The vitals from Mallala's second Australasian Superbike round.
With the second round of the 2015 Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship complete, CycleOnline.com.au breaks down the specifics from race day Sunday in South Australia.
Superbike
Pole position: Wayne MAXWELL (via Saturday AFX-SBK round win)
Race one results:
1. Wayne MAXWELL
2. Glenn ALLERTON
3. Sean CONDON
4. Troy HERFOSS
5. Jamie STAUFFER
6. Ben BURKE
7. Cru HALLIDAY
8. Matthew WALTERS
9. Mike JONES
10. Linden MAGEE
Race time: 13m29.384s
Margin of victory: 0.646s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Glenn ALLERTON 1m06.809s
Race two results:
1. Troy HERFOSS
2. Mike JONES
3. Jamie STAUFFER
4. Wayne MAXWELL
5. Cru HALLIDAY
6. Sean CONDON
7. Ben BURKE
8. Glenn ALLERTON
9. Matthew WALTERS
10. Linden MAGEE
Race time: 13m27.298s
Margin of victory: 0.649s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Jamie STAUFFER 1m06.503s
Race three results:
1. Jamie STAUFFER
2. Wayne MAXWELL
3. Glenn ALLERTON
4. Troy HERFOSS
5. Mike JONES
6. Sean CONDON
7. Cru HALLIDAY
8. Matthew WALTERS
9. Mathew HARDING
10. Evan BYLES
Race time: 13m30.227s
Margin of victory: 0.276s
Laps completed: 12
Fastest lap: Mike JONES 1m06.862s
Superbike overall results:
1. Wayne MAXWELL 65
2. Jamie STAUFFER 61
3. Troy HERFOSS 61
4. Glenn ALLERTON 55
5. Mike JONES 50
6. Sean CONDON 50
7. Cru HALLIDAY 44
8. Matthew WALTERS 38
9. Mathew HARDING 32
10. Evan BYLES 29
Superbike championship standings:
1. Troy HERFOSS 109
2. Wayne MAXWELL 103
3. Glenn ALLERTON 86
4. Cru HALLIDAY 82
5. Mike JONES 80
6. Sean CONDON 79
7. Matthew WALTERS 62
8. Jamie STAUFFER 61
9. Evan BYLES 47
10. Linden MAGEE 47
Verdict:
There were three different winners across the trio of races on Sunday, but as we suspected it was Maxwell who captured the overall when all was said and done, now just six points from Herfoss in the standings. Stauffer starred on his way to second in his return from injury, winning race two and clearly satisfied with his showing on Sunday. As for Herfoss, third overall was a good result in a weekend that could have been better if he were to limit mistakes at the heavy braking points. Still, he’s the title leader and was once again one of the quickest on track. It was an up and down day for Mike Jones and Sean Condon as well, while Ben Burke was solid in a number of the races but crashed out of the third. Halliday had his best showing in race two, but was unfortunately hampered by arm-pump for the entire weekend.
Supersport
Pole position: Jay PRESEPIO 1m09.244s
Race one results:
1. Brayden ELLIOTT
2. Callum SPRIGGS
3. Michael BLAIR
4. Jay PRESEPIO
5. Kyle BUCKLEY
6. Troy GUENTHER
7. Paul YOUNG
8. Rick OLSON
9. Mitch LEVY
10. Brad SWALLOW
Race time: 10m28.997s
Margin of victory: 0.432s
Laps completed: 9
Fastest lap: Brayden ELLIOTT 1m08.959s
Race two results:
1. Jay PRESEPIO
2. Michael BLAIR
3. Callum SPRIGGS
4. Paul YOUNG
5. Troy GUENTHER
6. Rick OLSON
7. Brayden ELLIOTT
8. Brad SWALLOW
9. Mitch LEVY
10. Cambridge OLIVIER
Race time: 10m34.667s
Margin of victory: 0.075s
Laps completed: 9
Fastest lap: Jay PRESEPIO 1m09.134s
Race three results:
1. Michael BLAIR
2. Brayden ELLIOTT
3. Callum SPRIGGS
4. Jay PRESEPIO
5. Troy GUENTHER
6. Paul YOUNG
7. Rick OLSON
8. Mitch LEVY
9. Kyle BUCKLEY
10. Luke MITCHELL
Race time: 10m28.573s
Margin of victory: 1.504s
Laps completed: 9
Fastest lap: Brayden Elliott 1m09.161s
Supersport overall results:
1. Michael BLAIR 67
2. Callum SPRIGGS 62
3. Brayden ELLIOTT 61
4. Jay PRESEPIO 61
5. Troy GUENTHER 47
6. Paul YOUNG 47
7. Rick OLSON 42
8. Mitch LEVY 37
9. Brad SWALLOW 31
10. Cambridge OLIVIER 30
Supersport championship standings:
1. Brayden ELLIOTT 123
2. Michael BLAIR 114
3. Callum SPRIGGS 112
4. Troy GUENTHER 105
5. Paul YOUNG 94
6. Mitch LEVY 90
7. Jay PRESEPIO 86
8. Brad SWALLOW 72
9. Cambridge OLIVIER 66
10. Kyle BUCKLEY 60
Verdict:
Blair was undoubtedly the rider to beat in Supersport at Mallala, winning all three races on Saturday and then the final race for the overall on Sunday. There were a variety of challengers however, with Elliott continuing his run of form on board the Suzuki to win race one and local Jay Presepio charging to the second win of the day much to the delight of his home fans. Eliott still leads the title chase, but Blair and Spriggs, who was consistent for second overall at Mallala, are right there with him. It was a tough SA weekend for Troy Guenther after a crash early in the weekend, but he still put in a number of solid riders for fifth overall.
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