2019 Australian Superbike Championship
Round 7 – Sydney Motorsports Park
Superbike
After a sensational ASBK season it now all comes down to one last slugfest at Sydney Motorsports Park to decide who will be king.
A full year’s worth of fitness training and racing by the riders, endless hours spent in workshops by mechanics and team members, more changes of shock internals than they can count, and a frightening amount of discarded tyres.
They all want to win. They all hate losing with a mind-bending angst and frustration at levels that normal people will never experience or understand. This is how they are wired. You don’t get to this level without an all-consuming competitive inferno in the belly. Most of these boys are older now, so that level of frustration and desire is, publicly at least, kept in check and under control, most of the time…
The tension in the air though is still palpable… There are more nerves than normal, among not just the riders but everyone involved in their campaign within the pits, and their loved ones outside the pits.
The pressure on the mechanics to get everything right is enormous. Imagine the tiniest mistake in preparing the bike costing your rider the championship after you have sweated blood for them all year and given your all…
In respect to the main championship contenders, probably a couple of hundred grand has been spent on each of the factory boys in the quest for the ultimate prize in Australian Road Racing, the 2019 Motul Pirelli Australian Superbike Championship #1 plate.
Only 4.5-points separate Troy Herfoss, Wayne Maxwell and Mike Jones heading into the finale, but they are not the only contenders in what has been the closest-fought Australian Superbike Championship ever.
Despite a costly Phillip Island tumble, Cru Halliday is most definitely still in with a shot at the title and with storms expected to arrive at Sydney Motorsports Park on Sunday afternoon anything could happen, and probably will. Josh Waters and Bryan Staring are also still mathematical chances.
While not in the championship chase, the likes of Daniel Falzon, Mark Chiodo, Matt Walters and Glenn Allerton could play a part in how those cards falls on Sunday. Jamie Stauffer is out of retirement and on a new Ducati V4 R, while short on set-up time, if the heavens open on Sunday he will be in the mix.
Kiwi Damon Rees might come to the fore and shake up the established pecking order in the wet, while the always fast-starting Arthur Sissis is capable of mixing it up front. Alex Phillis might also surprise with an extra burst of pace.
ASBK season 2019 has been the tightest motorcycle road-racing competition this year the world over and has been thoroughly action-packed. I expect no less from the final pair of 13-lap bouts that take place tomorrow.
Mike Jones has been in peerless qualifying form this season and has taken pole position at the previous four rounds, The Bend, Morgan Park, Winton and Phillip Island has all seen the DesmoSport Ducati rider on pole. With things so tight at the top the single point for pole position today takes on even more importance. Jones might not have topped the time-sheets on Friday, and in fact was only fifth quickest, but he did put in the largest number of genuinely fast laps across the sessions which suggests they have a good race set-up.
Cru Halliday was also strong all day, topping both FP1 and FP2. Wayne Maxwell ended Friday second quickest ahead of Daniel Falzon and Troy Herfoss.
The temperature was rising as Superbike competitors readied for their 35-minute timed practice session on Saturday morning. Track temperates were heading towards 40-degrees but were still much cooler than what riders experienced here on Friday afternoon. The conditions were more conducive to fast times and Maxwell dropped in 1m30.524 on his first lap. Falzon was also quickly into 1m30s. A few minutes later Herfoss was also in the 30s and was then joined by Mark Chiodo who dropped into the 30s for his first time ever.
Cru Halliday then went out halfway through the session and dropped in the fastest lap of the weekend thus far, a 1m30.187s on his first lap of the session around the 3.93 kilometre regular Sydney Motorsports Park Circuit. This traditional lay-out termed as the Gardner Circuit, while the new extended track is dubbed Brabham Circuit.
With 13-minutes remaining Mike Jones crossed the stripe for the first time and became the first rider to dip under the magic 1m30s mark. A 1m29.893s on his first lap out and he was happy to head back to the pits.
That time by Jones was good enough to stand all the way to the chequered flag. Halliday second, Maxwell third, Herfoss fourth, Chiodo fifth and Falzon the last man in the 1m30s in sixth.
Josh Waters was seventh fastest but only by the narrowest of margins over Matt Walters, despite the Cessnock Kawasaki rider having an off at turn nine during the session.
Bryan Staring the final automatic Q2 qualifier in ninth.
The riders from 10th back in the Timed Practice session have to fight it out in a Q1 session, with the top three in that session then promoted into Q2, making for a final 12-rider tussle over the first four rows of the grid. A little like we see in MotoGP these days.
Q1
The temperature was considerably hotter by the time the Q1 session got underway, track temperatures above 50-degrees and the ambient nudging 33-degrees.
Q1 kicked off on schedule at 1440 as competitors did battle to secure a top three position and earn their promotion through to Q2.
South Australian speedway supremo Arthur Sissis was the early pace-setter before Jamie Stauffer overhauled him halfway through the session. Three minutes before the end Damon Rees shot to the top of the charts with a 1m31.671s, an impressive time considering the very hot track temperatures.
Lachlan Epis then leaped up the timing monitors with a 1m32.284s to take second place with 90-seconds remaining in the session. Allerton then crossed the stripe with 45-seconds remaining after putting in a 1m31.988s to push Epis back to third and Stauffer out of the top three.
