MCNEWS.COM.AU - The ultimate in motorcycle news 2006 Australian Superbike Championship (YMF Loan) - Round Four - Queensland Raceway
July 8th, 2006 - By, Trevor Hedge
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Unedited notes from live text update page on Saturday

  • 1604 - Cartwright takes the win by 5.4 seconds over Rattenbury while Fripp holds off Willis for third and Van Rooyen a close fifth. Then it was Middleton, Collins, Johnston, Mills.  That's it for the day people.  Queenslanders get out here tomorrow, interstaters tune in here tomorrow for more of the same. 
  • 1601 - Cartwright just set a new Nakedbike race lap record with a 72.78, he has 2.5 seconds over Rattenbury with three laps to run. Fripp and Willis running nose to tail next on the BMWs, Van Rooyen right on their tail
  • 1556 - Nakedbike race underway now and it is Rattenbury and Cartwright having a hectic fight over the lead. Holding down third place is Stuart Fripp on the BMW just ahead of Mark Willis.
  • 1544 - Provisional Superbike Combined Qualifying Results - Jamie Stauffer slipped off at turn three late in the session but was unhurt in the soft fall

Pos. No. Name Prev. Fastest This Fastest Fastest Lap Time
1 27 Jamie STAUFFER 1:09.594 1:09.892 1:09.594 1:10.501
2 83 Russell HOLLAND 1:09.660 1:09.750 1:09.660 1:10.440
3 74 Adam FERGUSSON 1:10.042 1:09.984 1:09.984 1:09.984
4 26 Daniel STAUFFER 1:10.272 1:10.950 1:10.272 1:21.317
5 5 Robert BUGDEN 1:10.401 1:10.283 1:10.283 1:11.106
6 42 Shannon JOHNSON 1:11.235 1:10.418 1:10.418 1:10.418
7 47 Wayne MAXWELL 1:10.725 1:10.759 1:10.725 1:10.759
8 21 Joshua WATERS 1:11.738 1:10.886 1:10.886 1:11.171
9 34 Glenn ALLERTON 1:10.904 1:11.413 1:10.904 1:30.835
10 38 Scott CHARLTON 1:11.382 1:11.552 1:11.382 1:12.093
11 71 Andrew STROUD 1:11.568 1:11.770 1:11.568 Pit Exit
12 56 Shannon ETHERIDGE 1:11.776 1:11.735 1:11.735 1:11.906
13 36 Ray CLEE 1:12.546 1:12.163 1:12.163 1:12.163
14 32 Cole ODENDAAL 1:12.581 1:12.693 1:12.581 1:16.407
15 52 Trent GIBSON 1:12.812 1:12.788 1:12.788 1:13.070
16 82 Brenden GUROWSKI 1:13.377 1:13.009 1:13.009 1:13.196
17 30 Ashley ROE 1:14.403 1:13.632 1:13.632 1:14.073
18 87 Brent SIDWELL 1:16.577 1:15.050 1:15.050 1:15.433
19 81 Steve MANNING 1:15.335 1:15.763 1:15.335 1:15.763

  • 1543 - Flag is out to finish the session, riders on their last lap now
  • 1542 - Krusty in to the 69s now, 69.98
  • 1541 - Josh Waters improves, 70.88 to move into the top eight
  • 1540 - Shannon Johnson improves, 70.41
  • 1539 - Krusty heading out on a new slick
  • 1538 - Bugden improves again, 70.28
  • 1537 - Bugden just improved his time, 70.33.  Holland heading back out of the pits again now
  • 1534 - Holland just did another 69, a 69.92
  • 1533 - Russell Holland having a go now, 69.75, not quite as fast as he did this morning but he's on it
  • 1526 - None of the fast boys getting really stuck in.  Jamie has done a high 69 though so he is having a go
  • 1516 - Superbike Final Qualifying on now
  • 1508 - Fraser takes the win by 5.4 seconds over Barnes, Domaschenz third, Kokshoorn fourth, Turner fifth, Van Rooyen sixth, Keene seventh and Middleton eighth
  • 1502 - Fraser managed to break away from Barnes in the opening laps and with five laps to run had a three second advantage
  • 1459 - FX Cup first race underway and Michael Fraser got the best run off the line to lead the field through turn one for the first time ahead of Cameron Barnes, Anton Kokshoorn, Craig Domaschenz and James Van Rooyen
  • 1450 - Provisional Combined Supersport Qualifying Results - O'Halloran, J Stauffer, Aitchison, Fergusson, Geronomi, Staring, Crowe Waters

Pos. No. Name Prev. Fastest This Fastest Fastest Lap Time
1 7 Jason O'HALLORAN 1:12.516 1:12.229 1:12.229 1:12.229
2 27 Jamie STAUFFER 1:12.431 1:12.722 1:12.431 1:12.766
3 3 Mark AITCHISON 1:12.621 1:12.508 1:12.508 1:12.820
4 74 Adam FERGUSSON 1:12.688 1:13.185 1:12.688 Pit Exit
5 46 Shaun GERONIMI 1:12.714 1:12.832 1:12.714 1:35.662
