Yamaha men setting the pace at Wakefield Park
While most of the ASBK front runners improved marginally on their FP1 times (Link) during the second of three 30-minute sessions to be held today at Wakefield Park, Wayne Maxwell did 11 laps that all were faster than the next best so far today, birthday boy Daniel Falzon.
The best of the ten 57s put down by Maxwell was a 57.280 which was immediately followed by a 57.862, 57.565, 5.727, 57.845 and a 58.007. Maxwell also put in the most number of laps during the session, his quickest set on the 13th of the 24 circuits of the 2.2km ribbon of tarmac.
Falzon, who turned 24 today, put in a best of 58.032 to go second quickest ahead of traditional Wakefield Park pacesetter Troy Herfoss.
Reigning ASBK Champion Josh Waters was fourth quickest while Jamie Stauffer declared his intentions on what is his return to competitive racing by laying down a 58.502 on the Craig McMartin prepared Panigale R.
Glenn Allerton is shaking off some bad memories of Wakefield Park last year to go sixth quickest ahead of championship points leader Bryan Staring.
Troy Bayliss actually went slower in FP2 than he managed in FP1, thus the DesmoSport Ducati racer was only eighth quickest this afternoon just haed of Michael Blair, while Matt Walters rounded out the top ten.
Superbike FP2 Times
- Wayne Maxwell – Yamaha 57.280
- Daniel Falzon – Yamaha 58.032
- Troy Herfoss – Honda 58.062
- Josh Waters – Suzuki 58.392
- Jamie Stauffer – Ducati 58.502
- Glenn Allerton – BMW 58.516
- Bryan Staring – Kawasaki 58.603
- Troy Bayliss – Ducati 58.709
- Michael Blair – Yamaha 58.757
- Matt Walters – Kawasaki 58.848
Supersport
Cru Halliday topped FP1 at Wakefield Park this morning but local lad Tom Toparis showed his more experienced rival that he was not going to any pushover on his home turf by taking FP2 honours this afternoon.
Supersport FP2
- Tom Toparis- Kawasaki 59.363
- Cru Halliday – Yamaha 59.799
- Lachlan Epis – Kawasaki 60.392
- Broc Pearson – Yamaha 60.567
- Damon Rees – Honda 60.908
- Jordan Carlsson – Yamaha 61.293
- Rhys Belling – Yamaha 61.602
- Zackary Johnson – Yamaha 61.752
- Aidan Hayes- Yamaha 61.774
- Cambridge Olivier – Yamaha 61.891
Supersport 300 FP2
- Locky Taylor – Yamaha 68.007
- Harry Khouri – Yamaha 68.388
- Oli Bayliss – Kawasaki 68.425
- Zac Levy – Yamaha 68.580
- Tom Bramich – Yamaha 68.605
- Max Stauffer – Yamaha 68.690
- Callum O’Brien – Yamaha 68.765
- Seth Crump – KTM 68.787
- Jarred Brook – KTM 69.053
- Troy Ryan – Yamaha 69.187
YMF R3 Cup FP2
- Zac Levy 67.193
- Locky Taylor 67.817
- Harry Khouri 67.855
- Tom Bramich 68.195
- Callum O’Brien 68.357
- Hunter Ford 68.381
- Max Stauffer 68.523
- Tayla Relph 68.649
- Travis Hall 68.836
- John Lytras 69.466
Wakefield Park Lap Records
- Superbike Race – 57.54 – Wayne Maxwell – Yamaha – 2016
- Superbike QP/FP – 57.350 – Troy Herfoss – Honda – 2016
- Supersport Race – 60.158 – Rick Olson – Yamaha – 2013
- Superpole QP/FP – 60.450 – Aaron Morris – Yamaha – 2015
- Yamaha R3 Cup Race – 69.509 – Hunter Ford – Yamaha – 2016
- Yamaha R3 Cup QP/FP – Jack Mahaffy – 68.316 – Yamaha
2018 ASBK Round 2 Schedule – Wakefield Park
ASBK Championship Points Standings
- Bryan Staring 60
- Josh Waters 59
- Troy Herfoss 59
- Troy Bayliss 51
- Daniel Falzon 47
- Wayne Maxwell 43
- Michael Blair 41
- Matt Walters 37
- Aaron Morris 37
- Alex Phillis 31
- Glenn Allerton 25
- Mark Chiodo 21
- Mitch Rees 20
- Aaiden Coote 18
- Corey Turner 17
- Ted Collins 15
- Mitch Levy 11
- Kyle Buckley 11
- Mike Jones 9
- Callum Spriggs 8
Australian Supersport Standings
- Tom TOPARIS (QLD) 75
- Cru HALLIDAY (NSW) 60
- Broc PEARSON (QLD) 50
- Damon REES (NZ) 44
- Zackary JOHNSON (VIC) 42
- Rhys BELLING (VIC) 38
- Nic LIMINTON (SA) 36
- Aidan HAYES (QLD) 32
- Giuseppe SCARCELLA (NSW) 31
- Scott NICHOLSON (VIC) 31
- Dallas SKEER (SA) 29
- Brendan CLARKE (QLD) 28
- Luke MITCHELL (NSW) 25
- Matt BARTON (VIC) 24
- Thomas BRYDEN (NSW) 18
- Max CROKER (NSW) 18
- Jack PASSFIELD (NSW) 16
- Ryan TAYLOR (VIC) 15
- Scott CHAPMAN (NSW) 10
- Steve HASLAM (NSW) 3
2018 ASBK Calendar
- Round 2- Wakefield Park Raceway, Goulburn NSW March 16 – 18
- Round 3- The Bend Motorsport Park, Tailem Bend, SA April 19 – 22
- Round 4- Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin NT June 28 – 1 July
- Round 5- Morgan Park Raceway, Warwick QLD August 17 – 19
- Round 6- Winton Motor Raceway, Benalla, VIC September 7 – 9
- Round 7- Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC October 12 – 14
ASBK Goes Live
ASBK recently announced its live coverage package for the 2018 season and fans will have three different options to watch this weekend’s racing on SBS, Fox Sports and livestream on Sunday March 18. With so much at stake, fan’s will have to tune in to watch the thrilling racing ASBK has to offer.
SBS Australia 1:00pm – 3:00pm AEDT
FOX Sports Australia Channel 501 1:00pm – 4:00pm AEDT
ASBK.com.au Livestream from 9:30am AEDT
