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. 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 Ted Collins TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Seth Crump TBG Cover
ASBK Round The Bend SA Oli Bayliss Kim TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Mark Chiodo TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Glenn Granger TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Cru Halliday TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Bryan Staring TBG
ASBK Round The Bend SA Broc Parkes TBG
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ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Re Start Hunter FORD Olly SIMPSON
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ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Bryan STARING Team Celebrations
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Bryan STARING
Bryan Staring topped the Round podium from Mike Jones and Cru Halliday - Image by TBG Sport
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SBK Round Podium Mike jones Bryan Staring Cru Halliday TBG
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Wayne Maxwell TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend SS R Start TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Nic Liminton TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Josh Waters TBG Sat
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Cru Halliday TBG Sat
ASBK TBG Nic Liminton TBG Sat
2019 ASBK - Round Three – The Bend
Supersport 300 Race Two
Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens Crump Agius
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Parc Reid BATTYE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS R Grid Reid BATTYE
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Wayne MAXWELL
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Parc Ferme Bryan STARING Rear Tyre
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Grid Byran STARING Team
2019 ASBK
Round Three – The Bend
Race Two Reports
ASBK Superbike Race Two
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Maxwell Halliday Falzon TBG
Bryan Staring - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING
Harry Khouri, Ben Baker and Brandon Demmery - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SS Race Harry KHOURI Ben BAKER Brandon DEMMERY
ASBK Supersport 600 Race One - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens Supersport Start
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Start Mike JONES Daniel FALZON
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK R Bryan STARING Crew Cheer
ASBK TBG ASBK Round The Bend Bryan Staring TBG
Wayne Maxwell congratulates Mike Jones on his pole position - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Prac Ferme Wayne MAXWELL Mike JONES Shake Hands
Ted Collins - Image by Rob Mott
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK Q Ted COLLINS
ASBK Rnd The Bend RbMotoLens SBK SatAM Josh Waters