6 67 Bryan STARING 1:12.800 1:13.726 1:12.800 1:13.726
7 41 Jeremy CROWE 1:12.950 1:13.183 1:12.950 1:28.567
8 21 Joshua WATERS 1:13.051 1:13.087 1:13.051 Pit Exit
9 88 Sam SMITH 1:14.002 1:13.067 1:13.067 Pit Exit
10 49 Brendan CLARKE 1:13.379 1:13.083 1:13.083 1:19.799
11 61 Craig McMARTIN 1:13.305 1:13.470 1:13.305 1:13.631
12 99 Judd GREEDY 1:13.309 1:13.610 1:13.309 1:36.761
13 34 Glenn ALLERTON 1:13.541 1:13.541 1:14.210
14 12 Mick KELLY 1:13.882 1:14.646 1:13.882 1:14.646
15 87 Gareth JONES 1:14.920 1:13.946 1:13.946 1:14.466
16 82 Chris QUINN 1:14.088 1:14.161 1:14.088 1:14.445
17 19 Christan CASELLA 1:14.648 1:14.475 1:14.475 1:15.054
18 15 Daniel FIGUEIREDO 1:14.670 1:14.520 1:14.520 1:14.520
19 16 Zac DAVIES 1:14.577 1:14.578 1:14.577 1:14.578
20 51 Dustin GOLDSMITH 1:14.869 1:14.765 1:14.765 1:15.100
21 45 Alex GOBERT 1:14.805 1:15.122 1:14.805 1:15.122
22 35 Mitchell CARR 1:15.179 1:15.055 1:15.055 1:31.977
23 63 Grant HAY 1:15.169 1:15.664 1:15.169 1:15.794
24 22 Glenn CULLEN 1:15.875 1:15.475 1:15.475 1:16.160
25 14 Jason CULLEN 1:15.552 1:15.521 1:15.521 1:15.582
26 57 Alex TOMASSETTI 1:15.721 1:16.556 1:15.721 1:16.845
27 85 Brendan WATSON 1:16.430 1:16.087 1:16.087 1:28.562
28 91 Darren SCIBERRAS 1:16.713 1:16.849 1:16.713 1:16.849

  • 1448 - Flag is out now, riders on their last lap
  • 1443 - Jamie Stauffer heading out of pit lane now, Adam Fergusson on track
  • 1439 - Jason O'Halloran was one rider taking this session seriously however, the teenager just went to the top of the timesheets with a 72.22, two-tenths quicker than Jamie's best time from this morning
  • 1437 - As we predicted, most of the fast boys have not yet turned a wheel in this session. Jamie and Adam are in no hurry to get out there, Aitchison and O'Halloran are out and circulating now and Aitchison just improved his time by a tenth
  • 1424 - We may find that very few of the front runners hit the track in this session if they are satisfied with the times they recorded this morning. Remember the Supersport boys have to race on the same rubber they qualify on so are not overly keen to put in a large number of laps and put too much wear on their tyres. Of the front runners that do venture on track almost certainly none will put in any significant amount of laps but may instead do a couple of quick laps to evaluate a setting 
  • 1422 - Supersport final qualifying on now. Track is warm and ambient is probably a little over 20c. Wind is negligible
  • 1414 - McMartin takes an easy win and just cruised the last half of the race to win by 2 seconds over Roe. Van Rooyen won the battle for the final step on the podium ahead of Johnston and Taborsky which unfolded around 15 seconds behind the leading duo.  Jon Collins took sixth, 53 seconds behind the race winner in the eight lap race, Smith seventh, Bryan eighth
  • 1409 - 4 laps to run and McMartin leads by 2.4 seconds over Roe who now has 9 seconds on Taborsky who was being challenged for third by Van Rooyen and Johnston
  • 1405 - By the end of lap one McMartin had over a second Paul Roe who in turn had two seconds on Daniel Taborksy. Only nine starters in this race
  • 1403 - Pro Twins up next
  • 1351 - Last lap board and Hatton has a couple of tenths over Esler and Moller. Under brakes at the end of the back straight this time though it is Moller who takes the lead. Braking for the final double apex right hander Hatton takes the lead and holds Moller off to the line to take the win. Esler rounds out the podium followed by Rigoli, Galvin, Thompson, Simmonds, Gross, Campbell, Dunn, Metcher and Scott. Full 125 GP Race 1 Results
  • 1349 - Moller back in the lead now, Hatton tries to get him under brakes but doesn't quite pull it off and it costs him time, Esler right on his tail now, the trio nose to tail down the back straight. It looks as though Esler's machine lacks a little top speed. Hatton takes the lead with a move under brakes at the end of the back straight.
