Cru Halliday smashes out an unbelievable 1m28.895 to prime FP3


ASBK 2023

Spherical Two – Sydney Motorsport Park

Superbike FP3

Broc Pearson was the primary of the Superbike riders to make appreciable positive factors within the third and ultimate 30-minute session that bought underway at 1645 on Friday night at SMP.  It was nonetheless daylight however with loads of cloud cowl, nonetheless the forecast heavy rain had nonetheless not arrived.  Pearson dropped greater than a second from his earlier finest to point that the DesmoSport Ducati squad have been lastly beginning to make some strides ahead with the V4 R, though at 1m31.638 they have been nonetheless greater than a second slower than what Broc managed throughout testing right here early final month.

Apart from that there was not an excessive amount of of curiosity to report on this session, that was till Cru Halliday then reeled off an unbelievable 1m29.003 on his eighth lap of the session with just below seven-minutes nonetheless remaining within the session.

A few minutes later his YRT team-mate Mike Jones lowered his personal marker to 1m29.497. However Cru was now on one other flyer…. Beneath on the first break up, underneath on the second break up, have been we going to see the primary 1m28s lap round SMP…?  Sure we do!  A 1m28.895 to Cru Halliday!  Take that he says!

Josh Waters left it till fairly late to place in a 1m29.867 to go P3 on mixed instances, he then improved additional to 1m29.573 earlier than the clock ran out.

Additional again different riders have been making progress however they weren’t in the identical league because the YRT males and Waters.

Bryan Staring had made good progress, bettering on his FP2 finest by half-a-second to go P4 on mixed instances. Herfoss improved by a few tenths to go P5 whereas Arthur Sissis completed sixth on mixed instances courtesy of his FP2 time. Glenn Allerton seventh and Ted Collins eighth. Max Stauffer improved to ninth and Broc Pearson rounded out the highest ten.

Superbike FP3/Mixed Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike FP1 FP2 FP3 Finest
1 Cru HALLIDAY Yamaha 1m29.496 1m29.540 1m28.895 1m28.895
2 Mike JONES  Yamaha  1m29.875 1m29.807 1m29.497 1m29.497
3 Josh WATERS Ducati 1m30.548 1m29.744 1m29.573 1m29.573
4 Bryan STARING Yamaha 1m31.386 1m30.615 1m30.195 1m30.195
5 Troy HERFOSS Honda 1m30.820 1m31.034 1m30.602 1m30.602
6 Arthur SISSIS Yamaha 1m33.074 1m30.643 1m31.162 1m30.643
7 Glenn ALLERTON BMW 1m31.200 1m31.062 1m30.680 1m30.680
8 Ted COLLINS BMW 1m32.196 1m31.350 1m31.033 1m31.033
9 Max STAUFFER Yamaha 1m32.538 1m31.583 1m31.308 1m31.308
10 Broc PEARSON Ducati 1m32.655 1m32.719 1m31.638 1m31.638
11 Matt WALTERS Aprilia 1m33.819 1m33.255 1m32.093 1m32.093
12 Josh SODERLAND  Ducati 1m34.349 1m34.584 1m33.563 1m33.563
13 Paris HARDWICK Kawasaki 1m36.331 1m34.188 1m33.565 1m33.565
14 Scott ALLARS ( Yamaha 1m35.600 1m34.689 1m34.207 1m34.207
15 Leanne NELSON Kawasaki 1m35.561 1m35.717 1m35.026 1m35.026
16 Michael KEMP Yamaha 1m37.534 1m35.636 1m36.462 1m35.636
17 Dominic DE LEON Kawasaki 1m36.344 1m36.014 1m36.126 1m36.014
18 Nicholas MARSH Yamaha 1m37.136 1m37.933 1m37.832 1m37.136

