SA’s road race teams have continued their results tally from round 1 with more action-packed intense racing at Round 2 of the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK) in Sydney Motorsport Park over the 25th and 26th March 2023. It was certainly a historic weekend and for the first time…racing under lights!!
A team of 16 South Australians, their families and team members loaded up the trucks for the trip over, all keen to continue the championship journey. Unfortunately, we didn’t see Jack Davis or Phoenix Agar join the crew to make the trip, but hopefully looking forward to them, returning for Round 3 at Queensland Raceway.
With most of our riders have social media pages, here are the ones that we know of so far, so check out their reports and thoughts on how their season has started!
Tara Morrison – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087208255688
Cam Rende – https://www.facebook.com/Cam-Rende-80-103641782246962
Arthur Sissis & Sam Pezzetta –https://www.facebook.com/ArthurSissis61RacingTeam
Olly Simpson https://www.facebook.com/ollysimpsonracing
Dallas Skeer – https://www.facebook.com/DallasSkeerRacing
Ty Lynch – https://www.facebook.com/TyraLynchRacing
Michael Kemp – https://www.facebook.com/michaelkempracing
Dallas Skeer Racing – https://www.facebook.com/DallasSkeerRacing
Declan Carberry – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057635011292
Cooper Rowntree – https://www.facebook.com/CooperRowntree57
Brock Quinlan – https://www.facebook.com/brockquinlan87
Ryder Gilbert – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089634796268
Rikki Henry – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076832051611
Even being so early in the championship series, we can’t help but be incredibly excited with the level of racing our South Aussies are throwing down. Not only having multiple top 10 placings but also having 2 of our champs lead the 600 Supersport Series. Ty Lynch is currently enjoying the top spot after a stellar consistent series and Olly Simpson charging hard, keen to move up from second place overall. It’s simply fantastic to see!!
Special kudos to young Archie Schmidt, with this being his debut year racing the Oceania Junior Series and fantastically, pulling a 3rd place podium in race 3, to sit in 9th place for the Championship so far.
Pit Lane Studio was there to catch all the action 📸
Round 2 results – and where they are all sitting in the Championship after round 2 of 7 rounds!
| RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | OVERALL | CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| SUPERBIKES | (after round 2 of 7) | |||||
| Arthur Sissis | 6th | 14th | 5th | 5th | ||
| Michael Kemp | 15th | 11th | 11th | 12th | ||
| Jack Davis | – | – | – | – | 16th | |
| 600 SUPERSPORT | ||||||
| Ty Lynch | 6th | 8th | 4th | 1st | ||
| Olly Simpson | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| Dallas Skeer | 11th | 6th | 8th | 8th | ||
| Declan Carberry | 20th | 16th | 20th | 17th | ||
| Mitch Simpson | 18th | – | 21st | 18th | ||
| 300 SUPERSPORT | ||||||
| Cooper Rowntree | 10th | 8th | 16th | 10th | 9th | |
| Sam Pezzetta | 8th | 8th | 13th | 14th | 16th | |
| Brock Quinlan | 17th | – | – | 21st | 21st | |
| Jordy Simson | 14th | 18th | 13th | 16th | 14th | |
| Tara Morrison | 18th | 17th | 14th | 18th | 17th | |
| Ryder Gilbert | 20th | 19th | – | 22nd | 20th | |
| OCEANIA JUNIOR CUP (Round 1) | ||||||
| Archie Schmidt | DNF | 7th | 3rd | 9th | 9th | |
| Rikki Henry | DNF | 8th | 12th | 11th | 11th | |
| R3 CUP (Round 1) | ||||||
| Cooper Rowntree | 9th | 7th | 11th | 7th | 7th | |
| Sam Pezzetta | 7th | 11th | 17th | 12th | 12th | |
| Jordy Simpson | 13th | 14th | 10th | 14th | 14th | |
| Ryder Gilbert | 15th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 16th |
With this chapter written, series continues on, roaring into round 3 at Queensland Raceway over the 28th – 30th April 2023. We can’t wait to see our South Aussies hit the track again to continue their fantastic results.