In the dying seconds Allerton then went top by less than a tenth-of-a-second over Rees. Sissis improved to move back up to third momentarily before Epis then improved his marker to 1m31.958s, ruling Sissis out of promotion to Q2.
Thus Allerton topped Q1 from Rees and Epis and it is that trio that earned promotion through to the final 15-minute qualifying battle. Allerton had swapped back to the previous model S 1000 RR for qualifying after using the practice sessions to work on a set-up with the new model but then felt they needed more development time before continuing with the new model.
Superbike Q1 Results
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Glenn ALLERTON | BMW S RR | 1m31.602 |
2 | Damon REES | Honda CBR SP | 1m31.671 |
3 | Lachlan EPIS | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m31.958 |
4 | Arthur SISSIS | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m32.114 |
5 | Jamie STAUFFER | Ducati V4 R | 1m32.309 |
6 | Alex PHILLIS | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m32.754 |
7 | Ben BURKE | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m32.931 |
8 | Brendan MCINTYRE | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m33.721 |
9 | Sloan FROST | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m34.024 |
10 | Dominic DE LEON | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m35.116 |
11 | Matthew TOOLEY | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m35.158 |
12 | Heath GRIFFIN | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m36.054 |
13 | Nathan SPITERI | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m37.763 |
14 | Michael EDWARDS | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m37.915 |
Q2
Cru Halliday, Mark Chiodo and Troy Herfoss all put in quick laps in the first five-minutes of Q2 to go 1-2-3 before returning to pit-lane.
At the halfway point of the session the top seven riders were all in the pits… Halliday on top from Chiodo and Herfoss, Maxwell fourth ahead of Jones and Falzon while Allerton was seventh. Eighth placed Damon Rees was the final rider in the 1m31s at that half-way point of proceedings.
With six-minutes left in the session all 12 riders were in pit-lane. A minute later there was an exodus from the pits as they all headed out for their final charge.
Falzon was under at the first split and on a flyer, then orange sector times started filling the timing monitors as Chiodo, Herfoss, Jones, Staring all set first sectors quicker than Halliday’s earlier benchmark.
Falzon went top with 2min-30s remaining on a 1m30.039s, Herfoss went second on 1m30.070s.
Halliday then put in a 1m30.298s to go third, Chiodo was fourth and then went under at the first split before hitting the deck, his pole challenge done.
That’s it. Falzon takes that vital championship point for pole and denies the championship challengers their chance to take another point. That’s the South Australian’s first pole in two years.
With rain forecast from midday tomorrow we are extremely likely to have at least one wet race. Quite possibly the final 13-lap battle that decides the championship will be staged in wet conditions.
After the heat of the past few days this circuit will, initially at least, turn into an ice skating rink when the rain first falls. If it does rain, will organisers then stage a quick-fire wet practice session ahead of a wet race if the forecast precipitation levels hit the circuit tomorrow afternoon…? The tension and nerves just went up another notch….
Superbike Q2 Results
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Daniel FALZON | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m30.039 |
2 | Troy HERFOSS | Honda CBR SP | 1m30.070 |
3 | Cru HALLIDAY | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m30.298 |
4 | Wayne MAXWELL | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m30.407 |
5 | Mark CHIODO | Honda CBR SP | 1m30.470 |
6 | Bryan STARING | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m30.480 |
7 | Mike JONES | Ducati FE | 1m30.482 |
8 | Josh WATERS | Suzuki GSX-R | 1m31.253 |
9 | Glenn ALLERTON | BMW S RR | 1m31.255 |
10 | Matt WALTERS | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m31.300 |
11 | Damon REES | Honda CBR SP | 1m31.861 |
12 | Lachlan EPIS | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 1m32.935 |
Superbike Qualifying / Grid / Standings
