YMF Australian Superbike 2005 - Round Six

1720 - We have to run and catch a plane now so this is where we will sign off
1718 - Provisional Superbike Points
1700 - Superbike Provisional Race Two Results

Pos.	Name	Laps	Gap	Fastest
1	Jamie STAUFFER	14		1:10.739
2	Shawn GILES	14	.736	1:10.785
3	Robert BUGDEN	14	2.026	1:10.618
4	Glenn ALLERTON	14	2.635	1:10.663
5	Josh BROOKES	14	9.269	1:11.143
6	Adam FERGUSSON	14	13.154	1:11.224
7	Nick HENDERSON	14	15.510	1:11.403
8	Anthony GOBERT	14	16.332	1:11.733
9	Scott CHARLTON	14	22.111	1:12.037
10	Shannon ETHERIDGE	14	26.263	1:12.403
11	Russell HOLLAND	14	26.439	1:12.293
12	Tony REES	14	31.113	1:12.163
13	Judd GREEDY	14	34.381	1:12.797
14	Deon COOTE	14	36.410	1:13.034
15	Wayne MAXWELL	14	48.124	1:12.561
16	Roger HEYES	14	48.703	1:13.676
17	Trent GIBSON	14	1:01.383	1:14.291
18	Ashley ROE	14	1:10.526	1:15.059
19	Jason GREEN	14	1:11.743	1:15.166
20	Michael ELLIS	13	1 Lap	1:16.906
21	Paul McMENAMIN	12	2 Laps	1:20.664
22	Daniel STAUFFER	3	11 Laps	1:12.472

1658 - Jamie takes it, the Kawasaki man breaks through for the win, Giles 2nd, Bugden 3rd, Allerton 4th, Brookes 5th, Fergusson 6th, Henderson 7th, Gobert 8th
1657 - Bugden has taken third place from Allerton now but with two laps to run that fight is probably going to go all the way. I think Jamie has it for the win unless he makes a mistake or Gilesy steps things up to another level...
1655 - Lapped traffic for the leaders now and it looked as though Gilesy got held up a little by one of them which gave Jamie a couple of bike lengths, that could prove vital in the run to the line and could be just what Jamie needed but I think it is fair to say that if anyone deserves a little bit of luck it is Jamie as he certainly hasn't had much go his way this season
1654 - Jamie and Shawn have broken away from Allerton to the tune of two seconds now. Bugden closing on Allerton...
1652 - Hendo trying to take 7th place from Anthony Gobert. He did exactly that with a hugely sideways move under brakes at the end of the back straight but then nearly loses the rear on the way out of the next turn which allows Anthony to get back up on him but Hendo gets him again at the next turn, the pair having some serious fun and games.
1651 - Bugden has got 4th from Brookes. Jamie still leading Giles and Allerton but Bugden the fastest man on the track on that last lap which was the fastest lap of the race thus far but he is a couple of seconds behind the leading trio. 6 laps to run
1650 - Bugden is now all over Brookes and challenging for 4th.
1648 - Jamie torturing his Michelin rear out of some of the turns while Giles seems to be getting better drive but it didn't seem to make much difference as Jamie was still getting enough grip to stay there and then made his move with 8 laps to go to take his turn up front. Giles getting quite sideways under brakes while Jamie getting a little sideways on the power
1647 - The leading duo have all put in 1m10.7s laps so far in this race and the top three are still covered by only a second
1645 - Giles just managing to stay ahead of Jamie but the Kawasaki man looks determined and doesn't look as though he wants to settle for 2nd place. Allerton still with them only a couple of lengths behind while Brookes is 1.5 seconds further behind in 4th place ahead of his team-mate Adam Fergusson who is being hassled by Bugden and Gobert
1643 - On the second lap Fergusson ran very wide in the right hander after the end of the back straight to lose a lot of time while up front Jamie Stauffer had promoted himself to second place after getting the better of Allerton, Giles still in front but Jamie looking for a way through...
