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<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\nThe Addicted to Track Yamaha rider looked sharp from the first laps, diving straight into the 1:32s before setting a 1:31.921 on his ninth circuit. Only Josh Waters could join him in that bracket, the McMartin Racing Ducati looking supremely fast and stable with more speed clearly on tap if Waters chose to dig deeper.<\/p>\n
Mike Jones and Broc Pearson were next best, both about half a second adrift of the leading pair. Cru Halliday continued his adjustment to the Ducati V4 R, finishing just over a second behind Waters. Though running Stop & Seal colours, Halliday\u2019s bike is prepared by McMartin, and the collaboration is set to continue for the remainder of 2025.<\/p>\n Jack Favelle and Jonathan Nahlous both impressed in the low 1:33s, edging out Troy Herfoss, who was quickly into a lengthy debrief with the YRT crew as he works with the team through the closing three rounds of the season. Max Stauffer slotted into ninth with Cam Dunker rounding out the top ten ahead of Ty Lynch.<\/p>\n By FP2, the sun was out, the temperature was climbing, and Westy was at it again\u2026 Straight out the gate with a 1:31.685, then a 1:32.029 for good measure. Waters responded with a 1:31.726, but it was Broc Pearson who briefly stole the spotlight with a 1:31.437 on the DesmoSport Ducati.<\/p>\n Not to be outdone, West dropped the hammer with a 1:30.928, a time no one else got near in FP2. He ended the session on top ahead of Pearson and Waters, with Jones fourth. Halliday continued to chip away at the gap, Favelle again looked solid, and Herfoss slashed nearly a second from his earlier best to close to within half a second of Jones.<\/p>\n Stauffer and Dunker were both into the 1:32s for eighth and ninth, while Nahlous rounded out the top ten just ahead of Lynch.<\/p>\n Conditions only improved further for FP3, setting the stage for what looked like a perfect final hit-out of the day.<\/p>\n That was until Cam Dunker ran on at turn one after suffering an engine failure on the main straight.<\/p>\n This resulted in a lengthy delay in proceedings as the track was cleaned up after the oil-down.<\/p>\n Riders exited the pits again around 1450. That man Westy was right back at it from the off\u2026 Straight back into the 31s, a 1m31.924, followed by a 1m32.180 and a 1m31.699 before returning to the pits. Josh Waters knocked Westy out of P1 in the dying seconds of the session, a 1m31.351 to the champ good enough to top FP3, but Westy was still top on combined times courtesy of his 1m30.928 from FP2. Broc Pearson\u2019s 1m31.437 was good enough for third on combined times ahead of Mike Jones, Troy Herfoss and Max Stauffer. Herfoss had found more speed on the YRT YZF-R1M to close within a tenth of Mike.<\/p>\n Qualifying<\/p>\n Q1 got underway just after 1530, and again, Westy was quick out of the blocks. A 1m31.109 on his first flying lap set the initial target for others to chase.<\/p>\n The top 12 from Q1 would graduate to Q2, thus, with a time that quick on the boards, Westy would sit out the remainder of the session in the pits.<\/p>\n Mike Jones dropped in his first 31 of the day in Q2, a 1m31.803, to secure his spot in Q2.<\/p>\n Josh Waters and Cru Halliday waited until halfway through the session before securing their berths with a 1m31.697 and 1m31.724, respectively. Waters had been quicker during practice, but Halliday\u2019s time was half a second quicker than he had managed earlier. The team is working together\u2026<\/p>\n For the last half of the Q1 session, the track was mainly quiet; the top 12 were all in the pits, happy enough that they would make it through to Q2. Not a very exciting spectacle for the few spectators who turned up to watch today.\u00a0 There was then a ten-minute break before things got a bit more serious as the pit exit opened for the 15-minute Q2 session.<\/p>\n Anthony West set the early benchmark at 1m31.499 ahead of Broc Pearson (1m31.606) and Mike Jones (1m31.894).<\/p>\n Josh Waters and Cru Halliday were circulating together once again, Waters crossing the stripe to set a 1m31.725 with Halliday right behind on 1m31.996. Halfway through the session, Max Stauffer was sixth, Jack Favelle seventh, and Troy Herfoss eighth. Most riders had now returned to the pits.<\/p>\n Anthony West was one of the first back out as riders started to shape up for their final effort. He made it count too, lowering his marker to 1m30.462! Westy is on fire this weekend. Only a tenth outside the lap record set by Waters here last year.<\/p>\n Josh Waters then put in a 1m31.162 to move up to P2 ahead of Mike Jones, who had reeled off a 1m31.326, while Broc Pearson was fourth on 1m31.520.<\/p>\n Max Stauffer was finding his feet again on his old bike, dropping in a 1m31.973 to secure a spot on the second row. Qualifying just ahead of him was Cru Halliday.<\/p>\n Jack Favelle will head the third row alongside Troy Herfoss and Jonathan Nahlous.<\/p>\n One rider missing from the action today was Glenn Allerton. The Superbike Advocates rider woke up with some painful back trouble that required some medication to be administered, which ruled him out of proceedings today. If Allerton pulls up okay overnight, he will start from the back of the grid on Sunday. Alongside him will be Cam Dunker, who, after his engine failure in practice, did not make it out in qualifying.<\/p>\n The opening 11-lap Superbike race is slated to get underway at 1100 on Sunday morning before the second and final equally short bout starts at 1445. Conditions are forecast to be less than ideal. There is a strong chance of rain along with blustery winds.<\/p>\n Pos<\/p>\n Rider<\/p>\n Bike<\/p>\n Time\/Gap<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n A. West<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 1:30.462<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n J. Waters<\/p>\n Duc<\/p>\n +0.700<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n M. Jones<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +0.864<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n B. Pearson<\/p>\n Duc<\/p>\n +1.058<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n C. Halliday<\/p>\n Duc<\/p>\n +1.243<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n M. Stauffer<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +1.511<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n J. Favelle<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +1.878<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n T. Herfoss<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +2.097<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n J. Nahlous<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +2.268<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n T. Lynch<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +3.398<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n R. Yanko<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +3.770<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n J. Lytras<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +3.941<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n