NB:Â This is a copy of our live transcript as we ran it on our live update page through Saturday at Philip Island. Start at the bottom and scroll up to follow the timeline that includes various notes from throughout the day along with links to audio interviews and pictorials.
- 1708 – We will finish up for the day with another pictorial – Gallery F
- 1707 – Soutar the sidecar winner by a second over Jacobs. Rayner wins F2.
- 1658 – Soutar leading the sidecars from Jacobs. Just processing a gallery of images from today for your perusal if you can hang on 15 minutes.
- 1645 – Liminton takes the win from Iles, Lewis and Pitt. McHenry 5th, Clarke 6th, Gott 7th, Veal 8th, Jenner 9th and Balestro rounded out the top ten.
- 1638 – Liminton leading the way from John Iles and Greg Pitt then it is Darren Lewis and Andrew Gott. Only the sidecars to come after the BEARS are done and dusted for the day
- 1630 – They are forming up again on the line now
- 1626 – That race was red flagged and is up for a full re-start, the track could not be cleared in time
- 1621 – BEARS away cleanly. One down at turn four, another one ran on
- 1620 – Interview with Demolition Plus Gas Honda Team Manager Richard Parry after Superpole talking about preparations for tomorrow’s big race. DOWNLOAD 8MB
- 1618 – Ben Reid has taken out the 400-125-250 race from Tim Inkster with a clear 9.3 second win. Third place went to Corey Snowsill
1553 – 400-125-250 race up next - 1551 – Lockart takes the win from Mitchell, Remy Gardner in third place 23 seconds further behind with a 7 second buffer over Corey Turner
- 1545 – Juniors on track now for another race, Lockart leading the way from Mitchell
- 1541 – The pole position team!
- 1531 – To put Josh’s 33.6 into perspective for Suzuki… In Endurance trim on the GSX-R1000 in just one lap he was only a couple of tenths slower than the fastest Suzuki MotoGP qualifier at this year’s Phillip Island Grand Prix….
- 1530 – Wayne does it, a 33.336. So the order is Maxwell, Stauffer, Waters, Charlton, Henry, McLaren, Herfoss, Johnson, Casella, Moulton
- 1528 – Jamie knocks him off top spot with a 33.46. Can Maxwell go better?
- 1526 – Smokin! Josh Waters slams down a 33.68
- 1526 – Josh quickest at first split by a considerable margin…
- 1525 – Josh Waters up next followed by Wayne Maxwell then finally Jamie Stauffer
- 1524 – Charlton on top with a 35.80
- 1523 – Charlton fastest thus far at the first split. Henry on top of the charts at the moment but looking as though he will get knocked off
- 1522 – Herfoss puts down a 37.79
- 1521 – Herfoss on his hot lap now, Charlton on warm up lap
- 1519 – Henry puts down a 37.30
- 1517 – Johnson 37.91
- 1515 – McLaren puts down a 37.35
- 1514 – McLaren on his hot lap now then it is Dave Johnson followed by Ben Henry. And the Aussies just got a wicket!
- 1513 – Moulton does a 40.53
- 1511 – Casella puts in a 39.21
- 1510 – Casella just crossed the stripe to start his flying lap as Moulton heads out of pitlane for his warm up lap
- 1508 – Superpole is Go! Casella heading out of pitlane now to start his warm up lap
- 1501 – The stranded bike has been cleared but the track is now being inspected to ensure no oil is on the track that may be hazardous for Superpole participants
- 1449 – Superpole delayed while an expired BEARS bike is recovered. It looks as though it might have dumped some oil
- 1445 – Liminton the winner by 19 seconds over Gott, Iles third. Superpole next!
- 1442 – Lewis leading by 5 seconds with two laps to go, McHenry third, Gott up to fourth.
