SATURDAY
ALPINESTARS SUPERBIKES QUALIFYING
The dominance commenced in the morning’s qualifying session when Waters went within one-thousandth of a second of equalling the fastest-ever recorded lap by a motorcycle of the Hidden Valley circuit set by Wayne Maxwell last year. He was the only rider in the 15-minute session to record a sub-65 second lap with defending champion Mike Jones (Yamaha Racing Team) second fastest and Troy Herfoss (Penrite Honda) rounding out the front row. Josh Waters scored his second pole of the season and scoop up the AMX Superstores Gift Card

Alpine Superbikes Queensland Raceway Front Row (Full Results Here)

1 Josh WATERS (VIC) / McMartin Racing with KTech / Gotzinger Smallgoods Ducati V4R 1:04.963
2 Mike JONES (QLD) / Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1M 1:05.067
3 Troy HERFOSS (QLD) / Penrite Honda Racing Honda CBR RR 1:05.108

RACE ONE
Hidden Valley provides a massive 440-metre drag to the first turn from the front row of the grid so it was vitally important for his rivals to attempt to beat Waters to the turn but it was not to be. Herfoss and Glenn Allerton (GT Racing BMW) managed to be side-by-side, but Waters on the outside managed to hold the corner entry to take the lead from Allerton, Herfoss in third, and defending champion Mike Jones in fourth.

The quartet quickly gapped the rest of the field but after five laps Waters had carved out nearly a second lead as Allerton muscled him trying to force the “Mildura Missile” into a mistake, but Waters responded by breaking the lap record (also held by Maxwell) twice in two laps to set the bar at 1:05.307 and demoralise the opposition.

Waters set up an unassailable lead to establish a race-winning buffer of 2.435 seconds after 13 laps, as Herfoss, Jones and Allerton fought over the scraps. Allerton tried everything to stay in touch with Waters and held onto second spot until the start of the sixth lap when Herfoss overtook him charging into turn one. Jones followed soon after with a very brave, ballsy and committed move on the BMW rider going through the daunting Turn 3.

Behind the leading four, an entertaining battle ensued between Bryan Staring (MotoGo Yamaha), Cru Halliday (Yamaha Racing Team) who will rue another shocker of a start, with Anthony West, (Addicted To Track). Halliday after being eighth early in the race muscled his way to the front of the trio but no sooner had he succeeded that he ran off at turn one and dropped back to an extremely disappointing eighth place.  It was undoubtedly not the result he was after and Cru cut a dejected figure after the race.

Waters increased his championship lead 24 points over Herfoss with Allerton now in a clear third position 29 points adrift of Herfoss with Halliday’s lackluster result putting him a further five points behind with his teammate, Mike Jones clambering his way up the points table to be in sixth, seven points behind Cru.

Alpinestars Superbikes Race One Podium (Full Results Here)

1 21 Josh WATERS (VIC) / McMartin Racing with KTech / Gotzinger Smallgoods Ducati V4R
2 17 Troy HERFOSS (QLD) / Penrite Honda Racing Honda CBR RR
3 14 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) / GT Racing / Macarthur Motorrad / Spectro Oils BMW M RR

SUNDAY
Race Two
In race two when the drama transferred to the track, Waters repeated his effort from Saturday to lead into turn one from Allerton, Herfoss and Jones. Unlike the day before, Halliday got a halfway decent start to be in fifth after the first lap as Waters led Jones Herfoss and Allerton across the line. Waters accelerated to a two-bike length lead but approximately 440 metres later as the quartet peeled into turn one, Waters was in too hot, had a moment and was forced to run off track allowing the following trio to inherit the lead.

Waters re-joined the race in 16th position to begin his battle through the field and lowered his lap record he set the previous day to be now 1:05.178 – just 0.116 sec off the all-time fastest lap set by Wayne Maxwell last year on the McMartin Racing Ducati. As Jones led Herfoss and Allerton, Jones and Herfoss were all over each other as Allerton faded with brake problems with Herfoss passing Jones when he ran slightly wide at turn six.

Jones regained the lead with six laps to go but a fired-up Herfoss was not to be denied and reclaimed the lead. With just a couple of laps to go, Jones put a move on Herfoss at turn five but Herfoss pinned the throttle on the exit as the pair were side by side heading into the hairpin. In the powder keg of the final few laps, the defending champion tried everything to deny Herfoss but the Honda rider would have none of it as he rebuffed the challenge and reclaimed the lead to take the win from Jones by just 0.169 sec with Allerton a distant third a further five seconds adrift.

