Kawasaki Thailand Racing Team guest Bryan Staring delivered a phenomenal first race win at The Bend Motorsport Park’s second round of the 2019 Asia Road Racing Championship.

Staring, who also went on to win the first Australian Superbike race this afternoon, overcame countryman Broc Parkes to stand atop the podium in his ASB1000 debut.

It was Staring who led the initial lap before Parkes took charge and looked to go on for victory, until rear tyre wear caused him to slow in the second-half of the 12-lap duration. That enabled Staring to counter, regaining the lead on lap eight and going on to win by 2.117s.

Parkes’ Yamaha Racing Team Asean teammate Yuki Ito completed the Saturday podium in South Australia, edging by Honda’s Zaqhwan Zaidi on the final lap for third place. Rounding out the top five was Azlan Shah aboard his BMW. Next best of the Australians, wildcard Yannis Shaw (DB Racing Services Kawasaki) was P13.

Today’s SuperSports 600cc outing was topped by Peerapong Boonlert (Yamaha Thailand Racing Team), while Andy Muhammad Fadly (Manual Tech KYT Kawasaki Racing) earned victory in race one of the Production 250 category.