Yamaha 1-2 on the grid at Wakefield Park | Saturday round up

ASBK 2022 Round Three – Wakefield Park
Alpinestars Saturday Round Up #2

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A few spots of precipitation had been falling ever so and gently sparsely in the lead up to the Saturday afternoon qualifying sessions here at Wakefield Park to keep people on their toes but then it turned into sunshine and warmth just at the right time.

Daniel Falzon’s troublesome Friday had saw the South Australian have to contest Q1 for the first time in his career. He would definitely want to ensure his graduation but only with the minimal amount of laps required to do so in order to have some rubber left for Q2, however, his competitors in the 15-minute session didn’t make it easy for him as the battle for promotion was hotly contested.

Mark Chiodo set the marker early on with a 58.158 and was comfortably ahead on that time for most of the session, it was not until a flurry of laps in the final minutes of the session saw his position threatened with Walters and Falzon getting close.

Chiodo responded though with his first 57 of the weekend, a 57.932 to top the session ahead of Matt Walters (58.164) and Daniel Falzon booking his spot with a 58.175 on the eighth of his 11 laps.

Alpinestars Superbike Q1

Alpinestars Superbike Q2

Q2 got underway at 1510 with a track temperature of just over 25-degrees under a cloudy sky.

It took the riders a little longer than I had expected for them to muster real pace with the quick times not coming until the riders had made their first stop in the pits. Maxwell putting in a 57.076 as the first shot across the bows and backed it up with a similar 57.093.

Mike Jones then responded with a 56.960 and then backed it up with a stunning 56.673, a new fastest lap of the weekend and qualifying lap record. His YRT team-mate Cru Halliday almost matched him, a 56.774 for the #65 and with four-minutes remaining in the session it was a provisional YRT 1-2 fronting the grid. And that is how it ended, a YRT 1-2 with Maxwell rounding out the front row on 57.006, three-tenths slower than he had managed yesterday.

Troy Herfoss was seventh for most of the session but promoted himself up to P5 on his final lap.

Bryan Staring put his fastest lap of the weekend in to head that second row on 57.104 ahead of Herfoss (57.201) while Josh Waters (57.303) took top BMW honors to round out that second row.

Arthur Sissis (57.364) heads row three alongside Glenn Allerton (57.571) and Lachlan Epis (57.641) while Mark Chiodo (58.019) completes the top ten ahead of Matt Walters (58.211) and Daniel Falzon (58.727).

Race one is scheduled to get underway at 1120 with the second 20-lap bout slated for 1510.

Alpinestars Superbike Q2

Alpinestars Superbike Combined Qualifying

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Michelin Supersport

After an almost seven-year absence from any serious racing Sean Condon took pole position today in the Michelin Supersport category.

Condon’s 59.300 in Q1 best John Lytras’ 59.462 and Ty Lynch’s 59.516 to take pole with all three riders on the front row setting their fastest time in the morning session.

Scott Nicholson heads the second row ahead of Tom Bramich and Tom Drane while Dallas Skeer will start from row three.

Michelin Supersport Friday Combined

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Dunlop Supersport 300 Race One

Glenn Nelson and Cameron Dunker quickly set about distancing themselves from the field in the opening Supersport 300 ten-lap encounter. That pair had a second over their pursuers by the end of the opening lap and had stretched that advantage out to more than three-seconds by half-race distance. Nothing separated that pair throughout the entire race and only five-thousandths of a second was between them at the flag, but it was Dunker whose nose was in front at the checkered to claim the victory.

James Jacobs was the best of the rest ahead, crossing the line just ahead of Taiyo Aksu, Jonathan Nahlous, Hayden Nelson, Cameron Swain and Brodie Gawith. Liam Waters had also been in the second group but crashed out with three laps to run.

Dunlop Supersport 300 Race One Results

Dunlop Supersport 300 Qualifying

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Yamaha Finance R3 Cup

Yamaha Finance R3 Cup Qualifying

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bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup

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Alpinestars Superbike Championship Points

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