Halliday had a better result in race two as he finished fourth five seconds in from Waters in fifth. There were a number of personal best results through the field with Broc Pearson (DesmoSport Ducati) in sixth place putting in his best lap of the weekend on the last lap as he chased Waters. Anthony West in seventh was another improver with Arthur Sissis fighting through the pain of his still-healing broken left wrist in eight. Rounding out the top ten was Max Stauffer who at one stage was in fourth place but ran wide on the ninth lap and finished ninth and Ted Collins tenth.

The drama didn’t take a rest as immediately the bikes returned to Parc Ferme, a protest was lodged by the Penrite Honda Team against the McMartin Ducati regarding an alleged unauthorised part on the front forks of the Ducati Panigale V4 R. Due to the time of the protest and with another race to run, the protest hearing was postponed until a Post-Race Technical inspection of the McMartin machine after the final race.

Alpinestars Superbikes Race Two Podium (Full Results Here)

1 17 Troy HERFOSS (QLD) / Penrite Honda Racing Honda CBR RR
2 1 Mike JONES (QLD) / Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1M
3 14 Glenn ALLERTON (NSW) / GT Racing / Macarthur Motorrad / Spectro Oils BMW M RR

Race Three
With the tit-for-tat protests it was a very tense affair heading into the final race on Sunday afternoon as the track temperature nudged 50 degrees celcius under the blazing blue skies of the Nothern Territory.

The field blasted down the straight and the riders were five abreast. Herfoss was on the inside, Sissis almost went into pit lane as he made his charge from the third row as Allerton cut through the middle of them with Waters beside. Allerton moved into second on the fourth gear flat-out charge to turn five but lost the front and crashed out. He managed to remount but had to reset the electronics as the bike would fire up again. The three times champion managed to restart the bike, but he re-joined the race over half a lap down in last place.

The extremely hot track temperature took away the chance of any lap records as the pace was slowed by about a second a lap, but it sure didn’t detract from the action. As they crossed the line to start lap two, Herfoss led Jones and Waters from Sissis and Staring, Stauffer and Halliday the seven riders 1.8 seconds apart.

The usual suspects of Jones, Herfoss and Waters quickly gapped the rest, but it wasn’t long before Waters lost touch slightly to be over a second off the as the Honda and Yamaha pitched at each other in the battle for supremacy. The lead between Herfoss and Jones swapped a few times during the 16 laps, but Herfoss led across the line on every lap as Waters stayed well clear of the slipstream in an effort to keep the V4’s engine temperature down as well as aiming to have a better corner speed entry into turn one but it didn’t make any difference.

Halliday was on the charge to be up to fifth behind Sissis but as they negotiated turn one on the seventh lap Halliday attempted to go underneath Sissis on the exit, but they clashed, with Halliday coming down and tumbling to the outfield with the frightening sight of the bike hitting the back of Halliday but so fortunately he was not too badly injured. As such Staring inherited fourth and hung onto the position to improve his race two result to gain the confidence that the MotoGo Yamaha is getting closer to the front.

Broc Pearson put in a similar effort to again improve his finishing position to cross the line in fifth. Anthony West also improved for his best result of sixth, to gain some valuable points and put a smile on his face as Sissis was seventh from Stauffer, Collins and Matt Walters on his Aprilia to round out the top ten.

Last year was the turning point in the season for Jones when he took two wins and a second. Twelve months later, Herfoss did the same to well and truly bury the ghosts of two years ago and head to Morgan Park in a very strong position. It was a very heart-warming sight and quite emotional for many in parc ferme as Herfoss celebrated his win.

Alpinestars Superbikes Race Three Podium (Full Results Here)
1 17 Troy HERFOSS (QLD) / Penrite Honda Racing Honda CBR RR
2 1 Mike JONES (QLD) / Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1M
3 21 Josh WATERS (VIC) / McMartin Racing with K-Tech / Gotzinger Smallgoods

The next round of the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship Presented by Motul takes place at Morgan Park Raceway on the 14th to 16th of July.

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“From a young age I have always recognized Arai as the safety and comfort leader in the helmet industry, so when the opportunity to wear them came up I jumped at the chance, the Fit and vision for me is perfect and the advanced air flow system In the helmet makes fogging and heat in the helmet non existent. Arai’s experience and technology is still the industry leader in race helmets” he said.

Glenn is the conduit to entertain, educate, create and connect. His passion to ride motorcycle started at the age of 4 but quickly moved into racing. At 8 yo he started to compete in Motocross and started to win multiple Junior MX championships. 