1641 - Away they go for another attempt at getting a clean race and this time around it is Allerton from Giles and Jamie Stauffer but Giles takes the lead up the inside at the end of the back straight, Brookes 4th, Fergusson 5th
1637 - The clean up effort has been completed and sanity has prevailed with it now being called a complete re-start but we have a reduced distance of 14 laps from the originally scheduled 16 lap duration. Riders on the grid now and will be off for their warm up lap shortly
1615 - Superbikes got away for their final encounter for the day with Jamie Stauffer leading from Giles and Allerton while Anthony Gobert had got up to 4th place after a great start but was then eclipsed by Fergusson and Bugden around the back of the circuit. As they started lap two it was Jamie still in front by 4-tenths over Giles who in turn had half a second on Allerton. Bugden had got the better of Brookes for 4th place and that pair were being followed by Fergusson, Gobert and Holland. Jamie Stauffer nearly got highsided late on the third lap and Charlton visited the dirt and then the red flag came out, possibly due to the chance of an oil down. So with all riders completing two laps and many already crossed the line to start their 3rd lap it was called that it would be a two part race with the first two laps combined with a latter 14 lap re-start in order to decide the final result in this second Superbike race.
1600 - Superbikes are out shortly for their second and final race for the day
1559 - Superstock Race Three Results - Superstock Championship Points
1550 - The MotoGP race just wrapped up - Click here for the provisional results
1537 - A couple of riders down on the last lap, Brendan Watson one of them, all the riders look to be okay. This will cause us some delay though I think as some of the bikes may have dropped some fluids... Just what you want before going out on your Superbike as that's what is up next
1535 - A couple of laps to run in the final Superstock race and it is Hay and Figueiredo fighting it out for the win. Henry 3rd from Watson but that's a tight fight also...
1525 - Pro Twins Race Three Results - Pro Twins Championship Points - Superstock up next
1520 - Pro Twins race has wrapped up with McMartin taking the win by 5 seconds again. Fripp got 2nd place, Roe 3rd, Mick Johnston 4th, Van Rooyen 5th, Anderson 6th, Clark 7th, Alan Johnston 8th
1515 - Pro Twins final race on now, McMartin running away with it while Fripp and Roe battle for 2nd place
1510 - Full Supersport Race Two Results - Supersport Championship Points
1456 - Supersport Race Two Results - Clarke, Waters, Brookes, Aitchison, Fergusson, Seaton, Staring, O'Halloran, Jones, Coote, Davies, Curran, Stalder, Crowe. The top three all set their fastest laps of the race on the last lap such was the heat of the battle. Brookes the fastest time with a 1m13.155
1455 - Still Clarke and Waters up front with a small gap now over 3rd placed Brookes who is still getting monstered by Aitchison. Seaton all over Fergusson challenging for 5th
1451 - Seaton takes 6th from Staring with 5 laps to run, still Clarke out in front and only a second covers the leading quartet
1449 - Still Clarke from Waters, Brookes and Aitchison but still nothing in it. Fergusson managing to hold off Staring for now to retain 5th, Seaton right with him also and looking for a way past Staring in order to make his own challenge for that 5th spot
1447 - Looks like only a matter of time before Staring and also possibly Seaton push Fergusson further down the order, Staring nearly running up the back at him through some of the turns
1446 - Clarke got the lead from Waters who then started to come under immediate further attack from Brookes who also still had Aitchison right up his tailpipe, the battle for 2nd helping Clarke somewhat as he has clear air and can run his own lines while the others trip each other up at every turn. The top four still only separated by 7-tenths of a seconds though
1444 - Supersports are away and it's Josh Waters from Josh Brookes and Adam Fergusson at the end of lap one with Mark Aitchison also right there and threatening as is Clarke. On the second lap Clarke got Aitchison for 4th place. Staring running 6th just ahead of Chris Seaton and Jordan Coote. Clarke then went up the inside of Fergusson at the end of the back straight on the next lap. Aitchison also then started to threaten Fergusson and Clarke latched on to the back of Brookes to start threatening for 2nd place. Bryan Staring was the fastest man on the 4th lap with a 1m13.7 to pull a couple of tenths back on Fergusson who had been surpassed by Aitchison earlier on that lap. Clarke then moved past Brookes for 2nd place with 11 laps to run while Staring and Seaton started to climb all over the back of Fergusson to challenge for 5th and Aitchison put in a new fastest lap of the race with 10 laps to go to make it only half a second covering the top four riders.