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Daniel FALZON | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m30.039 |
2 | Troy HERFOSS | Honda CBR SP | 1m30.070 |
3 | Cru HALLIDAY | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m30.298 |
4 | Wayne MAXWELL | Suzuki GSXR | 1m30.407 |
5 | Mark CHIODO | Honda CBR SP | 1m30.470 |
6 | Bryan STARING | Kawasaki ZX10R | 1m30.480 |
7 | Mike JONES | Ducati FE | 1m30.482 |
8 | Josh WATERS | Suzuki GSXR | 1m31.253 |
9 | Glenn ALLERTON | BMW S RR | 1m31.255 |
10 | Matt WALTERS | Kawasaki ZX10R | 1m31.300 |
11 | Damon REES | Honda CBR SP | 1m31.671 |
12 | Lachlan EPIS | Kawasaki ZX10R | 1m31.958 |
13 | Arthur SISSIS | Suzuki GSXR | 1m32.114 |
14 | Jamie STAUFFER | Ducati V4R | 1m32.309 |
15 | Alex PHILLIS | Suzuki GSXR | 1m32.754 |
16 | Ben BURKE | Kawasaki ZX10R | 1m32.931 |
17 | Brendan MCINTYRE | Suzuki GSXR | 1m33.721 |
18 | Sloan FROST | Suzuki GSXR | 1m34.024 |
19 | Dominic DE LEON | Kawasaki ZX10R | 1m35.116 |
20 | Matthew TOOLEY | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m35.158 |
21 | Heath GRIFFIN | Suzuki GSXR | 1m36.054 |
22 | Nathan SPITERI | Suzuki GSXR | 1m37.763 |
23 | Michael EDWARDS | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1m37.915 |
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | Mike JONES | Ducati FE | 1m29.893 |
2 | Cru HALLIDAY | Yamaha YZF-R1 | +0.294 |
3 | Wayne MAXWELL | Suzuki GSXR | +0.631 |
4 | Troy HERFOSS | Honda CBR SP | +0.828 |
5 | Mark CHIODO | Honda CBR SP | +0.864 |
6 | Daniel FALZON | Yamaha YZF-R1 | +0.975 |
7 | Josh WATERS | Suzuki GSXR | +1.425 |
8 | Matt WALTERS | Kawasaki ZX10R | +1.435 |
9 | Bryan STARING | Kawasaki ZX10R | +1.463 |
10 | Lachlan EPIS | Kawasaki ZX10R | +1.655 |
11 | Jamie STAUFFER | Ducati V4R | +1.825 |
12 | Arthur SISSIS | Suzuki GSXR | +1.972 |
13 | Glenn ALLERTON | BMW S RR | +2.396 |
14 | Alex PHILLIS | Suzuki GSXR | +2.497 |
15 | Damon REES | Honda CBR SP | +2.654 |
16 | Ben BURKE | Kawasaki ZX10R | +3.265 |
17 | Sloan FROST | Suzuki GSXR | +3.466 |
18 | Brendan MCINTYRE | Suzuki GSXR | +4.001 |
19 | Dominic DE LEON | Kawasaki ZX10R | +4.747 |
20 | Matthew TOOLEY | Yamaha YZF-R1 | +5.028 |
21 | Heath GRIFFIN | Suzuki GSXR | +5.534 |
22 | Michael EDWARDS | Yamaha YZF-R1 | +6.489 |
23 | Nathan SPITERI | Suzuki GSXR | +6.859 |
Australian Superbike Standings
Pos | Name | Total |
1 | Troy HERFOSS | 241 |
2 | Wayne MAXWELL | 238 |
3 | Michael JONES | 236.5 |
4 | Cru HALLIDAY | 222 |
5 | Josh WATERS | 216 |
6 | Bryan STARING | 211.5 |
7 | Matt WALTERS | 160.5 |
8 | Daniel FALZON | 157 |
9 | Alex PHILLIS | 131 |
10 | Arthur SISSIS | 106.5 |
11 | Mark CHIODO | 105 |
12 | Damon REES | 98.5 |
13 | Glenn SCOTT | 90 |
14 | Lachlan EPIS | 85 |
15 | Glenn ALLERTON | 82 |
16 | Aiden WAGNER | 71 |
17 | Sloan FROST | 60 |
18 | Ted COLLINS | 49 |
19 | Aaron MORRIS | 40 |
20 | Brendan McINTYRE | 32 |
21 | Philip CZAJ | 31 |
22 | David BARKER | 27 |
23 | Max CROKER | 27 |
24 | Dean HASLER | 15 |
25 | Matt TOOLEY | 15 |
26 | Evan BYLES | 13 |
27 | Jamie STAUFFER | 10 |
28 | Brian HOUGHTON | 10 |
29 | Kyle BUCKLEY | 9 |
30 | Nathan SPITERI | 8 |
31 | Michael EDWARDS | 5 |
32 | Adam SENIOR | 5 |
33 | Paul VAN DER HEIDEN | 4 |
34 | Trent GIBSON | 3 |
35 | Ryan YANKO | 3 |
36 | Will DAVIDSON | 2 |
Supersport
Tom Toparis may have wrapped up the Motorsports TV sponsored Supersport Championship at the penultimate Phillip Island round. It is fair to say that the Goulburn teenager was clearly a class above the competition in the category this season.
This weekend though there is a new challenger. Tom Edwards is back from European adventures in the Supersport 300 World Championship and has stepped up to a 600 for his return to the domestic ranks. A BikeBiz backed YZF-R6 his mount and today Edwards showed just how competitive he is by finishing QP1 second to Toparis. A 1m33.054s not far off the 1m32.739s of Toparis and suggests that Edwards might take the fight up to him on Sunday.
Broc Pearson is currently second in the Supersport Championship with a significant 28-point buffer over South Australian Nic Liminton. One trip up from the Queenslander though will be enough for Liminton to perhaps steal that #2 plate at the final juncture…
Due to much higher track temperatures in the second qualifying session most of the front runners were nowhere near the times they had set in QP1, thus the grid was largely decided on Q1 times.
