As has been the case so far this year in the Ssangyong Australian Supermoto Championship, KTM rider Angus Reekie managed to score duel wins in the premier 'S2' class during rounds fourth and five of the championship that was played out over the weekend (November 10 and 11) at Ipswich Kart Raceway in Queensland.
In the process of a clean sweep of the premier 'S2' class Reekie wrapped up the championship point standings with a round remaining, after being too strong for Queenslander
Linden Magee and opening round victor
Rodney Taplin. On the Saturday it was Reekie that claimed the round honours with duel wins finishing ahead of Magee and Taplin, and the following day for round five Reekie defeated Taplin.
Taplin had to beat Reekie in the final Moto to keep his championship chances alive, matching Reekie's lap times most of the race, however a faultless Reekie did not put a wheel wrong all race, with
Linden Magee also had a great race showing the Kawasaki KXF450cc is right up with the pace of the Honda's and KTM's rounding out the top three.
Cru Halliday also found some great speed on the Hog's Breath Yamaha, having some great battles with Husky racing
Stuart Bennett and
Alex Gobert on the Aprilia to take out the minor places.
"I had a good run in the 'S2' class and never put a foot wrong and was not only rewarded with the duel round wins but also the Australian Championship which is wonderful achievement as I wanted to improve my results from last year [of third place in the 'S1' class]," Reekie expressed.
Reekie also proved too strong around the 1.14km Ipswich Kart Raceway circuit in the 'S1' class, but it wasn't a cake walk. In Saturday's competition Reekie had his clean sweep of the round, after winning race one and then later race three, swept away from him when he suffered a fall in the second race but still managed to recover and finish in second place behind
Graham Cheney.
The following day Reekie made up from his second race mistake the day before to romp to victory lane by taking out all three races, this time finishing ahead of
Josh McFarlane and Cheney.
David Gellatly and new Rising Sun Honda rider
Ross Taylor had some great battles to round out the top five. This class still comes down to the last round with Reekie, Cheney and Macfarlane all still able to take out the title, but it is Reekie in the box seat.
Cru Halliday was in fine form over the course of the weekend in the 'S3' class by taking both round victories, with stiff competition coming from the likes of
Jake Magee and
Joel Whittaker, who frequented the podium behind Halliday over the weekend. Halliday now has a handy lead in the championship, however the S3 class will also come down to the final round in Melbourne.
The Women's class saw the consistency reward
Gina Cleaver with the round win on Saturday ahead defending champion
Rebecca Bateman and
Rachael Eagle. Bateman failed to finish the opening race, but managed to record wins in both race two and three. The next day for the fifth round Bateman bounced back into the winner's circle by taking out all three races and defeating Cleaver and Eagle overall for the round.
Phill Lovett was far too strong for his rivals in the veteran class by taking out both round wins, while
Steve Mann and
Kyle O'Brien shared round wins in the Novice class, as did
Gary Kasch and
Greg Timmins in Clubman X, while double round wins were
Allen Foreman (Juniors), and Gold Coast based
Matt 'Kangaroo Kid' Coulter took out the Quads.
A complete rundown of the results from both rounds four and five of the SSANGYONG Australian Supermoto Championship can be found at:
www.mylaps.com
The sixth and final round of the Ssangyong Australian Supermoto Championship will be held at Calder Park Raceway in Victoria as part of the Moto Mayhem extravaganza, the final round of the Ssangyong Australian Supermoto championship will be held on the Saturday 24th November, with Racing from 11am, and then all 7 facets of racing with take on the Thunder Dome on Sunday, November 25 and more information can be found at:
www.motomayhem.com.au
Main Photo: Angus Reekie
Credit: Michael Douglas -
SMX Industries
2007 SSANGYONG AUSTRALIAN SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Ipswich Kart Track - Queensland - Round 5:
S1Championship Race:
1: A. Reekie (KTM)
2. J.McFarlane (Aprilia Racing)
3: G.Cheney (Husqvarna Racing)
4: R. Taylor. (KTM),
5 D.Gellatly. (KTM)
6: S. Stratton (Aprilia)
7: S. Johnson (Yamaha)
8: B. Cox (Suzuki)
9: D.Webb (KTM)
10: A. MacDonald (Aprilia)
S1 Championships Points 1:
A. Reekie (KTM) 347 pts
2: G.Cheney (Husqvarna Racing) 326 pts
3: J.McFarlane (Aprilia Racing) 300pts
4: R. Taylor. (KTM) 255pts
5: D.Gellatly (KTM) 254pts
6: S. Stratton (Aprilia Racing) 166pts
7: A. Maxwell (Honda) 128pts
8: M. Fraser (Husqvarna) 117pts
9: G.Timmins (Honda) 90pts
10: B.Cox (Suzuki) 71pts
S2 Championship Class: Race 1. .
