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A series of ongoing electronic dramas at Queensland Raceway denied Stop and Seal recruit Cru Halliday any form of decent results last weekend, the experienced ASBK veteran left frustrated on Sunday evening while the team continued its search for answers.

Halliday qualified eighth on the independent YZF-R1M, but complications with the team’s Motec system throughout race day ruined any chance of achieving success alongside the Supercars Championship.

The 37-year-old would eventually leave with a lowly three points for the weekend after carding DNF-22 results, coupled with multiple pit-stops during the races in a bid to rectify the problems endured.

“It was just one of those weekends where mechanical gremlins got us,” Halliday told CycleOnline. “We’re running the Motec system, which is a pretty tricky system to iron out, but I thought that we had everything going as qualifying went pretty well, as well as the morning warm-up. Starting race two on Sunday, the bike just didn’t seem to want to run.

“We plugged into it and tried to get it going before the warm-up lap, but it still just didn’t want to go. The bike would actually physically go, but there was no acceleration, and it felt like the traction control was stuck on. We tried to fix it, but it seems like it’s a bigger problem than what we thought [it was].”

Frustration is mounting after five rounds of results that have been well below expectations – outside of an exceptional P3 finish in Sydney – with Halliday calling for changes to reverse their fortunes over the final three rounds, beginning at Phillip Island on September 6-7.

“We’ve got to get results, and we are not getting results,” he added. “That sucks, and it is deflating… it’s really deflating. The lows have you questioning, ‘Maybe I am done, maybe I just don’t have it anymore,’ but then a result like Sydney peps you back up and you feel like you’ve still got it. I still want to race, and we know we can be competitive.”

Halliday – who it is understood did have the opportunity to remain at the factory-backed Yamaha Racing Team for 2025 – was instead lured to Stop and Seal by colourful paddock identity Robbie Bolger as part of a dynamic three-rider Superbike roster alongside Arthur Sissis and Tom Toparis to commence the new season.

A late switch from Pirelli tyres to Michelin has caused havoc to date, however, with Sissis unable to replicate the podium form he displayed upon joining Stop and Seal toward the end of last year. Toparis, too, has struggled, instead reverting to Supersport within the Next Gen sub-category onboard a Bolger-built Ducati Panigale V2 at Queensland Raceway.

Despite having a decorated resume on board Yamaha machinery for well over a decade, Halliday also continues to be linked to a shock Ducati switch before the current ASBK season is out, still part of the Stop and Seal organisation, but on a Panigale V4 R in a move that could provide a legitimate lifeline for his Superbike career into 2026.