Stauffer Takes Race One in GP Juniors at Morgan Park

Max Stauffer (Rock Oil, Yamaha YZF-R15) has taken out race one of the GP Juniors Cup at Round 5 of the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK). 

Stauffer started the race from fourth on the grid and battled his way from through the field to end up at the front of the pack. It was a dash for the line that saw Stauffer take the win by just over two tenths of a second.

In his first race back in ASBK, Joel Kelso (JDS Moto, Yamaha YZF-R15) started the day from pole position after registering the fastest lap in qualifying. Kelso would have to settle for second place after he just couldn’t find the same speed as Stauffer to the line.

Taking the final spot on the podium was Harrison Voight (Voight Contracting, Yamaha YZF-R15) who rode a consistent race and mixed it up with the front throughout the five-lap race.

Just missing out on the podium was John Lytras (Caboolture Yamaha, Yamaha YZF-R15) and to show how close the racing was, Lytras was just .075s off the win.

Rounding out the top five was Glenn Nelson (Shark Leathers, Yamaha YZF-R15).

The GP Juniors Cup field is back on track tomorrow for two more races, race two kicks off at 11:05am and then race three is at 3pm.

ASBK Race One GP Juniors Cup Provisional Results
1. Max STAUFFER (Rock Oil, Yamaha YZF-R15) 8:32.205
2. Joel KELSO (JDS Moto, Yamaha YZF-R15) 8:32.249
3. Harrison VOIGHT (Voight Contracting, Yamaha YZF-R15) 8:32.251
4. John LYTRAS (Caboolture Yamaha, Yamaha YZF-R15) 8:32.280
5. Glenn NELSON (Shark Leathers, Yamaha YZF-R15) 8:35.569
6. Zylas BUNTING (Shark Leathers, Yamaha YZF-R15) 8:43.169

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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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Photos courtesy of Andrew Gosling tbg sport