Horsell Consulting F1 & F2 Sidecar Championship Final Round Race One Belter
The Horsell Consulting Round 4 of the 2017 Australian F1 & F2 Sidecar Championship kicked off at the end of qualifying day and thrilled attendees at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit for the Spokes.com.au presents Round 7 of the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK) with an eight lap race to remember.
Race One started at 16:10 PM in the afternoon after Duncan Rogers / Rodney Bell (Ashburton Service Ctr F1 LCR GSXR) 1:45.931 took pole position in the morning’s qualifier.
The circulation saw a four-way battle playout on the tarmac as the outfits thundered around the long sweeping Island circuit.
Taking the victory would be Dave BOUGHEN / Lok O’KANE (F1, Suzuki GSXR) with Duncan ROGERS / Rodney BELL (Ashburton Service Ctr, F1, LCR GSXR) 3.393 seconds further back. Bruce COLLINS / Peter DEANGELIS (Breeze Logistics Australia, F2, LCR 600) finished in third, finishing a further 31.555 seconds behind. Fourth on the world famous circuit was Howard FORD / Lee MENZIES (B Beard Concreting, Suzuki GSXR), both showing great pace. The first F2 to cross the line when the flag droped was Bruce COLLINS / Peter DEANGELIS (Breeze Logistics Australia, F2, LCR 600) in third outright.
F2 Sidecars Race winners Collins and DeAngeles were victorious the F2 class, stating on the podium; “Racing was great and there was nothing left out there on track! We kept it nailed the whole way around. That was some of the best racing yet! Mick and Chrissy were tight as always and the Irving was putting up a great fight too.”
F1 Sidecars class leaders Dave Boughen and Lok O’Kane were delighted in their result today winning F1 class and outright for Race One. Boughen sharing; “We got away quickly off the line, even on cold tyres and we managed to stay out in front out of traffic. We even had time to look around a bit to see who was around!”
APW Australian Sidecar Championship Race One Top 10 Results
1 Dave BOUGHEN / Lok O’KANE (F1, Suzuki GSXR)
2 Duncan ROGERS / Rodney BELL (Ashburton Service Ctr, F1, LCR GSXR)
3 Bruce COLLINS / Peter DEANGELIS (Breeze Logistics Australia, F2, LCR 600)
4 Howard FORD / Lee MENZIES (B Beard Concreting, Suzuki GSXR)
5 Beau BEATON / Noel BEARE (KH Equipment, Irving Vincent)
6 Mick ALTON / Chrissie CLANCY (J & C Contracting, F2, Suzuki LCR)
7 Matthew McKINNON / Brad GORRIE (Matty’s Spoke Wheels, F2, Suzuki Peterbuilt)
8 Darryl RAYNER / Wendy CAMPBELL (F2, Shelbourne CBR RR)
9 Richard GOODALE / Scott GOODALE (F2, Shelbourne)
10 John CLANCY / Warren GRUBB (Golden Age Homes, F2, Suzuki LCR)
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ASBK is live on SBS and Live Streaming
Fans will be treated to plenty of action on and off the track next weekend, however for the fans who can’t be at Phillip Island, the ASBK has provided them with the best opportunity to stay up to speed with everything happening on October 8.
From 9:30 am AEST the ASBK will be broadcast LIVE to everyone in the world via the ASBK website. Capturing the live racing moments, exclusive interviews with past and present champions and so much more, the Live Stream is not to be missed.
ASBK will be telecast on free to air channels SBS (from 1:00 PM AEDST) and SBS VICELAND (from 2:00 PM) on Sunday October 8.
Start planning your journey to ‘the Island’ for the Spokes.com.au presents Round 7 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC on 6th- 8th October 2017.
As always, stay up to date with all the latest news and updates from the ASBK by liking ASBK on Facebook, following the @asbk on Instagram and checking out the ASBK website here.
Photo Credit: Andrew Gosling I tbgsport
Picture 1: Dave BOUGHEN / Lok O’KANE Phillip Island 2017
Picture 2: Sidecar Race One Podium