- 1437 – The BEARS got away cleanly; Lewis leading from Liminton, McHenry third, Veal fourth
- 1430 – BEARS up next
- Â 1423 – Reid does it, comes from the back of the field through for the win. Inkster second, Jordan Zamora half a minute behind in third
- 1421 – Inkster’s lead now down to 3 seconds, with two laps to go it looks as though Reid is going to catch him before this is done and dusted…
- 1418 – Ben Reid recovering well from his delayed start, scything through to second place in the space of two laps and the fast man on the circuit, Inkster’s lead down to 6.8 seconds..
- 1416 – Inkster crosses the line to start lap two with an 8 second lead, at the of lap one…
- 1414 – 125-250-400 race just kicking off now. Ben Reid was late out for the warm up lap so had to start from pit lane so is at a major disadvantage. Inkster away well. Nicky Diles down but okay
- 1408 – More Pictorials – Gallery D – Gallery E
- 1406 – Mitchell takes the win by a tenth of a second from Lockart. Turner third and young Remy Gardner fourth
- 1405 – Barton has been ruled out of the event with his new machine as despite it being approved it will not be promulgated as approved until next year so they are ruled out of the event. So from a three horse race it is down to a two horse race
- 1404 – Mitchell and Lockart still going at it up front. Corey Turned in third place but more than 5 seconds a lap slower than the leading duo
- 1400 – Michael Lockart leading the way from Luke Mitchell in this bout, hold that, they just changed position and Mitchell now with his nose in front, this pair going toe to toe
- 1355 – Juniors out now for another race. The classes here this weekend certainly getting plenty of track time
- 1345 – This session winding down now, Allerton/Stauffer the quickest in this session with a 34.51. Not as quick as the 34.36 from Maxwell/Brookes this morning
- 1334 – 10 minutes left in this session. After this session we have races for the Juniors, 400-125-250 and BEARS before the top ten qualifiers for the 6 Hour undertake a Superpole style Top Ten shootout
- 1322 – Giles/Waters just went quicker again, a 34.88
- 1320 – A few riders have ran off the circuit this afternoon, only to then get bogged trying to get back on the circuit. It is lovely weather here this weekend but after Victoria’s wet spring the ground is extremely sodden and there is plenty of mud around
- 1315 – The Suzuki pairing of Giles/Waters just dipped into the 34s, a 34.999, first ones in the 34s this afternoon
- 1312 – Still Allerton/Stauffer quickest in this session with that early 35.30
- 1245 – Pit exit just opened for the second of today’s qualifying session for the Bel Ray 6 Hour, this afternoon the top ten will run off in a Superpole style shootout for the final grid positions
- 1225 – Lunch break now before another hour long qualifying session for the 6 Hour boys
- 1222 – Soutar/Rowe the victors ahead of Jacobs/Bonney, the margin 1 second. Third place was taken by Beare/Beare
- 1210 – Soutar/Rowe and Jacobs/Bonney the pacesetters in this 3-wheeler bout
- 1159 –Â BEARS Race 2 Results – Lovett, Lewis, Liminton, McHenry, Gott, Webster, Rich Jenner, Jenner, Veal and Paul Bailey rounds out the top ten on the Buell. Sidecars up next
- 1154 – Lovett takes the win from Lewis by 2.4 seconds, Liminton third a further 3 seconds behind the first two men home.
- 1152 – Lovett has pulled an advantage back out on Lewis, the Ducati man considerably slower on that last lap so the KTM on course for a clear win
- 1150 – Lewis closing on Lovett a little now, both riders doing 1m40s, it is KTM versus Ducati
- 1147 – Phil Lovett leading the way in this BEARS race from Darren Lewis and Richard Liminton. Marc Balestro retired a couple of laps in with mechanical problems
- 1143 – BEARS are lining up on the grid now
- 1138 – Been out and about taking some photos this morning but back in the tower now to run the live page for the afternoon. The 6 Hour boys had an hour long practice session this morning and we are now into the supporting races. The juniors had their first race of the day early on, 125/250/400s just wrapped up their race with Ben Reid from Tim Inkster, Nicky Diles third.