Race Report PCRA Round 3 Sydney Motorsport Park North Circuit. on 31st. May 2014

 Round 3 of the PCRA BRA Championship raced on the very quick North Circuit at Eastern Creek on a cool dry Autumn day. The racing was exciting with loads of slipstreaming on the long straights, making for exciting dashes to the finish line.

Motolites

Anthony Marsden (#86 Honda RS85 Bento Racing) qualified for pole in Race 1 from Tyler Bradford (#77 Honda 150) and Shane Wilcox (#68 Honda RS85) by less than 0.5s.

Race 1

Anthony Marsden fluffed his start allowing Shane Wilcox and Ken Lawrence(#14 Honda RS150) to lead at the end of lap 1. On lap 3 it was Tyler Bradford ahead of Shane Wilcox and then Anthony Marsden. Later that lap Anthony retired with mechanical problems. On lap 4 Shane Wilcox was back in the lead until Tyler Bradford overtook him into the high speed turn 1 on lap 5. On the same lap Shane Wilcox took advantage of lapped  traffic in the chicane on the back straight to get ahead of Tyler Bradford who then on the last lap slipstreamed past him to snatch first place. Shane Wilcox 2nd and Ken Lawrence in 3rd 0.07sec ahead of Jack McGauley( #28 Honda RS85).

Race 2

Tyler Bradford had a blinder of a start with Shane Wilcox in close pursuit. On lap 2 Shane Wilcox was leading by a whisker into turn 1 but Tyler Bradford took first place from him by just 0.051 sec even though Shane Wilcox posted the fasted lap. Jack McGauley taking 3rd after Ken Lawrence retired with mechanical problems.

Race 3

Shane Wilcox led on the first lap in Race 3 before Tyler Bradford took control for the remainder of the race with Jack McGauley, a distant 18 secs behind, finishing 3rd. Next up was Jeff Brown on the BBE Yamaha YFZR150 looking very racy. Jack McGauleys Dad Marty finished next (5th.) to tie on points in the Motolite championship.

At the halfway stage of the Bucket championships Tyler Bradford is looking strong for the Motolite crown.

Round 3 Motolite Results

1. 77 TYLER BRADFORD (NSW) HONDA 150
2. 68 SHANE WILCOX (NSW) HONDA 80
3. 28 JACK MCGAULEY (NSW) HONDA RS 85
4. 96 JEFF H.BROWN (NSW) YAMAHA 125
5. 32 MARTY MCGAULEY (NSW) HONDA 85
6. 63 BOB MURPHY (NSW) HONDA 200
7. 22 JEFF ANGEL (NSW) MORIWAKI 80
8. 11 MICHAEL MCLEAN (NSW) HONDA CBR 150
9. 80 COLIN BERRY (NSW) SUP 150
10. 14 KEN LAWRENCE (NSW) HONDA RS 150
11. 56 HERMANN WAGUS (NSW) HONDA CB 150

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Superlites PRO

Race 1

Ian Gregory(#169 Honda 150) and Junior Murphy(#38 Junior Murphy (BBE Honda CB150)  were in a class of their own qualifying with times competitive for the Motolites and nearly 3 secs ahead of Tim Smith(#65 Honda CL150). Disaster struck Ian Gregory in race 1 after a gentle tap from another competitor stopped his bike forcing him to retire and relinquish 1st to Junior Murphy, 2nd went to Tim Smith with Ken Lindsay(#2 Honda RSC150 Hawkesbury Honda) 3rd.

A brains trust diagnosed Ian Gregory's ignition issue just before he was going to put his bike on the trailer, allowing him to return for Races 2 and 3.

Race 2

Even though starting near the back of the grid Ian was on Junior Murphy's tail by turn 1 and won the race. Tim Smith and Ken Lindsay were stuck in a group of Commuterlites and Motolites with Tim prevailing to take 3rd from Ken by less than 0.4 secs.

Race 3

Race 3 was almost a repeat of 2 with a flag to flag victory by Ian Gregory ahead of Junior and Ken Lindsay scraping past Tim Smith to take 3rd by just 0.1 secs.

Round 3 Superlite Pro Results

1. 38 WALTER MURPHY (NSW) HONDA CB 125
2. 65 TIM SMITH (NSW) HONDA CL 150
3. 2 KEN LINDSAY (NSW) HONDA RSC 150
4. 169 IAN GREGORY (NSW) HONDA 150
5. 4 MARTIN KRAAYMAAT (NSW) HONDA CB 125T DNF

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Superlites AM

Race 1

This class was well represented in qualifying with 9 starters but in race 1 only 8 started and 7 finished with Darrell Francis (#164 Honda CB150) celebrating the end of his day bellowing a large blue smoke plume. Robert Tisdell (#81 Honda CB150) survived to take 1st 1 lap ahead of 2nd placed Jim Murphy (BBE Honda CB150) followed by Glenn Tisdell (#181 Suzuki 140) 3rd. Next up and first 2 stroke home #31 Duncan Taylor (Kawasaki KH100)  with #99 Anthony Bilston (Suzuki GS125)  in close attendance.

