Honda on the Front Row for Swann Insurance Superbike Races
16th May 2015 – Jamie Stauffer is back! Taking the Race 2 win and 2nd overall today in the FX Championship, #2 Stauffer proved without a shadow of a doubt that he is back in the title charge. He will line up in P2 on the grid next to team mate #3 Troy Herfoss in P3 for tomorrow’s Swann Series.
The Australasian Superbike Championship is heating up with some very close racing and both Honda riders are well and truly in the mix.
Troy Herfoss was the early leader in Race 1 today, but unfortunately ran off the track on lap 8 and had to work his magic to re-join the race and finish in 3rd place. Stauffer raced well in Race 1 to finish 2nd from his P3 start.
Race 2 was Stauffer’s from start to finish and he looked very comfortable on-board his CBR1000RR SP. However, it was Herfoss, finishing in 4th place that recording the fastest lap of the race, a 1:06.885 sec on lap 8.
Herfoss also recorded the fastest lap of Race 3 today with a lap time of 1:06.787 sec and finished in 2nd place. Stauffer finished Race 3 in 4th place and is pleased with his first day back at the office. “Today was not bad, I’m still a little rusty at times and I did make some little mistakes, but overall we didn’t do too badly. We are making some minor changes to the bike for tomorrow’s Swann Series races and hopefully we will be up the front racing for the win.”
Stauffer will start from P2 on the grid tomorrow and team mate Troy Herfoss will line up beside him in P3 after finishing 3rd overall for the day.
Herfoss is looking forward to tomorrow’s Swann Insurance Superbike races to consolidate his results from today saying, “We made some really good progress with the bike today and gained a lot of confidence back with the front end after my tumble on Friday. The result today was not what I would have liked, but on a positive note we were in a position to win all three races so we will do our best to get back on the top step tomorrow. Mallala is the most physical track and it showed at the end of Race 3 with a lot of riders’ lap times getting away from them. I’m looking forward to another day on track tomorrow.”