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Kings of Wanneroo 2009

Day 1 - Multimedia - Interviews - Rea - Johnson - Pitt - Stauffer
Day 2 - Multimedia - Interviews - Qualifying Press Conference
Day 1 - Coverage - Transcript from live page
Day 2 - Coverage - Transcript from live page below, read from the bottom to follow the day as it progressed.
  • 1531 - Qualifying Press Conference with Rea, Johnson, McWilliams and Keevers - DOWNLOAD (6.7Mb)
  • 1521 - Just had a media conference with Rea, Johnson, McWilliams and local man Cam Keevers. Audio uploading now...
  • 1503 - Going down to talk to a few of the boys now and will be back in due course with some quotes and perhaps some recorded audio
  • 1500 - Final Qualifying / Combined Times All Sessions / Grid
  1.  Shannon Johnson (AUS) KTM RC8 Q1 0:56.4330
  2. Jonathan Rea (NIR) Honda CBR1000 Q1 0:56.4830 0:00.0500
  3. Jeremy McWilliams (NIR) KTM RC8 Q2 0:57.0120 0:00.5790
  4. Ian Lowry (NIR) Suzuki 1000 Q1 0:57.0610 0:00.6280
  5. Simon Andrews (ENG) Kawasaki 1000 Q2 0:57.1260 0:00.6930
  6. Alastair Seeley (NIR) Suzuki 1000 Q2 0:57.1490 0:00.7160
  7. Andrew Pitt (AUS) Honda CBR1000 Q1 0:57.2460 0:00.8130
  8. Cameron Keevers (WA) Honda 1000 Q2 0:57.2770 0:00.8440
  9. Ben Stronach (WA) Ducati 1098S Q2 0:57.3520 0:00.9190
  10. Daniel Stauffer (AUS) Yamaha 1000 Q2 0:57.4360 0:01.0030
  11. David Johnson (AUS) Yamaha R1 Q2 0:57.6970 0:01.2640
  12. Keith Amor (SCT) Yamaha 1000 Q1 0:57.7240 0:01.2910
  13. Ben Henry (WA) Yamaha 1000 Q2 0:57.8110 0:01.3780
  14. Conor Cummins (IOM) Yamaha 1000 Q1 0:57.9900 0:01.5570
  15. Kevin Boulton (WA) Honda 1000 Q2 0:58.1640 0:01.7310
  16. Guy Martin (ENG) Honda 1000 Q2 0:58.4690 0:02.0360
  17. Adam Senior (WA) Suzuki 1000 Q2 0:58.5290 0:02.0960
  18. Ryan Farquhar (NIR) Yamaha 1000 Q2 0:59.0140 0:02.5810
  19. Ian Lougher (WAL) Yamaha 1000 Q1 0:59.2150 0:02.7820
  20. Michael Swann (NIR) KTM RC8 Q2 1:00.1350 0:03.7020
  21. Jack Tabain (WA) Ducati 1098R Q2 1:00.1530 0:03.7200
  22. Sebastian Montagu (WA) Yamaha 1000 Q2 1:00.3750 0:03.9420
  23. Glen Radica (WA) Yamaha 1000 Q2 1:00.7770 0:04.3440
  24. Shane Martin (WA) Honda 1000 Q2 1:01.6440 0:05.2110
  25. Ray Anset (WA) Suzuki 1000 Q2 1:01.8520 0:05.4190
  26. Wally Mulik (WA) Yamaha 1000 Q2 1:02.1590 0:05.7260
  27. Martin Mott (WA) Honda 1000 Q1 1:02.6170 0:06.1840
  28. Steve Chittendon (WA) Honda 1000 Q1 1:02.8900 0:06.4570
  29. Ian Williams (WA) Yamaha 1000 Q1 1:03.0660 0:06.6330
  30. Tony Milner (WA) Yamaha 1000 Q1 1:03.3380 0:06.9050
  31. Justin Scott (WA) Kawasaki 1000 Q2 1:03.4630 0:07.0300
  32. Paul Cox (WA) Honda 1000 Q2 1:03.5440 0:07.1110
  33. Michael Moralee (WA) Honda 1000 Q1 1:03.7080 0:07.2750
  34. Gavin Carlini (WA) Honda 1000 Q2 1:06.5080 0:10.0750
  • 1459 - Dan Stauffer getting a drop of fuel in pitlane. Andrews returns to the pits on the Kawasaki and seemes to be adjusting his peg position
  • 1458 - Andrews just dropped his time further to 57.12. Remember these guys are on unfamiliar bikes that in some ways more stock than Superstock and all running on Pirelli tyres...
