Australian Superbikes - Rounds 6&7

[Mach24]

Rounds 6&7 of the Australian Superbike Championship will take place this weekend at Queensland Raceway.

This will conducted as a double header on Saturday and Sunday.

Jamie Stauffer (Yamaha) has a strong lead in the championship of 50 points over Yamaha team mate and brother Dan Stauffer. Ten points further adrift is Suzuki's Craig Coxhell and 6 points behind him is Honda privateer (factory teamster from last year) Glenn Allerton.

The racing should be close this weekend at the track affectionately known as the paperclip.

Kawasaki pairing Shannon Johnson and Wayne Maxwell (currently 5th in the championship) will be looking for podium results as the Green machine becomes more competitive with each outing. Anthony Gobert has had an ordinary season on his private ZX10R entry.

Look for Jamie to wrap the championship up early before heading to the Suzuka 8 hour to partner Norick Abe.

MV Augusta are making their first appearance in the championship with one time 500cc rider Brendan Clarke.

There has also been an immediate change to the regulations to allow Ducati's 1098 to compete in the remainder of the series but not score points. As yet there is no entry from Ducati but it is looking good for 2008.

[The Phantom]

JS is certainly doing the business - again.

Great to see MV coming in and also to see the 1098 getting a run (although I'm still a bit dubious about the whole parity thing).

So where's Russell Holland in the general scheme of things?

[Mach24]

1 Jamie STAUFFER (Y) 235
2 Daniel STAUFFER (Y) 185
3 Craig COXHELL (S) 175
4 Glenn ALLERTON (H) 169
5 Wayne MAXWELL (K) 140
6 Shawn GILES (S) 132
7 Shannon JOHNSON (K) 126
8 Scott CHARLTON (Y) 118
9 Russell HOLLAND (H) 117
10 Robert BUGDEN (S) 100
11 Adam FERGUSSON (H) 95
12 Ashley ROE (H) 78
13 Bryan STARING (H) 72
14 Michael FRASER (S) 68
15 Anthony GOBERT (K) 51

[The Phantom]

Thanks! Wow, that's a tough field of riders...

[Mach24]

1 Craig COXHELL (VIC) Suzuki GSXR 1:10.215
2 Shawn GILES (NSW) Suzuki GSXR 1:10.274
3 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) Honda CBR RR 1:10.296
4 Russell HOLLAND (NSW) Honda CBR RR 1:10.406
5 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 1:10.429
6 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) Yamaha R1 1:10.537
7 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 1:10.631
8 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 1:10.747
9 Robert BUGDEN (QLD) Suzuki GSXR 1:10.816
10 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 1:11.081
11 Christopher SEATON (QLD) Yamaha R1 1:11.361
12 Brendan CLARKE (QLD) MV Agusta F4 1:11.805
13 Anthony GOBERT (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 1:11.935

Holland was in the 9's in free practice yesterday, I can only asume it is weather related.

[racer69]

Good to see the Ducati's allowed in, i'd love to see a return of the old Ducati Dealer Team :)

How are these 'double header' rounds working out?

[Mach24]