Supersport Qualifying/Standings
Pos | Name | Bike | Time |
1 | Tom TOPARIS | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m32.739 |
2 | Tom EDWARDS | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m33.054 |
3 | Jack PASSFIELD | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m33.548 |
4 | Callum SPRIGGS | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m33.743 |
5 | Aidan HAYES | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m33.776 |
6 | Broc PEARSON | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m34.219 |
7 | Nic LIMINTON | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m34.390 |
8 | Oli BAYLISS | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m34.514 |
9 | Jack HYDE | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m34.544 |
10 | Rhys BELLING | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m34.864 |
11 | Richie DIBBEN | Suzuki GSXR | 1m35.114 |
12 | Ty LYNCH | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m35.544 |
13 | Dallas SKEER | Suzuki GSXR | 1m35.695 |
14 | Brodie MALOUF | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m36.039 |
15 | Andrew EDSER | Kawasaki ZX6R | 1m36.039 |
16 | Luke MITCHELL | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m36.077 |
17 | Chris QUINN | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m36.595 |
18 | Avalon BIDDLE | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1m36.678 |
19 | Callum O’BRIEN | Kawasaki ZX6R | 1m37.029 |
Australian Supersport Standings
Pos | Name | Total |
1 | Tom TOPARIS | 350 |
2 | Broc PEARSON | 246 |
3 | Nic LIMINTON | 208 |
4 | Aidan HAYES | 191 |
5 | Oliver BAYLISS | 181 |
6 | Dallas SKEER | 161 |
7 | Reid BATTYE | 142 |
8 | Jack PASSFIELD | 141 |
9 | Ty LYNCH | 141 |
10 | Rhys BELLING | 118 |
11 | Chris QUINN | 109 |
12 | Avalon BIDDLE | 101 |
13 | Callum SPRIGGS | 89 |
14 | John QUINN | 76 |
15 | Jack HYDE | 67 |
16 | Luke MITCHELL | 65 |
17 | Andrew EDSER | 64 |
18 | Richie DIBBEN | 48 |
19 | Zac JOHNSON | 37 |
20 | Scott NICHOLSON | 31 |
21 | Timothy DONNON | 28 |
22 | Dylan WHITESIDE | 26 |
23 | Samuel LAMBERT | 22 |
24 | Callum O’BRIEN | 18 |
25 | Brodie MALOUF | 18 |
26 | Ryan SELLEN | 17 |
27 | Chandler COOPER | 17 |
28 | Corey TURNER | 16 |
29 | Ben LIEBIG | 14 |
30 | Matt CRANMER | 13 |
31 | Luke SANDERS | 13 |
32 | Bronson PICKETT | 12 |
33 | Daniel LEONARD | 5 |
34 | Oscar DAVISON | 1 |
Supersport 300
Hunter Ford topped Supersport 300 Qualifying ahead of Max Stauffer and Senna Agius. Stauffer had been quickest in QP1 but Ford pipped him out of top spot in Q2.
Hunter Ford capitalised on his pole position to lead Levy and Stauffer on the opening lap of the eight-lap opening race of the weekend which was staged in sweaty 34-degree ambient temperatures at 1420 on Saturday afternoon.
By the end of lap two Senna Agius had worked his way to the front of what was now a five-rider battle at the front of the field with Luke Jhonston in the mix.
Agius then managed to ease away from his pursuers over the next few laps and by half race distance led by a full second. Max Stauffer was left to tussle over second place with Ford, Levy, Jhonston and a fast finishing Brandon Demmery.
Stauffer did enough to claim the second place but with that clear victory Agius has trimmed Stauffer’s championship lead down to 11-points with two races still to go.
Supersport 300 Results/Standings
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | Senna AGIUS | Kawasaki EX 400 | 13m59.431 |
2 | Max STAUFFER | Yamaha R3 321 | +1.172 |
3 | Hunter FORD | Yamaha R3 321 | +1.326 |
4 | Zac LEVY | Yamaha R3 321 | +3.088 |
5 | Brandon DEMMERY | Yamaha R3 321 | +3.105 |
6 | Luke JHONSTON | Kawasaki EX 400 | +4.543 |
7 | John LYTRAS | Yamaha R3 321 | +7.044 |
8 | Ben BAKER | Yamaha R3 321 | +12.579 |
9 | Yannis SHAW | Kawasaki EX 400 | +12.766 |
10 | Seth CRUMP | KTM RC 390 | +12.812 |
11 | Kyle O’CONNELL | Yamaha R3 321 | +21.368 |
12 | Ryan SMITH | Yamaha R3 321 | +21.411 |
13 | Caleb GILMORE | Yamaha R3 321 | +22.371 |
14 | Laura BROWN | Yamaha R3 321 | +22.390 |
15 | Zylas BUNTING | Kawasaki EX 400 | +22.785 |
16 | Peter NERLICH | Kawasaki EX 400 | +32.540 |
17 | James JACOBS | Kawasaki EX 400 | +41.881 |
18 | Jimmy BROADBENT | Kawasaki EX 400 | +42.660 |
19 | Noel MAHON | Kawasaki EX 400 | +42.749 |
20 | Patrick LI | Yamaha R3 321 | +53.787 |
21 | Craig WHITE | Kawasaki EX 400 | +1m18.017 |
DNF | Matt RINDEL | Yamaha R3 321 | 2 Laps |
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | Hunter FORD | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m43.065 |
2 | Max STAUFFER | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m43.145 |
3 | Senna AGIUS | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m43.598 |
