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 Troy Herfoss TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Stephanie Redman TBG
ASBK 2019 - The Bend
ASBK Round The Bend SA SBKRace Wayne Maxwell Cru Halliday Bryan Staring Mike Jones TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Nic Liminton TBG Cover
ASBK Round The Bend SA Mark Chiodo TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA David Barker TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Cru Halliday TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Bryan Staring TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Bayliss V TBG
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Last Corner Nic LIMINTON leads Tom TOPARIS
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start Grid
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Finish
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start
Bryan Staring celebrating the win in South Australia - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Bryan STARING Celebrations
Bryan Staring - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING
Mike Jones in the lead from Wayne Maxwell and Alex Phillis
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SBKRStart Mike Jones Wayne Maxwell Alex Phillis TBG
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Ted Collins TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Seth Crump 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 Mike Jone TBG Sat
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two
Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Start
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Start First Corner
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two
Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Parc Ferme Reid BATTYE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Grid Avalon BIDDLE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Mike Jones Rear Tyre
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Troy HERFOSS Bracks
ASBK Round The Bend Pirelli Jones
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 Superbike Race Two
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start Maxwell
ASBK SSP300 Race One Results
Olly Simpson - Yamaha
Harry Khouri - Yamaha +10.412
Ben Baker - Yamaha +10.589
ASBK Rnd TheBend Raw R SS Podium Simpson TBG
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens Supersport Start
Daniel Falzon leads the field away - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Tom TOPARIS Wheelie
Hunter Ford - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Pard Ferme Hunter FORD
Daniel Falzon second on the grid - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Prac Ferme Daniel FALZON Bike
Mike Jones with his Pole Position award - TBG Image
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend QP Mike Jones TBG
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK SatAM Daniel FALZON