  • 1348 - Hatton back in the lead now but it looks as though Moller has the faster machine. Esler still right there also but that trio have broken away from Simmonds, Rigoli and Galvin
  • 1347 - Moller and Hatton fighting over the lead now. Moller just put in the fastest lap of the race with a 78.66, only a tenth off the lap record and quicker than his pole time
  • 1342 - The 125s are off the line and it was Malcolm Esler that got the holeshot ahead of Peter Galvin and the pair traded places on the opening lap a couple of times. As they started lap two it was Galvin in the lead and the pair had Brett Simmonds, Tom Hatton and Rhys Moller right on their tails. Braking for the Hairpin at the end of the back straight saw virtually the whole field change positions and when they came out the other side it was Tom Hatton in the lead
  • 1335 - Next up is the first 125 GP race of the weekend
  • 1334 - Provisional Superstock Race 1 Results after penalties applied
  • 1333 - Quinn takes the flag first but with that jump start penalty gets shuffled down to sixth place thus the winner is Anton Kokshoorn ahead of Trounson, Andrews, Fraser and Yates
  • 1330 - Quinn and Kokshoorn have pulled away from Andrews, Trounson and Yates. However when Quinn's ten second penalty is applied he will be relegated to around sevent place
  • 1324 - The first Superstock race is well underway now and the race leader Anthony Quinn has been deemed to have jumped the start so while he is leading on track when the results are tallied it will show that Kokshoorn is in fact leading from Andrews, Yates and Trounson
  • 1300 - Results from today's sessions thus far - Superstock Q2 - Naked Q2 - Supersport Q1 - FX Q2 - 125 Q2 - Twins Q2 - Superbike Q1
  • 1255 - Lunch Break
  • 1250 - Provisional Superbike First Qualifying Results
  1. J Stauffer 69.59
  2. Holland 69.66
  3. Fergusson 70.04
  4. D Stauffer 70.27
  5. Bugden 70.40
  6. Maxwell 70.72
  7. Allerton 70.90
  8. Johnson 71.23
  9. Charlton 71.38
  10. Stroud 71.56
  11. Waters 71.73
  12. Etheridge 71.77
  13. Clee 72.54
  14. Odendaal 72.58
  15. Gibson 72.81
  16. Gurowski 73.37
  17. Roe 74.40
  18. Manning 75.33
  19. Sidwell 76.57
  • 1248 - Flag is out, riders on their last lap now
  • 1245 - Jamie back on top with four minutes to run, 69.59.  Dan Stauffer up to fourth again now with a 70.27
  • 1243 - Krusty up to third quickest now, 70.04, Bugden back up to fourth with a 70.40
  • 1241 - Holland's responded to the challenge, down to 69.66 now
  • 1239 - Jamie down to a 69.76, only four hundredths off Holland's 69.72...
  • 1238 - 10 minutes to run and it is Holland, J Stauffer, Fergusson, D Stauffer, Bugden, Maxwell, Johnson, Allerton
  • 1234 - Krusty just did a 10.5 then backed it up with a 10.3 to be third quickest, Bugden has improved his time and is down to a 10.69
  • 1231 - Holland on it again, running around with Shannon Johnson but got held up a little in place by other riders... The Honda seems to have motor over the Kawasaki also... The pair get a cleaner lap but then Holland rolled off late in the lap to enter pitlane...
  • 1229 - Russell Holland on provisional pole now, 69.7.... I believe that is perhaps the fastest ever two wheel lap of Qld Raceway!
  • 1227 - 70.1 for Jamie now
  • 1223 - Superbikes on track now for their first qualifying session. Jamie straight down to a 70.38!
  • 1216 - Pro Twins Final Qualifying is done and dusted, McMartin a mile ahead then it is Roe, Van Rooyen, Johnston, Taborsky, Collins, Sutton, Smith, Marukic and Bryan
  • 1146 - Pro Twins out next, we had a whole nine of them yesterday...