4 | Zac LEVY | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m44.004 |
5 | Brandon DEMMERY | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m44.200 |
6 | John LYTRAS | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m44.200 |
7 | Yannis SHAW | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m44.217 |
8 | Luke JHONSTON | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m44.281 |
9 | Ben BAKER | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m44.335 |
10 | Seth CRUMP | KTM RC 390 | 1m44.797 |
11 | Ryan SMITH | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m44.855 |
12 | Caleb GILMORE | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m45.437 |
13 | Laura BROWN | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m45.535 |
14 | Kyle O’CONNELL | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m45.683 |
15 | Zylas BUNTING | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m46.037 |
16 | Matt RINDEL | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m46.081 |
17 | Noel MAHON | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m46.291 |
18 | Reece OUGHTRED | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m46.344 |
19 | Peter NERLICH | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m46.495 |
20 | Jimmy BROADBENT | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m46.550 |
21 | Harry PARKER | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m47.253 |
22 | Zak PETTENDY | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m47.807 |
23 | James JACOBS | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m48.904 |
24 | Patrick LI | Yamaha R3 321 | 1m50.094 |
25 | Craig WHITE | Kawasaki EX 400 | 1m52.272 |
Pos | Name | Pole | Race 1 | Total |
1 | Max STAUFFER | 0 | 20 | 350 |
2 | Senna AGIUS | 0 | 25 | 339 |
3 | Hunter FORD | 1 | 18 | 275 |
4 | Seth CRUMP | 0 | 11 | 262 |
5 | Yannis SHAW | 0 | 12 | 261 |
6 | John LYTRAS | 0 | 14 | 247 |
7 | Brandon DEMMERY | 0 | 16 | 225 |
8 | Zac LEVY | 0 | 17 | 208 |
9 | Locky TAYLOR | 0 | 0 | 203 |
10 | Harry KHOURI | 0 | 0 | 192 |
11 | Ben BAKER | 0 | 13 | 186 |
12 | Luke JHONSTON | 0 | 15 | 177 |
13 | Peter NERLICH | 0 | 5 | 140 |
14 | Travis HALL | 0 | 0 | 116 |
15 | Luke POWER | 0 | 0 | 98 |
16 | Zylas BUNTING | 0 | 6 | 76 |
17 | Jacob ROULSTONE | 0 | 0 | 63 |
18 | Callum O’BRIEN | 0 | 0 | 62 |
19 | Kyle O’CONNELL | 0 | 10 | 59 |
20 | Laura BROWN | 0 | 7 | 54 |
21 | Mitch KUHNE | 0 | 0 | 54 |
22 | Olly SIMPSON | 0 | 0 | 51 |
23 | Tristan ADAMSON | 0 | 0 | 48 |
24 | Ryan SMITH | 0 | 9 | 47 |
25 | Ben BURKE | 0 | 0 | 43 |
26 | Dylan WHITESIDE | 0 | 0 | 39 |
27 | Matt RINDEL | 0 | 0 | 35 |
28 | Harrison VOIGHT | 0 | 1 | 34 |
29 | Reece OUGHTRED | 0 | 0 | 27 |
30 | Mitchell SIMPSON | 0 | 0 | 25 |
31 | Stephany KAPILAWI-JAMES | 0 | 0 | 15 |
32 | Tayla RELPH | 0 | 0 | 14 |
33 | Harry PARKER | 0 | 0 | 10 |
34 | Jacob HATCH | 0 | 0 | 9 |
35 | Grace POUTCH | 0 | 0 | 9 |
36 | Caleb GILMORE | 0 | 8 | 8 |
37 | Noel MAHON | 0 | 2 | 8 |
38 | Jesse WOODS | 0 | 0 | 8 |
39 | Tom NEWTON | 0 | 0 | 7 |
40 | Josh HALL | 0 | 0 | 6 |
41 | James JACOBS | 0 | 4 | 4 |
42 | Bronson PICKETT | 0 | 0 | 4 |
43 | Jimmy BROADBENT | 0 | 3 | 3 |
44 | Zak PETTENDY | 0 | 0 | 3 |
45 | Ryan MOSCARDINI | 0 | 0 | 2 |
46 | John BLENKIN | 0 | 0 | 2 |
47 | Keegan PICKERING | 0 | 0 | 2 |
48 | Jordan SIMPSON | 0 | 0 | 1 |
YMF R3 Cup
Hunter Ford took pole for the YMF R3 Cup ahead of Max Stauffer and Zac Levy despite Ford not turning a wheel in Q2. His Q1 time of 1m43.315s held steady at the top while fellow front row qualifiers Max Stauffer and Zac Levy also secured their spots on their Q1 time set in the cooler morning conditions.
Max Stauffer scored the holeshot on lap one but there was some consternation about possible jump-starts as race direction immediately indicated that the start was under investigation.
Zac Levy took the lead from Stauffer and Hunter Ford then demoted Max further to third place. Stauffer was not done though and was back in the lead on lap three as officials then informed us that Zac Levy had been penalised for a jump-start.
Ford moved back through to the lead with four laps to go with Levy then again pushing Stauffer back to third. John Lytras, Brandon Demmery and Ben Baker were also in that leading pack and in podium contention. Reece Oughtred then joined that party with two laps to go, then at the last lap board only half-a-second covered that entire top seven.
At the flag it was Hunter Ford with his nose in front of Brandon Demmery and John Lytras in third. Max Stauffer fourth ahead of Zac Levy, but Levy will be relegated down the order in the results after the jump-start penalty is applied.
