ASBK 2017 Championship Classes

ASBK has confirmed that across the extended seven round Championship a total of six classes will feature at selected ASBK rounds.

Kicking off the 2017 ASBK Championship, alongside the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, 23rd – 26th of February, will be the Australian Superbike, Supersport and the newly named Supersport 300 classes, which will form the WSBK support categories. The three classes will contest at all seven rounds of the 2017 ASBK Championship.

Callum Spriggs, Cube Racing, 2016 ASBK Supersport at Winton - Image by Russell Colvin — Callum Spriggs, Cube Racing, 2016 ASBK Supersport at Winton – Image by Russell Colvin

What is the Supersport 300? Expanding on a highly successful ASBK Production category, the World Superbike Championship has now introduced a technically similar concept to the world stage, announced as the Supersport 300 class. Revamping the classic ‘Production’ name and aligning the two brands, will create a more direct path to World Supersport 300 Wildcard opportunities. The ASBK Supersport 300 will be sticking with the same exact structure of the ‘Production’ class rules, as set out in the 2017 Manual of Motorcycle Sport (MoMS), and will continue with the segregated categories from 2016; Up to 300, Over 300 and Women’s.

Oli Bayliss, Cube Racing, 2016 ASBK Up To 300cc Production at Winton - Image by Russell Colvin — Oli Bayliss, Cube Racing, 2016 ASBK Up To 300cc Production at Winton – Image by Russell Colvin

Coming off the back of a successful inaugural 2016 season, Yamaha Motor Australia have officially confirmed the popular, cost efficient and hassle free Yamaha R3 Cup will return to the ASBK stage for a five-round series beginning at Round two, Wakefield Park, New South Wales. New and talented young riders are set to join the fold as existing Yamaha R3 Cup competitors continue to sharpen their race craft.

Zac Levy, 2016 YMF R3 Cup Champion - Image by Andrew Gosling/tbgsport — Zac Levy, 2016 YMF R3 Cup Champion – Image by Andrew Gosling/tbgsport

ASBK 2017 will also feature the Moto3/125GP machines, whose riders will contest three of their five rounds alongside the ASBK – their stand-alone rounds are yet be announced.

Moto3 - ASBK 2016 - Round One - Phillip Island - Image by Cameron White — Moto3 – ASBK 2016 – Round One – Phillip Island – Image by Cameron White

Expanding on their 2016 cameo appearance at Winton, 2017 sees the GP Juniors kick off at Wakefield Park, head back to Winton Motor Raceway before making the trek up North to Morgan Park Raceway.

Reid Battye - Image by Andrew Gosling — Reid Battye – Image by Andrew Gosling

2017 ASBK calendar and competing classes

Round 1: 23rd – 26th February (WSBK Support Classes), Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300)

Troy Herfoss leads Glenn Allerton, Wayne Maxwell and Mike Jones at the Phillip Island ASBK season opener — Troy Herfoss leads Glenn Allerton, Wayne Maxwell and Mike Jones at the 2016 Phillip Island ASBK season opener – Image by Cameron White

Round 2: 17th – 19th March, Wakefield Park, NSW (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300, Yamaha R3 Cup, GP Juniors)

ASBK 2016 - Wakefield Park - Ben Burke, Daniel Falzon leads Brayden Elliott — ASBK 2016 – Wakefield Park – Ben Burke, Daniel Falzon leads Brayden Elliott

Round 3: 28th – 30th April, Winton Motor Raceway, VIC (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300, Yamaha R3 Cup, GP Juniors)

Troy Herfoss leads Josh Waters at Winton 2016 – Image by Keith Muir

Round 4: TBA (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300, Moto3/125GP)

Round 5: 25th – 27th August, Morgan Park Raceway, QLD (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300, Yamaha R3 Cup, GP Juniors)

Luke Mitchell launches off the line at Morgan Park 2016

Round 6: 8th – 10th September, Sydney Motor Sport Park, NSW (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300, Yamaha R3 Cup, Moto3/125GP)

Yamaha YZF-R3 Cup - ASBK 2016 - Sydney Motorsports Park — Yamaha YZF-R3 Cup – ASBK 2016 – Sydney Motorsports Park

Round 7: 6th – 8th October, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC (Superbike, Supersport, Supersport 300, Yamaha R3 Cup, Moto3/125GP)

Supersport - ASBK 2016 - Round One - Phillip Island - Image by Cameron White — Supersport – ASBK 2016 – Round One – Phillip Island – Image by Cameron White

To brush up on the rules for various classes in 2017, click here to download your copy of the 2017 Manual of Motorcycle Sport (MoMS). It has everything you need to know to compete in the ASBK Championship.