Over halfway through the 2023 Championship season the points tables, not to mention on-track rivalries are really starting to heat up. With plenty of anticipation coming into this round, a strong South Aussie contingent loaded the bikes and made the trip to Morgan Park Raceway in sunny Queensland for Round 5 of the 2023 mi-Bike Australian Superbike Championships over the 14 -16th of July. Coming to the business end of the season, we’re seeing riders pulling out all the stops to gain valuable championship points and cement season rankings.
Boy was this round a standout, first of all, we can’t go on without mentioning just some of the fantastic results of the weekend –
Olly Simpson – Continuing to wow fans, he rode exceptionally strong from the get-go, claiming a 2nd place finish in race 1 to kick off the weekend. All warmed up, he continued on to take the P1 top spot for race 2, the round overall win and continue to lead the 2023 ASBK Supersport 600 Championship – Well done and we can’t wait to see you bring it home for the final Championship races.
Photos courtesy of Tayco_creative.
Ty Lynch – after crashing out whilst leading race 1 and dislocating his shoulder, Ty fought back to claim a third place finish for race 2. He currently sits 5th in Supersport 600 for the round and 3rd overall in the Championship standings – What a great comeback!
Photos courtesy of Pit Lane Studio
Archie Schmidt – Showed the Oceania Junior Cup field how it’s done. He nailed a second place finish in race 1, third place for race 2 and first place finish in race 3. This put him in the P1 hot seat for the round and second place overall for the 2023 Oceania Junior Cup. Pretty spectacular if I do say so myself!!
Photos courtesy of Pit Lane Studio
Check out your favourite riders social media page below to see their thoughts on the weekend –
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
Our riders are currently coming home to rest up before taking off over the border to the iconic Philip Island, though the 27-29 October for Round 6 of the 2023 mi-Bike Australian Superbike Championship and get ever so much closer to the 2023 ASBK finale.
Follow all the ASBK action on the below links –
WEBSITE; https://www.asbk.com.au/
SOCIALS; https://www.facebook.com/asbksuperbikes
RESULTS; https://www.computime.com.au/Default
Round 5 results – and where they are all sitting in the Championship after round 5 of 7 rounds!
| RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | OVERALL | CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
| SUPERBIKES | (after round 5 of 7) | |||||
| Arthur Sissis | 8th | 9th | 9th | 9th | ||
| Michael Kemp | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | ||
| 600 SUPERSPORT | (after round 4 of 6) | |||||
| Olly Simpson | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
| Ty Lynch | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | ||
| Dallas Skeer | DNF | 7th | 12th | 7th | ||
| Declan Carberry | 9th | 14th | 9th | 17th | ||
| 300 SUPERSPORT | (after round 4 of 6) | |||||
| Sam Pezzetta | 8th | 8th | 8th | 6th | 9th | |
| Jordy Simpson | 10th | 10th | 14th | 10th | 12th | |
| Tara Morrison | 13th | 12th | 12th | 13th | 17th | |
| Ryder Gilbert | 15th | 15th | 15th | 16th | 20th | |
| Brock Quinlan | 17th | 16th | 18th | 19th | 23rd | |
| OCEANIA JUNIOR CUP (Round 3) | (after Round 3 of 5) | |||||
| Archie Schmidt | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | |
| Rikki Henry | – | – | – | – | 11th | |
| R3 CUP (Round 3) | (after Round 3 of 5) | |||||
| Sam Pezzetta | 9th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | |
| Jordy Simpson | 10th | 8th | 10th | 10th | 9th | |
| Cooper Rowntree | – | – | – | – | 11th | |
| Ryder Gilbert | 12th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 15th | |