The 2019 Australian Superbike Championship recently visited South Australia’s ‘The Bend Motorsports Park’, and it was BCperformance Kawasaki’s Bryan Staring that completed a stunning trifecta. Staring’s Dunlop rubber proving too durable around the abrasive surface of the track for his competitors which put the Western Australian was in a race of his own for the latter half of the races. Mike Jones managed his rubber the best to take second for the round ahead of the new Mr Consistent, Cru Halliday. Staring now leads the series by a single point and it is very tight at the top. The weekend for Next Gen Motorsports was a disaster, both Glenn Allerton and Ted Collins were tripped up by fellow competitors and the team walked away with two injured riders and three wrecked bikes from the weekend. Check out our race three report for the championship standings (Link).
Tom Toparis nearly managed to again sweep the Supersport class but local lad Nic Liminton managed to get the better of him in the final stanza for an emotional victory. Broc Pearson and Reid Battye also figured highly but could not match Toparis and Liminton over race distance. Oli Bayliss kept his nose clean to take good points and maintain his fourth place in the championship standings.
The action in Supersport 300 was absolutely mad! Championship leader Max Stauffer didn’t quite have the speed to battle for the wins in South Australia but he was smart enough to card as good a scores as he could make, and retains a handy 33-point lead in the standings. Harry Khouri didn’t quite manage to win a race but was strong and consistent enough to win the round after local star Olly Simpson had his machine fail in the final bout. The ex Red Bull Rookie had won the battles in both of the opening races and was distraught when his machine failed him at the final juncture. Brandon Demmery returned to form in fine style while Hunter Ford claimed a race win. The likes of Seth Crump, Ben Baker and Zac Levy were always in the mix.
ASBK Round The Bend SA Wayne Hepburn Ted Collins TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Seth Crump TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Nic Liminton TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Mark Chiodo TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Glenn Allerton TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Cru Halliday TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Bryan Staring TBG Cover
ASBK Round The Bend SA Brandon Demery TBG
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens
Nic Liminton leads Tom Toparis - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Last Corner Nic LIMINTON leads Tom TOPARIS
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start Hunter FORD
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start
Superbike Race 3 Start - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Bryan STARING Cru HALLIDAY Wayne MAXWELL
Cru Halliday - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Cru HALLIDAY
Wayne Maxwell - Image by TBG Sport
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SBKRace Wayne Maxwell Cru Halliday Bryan Staring TBG
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Ted Collins TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SS R Start TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Mike Jones TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Josh Waters TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Cru Halliday TBG Sat
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Start
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Start Third Corner
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two second placed finisher Nic Liminton
Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Parc Nic LIMINTON
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Grid Avalon BIDDLE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Tyre shot
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Wayne MAXWELL Bracks
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Alex Phillis
ASBK Superbike Race Two - The Bend 2019 - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Wayne MAXWELL Leads
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Race Two Reports
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start Maxwell
ASBK SSP600 Race One Results
Tom Toparis - Yamaha
Nic Liminton - Yamaha +5.390
Broc Pearson - Yamaha +16.334
ASBK Rnd TheBend Raw R SS Podium Toparis Liminton Pearson TBG
ASBK Supersport 600 Race One - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens Supersport Start
Daniel Falzon and Mike Jones blast off the line at The Bend - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start Mike JONES Cru HALLIDAY
Bryan Staring took the opening race win at The Bend - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING Bike
ASBK SSP300 Combined Qualifying Results
Olly Simpson - Yamaha 2m09.795
Brandom Demmery - Yamaha 2m09.884
Hunter Ford - Yamaha 2m10.368 - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Prac Ferme Olly SIMPSON Brandon DEMMERY Hunter FORD
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Prac Ferme Wayne MAXWELL Bike
Matt Walters - Image Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Matt WALTERS
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK SatAM Josh Waters
