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April 27, 2022

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It was the Mike Jones show at Wakefield Park as he pulled off a great weekend to take the ASBK Round Three win and take control of the championship lead by 23 points. The Superbike riders now head off to Hidden Valley in Darwin, with the V8 Supercars… Photos: BiteSizePics.

Read all the race reports from Sunday here…

Superbike Wakefield Park Round Podium (Full Results Here)

1 Mike Jones – Yamaha YZF-R1
2 Wayne Maxwell – Ducati V4R
3 Cru Halliday – Yamaha YZF-R1

Alpinestars Superbike Standings After Round 3 (Full Standings Here)

1 Mike Jones – Yamaha YZF-R1 132
2 Wayne Maxwell – Ducati V4R 109
3 Bryan Staring -Ducati V4R 102

Wayne Maxwell at Wakefield Park Raceway, Round 3 Australian Superbike Championship.

As they say, once the flag drops, the BS stops and it was Wayne Maxwell who took the lead into turn one, keeping his lead for the whole way around Wakefield.

There’s a lot of excitement around the Merlin Darwin Triple Crown and it’s not without good reason.

Wayne Maxwell at Wakefield Park Raceway, Round 3 Australian Superbike Championship.

Troy Herfoss at Wakefield Park Raceway, Round 3 Australian Superbike Championship.

By 10 am the sun was out, the fog cleared, and we settled in for what would be a great day of racing…

Last year we saw some absolutely wild racing from the Western Australian track. Tune into SBS, Fox Sports and Channel 7 or read about the weekend here... — Last year we saw some absolutely wild racing from the Western Australian track. Tune into SBS, Fox Sports and Channel 7 or read about the weekend here…

Falzon and Epis all fought for position behind the leading pack.

In race two, Jones got the good start he needed, and a motivated and aggressive Cru Halliday held on for second with Wayne Maxwell similarly aggressive.

Every round that Mike Jones pulls further ahead, it’s one less round to catch him, and as the available points pool starts to run out, we’re at this specific point of the season: the title is now his to lose.

Epis recovered from his morning accident... — Epis recovered from his morning accident…

Josh Waters.

Glenn Allerton

Bryan Staring.

Anthony West at Wakefield Park Raceway, Round 3 Australian Superbike Championship.

Troy Herrfoss

Michelin Supersport 600 Wakefield Round Podium (Full Results Here)

1 John Lytras – Yamaha YZF-R6
2 Sean Condon – Yamaha YZF-R6
3 Ty Lynch – Yamaha YZF-R6

Michelin Supersport Standings After Round 3 (Full Standings Here)

1 John Lytras – Yamaha YZF-R6 117
2 Ty Lynch – Yamaha YZF-R6 100
3 Scott Nicholson – Yamaha YZF-R6 82

Ty Lynch

Tom Drane

Lytras took the lead after yet another poor start from Condon. All eyes remained on the orange bike as he showed off his ability to come back in Race One.

Sean Condon stepped in for the absent Tom Edwards and there were murmurs in the paddock about how a retired rider with a seven-year absence from racing could turn up and take pole.

It’s been a few months between races for the Supersport 600 fraternity and some might need a quick look at the points before they roll out of pit lane this Friday to remind themselves; this is close!

Early season form from Tom Bramich, Tom Drane, Olly Simpson and Tarbon Walker was somewhat collectively brought undone with DNS/DNFs at Wakefield.

Lytras now ascends to the seemingly cursed leadership of the Michelin Supersport in a season where there have already been three leaders (and nominal leaders) by round three.

Dunlop Supersport 300 Wakefield Round Podium (Full Results Here)

1 Cameron Dunker – Yamaha YZF-R3
2 Taiyo Aksu – Yamaha YZF-R3
3 Glenn Nelson – Yamaha YZF-R3

Dunlop Supersport 300 Standings After Round 3 (Full Standings Here)

1 Cameron Dunker – Yamaha YZF-R3 184
2 James Jacobs – Kawasaki Ninja 159
3 Glenn Nelson – Yamaha YZF-R3 158

Cameron Swain

Hayden Nelson

Marianos Nikolis

The ol’ run to the line saw a deserving Liam Waters take the slipstream win by the biggest margin of the day - .050! — The ol’ run to the line saw a deserving Liam Waters take the slipstream win by the biggest margin of the day – .050!

Glenn Nelson

Cameron Dunker saw a massive improvement in his championship standings after scoring 76 points at Wakefield Park!

Dunker did all he could to prevent the pursuing riders from making use of the slipstream and he did exactly that, taking the win by .051 from Taiyo Aksu in second.

Yamaha Finance R3 Cup Round Podium (Full Results Here)

1 Cameron Dunker – Yamaha YZF-R3
2 Glenn Nelson – Yamaha YZF-R3
3 Liam Waters – Yamaha YZF-R3

Yamaha Finance R3 Cup Standings After Round 3 (Full Standings Here)

1 Glenn Nelson – Yamaha YZF-R3 188
2 Cameron Dunker – Yamaha YZF-R3 178
3 Hayden Nelson – Yamaha YZF-R3 158

Glenn Nelson and Liam Waters were able to take wins at Wakefield Park on a weekend when Dunker won three races.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Round Podium (Full Results Here)

1 Hudson Thompson – Yamaha YZF-R15
2 Harrison Watts – Yamaha YZF-R15
3 Levi Russo – Yamaha YZF-R15

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Standings After Round 3 (Full Standings Here)

1 Harrison Watts – Yamaha YZF-R15 176
2 Hudson Thompson – Yamaha YZF-R15 163
3 Cameron Rende – Yamaha YZF-R15 152

It was an unusually subdued and cautious bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup field that made its way to the start line for their first race of the Sunday.

Harrison Watts and Hudson Thompson have been in an arm wrestle all season and after receiving equal points at Wakefield after three races, they are looking more like Siamese twins than fierce rivals.

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