Airfence to be in place at Symmons Plains ASC round
With The Tasmanian round of the 2008 Australian Superbike Championship only a number of weeks away AUSCO can confirm that the Formula Xtreme Promotions (FXP) owned Airfence will be used extensively at the Symmons Plains round.
Because of the uncertainty in funding at the beginning of this years season caused by a number of last minute cut backs in sponsorship it was announced early on that the airfence that had first been introduced to the ASC when AUSCO took control in 2004 would not be used at all in 2008.
While this did happen at the first round at Eastern Creek in mid March the airfence, in varying lengths, has been a feature of every other round from then on in even though it was not announced.
AUSCO is now pleased to announce that all of the airfence will be used at the Symmons Plains round. The airfence will be erected in all the usual spots at Symmons Plains where it has been used previously at the Tasmanian ASC round.
The airfence will also make its return to Eastern Creek for the 2008 ASC’s final round in October.
AUSCO expects that many competitors will feel much more comfortable knowing that all of the airfence will be used for the remainder of the series and is pleased to be in a position to be able to make this happen.
Terry O’Neill the CEO of AUSCO said “I personally decided to reverse an earlier decision not to use the airfence in 2008 that was made in consultation with my joint venture partners at MA. I decided this would happen as soon as the company was in a position logistically to use the airfence this year. This we were able to do in a limited way from the second round on at Mallala SA in April.”
O’Neill Added; “I have always felt strongly that the tremendous speeds that the countries best riders achieve especially on the highly modified factory Superbikes and Supersport machines at the Australian Superbike Championship require that additional airfence is used to augment the minimum safety standards that MA requires for all road racing events from club level events right up to the fastest racers in the country at the ASC.”
O’Neill finished off by saying; “I’m sure everyone will agree with me when I say that as the countries best riders on factory Superbikes continue to go faster and faster now seriously blowing away nearly every V8 Supercar lap record at the venues the Australian Superbike Championship series visits even more airfence will be required in the future to give the riders the protection they need and deserve.”
