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Troy Herfoss is our 2018 ASBK Superbike Champion

Trev by Trev
September 9, 2018
in ASBK, Motorcycle News, Motorcycle Racing
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ASBK 2018 – Round Six – Winton

YMI Superbike Race 2

Things could have hardly worked out better for Troy Herfoss in the opening 16-lap Superbike bout this morning at Winton Motor Raceway.

His prime rival for the 2018 ASBK Championship Title had gone down and scored no points, while the Penrite Honda man had added another 25-points to his tally to enter this second race with a massive 70.5-point buffer over Maxwell and Bayliss.

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Troy Herfoss – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

Thus if Herfoss scored five more points in this battle, then the 2018 war would be his, and he would be crowned ASBK Champion a round early.

We’re away!

Troy Bayliss led through turn one but Herfoss then slotted through to the lead at turn three. Later on that opening lap Maxwell pushed Bayliss back to second and started nipping at the heels of Herfoss…

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Maxwell in the lead – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

It didn’t take long, Maxwell up the inside at the almost 200 km/h left hander before the esses to take the race lead on lap two. Later on that same lap Bayliss then pushed Herfoss back to third place, along with Josh Waters the leading group numbered four riders.

Behind them a bit of a melee at turn one on the opening lap had seen three riders run off the circuit. Daniel Falzon, Mark Chiodo and Jamie Stauffer all with plenty of work left to do in order to climb their way back up the ranks.

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Daniel Falzon – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

The red flag then came out to put a halt to the race. Jamie Stauffer went down at the esses, then Chiodo also went down. The airbags were damaged in one of those incidents which caused officials to halt proceedings.

Teams rushed out on to the grid to get the tyre warmers back on the Superbikes as they waited for the re-start as they desperately tried to prevent the tyre cooling down and entering a heat cycle that would then change the characteristics of the rubber.

That is almost unavoidable with the lengthy delay to reinflate the circuit protection barriers, and with tyre wear and longevity absolutely crucial as always, how each riders tyres individually respond to that cycling could essentially decide the result of this race.

We’re away again!

Wayne Maxwell led the field through turn one while Arthur Sissis again showed his awesome clutch hand to catapult forwards to second place. Bayliss quickly went through to second place, followed by Herfoss and Waters.

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Wayne Maxwell proved strong in the restart – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

Then we weren’t….

The riders had not made it around that opening lap before the red flag came out to halt proceedings once again. Nathan Spiteri had gone down fairly hard at the esses and required medical attention.

Team personnel then again mustered their generators and tyre warmers on to their charges. Meanwhile the riders had to settle their minds and again prepare for another start.

Would we start again….?

There would also have been some conjecture as to whether they actually would start again. At the back of some people’s minds would have been a rule mandating that any race stopped twice would then be cancelled from the programme.

Obviously that rule was not in the 2018 regulations though as officials declared that we would start again for another attempt, this time a reduced 12-lap distance.

Let’s try again….

Herfoss got off the line better this time but Bayliss had warp speed engaged on the Ducati to shoot to the front up the inside at turn one ahead of Maxwell, Waters and Staring while Herfoss has been shuffled back to fifth place through the esses as he concentrated on keeping his nose clean. Herfoss passed Staring late on lap one to move back up to fourth.

At the end of the opening lap Bayliss led Maxwell and Waters across the stripe while Herfoss was 1.8-seconds behind in fourth.

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Troy Bayliss – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

Staring started to come under attack from Daniel Falzon and Arthur Sissis on lap two while Maxwell slotted his YRT machine past Bayliss to take the race lead and then dropped in a 1m20.4 to pull away a little from Bayliss and Waters.

Herfoss was by himself in fourth place, away from any riders being able to trip him up, and content that he could comfortably sit there and in under ten minutes time the 2018 ASBK Championship would be his…

Maxwell continued to rule proceedings at the front but Josh Waters was all over Troy Bayliss and getting somewhat frustrated in trying to get past the Ducati. He was making thrusts on the Suzuki but Bayliss would parry and make Waters pull out of the move, but it seemed as though it would only be a matter of time.

