2020 mi-bike Australian Superbike
Rounds 2-3 – Wakefield Park

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Kawasaki Superbike

The track temperature at Wakefield Park had just surpassed 50-degrees when Superbike competitors hit the track for qualifying this afternoon in what is round two of the 2020 Mi-Bike Australian Superbike Championship.

Some controversy had unfolded earlier in the day when Glenn Allerton was disqualified from the Timed Practice results for a machine eligibility issue. That forced the three-time champ to contest Q1 before progressing through to Q2. The issue was related to a swingarm dampening device that was ruled illegal by M.A. stewards, but not before a serious argument from NextGen BMW’s Shane Kinderis.

Wayne Maxwell put in a 57.355 with five-minutes remaining in the session, then immediately backed it up with a 57.358 and then a 57.438. Some consistency…

Troy Herfoss then pulled his finger out and dropped in a 57.421. He then slowed for a lap before putting his head down again to be on course for pole before losing a heap of time in the last sector, presumably pulling out of the lap.

The Penrite Honda man then went for it again, under at the second split, and then took pole as the chequered flag came out, crossing the stripe at 57.331 to deny Wayne Maxwell that crucial point for pole position.

Cru Halliday joins them on the front row while Glenn Allerton heads the second row alongside Mike Jones and Bryan Staring.

Aiden Wagner heads the third row beside Josh Waters and Glenn Scott while Jed Metcher rounded out the top ten, despite crashing for the second time this weekend.

Cru Halliday’s 57.138 qualifying lap record of 2019 was not broken today.

Race one gets underway on Saturday at 1105 while race two is scheduled for 1415.  The weather forecast looks potentially daunting with a 70 per cent chance of 20-40 mm of rain tomorrow, and that rain is scheduled to start around 1400. Could make things interesting….

There are 101 points still up for grabs this weekend and any mistakes will be costly but come Sunday afternoon we will crown the 2020 Australian Superbike Champion.

Kawasaki Superbike Qualifying Results

2020 mi-bike Australian Superbike Championship Points

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Motorsports TV Supersport

Despite putting in more than a dozen laps in the second and final Supersport qualifying session Tom Toparis didn’t manage to better his morning marker of 59.071.

However, that time remained good enough for the local young star to claim pole position and the important point that comes with it.

Broc Pearson will start from second on the grid while series leader Oli Bayliss will round out the front row.   

That pole position trims Bayliss’ points lead down to five but with 101 points up for grabs in this double-header finale it’s anyone’s game. 

Not that it is only that trio in with a chance…?  Max Stauffer and Tom Edwards both look very fast and then we have the likes of Aidan Hayes, Jack Hyde, Joel Taylor and Jack Passfield that are all capable of springing a surprise.  Like we said earlier, despite the relative lack of entries, a slim 12 riders, the Supersport category is really wide open…

Motorsport TV Australian Supersport Qualifying Results

Motorsport TV Australian Supersport Championship Standings

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YMI Supersport 300

Carter Thompson started from pole position alongside Ben Baker and Harry Khouri and it was the same trio on the podium after the opening bout for the YMI Supersport category today at Wakefield Park.

The first attempt at running the race ended prematurely after Joseph Marinello hit a false neutral at the fish hook and ended up t-boning Zak Pettendy.  The latter of those two copped quite a whack and was taken to the medical centra for treatment.

The re-started race was shortened from ten to eight laps and Carter Thompson took a clear victory ahead of Khouri and Baker.

John Lytras fourth ahead of Archie McDonald but it was sixth placed Luke Power that set the fastest lap of the race.

YMI Supersport 300 Race One Results

YMI Supersport 300 Qualifying Results

YMI Supersport 300 Championship Standings

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Oceania Junior Cup

Marianos Nikolis ran away with the OJC Cup honours today, a new qualifying record for pole position, and a fastest lap of the race on his way to a clear 3.7-second victory over Tom Drane while Cameron Swain rounded out the podium.

Oceania Junior Cup Race One Results

Oceania Junior Cup Championship Standings

Oceania Junior Cup Qualifying Results

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YMF R3 Cup

Carter Thompson started from pole position alongside Ben Baker and Archie McDonald.

Archie McDonald chased Thompson hard throughout but Carter held on to take the win by 0.252s while Ben Baker rounded out the podium ahead of John Lytras.

YMF R3 Cup Race One Results

Yamaha YMF R3 Championships Standings

TBC

YMF R3 Cup Qualifying Results

Source: MCNews.com.au