Halliday quickest on Friday at SMP | ASBK Finale

2019 Australian Superbike Championship

Round 7 – Sydney Motorsports Park


The track temperature was over 54-degrees by the time Superbike FP2 got underway at 1330 this afternoon and as a result many riders failed to improve on the times they had set in FP1. It was still Cru Halliday topping the time-sheets throughout though with a 1m30.823s ahead of Mark Chiodo, the young Penrite Honda rider improving markedly on his FP1 time.

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Nathan Spiteri measures the Eastern Creek track temperature – Image by Rob Mott

The track temperature had dropped slightly, to 52.7-degrees when riders headed out of pit-lane at 1545 for FP3.

Mike Jones was quick out of the blocks with a 1m31.003s on his first flying lap this afternoon then backed it up with a 1m30.770s on his second circuit, almost good enough to best Halliday’s 1m30.752s from FP1. On his third lap of the session Jones then recorded a 1m30.885s, followed by a 1m31.065s then 1m31.608s followed by 1m31.391s, 1m31.765s and 1m31.362s before then pulling into the pits.

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Mike Jones – TBG Image

FP1 pacesetter and still leader on combined times Cru Halliday did not leave the pits until halfway through the 30-minute session. Just as Jones returned to the DesmoSport Ducati pit bay. 

Daniel Falzon had put in a great 1m31.220s early on in the session and was also back out to try and better it in the second half of the session.

Bryan Staring was also starting to wind up the BCperformance Kawasaki, the Western Australian improved to a 1m31.081s with 12 minutes to go. 

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Bryan Staring – TBG Image

Daniel Falzon then dropped in the fastest time of the day thus far, a 1m30.543s to the young South Australian with ten minutes remaining. He then slowed to a 1m33.679s before ramping up again on the next lap where he was under at the first split, slightly outside at the second and then crossed the line to record a 1m30.878s. There were now seven minutes remaining.

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Daniel Falzon – TBG Image

Wayne Maxwell kept his power dry until this stage of the game but then announced his presence with a 1m30.500s to take top spot from Falzon.  

Five minutes remaining and Daniel Falzon, Mike Jones and Bryan Staring were heading back out on track while Cru Halliday was shaping up for a flyer… Halliday under Maxwell’s marker at the first split, under again at the second and then crossed the line to go P1 on a 1m30.486s. 

Then it was Herfoss’ turn to shake things up. A tenth outside at the first split, three-tenths at the second before then pulling back a little time in the last sector to set a 1m30.739s. There were now two minutes remaining… The Penrite Honda man had another crack but failed to improve further. 

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Troy Herfoss – Penrite Honda

Mike Jones had used his last laps of the session to try a new shock in the DesmoSport Ducati but ended up preferring the previous set-up.  His run of laps earlier in the session very impressive and he put in the largest number of quick laps today. 

Thus YRT’s Halliday is the top man for the day ahead of Maxwell, Falzon, Herfoss, Jones, Chiodo, Staring and Josh Waters.

ASBK Rnd SMP RbMotoLens SBK FP Mark Chiodo
Mark Chiodo put in an impressive performance todauy – Image by Rob Mott

Matt Walters continued his recent hot form to be right on the heels of the factory boys and ahead of Glenn Allerton who rounded out the top ten on the NextGen BMW.

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Glenn Allerton – NextGen BMW