1: A.Reekie (KTM)
2. R. Taplin (Axis Honda)
3: L. Magee (Kawasaki)
4: C. Halliday (Hogg's Breath Yamaha)
5: S. Bennett (Husqvarna Racing)
6:A. Gobert (Aprilia Racing)
7: L.Richards (Yamaha)
8: A. Harriman (Yamaha)
9: J. Kain (Axis Honda)
10: N.Thompson
S2 Championship Class: Race 2.
1: A.Reekie (KTM)
2. R. Taplin (Axis Honda)
3: L. Magee (Kawasaki)
4: C.Halliday (Hogg's Breath Yamaha)
5: S. Bennett (Husqvarna Racing)
6:A. Gobert (Aprilia Racing)
7: L.Richards (Yamaha)
8: A. Harriman (Yamaha)
9: J. Kain (Axis Honda)
10: J.Muddle
S2 Championships Points:
1: A.Reekie (KTM) 247pts
2: R. Taplin (Honda) 190pts
3: L. Magee (Kawasaki) 168pts
4:S. Bennett (Husqvarna Racing) 157 pts
5: A. Gobert (Aprilia Racing) 155pts
6: A. Harriman (Yamaha) 124 pts
7: J. Kain (Honda) 118 pts
8: L.Richards (Yamaha) 114pts
9: N. Brain (Honda) 106pts
10: C. Halliday (Hogg's Breath Yamaha)
S3 Championship Race:
1: C. Halliday (Yamaha)
2. J. Magee (Honda) 3:
J. Whittaker (Honda)
4: L.Traill (Yamaha)
5: T. Durie (Suzuki)
6: L.Whittaker (Kawasaki)
S3 Championships Points 1:
C. Halliday (Yamaha) 367pts 2.
J. Magee (Honda) 319 pts 3:
J.Whittaker (Honda) 263 pts
4: T. Durie (Suzuki) 228pts
5: L.Traill (Yamaha) 228pts
6: N Porombka (Honda) 177pts
7: L.Whittaker (Kawasaki) 165pts
8: R.Olson (Yamaha) 138pts:
9: D.Anderson (KTM) 104pts
10: G. Cleaver (Hogs Breath Caf̩ Yamaha)
Clubman Class:
1: G. Timmins (Honda)
2: G.Kash (Honda)
3: S. Grezlo
4: D. Bell
5: K. Gross (Kawasaki)
6: J. Stewart.
Novice Class:
1: K.O'Brien
2: J.Curd.
3: M. Bennett.
4: S.Mann
5: M Ausburn.
Vets:
1; P.Lovett (Yamaha)
2: P. Cox (Suzuki)
3: M. Hams (Suzuki)
4: G. Milne 5:
P. Grant Mitchell
6: W.Freeland (Husky510)
Women:
1: R. Bateman (Husqvarna Racing)
2: Gina Cleaver (Hogs Breath Caf̩ Yamaha)
3: R. Eagle (Honda)
Juniors:
1: A. Foreman
2: B McInnes
3: R. McGill
4: K.Maybury
5: E.Webster:
6:M.Grant
Quads:
1: M.Coulter
2: M.Di Nardo
3: M.Mammerella
