With the fifth round of the 2015 Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship complete, CycleOnline.com.au breaks down the specifics from race day Sunday in Goulburn.

Superbike

Image: Russell Colvin.

Pole position: Troy HERFOSS (via Saturday AFX-SBK round win)

Race one results:
1. Troy HERFOSS
2. Glenn ALLERTON
3. Wayne MAXWELL
4. Jamie STAUFFER
5. Mike JONES
6. Matthew WALTERS
7. Sean CONDON
8. Linden MAGEE
9. William DAVIDSON
10. Evan BYLES
11 Cru HALLIDAY

Race time: 11m46.726s
Margin of victory: 0.868s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Troy HERFOSS 58.069s

Race two results:
1. Glenn ALLERTON
2. Mike JONES
3. Troy HERFOSS
4. Wayne MAXWELL
5. Jamie STAUFFER
6. Matthew WALTERS
7. Cru HALLIDAY
8. Linden MAGEE
9. Ben BURKE
10. William DAVIDSON
11. Evan BYLES

Race time: 11m47.311s
Margin of victory: 3.173s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Glenn ALLERTON 58.243s

Race three results:
1. Troy HERFOSS
2. Matthew WALTERS
3. Wayne MAXWELL
4. Glenn ALLERTON
5. Jamie STAUFFER
6. Mike JONES
7. Ben BURKE
8. Sean CONDON
9. Cru HALLIDAY
10. Linden MAGEE
11. William DAVIDSON
12. Evan BYLES

Race time: 11m46.257s
Margin of victory: 0.729s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Troy HERFOSS 58.175s

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

Verdict:
With wins on both Saturday and Sunday, Herfoss met expectations much to the delight of his local fan base. It was an important result for the Team Honda Racing rider, stretching his ASC lead to 16 points with two rounds remaining, and he should be just as strong at Winton next time out. Allerton deserved second overall and starred with his assertive race two win, which also helped him narrow the points margin to within 10 points of YRT teammate Maxwell. It wasn’t an overly competitive weekend for Maxwell, but as he does, he scored a good bag of points across the three races, and he too is very strong at Winton. The likes of Jones and Walters also mixed it up at the front with great results, managing to finish ahead of factory rider Stauffer overall. And there were plenty of hard luck stories this time out, including Halliday, Condon and Burke, who all felt the effects of Saturday carnage in the mixed conditions.

Supersport

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Pole position: Callum SPRIGGS 1m03.254s

Race one results:
1. Brayden ELLIOTT
2. Callum SPRIGGS
3. Rick OLSON
4. Michael BLAIR
5. Kyle BUCKLEY
6. Jay PRESEPIO
7. Luke MITCHELL
8. Brad SWALLOW
9. Troy GUENTHER
10. Cambridge OLIVIER

Race time: 9m17.203s
Margin of victory: 0.027s
Laps completed: 9
Fastest lap: Rick OLSON 1m00.691s

Race two results:
1. Callum SPRIGGS
2. Michael BLAIR
3. Brayden ELLIOTT
4. Jay PRESEPIO
5. Kyle BUCKLEY
6. Luke MITCHELL
7. Cambridge OLIVIER
8. Brad SWALLOW
9. Thomas BRYDEN
10. Troy GUENTHER

Race time: 9m13.682s
Margin of victory: 3.102s
Laps completed: 9
Fastest lap: Brayden ELLIOTT 1m00.696s

Race three results:
1. Kyle BUCKLEY
2. Callum SPRIGGS
3. Brayden ELLIOTT
4. Michael BLAIR
5. Jay PRESEPIO
6. Luke MITCHELL
7. Cambridge OLIVIER
8. Brad SWALLOW
9. Thomas BRYDEN
10. Paul YOUNG

Race time: 9m15.210s
Margin of victory: 1.149s
Laps completed: 9
Fastest lap: Brayden ELLIOTT 1m00.391s

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

Verdict:
This title should be going down to the wire, with Spriggs’ second consecutive round win inching him to within six points of Elliott in the standings. You can’t take anything away from the performance of Spriggs, but the fact that Elliott managed to claw his way forward from 10th on the grid, winning a race and finishing second overall indicates that he’s very much the class of the field as we speak. Blair joined them on the podium in a consistent effort, but it looks like it could be a two-horse race from this point in the series if Elliott and Spriggs continue as they are. The Saturday overall and Sunday race three wins were confidence-inspiring for Buckley, while it was a damaging weekend in terms of the title for competitive Kawasaki pairing Olson and Guenther.