1432 - 125 GP Race Three Results - 125 GP Points - Supersport up next
1423 - Leigh-Smith takes the win by 5 seconds from Galvin, Thompson 3rd, Campbell 4th, Hatton 5th, Esler 6th. Galvin still leads the points race with 335 points from Thompson on 231 and Rigoli on 202
1418 - Blake Leigh-Smith just did a 1m18.5 to extend his lead to 2.7 seconds. Thompson up to 3rd
1417 - Smith now has more than a full second over Galvin. Cath Thompson trying to take 3rd spot from Paul Campbell
1415 - Smith not getting too far away from Galvin in this one, the gap is a little over half a second with 5 laps to run with both men running 1m19.3s, Campbell up to 3rd, Thompson 4th, Hatton 5th, Esler 6th
1413 - Nakedbike Race Three Results - Nakedbike Points
1412 - Blake Leigh-Smith led the field through turn one from Galvin with Hatton getting away well in third place
1409 - 125 GP out next
1355 - Cartwright takes the win from Rattenbury while Hoare threw away his third place on the final lap promoting Van Rooyen into 3rd place, Anderson 4th
1351 - Last Nakedbike race on now and it is a close thing between Rattenbury and Cartwright then 7 seconds back to third place Hoare with 4 laps to run
1317 - The hot Porsche versus Robbie Bugden on a standard R1 hot lap challenge just ended with Bugden and the R1 taking the win by 3.8 seconds over the two laps. Robbie's best lap was a 1m16.2 while Luff in the souped up Porsche managed a best of 1m17.8
1253 - Full Results from Australian Superbike Race One
1242 - Updated Superbike Points - Giles 219, Brookes 215, Fergusson 211, Jamie Stauffer 166
1239 - Superbike Race One Results - Allerton, Giles, Fergusson, Bugden, J Stauffer, Brookes, Gobert, Henderson, Geronomi, Holland
1238 - Last lap board and on combined time it is Allerton, Giles, Fergusson, Bugden, Jamie Stauffer now back to 5th in the traffic, Brookes 6th, Gobert 7th, Henderson 8th... Looks like it is going to be a Suzuki 1-2 and we will have one very pissed off Jamie Stauffer
1237 - On combined time it is Allerton leading from Giles by 1.3 seconds and even with Jamie losing an incredible amount of time with his dirt excursion his performance in the early part of the race means he is still in fourth place and only a tenth behind Fergusson on combined time so still in with a chance of a podium
1235 - Giles challenging Allerton for the lead on track, nearly took him out in fact at the penultimate turn but held it upright and took the lead, Bugden in front of Fergusson on the track but not on combined time. Jamie Stauffer runs off, he had a moment with Allerton where he got pushed off the line. Disaster for the Kawasaki man who can't take a trick this year, must have broken too many mirrors or walked under too many ladders
1234 - Allerton leading on track from Giles and Jamie Stauffer but remember Jamie has a clear lead on the combined times
1233 - Coming around to grid up now for the re-start. As to the schedule, we had actually got ahead so things are still on track
1226 - Before the flag came out Jamie had 1.4 seconds on Allerton who in turn had 1.6 seconds on Giles while Fergusson was a further 3 seconds down in 4th place. Brookes had got the better of Bugden and Gobert had got back in front of Hendo. Standby for the riders to head out again for the restart. Organisers really didn't need this delay today as they are on a very tight schedule
1221 - 5 laps to run but I must say the order looks set to possibly stay the same unless someone makes a mistake and that order is Jamie, Glenn and Shawn. Red Flag is out due to a fallen rider and bike, the rider crawled away but the bike is in a dangerous spot so caution was the order of the day, just under 75% of the race has been completed which means this will be a two-part race. So hold you horses on that previous comment, we will be up for a re-start which means anything can happen. The fallen rider was Justin Millington
1219 - Giles lost some ground on Allerton on that lap, possibly because of an issue trying to get past Stauffer who is out doing some testing in an effort to find the problem with his R1 that put him out of the race early on
1217 - 8 laps to run and still Jamie leading the way by a second and the two Suzuki men running 2nd and 3rd, Fergusson doesn't look as though he will challenge for a podium. Dan Stauffer has gone back out on track in a quest to sort his R1 but has no chance of scoring points
1215 - Jamie Stauffer with a 1 second lead over Allerton who in turn has 8-tenths on Giles who in turn has 2 full seconds on Fergusson now. Brookes all over the back of Bugden and trying to take 5th place. Henderson has got past Gobert for 7th
1214 - Superbikes are away and it is Jamie Stauffer in the lead from Glenn Allerton and Shawn Giles then it is Adam Fergusson, Russell Holland, Anthony Gobert, Nick Henderson and Dan Stauffer rounds out the top eight at the end of the first lap while Brookes languishes in 11th after a shocker of a start to this encounter. Jamie looking strong and no real challenges for position happening up front as they move into lap two and Jamie has pulled nearly a second over his pursuers after putting in a 1m10.312 on his first flying lap for a new lap record, already faster than we saw in qualifying as the conditions are much better today. Dan Stauffer just came into the pits to retire after suffering some sort of mechanical failure. Adam Fergusson starting to get into gear now and closing a little on third placed Giles. The top four are stretching away while Bugden has got into fifth place ahead of Gobert while Brookes has promoted himself up to 7th ahead of Nick Henderson with 11 laps to run.
1213 - Just had some connection problems
1203 - Superbikes on the grid and getting ready for their warm up lap
1200 - 28 year-old British rider, Shane Byrne will ride Troy Bayliss�s yellow Honda in the next two rounds of the World Championship, at Sepang and Doha. As the team await the return of Troy Bayliss, and after this weekend�s appearance of HRC�s official rider Tohru Ukawa, it will be the young Englishman, who is in his second year of MotoGP, who will ride in Camel Honda team colours for the next two events. �To ride one of the Camel Honda team�s bikes is a massive opportunity which makes me very proud indeed, and I will give everything to show my true potential. I will meet up with the team on Tuesday in Sepang, a track I know quite well after having tested there a few times. I haven�t ever ridden in Qatar so I�ll have to try and get a good feel for the track early on there.�
1156 - Superstock Race 2 Results - Twins Race 2 Results -
1151 - Pictorial - Gallery F
1141 - Pictorial - Gallery E
1135 - Superstock Race Two Results - Hay, Figueiredo, Fletcher. Quinn crossed the line in fourth but we believe he will be pushed down the order due to a jump start penalty which should give Watson fourth place, Edwards fifth, Ingram sixth, Casella seventh, Henry eighth
1130 - Pictorial - Gallery D
1129 - Still Hay from Figueiredo, Fletcher up to third place
1126 - Grant Hay is leading the Superstock race from Quinn and Figueiredo with 6 laps to run
1118 - Pro Twins Race Two Results - McMartin, Fripp, Roe, M Johnston, Anderson, Van Rooyen, Clark, Pierpoint, A Johnston, Martinello, Ellul, Liminton, Collins
1106 - Full Results from Australian Supersport Race One
1102 - Clarke said that he struggles with top speed compared to some of the factory backed bikes so he had spent all of practice and qualifying concentrating on getting the best out of the suspension and also complained of a little arm pump
1101 - Waters also complained of arm pump with the repeated hard braking here at Queensland Raceway and said that rather risk losing a podium place he would settle for second place.
1100 - In the post race press conference Brookesy complained of arm pump causing him some problems, something he thought he had got rid of earlier in the year but returned in that race.
1058 - Provisional Results from Australian Supersport Race One
1057 - I don't think so it looks as though Waters has it, Clarke second and Brookes hangs on to that third spot, Aitchison gets 4th, Fergusson 5th, Staring 6th, and Jones gets 7th off Seaton by an inch
1056 - Clarke has responded, last lap board is out and he has stretched his lead back out to half a second, Waters will not give up though... Will Aitchison let it all hang out in attempt to steal that last podium step from Brookes...
1055 - Waters within striking distance of Clarke now
1054 - Aitchison catching Brookes and good push the Honda man off the podium... If so that will be the first time for a long while that no Honda has been on the podium at an Australian Supersport race...
1053 - Clarke will know now that Waters is close enough to perhaps mount a challenge before this race is out, can he respond...
1052 - Waters Michelins are certainly hanging in better than the Honda men by the look of it as with 4 laps to run he just put in the fastest lap of the race with a 1m13.1 and is inching closer to Clarke, it's not over yet by any stretch, the top two have dropped Brookes off the back of them now by more than a second.