  • 1457 - Johnson rolling out again now with Rea right behind him... Shannon even turned around and tapped his tailpiece....  Now I have known Shannon a long time to know that he is an extremely wily fox... If he decides to tow Rea around it will only be to show him the WRONG line rather than the right time...  MEOW SQUEAK :-)
  • 1454 - Johnson came back into the pits again. Rea behind him and this time actually even stopped a few metres behind him in pitlane rather in what has been his customary resting point in pitlane much further back... Meow....
  • 1453 - McWilliams the first man of the top few to go quicker than this morning, lowering his mark to 57.01. Seeley, Andrews, Keevers, Stronach and Stauffer also already faster than they managed this morning
  • 1451 - Rea followed Johnson back into the pits... Johnson just stopped at his crew then took off again, Rea did the same... A game of cat and mouse this...
  • 1450 - Johnson just circulating very slowly... Coming back into the pits now.... Obviously not keen on giving Rea a tow around the circuit and giving away any track knowledge...
  • 1449 - Seeley heading out again now. Andrews in the pits. Ian Lowry heading back out now
  • 1448 - Tyre warmers of the KTM now and Johnson rolling out of pitlane. Rea quickly drops his visor and heads out behind the Victorian....
  • 1447 - McWilliams just left pitlane for some more track time. Alastair Seeley came into the pits and is talking with his crew. Rea also in the pits now
  • 1446 - Shannon looks content to leave things there for the time being and his crew have put the tyre warmers on the RC8R
  • 1444 - That 56.87 came on Rea's first flying lap of the session. Johnson's 56.68 came on his fourth lap. Johnson is in the pits now. Rea is stringing some laps together, just put in a 57.05 on his sixth lap
  • 1443 - Johnson to the top of the charts now with a 56.68, Rea's quickest still that early 56.87. McWilliams is looking much stronger in this session after dialling in the KTM throughout the weekend. The ex GP winner down to 57.01. Andrews next on 57.21 followed by Pitt on 57.32
  • 1442 - Shannon Johnson has dominated all sessions thus far on the KTM RC8R. The Victorian has been preparing for this event and actually tested here a couple of weeks ago and are very serious in taking the title for KTM in what is their Australian home. The Australian KTM distributor is based out of Western Australia
  • 1441 - All the bikes the internationals are riding this weekend have stock engines and are basically a very soft Superstock specification as prepared by the club. Most of the top locals are in a similar position with limited testing and of course the internationals also had to learn the track yesterday to get up to speed.
  • 1440 - They are straight into it here at Wanneroo in the final qualifying session for the 2009 Kings of Wanneroo. Shannon Johnson straight down to 57.55 only for Jonathan Rea to go through with a 56.87 to underline his aspirations for pole position. 20 minutes to run in this 25 minute session
  • 1435 - Riders forming up on the dummy grid in readiness for final qualifying here at the Kings of Wanneroo...
  • Kings of Wanneroo First Qualifying
  1. Johnson 56.43
  2. Rea 56.48
  3. Lowry 57.06
  4. Seeley 57.20
  5. Pitt 57.24
  6. Andrews 57.28
  7. Keevers 57.48
  8. McWilliams 57.58
  9. Stauffer 57.62
  10. Stronach 57.62
  11. Amor 57.72
  12. Cummins 57.99
  13. D Johnson 58.33
  14. Henry 58.38
  15. Senior 58.55
  16. Boulton 58.67
  17. Lougher 59.21
  18. Farquhar 59.28
  19. Martin 59.56
  20. Swann 60.14
  21. Montagu 60.57
  22. Tabain 60.86
  23. Radica 60.96
  24. Martin 61.95
  25. Anset 62.13
  26. Mulik 62.31
  27. Mott 62.61
  28. Chittenden 62.89
  29. Williams 63.06
  30. Milner 63.33
  31. Moralee 63.70
  32. Scott 63.81


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