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Glenn Allerton has claimed the 2014 Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) after an exciting weekend of racing at Phillip Island, adding it to the titles he won in 2008 and 2011.

In contrast to Saturday’s racing, Phillip Island struggled to produce a completely dry track throughout the day, however it would prove no difference to Next Gen Motorsport’s Glenn Allerton as he claimed the third ASBK championship of his career.

Race one of the Superbike class was a thrilling battle between Allerton, Race Centre’s Jed Metcher and LMR’s Linden Magee took it right to the wire. Allerton won it from Metcher by just 0.075 of a second, Magee was 1.260 seconds behind in third.

It set the stage for what everyone thought would be a highly competitive race two, however Metcher pulled ahead for the win by over three seconds when Allerton’s BMW started surging short of fuel on the final lap. Magee again took third.

“The race was tough,” said Metcher, who returned this weekend for his first competitive hit out after injury. Turn 12 was completely wet on the exit so a lot of wheel spin and we hadn’t developed the traction control just yet so no traction control on the big ‘thouie’ was a bit interesting!”

Allerton: “I’ve had a really good day, the other boys were riding really good especially in these sketchy conditions, the last corner was really wet and these two were just pinning it through there and i have no idea how they were going so fast at the start.

“I’m really happy to finish the weekend off still on two wheels because the conditions this weekend were really tough and it was great fun racing against these two, they really put the challenge to me again which i enjoyed.”

The overall went to Allerton due to his single Superpole point claimed on Saturday, followed by Metcher and Magee completing the overall podium.

Allerton said despite this year’s championship coming down to two rounds he’s still over the moon with the win. He won it ahead of Magee and teammate Ben Nicolson, who was fourth overall at the final round from veteran racer Phil Lovett.

“I’ll take it, in five years time when my son’s at school he’ll be able say ‘my dad’s a three-time Australian Superbike Champion’… they won’t go ‘but he only raced two rounds, so only two count!’. Nobody will care!”

Allerton went home with plenty of silverware, also claiming the EVO Unlimited Championship from Nicolson and Lovett. The round was won by Victorian Chas Hern in his first appearance of the season – a classy performance in difficult conditions.

Aidan Wagner with new team Oz WildCard Racing claimed the Supersport round win, but the championship again belonged to Daniel Falzon for a second consecutive year.

After winning Superpole on Saturday, Falzon started strong in race one to beat home Wagner by 0.085 seconds and Matt Davies finished three seconds behind in third in what was arguably the race of the day.

In the second Supersport race, Falzon remained calm and composed and guided his Yamaha YZF-R6 home in fourth, enough to clinch the 2014 championship. Race two was won by Wagner with Mackay Kawasaki’s Luke Burgess in second and Adrian DiGiandomenico took third.

Falzon could’ve finished 10th and still claimed the top gong and he knew he had to ride safely and simply finish. He eventually won the title ahead of Wagner and Chris Quinn, who was eighth on Sunday.

“Race two was all about the championship,” Falzon said “I didn’t really want them to go out too far in front at the start but I had to and it was gut wrenching seeing them get so far ahead.

“I knew I could stay with them but it’s all about the championship, I had to stay consistent and I had to stay on the bike. It’s not the championship round that we wanted but we’ll take it. I’m a strong supporter of the ASBK and I can’t wait to be back next year in a bigger and better series.”

Western Australian racer Jessica Derrin had a weekend to remember claiming both the Women’s and 250 Production titles, Mitch Kavney took the 300 Production class out and Craig White went home as Formula 400 Australian champion. Young Callum Barker-McVey was crowned Moto3/125GP Australian champion.

