Image: Keith Muir.

Yamaha Racing Team with Yamaha Motorcycle Insurance’s Glenn Allerton stormed to the Queensland Raceway victory in round four of the 2015 Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship on Sunday.

Allerton raced to his third win of the weekend in race one this morning, controlling the 16-lap race from the front in the latter stages to take an eventual 0.181s victory over teammate Cru Halliday, who also led during the early laps of the race.

Third was reigning champion Wayne Maxwell (YRT with YMI) over five seconds in arrears of Allerton, dropping off the pace at the end of the race but salvaging a podium come the chequered flag.

In fourth was series leader Troy Herfoss, moving past Team Honda Racing teammate Jamie Stauffer on the final lap after almost running off the circuit during the opening lap.

Completing the top 10 positions were Matt Walters (Kawasaki Connection), Sean Condon (BikeBiz / Ipone / Swann Insurance Racing Kawasaki), Mathew Harding (Kawasaki Connection), Ben Burke (SA Kawasaki Bcperformance) and William Davidson (Yamaha).

Cube Racing/Australian Outdoor Living Kawasaki’s Mike Jones rebounded from an opening race crash to win a dramatic second Superbike race this afternoon.

The race was red-flagged due to Halliday going down at turn six on lap 11 while Allerton was in the lead, causing a six-lap restart to decide the results order.

However the remaining YRT pairing of Allerton and Maxwell were forced to start from pit lane for the restart; penalised for refuelling in pit lane, which they later denied in the post-race interviews.

Regardless, Jones went on to win on track and the time sheets, while Allerton and Maxwell finished second and third following a hard-fought scrap for position (fifth and sixth on track).

Fourth in race two was Herfoss ahead of Stauffer in fifth, while Condon, Davidson and Evan Byles (Kawasaki) were the final finishers.

Earlier, Matt Walters led the initial race after making his way by Allerton on lap five, but was almost immediately sidelined by a mechanical on the same lap.

The overall podium was made up of Allerton, Maxwell and Herfoss, the latter maintaining a three-point lead over Maxwell in the standings.

Image: Keith Muir.

Callum Spriggs (Yamaha) continued his domination of the Queensland Raceway round with victory in race one this morning, comfortably winning the eight-lap affair by 0.610s over Michael Blair (Yamaha) and Rick Olson (Kawasaki).

Brayden Elliot (Suzuki) finished race one in position four, while Troy Guenther (Kawasaki) rounded out the top five.

Filling positions six through 10 were Jay Presepio (Yamaha), Luke Mitchell (Yamaha), Paul Young (Kawasaki), Kyle Buckley (Kawasaki) and Brad Swallow (Kawasaki).

An entertaining six-way battle for victory in race two of the Supersports saw Spriggs take a 0.063s win over Olson, the pair dicing for position on the final lap until Spriggs got the nod out of the last turn in the run to the line.

Marginally behind was Guenther in another strong showing, fending off Presepio, Blair and Elliott, while Young was a fast-finisher in seventh position. Mitchell, Mitch Levy (Yamaha) and Buckley rounded out the top 10 placings.

The third and final Supersport race of the round saw Olson victorious, ending Spriggs’ perfect weekend with a 0.372s win over series leader Elliott and Guenther, who in turn held out Spriggs for position.

Presepio got the better of Levy in the final stages for fifth, with Mitchell and Young close in tow. The top 10 was rounded out by Buckley and Cambridge Olivier (Yamaha).

Disaster struck title threat Blair on the warm-up lap, going down at turn one and effectively ruled out of the race as a result.

Overall Spriggs managed to hold on for the round win by a single point from Olson, with Guenther rounding out the podium. The championship still sees Elliott at the front, 10 points ahead of Spriggs.

Other round winners today included Paul Byrne (Formula Oz), Darren Wilbow (Formula Xtreme), Hunter Ford (FX300 Ninja Cup), Kris Keen (Pro-Twins), Adrian Pierpont (Nakedbikes) and Danny Pottage (eFXC).

2015 Australasian Superbike Championship
Round four – Queensland Raceway

Superbike overall results:
1. Glenn ALLERTON 48
2. Wayne MAXWELL 40
3. Troy HERFOSS 36
4. Jamie STAUFFER 32
5. Sean CONDON 29
6. Mike JONES 25
7. William DAVIDSON 25
8. Evan BYLES 23
9. Cru HALLIDAY 22
10. Matthew WALTERS 15

Superbike championship standings:
1. Troy HERFOSS 185
2. Wayne MAXWELL 182
3. Glenn ALLERTON 165
4. Cru HALLIDAY 150
5. Mike JONES 139
6. Sean CONDON 133
7. Jamie STAUFFER 123
8. Matthew WALTERS 106
9. Evan BYLES 91
10. Ben BURKE 79

Supersport overall results:
1. Callum SPRIGGS 68
2. Rick OLSON 67
3. Troy GUENTHER 56
4. Brayden ELLIOTT 55
5. Jay PRESEPIO 49
6. Luke MITCHELL 41
7. Paul YOUNG 40
8. Michael BLAIR 38
9. Kyle BUCKLEY 35
10. Mitch LEVY 31

Supersport championship standings:
1. Brayden ELLIOTT 231
2. Callum SPRIGGS 221
3. Troy GUENTHER 211
4. Michael BLAIR 190
5. Rick OLSON 171.5
6. Jay PRESEPIO 171
7. Paul YOUNG 161
8. Mitch LEVY 151.5
9. Brad SWALLOW 122.5
10. Cambridge OLIVIER 118

Formula Oz overall results:
1. Paul BYRNE 70
2. Beau BEATON 65
3. Ben HENRY 62
4. Simon GALLOWAY 47
5. Jason EACOTT 42
6. Andy FISHER 41
7. Mathew HARDING 40
8. Jason IVKOVIC 37
9. Damian SUTTON 36
10. Brad SWALLOW 31

Formula Xtreme overall results:
1. Darren WILBOW 70
2. Dane PURCELL 64
3. Lucas VITALE 61
4. Brendan McINTYRE 54
5. Jason MARTIN 52
6. Michael WITCHARD 46
7. Jeff DORMAN 43
8. Paul McKAY 39

FX300 Ninja Cup overall results:
1. Hunter FORD 65
2. Ben WHITE 62
3. Tony JONES 52
4. Paul YOUNG 50
5. Ryan MASRI 45
6. Jack DAWES 42
7. Jason MARTIN 40
8. Mitch KAVNEY 39
9. Samuel DAVISON 39
10. Shane YOKOM 33

Pro-Twins/Nakedbikes overall results:
1. Kris KEEN 64
2. Michael O’KEEFFE 58
3. Beau BEATON 50
4. Adrian PIERPOINT 47

eFXC overall results:
1. Danny POTTAGE 95
2. Jason MORRIS 87
3. Danny RIPPERTON 86

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