Yamaha Motor Finance ASBK 2015 Round Two Morgan Park – Supersport Race Two
Brayden Elliott wraps up perfect Supersport weekend at Morgan Park
Brayden Elliott scored the holeshot as the second and final Supersport race got underway at 1435 Sunday afternoon under warm but cloudy skies at the 3km Morgan Park Raceway.
It was not an enjoyable end to the afternoon for Perth’s Thryon Van Vuuren. The Kawasaki rider has been very impressive all weekend and was battling for a podium in the opening race before going down. Unfortunately that run of luck continued when he failed to make the grid for round two. A long trip all the way from Western Australia for no points, especially after figuring so highly and showing so much promise. He will be keen to make amends when the ASBK series heads to his home circuit at Wanneroo on the weekend of May 24.
Tumut’s Brayden Elliott this time around had more trouble shaking Troy Guenther. The pair quickly pulled away from Kane Burns, Alex Phillis and Chris Quinn.
Guenther almost matched Elliott for speed but the Suzuki rider just managed to eke out a length here and there over the opening eight laps to amass a full-second lead with six laps remaining.
A good battle was unfolding for third place between Chris Quinn and Kane Burns. Alex Phillis had also been in that mix early on but lost touch as the laps counted down. Phillis falling back to join a battle for fifth place that also involved Brenton Hyde, Aaiden Coote and young Nicholas Liminton.
With three laps to run Guenther started to reel a bike length back on Elliott here and there around the 3km Morgan Park layout. As they got the last lap board the gap was down to half-a-second, Guenther had a sniff of victory and the excitement of the chase. Elliott responded however and was 0.827 of a second ahead at the chequered flag.
Chris Quinn had managed to break away from Burns in the closing stages of the race to take the final step on the podium.
Suzuki’s Brayden Elliott taking a perfect score from the round, two wins and pole position earning him 51 points for the round. Guenther second with a 40-point haul.
Brayden Elliott – Suzuki GSX-R600 (Brayden Elliott Racing) – “It was a perfect weekend and the second race was fairly difficult but to get a great start and actually be leading the race – it’s actually the first time I have been in that situation before.
I was just trying to put in some consistent laps and just stay focused and relaxed. It was a little bit close at the end there where I made a mistake on the last lap and I just managed to get the win. It was a very close race but I managed to get the job done with that one so we’ve had a pretty good weekend.
“I’m looking forward to the challenge of Barbagello – I have never ridden there before or seen the track so it will definitely be a challenge, but I’d say a lot of riders are going to be in the same boat.
“I won’t get too far ahead of myself just yet – as we have all seen anything can happen in racing and with three rounds to go I’ll just take it round by round and see where we end up at the end of the year.”
Yamaha Motor Finance ASBK Supersport Round Two Race Two Morgan Park Results
- Brayden Elliott
- Troy Guenther 0.827
- Chris Quinn +13.55
- Kane Burns +17.98
- Brenton Hyde +29.98
- Nicholas Liminton +30.06
- Sam Lambert +30.28
- Aaiden Coote _30.89
- Alex Phillis +36.70
- Anthony Quinn +44.59
- Cam Russell +49.16
- James Parker +56.05
- Chris McMillan +78.96
- Steven Haslam +82.14
Yamaha Motor Finance ASBK Supersport Round Two Morgan Park Supersport Championship Standings
- Brayden Elliott 64
- Kane Burns 62
- Aaiden Coote 56
- Michael Blair 50 (only raced round one)
- Chris Quinn 41
- Callum Spriggs (only raced round one)
- Troy Guenther 40 (did not race round one)
- Cam Russell 34
- Ryan Taylor 33 (did not race round two)
- Nicholas Liminton 31 (did not race round one)