B. Wilson<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +5.084<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n P. Linkenbagh<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +6.721<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n L. Jones<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +6.867<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n O. O\u2019Donovan<\/p>\n Kaw<\/p>\n +7.007<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n M. Kemp<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n +8.848<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n D. Carberry<\/p>\n BMW<\/p>\n +8.886<\/p>\n SW-Motech Superbike Championship Points<\/p>\n Pos<\/p>\n Rider<\/p>\n Bike<\/p>\n Points<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n J. Waters<\/p>\n Duc<\/p>\n 261<\/p>\n 2<\/p>\n M. Jones<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 207<\/p>\n 3<\/p>\n A. West<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 192<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n G. Allerton<\/p>\n Duc<\/p>\n 161<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n C. Dunker<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 150<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n B. Pearson<\/p>\n Duc<\/p>\n 147<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n M. Stauffer<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 147<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n J. Nahlous<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 142<\/p>\n 9<\/p>\n J. Favelle<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 137<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n J. Lytras<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 126<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n C. Halliday<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 109<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n R. Yanko<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 79<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n A. Sissis<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 67<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n T. Lynch<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 65<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n T. Edwards<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 48<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n J. Soderland<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 43<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n T. Toparis<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 38<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n M. Walters<\/p>\n Apr<\/p>\n 26<\/p>\n 19<\/p>\n M. Edwards<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 25<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n P. Linkenbagh<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 23<\/p>\n 21<\/p>\n M. Aizuddin<\/p>\n Bmw<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n 22<\/p>\n E. Leeson<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 19<\/p>\n 23<\/p>\n C. Holding<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n 24<\/p>\n M. Hamod<\/p>\n Hon<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n 25<\/p>\n B. Beaton<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 12<\/p>\n 26<\/p>\n N. Mahon<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n 27<\/p>\n A. Senior<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 7<\/p>\n 28<\/p>\n S. Condon<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 29<\/p>\n K. Higuchi<\/p>\n Suz<\/p>\n 5<\/p>\n 30<\/p>\n M. Kemp<\/p>\n Yam<\/p>\n 1<\/p>\n Kawasaki Supersport Qualifying<\/p>\n Archie McDonald set the tone in Saturday morning practice, topping the timesheets with a 1m34.335 aboard his YZF-R6. Stop & Seal team-mate Tom Toparis wasn\u2019t far behind, clocking a 1m34.637 on the Next Gen-spec Ducati V2, while Jake Farnsworth (Worth Racing YZF-R6) was the only other rider to dip into the 34s with a 1m34.958.<\/p>\n When qualifying rolled around, Archie wasted no time stamping his authority. He strung together a 1m34.6, then a 1m34.487, before smashing his own qualifying lap record with a 1m33.950; a full second under the benchmark he\u2019d set at the Island back in February.<\/p>\n And just to underline the point, the Albury-Wodonga youngster went even quicker on his sixth lap, stopping the clocks at 1m33.808. Record lowered again, job done\u2026<\/p>\n Second on the Q1 timesheets was Tom Toparis, six-tenths adrift of his Stop & Seal team-mate McDonald.<\/p>\n Jake Farnsworth slotted into third, another six-tenths back, and just a shade off his FP2 pace. Tom Bramich took fourth, with Hayden Nelson rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n Jack Mahaffy was nursing a bent frame; the team hopes to swap it out overnight, but still managed to salvage sixth. Tom Edwards\u2019 session was interrupted by a fall at Turn 4, stunting his progress in the opening qualifier.<\/p>\n Tom Toparis went down at turn six halfway through Q2, which saw his chances of improvement go up in smoke. Jake Farnsworth did improve marginally but remained third quickest on combined times.<\/p>\n Hayden Nelson was another one to improve in Q2, moving up to fourth while demoting Tom Bramich to fifth.<\/p>\n Tom Edwards and Levi Russo improved their standing to eighth and ninth, respectively, while Luca Durning, another to improve in the afternoon, rounded out the top ten on the DesmoSport Ducati V2.<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Cru Halliday \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Anthony West \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Troy Herfoss \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Smokescreen activated\u2026 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>You can actually see oil still beading along the bottom edge of the bellypan. Inside the bellypan were bits of engine\u2026 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Track clean up \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Mike Jones \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Josh Waters \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Broc Pearson \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Troy Herfoss \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Superbike Qualifying \u2013 Anthony West<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Superbike Qualifying \u2013 Josh Waters<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Superbike Qualifying \u2013 Anthony West on pole<\/p>\n<\/a>ASBK 2025 \u2013 Round Six \u2013 Phillip Island \u2013 Superbike Qualifying
\nSW-Motech Superbike Combined Qualifying Results<\/p>\n<\/a>Archie McDonald \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Archie McDonald \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Jake Farnsworth \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Jack Mahaffy \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Tom Toparis \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n<\/a>Hayden Nelson \u2013 Image RbMotoLens<\/p>\n