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 Round The Bend SA Phil Crump Seth Crump Jason Crump TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Nic Liminton Richard Liminton TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Kats Fujiwara TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Daniel Falzon TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Cru Halliday TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Bryan Staring TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Avalon Biddle TBG Cover
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
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start Grid
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Wayne MAXWELL Bryan STARING
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Wayne MAXWELL Bike
Wayne Maxwell & Mark Chiodo - image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Mike JONES Leads Wayne MAXWELL Mark CHIODO
Bryan Staring - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING
Nic Liminton leads Tom Toparis - Image by TBG Sport
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Nic Liminton Tom Toparis 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 Mark Chiodo TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Josh Waters TBG Sat
ASBK next stop Morgan Park
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Bryan Staring TBG Sat
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Race Two Reports
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Start
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two
Image by TBG
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 Bikes
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport Race Two
Image by Rob Mott
Broc Pearson leads Reid Battye
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Broc PEARSON Reid BATTYE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Mike JONES
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Phil CZAJ relaxing
ASBK Round The Bend Dunlop Staring
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Wayne MAXWELL
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Race Two Reports
ASBK Superbike Race Two
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start
The first start today at The Bend - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R st Start Arthur SISSIS in the lead
Mark Chido being chased by Mike Jones - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK RMark CHIODO Mike JONES Chasing
Mike Jones managed to hold off Cru Halliday in order to take second place - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Mike JONES Cru HALLIDAY Finish
Tom Toparis - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Tom TOPARIS
Brandon Demmery - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Q Parc Ferme Brandon DEMMERY
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Prac Ferme Daniel FALZON
ASBK Superbike Qualifying 2 Results
Mike Jones - Ducati 1m51.220
Daniel Falzon - Yamaha 1m51.592
Wayne Maxwell - Suzuki 1m51.675
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend QP Jones Falzon Maxwell TBG
Daniel Falzon - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK SatAM Daniel FALZON