With that victory Ford extended his championship points lead over John Lytras to 20-points.
YMF R3 Cup Results/Standings
Pos | Name | Machine | Time/Gap |
1 | Hunter FORD | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +12m19.812 |
2 | Brandon DEMMERY | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +0.094 |
3 | John LYTRAS | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +0.121 |
4 | Max STAUFFER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +0.150 |
5 | Ben BAKER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +0.491 |
6 | Reece OUGHTRED | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +0.629 |
7 | Ryan SMITH | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +5.563 |
8 | Zac LEVY | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +10.155 |
9 | Jacob HATCH | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +14.903 |
10 | Kyle O’CONNELL | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +14.974 |
11 | Laura BROWN | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +17.786 |
12 | Matt RINDEL | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +18.935 |
13 | Archie MCDONALD | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +23.144 |
14 | Zak PETTENDY | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +27.243 |
15 | Caleb GILMORE | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +27.377 |
16 | Patrick BOGNAR | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +29.764 |
17 | Harry PARKER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +33.850 |
18 | Hunter DIPLOCK | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +51.526 |
19 | Patrick LI | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +51.551 |
20 | Tony SIMS | Yamaha YZF-R3 | +57.051 |
DNF | Dominic FLETCHER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 6 Laps |
Pos | Name | Machine | Time |
1 | Hunter FORD | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m43.315 |
2 | Max STAUFFER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m43.425 |
3 | Zac LEVY | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m43.704 |
4 | Brandon DEMMERY | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m43.925 |
5 | Reece OUGHTRED | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m43.977 |
6 | Ben BAKER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m44.063 |
7 | John LYTRAS | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m44.331 |
8 | Ryan SMITH | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m44.693 |
9 | Kyle O’CONNELL | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m45.527 |
10 | Jacob HATCH | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m46.080 |
11 | Matt RINDEL | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m46.175 |
12 | Caleb GILMORE | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m46.181 |
13 | Laura BROWN | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m46.191 |
14 | Harry PARKER (NZ) | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m46.353 |
15 | Archie MCDONALD | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m47.356 |
16 | Patrick BOGNAR | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m48.041 |
17 | Zak PETTENDY | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m48.066 |
18 | Dominic FLETCHER | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m50.533 |
19 | Tony SIMS | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m51.530 |
20 | Hunter DIPLOCK | Yamaha YZF-R3 | 1m52.413 |
21 | Patrick LI | Yamaha YZF-R3 | / |
Pos | Name | Race 1 | Total |
1 | Hunter FORD | 25 | 256 |
2 | John LYTRAS | 18 | 236 |
3 | Max STAUFFER | 17 | 230 |
4 | Brandon DEMMERY | 20 | 219 |
5 | Locky TAYLOR | 0 | 195 |
6 | Zac LEVY | 13 | 169 |
7 | Reece OUGHTRED | 15 | 121 |
8 | Luke JHONSTON | 0 | 117 |
9 | Ben BAKER | 16 | 104 |
10 | Ryan SMITH | 14 | 103 |
11 | Harry KHOURI | 0 | 86 |
12 | Tristan ADAMSON | 0 | 84 |
13 | Jacob ROULSTONE | 0 | 82 |
14 | Travis HALL | 0 | 76 |
15 | Matt RINDEL | 9 | 71 |
16 | Jacob HATCH | 12 | 66 |
17 | Laura BROWN | 10 | 66 |
18 | Archie McDONALD | 8 | 61 |
19 | Zylas BUNTING | 0 | 59 |
20 | Zak PETTENDY | 7 | 57 |
21 | Kyle O’CONNELL | 11 | 54 |
22 | Harrison VOIGHT | 2 | 52 |
23 | Mitch KUHNE | 0 | 46 |
24 | Stephany KAPILAWI-JAMES | 0 | 36 |
25 | Patrick BOGNAR | 5 | 29 |
26 | Harry PARKER | 4 | 21 |
27 | Ryan MOSCARDINI | 0 | 17 |
28 | Keegan PICKERING | 0 | 14 |
29 | Josh NODEN | 0 | 11 |
30 | Josh HALL | 0 | 11 |
31 | Dominic FLETCHER | 0 | 9 |
32 | Bronson PICKETT | 0 | 8 |
33 | Jeremy CZMOK | 0 | 7 |
34 | Caleb GILMORE | 6 | 6 |
35 | Hunter DIPLOCK | 3 | 6 |
36 | John BLENKIN | 0 | 6 |
37 | Jamie PORT | 0 | 5 |
38 | Cameron AGOSTINI | 0 | 5 |
39 | Kristian AGOSTINI | 0 | 2 |
40 | Tony SIMS | 1 | 1 |
bLUcRU Oceania Junior Cup
The bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup qualifying sessions looked like they were racing as they all tried to slip-stream each other.
At the end of Q2 though still nobody had beaten the 2m01.026s set by Marianos Nikolis in Q1 thus the young Sydneysider was on pole for the late afternoon race with Cormac Buchanan and Archie McDonald rounding out the front row.
Come Saturday afternoon though it was Tom Drane that won an exciting battle to take victory over Nikolis with McDonald rounding out the podium.
