffer, Fergusson,
Charlton, Brookes, Bugden, Allerton, Rees, Geronomi, Coote,
Etheridge, Adams, Tuchyna, Turnbull.... But we have received notice
that the results are being held pending, well something,,, not sure
what but don't count your chickens just yet....
- 1534 - Over the hill they come and
Brookes has made his way past Johnson somewhere around the back of
the circuit, not sure whether it was due to just speed or lapped
traffic but the outcome is the same. Last lap board and then
Brookesy showed that maybe his second place had come from sheer
speed as he then took Giles before the left hander, they are side by
side down the hill, side by side under brakes at the final turn,
Brookesy in too deep and in the sand, picks the bike up and rejoins
the race to salvage 6th but Gilesy the winner, Johnson second by
8-tenths and Jamie Stauffer takes a distant third place some 12
seconds behind. Fergusson 4th, Charlton 5th, Brookes 6th,
Bugden 7th, Allerton 8th
- 1533 - None of the boys seem to be
suffering with tyres here today to the extent they did at Eastern
Creek early in the month, at the moment it is Dunlop, Dunlop,
Michelin with two laps to go. Adam Fergusson is close enough
to start challenging Jamie Stauffer for fourth and surely will
before this race ends... 2 to go
- 1532 - Giles, Johnson, Brookes the
order and the trip now covered by only 6-tenths as Brookes is not
the fastest man on the circuit after putting in a 55.988 on that
lap...
- 1531 - Giles up the inside under
brakes at Novus Corner to take the lead with a little over four laps
to run. Brookes seems to have closed a little ground back on the
pair also...
- 1529 - Lots of lapped traffic on
the hands of the leaders now, must be a nightmare for them out there
at this stage of the race as their fate certainly isn't in their own
hands at some points of the race... Giles now less than 2-tenths
from Johnson while Brookes is now a full second behind... 6 laps to
run
- 1528 - Brookes lost some ground on
Giles that time around but still managed to close another tenth on
race leader Shannon as the second and third placed riders now
putting in faster laps than the race leader but only by a whisker..
Giles only 3-tenths behind Shannon now though... 8 laps to run..
- 1527 - Giles and Brookes spurring
each on to bigger and better things as at first glance I thought
Shannon must have had a bad lap as the pair had closed a lot of
ground on him but the timing monitor told a different story with
Giles putting down a 55.900 and Brookes a 56.040 which is what
brought Shannon a bit closer to them
- 1525 - Lapped traffic already
quite a problem for the leaders but everything safe thus far.
Johnson looks to possibly have the measure of his pursuers in this
one and has stretched his lead back out to 1.1 seconds now while
Brookes is trying hard to get close enough to challenge Giles for
second. Adam Fergusson still fifth and possibly with enough time on
his hands remaining to try and chase down Jamie Stauffer for
fourth...
- 1523 - Brookes has put his head
down to try and go with Giles and he is doing exactly that, fastest
lap of the race thus far to Brookes with a 56.069 but that doesn't
drag too much in on Giles as the Suzuki man did 56.163 on that lap
and Shannon a 56.259, things are tight at the top on lap times and
the current gaps are 8-tenths between first and second with Brookes
only a couple of tenths adrift of Giles
- 1522 - Brookes up to third which
pushes Jamie Stauffer back to fourth. Giles closing on Johnson
already, the gap is one full second but plenty of laps left...
- 1520 - Fergusson the fastest man
on that lap despite the traffic and up to sixth place and then made
up another place on the following lap to be up to fifth. Johnson
still leading the way while Shawn Giles, Jamie Stauffer and Josh
Brookes battle over second place which could play in to Shannon's
hands... It is a long race however, 15 laps still to run.
Gilesy up to second now and with some clear track...
- 1518 - Revs rise, and they're off,
well some of them are.... Fergusson's clutch bit numerous times and
the bike jumped and crawled and jumped again, a nightmare for the
Honda boys and by the time he got to turn one he was well outside
the top ten... Shannon Johnson was the man with the quick draw
clutch hand though and led them around the first lap from Jamie
Stauffer and Shawn Giles followed by Brookes, Rees, Allerton, Bugden
and Geronomi. Fergusson trying to force his way forward and made it
up to 11th by the end of that first lap after going up the inside
and outside of riders at virtually every turn. They come round to
start lap three now and it is still Shannon leading from Jamie and
Shannon the quickest man on that lap by a few tenths with a 56.150
- 1512 - Superbikes forming up on
the grid now before they set off on their warm up lap
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