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A mixture of weather conditions at Wakefield Park caused havoc in round five of the 2015 Australian FX-Superbike Championship, eventually topped by Team Honda Racing’s Troy Herfoss in his homecoming to Goulburn.

Herfoss led the opening Superbike race on track following a late maneuver on title rival Wayne Maxwell (YRT with YMI), however was soon penalised for passing under yellow flags and docked one position.

That handed Maxwell the win following a race that started wet, began to form a dry line, and then was rained upon again before race’s end. Behind Maxwell and Herfoss came Glenn Allerton (YRT with YMI), Jamie Stauffer (Team Honda Racing) and Matt Walters (Kawasaki Connection).

Race two was essentially a dry affair, albeit without the track in a premium racing condition, and it was Herfoss who controlled the pace to win by 1.910s over Allerton, as Maxwell, Walters and Mike Jones (Australian Outdoor Living – Cube Racing) filled the top five.

The final race encountered the worst conditions of all, starting out dry before a red flag, and then rain caused an extended stoppage.

Once it restarted for a six-lap sprint, it was Herfoss who battled to a 0.359s in wet conditions from Allerton, Maxwell, Stauffer and Jones.

Overall that secured Herfoss the victory and subsequent pole position for Sunday’s Swann Insurance Australasian Superbike Championship round, over Maxwell and Allerton on the podium. Top of the Pro-Am privateers was Walters in fourth.

After finishing fourth in races one and three on Saturday, Stauffer was bumped down the order overall to eighth when his Honda had a problem during race two, causing a non-finish.

It was a disastrous day for Cru Halliday on the third of the factory Yamahas, crashing out of race one on the opening lap and then also out of the third race after clashing with Ben Burke (SA Kawasaki Bcperformance), causing the red flag in the process.

BikeBiz / Ipone / Swann Insurance Racing Kawasaki rider Sean Condon was another casualty, crashing on the warm-up lap of the opening race and not reappearing on track for the remainder of today’s running.

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The Supersport class belonged to SA Kawasaki Bcperformance’s Kyle Buckley, by virtue of his race three win this afternoon. Buckley was second in the damp opening race, ninth in the dry second leg, then won race three after the rain came again.

Joining Buckley on the podium for the round was Luke Mitchell (Yamaha) and Queenslander Callum Spriggs (Yamaha), who extended his points lead as a result. Race one this morning was topped by comfortably Brad Swallow (Kawasaki).

The Supersport grid for Sunday is calculated via the fastest lap times posted in today’s trio of races, with Spriggs securing an important pole position from Rick Olson (Kawasaki), Buckley and Thomas Bryden (Yamaha) completing the front row. Title leader Brayden Elliott (Suzuki) will start from 10th.

The weather created an assortment of results in the supporting categories, with series leader Simon Galloway topping Formula Oz, while other winners included Jimmy Broadbent (FX300 Ninja Cup), Jason Martin (Formula Xtreme), Kris Keen (Pro-Twins) and Ian Goodwin (Nakedbike).

2015 Australian FX-Superbike Championship
Round five – Wakefield Park

Superbike overall results:
1. Troy HERFOSS 72
2. Wayne MAXWELL 67
3. Glenn ALLERTON 62
4. Matthew WALTERS 48
5. Mike JONES 44
6. Linden MAGEE 42
7. William DAVIDSON 39
8. Jamie STAUFFER 36
9. Evan BYLES 35
10. Ben BURKE 27
11. Cru HALLIDAY 15

Superbike championship standings:
1. Troy HERFOSS 254
2. Wayne MAXWELL 238
3. Glenn ALLERTON 233
4. Cru HALLIDAY 183
5. Mike JONES 169
6. Jamie STAUFFER 164
7. Matthew WALTERS 163
8. Sean CONDON 145
9. Ben BURKE 133
10. Evan BYLES 117
11. Linden MAGEE 101
12. William DAVIDSON 92
13. Mathew HARDING 73
14. Aiden WAGNER 45
15. Beau BEATON 44
16. Ben HENRY 20

Supersport overall results:
1 Kyle BUCKLEY 53
2 Luke MITCHELL 46
3 Callum SPRIGGS 45.5
4 Thomas BRYDEN 45
5 Cambridge OLIVIER 43.5
6 Jay PRESEPIO 33
7 Michael BLAIR 32
8 Troy GUENTHER 31.5
9 Rowen SMITH 31
10 Callum ALDERSON 28.5
11 Brad SWALLOW 26.5
12 Patrick LI 20.5
13 Michael KNIGHT 20
14 Brandon DEMMERY 17
15 Kieran MAHER 15
16 Paul YOUNG 12
17 Rick OLSON 11
18 Brayden ELLIOTT 6.5
19 Aaron MORRIS 3.5

Supersport championship standings:
1. Callum SPRIGGS 306.5
2. Michael BLAIR 280
3. Brayden ELLIOTT 252.5
4. Troy GUENTHER 210.5
5. Jay PRESEPIO 202
6. Kyle BUCKLEY 186
7. Mitch LEVY 180
8. Luke MITCHELL 171
9. Rick OLSON 163
10. Cambridge OLIVIER 160.5
11. Brad SWALLOW 139.5
12. Paul YOUNG 130
13. Michael KNIGHT 128
14. Rowen SMITH 87
15. Thomas BRYDEN 80
16. Jordan CARLSSON 76
17. Ben BLYTH 68
18. Jack BAKER 55
19. Brandon DEMMERY 48
20. Kieran MAHER 44

Formula Oz overall results:
1. Simon GALLOWAY 59.5
2. Brad SWALLOW 44.5
3. Harry BOYADJIAN 40
4. Scott McGREGOR 39
5. Jason IVKOVIC 39
6. Kieran HURRELL 36
7. Rhys BELLING 31
8. Mitch PAYNTER 25
9. Gavin MUDIE 24
10. John CHIODI 24

Formula Oz championship standings:
1. Simon GALLOWAY 264.5
2. Mitch PAYNTER 238
3. Paul BYRNE 221
4. Jason IVKOVIC 195
5. Ben HENRY 164
6. Damian SUTTON 154
7. Kieran HURRELL 145
8. Scott McGREGOR 131
9. Brad SWALLOW 129.5
10. Liam WILKINSON 83

FX300 Ninja Cup overall results:
1. Jimmy BROADBENT 57
2. Jeff WARE 48
3. Robbie MENZIES 47
4. Andrew BROWN 40
5. Jason MARTIN 38
6. Paul YOUNG 36
7. Tony JONES 35
8. Ryan SELLEN 34
9. Ryan MASRI 28
10. Stuart GREEN 28

FX300 Ninja Cup championship standings:
1. Ben WHITE 248
2. Samuel DAVISON 211
3. Tony JONES 192
4. Robbie MENZIES 180
5. Paul YOUNG 173
6. Jack DAWES 167
7. Luke BURGESS 165
8. Jason MARTIN 160
9. Hunter FORD 149
10. Ryan MASRI 135

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