YMF Australian Superbike 2005 - Round Three - Wanneroo Raceway

Unedited rough notes from Friday's live coverage

1637 - Interview - Interview with Shawn Giles following his record breaking pole position lap, this file is for Windows Media Player and is 1,778kb in size, right click the links and select 'save target as' to download the file to your computer prior to playing, right click this link and select 'save target as'
1617 - Saturday content from Wanneroo - - Nakeds QP2 - 125 QP2 - Supersport QP1 - Twins QP2 - Superstock QP2 - C&D QP2 - Superbike QP1 - Sidecar QP2 - Nakeds R1 - 125 R1 - Supersport QP2 - Twins R1 - Superstock R1 - Superbike QP2 - C&D R1 - Sidecar R1 -
1535 - Full results from Superbike Final Qualifying with combined times / grid
1527 - Grid - Giles, J Stauffer, Johnson, Brookes, Fergusson, D Stauffer, Bugden, Gobert, Holland, Charlton, Allerton, Rees, Geronomi, Etheridge, Henderson, Maxwell, Coote, Adams, Stronach, Turnbull, Naughton, Tuchyna, Schmidt, Smith, Roe, Millington, Ellis, Alderson, Nanovich, McMenamin
1524 - Flag is out now, riders still on the circuit are on their final flyer but it looks as though the top order is set, Giles on pole, Jamie Stauffer 2nd, Shannon Johnson 3rd and Josh Brookes 4th to make it a four brand front row. You can't ask for better than that!
to get a clear lap amongst the traffic. He has his helmet off and has had enough for this session and it remains to be seen if anyone can knock him off in the final couple of minutes
1519 - With only a few minutes remaining on combined time the standings are currently; Giles, J Stauffer, Johnson, Brookes, Fergusson D Stauffer, Gobert, Holland, Bugden
1518 - Gilesy cracks out a 55.354 to smash the pole record! Five minutes left, can he go quicker, will we see our first ever 54?
1515 - Dan Stauffer making progress, down to 56.060 after what was an extremely frustrating first qualifier early today where he had numerous little problems with the bike in the session including being sent out with no brakes at one stage! Great for the nerves that one...
1514 - Jamie then backed that time with with a 55.778 to go quicker again. Last year's pole time went to Adam Fergusson with a 55.644. Gilesy's in for rubber
1513 - Jamie Stauffer on top now with 10 minutes remaining, 55.796 the time, still just outside last year's qualifying time..
1512 - Fergusson down to 55.993 now and making forward progress it seems. Anthony Gobert went out a couple of minutes ago and came straight back in on the next lap for some adjustments which his mechanics are doing now.
1508 - Gilesy has put his best lap of the day in just then with a55.854 which is good enough to have him atop the timesheets on combined time. Brookes also in the 55s this session
1502 - Johnson fastest thus far in this session but no real serious times going down yet compared to this morning's 55 second scorchers
1501 - Glenn Allerton just went straight on before the left hander but kept it upright across the grass. The young Sydneysider suffering terribly with a flu this weekend and struggling with energy levels and concentration
1500 - Full results from Superstock Race 1
1454 - Superbikes heading out of pitlane now for their final qualifier
1453 - The damages bikes are still being removed from out of the sandtrap and then the Superbike final qualifier will be underway
1444 - Over the hill for the final time and Bartlome still in front and then the inevitable move at the final turn unfolded in disaster as both riders went down tumbling into the dirt at the end of that back straight. One of the bikes cartwheeled and will be seriously damaged no doubt but hopefully the riders are okay as at the end of the day that's all that matters. Neither rider wanted to give in and it was a battle of who was bravest but in the end they both ended up on their heads which allowed Daniel Figueiredo to take the win from Shane Ingram and Anthony Quinn, Darren Edwards fourth, Dean Bonthorne fifth, Chris Casella sixth, Drew Bennett seventh and Clint Clarke eighth. Next up is Superbike final qualifying
1442 - Henry was in no hurry to get past however and watched Bartlome from right behind on the penultimate lap and was tucked in behind as they got the last lap board
1441 - Henry then put in a 60.7 to pull more time back on Bartlome, that gap down to half a second with three laps to run. It looks inevitable that Henry will catch and pass Bartlome now
1440 - Had put his head down and pulled out two 60.8 second laps in succession to close the gap to Bartlome down to 1.2 seconds with 4 laps to run so it seems quite possible he is going to catch Bartlome and challenge for the lead before too long
1439 - Full results from Pro Twins race 1
1438 - Bartlome got a flyer off the line in the first Superstock encounter while newcomer Ben Henry failed to capitalise on his pole position as Daniel Figueiredo also slotted past him from the second row. Bartlome made great haste following that holeshot and set a cracking pace around the back of the circuit to pull away and by the end of the first lap he had pulled a full second over his pursuers while Henry was commencing battle over second place with Bartlome. Henry got that second spot under brakes at Novus Corner late on the second lap but Bartlome had escaped to the tune of 1.7 seconds now and with only six more laps Henry would really have to put his head down in order to chase him down.
1430 - Pro Twins points now have McMartin leading the way with 89 points following his dominant performance at Eastern Creek early this month with John Allen next best on 67 points
1427 - Full results from Supersport Final Qualifying showing combined times / grid - Full results from 125 Race 1
1426 - Archibald pulled away in the Pro Twins race after dipping into the 57s and took the win by 3 seconds over his team-mate with Craig McMartin taking the final step on the podium a further 7 seconds down
1421 - Pro Twins race one underway now with Archibald, McMartin and Allen the leading protagonists
1415 - Brookes, Waters, Staring, Baird, Seaton, Aitchison, Fergusson, Jones, O'Halloran, Clarke, Stalder, Crowe, Cote, Curran, Davies, Fitzgerald, Cudlin, Campbell, Davies, Goldsmith is the order on combined times and how the grid will be formed
1412 - Flag out now so they are on their final lap. Brookesy didn't bother going out in this session as his time from the earlier sessions has remained good enough for pole
1407 - Aitchison is finding time also, improving down to 58.023. The Honda men and some of the quick runners from earlier today have hardly turned a wheel in this session and there is only 4 minutes to run
1402 - Clarke has found a lot of time to now get down to 58.7. Jones going well on 58.442 for 6th in this session with 10 minutes remaining
1358 - Seaton has found some more time to get down to 58.012
1356 - Bairdy also an improver, the Brisbane rider has found half a second to drop his time to 58.030. 15 minutes remaining in this session
1352 - Chris Seaton in his return from breaking his wrist went really well this morning for fifth quickest with a 58.167 and he has improved a little on that so far this session by dropping to a 58.154
1350 - 20 minutes left in this Supersport final qualifier and Bryan Staring is leading the way with a 57.810. Brookes scored provisional pole in the first session with a 57.784 ahead of Josh Waters on 57.801 and Staring on 57.915 so Staring has improved his time a little but that is still only good enough for third on combined time.
1344 - Interview with Shawn Giles following the first Superbike qualifying session, the file is for Windows Media Player and is 2,560 in size, right click the following link and select 'save target as' to download the file to your computer prior to playing, right click this link
1342 - Full results from the earlier Nakeds Race 1 - Supersport machines on track now starting their final qualifying session
1338 -Hatton has the lead on combined time but he wants to win on the track and he pulls a good move under brakes at Novus Corner to steal the lead from Simmonds and ran across the line to take the win which was met with a vocal cheer from the WA crowd.
1337 - Brett Simmonds then decided he wanted to lead and managed to eclipse Hatton and Galvin to take his turn up the front and he started to pull away from Hatton
1334 - Galvin got the best run off the line at the restart and took that advantage all the way around lap one while Hatton was shuffled back to fourth place at turn one but got back up to second place at the final turn and set out after Galvin.