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Wayne Maxwell

Herfoss had closed in on them, but had no interest in getting caught up in that battle, he was racing for a championship in this one, not a race podium…

Waters finally got Bayliss with 2.5 laps to run, and the #1 Suzuki then immediately pulled away from the three-time World Superbike Champion. Herfoss was then on the back of Bayliss, but Herf’ then gave the Penrite Honda squad back in pit-lane heart palpitations when he made a mistake and almost ran off the circuit.

Herfoss made no rush of getting his act back together which allowed Staring to sneak past him while Daniel Falzon also looked likely to challenge the Penrite Honda man on the final lap. It would not matter if the South Australian did, as Herfoss would still be crowned champion.

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Troy Herfoss celebrates the 2018 title victory – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

Wayne Maxwell takes a dominant race victory ahead of Josh Waters and Troy Bayliss, but it is Troy Herfoss that with fifth place lifts the 2018 ASBK Championship trophy.

That fifth place in the second race was also enough to earn Herfoss the round win, but it was of course the championship he was concerned with. In parc ferme Herfoss revealed that in the race he lost quick shifter and traction control and just wanted to bring it home old school way, but that things would come back intermittently and cause him some headaches. With that in mind he did well to keep it together and bring the show home for championship victory, while the round win was just a surprise bonus.

While the championship has now been decided, we still have another round remaining to decide who will take the #2 plate. Heading to that October 14 Phillip Island finale, Maxwell has a seven-point buffer over Bayliss but Josh Waters is right in that hunt too. Daniel Falzon is still an outside chance for that #2 plate too should he rise to the fore at Phillip Island.

YMI Superbike Race 2 Result

  1. Wayne MAXWELL – Yamaha YZF-R1 1:23.253
  2. Josh WATERS – Suzuki GSX-RR +2.253
  3. Troy BAYLISS – Ducati Final Edition +4.177
  4. Bryan STARING – Kawasaki ZX10R +7.987
  5. Troy HERFOSS – Honda CBR RR SP +9.522
  6. Daniel FALZON – Yamaha YZF-R1 +10.050
  7. Arthur SISSIS – Honda CBR RR SP +12.791
  8. Kyle BUCKLEY – Kawasaki ZX10R +20.368
  9. Mitch REES – Honda CBR RR SP +28.068
  10. Glenn SCOTT – Kawasaki ZX10R +28.849
  11. Mitch LEVY – Yamaha YZF-R1 +31.763
  12. Ted COLLINS – BMW S RR +31.783
  13. Sloan FROST – Suzuki GSX-RR +32.675
  14. Brendan McINTYRE – Suzuki GSX-RR +34.820
  15. Mason COOTE – Kawasaki ZX10R +35.300
  16. Corey TURNER – Honda CBR RR +32.892
  17. Alex PHILLIS – Suzuki GSX-RR +41.557
  18. Yannis SHAW – Kawasaki ZX10R +43.674
  19. Phil CZAJ – Aprilia RSV4 RFW +58.678
  20. Heath GRIFFIN – Ducati Panigale +1:02.010
  21. Hamish McMURRAY – Kawasaki ZX10R +1:17.201
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Superbike Overall Podium – 1. Troy Herfoss, 2. Josh Waters, 3. Troy Bayliss
– Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

YMI Superbike Round Points

  1. Troy Herfoss 42
  2. Josh Waters 40
  3. Troy Bayliss 36
  4. Daniel Falzon 31
  5. Arthur Sissis 31
  6. Wayne Maxwell 25
  7. Kyle Buckley 24
  8. Ted Collins 23
  9. Mitch Rees 20
  10. Mitch Levy 19
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Troy Herfoss – Winton ASBK 2018 – Image by TBG

YMI Superbike Standings

  1. Troy Herfoss – Honda 298.5
  2. Wayne Maxwell – Yamaha 237
  3. Troy Bayliss – Ducati 230
  4. Josh Waters – Suzuki 225.5
  5. Daniel Falzon – Yamaha 217
  6. Bryan Staring – Kawasaki 188.5
  7. Alex Phillis – Suzuki 131
  8. Matt Walters – Kawasaki 125
  9. Glenn Allerton – BMW 124
  10. Arthur Sissis – Honda 110.5
  11. Mark Chiodo – Suzuki 98.5
  12. Kyle Buckley – Kawasaki 96.5

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