Race 2

Race 2 saw closer racing with Jim Murphy getting pipped on the line by Robert Tisdell to be relegated to 2nd with Duncan Taylor (#31 Kawasaki KH100) taking 3rd. with Glenn Tisdell (Suzuki150) coming in 4th.

Race 3

The third race had a similar result with Robert Tisdell improving his margin over Jim with the unlucky Glenn Tisdell posting a DNF gifting Duncan Taylor (#31 Kawasaki KH100) 3rd.

Round 3 Superlite AM Results

1. 81 ROBERT TISDELL (NSW) HONDA CB 150
2. 62 JIM MURPHY (NSW) HONDA XL 125
3. 31 DUNCAN TAYLOR (NSW) KAWASAKI KH 100
4. 181 GLENN TISDELL (NSW) SUZUKI 125
5. 99 ANTHONY BILSTON (NSW) SUZUKI GS 125
6. 86 JEFFREY WHITE (NSW) HONDA CB 125
7. 164 DARRELL FRANCIS (NSW) HONDA CB 150
8. 88 MARK ROBERTSON (NSW) SUZUKI GP100 DNF
9. 98 ZAC PERRINGTON (NSW) KAWASAKI KH 100 DNF

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Commuterite PRO

Race 1

Nicholas Wenban(#48 Honda CBR125) looked to have the edge on Jack Robinson (#888 Honda CBR125) in qualifying but Jack took the win in the first race with #48 Nicolas Winban (CBR125) 2nd and #136 Ron Pulido(CBR125) a close 3rd.

Next up came #67 Richard Draper (CBR125) followed by #16 Robert Young (KTM125 Duke.)

Race 2

Nicholas recovered to take the second race with #888 Jack Robinson (CBR125) 2nd and Ron Pulido (#136 Honda CBR125) finishing 3rd. 4th. place again went to #67 Richard Draper (CBR125)  and 5th place #16 Robert Young (KTM125 Duke).  

Race 3

The third race saw Nicholas edge out #136 Ron Pulido(CBR125) by a mere 0.1sec with Jack Robinson finishing 3rd. Fourth place again went to #67 Richard Draper (CBR125)  and 5th place #16 Robert Young (KTM125 Duke).  

Round 3 Commuterlite PRO Results

1. 48 NICOLAS WENBAN (NSW)HONDA CBR 125
2. 888 JACK ROBINSON (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
3. 136 RON PULIDO (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
4. 67 RICHARD DRAPER (NSW)HONDA CBR 125
5. 16 ROBERT YOUNG (NSW) KTM 125

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Commuterite AM

Race 1

A few AMs were staking a claim to being PRO on this track. Adam Cameron (#17 Honda CB 125) taking first from Oliver Higgins (#73 Honda CBR125) with Richard Cook(#40 Honda CBR125) 3rd. Next up in 4th came  #13 Andrew Martin (Honda CBR125) followed by 5th. #104 Ron Winban (CBR125), 6th. #555 Nicholas Miller (Honda CBR125), 7th. Jason Blanch (CBR125), 8th. #92 Tony Martin (Honda CBR125), 9th. #3 Peter Lindsay (Honda CBR125), 10th. #131 Rez Pulido (Honda CBR125) and 11th. #108 Frank Loveridge (Honda CBR125). 

Race 2

Race 2 saw #73 Oliver Higgins (CBR125)  prevail with nearly a 5 secs gap over #17 Adam Cameron (Honda CBR125) and #13 Andrew Martin (Honda CB125) getting 3rd. Ron Wenban (#104 Honda CBR125) just edging out Jason Blanch (#10 Honda CBR125) for 4th. #555 Nicholas Miller (Honda CBR125) netted 6th. followed by Richard Cook (#40 Honda CBR125) 7th. Next came #92 Tony Martin (Honda CBR125)8th. #3 Peter Lindsay (Honda CBR125) 9th, #131 Rez Pulido (Honda CBR125)10th and #118 Darrell Francis Yamaha YFZR125 11th.

Race 3

Race 3 saw places permuted again with Adam getting first again over Oliver 2nd with Andrew 3rd safely gapping a tight bunch with Nicholas Miller 4th edging out Richard Cook 5th, Jason Blanch  6th., Ron Wenban 7th. Tony Martin 8th, Peter Lindsay 9th, Rez 10th, and Darrell 11th.

All races finishing in a peloton of Commuterlites, Motolites and Superlites. The Commuterlites didn't disappoint as usual they put on a fine display of close racing with precision slipstreaming on the long straights, producing some great lap times mixing it with some Motolites and Superlites. 

Round 3 Commuterlite AM Results

1. 17 ADAM CAMERON (NSW) HONDA CB 125
2. 73 OLIVER HIGGINS (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
3. 13 ANDREW MARTIN (NSW) HONDA CB 125
4. 40 RICHARD COOK (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
5. 555 NICHOLAS MILLER (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
6. 104 RON WENBAN (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
7. 10 JASON BLANCH (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
8. 92 TONY MARTIN (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
9. 3 PETER LINDSAY (NSW) HONDA CB 125
10. 131 REZ PULIDO (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
11. 108 FRANK LOVERIDGE (NSW) HONDA CBR 125
12. 118 DARRELL FRANCIS (NSW) YAMAHA YFZR125

Race Report: John Olip

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