The 2015 Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship will resume with round three this weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park. CycleOnline.com.au previews the weekend’s racing in our revamped Fan Guide.

Image: Keith Muir.

Form

The favourite:
Wayne Maxwell – Coming off a victory at Mallala, the defending champion will carry that form into Sydney Motorsport Park, and if Yamaha can go the distance across the two races each day, Maxwell will be right there with a shot at victory.

The threat:
Troy Herfoss – Herfoss split wins with guest Honda teammate Aiden Wagner last time the series was in Sydney and should be strong over race distance once again this weekend. Will it be enough to beat the Yamahas? It’s going to be tight.

The darkhorse:
Cru Halliday – Last time at SMP Halliday was unable to convert his pole into race wins, but he would have learnt from that and now has more time on the YZF-R1M. Arm-pump hampered him at Mallala, but so far, so good in Sydney with the Friday pole position.

Rider lists

Superbike:
1 Wayne Maxwell
2 Jamie Stauffer
3 Troy Herfoss
4 Glenn Allerton
6 Cru Halliday
7 Sean Condon
9 Mike Jones
12 Matthew Walters
23 William Davidson
60 Ben Burke
86 Beau Beaton
96 Mathew Harding
98 Evan Byles

Formula Xtreme:
11 Paul Crampton
14 Darren Wilbow
15 Dane Purcell
16 John Jenner
22 Brendan McIntyre
33 Hamish McMurray
41 Christian Carroll
45 Peter Stamoulis
53 Somphot Roesner
57 Mark Woolford
61 Jason Martin
69 Steve Maher
81 Eray Yusuf
85 Michael Witchard
87 Glenn Birchall

Supersport:
3 Callum Spriggs
5 Jay Presepio
6 Luke Mitchell
7 Brayden Elliott
9 Cambridge Olivier
10 Thomas Bryden
11 Brandon Demmery
20 Rick Olson
21 Ben Green
22 Warwick Nowland
23 Brad Swallow
25 Ben Blyth
31 Jack Baker
32 David Roughley
33 Rowen Smith
52 Michael Knight
65 Troy Guenther
68 Mitch Levy
78 Michael Blair
80 Kieran Maher
83 Kyle Buckley
91 James Parker
96 Paul Young

Formula Oz:
5 Phil Lovett
7 Scott McGregor
11 Albie Wheeler
14 Darren Wilbow
17 Damian Sutton
18 Ben Henry
23 Brad Swallow
24 Andy Fisher
25 Giovanni Maturo
28 Anthony Saad
33 Brett Harpur
41 Jason Eacott
42 Jason Ivkovic
44 Neil Hardwick
46 Simon Galloway
47 John Chiodi
50 Philip Bartush
52 Paul Byrne
55 Brett Kitchin
59 James Bulloch
63 Pete Frost
71 Di Jones
72 Richard Mercadal
73 Paul Boshoff
74 Steve McLeod
75 Gavin Mudie
77 Mitch Paynter
78 Harry Boyadjian
81 Kieran Hurrell
82 Chris Perini
88 James Davies
93 Scott Batterson
96 Laurance Smith

Pro-Twins/Nakedbikes:
1N Angus Reekie
2 James Arnold
2N Adrian Pierpoint
3 Kris Keen
4 Mario Gonzalez
5 Craig McMartin
8 Paul Dutton
15 Richard Marrocchini
20 Stephen Hopper
23 Rob Comerford
25 Brent Wilson
37 Darren Jones
40 Rick Fitzsimmons
48 Steve Cooper
50 Philip Bartush
62 Phillip Burke
65 Ben O’Connor
66 Ian Godwin
81 Bill Birdsey
82 Chris Perini
86 Beau Beaton
88 Marc Balestro
89 Andrew Smart

FX300 Ninja Cup:
S Samuel Davison
300 Jeff Ware
307 Ryan Masri
308 Ben White
310 Paul Young
311 Jake Pettigrew
312 Tony Jones
315 Jack Dawes
321 Stuart Green
323 Ryan Sellen
329 Keegan Pickering
331 Adrian Pierpoint
337 Gregory Farrell
344 Yannis Shaw
350 Peter Avery
358 Luke Burgess
361 Shane Yokom
363 Matthew Lowery
369 Mark Rogers
370 Hunter Ford
375 Mitch Kavney
377 Robbie Menzies
387 Jason Martin
392 Julie Klinker

Circuit location

Sydney Motorsport Park
Brabham Drive, Eastern Creek, NSW

Circuit facts

Length: 3.93 kilometres (GP Circuit)

Turns: 12
Superbike lap record: Aiden Wagner 1m30.666s (FX-ASC spec)
Supersport lap record: Rick Olson 1m32.727s (FX-ASC spec)

Event entry

Children (16 and under) Free
General admission (Saturday/Sunday) $30
General admission (two-day) $40

Event schedule

Bikes on track from 8:50am; racing commences at 9:50am each day.

Live streaming:
Live streaming will be available to view on Sunday via CycleOnline.com.au to compliment our website and social media coverage at each and every round of the 2015 season.

2015 series calendar

Rd1 – 27-29 March – Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW
Rd2 – 15-17 May – Mallala, SA
Rd3 – 26-28 June – Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW
Rd4 – 14-16 August – Queensland Raceway, QLD
Rd5 – 25-27 September – Wakefield Park, NSW
Rd6 – 23-25 October – Winton, VIC
Rd7 – 4-6 December – Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW