Our own Zane Dobie and Luca Gardner teamed up to tackle the Six Hour Bucket Racing Endurance Challenge at Pheasant Wood Circuit located in Marulan, NSW. On-board the Team BikeReview Yamaha YZF-R15, Luca and Zane took home a second place finish…
Luca and Zane put in an awesome effort to bring the little Yamaha YZF-R15 home for a second place finish in the Six Hour Bucket Enduro.
After Luca set a scorching time and qualifying second on the Saturday. Both Luca and Zane kept the bike upright for over 300 laps around the 1.4km tight and twisty track to bring the micro machine home for a podium finish. Battling with the other top two teams, the Shark Silkoline entry were just too quick to catch, with Keo Watson setting the 150cc Production record on lap 297!
Entering in as a two man team was never going to be easy, especially going up against four man rosters.
Check out all the awesome shots from the race weekend below… And keep an eye out for Zane’s full feature on the event…
Pheasant Wood Six Hour Endurance Race Podium (Full Results Here)
1 Shark Silkoline – Yamaha YZF-R15 – 311 Laps
2 Team BikeReview – Yamaha YZF-R15 – 308 Laps
3 Shark Leathers – Yamaha YZF-R15 – 306 Laps
The idea for bucket racing is to spend as little as possible. The endurance side of it encourages engines to stay stock.
Pitlane chaos was minimal thanks to mandatory one minute stops. Somehow we went out two seconds early, rules are rules so we had to come back in for an entire minute.
We have found the cheapest way to go racing, and probably the best cost to track time ratio ever!
A mad dash for the bikes! We got a blistering start to snatch first, Keo fought straight back to take control of the race.
Keo Watson, Team Shark Silkoline.
Bike trouble struck, the little BikeReview Bridgestone Yamaha YZF-R15 was starting to bog down. Losing power on and off, we conceded third to Team Shark Leathers.
John Stamnas, Team Shark Leahers.
Keo Watson clearly knows his way around Pheasant Wood, setting a 150cc production record time on lap 297!
Luca took the final stint on to claw back some of the time lost throughout the day. However, Keo was on fire by the end of the day.
Entering in as a two man team was never going to be easy, especially going up against four man rosters.
The number 33 bike that Keo prepped for us ended up selling for only $2500, cheap for a proven top-end finisher…
Lachlan Hill, Team Shark Silkoline.
Mitch Khune, Team Shark Leathers.
150cc and Commuterlite Pheasant Wood Six Hour Endurance podium. Team Bridgestone BikeReview in second place.