Thompson may have finished fourth but that was enough to extend his championship lead over Angus Grenfell to 31-points after Grenfell suffered a DNF.
bLUcRU Oceania Junior Cup/Results Standings
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | Tom DRANE | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 12m23.147 |
2 | Marianos NIKOLIS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +0.017 |
3 | Archie MCDONALD | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +0.258 |
4 | Carter THOMPSON | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +0.377 |
5 | Max GIBBONS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +1.287 |
6 | Jacob HATCH | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +1.715 |
7 | Reece OUGHTRED | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +5.902 |
8 | Cameron DUNKER | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +10.480 |
9 | Cros FRANCIS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +10.549 |
10 | Lincoln KNIGHT | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +14.863 |
11 | Zak PETTENDY | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +15.053 |
12 | Patrick BOGNAR | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +15.170 |
13 | Jai RUSSO | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +15.341 |
14 | Hunter DIPLOCK | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +20.148 |
15 | Lucas QUINN | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +20.562 |
16 | Tom CONNORS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +20.610 |
17 | Jamie PORT | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +27.822 |
18 | Clay CLEGG | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +27.948 |
19 | Varis FLEMING | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +28.148 |
20 | Dominic FLETCHER | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +29.090 |
21 | Toby JAMES | Yamaha YZF-R15 | +46.379 |
DNF | Cormac BUCHANAN | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2 Laps |
DNF | Angus GRENFELL | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2 Laps |
TBC
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Marianos NIKOLIS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.026 |
2 | Cormac BUCHANAN | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.055 |
3 | Archie MCDONALD | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.255 |
4 | Tom DRANE | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.361 |
5 | Carter THOMPSON | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.592 |
6 | Jacob HATCH | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.638 |
7 | Reece OUGHTRED | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m01.692 |
8 | Patrick BOGNAR | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.042 |
9 | Cros FRANCIS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.190 |
10 | Cameron DUNKER | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.238 |
11 | Lincoln KNIGHT | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.323 |
12 | Hunter DIPLOCK | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.387 |
13 | Angus GRENFELL | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.390 |
14 | Max GIBBONS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.413 |
15 | Zak PETTENDY | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m02.861 |
16 | Jai RUSSO | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m03.832 |
17 | Tom CONNORS | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m03.931 |
18 | Clay CLEGG | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m04.599 |
19 | Jamie PORT | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m04.630 |
20 | Lucas QUINN | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m05.199 |
21 | Dominic FLETCHER | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m05.200 |
22 | Varis FLEMING | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m05.304 |
23 | Toby JAMES | Yamaha YZF-R15 | 2m09.828 |
Pos | Name | Total |
1 | Carter THOMPSON | 310 |
2 | Angus GRENFELL | 279 |
3 | Tom DRANE | 248 |
4 | Archie McDONALD | 225 |
5 | Max GIBBONS | 222.5 |
6 | Marianos NIKOLIS | 202 |
7 | Jacob ROULSTONE | 201 |
8 | Reece OUGHTRED | 193 |
9 | Glenn NELSON | 163 |
10 | Zak PETTENDY | 162 |
11 | Cros FRANCIS | 159 |
12 | Jacob HATCH | 138 |
13 | Lucas QUINN | 124 |
14 | Jai RUSSO | 123 |
15 | Cormac BUCHANAN | 108.5 |
16 | Varis FLEMING | 92 |
17 | Lincoln KNIGHT | 83 |
18 | Patrick BOGNAR | 74 |
19 | Hunter DIPLOCK | 70 |
20 | Jamie PORT | 67 |
21 | Alex KENWORTHY-JONES | 62 |
22 | Tom CONNORS | 38 |
23 | Thomas BROWN | 29 |
24 | Dominic FLETCHER | 23 |
25 | Jayden MARTIN | 21 |
26 | Toby JAMES | 17 |
27 | Cameron DUNKER | 13 |
28 | Clay CLEGG | 3 |
Superbike Masters
Aaron Morris blitzed the Superbike Masters field in qualifying with a stunning 1m34.293s to take pole position ahead of John Allen and Stephen Kairl.
Morris led by five-seconds at the end of the first lap of the six-lap Saturday afternoon race. That gap was just under ten-seconds by the end of lap two and it was clear Morris and the C&M Motorcycles FZR1000 Yamaha were in their own race.
The best of the rest was John Allen on a TZ 750 who ultimately maintained a significant advantage over Stephen Kairl to take second place.
