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Next Gen Motorsports Glenn Allerton won the opening round of the Australian Superbike Championship at Queensland Raceway on Sunday, after taking victory in race one ahead of Kawasaki privateers Mike Jones and Mathew Harding.

With a late thunderstorm drenching the circuit, the final Superbike race was abandoned due to the extreme weather conditions.

Allerton also took a clean sweep of the EVO Unlimited class but came under fire from a reinvigorated Phil Lovett, who set the fastest lap time of the final race.

Lovett diced with Allerton over the final laps, the veteran racer passing the BMW rider before being passed back on the final lap.

While disappointed that the final Superbike race was abandoned Allerton said he had enjoyed the weekend.

“It was disappointing that we couldn’t run the final Superbike race but there was just too much water on the track,” Allerton explained.

“I had really good weekend and we made a lot of gains. I am sure the spectators enjoyed it, as there was some great racing across all the classes.

“Now we need to keep the ball rolling as we prepare for Darwin. I am really looking forward to that event especially as we will race alongside V8 Supercars.”

Defending Australian Supersport Champion Daniel Falzon took a clean-sweep of the Supersport races. The South Australian took a convincing win the opening encounter, but faced strong opposition from pole sitter Aiden Wagner and Callum Spriggs in race two.

The final 17-lap race, which was reduced to 15 laps after a red flag four laps in, also saw the start of the inclement weather that brought a premature end to the day.

“That final Supersport race was awesome, it was so close between myself, Aiden and Callum,” Falzon said. “It started to get really windy out there which was upsetting the bike a bit and took me a little while to get a handle on.

“We came here to defend the title and we have come away with the lead so I couldn’t be happier it is exactly where we want to be,” Falzon added.

Queensland schoolgirl Tayla Relph provided the upset of the day, proving consistency is the key to the top step of the dais.

Relph, who finished the four Moto3/125 races third claimed the overall round win after Lachlan Kavney and Callum Barker both failed to finish races across the weekend.

Craig White stormed to victory in the combined Production/Formula 400 class, but it was Western Australia’s Jessica Derrin who took the round win in the 250 Production class.

The next event sees the Australian Superbike and Supersport championships head to Darwin’s Hidden Valley on 21-22 June.

2014 Australian Superbike Championship
Round one – Queensland Raceway, QLD

Superbike overall results and championship standings:
1. Glenn ALLERTON 26
2. Mike JONES 20
3. Mathew HARDING 18
4. Phil LOVETT 17
5. Ben NICOLSON 16
6. Linden MAGEE 15
7. Adam SENIOR 14
8. Josh CUMMING 13
9. Mitch PAYNTER 12
10. Romain ANFOSSO 11

Supersport overall results and championship standings:
1. Daniel FALZON 50
2. Aiden WAGNER 41
3. Callum SPRIGGS 36
4. Chris QUINN 34
5. Brenton HYDE 32
6. Kane BURNS 28
7. Mitch LEVY 27
8. Cam RUSSELL 24
9. Anthony QUINN 24
10. Callum ALDERSON 22

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