Image: Keith Muir.

Yamaha Racing Team with Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance’s Cru Halliday has broken through for a first-career Superbike class victory today at Sydney Motorsport Park’s third round of the 2015 Australian FX-Superbike Championship (AFX-SBK).

Halliday won the opening race in style after fending off YRT with YMI teammate Wayne Maxwell, before capitalising on a jump-start penalty of Jamie Stauffer (Team Honda Racing) in race two to sweep the round.

The opening 14-lap race saw pole-setter Halliday edge out Maxwell by 0.400s, with Troy Herfoss (Team Honda Racing), Glenn Allerton (YRT with YMI) and Jamie Stauffer (Team Honda Racing) rounding out the top five.

Sean Condon (BikeBiz/Ipone/Swann Insurance Racing) was initially second in race one on track, splitting Halliday and Maxwell, however dropped to ninth due to a jump-start penalty.

Stauffer crossed the line first on track in race two, however it was Halliday who took his second race win of the day after moving past Allerton on the final lap – crossing the line just 0.010s ahead.

Directly behind Halliday and Allerton was Herfoss, trailed by Kawasaki duo Condon and Mike Jones (Cube Racing/Australian Outdoor Living).

Stauffer was demoted all the way back to eighth, while Maxwell also copped a jump-start penalty and dropped from fourth on track to ninth in the results.

Overall it was Halliday who won, meaning he will start Sunday’s Australasian Superbike Championship round from pole, ahead of Allerton and series leader Herfoss, who tied on points to complete the podium. Maxwell and Condon made up the top five.

“I came into this round not very confident after Mallala,” Halliday explained. “To be able to get the pole and two wins is simply amazing. I can’t say enough about the whole Yamaha Racing Team with Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance team.

“They have all worked flawlessly over the gap since round two. I would probably say I was a little bit slow in race two as I was riding a bit conservative, but tomorrow will be a completely different ballgame.”

Image: Keith Muir.

Multiple-time national champion Rick Olson (Kawasaki) starred in the Supersport class with his first overall on board the ZX-6R, going 4-1-1 for the round win.

Behind Olson on the podium was Brayden Elliott (Suzuki) and race one winner Michael Blair (Yamaha), who maintained his points lead. Filling the top five places were Callum Spriggs (Yamaha) and Mitch Levy (Yamaha).

Also winning the Saturday round today were Ben Henry (Formula Oz), Samuel Davison (FX300 Ninja Cup), Angus Reekie (Nakedbikes), Mario Gonzalez (Pro-Twins) and Glenn Birchall (Formula Xtreme).

2015 Australian FX-Superbike Championship
Round three – Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW

Superbike overall results:
1. Cru HALLIDAY 50
2. Glenn ALLERTON 40
3. Troy HERFOSS 40
4. Wayne MAXWELL 34
5. Sean CONDON 30
6. Mike JONES 30
7. Matthew WALTERS 29
8. Jamie STAUFFER 29
9. Ben BURKE 28
10. Beau BEATON 22

Superbike championship standings:
1. Troy HERFOSS 145
2. Wayne MAXWELL 137
3. Cru HALLIDAY 126
4. Glenn ALLERTON 121
5. Sean CONDON 119
6. Mike JONES 97
7. Ben BURKE 94
8. Jamie STAUFFER 94
9. Matthew WALTERS 80
10. Evan BYLES 63

Supersport overall results:
1. Rick OLSON 66
2. Brayden ELLIOTT 64
3. Michael BLAIR 59
4. Callum SPRIGGS 58
5. Mitch LEVY 49
6. Troy GUENTHER 48
7. Brad SWALLOW 40
8. Michael KNIGHT 36
9. Ben BLYTH 34
10. Luke MITCHELL 29

Supersport championship standings:
1. Michael BLAIR 200
2. Callum SPRIGGS 186
3. Brayden ELLIOTT 184
4. Mitch LEVY 138
5. Jay PRESEPIO 121
6. Troy GUENTHER 115
7. Rick OLSON 109
8. Kyle BUCKLEY 100
9. Brad SWALLOW 97
10. Michael KNIGHT 95

Formula Oz overall results:
1. Ben HENRY 72
2. Paul BYRNE 69
3. Mitch PAYNTER 60
4. Simon GALLOWAY 54
5. Neil HARDWICK 44
6. Albie WHEELER 43
7. Jason IVKOVIC 38
8. Steve McLEOD 32
9. Kieran HURRELL 30
10. Jason EACOTT 29

Formula Oz championship standings:
1. Paul BYRNE 171
2. Mitch PAYNTER 171
3. Simon GALLOWAY 155
4. Ben HENRY 142
5. Jason IVKOVIC 110
6. Damian SUTTON 95
7. Liam WILKINSON 83
8. Brett KITCHIN 78
9. Kieran HURRELL 76
10. Phil LOVETT 69

FX300 Ninja Cup overall results:
1. Samuel DAVISON 68
2. Ben WHITE 62
3. Tony JONES 51
4. Robbie MENZIES 50
5. Mitch KAVNEY 42
6. Hunter FORD 39
7. Luke BURGESS 37
8. Shane YOKOM 35
9. Jason MARTIN 34
10. Stuart GREEN 28

FX300 Ninja Cup championship standings:
1. Ben WHITE 168
2. Luke BURGESS 154
3. Samuel DAVISON 143
4. Tony JONES 102
5. Jack DAWES 100
6. Jason MARTIN 81
7. Hunter FORD 79
8. Robbie MENZIES 78
9. Stuart GREEN 74
10. Shane YOKOM 69

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