With over 30 years in motorcycling racing, wins in Motocross and Australian Superbikes with ASBK proves Glenn Allerton the results and is perfect match to the race developed Arai RX-7V Helmet.

Glenn Allerton Has a Reputation as a fighter to the checkered flag!

• 2008 Australian Superbike Championship – Honda – 1st
• 2009 Australian Superbike Championship – Honda – 2nd
• 2010 Australian Superbike Championship – Honda – 3rd
• 2011 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 1st
• 2013 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 2nd
• 2014 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 1st
• 2021 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 2nd
  

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Bryan Staring has also made the move to Arai Helmets for the 2022 season, also wearing the top of the line RX-7V lid. 

“Racing in Arai helmets is the dream for me. I couldn’t be happier to have the support of this well known manufacturer with an enormous history of being the helmet of choice for the world’s top riders. When selecting a helmet, there are many things that are important, like crash testing and safety standards, the quality of the materials in the shell, the fit and the energy absorption of the EPS foam.”

“Then for specific racing use, the ventilation, field of view and antifog capacity for racing in the rain, are all points to consider. Arai is a premium brand that excel in every one of these requirements.” he said.

Bryan Staring – Career Highlights:

• 2004 125GP Australian Champion
• 2009 Australian Supersport Champion
• 2010 Australian Superbike Champion
• World Superstock 1000 Race Winner – 2012
• Former MotoGP Rider – 2013
• Former WSBK Rider – 2014

The RX-7V represents the summit of Arai’s knowledge, experience and know-how in helmet technology. With a PB-SNC² outer shell, the revolutionary VAS (“Variable Axis System”) visor system and a significant increased smoother area around the temples, the RX-7V offers the new benchmark in the premium helmet segment.

From the anti-microbial material liner with an even slimmer frame, to the ducts, improved diffuser and the integrated Air Channels, every part shows the attention to detail that is so typical for Arai. Arai has continually improved the “glancing off” performance by learning from real scenarios.

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Thanks to the stronger, smoother shell and VAS, the RX-7V is closer to the ideal lid shape than ever. With VAS, the visor mounting position is lowered 24mm in pursuit of the ideal smoother shape that raises the ability of glancing off energy. As a result, this has made it possible for the shell to be completely smooth above the test line of the Snell standard.

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His thoughts on getting some G’s on his feet: “For me Safety comes first with my racing equipment then comfort is also import so that I can move around on the bike and feel the pegs and gear lever precisely, and the Gaerne boots have all these points covered, safety Comfort and feel. That’s why I choose Gaerne GP1 EVO.” he said.

Glenn is the conduit to entertain, educate, create and connect. His passion to ride motorcycle started at the age of 4 but quickly moved into racing. At 8 yo he started to compete in Motocross and started to win multiple times State and Australian Junior MX championship. With over 30 years in motorcycling racing, wins in Motocross and Australian Superbikes with ASBK proves Glenn Allerton the results and is perfect match to the race developed GP 1 Evo boots form Gaerne.

Glenn Allerton Has a Reputation as a fighter to the checkered flag!

• 2008 Australian Superbike Championship – Honda – 1st
• 2009 Australian Superbike Championship – Honda – 2nd
• 2010 Australian Superbike Championship – Honda – 3rd
• 2011 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 1st
• 2013 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 2nd
• 2014 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 1st
• 2021 Australian Superbike Championship – BMW – 2nd

Bryan Staring has also made the move to specialist Italian motorcycle boot makers GAERNE for the 2022 season.

His thoughts on getting some G’s on his feet: “It will be a pleasure to be riding in Gaerne for 2022. An Italian company with 60 years of manufacturing and racing experience can only be a good thing. With all the components being made in Italy, I’m sure I have the support of a passionate and top-quality company. Shock absorbing heal cup, boa dial fitment adjustability and carbon composite bracing, I couldn’t be happier to be wearing Gaerne’s world class GP-1 racing boot.” he said.

‘Winning ASBK races and fighting for podiums has been the highlight of the last 4 seasons of ASBK racing. I’m hoping in 2022 I can return to being a championship contender as well as a race winner. I have every faith in the Ducati Panigale V4R, the team, personal and all the products they are choosing to use. I can’t wait for 2022 to begin”

Bryan Staring – Career Highlights:

• 2004 125GP Australian Champion
• 2009 Australian Supersport Champion
• 2010 Australian Superbike Champion
• World Superstock 1000 Race Winner – 2012
• Former MotoGP Rider – 2013
• Former WSBK Rider – 2014

Gaerne GP1 Evo Boots
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