Darryll King strengthens grip on title

Pro Lites
Team No Fear Honda's Cody Cooper was once again dominated the Pro Lites at Appin, clocking a qualifying time of 2:18.817, he was a full 2 seconds quicker than team-mate Troy Dorron who could only manage a 2:20.936. As he has done on so many occasions this season, Cooper kicked of the opening moto with a shocking start, although not as bad as some of his previous efforts, he rounded the first lap in seventh. It was another No Fear Honda rider in Jye Harvey who took the early running with Cameron Taylor (CDR/Boost Mobile/Yamaha), Dorron, Barry Morris (Jpi Industries), Warren Smart and Daniel McCoy (CDR/Boost Mobile/Yamaha) ending the first lap in that order. Serco Yamaha's Wade Thompson's run ending on the first lap as the Gilman moto winner crashed out. Whilst Harvey lead the first four laps then Dorron the next four, Cooper was steadily working his way forward and by lap eight had reached the head of the field. From there he controlled the race to run out an eight second winner. Taylor never dropped out of the top three for the moto and staged a late race battle with old sparring partner Dorron that ended up with him getting the upper hand and taking second. McCoy rode a fairly un-eventful race for fourth and Daniel Reardon (Whales Kawasaki) following him home almost 15 seconds back. Moto 2 saw Cooper put it together right from the drop of the gate when he grabbed the holeshot and never looked back. Behind him Dorron recovered from an average start to battle Taylor for second before Taylor was demoted to fourth by his team-mate McCoy. With McCoy falling half a second short of Dorron at the race end, it was a No Fear one, two. with Taylor holding onto fourth it was a CDR three, four. Reardon capped of a consistent weekend when he took a fifth for the second time, he was followed by Robbie Marshall in sixth. Cody cooper now holds a 26 point lead over Cameron Taylor for the championship. Rookies
Matt Moss took 2 wins over brother Jake to take out the Rookies class. Third placed overall Justin Carafa was the only other rider besides Matt Moss to lead a lap when he took both holeshots and lead the first lap of each moto. Matt Moss took the lead on the second lap of both motos and rode un-challenged. Jake Moss on the other hand took until the second last lap on each occasion to overcome Carafa and finish with two second places. Carafa finished with two third places. Alan Carter was also in the mix, running in second for a while before finishing the day in fourth. The next round of the championship now moves to Newcastle on August the 1st.