Friday Combined Times

Pos Name Bike Time
1 Cru HALLIDAY  Yamaha YZF-R1 1m30.486
2 Wayne MAXWELL Suzuki GSXR 1m30.500
3 Daniel FALZON Yamaha YZF-R1 1m30.543
4 Troy HERFOSS  Honda CBR SP 1m30.739
5 Mike JONES  Ducati FE 1m30.770
6 Mark CHIODO  Honda CBR SP 1m31.020
7 Bryan STARING Kawasaki ZX10R 1m31.081
8 Josh WATERS  Suzuki GSXR 1m31.321
9 Matt WALTERS Kawasaki ZX10R 1m31.428
10 Glenn ALLERTON BMW S RR 1m31.823
11 Damon REES  Honda CBR SP 1m31.885
12 Jamie STAUFFER Ducati V4R 1m32.110
13 Arthur SISSIS Suzuki GSXR 1m32.355
14 Alex PHILLIS  Suzuki GSXR 1m32.634
15 Lachlan EPIS Kawasaki ZX10R 1m32.678
16 Sloan FROST Suzuki GSXR 1m33.446
17 Ben BURKE  Kawasaki ZX10R 1m33.531
18 Brendan Suzuki GSXR 1m33.974
19 Dominic DE LEON  Kawasaki ZX10R 1m35.608
20 Matthew TOOLEY  Yamaha YZF-R1 1m36.236
21 Heath GRIFFIN  Suzuki GSXR 1m36.247
22 Nathan SPITERI  Suzuki GSXR 1m36.778
23 Michael EDWARDS Yamaha YZF-R1 1m36.877

Supersport

It was a very hot FP2 session for Avalon Biddle.  Her Cube Racing YZF-R6 burst into flames when she entered pit-lane and she promptly jumped off the machine as fire extinguishers were called to action and thankfully put it out before too much damage was wrought. Still, her crew is left with a lot of work to do.

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Avalon Biddle’s fire damaaged machine – Image by Rob Mott

Despite the hot track temperatures late in the afternoon, Tom Toparis lowered his marker further in FP3, a 1m32.655s only one-thousandth away from Jamie Stauffer’s Supersport lap record from 2008.  Tommy has a little way to go for the fastest outright Supersport lap though, that also belongs to Jamie with his 1m32.009s in qualifying on his way to pole in 2008.

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Tom Toparis – TBG Image

Tom Edwards improved dramatically in FP3 to place second in Supersport for the day but his time is 1.7-seconds off Toparis. Still, an impressive outing on the BikeBiz YZF-R6 after a season spent on SuperSport 300 machinery in Europe. 

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Tom Edwards getting a feel for the BikeBiz Yamaha YZF-R6 at SMP – TBG Image

Aidan Hayes was third quickest ahead of Jack Passfield and Callum Spriggs while Broc Pearson was sixth ahead of Nic Liminton and Oli Bayliss.

ASBK Rnd SMP RbMotoLens SS FP Pits Broc Pearson Mark Chiodo
Broc Pearson – Image by Rob Mott
Pos Name Machine Time
1 Tom TOPARIS  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m32.655
2 Tom EDWARDS  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m34.332
3 Aidan HAYES Yamaha YZF-R6 134.514
4 Jack PASSFIELD Yamaha YZF-R6 1m34.603
5 Callum SPRIGGS  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m34.711
6 Broc PEARSON  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m34.736
7 Nic LIMINTON Yamaha YZF-R6 1m34.933
8 Oli BAYLISS  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m34.954
9 Jack HYDE Yamaha YZF-R6 1m35.472
10 Richie DIBBEN Suzuki GSXR 1m35.885
11 Ty LYNCH  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m36.067
12 Rhys BELLING  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m36.081
13 Chris QUINN  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m36.514
14 Dallas SKEER  Suzuki GSXR 1m36.655
15 Brodie MALOUF  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m37.246
16 Luke MITCHELL Yamaha YZF-R6 1m37.421
17 Callum O’BRIEN  Kawasaki ZX6R 1m37.836
18 Avalon BIDDLE  Yamaha YZF-R6 1m38.322
19 Andrew EDSER Kawasaki ZX6R 1m38.514

Supersport 300

Senna Agius topped proceedings in Supersport 300 with his 1m43.455s in FP2 good enough to top the overall timesheets ahead of Hunter Ford and Max Stauffer.