2014 Australian Superbike Championship
Round two – Phillip Island, VIC

Superbike overall results:
1. Glenn ALLERTON 46
2. Jed METCHER 45
3. Linden MAGEE 36
4. Ben NICOLSON 34
5. Phil LOVETT 32
6. Adam SENIOR 30
7. Phil CZAJ 28
8. Nick MARSH 24
9. Chris PERINI 22
10. Paul DUTTON 21

Superbike championship standings:
1. Glenn ALLERTON 72
2. Linden MAGEE 51
3. Ben NICOLSON 50
4. Phil LOVETT 49
5. Jed METCHER 45
6. Adam SENIOR 44
7. Chris PERINI 31
8. Nick MARSH 31
9. Richard ELLIS 29
10. Phil CZAJ 28

Supersport overall results:
1. Aiden WAGNER 45
2. Daniel FALZON 43
3. Luke BURGESS 37
4. Adrian DIGIANDOMENICO 34
5. Hudson PITT 30
6. Michael BLAIR 24
7. Brenton HYDE 23
8. Chris QUINN 22
9. Cam RUSSELL 22
10. Anthony NICOLO 18

Supersport championship standings:
1. Daniel FALZON 93
2. Aiden WAGNER 86
3. Chris QUINN 56
4. Brenton HYDE 55
5. Cam RUSSELL 46
6. Luke BURGESS 37
7. Callum SPRIGGS 36
8. Callum ALDERSON 35
9. Adrian DIGIANDOMENICO 34
10. Hudson PITT 30

EVO Unlimited overall results:
1. Chas HERN 70
2. Glenn ALLERTON 66
3. Ben NICOLSON 51
4. Max CROKER 46
5. Phil LOVETT 35
6. Greg STEVENS 34
7. Richard ELLIS 33
8. Richard CANNATELLI 28
9. David TROTTER 28
10. Paul DUTTON 26

EVO Unlimited championship standings:
1. Glenn ALLERTON 167
2. Ben NICOLSON 119
3. Phil LOVETT 113
4. Richard ELLIS 81
5. Mathew HARDING 74
6. Chas HERN 70
7. Chris PERINI 64
8. Michael McMILLAN 64
9. Nick MARSH 59
10. Michael JEFFERY 53

Moto3/125GP overall results:
1. Matt BARTON 61
2. Callum BARKER 57
3. Lachlan KAVNEY 51
4. Tayla RELPH 51
5. Ted COLLINS 49
6. Josh MERCIECA 42
7. Lachlan EPIS 39
8. Sarah FAIRBROTHER 35
9. Tom BRAMICH 34
10. Benjamin LEONARD 31

Moto3/125GP championship standings:
1. Callum BARKER 127
2. Tayla RELPH 123
3. Lachlan KAVNEY 122
4. Ted COLLINS 117
5. Matt BARTON 101
6. Sarah FAIRBROTHER 95
7. Benjamin LEONARD 92
8. Mitch KAVNEY 59
9. Josh MERCIECA 42
10. Lachlan EPIS 39

300 Production overall results:
1. Mitch KAVNEY 70
2. Greg EPIS 45
3. Melanie CROCKFORD 36

300 Production championship standings:
1. Mitch KAVNEY 130
2. Melanie CROCKFORD 90
3. Andrew LAWSON 75
4. Greg EPIS 45

250 Production overall results:
1. Tim BOUJOS 65
2. Jessica DERRIN 59
3. Harrick SIMONS 56
4. Mark FERRARI 50
5. Iilish ROSS 47
6. Grant JORDAN 42
7. Luke DAVIES 42
8. Chris GALLAGHER 35
9. Jack GALLAGHER 34
10. Tyler FERRARI 29

250 Production championship standings:
1. Jessica DERRIN 122
2. Grant JORDAN 100
3. Iilish ROSS 95
4. Jack GALLAGHER 85
5. Josh McHENRY 75
6. Tim BOUJOS 65
7. Chris GALLAGHER 64
8. Harrick SIMONS 56
9. Mark FERRARI 50
10. Mark McHENRY 48

Production Women overall results:
1. Jessica DERRIN 75
2. Iilish ROSS 60
3. Melanie CROCKFORD 36
4. Helen PARKER 35

Production Women championship standings:
1. Jessica DERRIN 140
2. Iilish ROSS 114
3. Melanie CROCKFORD 106
4. Helen PARKER 35

Formula 400 overall results:
1. Brian BEZZINA 75
2. Adam NICOLSON 58
3. Craig WHITE 38

Formula 400 championship standings:
1. Craig WHITE 113
2. Brian BEZZINA 75
3. Adam NICOLSON 58

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