Superbike - Final Qualifying


Pos Name Machine Q1 Q2 BEST
1 Russell HOLLAND (NSW) Honda CBR RR 1:10.406 1:09.496 1:09.496
2 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 1:10.429 1:09.608 1:09.608
3 Craig COXHELL (VIC) Suzuki GSXR 1:10.215 1:09.716 1:09.716
4 Shawn GILES (NSW) Suzuki GSXR 1:10.274 1:10.103 1:10.103
5 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) Honda CBR RR 1:10.296 1:10.150 1:10.150
6 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 1:10.631 1:10.376 1:10.376
7 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) Yamaha R1 1:10.537 1:10.470 1:10.470
8 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 1:11.081 1:10.596 1:10.596
9 Robert BUGDEN (QLD) Suzuki GSXR 1:10.816 1:10.672 1:10.672
10 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 1:10.747 1:10.684 1:10.684
11 Brendan CLARKE (QLD) MV Agusta F4 1:11.805 1:10.846 1:10.846
12 Christopher SEATON (QLD) Yamaha R1 1:11.361 1:10.944 1:10.944
13 Anthony GOBERT (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 1:11.935 1:11.038 1:11.038
14 Ashley ROE (VIC) Honda CBR RR 1:12.838 1:11.991 1:11.991
15 Gareth JONES (QLD) Yamaha R1 1:12.297 1:12.297
16 Cole ODENDAAL (QLD) Honda CBR RR 1:12.963 1:12.328 1:12.328
17 Shannon ETHERIDGE (NSW) Yamaha R1 1:12.465 1:12.465
18 Michael FRASER (NSW) Suzuki GSXR 1:14.088 1:13.113 1:13.113
19 Brent SIDWELL (QLD) Honda CBR RR 1:14.063 1:14.099 1:14.063
20 Matt BATTISTA (WA) Yamaha R1 1:14.930 1:14.066 1:14.066
21 Mark HIGGINS (VIC) Honda CBR RR 1:15.518 1:15.353 1:15.353

Well they cracked the 9's

[Mach24]

Pos Name Machine Laps Time Behind Fastest On Lap
1 Craig COXHELL (VIC) Suzuki GSXR 16 18:45.203 1:09.683 5
2 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 16 18:45.264 .061 1:09.416 14
3 Shawn GILES (NSW) Suzuki GSXR 16 18:48.207 3.004 1:09.586 6
4 Russell HOLLAND (NSW) Honda CBR RR 16 18:50.291 5.088 1:10.015 9
5 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) Honda CBR RR 16 18:53.447 8.244 1:09.943 6
6 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 16 18:55.809 10.606 1:10.094 7
7 Robert BUGDEN (QLD) Suzuki GSXR 16 18:57.803 12.600 1:09.983 4
8 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) Yamaha R1 16 18:59.365 14.162 1:10.422 4
9 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 16 19:04.478 19.275 1:10.623 8
10 Christopher SEATON (QLD) Yamaha R1 16 19:08.152 22.949 1:10.657 2
11 Brendan CLARKE (QLD) MV Agusta F4 16 19:10.699 25.496 1:10.981 7
12 Anthony GOBERT (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 16 19:10.801 25.598 1:10.787 5

[Mach24]

Good to see the Ducati's allowed in, i'd love to see a return of the old Ducati Dealer Team :)

How are these 'double header' rounds working out?

The double headers are great value for both competitors and spectators. I went to the DH at Winton and it was fantastic. You could camp at the circuit if you chose.

From a racing point of view some teams performed better on the Sunday having learnt a few things on the Saturday.

[tha_jackal]

Goo Cannonball Coxhell! Hopefully he gets another chance on the world stage soon, to do what he's doing in his first year back is a great effort! :up: .. This young talent is surely one to watch?

[Mach24]

Pos Name Machine Laps Time Behind Fastest On Lap
1 Jamie STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 16 18:43.959 1:09.420 5
2 Daniel STAUFFER (NSW) Yamaha R1 16 18:45.383 1.424 1:09.571 11
3 Craig COXHELL (VIC) Suzuki GSXR 16 18:46.211 2.252 1:09.746 5
4 Russell HOLLAND (NSW) Honda CBR RR 16 18:46.860 2.901 1:09.721 7
5 Robert BUGDEN (QLD) Suzuki GSXR 16 18:57.307 13.348 1:10.195 2
6 Shawn GILES (NSW) Suzuki GSXR 16 18:57.373 13.414 1:10.274 2
7 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) Honda CBR RR 16 18:59.266 15.307 1:10.169 4
8 Shannon JOHNSON (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 16 18:59.381 15.422 1:10.383 6
9 Wayne MAXWELL (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 16 18:59.663 15.704 1:10.553 11
10 Scott CHARLTON (VIC) Yamaha R1 16 19:05.387 21.428 1:10.324 8
11 Brendan CLARKE (QLD) MV Agusta F4 16 19:13.501 29.542 1:11.255 8
12 Anthony GOBERT (VIC) Kawasaki ZX10R 16 19:20.945 36.986 1:11.362 2