From a press release issued by Mat Mladin Imports:

ADAM FERGUSSON TAKES AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE & SUPERSPORT TITLES FOR JOE ROCKET

It was a red letter day for Joe Rocket’s Adam ‘Krusty’ Fergusson at the penultimate round of the Australian Superbike Championship with the Victorian piloting his Castrol Hondas to a string of consistent results that earned him sufficient points to claim the two most prestigious titles, the Australian Superbike and Supersport Championships.

After a mid-season string of victories, Fergusson was in a strong position when he arrived at Queensland Raceway and consistency was all that was needed and that’s exactly what he achieved.

Krusty qualified second fastest in Superbike and then produced a pair of thirds and a seventh, to give him a 76-point margin over Yamaha’s Shannon Johnson at the top of the table, with one round remaining. Even if Johnson was to scoop the pool at the final round, Fergusson would take the title on a count back of wins, having amassed seven this season.

By contrast, an unassailable advantage of 106 points gives the likable Victorian his first Supersport title. Qualifying third, he was in the thick of a hard days racing, finishing with a second, fourth and fifth.

“It’s been a great day, that’s for sure,” said Fergusson. “I hadn’t won an Australian title before and today I picked up two. It was twelve years in the making, but it’s fantastic.

“It was a bit of an up and down weekend for us. I jumped off the Supersport bike a couple of times during qualifying and had some other problems that never quite got fixed, primarily with the front end, but I brought that home where I had to in each of the races and did what was needed to wrap up the title.

“The Superbike was going really well, but I’ve never quite nailed this circuit. I’ve never gelled with the track, but did what I had to in the end.

“It’s good to have wrapped both titles up before the final round at Phillip Island, so I can go there with no stress and get back to doing what we’ve done for most of the year.”

While there was elation for Fergusson, his fellow Rocket Racers also had a very strong day at the office, scoring an impressive string of results and for some, it was a welcomed return to form.

Damian Cudlin rode strongly in the Superbike class all weekend, putting his Team Suzuki entry on the front row with the fourth fastest time. A sixth in the opening race was followed by a crash in the second when he was battling for the race lead and rounded his day off with a sixth in the third.

Nikon Yamaha’s Brendan Clarke showed signs that he his nearing his best again in the highly competitive Supersport class. Qualifying ninth, he improved on race day, taking a pair of fourths and a seventh.

Honda Financial Services teenager Jason O’Halloran had his strongest weekend since being injured at the second round of the championship. He continues to have problems with the ankle he broke and will be undergoing corrective surgery later this week to remove some floating bone fragments. His weekend was highlighted with two top ten finishes, a ninth in race one and tenth in the third.

The Australian Superbike Championship heads to Victoria’s Phillip Island on September 11 & 12, for the seventh and final round of this years series. The competitors will then return a month later to take part in the support class program of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix on the weekend of October 15 – 17.