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Team Honda Racing’s Troy Herfoss has claimed a vital round victory at Wakefield Park’s fifth round of the 2015 Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship today.

The Goulburn-based local starred on Sunday with the first and third race wins, while race two belonged to Yamaha Racing Team with Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance (YRT with YMI) rider Glenn Allerton.

Herfoss claimed the first Ipone Superbike race win of Sunday’s proceedings, controlling the pace at the front across 12 laps and eventually taking a 0.868s victory.

In second was Allerton, who managed to fend off any advancements from teammate Wayne Maxwell throughout the race, rounding out the podium.

Herfoss’ teammate Jamie Stauffer brought his CBR1000RR SP home in fourth, while Mike Jones (Australian Outdoor Living – Cube Racing) led a trio of Kawasakis in fifth from Matthew Walters (Kawasaki Connection) and a brave Sean Condon (BikeBiz / Ipone / Swann Insurance Racing Kawasaki), returning from a shoulder injury sustained yesterday.

Completing the top 10 was Linden Magee (LMR Honda), William Davidson (Yamaha) and Evan Byles (SA Kawasaki Bcperformance). Cru Halliday (YRT with YMI) overcame his crashes from Saturday to finish 11th.

The second Superbike race had a familiar feeling at the front with Herfoss leading early, however it was Allerton who was on a charge this time out, first making his way by teammate Maxwell before storming past Herfoss and building a quick buffer on lap four.

The latter stages of the race saw Herfoss home back in on Allerton and he did have a shot at victory on the final lap in the ‘fishhook’, but the lunge put him off the track and allowed Jones through in the process.

So Allerton was the winner by a commanding 3.173s advantage over Jones and Herfoss, with Maxwell cruising home to fourth and Stauffer fifth.

Positions six through 10 were filled by Walters, Halliday, Magee, Ben Burke (SA Kawasaki Bcperformance) in his first appearance today and Davidson. Byles was the final finisher in 11th, with Condon this time a non-finisher after exiting on lap eight.

A strong final race victory for Herfoss by 0.729s secured him the overall victory at Wakefield Park this afternoon, extending his championship lead to 16 points in the process.

Herfoss led the race from the outset and was never headed, while the race behind him for second was an intriguing one between a hard-charging Walters, Maxwell and Allerton – including a touch between the YRT riders in the final laps.

They finished in the order however, with Stauffer completing the top five, trailed by Jones, Burke, Condon, Halliday and Magee. Rounding out the field was Davidson and Byles.

Overall for the round it was Herfoss the victor, beating home Allerton and Maxwell, which in championship terms sees Herfoss lead Maxwell by 16 points, with Allerton a further 10 in arrears.

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Hankook Suzuki’s Brayden Elliott claimed an important race win to open the Supersport ranks for today from well down in 10th on the grid, making his way past Callum Spriggs (Yamaha) in the final stages to take a 0.027s victory.

The race saw an entertaining scrap between Elliott, Spriggs and Rick Olson (Kawasaki), who was eventually third and just 0.455s off the lead.

In fourth was Michael Blair (Yamaha), holding off Saturday winner Kyle Buckley (Kawasaki), while Jay Presepio (Yamaha), Luke Mitchell (Yamaha), Brad Swallow (Kawasaki), Troy Guenther (Kawasaki) and Cambridge Olivier (Yamaha) completed the top 10.

Race two of the Supersports was dominated by Spriggs, leading every lap for his first win of today and applying further pressure to Elliott in the battle for the championship.

While Spriggs ultimately crossed the finish line 3.102s ahead of the field after nine laps, the battle for the final podium placings was hard fought.

Blair made it a Yamaha 1-2 after he held on for second, taking advantage of a lapped rider on the final corner, as Elliott had to settle for third after again making his way through the pack.

Presepio finished fourth over Buckley, while Mitchell, Cambridge Olivier (Yamaha), Swallow, Thomas Bryden (Yamaha) and Troy Guenther (Kawasaki) rounded out the top 10 finishers. Disaster struck Olson, crashing out on lap four and scoring a DNF.

The final Supersport race of the round proved that Buckley’s overall win yesterday was no fluke in the mixed conditions, racing to victory ahead of round winner Spriggs, who is now just six points outside of Elliott in the title chase.

While Buckley crossed the line 1.149s in front of Spriggs, third was a good result from Elliott, who continues to lead the championship after taking the runner up overall.

Fourth in the race belonged to Blair after he marginally missed the podium, followed by Presepio, Mitchell, Olivier, Swallow, Bryden and Paul Young (Kawasaki).

Series leader Paul Young stretched his FX300 Ninja Cup advantage with a trio of wins today, ahead of Ryan Masri’s 2-2-3 scorecard, while Robbie Menzies went climbed the order with four, three, two finishes.

In the Formula Oz ranks it was Ducati-mounted Beau Beaton who claimed the overall with two wins, from title leader and race one winner Paul Byrne (Honda) and Mitch Paynter (Kawasaki).

The Pro-Twins/Nakedbike category was won by experienced Ducati campaigner Craig McMartin over Liam Wilkinson and Beaton, plus within the same race, winner of the Formula Xtremes was Brenden McIntyre from Jason Martin and Michael Witchard.