1330 - WA youngster Tom Hatton took the lead through the basin on the opening lap of this first 125 encounter and was stalked down the straight by Peter Galvin but Hatton retained the advantage around turn one and then made a little ground through the esses and the left hander before coming over the hill with a couple of bike lengths over Galvin and over the back of the circuit Brett Simmonds had clawed some ground on Galvin and was starting to challenge for second place. The red flag was brought out with six laps to run after a couple of riders went down and a machine was left on the track making the track unsafe. The race was then restarted for the final six laps with the results to be decided on the combined times from both legs. Riders are on the grid now ready for the second part of this race
1312 - Benn Archibald quickly sprinted away in the first Nakedbike race as his team-mate John Allen suffered some problems as did other top runner Simon Rattenbury. Archibald went on to win the six lapper by more than six seconds over Jon Cartwright who had got the better of Al Hoare for second place. Next up is the first 125 race
1310 - Interview with Shannon Johnson following the first Superbike qualifying session, the file is for Windows Media Player and is 1,170kb in size, right click the following link and select 'save target as' to download the file to your computer prior to playing, right click this link
1255 - Sidecar final qualifying has been run with Abbott & Biggs cruising around and not going too fast so as not to disqualify half the field due to the percentage off pole rule. Abbott is the 2002 World Sidecar Champion and his machine is a weapon, he did an easy 60 second lap for pole yesterday and will wait until the races before showing what he can really do, expect 58s, perhaps even a 57
1254 - Full results from C&D Grade Final Qualifying / Grid
1219 - Full results from Superbike first qualifying
1217 - Fergusson improves to go ahead of Gobert and take fifth spot with a 56.267, flag is out now so they are on their final flying lap
1216 - Giles improves his time again now down to 56.012 but that's still only good enough for third, 60 seconds remaining... Jamie Stauffer in
1215 - Johnson to the top of the charts, 55.859, Giles up to third with a 56.112
1214 - Three minutes to run, both Suzuki men on track, Krusty getting a new tyre and Brookesy on track, Jamie on track, one of the Yamaha men is on track but can't make out which one from here
1213 - Johnson up to second quickest now with a 56.189 which pushes Brookes into third and Gobert into fourth
1212 - Anthony Gobert up to third quickest now with five minutes remaining in this session. The Go Show put down a 56.351
1210 - Anthony Gobert improves his time to a 56.486 and sits in sixth spot just ahead of Fergusson and Bugden. Scott Charlton back up to 4th quickest with a 56.364 to push Giles back to fifth. Krusty just improved his time ever so slightly but not enough to take sixth off Gobert
1209 - Tyre warmers coming off Allerton's Suzuki now, Gilesy coming in
1208 - Jamie Stauffer the first man in the 55s today, the Kawasaki man just cranked out a 55.887, two-tenths off the qualifying record but well under the race lap record. Johnson up to third quickest now with a 56.357
1206 - Gilesy third quickest now with a 56.367. Brookesy heading out of pitlane. 10 minutes to run in this session. Fergusson coming in, Glenn Allerton still in pitlane with his machine on tyre warmers...
1204 - Giles heading out now on what looks like brand new rubber with the sticker still attached. Fergusson on track, Jamie Stauffer back in the pits for a brief few seconds then out again, Allerton still in the pits
1202 - Brookes to the top of the charts, 56.195, rear tyre out of Gilesy's machine and being replaced with new rubber. Anthony Gobert back into the pits for some more refinements. Brookesy just coming in also
1201 - Fergusson pushes Charlton back to fourth but Charlton comes right back to reverse the order once again. Giles and Allerton not making progress up the ranks as yet, perhaps testing a race tyre for durability...Giles back in the pits now and Krusty follows him in, Charlton and Allerton also coming in
1200 - Charlton up to 3rd now with a 56.632. Anthony Gobert has made some progress to now be up to sixth on the Redwing Honda, 56.720
1159 - Jamie Stauffer heading out now, track is a little crowded and some riders might have trouble getting a clear lap in
1157 - Both Honda men on track now and one of the spare bikes getting fresh rubber. Hendo in for some changes. Allerton and Giles seventh and eighth, expect some progress from that pair very shortly
1156 - Johnson into the pits, Krusty still getting some changes made and looking at some data. Both Suzukis on track, Jamie Stauffer still in the pits. Scott Charlton up to 4th with a 56.669
1155 - Giles heading out of pitlane. Shannon Johnson up to 3rd quickest, 56.651, still Jamie Stauffer and Josh Brookes 1-2 on top
1154 - Jamie Stauffer on top now, 56.231. Both Suzuki men in the pits getting tyres. Anthony Gobert in to make some changes, as is Brookes and Fergusson just coming into pitlane also, Jamie Stauffer also coming in
1153 - Fergusson quickest now with 56.6, hold that, Brookesy now quickest with 56.424 and Jamie Stauffer 2nd quickest with 56.439. Looks as though we are going to see 55s in this session maybe...