1051 - The top five covered by 2 seconds still.... Staring, Jones and Seaton still 6th, 7th and 8th respectively
1050 - Clarke leads now by more than half a second and Waters all over the back of Brookes...alongside into the final turn and takes second place, both those men on Michelins. Aitchison in 4th still ahead of Fergusson
1049 - Clarke up the inside at the end of the back straight for the lead, not only that, he is starting to pull away almost immediately. Clarke on Dunlops and maybe has made a better tyre choice and the Michelin men are losing grip as the laps wind down...
1048 - Clarke up the inside of Waters for second place in to the middle double apex right and latches on to the tailpipe of Brookes, alongside down the straight but Brookes keeps him out into turn one...
1047 - Clarke right up to Waters and Brookes now, the battle for the lead is going to be a 3-way affair now as Clarke the only man in the 1m13s on that lap as the pace slackens a little... 8 laps to run
1046 - Clarke the fastest man on that lap with a 1m13.5. Waters less than 2-tenths off Brookes and then only half a second to Clarke. Aitchison and Fergusson trading places at nearly every turn on this lap now
1045 - Waters right up to Brookes again now and it looks as though Clarke may be catching them...
1044 - Clarke gets Fergusson for third place, Krusty may have a slight problem as he has lost a little place. Brookesy responding to the challenge from Waters to stretch his lead back out to 4-tenths. Aitchison attacking Fergusson
1043 - Waters stepping it up now and right on the back of Brookes. Fergusson coming under attack from Clarke and Aitchison it looks as though it will be Brookes and Waters fighting it out for the top step on the podium
1042 - The top five starting to break away a little from Staring, Jones and Seaton now, only 1.3 seconds covers the top five with 12 to go
1041 - Still no trading of places as yet but the most likely move to happen on this lap will be Aitchison trying to get the better of Clarke for 4th and he looks to have the pace to do it
1039 - Still Brookes, Waters, Fergusson, Clarke, Aitchison, Staring, Jones and Seaton and nobody looks able to break away as they remain fairly close with the top six all in the 1m13s bracket and only 2 seconds covering the top eight with 14 laps to run
1038 - Brendan Clarke in 4th, Aitchison 5th, Staring 6th
1037 - Away they go! And it is Josh Brookes that leads them through turn one as Josh Waters squeezed inside Adam Fergusson for second place and managed to keep that position through turn 2 and down the back straight
1036 - Supersport men on their warm up lap now
1035 - 125 GP Race Two Full Results
1031 - In the post race interviews Galvin complained of a bit of a misfire through the turns from his machine but it had looked to be pulling well at the top end as for top speed it had looked as though he had the wood on Smith but it was indeed clear that Smith's machine was grunting off the turns better which with a view to Galvin's misfire problems certainly rings true. Baby faced Smith was stoked with his win as this weekend they are ironing the bugs out of a new 2005 model Honda 125 GP machine in preparation for his wildcard entry in the 125cc class at the Phillip Island MotoGP rounds.
1028 - Nakedbike Race Two Full Results -
1027 - Leigh-Smith ran away with that one and Paul Campbell came from behind to take a great second place from Peter Galvin while Tom Hatton got pushed off the podium in the latter laps but beat Cath Thompson for fourth place.
1020 - An absolute cracker of a 125 GP race unfolding, young Blake Leigh-Smith in a class of his own here today but the battle for 2nd is awesome with Hatton, Galvin and Thompson trading places at every turn with Campbell and Bell right there also
1014 - Cartwright took out the Nakedbike race from Rattenbury and Hoare, the 125 GP men just left the line and it is Blake Leigh-Smith leading the way again from Galvin and this time WA youngster Tom Hatton is off to a good run and is in third place just ahead of Cath Thompson as they come around to complete the first lap
1005 - A beautiful day at Queensland Raceway today after some mixed conditions earlier this weekend the clouds have blown away and the wind has dropped right off which means we should be in for a good crowd here today. The first race of the day is the Nakedbike second encounter for the weekend and Jon Cartwright is running away with it. Earlier we had a Superbike Warm Up and Supersport Warm Up.