2015 Australasian Superbike Championship
Round five – Wakefield Park, NSW

Superbike overall results:
1. Troy HERFOSS 71
2. Glenn ALLERTON 65
3. Wayne MAXWELL 58
4. Mike JONES 53
5. Matthew WALTERS 52
6. Jamie STAUFFER 50
7. Linden MAGEE 37
8. Cru HALLIDAY 36
9. William DAVIDSON 33
10. Evan BYLES 30
11. Sean CONDON 27
12. Ben BURKE 26

Superbike championship standings:
1. Troy HERFOSS 256
2. Wayne MAXWELL 240
3. Glenn ALLERTON 230
4. Mike JONES 192
5. Cru HALLIDAY 186
6. Jamie STAUFFER 173
7. Sean CONDON 160
8. Matthew WALTERS 158
9. Evan BYLES 121
10. Ben BURKE 105
11. William DAVIDSON 93
12. Linden MAGEE 84
13. Mathew HARDING 68
14. Aiden WAGNER 47
15. Ben HENRY 20
16. Beau BEATON 11

Supersport overall results:
1. Callum SPRIGGS 69
2. Brayden ELLIOTT 65
3. Michael BLAIR 58
4. Kyle BUCKLEY 57
5. Jay PRESEPIO 49
6. Luke MITCHELL 44
7. Cambridge OLIVIER 39
8. Brad SWALLOW 39
9. Thomas BRYDEN 34
10. Troy GUENTHER 33
11. Paul YOUNG 30
12. Callum ALDERSON 23
13. Brandon DEMMERY 22
14. Rick OLSON 20
15. Michael KNIGHT 17
16. Rowen SMITH 17
17. Kieran MAHER 15
18. Patrick LI 10

Supersport championship standings:
1. Brayden ELLIOTT 296
2. Callum SPRIGGS 290
3. Michael BLAIR 248
4. Troy GUENTHER 244
5. Jay PRESEPIO 220
6. Rick OLSON 191.5
7. Paul YOUNG 191
8. Kyle BUCKLEY 168
9. Brad SWALLOW 161.5
10. Cambridge OLIVIER 157
11. Luke MITCHELL 154.5
12. Mitch LEVY 151.5
13. Michael KNIGHT 88
14. Thomas BRYDEN 78
15. Rowen SMITH 76.5
16. Brandon DEMMERY 69
17. Jordan CARLSSON 65
18. Jack BAKER 63.5
19. Ben BLYTH 49
20. Kieran MAHER 44

FX300 Ninja Cup overall results:
1. Paul YOUNG 75
2. Ryan MASRI 62
3. Robbie MENZIES 60
4. Ben WHITE 58
5. Hunter FORD 45
6. Jack DAWES 42
7. Samuel CONDON 39
8. Shane YOKOM 35
9. Tony JONES 35
10. Jason MARTIN 33

FX300 Ninja Cup championship standings:
1. Paul YOUNG 268
2. Ryan MASRI 241
3. Jack DAWES 233
4. Hunter FORD 231
5. Tony JONES 223
6. Ben WHITE 211
7. Jason MARTIN 186
8. Luke BURGESS 178
9. Shane YOKOM 143
10. Mitch KAVNEY 128

Formula Oz overall results:
1. Beau BEATON 72
2. Paul BYRNE 65
3. Mitch PAYNTER 60
4. Simon GALLOWAY 54
5. Scott McGREGOR 45
6. Jason IVKOVIC 44
7. Harry BOYADJIAN 37
8. Brad SWALLOW 36
9. Gavin MUDIE 34
10. James BULLOCH 30

Formula Oz championship standings:
1. Paul BYRNE 336.5
2. Simon GALLOWAY 234
3. Mitch PAYNTER 207
4. Jason IVKOVIC 189
5. Ben HENRY 189
6. Damian SUTTON 152
7. Beau BEATON 137
8. Kieran HURRELL 123.5
9. Scott McGREGOR 112.5
10. Brad SWALLOW 108.5

Pro-Twins/Nakedbike overall results:
1. Craig McMARTIN 75
2. Liam WILKINSON 64
3. Beau BEATON 62
4. Kris KEEN 54
5. Adrian PIERPOINT 47
6. Ben O’CONNOR 45
7. Richard MARROCHINI 43
8. Ian GODWIN 36
9. Giovanni MATURO 35
10. Stephen COOPER 31

Pro-Twins/Nakedbike championship standings:
1. Beau BEATON 243
2. Kris KEEN 237
3. Adrian PIERPOINT 224
4. Angus REEKIE 181
5. Craig McMARTIN 150
6. James ARNOLD 143
7. Darren JONES 135
8. Mario GONZALEZ 110
9. Richard MARROCHINI 107
10. Paul DUTTON 106

Formula Xtreme overall results:
1. Brendan McINTYRE 75
2. Jason MARTIN 66
3. Dane PURCELL 60
4. Michael WITCHARD 36

Formula Xtreme championship standings:
1. Brendan McINTYRE 321
2. Jason MARTIN 278.5
3. Michael WITCHARD 240
4. Dane PURCELL 169
5. Darren WILBOW 142
6. Glenn BIRCHALL 117.5
7. Somphot ROESNER 82
8. Peter STAMOULIS 62
9. Lucas VITALE 61
10. Hamish McMURRAY 59.5

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