Image: Marc Jones (Foremost Media).

Yamaha Racing Team’s Cru Halliday has captured two thrilling race victories on Sunday’s final day of the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK), complimenting his race one win on Saturday to be credited the overall victor at The Bend Motorsport Park in South Australia.

Halliday controlled race two of the Kawasaki Supersport class, making his way to the front ahead of Tom Toparis (Cube Racing Kawasaki) by the conclusion of lap three and he stretched away an advantage from there.

With a quickest lap and new record of 1m56.776s, Halliday eventually topped Toparis by 4.671s, as Mladin Racing’s Max Croker returned to the podium in third. Fourth was a strong finish for local John Hunt (Suzuki), who led in the early stages, holding Zac Johnson (Yamaha) at bay for position.

Next came BCperformance Junior Team’s Giuseppe Scarcella (Kawasaki), with Ty Lynch (Yamaha), Rhys Belling (Yamaha), Dallas Skeer (Suzuki) and Thomas Bryden (Yamaha) the top 10.

Race three of the Kawasaki Supersport class saw Halliday clinch a clean-sweep for the round, working his way through the field from third at the end of lap one and comfortably winning by 3.306s from early front-runner Toparis, who this time out came under added pressure from an impressive ride by Johnson.

He was in turn followed directly over the line by Croker, as Scarcella rose to claim a top five finish in race three. Claiming sixth to conclude the round was Hunt, edging Damon Rees (Honda), Lynch and Luke Mitchell (Yamaha) – all crossing the line in formation. Skeer rounded out the top 10.

As a result, Halliday won the round from a consistent Toparis and leading rookie Croker, while in the standings it’s now Halliday in control, 12 points up on former leader Toparis and New Zealander Rees.

The next stop on the ASBK calendar is scheduled for 28 June – 1 July at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin, Northern Territory.

Detailed results