Supersport QP1 Outcomes

Pos Rider Bike Time/Hole Velocity
1 Sean CONDON Yamaha YZF-R6 1:32.509 254
2 Jack PASSFIELD Yamaha YZF-R6 +0.744 255
3 Ty LYNCH Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.029 253
4 Jake FARNSWORTH Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.213 258
5 Hayden NELSON Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.249 257
6 Cameron DUNKER  Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.609 259
7 Dallas SKEER Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.652 260
8 Olly SIMPSON Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.773 261
9 John LYTRAS Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.961 254
10 Tom BRAMICH Yamaha YZF-R6 +1.973 260
11 Jonathan NAHLOUS Yamaha YZF-R6 +2.104 251
12 Luke SANDERS Yamaha YZF-R6 +2.121 256
13 Tarbon WALKER Yamaha YZF-R6 +2.395 248
14 Luca DURNING Yamaha YZF-R6 +2.587 256
15 Scott NICHOLSON Yamaha YZF-R6 +2.831 257
16 Hunter FORD Kawasaki ZX6 +3.253 255
17 Glenn NELSON Yamaha YZF-R6 +3.281 259
18 Jack FAVELLE Honda CBR RR +3.334 255
19 Reece OUGHTRED Yamaha YZF-R6 +3.688 262
20 Noel MAHON Yamaha YZF-R6 +3.904 253
21 Ben BAKER Yamaha YZF-R6 +4.776 259
22 Jake SENIOR Yamaha YZF-R6 +5.034 253
23 Mitch SIMPSON Yamaha YZF-R6 +5.125 258
24 Simone BOLDRINI Yamaha YZF-R6 +5.197 242
25 Declan CARBERRY Suzuki GSXR +5.738 254
26 Brendan WILSON Yamaha YZF-R6 +5.907 251

Supersport 300 / R3 Cup QP1

Pos Rider Class Machine Time/Hole Velocity
1 Cameron SWAIN R3 YZF-R3 1m43.092 193
2 Jai RUSSO R3 YZF-R3 +0.725 196
3 Cooper ROWNTREE R3 YZF-R3 +0.943 188
4 Brodie GAWITH R3 YZF-R3 +1.273 194
5 Brandon DEMMERY R3 YZF-R3 +1.288 188
6 Henry SNELL R3 YZF-R3 +1.831 191
7 Luke JHONSTON R3 YZF-R3 +1.928 194
8 Marcus HAMOD R3 YZF-R3 +2.115 188
9 Casey MIDDLETON SSP300 Ninja +2.190 194
10 Joshua NEWMAN SSP300 Ninja +2.335 193
11 Lincoln KNIGHT R3 YZF-R3 +2.522 194
12 Ryan LARKIN R3 YZF-R3 +2.613 187
13 Sam PEZZETTA  R3 YZF-R3 +2.699 190
14 Harrison WATTS  R3 YZF-R3 +2.997 187
15 Jordy SIMPSON R3 YZF-R3 +3.029 193
16 Calvin MOYLAN  SSP300 Ninja +3.369 190
17 Tara MORRISON SSP300 Ninja +3.486 197
18 Valentino KNEZOVIC  R3 YZF-R3 +3.839 190
19 Steve SFORZIN SSP300 YZF-R3 +4.205 195
20 Abbie CAMERON R3 YZF-R3 +4.878 186
21 Ryder GILBERT R3 YZF-R3 +5.941 185
22 Daley MILLS SSP300 Ninja +6.706 188
23 Will NASSIF  R3 YZF-R3 +6.711 190
24 William HUNT R3 YZF-R3 +7.576 182
25 Brock QUINLAN SSP300 Ninja +8.100 182

