F1 & F2 SMSP Sidecar Race One Shake Down
The APW Motorcycles Round of the 2017 Australian F1 & F2 Sidecar Championship kicked off at the end of race day, exciting Sydneysiders with a dash into Turn One. The F1 & F2 Sidecar Championship competes within several Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK) rounds this year.
Race One was green lit at 16:10 PM in ideal conditions, and it was F1 class duo Dave BOUGHEN / Lok O’KANE (Suzuki GSXR) who took the win, (F1) Howard FORD / Lee MENZIES (B B eard Concerting, Suzuki GSXR), 8.550 seconds adrift. F2 class Mick ALTON / Chrissie CLANCY finished in third, a further 8.671 seconds behind. Fourth was (F1) Jeff BROWN / Darren SHELDRICK (APW Motorcycles, JBR Suzuki GSXR) who showed great pace.
In what was incident free racing for the 15 team strong field, there were three separate mechanical DNF’s registered by mid-race that put a few title favourites on the back burner ahead of tomorrow’s highly anticipated Race Two scheduled for 12:20, and Race Three at 16:00 PM.
F2 Sidecars Race winners Mick ALTON / Chrissie CLANCY were victorious for their class. Mick Alton stating on the podium; “It was a very tough race out there and we managed to hold onto second outright until Howard got us. His machine is pushing out some grunt! We only have about 120 horsepower and the big bikes (F1) put out close to 180. Big effort by Chrissy (passenger) too, she always does so well.
F1 Sidecars class leaders Dave BOUGHEN / Lok O’KANE (Suzuki GSXR) were delighted in their result today winning F1 class and the APW Motorcycles Round Race One outright. Dave Boughen sharing; “We had a fair few issues back at Winton and now we have sorted most out we are back up where we should be. We got a fair better start than we thought we would so we just ran with it. We were enjoying the fresh air out front too much! But we are sure that tomorrow will be another story.”
Provisional APW Australian Sidecar Championship Race One Results
1 Dave BOUGHEN / Lok O’KANE (Suzuki GSXR)
2 Howard FORD / Lee MENZIES (B B eard Concerting, Suzuki GSXR)
3 Mick ALTON / Chrissie CLANCY (J & C Contracting, Suzuki LCR)
4 Jeff BROWN / Darren SHELDRICK (APW Motorcycles, JBR Suzuki GSXR)
5 Bruce COLLINS / Peter DE ANGELIS (Breeze Logistics Australia Pty Ltd, LCR 600)
6 Murray STRONACH / Steve MARSHALL (Aceman Enterprises, Suzuki GSXR)
7 Matthew McKINNON / Brad GORRIE (Matty’s Spoke Wheels, Suzuki Peterbuilt)
8 Darryl RAYNER / Wendy CAMPBELL (Shelbourne CBR RR)
9 John CLANCY / Warren GRUBB (Golden Age Homes, Suzuki GSXR)
10 Simon REYNOLDS / Kathryn WARNE (Chromaluxe, Yamaha YZFR)
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2017 Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship Presented by Motul Pirelli Calendar:
Round 6 SMSP Eastern Creek, NSW 8-10 September
Round 7 Spokes.com.au presents Phillip Island Circuit, VIC 6-8 October
Photos Courtesy of Andrew Gosling TBG Photography
1: Boughen / O’Kane lead pack SMSP 2017
2: Race One podium SMSP 2017
