Swain and Larkin share the spoils in final OJC races

2021 bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup

While the bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup title was run and won yesterday by Cameron Swain, there was no rest for Australia’s youngest riders in races 2 and 3 of the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship, presented by Motul.

The Oceania Junior Cup has provided sensational action not just over the weekend but all year.

Every session has provided handlebar-to-handlebar action throughout Friday’s practice, yesterday’s qualifying and first race where 13-year-old Queenslander Swain claimed his maiden Championship title after a dominating performance this year.

Ryan Larkin won yesterday’s first race from Swain and Nate O’Neill.

Race 2 started with the usual Oceania Junior Cup fury as Swain, Larkin, Sam Drane, Ryan Larkin, Nate O’Neill, Hudson Thompson, Harrison Watts and Levi Russo jostled for position on the opening lap at the front of the pack.

With riders sometimes four-wide going into corners battling over the same patch of bitumen on lap 4, it was Thompson who came off second best crashing out of the race. Pending any appeals, Hayden Nelson was later relegated 3 positions as he was deemed to have caused the crash causing the red flag

The race was declared with Swain taking top spot, Drane 2^nd and Larkin in 3^rd.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Three

Race 3 would see Larkin jump out in front the pack with Watts, Swain, O’Neill, Nelson and Levi Russo hot on his tail.

Marcus Hamod would crash on lap 2 as he was attempting to stay with the front bunch.

The battle continued at the front with riders swapping positions as often as corners came up.

On lap 4 Larkin managed to gain a small gap on the pack as they diced amongst themselves.

On the final lap Larkin had a 0.828 lead on the chasing pack which was enough of a gap for him to take victory as Swain, Nelson, and Russo battled to the line, with Swain finishing 2^nd and Nelson 3^rd.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Three Results

Pos	Rider	Machine	Behind	Top
1	Ryan LARKIN	Yamaha YZF-R15	13m00.565	136
2	Cameron SWAIN	Yamaha YZF-R15	+1.128	138
3	Hayden NELSON	Yamaha YZF-R15	+1.580	139
4	Harrison WATTS	Yamaha YZF-R15	+1.810	143
5	Levi RUSSO	Yamaha YZF-R15	+3.971	141
6	Teerin FLEMING	Yamaha YZF-R15	+14.072	142
7	Rikki HENRY	Yamaha YZF-R15	+14.180	143
8	Valentino KNEZOVIC	Yamaha YZF-R15	+14.338	141
9	Varis FLEMING	Yamaha YZF-R15	+14.597	142
10	Bodie PAIGE	Yamaha YZF-R15	+14.668	142
11	Sam DRANE	Yamaha YZF-R15	+15.087	142
12	William HUNT	Yamaha YZF-R15	+15.193	143
13	Cameron RENDE	Yamaha YZF-R15	+27.115	139
14	Jack FAVELLE	Yamaha YZF-R15	+32.969	140
15	Toby JAMES	Yamaha YZF-R15	+37.503	138
16	Lachlan MOODY	Yamaha YZF-R15	+52.994	135
17	Elijah ANDREW	Yamaha YZF-R15	+54.182	140
DNF	Nate O’NEILL	Yamaha YZF-R15	+1.472	142
DNF	Marcus HAMOD	Yamaha YZF-R15	+2 Laps	141

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Championship standings

Pos	Name	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Cameron SWAIN	20	25	20	208
2	Ryan LARKIN	25	18	25	152
3	Levi RUSSO	14	15	16	137
4	Harrison WATTS	11	16	17	121
5	Nate O’NEILL	18	17		121
6	Hayden NELSON	17	14	18	112
7	Varis FLEMING	13	11	12	108
8	Hudson THOMPSON	16			96
9	Riley NAUTA				83
10	Marcus HAMOD	12	12		81
11	William HUNT	6	10	9	80
12	Toby JAMES	3	5	6	74
13	Valentino KNEZOVIC	5	7	13	73
14	Jack FAVELLE	9		7	71
15	Nikolas LAKUSIC				48
16	Bodie PAIGE	7	8	11	47
17	Tate McCLURE				45
18	Sam DRANE	10	20	10	40
19	Elijah ANDREW	1	3	4	39
20	Lachlan MOODY	2	4	5	38
21	Teerin FLEMING	15	6	15	36
22	Rikki HENRY	8	13	14	35
23	Oliver SKINNER				29
24	Cameron RENDE	4	9	8	21

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