Superbike Masters Results/Standings
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | Aaron MORRIS | Yamaha FZR 1043 | 9m41.896 |
2 | John ALLEN | Yamaha OW31 750 | +20.092 |
3 | Stephen KAIRL | Yamaha FZR 1040 | +26.590 |
4 | Mark McVEIGH | Yamaha FZR 1000 | +43.314 |
5 | Stephen CRAIG | Suzuki GSXR 750 | +45.097 |
6 | Scott WEBSTER | Harris Suzuki 1200 | +49.279 |
7 | Stephen WARD | Yamaha FZR 1000 | +49.329 |
8 | Stuart WOODBURY | Ducati SP 851 | +56.938 |
9 | Mick JOHNSTON | Ducati TTF1 985 | +57.595 |
10 | Phillip BURKE | Honda RC30 750 | +57.706 |
11 | Anthony BANN | Kawasaki ZXR 750 | +1m10.828 |
12 | Steven HARLEY | Yamaha FZN 750 | +1m26.235 |
13 | Gregory JAMES | Honda CB R 1100 | +1m26.544 |
14 | Roger GUNN | Harris F1 1170 | +1:34.529 |
15 | Denis ACKLAND | Kawasaki Z 1260 | +1m35.945 |
16 | Patrick POVOLNY | Suzuki GSX 1100 | +1m48.778 |
17 | Mark RODDA | Suzuki GS S 1100 | +1m50.973 |
18 | Gary NAYSMITH | Kawasaki Z J 1166 | +1m51.158 |
19 | Karen WEBB | Suzuki GSXR 749 | +1m54.190 |
20 | Paul RIGNEY | Harris Kawasaki 1170 | 1 Lap |
21 | Darren LARK | Suzuki GSX 1150 | 1 Lap |
DNF | Andrew GARRETT | Suzuki GSXR 750 | 4 Laps |
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time |
1 | Aaron MORRIS | Yamaha FZR 1043 | 1m34.293 |
2 | John ALLEN | Yamaha OW31 750 | 1m38.413 |
3 | Stephen KAIRL | Yamaha FZR 1040 | 1m39.614 |
4 | Stephen CRAIG | Suzuki GSXR 750 | 1m42.579 |
5 | Mark McVEIGH | Yamaha FZR 1000 | 1m43.154 |
6 | Scott WEBSTER | Harris Suzuki 1200 | 1m43.643 |
7 | Stephen WARD | Yamaha FZR 1000 | 1m44.022 |
8 | Stuart WOODBURY | Ducati SP 851 | 1m44.089 |
9 | Phillip BURKE | Honda RC30 750 | 1m45.211 |
10 | Mick JOHNSTON | Ducati TTF1 985 | 1m45.503 |
11 | Roger GUNN | Harris F1 1170 | 1m46.209 |
12 | Anthony BANN | Kawasaki ZXR 750 | 1m46.531 |
13 | Gregory JAMES | Honda CB R 1100 | 1m47.467 |
14 | Greg DAL SANTO | Ducati SS 700 | 1m49.491 |
15 | Andrew GARRETT | Suzuki GSXR 750 | 1m49.596 |
16 | Steven HARLEY | Yamaha FZN 750 | 1m49.674 |
17 | Denis ACKLAND | Kawasaki Z 1260 | 1m50.937 |
18 | Patrick POVOLNY | Suzuki GSX 1100 | 1m52.450 |
19 | Mark RODDA | Suzuki GS S 1100 | 1m53.496 |
20 | Karen WEBB | Suzuki GSXR 749 | 1m53.504 |
21 | Gary NAYSMITH | Kawasaki Z J 1166 | 1m53.790 |
22 | Paul RIGNEY | Harris Kawasaki 1170 | 1m55.873 |
23 | Darren LARK | Suzuki GSX 1150 | 2m04.600 |
Pos | Name | Race 1 | Total |
1 | John ALLEN | 20 | 95 |
2 | Mark McVEIGH | 17 | 68 |
3 | Scott WEBSTER | 15 | 63 |
4 | Alexander PICKETT | 0 | 60 |
5 | Murray CLARK | 0 | 54 |
6 | Mark RODDA | 4 | 48 |
7 | Gregory JAMES | 8 | 37 |
8 | Darren LARK | 0 | 26 |
9 | Aaron MORRIS | 25 | 25 |
10 | Stephen KAIRL | 18 | 18 |
11 | Stephen CRAIG | 16 | 16 |
12 | Stephen WARD | 14 | 14 |
13 | Richard EASTON | 0 | 14 |
14 | Stuart WOODBURY | 13 | 13 |
15 | Mick JOHNSTON | 12 | 12 |
16 | Phillip BURKE | 11 | 11 |
17 | Anthony BANN | 10 | 10 |
18 | Steven HARLEY | 9 | 9 |
19 | Roger GUNN | 7 | 7 |
20 | Denis ACKLAND | 6 | 6 |
21 | Patrick POVOLNY | 5 | 5 |
22 | Gary NAYSMITH | 3 | 3 |
23 | Karen WEBB | 2 | 2 |
24 | Paul RIGNEY | 1 | 1 |
ASBK Schedule
Sunday Schedule | ||
08.30 | YMF R3 Cup | WUP |
08.40 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | WUP |
08.50 | Motorsport TV Supersport | WUP |
09.00 | YMI Supersport 300 | WUP |
09.10 | Kawasaki Superbike | WUP |
09.25 | Superbike Masters | WUP |
09.40 | YMF R3 Cup | R2 |
10.05 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | R2 |
10.25 | Motorsport TV Supersport | R1 |
11.00 | YMI Supersport 300 | R2 |
11.25 | Kawasaki Superbike | R1 |
12.10 | Superbike Masters | R2 |
12.25 | Lunch – Pit Lane Walk | |
13.05 | YMI Supersport 300* | R3 |
13.35 | Motorsport TV Supersport* | R2 |
14.10 | Kawasaki Superbike* | R2 |
15.05 | bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup | R3 |
15.30 | YMF R3 Cup | R3 |
15.55 | Superbike Masters | R3 |