Kleefsman and Schmidt Round Winners for NT Club Challenges
The Northern Territory racers put on a display here at Hidden Valley Raceway for the final races of the MotorSports NT and MANT Club Challenges. The overall round winners were Jason Kleefsman and Karl Schmidt at the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK) support races.
MANT Club Challenge Race Two
Taking the victory for Race Two was Nathaniel Randles (Kawasaki ZX-10R) to make up for the disappointment of yesterday. It was a sweet victory for Randles who managed to convert his pole position to a win. It was actually Jason Kleefsman (Courtsea, Suzuki GSX-R750) to take the lead into turn one but it didn’t take long for his rival Randles to regain the ascendancy and lead to the finish. He also collected the fastest lap of the race.
Kleefsman took second place a further four seconds behind Randles. Geoffrey Hall (TERRA, Suzuki GSX-R1000) also managing a podium in third.
David Sergeant (Suzuki GSX-R600) came fourth with Paul Lally (Yamaha YZF-R6) in fifth.
Randles sharing after the victory; “We managed to get a much better start compared to yesterday and that set up the win today.”
Jason Kleefsman; “That was a mad race, I had a really bad moment where I almost lost the bike! I managed to save it and keep going to claim the second position.”
Geoffrey Hall; “The bike was a little hard on second gear but we managed to get home in the end after following Jason. The conditions weren’t too bad out there!”
MANT Club Challenge Race Two Provisional Results
1. Nathaniel RANDLES (Kawasaki ZX-10R)
2. Jason KLEEFSMAN (Courtsea, Suzuki GSX-R750)
3. Geoffrey HALL (TERRA, Suzuki GSX-R1000)
4. David SERGEANT (Suzuki GSX-R600)
5. Paul LALLY (Yamaha YZF-R6)
6. Paul O’DWYER (Triumph Daytona 675)
7. John DOBBIE (Triumph Daytona 675)
8. Cameron AGOSTINI (Agos Animals Racing, Honda CBR 300)
9. Bailey HUME (TransFurb, Honda CBR 300)
10. Robert CLARKE (HDT, Triumph Daytona 675)
MANT Club Challenge Race Three
Kleefsman has repeated his efforts on Saturday to take another win today for the MANT Club Challenge Race Three. This race was the most exhilarating club challenge of the weekend with Kleefsman only taking the victory by half a second in front of Lally and Randles.
Round winner Kleefsman saying; “I managed to catch up to the pack and get in front. It’s great for the confidence to get the win! Happy to get the round win.”
Lally sharing; “I was in the slipstream and I had to jam on the front brakes and I almost crashed at one point. I had a bad run yesterday but this race redeemed the weekend.”
Randles stating after the race; “The start was definitely my weakest point of the race. Its more about fun at this level and it’s great that everyone can come out and have a go. The end was disappointing and I should have pushed harder when I had clear track.”
MANT Club Challenge Race Three Provisional Results
1. Jason KLEEFSMAN (Courtsea, Suzuki GSX-R 750)
2. Paul LALLY (Yamaha YZF-R6)
3. Nathaniel RANDLES (Kawasaki ZX-10R)
4. Geoffrey HALL (TERRA, Suzuki GSX-R 1000
5. David SERGEANT (Suzuki GSX-R 600)
6. Paul O’DWYER (Triumph Daytona 675)
7. John DOBBIE (Triumph Daytona 675)
8. Cameron AGOSTINI (Agos Animals Racing, Honda CBR 300)
9. Robert CLARKE (HDT, Triumph Daytona 675)
10. Bailey HUME (TransFurb, Honda CBR 300)
MotorSports NT Club Challenge Race Two
Taking the win once again for the MotorSports NT Club Challenge was Karl Schmidt (Kawasaki ZX-10R). This gap between Schmidt and his closest challenger Jay Breeuwer-Wrennall (NT Motorcycle Center, Suzuki GSX-R1000) by just over 3 seconds.
The race was declared after competitors had completed seven laps due to a crash at turn 13 that involved Stan Whiting (EPrint, CBR1000).
Schmidt was unfazed for the entire race and pumped in the fastest lap of the race to sail to victory followed by Breeuwer-Wrennall and Troy Starr (Kawasaki, ZX-10R) on the podium.
Douglas Clark (Yamaha YZF-R1) and Warren Gibb (Eprint, Yamaha YZF-R6) completed the top five.
MotorSports NT Club Challenge Race Two Provisional Results
1. Karl SCHMIDT (Kawasaki ZX-10R)
2. Jay BREEUWER-WRENNALL (NT Motorcycle Center, Suzuki GSX-R1000)
3. Troy STARR (Kawasaki, ZX-10R)
4. Douglas CLARK (Yamaha YZF-R1)
5. Warren GIBB (Eprint, Yamaha YZF-R6)
6. Adrian LUKE (Yamaha YZF-R6)
7. Peter TROON (Yamaha YZF-R6)
8. Darren HERATY (Yamaha YZF-R1)
9. Warwick PRICE (TERRA, Yamaha YZF-R6)
10. Alan TILBROOK (Suzuki GSX-R 750)
MotorSports NT Club Challenge Race Three
The final race of the day belonged to Breeuwer-Wrennall with a great display on his Suzuki, taking the victory by only .029s in front of Schmidt. Castro also managing to make the podium.
Clark and Gibb completed the top five. It was a great display from all riders involved and the Darwin locals enjoyed seeing them in action.
Breeuwer-Wrennall commenting; “Testament to the bike and the tyres. Karl offered a great challenge and congratulations to him for winning the overall round.
Schmidt; “I tried to hang in there with the winner but couldn’t quite get there! Looking forward to getting back on the bike.
Castro saying; “It all worked out well and we’re just here to have fun out there. It’s a great club and it’s been great to be involved in an ASBK race meeting.”
MotorSports NT Club Challenge Race Three Provional Results
1. Jay BREEUWER-WRENNALL (NT Motorcycle Center, Suzuki GSX-R 1000)
2. Karl SCHMIDT (Kawasaki ZX-10R 1000)
3. Anthony CASTRO (Signcity, Kawasaki ZX-10R 1000)
4. Douglas CLARK (Yamaha YZF-R1 1000)
5. Warren GIBB (Eprint, Yamaha YZF-R6 600)
6. Troy STARR (Kawasaki ZX-10R 1000)
7. Peter TROON (Yamaha YZF-R6 600)
8. Alan TILBROOK (Suzuki GSX-R 750)
9. Greg MURDOCK (Southern Cross Motorbike Tours, Suzuki, GSX-R 600)
10. Darren HERATY (Yamaha YZF-R1 1000)
2018 ASBK Calendar
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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