Race Reports

Victorian Titles Championships Supersport C Grade 2011 points after Round 3

Steve 3rd with 139 points, 49 behind the leader Ben Gotch
Brayden is 4th with 134 points, 55 points behind leader and 5 points behind Steve.

Victorian Titles Championships Supersport Overall 2011  points after Round 3

Next round is at Broadford on the 17th & 18th September.

Motortrack Accessories Racing heads to the second round of the Victorian Roadrace Titles that was conducted on 16th & 17th April at Winton Motor Raceway.  Mototrack Racing was entered into the Supersport 600 and Open over 500's events.

We headed up there on the Thursday for an early morning practice session on the Friday morning, Brayden had never been to Winton before whilst Steve has been there on four occasions.  Steve decided to sit out practice and help Brayden get out on the track for practice, first session and Brayden is doing 1:40's whilst learning the lines. 

The day only saw four sessions completed due to the late start, Brayden had reduced his time to 1:36 by the end of the day, this time would place him mid field and a good time for someone who has never been around the track.

Arrive at the track on Saturday morning and place a fresh set pf tyres on both bikes.  First qualifying session out and Steve qualifies 6th will a personal best of 1:33.990 and Brayden qualifies 7th with a great time of 1:34.478.  Next over 500's qualifying sees the results reversed when Brayden finds his rhythm around Winton, Brayden qualifies 8th with a time of 1:32.702 and Steve 10th with a time of 1:34.911.

The weekend proved very exciting with Brayden getting the better of Steve all weekend despite Brayden highsiding in Race 2 of the over 500's.

Brayden's times are fantastic for a first timer at the track with a personal best of 1:31.913 and Steve managed a Personal best of 1:32.365 and finished 3rd in Race 3 of Supersport.  Steve left the track in Race 2 of the Supersport race and could only regain a few spots to finish 12th.

Congratulations to Brayden who finished 3rd Overall C Grader in Supersport whilst Steve finished 6th.

Victorian Titles Championships Supersport C Grade 2011

Brayden 3rd with 99 points, 26 behind the leader Ben Gotch
Steve is 4th with 96 points, 29 points behind leader and 3 points behind Brayden.

Victorian Titles Championships Supersport Overall 2011

Next round is at Phillip Island on the 14th & 15th May.

Southern Downs Success

This week Reece Bancell Scholarship/Yamaha rider Mike Jones headed back to his home state of Queensland to compete in the Southern Downs Challenge at Morgan Park Raceway.

Unfortunately extended heavy rain on Saturday forced an early closure to the day’s events, but not before Mike could set the fastest lap in practice/qualifying, leaving him with Pole Position for Sunday.

The first race on Sunday presented extremely tough conditions, with a track which was too dry for wet tyres but not dry enough for the Dunlop control tyres. Mike decided to run with the control tyre: “The aim was to finish the race and gain experience in that situation, which is exactly what I did.”

After the difficult conditions of the first race the rain continued to pour and Mike chose wet tyres for both the final races. After some intense battling and a few ‘close moments’ Mike took 2^nd place in both races, finishing 3^rd overall for the weekend.

“Overall it was a great weekend and I was very happy with the results considering the difficult conditions. I gained more experience and learnt about intermediate track conditions, both with the use of wet and dry tyres. Now for the future I am more prepared for situations such as these and I can recall on this knowledge to help my on-track performances.”

Next Mike heads to the Top End to continue his pursuit of the ASBK Superstock 600 crown. “I’m really looking forward to Round 3 of the ASBK Championships at Hidden Valley Raceway in Darwin. I’m leading the Superstock 600 category and I hope to extend my lead even further at a track which I enjoy.”

Stay tuned for the next instalment of Mike Jones Racing: www.mikejonesracing.com.au

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In a true testament to his astonishing talent, young Mike Jones has repeated his first round performance by producing another clean sweep of the ASBK Superstock 600 category – this time, remarkably, at a track he had never before ridden on the 600.

Round 2 at Symmons Plains (TAS) on March 4-6^th saw the Reece Bancell Scholarship recipient once again start the weekend by taking pole position with a new qualifying record. Shortly afterwards, even after a slow start had relegated him to eighth place, Mike converted pole into a race win. In an exciting display of determination, one by one ‘Mad Mike’ picked off the riders in front to regain the lead, striding home 4.913s clear of second place. In the same process he set a new lap record of 57.400s – over half a second faster than the previous.

Race 2 saw a better start from Mike and he took the lead almost immediately, churning out fast lap after fast lap with no more than 0.35s variation – the level of consistency further testimony to the young rider’s depth of skill. No challenges came from behind and Mike crossed the line an impressive 8.907s ahead of the next rider.

The final race of the weekend again had Mike with a good start and the race lead, until a heart-stopping moment on the last turn of lap one dropped him back to third position. Mike recovered quickly, and only two laps later had recaptured the lead and shortly after checked out once more, wrapping up the race and the round.

"The season has started with a 100% strike rate – a clean sweep at Round 1 at Phillip Island, and another here at Round 2 in Symmons Plains. This weekend went perfectly, with the help of Adam from the California Superbike School and Stewart from SW Racing I was able to be very fast with minimal track time. I'm looking forward to another good ride at Round 3 at Hidden Valley in a few weeks time" said Mike.

2011 is Mike’s second season in ASBK Superstock 600, his 2010 debut season, in which he finished 3^rd overall, clearly laying the groundwork for the calculated domination we are witnessing today.

Next weekend Mike switches series and heads to Eastern Creek for the opening round of the AFX-SBK Championship. Follow him at www.mikejonesracing.com.au.