MCNEWS.COM.AU - The ultimate in motorcycle news 2006 Australian Superbike Championship (YMF Loan) - Round Five - Symmons Plains, Tasmania
September 10th, 2006 - By, Trevor Hedge
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Superbike Race 2

  • 1544 - That gives Jamie the round win from Russell Holland, Dan takes third and Scott Charlton gets fourth for the round ahead of Andrew Stroud and Robert Bugden
  • 1542 - Jamie takes the win and an important points buffer over Holland in the race for the championship.  Holland second, Dan Stauffer third, Charlton fourth, Stroud fifth, Bugden sixth, Allerton seventh, Johnson eighth, Etheridge ninth and Roe 10th
  • 1540 - Jamie's lead 8.1 seconds and only two laps to run. Scott Charlton now leads that battle for fourth place and they are closing on Dan Stauffer
  • 1539 - Four laps to run and finally Holland manages to get past Dan but the gap to Jamie is 8.5 seconds with now only three laps to run....
  • 1538 - Jamie's lead now out to 8.5 seconds and Dan still holding off Holland.  A good scrap over 4th place between Bugden, Charlton and Stroud, the injured Glenn Allerton in seventh just ahead of Shannon Johnson.
  • 1537 - Bugden, Charlton and Stroud starting to catch up to Holland and Dan Stauffer a little now...
  • 1536 - Holland noses in front of Dan again but Dan has the better line and takes that position right back...  Jamie's lead now 7.3 seconds.  Bugden 4th, Charlton 5th, Stroud 6th
  • 1535 - Jamie has more than five seconds on them now and Dan is doing a good job of holding out Holland
  • 1533 - Jamie and Russell both in the 53s now, Russell a 53.78, a 53.85 to Jamie... Russell will be spewing he didn't qualify on the front row here as it could have made all the difference... 3 seconds the gap and Holland easily gets past Dan Stauffer at the hairpin but then must have missed a gear on the exit which allowed Dan to easily go back through... This one must be Jamie's now... Holland's mistake cost him more than two seconds on that lap...
  • 1532 - Holland quickest man on the track again with a 53.97 but Jamie is on par with a 54.00... The gap still 3.2 seconds but Dan has lost touch with his brother and may fall into the clutches of Holland before the flag comes out.... 12 laps to run though so anything could happen...
  • 1530 - Jamie back in front now, Holland up to third and pulling away from his pursuers, the fastest man on lap four was indeed Holland with a 54.2 but the Yamaha duo are 3.2 seconds ahead of him and that gap will be too much to drag back at this circuit.....
  • 1529 - Dan in front of his brother now but the two running nose to tail and getting away. Wayne Maxwell headed into the pits with some sort of problem putting him out of third place and promoting Bugden into that spot, Johnson fourth, Charlton fifth, Stroud sixth, Holland seventh
  • 1528 - Holland must have made a mistake up near the hairpin as he is back in eighth now and has a long way to go if he is going to get up front and challenge Jamie.
  • 1527 - Jamie Stauffer away well, Holland a better start this time around and in fourth place behind Wayne Maxwell, the two Stauffer boys leading the way
  • 1517 - Word is that Shaun Geronomi may have broken his foot in his crash earlier today
  • 1514 - A big crowd here today, various opinions on the size with some guessing as high as 10,000.  In reality I think it would be perhaps up to 5,000 maybe, it is comparable to what we had in Queensland but I am not sure if it any appreciably bigger.  The local press has really got behind the event in a big way with good coverage in newspaper and also on primetime TV news
  • 1510 - Superbikes heading out now on their sighting lap but we are still well away from the race start as they will come round and have their tyre warmers etc. fitted on the grid.  Glenn Allerton opted out of the first Superbike bout but it appears he is going to have a crack at this one
Pos Name Class Machine Laps Time Behind Fastest On Lap
1 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW)   Yamaha R1 17 15:27.512   53.750 9
2 Russell HOLLAND (NSW) P Honda CBR RR 17 15:34.359 6.847 53.780 6
3 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW)   Yamaha R1 17 15:36.371 8.859 54.517 2
4 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) P Yamaha R1 17 15:38.107 10.595 54.577 16
5 Andrew STROUD (NZ) P Suzuki GSXR 17 15:39.515 12.003 54.422 9
6 Robert BUGDEN (QLD)   Suzuki GSXR 17 15:40.141 12.629 54.518 5
7 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW)   Honda CBR RR 17 15:43.691 16.179 54.881 17
8 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC)   Kawasaki ZX10R 17 15:44.594 17.082 54.999 8
9 Shannon ETHERIDGE (NSW) P Suzuki GSXR 17 16:05.426 37.914 55.671 3
10 Ashley ROE (VIC) P Honda CBR RR 17 16:11.076 43.564 56.517 17
11 Trent GIBSON (VIC) P Suzuki GSXR 17 16:11.777 44.265 56.179 6
12 Brenden GUROWSKI (QLD) BP Yamaha R1 16 15:42.987 1 Lap 57.479 15
13 Steve MANNING (NSW) BP Yamaha R1 16 15:52.816 1 Lap 58.409 3
DNF Wayne MAXWELL (NSW) P Kawasaki ZX10R 1 59.202 16 Laps 59.202 1

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