Features 15 Sep 2014

Breakdown: 2014 ASC Rd5 Wakefield Park

The vitals from round five of the Australasian Superbike Championship.

With round five of the Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship run and won, CycleOnline.com.au breaks down the specifics from race day Sunday in Goulburn.

Image: Keith Muir.

Image: Keith Muir.

Superbike

Pole position: Troy HERFOSS (Team Honda Racing) 58.047s

Race one results:
1. Wayne MAXWELL (Team Motul Honda)
2. Jamie STAUFFER (Team Honda Racing)
3. Glenn ALLERTON (Next Gen Motorsports / Pirelli / Dynotech / BMW)
4. Josh HOOK (Team Honda Racing)
5. Glenn SCOTT (InsureMyRide Honda)
6. Cru HALLIDAY (YRT / Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance / Yamaha)
7. Robert BUGDEN (YRT / Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance / Yamaha)
8. Mike JONES (Crazy Dogs Kawasaki)
9. Matthew WALTERS (Kawasaki Connection)
10. Ben BURKE (BCperformance Motogo Kawasaki)
11. Sean CONDON (BikeBiz Racing Kawasaki)
12. Linden MAGEE (LMR BMW)
13. Ben HENRY (Cube Racing Kawasaki)
14. Glynn THOMAS (Kawasaki)
15. Mitch PAYNTER (Team MPR Kawasaki)
16. Jack FOX (Honda)
17. Michael McLINDEN (Honda)
18. Hamish McMURRAY (Bloodlust Racing BMW)

Race time: 10m49.909
Margin of victory: 1.965s
Laps completed: 11
Fastest lap: HERFOSS 58.047s

Race two results:
1. Troy HERFOSS
2. Wayne MAXWELL
3. Jamie STAUFFER
4. Glenn ALLERTON
5. Robert BUGDEN
6. Josh HOOK
7. Glenn SCOTT
8. Mike JONES
9. Matthew WALTERS
10. Sean CONDON
11. Ben BURKE
12. Cru HALLIDAY
13. Ben HENRY
14. Linden MAGEE
15. Mitch PAYNTER
16. Jack FOX
17. Hamish McMURRAY
18. Michael McLINDEN

Race time: 10m52.751
Margin of victory: 0.026s
Laps completed: 11
Fastest lap: HERFOSS 58.166s

Race three results:
1. Troy HERFOSS
2. Wayne MAXWELL
3. Jamie STAUFFER
4. Josh HOOK
5. Mike JONES
6. Glenn ALLERTON
7. Robert BUGDEN
8. Glenn SCOTT
9. Cru HALLIDAY
10. Sean CONDON
11. Ben BURKE
12. Paul BYRNE
13. Matthew WALTERS
14. Ben HENRY
15. Mitch PAYNTER
16. Hamish McMURRAY

Race time: 10m47.865
Margin of victory: 0.326s
Laps completed: 11
Fastest lap: HERFOSS 58.025s (new record)

Overall results:
1. Wayne MAXWELL 69
2. Jamie STAUFFER 62
3. Glenn ALLERTON 53
4. Josh HOOK 51
5. Troy HERFOSS 50
6. Robert BUGDEN 44
7. Glenn SCOTT 43
8. Mike JONES 42
9. Cru HALLIDAY 36
10. Sean CONDON 32
11. Matthew WALTERS 32
12. Ben BURKE 31
13. Ben HENRY 23
14. Mitch PAYNTER 18
15. Linden MAGEE 16
16. Hamish McMURRAY 12
17. Jack FOX 10
18. Paul BYRNE 9
19. Michael McLINDEN 7
20. Glynn THOMAS 7

Championship standings:
1. Wayne MAXWELL 317
2. Jamie STAUFFER 296
3. Troy HERFOSS 260
4. Glenn ALLERTON 254
5. Cru HALLIDAY 220
6. Josh HOOK 211
7. Robert BUGDEN 206
8. Sean CONDON 193
9. Glenn SCOTT 178
10. Mike JONES 160
10. Mike JONES 160
11. Rick OLSON 129
12. Matthew WALTERS 117
13. Ben BURKE 95
14. Paul BYRNE 83
15. Linden MAGEE 79
16. Ben HENRY 77
17. Chris TROUNSON 69
18. Dustin GOLDSMITH 57
19. Beau BEATON 52
20. Mitch PAYNTER 41

Verdict:
The Team Honda Racing juggernaut was once again the dominant force at Wakefield, with Motul-backed Wayne Maxwell winning his second round in succession despite a recent broken collarbone. Maxwell won the opening race after teammate Troy Herfoss crashed out, before Herfoss bounced back to win the final two races after a valiant effort to get his CBR1000RR SP back on track. Jamie Stauffer and Glenn Allerton (Next Gen Motorsports BMW) were there to pick up the podium pieces, with Josh Hook fourth overall and Herfoss ultimately fifth. In the standings, Maxwell holds down a 21-point advantage over Stauffer entering Sydney’s sixth and final round.

