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Unedited race
notes from our live reporting page
- 1740 - Superbike results - Bugden,
Fergusson, Brookes, D Stauffer, J Stauffer, Holland, Greedy,
Allerton, Giles, Coote, Rees, Charlton, Etheridge, Maxwell, Roe,
Ellis
- 1737 - Last lap still Bugden in
front but looking messy, lappers are going to figure, Krusty looking
for an opportunity, they go round the back of the circuit, Bugden
has an edge on acceleration and that could be what counts, Krusty
trying under brakes, down to the final tow turns but no Bugden's
Yamaha pulls away again, they drive on to the straight and Bugden
gets it. A fantastic ride and then both of them head off to
the grass and fall over on the entrance to turn 1 after they get the
chequered flag to give a comedic ending to a great battle. And
that was right in front of the crowd on the hill who voiced their
appreciation. A great end to the day
- 1735 - Bugden protecting well in
the corners and Krusty can't get off the race line as he will find
the damp patches... Krusty will be getting very frustrated.. 2
to run
- 1734 - Bugden and Fergusson trying
hard but it must be said that Bugden's Yamaha YZF-R1 looks to have a
mumbo advantage over the Joe Rocket Honda... Krusty looks to
have the handling but there is certainly no shortage of neddies
finding their way to Bugden's rear Dunlop
- 1733 - Johnson went grass tracking
to lose that 3rd place to Brookes. Krusty put in a new fastest
lap that time around to be on Bugden's tailpipe again with 4 laps to
run
- 1731 - Brookesy has pulled away
from Dan Stauffer and closed right onto the tailpipe of Johnson to
challenge for 3rd place but that battle unfolding 10 seconds behind
the leading duo of Bugden and Fergusson
- 1730 - Bugden responds to Krusty's
challenge and managed to extend the gap again a little. Hendo
again ends this race in the kitty litter to put a cap on one of the
worst weekends ever for the Shepparton privateer
- 1729 - 7 to run and Fergusson all
over Bugden now... Brookesy up to 4th after getting the better
of Dan Stauffer
- 1727 - Brookesy got the better of
Gilesy for 5th and a lap later Gilesy ran off the circuit but
somehow remained upright while splashing through some puddles slow
time. He rejoined the circuit in 9th place 3 seconds ahead of
his team-mate. 8 laps to run and Krusty has reduced Bugden's lead to
only half a second
- 1726 - 9 laps to run and Krusty is
on it now to lower the new fastest mark of this race down to a
1m24.05 to pull 7-tenths out of Bugden to reduce the gap to a single
second. Shannon 4 seconds behind them with 4 seconds on the
battle for 4th which is shaping up as a ripper
- 1725 - The battle for 4th really
hotting up now as Brookesy has joined the fun good and proper
- 1724 - Krusty up to 2nd and
pulling away from Johnson. Bugden has a 1.7 second lead but
there is 10 laps to run... Brookesy has closed up to the back
of the Dan Stauffer / Shawn Giles battle over 4th
- 1723 - Fergusson being held up by
Johnson, the Yamaha looks faster in a straight line but Krusty all
over him in the corners...
- 1721 - Bugden leading by more than
a second now after putting in a new fastest lap, 1m24.492. Fergusson
climbing all over the back of Johnson. Dan Stauffer ahead of Giles.
Brookesy running 6th. Gobert started up the front but must have had
some sort of early problem
- 1720 - Gilesy and Dan Stauffer
running 1m25s on road rubber. Fergusson the fastest man on the
circuit on that last time around with a 1m24.98
- 1719 - Still Bugden with 14 laps
to run he has half a second on Johnson, the same gap back to
Fergusson in 3rd while Dan Stauffer and Shawn Giles battle over 4th
place
- 1717 - Johnson has a slick on the
rear and a 209 GP on the front while Dan Stauffer, Shawn Giles and
Glenn Allerton shod with 209 GPs at both ends
- 1716 - Pretty much all the Dunlop
men on road rubber while the Michelin shod Honda boys on slicks and
Bugden also on slicks but in his case they are Dunlop hoops
- 1716 - Bugden leading and looking
good. We had a privateer win the Supersport race could we see a
privateer take out the Superbike race...?
- 1715 - Shannon very wide but
remains upright but the mistake lets Bugden through and Fergusson
all over him
- 1714 - Away they go and again
Johnson gets the jump, Bugden in 2nd this time around ahead of
Krusty and Giles with Dan Stauffer and Anthony Gobert following
- 1713 - On the grid now getting
ready to go, a fair amount of the field seems to be on road tyres..
- 1712 - Solid dry line out there
now and most of the field I guess will be on slicks or very lightly
cut slicks
- 1711 - Darren Naughton is being
carted off to Wangaratta Hospital now for some x-rays and he will
probably remain there for observation overnight as he took a good
knock in the fall. Superbikes heading out of pitlane again now
for their formation lap
- 1656 - The race will be fully
restarted. Dan Stauffer was well down in the field after going
in to change his machine prior to the race start so he will be glad
of the re-start as long as the riders down are all okay
- 1653 - Red flag out, a number of
riders down a the start of the pit straight. Medical staff attending
to them. One of the riders down we believe is Darren Naughton
- 1652 - Johnson leads them across
the stripe to start lap two with 4-tenths on Krusty, Gobert a
further half a second behind in 3rd place, Brookesy 4th, Giles 5th,
Bugden 6th, Maxwell 7th, Etheridge 8th
- 1651 - Johnson on wets front and
rear... Gobert wet front, intermediate rear... Others on various...
Johnson gets the jump off the line to take the lead with Fergusson
and Gobert, very much a dry line out there now
- 1650 - Superbikes completing their
warm up lap now...
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