  • 1145 - 125 GP Provisional Qualifying Results
  • 1144 - FX Cup Final Qualifying Results
  • 1120 - 125 GP Final Qualifying on now
  • 1111 - Barnes grabs FX Pole with a 73.7 ahead of Fraser, Domaschenz, Kokshoorn, Keene, Van Rooyen, Turner and Andrews
  • 1105 - FX Cup Final Qualifying will finish in a couple of minutes, both Fraser and Domaschenz in the 73s
  • 1054 - Allerton did not go out this morning to save tyre wear but will go out this afternoon. The Joe Rocket man has selected a mix of tyres for his races and qualifying, his two sets include a 180 rear and a 190 rear
  • 1052 - Supersport First Qualifying Results - FX Cup Final Qualifying got underway and was running for a while before a red flag came out to halt proceedings but we are about to get underway again now
  • 1033 - Provisional Results from Supersport First Qualifying - It looks like Allerton didn't even go out and is saving his tyres for this afternoon
Pos. Name Fastest On Lap Lap Time Laps
1 Jamie STAUFFER 1:12.431 10 1:12.548 11
2 Jason O'HALLORAN 1:12.516 5 1:12.516 9
3 Mark AITCHISON 1:12.621 6 1:13.293 12
4 Adam FERGUSSON 1:12.688 8 1:12.688 8
5 Shaun GERONIMI 1:12.714 8 1:12.714 8
6 Bryan STARING 1:12.800 9 1:12.800 9
7 Jeremy CROWE 1:12.950 11 1:13.582 12
8 Joshua WATERS 1:13.051 9 1:13.051 9
9 Craig McMARTIN 1:13.305 4 Pit Exit 6
10 Judd GREEDY 1:13.309 11 1:13.309 11
11 Brendan CLARKE 1:13.379 10 1:13.568 14
12 Mick KELLY 1:13.882 11 1:13.882 11
13 Sam SMITH 1:14.002 11 Pit Exit 12
14 Chris QUINN 1:14.088 9 1:14.350 16
15 Zac DAVIES 1:14.577 13 Pit Exit 15
16 Christan CASELLA 1:14.648 18 1:15.165 20
17 Daniel FIGUEIREDO 1:14.670 16 1:14.670 16
18 Alex GOBERT 1:14.805 9 1:15.507 14
19 Dustin GOLDSMITH 1:14.869 7 1:14.869 7
20 Gareth JONES 1:14.920 9 1:14.920 9
21 Grant HAY 1:15.169 11 1:15.884 16
22 Mitchell CARR 1:15.179 22 1:15.275 23
23 Jason CULLEN 1:15.552 13 1:15.552 13
24 Alex TOMASSETTI 1:15.721 16 1:16.295 17
25 Glenn CULLEN 1:15.875 10 1:15.957 14
26 Brendan WATSON 1:16.430 16 1:16.430 16
27 Darren SCIBERRAS 1:16.713 4 1:16.984 5
  • 1020 - Glenn Allerton still hasn't headed out in this session and Adam Fergusson is only exiting pitlane for the first time now. 12 minutes to run
Pos. Name Fastest On Lap Lap Time Laps
1 Jamie STAUFFER 1:12.552 6 1:12.552 6
2 Mark AITCHISON 1:12.621 6 1:12.854 9
3 Joshua WATERS 1:13.061 8 1:13.061 8
4 Bryan STARING 1:13.101 3 1:13.101 3
5 Jeremy CROWE 1:13.235 6 1:13.235 6
6 Shaun GERONIMI 1:13.305 4 1:22.212 6
7 Brendan CLARKE 1:13.379 10 1:13.379 10
8 Judd GREEDY 1:13.384 6 1:20.655 9
9 Craig McMARTIN 1:13.609 3 1:13.609 3
10 Chris QUINN 1:14.088 9 1:14.088 9
11 Mick KELLY 1:14.250 5 Pit Exit 8
12 Jason O'HALLORAN 1:14.311 2 1:14.311 2
13 Zac DAVIES 1:14.723 6 1:14.962 10
14 Alex GOBERT 1:14.805 9 1:14.805 9
15 Daniel FIGUEIREDO 1:14.866 5 1:15.214 9
  • 1015 - Remember they have to race on the rubber they qualify on so you won't see the fast boys put in a whole lot of laps today. 17 minutes to run
Pos. Name Fastest On Lap Lap Time Laps
1 Jamie STAUFFER 1:12.552 6 1:12.552 6
2 Mark AITCHISON 1:12.621 6 1:12.854 9
3 Bryan STARING 1:13.101 3 1:13.101 3
4 Jeremy CROWE 1:13.235 6 1:13.235 6
5 Shaun GERONIMI 1:13.305 4 1:13.305 4
6 Judd GREEDY 1:13.384 6 1:13.725 7
7 Joshua WATERS 1:13.436 5 1:13.436 5
8 Brendan CLARKE 1:13.750 8 1:13.750 8