Image: Keith Muir.

Image: Keith Muir.

Supersport

Pole position: Aiden WAGNER (Wagner Soil Testing / YRD / SW Racing / Mupo Suspension) 1m26.191

Race one results:
1. Aiden WAGNER (Wagner Soil Testing / YRD / SW Racing / Mupo Suspension Yamaha)
2. Callum SPRIGGS (Allsite Concrete Cutting / Hydro Construction / YRD / XXX Rated Yamaha)
3. Aaron MORRIS (Maxima Yamaha / YRD / Bell / Alpinestars / Watson Demolition)
4. Michael BLAIR (Campbell Home Timber & H-ware / Yamaha / Groot Civil / Blairbuild)
5. Aaiden COOTE (MSC Safe Co / YRD Yamaha)
6. Jay PRESEPIO (Race Center / Northern Motorcycles Yamaha)
7. Luke MITCHELL (JNL Racing / Maxima / James Creek / McDonalds Yamba / YRD Yamaha)
8. William DAVIDSON (Thomas Brother’s Toyota / YRD Yamaha)
9. Cambridge OLIVIER (Yamaha)
10. Brayden ELLIOTT (Hankook Tyres / Royan Truck Repairs / Barker Trailer Suzuki)
11. Thomas BRYDEN (Road & Circuit / Motul / RK Chains
12. Michael KNIGHT (Able Door Services / Skel-Hire Honda)
13. Stefano BERTOLI (Yamaha)

Race time: 11m16.456
Margin of victory: 1.593s
Laps completed: 11
Fastest lap: WAGNER 1m00.235

Race two results:
1. Aiden WAGNER
2. Callum SPRIGGS
3. Aaron MORRIS
4. Michael BLAIR
5. William DAVIDSON
6. Aaiden COOTE
7. Luke MITCHELL
8. Cambridge OLIVIER
9. Brayden ELLIOTT
10. Michael KNIGHT
11. Stefano BERTOLI
12. Jay PRESEPIO
13. Thomas BRYDEN

Race time: 11m12.231
Margin of victory: 0.614s
Laps completed: 11
Fastest lap: WAGNER 1m00.397

Race three results:
1. Aiden WAGNER
2. Callum SPRIGGS
3. Aaron MORRIS
4. Michael BLAIR
5. Jay PRESEPIO
6. Brayden ELLIOTT
7. Aaiden COOTE
8. Luke MITCHELL
9. Cambridge OLIVIER
10. Thomas BRYDEN
11. Michael KNIGHT
12. Cam RUSSELL
13. Stefano BERTOLI

Race time: 11m11.193
Margin of victory: 1.665s
Laps completed: 11
Fastest lap: WAGNER 1m00.345

Overall results:
1. Aiden WAGNER 75
2. Callum SPRIGGS 66
3. Aaron MORRIS 60
4. Michael BLAIR 54
5. Aaiden COOTE 45
6. Luke MITCHELL 41
7. Jay PRESEPIO 40
8. Brayden ELLIOTT 38
9. Cambridge OLIVIER 37
10. Michael KNIGHT 30
11. Thomas BRYDEN 29
12. William DAVIDSON 29
13. Stefano BERTOLI 26
14. Cam RUSSELL 9

Championship standings:
1. Aaron MORRIS 305
2. Aiden WAGNER 304
3. Callum SPRIGGS 240
4. Aaiden COOTE 176
5. Daniel FALZON 165
6. Jay PRESEPIO 162
7. Luke MITCHELL 146
8. William DAVIDSON 125
9. Mason COOTE 123
10. Brayden ELLIOTT 118
11. Justin DI GIANDOMENICO 112
12. Cambridge OLIVIER 105
13. Thomas BRYDEN 98
14. Michael BLAIR 88
15. Patrick MEDCALF 80
16. Mitch LEVY 63
17. Matt DAVIES 49
18. Ben BLYTH 43
19. Jordan CARLSSON 42
20. Aaron GOBERT 41

Verdict:
Aiden Wagner was in a class of his own for much of the Wakefield Park weekend, his six wins the most important of his career. Wagner swept all before him ahead of close mate Callum Spriggs, while championship leader Aaron Morris salvaged third on Sunday following a disastrous AFX-SBK showing the day prior. Now, in a huge title swing, Morris holds a marginal one-point advantage over the fast-finishing Wagner entering SMP.

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