ASBK 2024
Round One – Phillip Island
ASBK Superbike Race Three
Josh Waters had led home a Ducati 1-2-3 in both of the two opening Superbike races. Sunday morning’s affair was the closest contest, Waters eventually taking the win while Herfoss got the better of Voight late on the final lap to take second place.
Josh Waters got another great start to lead Troy Herfoss, Mike Jones and Harrison Voight through Southern Loop for the first time. Jones had a sniff up the inside of Herfoss at turn four but thought better of it. Anthony West away well in fifth, Cru Halliday sixth, Max Stauffer seventh, Broc Pearson eighth, Bryan Staring ninth and Cam Dunker rounding out the top ten.
Harrison Voight moved past Jones to take third place as they started lap two, making it a Ducati 1-2-3 up front once again.
Herfoss wide out of Siberia, which allowed Voight through unchallenged. Westy up the inside of Jones at turn ten to take fourth place.
As they started lap three Waters had started to escape after putting in a 1m30.896. Voight up to second and West up to third after Herfoss was tripped up exiting Southern Loop.
It was now a clear McMartin Racing 1-2 up front, Waters leading Voight by 1.6-seconds with just under eight laps to run.
Troy Herfoss and Anthony West were having a great tussle over third place.
Cru Halliday had got the better of his YRT team-mate for fifth.
Herfoss then began to pull back some ground on Voight.
Matt Walters then went down, the Aprilia billowing smoke before the rear came around on its own oil at Southern Loop. That brought out the red flag due to the fluid on the circuit. A good call. Westy didn’t come straight into the pits and then actually did crash softly on that oil. It turns out Walters’ bike had popped the seal on the oil filter.
Due to us being but a minnow on the World Superbike program, and the second World Supersport race looming, officials made the decision to declare the race and award half-points. The clean up job was massive and delayed the start of the WorldSSP race for a couple of hours.
ASBK Superbike Race Three
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Gap |
1 | Josh WATERS | Ducati | 6m09.616 |
2 | Harrison VOIGHT | Ducati | +1.818 |
3 | Troy HERFOSS | Ducati | +2.299 |
4 | Anthony WEST | Yamaha | +2.390 |
5 | Cru HALLIDAY | Yamaha | +2.616 |
6 | Mike JONES | Yamaha | +2.981 |
7 | Max STAUFFER | Yamaha | +3.314 |
8 | Broc PEARSON | Ducati | +3.840 |
9 | Bryan STARING | Yamaha | +4.369 |
10 | Cameron DUNKER | Yamaha | +4.943 |
11 | Glenn ALLERTON | BMW | +8.445 |
12 | Arthur SISSIS | Yamaha | +8.503 |
13 | John LYTRAS | Yamaha | +18.234 |
14 | Josh SODERLAND | Yamaha | +19.929 |
15 | Ryan YANKO | Ducati | +19.930 |
16 | Declan CARBERRY | BMW | +20.501 |
17 | Paris HARDWICK | Kawasaki | +21.129 |
18 | Tim LARGE | Yamaha | +22.804 |
19 | Michael KEMP | Yamaha | +27.157 |
20 | Adam SENIOR | Yamaha | +27.700 |
DSQ | Matt WALTERS | Aprilia | +18.552 |
ASBK Superbike Championship Points
Pos | Rider | Bike | Pole | R1 | R2 | R3 | Points |
1 | Josh WATERS | Ducati | 1 | 25 | 25 | 12.5 | 63.5 |
2 | Harrison VOIGHT | Ducati | 20 | 18 | 10 | 48 | |
3 | Troy HERFOSS | Ducati | 18 | 20 | 9 | 47 | |
4 | Cru HALLIDAY | Yamaha | 17 | 17 | 8 | 42 | |
5 | Anthony WEST | Yamaha | 14 | 16 | 8.5 | 38.5 | |
6 | Broc PEARSON | Ducati | 15 | 15 | 6.5 | 36.5 | |
7 | Mike JONES | Yamaha | 16 | 9 | 7.5 | 32.5 | |
8 | Cameron DUNKER | Yamaha | 13 | 14 | 5.5 | 32.5 | |
9 | Max STAUFFER | Yamaha | 11 | 12 | 7 | 30 | |
10 | Bryan STARING | Yamaha | 10 | 13 | 6 | 29 | |
11 | Glenn ALLERTON | BMW | 12 | 11 | 5 | 28 | |
12 | Paris HARDWICK | Kawasaki | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | |
13 | John LYTRAS | Yamaha | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | |
14 | Declan CARBERRY | BMW | 6 | 8 | 2.5 | 16.5 | |
15 | Arthur SISSIS | Yamaha | 10 | 4.5 | 14.5 | ||
16 | Matt WALTERS | Aprilia | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||
17 | Josh SODERLAND | Yamaha | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 11.5 | |
18 | Ryan YANKO | Ducati | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
19 | Tim LARGE | Yamaha | 5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | ||
20 | Adam SENIOR | Yamaha | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
21 | Michael KEMP | Yamaha | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2024 Australian Superbike Championship Calendar
- Round 1: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC Feb 23-25
- Round 2: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW Mar 22-23
- Round 3: Queensland Raceway, QLD Apr 26-28
- Round 4: Morgan Park Raceway, QLD Jul 12-14
- Round 5: Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC Sept 7-8
- Round 6: One Raceway, NSW Oct 4-6
- Round 7: The Bend Motorsports Park, SA Nov 8-10