9 Chris QUINN 1:14.088 9 1:14.088 9
10 Mick KELLY 1:14.250 5 1:28.134 7
11 Zac DAVIES 1:14.723 6 Pit Exit 8
12 Daniel FIGUEIREDO 1:14.866 5 1:15.131 6
13 Dustin GOLDSMITH 1:14.869 7 1:14.869 7
14 Sam SMITH 1:14.912 4 1:14.912 4
15 Mitchell CARR 1:15.397 6 1:15.592 9
16 Jason CULLEN 1:15.563 8 1:15.950 9
17 Alex GOBERT 1:15.779 7 1:15.779 7
18 Glenn CULLEN 1:16.091 9 1:16.091 9
19 Alex TOMASSETTI 1:16.280 8 1:16.388 9
20 Grant HAY 1:16.281 6 Pit Exit 7
21 Brendan WATSON 1:16.678 7 1:16.901 8
22 Darren SCIBERRAS 1:16.713 4 1:16.984 5
23 Gareth JONES 1:16.785 2 1:16.785 2
24 Christan CASELLA 1:17.526 3 1:28.600 7
  • 1010 - Bryan Staring the biggest improver thus far this morning with still over 20 minutes remaining in the first qualifying session.  With 22 minutes to run this is the current state of affairs
Pos. Name Fastest On Lap Lap Time Laps
1 Bryan STARING 1:13.101 3 1:13.101 3
2 Mark AITCHISON 1:13.172 4 1:13.172 4
3 Jamie STAUFFER 1:13.252 4 1:13.252 4
4 Joshua WATERS 1:13.513 3 1:14.218 4
5 Jeremy CROWE 1:13.588 4 1:13.588 4
6 Mick KELLY 1:14.250 5 1:14.250 5
7 Judd GREEDY 1:14.535 3 1:26.295 4
8 Sam SMITH 1:14.912 4 1:14.912 4
9 Zac DAVIES 1:14.996 5 1:14.996 5
10 Dustin GOLDSMITH 1:15.359 5 1:15.359 5
11 Alex GOBERT 1:16.092 4 1:16.092 4
12 Brendan CLARKE 1:16.247 2 1:16.947 4
13 Mitchell CARR 1:16.536 4 1:16.536 4
14 Grant HAY 1:16.579 5 1:16.579 5
15 Jason CULLEN 1:16.642 5 1:16.642 5
  • 1005 - Supersport machines on track now for their first official qualifying session.  Yesterday Jason O'Halloran was quickest but also curiously did some laps on slicks for some reason...  Geronomi was very quick in the morning session yesterday but never got close to his morning time later in the afternoon, nonetheless his morning time still made him the second fastest man for the day.  The afternoon session obviously spent working on a race set-up that will preserve tyre life, which could be quite important as things heat up here at Willowbank. Aitchison and Stauffer were third and fourth quickest and both spent plenty of time evaluating set-up options.  The first Honda was Adam Fergusson in fifth, he had nothing to complain about from the performance of his machine and was confident of his race pace but also mentioned that there was no way they were going to get close to O'Halloran's 72.2
  • 1000 - Provisional Combined Nakedbike Qualifying
  • 0958 - A fairly small Superstock field here this weekend with only 25 entrants and strangely enough only one Kawasaki in the whole field. A few Suzukis in the field and they were second and third quickest in qualifying, Kokshoorn on a Yamaha leading the way, the sole Kawasaki in fourth and the first Honda this weekend in eighth which is a stark turnaround from recent rounds where Hondas have been up front
  • 0953 - Five minutes remaining in Nakedbike final qualifying and Cartwright looks set to walk away with the Nakedbike races here, 73.3 his fastest thus far, next best is Rattenbury on 74.4 followed by Van Rooyen 76.6, Willis 76.7, Fripp 77.1
  • 0938 - Nakedbikes out for their final qualifier now
  • 0930 - Back up and running at a very sunny Queensland Raceway and Superstock final qualifying just wrapped up with Anton Kokshoorn on pole.  Full Results from Superstock Qualifying

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