Image: Brian Dyer.

Team Honda Racing rider Josh Hook has completed his most emphatic weekend as a Superbike rider, leading from the front to win all three support races at the 2014 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Today’s victory followed the same narrative as the earlier two, as New South Welshman Hook led from the front and then absorbed early pressure from his three teammates; Wayne Maxwell, Jamie Stauffer and Troy Herfoss.

Stauffer and Herfoss eventually lost the tow to finish third and fourth respectively, which left Maxwell as the one to try and snap the Hook stranglehold.

Maxwell gave his all – he set the fastest lap of the weekend on the penultimate lap – but it still wasn’t enough to loosen Hook’s vice-like grip. Hook won the eight-lapper by 0.165 seconds.

Hook’s victory also saw him claim the Phillip Island Superbike Championship from Stauffer in a clutch performance – edging Stauffer by just two points.

“If you told me at the start of the weekend that I would get the clean sweep, I would not have expected it,” said Hook. “But I was fast in practice and qualifying, so I knew I had the pace.

“I am extremely satisfied and have enjoyed racing on the best circuit in Australia. Now my work is done and I’ll just sit back and watch the world championship races this afternoon.”

Queenslanders Linden Magee (BMW) and Mike Jones (Kawasaki) were fifth and sixth in race three, with Prostock rider Sean Condon (Kawasaki) seventh. Condon also set a new Prostock lap record at a flying 1m33.621.

Triple Australian Superbike Champion Glenn Allerton’s weekend prematurely came to an end, experiencing clutch problems in the early laps on his Next Gen Motorsports BMW, and putting him out of the race.

Hook completed the Phillip Island Championship on 100 points from Stauffer (98) and Jones (84) and in Prostock it was Condon (118) from Ben Henry (Kawasaki, 95) and Richard Ellis (BMW, 73).

2014 Phillip Island Championship
Round two – Phillip Island, VIC

Superbike race three results:
1. Josh HOOK
2. Wayne MAXWELL +0.165s
3. Jamie STAUFFER +4.670
4. Troy HERFOSS +8.080s
5. Linden MAGEE +12.434s
6. Mike JONES +13.803s
7. Sean CONDON +13.963s
8. Alastair HOOGENBOEZEM +15.183s
9. Beau BEATON +17.723s
10. Ben HENRY +22.892s
11. Phil LOVETT +24.798s
12. Nathan JONES +26.985s
13. Ben BURKE +37.486s
14. Craig McMARTIN +41.578s
15. Phil CZAJ +49.344s
16. Andrew ORD +49.387s
17. Joshua CUMING +50.740s
18. Richard ELLIS +52.550s
19. Travis BAAS +54.646s
20. Jason IVKOVIC +59.436s

Superbike overall results:
1. Josh HOOK 75
2. Jamie STAUFFER 53
3. Troy HERFOSS 52
4. Mike JONES 46
5. Linden MAGEE 44
6. Wayne MAXWELL 40
7. Phil LOVETT 38
8. Nathan JONES 37
9. Glenn ALLERTON 36
10. Ben BURKE 32
11. Craig McMARTIN 31
12. Beau BEATON 28
13. Andrew ORD 25
14. Jason IVKOVIC 21
15. Murray CLARK 18
16. Adam SENIOR 18
17. Dan KRUSER 14
18. Joshua CUMING 12
19. Shane McKENZIE 8
20. Kym GROSSER 7

Superbike championship standings:
1. Josh HOOK 100
2. Jamie STAUFFER 98
3. Mike JONES 84
4. Phil LOVETT 70
5. Nathan JONES 66
6. Troy HERFOSS 52
7. Linden MAGEE 44
8. Jason IVKOVIC 44
9. Murray CLARK 44
10. Wayne MAXWELL 40
11. Andrew ORD 37
12. Glenn ALLERTON 36
13. Adam CHRISTIE 34
14. Ben BURKE 32
15. Craig McMARTIN 31
16. Adam SENIOR 31
17. Beau BEATON 28
18. Braith PEJKOVIC 21
19. Sophie LOVETT 20
20. Trent GIBSON 17

Prostock overall results:
1. Sean CONDON 68
2. Ben HENRY 58
3. Richard ELLIS 49
4. Travis BAAS 49
5. Alastair HOOGENBOEZEM 45
6. Alastair LOOMES 45
7. Brad HARRIS 43
8. Scott McGREGOR 38
9. Nathan SPITERI 32
10. Greg STEVENS 29
11. Karl SCHMIDT 26
12. Jesse WACKER 26
13 Xavier BROMAN 23
14. Adrian PIERPOINT 23
15. Phil CZAJ 17

Prostock championship standings:
1. Sean CONDON 118
2. Ben HENRY 95
3. Richard ELLIS 73
4. Travis BAAS 69
5. Alastair HOOGENBOEZEM 45
6. Alastair LOOMES 45
7. Brad HARRIS 43
8. Scott McGREGOR 38
9. Chris TROUNSON 37
10. Dustin GOLDSMITH 36
11. Nathan SPITERI 32
12. Adrian PIERPOINT 32
13. Mathew HARDING 31
14. Greg STEVENS 29
15. Liam DANIELS 28
16. Philip CZAJ 27
17. Karl SCHMIDT 26
18. Jesse WACKER 26
19. Chris PERINI 25
20. Xavier BROMAN 23

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