OJC QP1

Superbike Masters QP1

Pos Rider Class Bike Time/Hole Velocity
1 Keo WATSON  P6F13 Yamaha FZR 1000 1m36.638 263
2 Troy CORSER P5F1 Yamaha TZ 750 +1.545 249
3 Murray CLARK  P6F13 Suzuki GSXR 1127 +3.169 260
4 Brian BOLSTER ( P6F13 Yamaha FZR 1000 +4.147 252
5 Aaron BENNETT  P5UN Suzuki GSX 1290 +4.414 255
6 Greg AVERY P5F1 Suzuki Katana 1100 +4.694 242
7 Corey GLOCK P6F7 Suzuki GSXR 749 +5.436 226
8 Phillip BURKE P6F7 Honda VFR 750 +6.099 242
9 Brad PHELAN P5UN Suzuki Katana 1100 +6.304 247
10 Robert YOUNG P6F7 Ducati 888 +6.386 241
11 Glenn HINDLE P5F1 Suzuki XR69 1170 +7.702 242
12 Phillip BEVAN P6F7 Honda VFR 750 +8.550 233
13 Scott WEBSTER P5F1 Harris XR69 1200 +8.880 247
14 Stephen KAIRL P6F13 Yamaha FZR 1000 +9.342 254
15 Richard EASTON P6F7 Suzuki GSXR 750 +9.371 229
16 Roger GUNN P5UN Suzuki Katana 1260 +9.565 246
17 Paul RIGNEY  P5UN Kawasaki Z 1000 R +10.223 232
18 Damien COPPOLA P5UN Kawasaki Z1J 1000 +11.278 233
19 Steven HARLEY P6F13 Bimota YB6 1000 +11.359 242
20 Laurie FYFFE  P6F7 Honda RC30 750 +11.521 238
21 Mick JOHNSTON P6F7 Ducati TTF1 900 +11.944 222
22 Paul PARLETT P5F1 Harris XR69 1100 +12.262 232
23 Mick MOLONEY P5UN Suzuki GSX 1170 +12.599 232
24 Damion DAVIS P5F1 Suzuki TR 738 +13.687 203
25 Gregory FARRELL P6F7 Honda RC30 750 +13.769 214
26 Andrew RELPH  P6F7 Kawasaki ZXR 750 +14.031 213
27 Kurt GRAINGER P6F7 Suzuki GSXR 750 +15.344 224
28 Ross DOBSON P5UN Suzuki GSX 1290 +17.963 224
29 Darren LARK P6F7 Kawasaki ZXR 749 +35.846 200
Friday twenty fourth March
Time Class Occasion Length
930 950 Riders Briefing (SSP300, OJC, Masters) B1 20 minutes
1000 1020 Riders Briefing (SBK, SSP) B2 20 minutes
1100 1125 Supersport FP1 25 minutes
1130 1150 SSP300 / R3 cUP FP1 20 minutes
1155 1225 Superbike FP1 30 minutes
1230 1245 bLU cRU FP1 15 minutes
1250 1305 Superbike Masters FP1 15 minutes
1310 1335 Supersport FP2 25 minutes
1335 1405 ASBK TV Observe Time – Drinks Break 30 minutes
1405 1410 Superbike FP2 30 minutes
1440 1500 SSP300 / R3  Cup FP2 20 minutes
1505 1520 Superbike Masters FP2 15 minutes
1525 1540 bLU cRU FP2 15 minutes
1545 1610 Supersport Q1 25 minutes
1615 1635 SSP300 / R3 Cup Q1 20 minutes
1640 1710 Superbike FP3 30 minutes
1720 1735 bLU cRU Q1 15 minutes
1740 1755 Superbike Masters Q 15 minutes
1755 1900 Dinner – ASBK Pillion Rides 65 minutes
Evening Classes
1900 1920 SSP300 / R3 Cup Q2 20 minutes
1925 1950 Supersport Q2 25 minutes
1955 2010 bLU cRU Q2 15 minutes
2015 2035 Superbike Q1 25 minutes
2045 2100 Superbike Q2 15 minutes
2100 2110 ASBK TV & Media Interviews ASBK TV 10 minutes
2110 2135 SSP300 / R3 Cup R1 20 minutes
2140 2200 bLU cRU R1 6 Laps
2205 2220 Superbike Masters R1 6 Laps
Saturday twenty fifth March
Time Class Occasion Length
1400 1405 bLU cRU WUP 5 minutes
1410 1415 Supersport WUP 5 minutes
1420 1430 Superbike WUP 10 minutes
1435 1440 SSP300 /  R3 Cup WUP 5 minutes
1445 1450 Superbike Masters WUP 5 minutes
1450 1510 ASBK Pillion Rides – Drinks Break 20 minutes
1510 1530 bLU cRU R2 6 Laps
1540 1610 Supersport R1 11 Laps
1620 1655 Superbike R1 13 Laps
1705 1730 SSP300 / R3 Cup R2 8 Laps
1740 1755 Superbike Masters R2 6 Laps
1755 1930 Dinner – ASBK Pitlane Stroll 95 minutes
Evening Races
1930 1950 bLU cRU R3 6 Laps
2000 2030 Supersport R2 11 Laps
2040 2105 SSP00  R3 8 Laps
2115 2150 Superbike R2 13 Laps
2200 2215 Superbike Masters R3 6 Laps

2023 ASBK Calendar

2023 ASBK Calendar
Spherical Circuit Location Date
R1 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit VIC Feb 24-26
R2 Sydney Motorsports Park NSW Mar 24-25
R3 Queensland Raceway QLD Apr 28-30
R4 Hidden Valley Raceway NT Jun 16-18
R5 Morgan Park Raceway QLD Jul 14-16
R6 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit VIC Oct 27-29
R7 The Bend Motorsport Park SA Dec 1 – 3