1152 - Jamie Stauffer down to 56.8 now also
1151 - There we go, Brookes down to 56.7 now already, Fergusson 56.8
1150 - Adam Fergusson straight down to 58 with Allerton, won't be long before they are cracking out 56s
1147 - Superbikes heading out of pitlane now for their first qualifying session
1146 - The C&D session just finished and it is Scott Tuddenham on pole position ahead of Steve Manning and Mike Ward, nest up it is Rick Partoosh, Ben Henry, James Van Rooyen, Barry Black and Richard Liminton
1134 - Full results from Superstock final qualifying (Combined times / grid)
1126 - C&D Cup riders are on track now for their final qualifier then it is what we have been waiting for... The Superbikes
1122 - Ben Henry did not go out in that Superstock qualifying session and his 60.844 from yesterday is enough to retain pole position and Bartlome also went quicker yesterday and will take 2nd place on the grid ahead of Drew Bennett who earns that spot on yesterday's time while rounding out the front row will be Mike Ward who was quickest in this final session1120 - Flag is out now to end the session, riders are on their final flying lap
1117 - Three minutes remaining in the Superstock final qualifier now and Mike Ward is leading the way with a 61.452 a single thousandth of a second ahead of Bartlome who has put down a 61.453, how's that for close! Next is Edwards followed by Ingram, Figueiredo, Quinn, Higgins and Bonthorne
1116 - Full results from Pro Twins final qualifying (Combined times / grid)
1106 - Sorry about that break readers but I had to step out and do a promo interview with a radio station but the only thing we have missed while we have been away is the Pro Twins final qualifier and we will post the results from that session shortly. The Superstock final qualifier is on now and with a bit over 10 minutes to go it is Bartlome leading the way this morning
1025 - Full results from Supersport first qualifying
1023 - O'Halloran just took eighth spot from Clarke as the session closes, riders on their final flying lap now
1021 - A minute to go and things remain the same at the top apart from Clarke pushing up to eighth relegating Stalder to ninth
1019 - Only a couple of minutes remaining now and the order is Brookes, Waters, Staring, Fergusson, Seaton, Aitchison, Baird, Stalder
1016 - Word now that the red flag was actually due to a radio repeater failure due to a power spike which meant that race control would not communicate with the flag marshals over the back of the circuit thus sessions was red flagged until clear and reliable communications could be reestablished. Pit lane open in 30 seconds
1013 - No word yet on what the reason was the red flag was but one can only assume an incident over the back of the circuit has meant that something has to be cleared for safety reasons. Have had word that no injuries to worry about so feel free to breathe once again. Pit lane open again in two minutes
1009 - Session has been red flagged with seven minutes remaining, more news shortly.
1006 - 10 minutes remaining now and that top five from five minutes ago remains the same, hang on Fergusson just slotted up to 4th with a 58.05 while Stalder has pushed Coote outside the top eight
1001 - 15 minutes remaining in the opening supersport qualifying session now and the current order is Brookes (57.78), Waters (57.80), Staring (57.91), Seaton (58.16), Aitchison (58.22), Fergusson (58.68), Coote (58.90), Baird (58.92).
1000 - Full results in from 125 GP (Combined Times / Grid)
0955 - 20 minutes remaining in this Supersport first qualifier and at this early stage of the game it is Kawasaki 1-2 with Josh Waters and Chris Seaton the leading protagonists with Waters on 57.801 and Seaton on 58.167
0953 - Full results in now from Nakedbike Qualifying (Combined Times / Grid)
0943 - 125 final qualifying finishing up now and on combined time we have WA youngster Tom Hatton leading the way with a 61.173 ahead of Brett Simmonds (61.197), Paul Campbell (62.012), Peter Galvin (62.523), Brent Rigoli 62.619, Cath Thompson (63.015), Jordan Coleman (63.568), Candice Scott (63.745) then it is Vincent Bell, Chris Panayi, Rhys Moller, Bob Humphreys and Mark Laing-Hughes. Supersport out next for their first qualifying session, conditions slightly cooler this morning with possibly a little more breeze than yesterday but the track temperature this morning may help their tyres
0925 - Pictorial - Check out this gallery of action shots from yesterday - Gallery C
0924 - 125 GP bikes heading out for their final qualifier now.
0920 - Nakedbike final qualifying just wrapped up with Rattenbury fastest this morning with a 60.1 followed by Al Hoare 60.9 and Jon Cartwright 61.0. The times below are not combined as yet, we will post the combined results when we have them where of course Benn Archibald and John Allen will be on top from yesterday's qualifier (Removed after full results posted)