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Senna Agius
Pos Rider Bike Time
1 Senna AGIUS  Kawasaki EX 400 1m43.455
2 Hunter FORD  Yamaha R3 321 1m43.869
3 Max STAUFFER  Yamaha R3 321 1m44.757
4 Yannis SHAW  Kawasaki EX 400 1m44.808
5 Brandon DEMMERY  Yamaha R3 321 1m45.098
6 Luke JHONSTON  Kawasaki EX 400 1m45.135
7 John LYTRAS Yamaha R3 321 1m45.210
8 Ben BAKER Yamaha R3 321 1m45.659
9 Kyle O’CONNELL  Yamaha R3 321 1m46.028
10 Zac LEVY  Yamaha R3 321 1m46.092
11 Seth CRUMP KTM RC 390 1m46.578
12 Ryan SMITH Yamaha R3 321 1m46.609
13 Peter NERLICH  Kawasaki EX 400 1m46.617
14 Zylas BUNTING  Kawasaki EX 400 1m47.092
15 Reece OUGHTRED Yamaha R3 321 1m47.109
16 Laura BROWN  Yamaha R3 321 1m47.539
17 Noel MAHON  Kawasaki EX 400 1m47.565
18 Jimmy BROADBENT  Kawasaki EX 400 1m47.881
19 Caleb GILMORE Yamaha R3 321 1m47.982
20 Matt RINDEL Yamaha R3 321 1m48.543
21 Harry PARKER  Yamaha R3 321 1m49.480
22 James JACOBS  Kawasaki EX 400 1m50.840
23 Zak PETTENDY  Yamaha R3 321 1m51.223
24 Patrick LI  Yamaha R3 321 1m53.537

YMF R3 Cup

Pos Rider Bike Time
1 Max STAUFFER Yamaha YZF-R3 1m44.103
2 Hunter FORD Yamaha YZF-R3 1m44.304
3 Ben BAKER  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m44.993
4 Brandon DEMMERY  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m45.047
5 John LYTRAS Yamaha YZF-R3 1m45.161
6 Zac LEVY Yamaha YZF-R3 1m45.463
7 Reece OUGHTRED Yamaha YZF-R3 1m45.722
8 Ryan SMITH  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m46.009
9 Jacob HATCH Yamaha YZF-R3 1m46.078
10 Kyle O’CONNELL Yamaha YZF-R3 1m46.161
11 Caleb GILMORE  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m47.575
12 Matt RINDEL  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m47.730
13 Laura BROWN Yamaha YZF-R3 1m47.791
14 Archie MCDONALD Yamaha YZF-R3 1m48.132
15 Patrick BOGNAR Yamaha YZF-R3 1m48.857
16 Zak PETTENDY  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m49.320
17 Harry PARKER  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m50.163
18 Dominic FLETCHER Yamaha YZF-R3 1m50.618
19 Tony SIMS Yamaha YZF-R3 1m50.886
20 Hunter DIPLOCK Yamaha YZF-R3 1m51.026
21 Patrick LI  Yamaha YZF-R3 1m51.257

bLUcRU Oceania Junior Cup

Pos Rider Bike Time
1 Jacob HATCH  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m01.739
2 Max GIBBONS  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m02.016
3 Carter THOMPSON  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m02.107
4 Tom DRANE  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m02.377
5 Patrick BOGNAR  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m03.012
6 Angus GRENFELL  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m03.158
7 Archie MCDONALD  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m03.318
8 Cormac BUCHANAN  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m03.394
9 Cros FRANCIS  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m03.504
10 Marianos NIKOLIS Yamaha YZF-R15 2m03.574
11 Cameron DUNKER  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m04.413
12 Hunter DIPLOCK Yamaha YZF-R15 2m04.723
13 Jacob HATCH Yamaha YZF-R15 2m04.803
14 Clay CLEGG Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.097
15 Jai RUSSO  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.267
16 Lucas QUINN  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.329
17 Zak PETTENDY  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.344
18 Lincoln KNIGHT  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.502
19 Dominic FLETCHER  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.556
20 Tom CONNORS  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m05.947
21 Varis FLEMING  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m06.769
22 Jamie PORT  Yamaha YZF-R15 2m09.693
23 Toby JAMES Yamaha YZF-R15 2m13.917

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