Halliday Books Third Consecutive Kawasaki Supersport Pole
Cru Halliday (Yamaha Racing Team, YZF-R6) has been a man on a mission as of late in the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK), booking his third consecutive Kawasaki Supersport Pole Position at Hidden Valley Raceway with a lap record 1:07.951.
Halliday has been in a rare vein of form since three second place finishes at Phillip Island at Round 1, claiming perfect results at both Wakefield Park Raceway and The Bend Motorsport Park. Halliday has landed himself the best chance of a hattrick, starting from the front of the grid once again.
Halliday is comfortable and ready for a battle in tomorrow’s races; “We made some changes from Q1 to Q2, but we found one change didn’t work but one did, so we will make some alterations tonight, and I think tomorrow’s racing will be different. I don’t have the field covered with outright speed, but I’ve been the most consistent I have been at a meeting and that puts us in good position for the 14 lap races tomorrow,” finished Halliday.
The last rider to beat Halliday, Tom Toparis (Cube Racing, Kawasaki ZX-6R) will start from second position in tomorrow’s racing after registering a 1:08.059.
After clocking the third fastest time in practice yesterday, Max Croker (Mat Mladin Racing, Suzuki GSX-R) was once again registered the third quickest lap time with a 1:08.703.
Lachlan Epis (ResponseRE, Kawasaki ZX-6R) will start from fourth position in his return to ASBK, clocking a fastest lap of 1:08.986.
Rounding out the top five was Giuseppe Scarcella (Kawasaki BCperformance, Kawasaki ZX-6R) who has maintained his position from practice yesterday, with his lap of 1:09.480 securing him fifth position.
The stage is set for a tantalising fourteen lap race and the best news is there will be two races tomorrow, race one at 10am and the race two at 12:55pm.
Kawasaki Supersport Provisional Qualifying Results
1. Cru HALLIDAY (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF-R6) 1:07.951
2. Tom TOPARIS (Cube Racing, Kawasaki ZX-6R) 1:08.059
3. Max CROKER (Mat Mladin Mladin Racing, Suzuki GSX-R) 1:08.703
4. Lachlan EPIS (ResponseRE, Kawasaki ZX-6R) 1:08.986
5. Giuseppe SCARCELLA (Kawasaki BCperformance, Kawasaki ZX-6R) 1:09.480
6. Damon REES (Carl Cox M-sports, Honda CBR RR) 1:09.641
7. Zac JOHNSON (Rebuilder, Yamaha YZF-R6) 1:10.011
8. Mick HEFFERAN (Quack Pest Control, Kawasaki ZX-6R) 1:10.082
9. Ty LYNCH (Adelaide Motorcycle Recovery, Yamaha YZF-R6) 1:10.348
10. Scott NICHOLSON (NextGen Motorsports, Suzuki GSX-R) 1:10.387
Tomorrow is race day for Round 4 Hidden Valley Raceway and its sure to be a thriller with five different classes battling it out for supremacy! Make sure to attend or check out the coverage on SBS, Foxsports or ASBK Livestream.
ASBK is pleased to announce the arrival of the digitalised Official ASBK Round 4 Program.
The program can be found on the website ASBK.COM.AU.
Public access to the digital ASBK Program will feature many interesting and informative sections including; rider entry lists, race schedules, previous round wrap ups, championship points standings, track information, biographies, getting started in racing information, partnership information, race pictures and so much more.
Grab your tickets for Round 4 here and if you can’t make it to Darwin, don’t forget you can catch all the action live on SBS, Fox Sports and via the ASBK livestream at asbk.com.auand on ASBK’s Facebook.
2018 ASBK Calendar
Round 4- Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin NT June 29 – 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
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