Image: Russell Colvin.

Goulburn hometown crowd favourite Troy Herfoss lit up Wakefield Park this afternoon, winning a drama-filled race one of the YMF Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli.

Following three red flags and a reschedule of events, the opening Superbike race of the round finally got underway for a shortened 12-lap duration, albeit without DesmoSport Ducati’s Mike Jones after he was deemed the cause of the final stoppage prior to lunch.

Once the final action got underway it was Herfoss who led a Crankt Protein Honda Racing 1-2 finish, after Yamaha Racing Team teammates Glenn Allerton – who was in the lead at the time – and Wayne Maxwell crashed at turn five in separate incidents.

That allowed Herfoss to sprint to a 1.793s victory over guest teammate Ant West, with Cru Halliday recovering from an earlier crash (in the third restart) and then another off-track excursion caused by lapped traffic to claim the final podium.

In fourth was Daniel Falzon (JD Racing Yamaha), getting the better of Ben Burke (SA Kawasaki BCperformance), who is making another guest showing this weekend.

The top 10 was completed by Supersport champion Brayden Elliott (Suzuki), Next Gen Motorsports Suzuki duo Sloan Frost and Ryan Hampton, as well as Adam Senior (Yamaha) and Nathan Spiteri (Honda).

New championship leader Herfoss’ fastest lap of 57.540s was a new race lap record at Wakefield Park for the Superbike category, bettering Allerton’s set earlier today.