- 1650 - That is us done for the day from a very wet Winton Motor
Raceway, catch you here tomorrow where again it is forecast to be
wet but with a chance of it fining up in the afternoon. Sunday
is forecast to be cold with a few showers, minimum 5c and maximum
13c.
- 1630 - Full Combined Results
from today's Superbike sessions
- 1610 - On combined time across both sessions we have the
following Superbike Top Ten - Gobert 1m35.29 - Brookes 1m36.59 -
Charlton is third on his time from the morning session, 1m37.00 -
Fergusson 1m38.04 - Johnson 1m38.70 - Bugden 6th on his morning
time, 1m38.76 - Giles 1m38.81 - D Stauffer 1m39.65 - J Stauffer
1m39.87 - Henderson 1m39.99
- 1607 - On his last lap Gobert lowered the mark further to a
1m35.29, everyone on their final lap now. Brookesy down to 1m36.59
- 1606 - The Go Show puts in a 1m35.66 in the diabolical
conditions to really sound a warning that if it is this wet come
race day he could be the man. Brookesy next best with a
1m36.83. Johnson up to 4th quickest with a 1m38.70
- 1605 - 1m37.07 now from Brookes, Gobert down to 1m37.40
- 1603 - 1m37.6 now for Brookesy
- 1601 - Brookesy down to 1m37.81 now. Five minutes to run
- 1600 - Gilesy down to 1m38.81 to go 4th, Shannon Johnson up to
5th from way back after putting in a 1m39.3. Brookes, Gobert
and Krusty the top three still
- 1557 - Krusty down to a 1m38.8 but still 3rd on the timesheets.
Charlton just did a 1m39.9, Giles 5th quickest with a 1m40.5
- 1553 - Scott Charlton up to 4th quickest, 1m41.0. Shannon
Etheridge up to 6th, 1m42.0
- 1552 - Hendo just went grass tracking but remained upright and
is rejoining the circuit
- 1551 - Brookes to the top now, 1m38.29
- 1550 - Brookesy down to 1m39.0 now. Gobert still quickest,
Krusty 3rd, Allerton 4th, Giles 5th, Hendo 6th, Maxwell th, Rees
8th. 15 minutes to go
- 1548 - Brookes also down in the 30s now with a 1m39.41
- 1547 - Gobert down to 1m38.4 now, rain still falling quite
heavily
- 1546 - Krusty just ran off the circuit but remained upright. He
had lowered his mark to 1m40.5 on the previous lap
- 1545 - Anthony Gobert on top now with a 1m40.1
- 1543 - Brookesy quickest with 22 minutes remaining on a 1m41.2,
Krusty next on 1m42.4 followed by Anthony Gobert on 1m44.6.
Pretty much the whole field has gone out in this session, Team
Suzuki and Team Yamaha riders all on track
- 1539 - Superbikes heading out for another splash around now
- 1535 - Superstock First
Qualifying Results
- 1526 - Superbikes headed out and did a few laps before the
session was halted due to a lot of standing water at turn 2 which
track personnel are going to try and clear
- 1522 - Pro Twins First Qualifying
Results
- 1520 - Full Supersport
Combined Practice Times from today
- 1444 - Five minutes remaining in the Pro Twins first qualifier,
Taborsky leading the way in the wet from Fripp, McMartin and Van
Rooyen
- 1434 - Pictorial -
Gallery B
- 1423 - Supersport second session just finished, on combined time
today we have the following top ten - Aitchison 1m39.73, Brookes
1m40.05, Davies 1m40.77, Waters 1m41.29, Clarke 1m41.34, Stanley
1m41.77, O'Halloran 1m42.30, Staring 1m42.61, Davies 1m43.16,
Fergusson 1m43.47
- 1410 - Supersport bikes back on track
- 1407 - Red flag out again to clear a fallen machine
- 1401 - The second Supersport practice session was halfway
complete before the red flag came out to clear a fallen machine from
the track. They are back on track now
- 1400 - Pictorial -
Gallery A
- 1346 - Nakedbike First Qualifying
- 125 GP First Qualifying -
- 1155 - Session over - Gobert 1m36.3, Charlton 1m37.0, Brookes
1m37.4, Bugden 1m38.7, Maxwell 1m40.9, Tuddenham 1m41.1, J Stauffer
1m41.4, Henderson 1m42.5, Coote 1m42.8, Rees 1m42.9, Holland 1m43.1,
Etheridge 1m43.5, Roe 1m45.4, Johnson 1m45.4, Naughton 1m47.9,
Turnbull 1m50.6, Ellis 2m00. That's it, only 17 riders ventured onto
the track. C&D Graders heading out now
- 1151 - Gobert goes to the top with a couple of minutes
remaining, 1m36.3
- 1146 - Brookesy is having a bit of a go and just got a bit
sideways tipping into turn one after putting in a 1m37.4 to close
the gap to Charlton
- 1145 - Rain coming down a little harder now. Go Show heading out
of pit lane again. Shannon Johnson has also gone out to circulate
- 1144 - Charlton still quickest with ten minutes to go, 1m37.00.
Next best is Brookesy with a 1m38.1 and Anthony Gobert has decided
to go out for a couple of laps and went straight down to a 1m38.3.
Anthony could be a dark horse for a win this weekend if the weather
turns very bad come race day
- 1137 - Multimedia - Morning interview with Phil Tainton.
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- 1136 - Charlton the first man under 1m40 with a 1m38.2
- 1135 - Superstock First
Practice Results - WET
- 1132 - Superbikes are on track now, conditions are a wet track
and light drizzle falling. Both Suzuki men have remained in the
pits, as have the Yamaha men. Brookesy and Jamie Stauffer only
factory men out circulating. Jamie returned to the pits almost
immediately however reporting some sort of front end problem.
- 1057 - Pro Twins First Practice
Results - WET - Superstock session just got underway
- 1036 - The rain has temporarily stopped but the track is still
very wet. If it starts raining again prior to the first Superbike
practice session then I imagine many of the Superbike riders will
sit out the session in the pits.
- 1034 - 12 minutes to go in Pro Twins first practice with only
ten bikes on track, the same number that ventured out this morning
in the nakedbike class.
- 1033 - Supersport First
Practice Results - WET
- 1025 - Supersport practice session winding down now in constant
drizzle. 23 riders on track but many have chosen to sit this one out
in the pits
- 1000 -
Nakedbike First Practice Results -
125 GP First Practice Results
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