Recapping a scorching second St. George Summer Ser...

2025 St. George MCC Summer season Sequence
Spherical Two – SMP

With Nick Edards – Photographs by Half Mild

---

The second spherical of the St George MCC Summer season Nights collection (SNS06) hit the monitor at Sydney Motorsport Park (SMP), throughout one of the vital brutal heatwaves this yr. I believe it’s honest to say that nobody actually needs to undergo a race assembly like that once more anytime quickly.

Climate situations have been horrible on the opening round in early December, however January’s second spherical was much more brutal with the mercury nonetheless rising into the early night. After the ambient temperature handed 40 levels, I made a decision to not test it anymore.  The monitor temperature within the early afternoon was 68 levels, sure, that’s Celsius, and sure went even increased earlier than the solar dipped in the direction of the horizon and gave us a little bit aid.

We’ll come again to the climate, because it had penalties for the assembly, however earlier than we get there, let’s take a look at the occasion format.

This spherical diverged from the same old schedule as described here in the Round One report. A a lot earlier begin noticed monitor motion scheduled from 1400 by means of to the 2230 curfew. It was simply unhealthy luck that the plan concerned being on monitor when the solar on that specific day was intent on air-frying anybody loopy sufficient to face underneath it for 5 minutes.

Summer season Night time rounds often encompass 12 classes, together with a qualifying session and three races for every of the three teams of lessons. These teams of lessons often observe a set sample, and the lessons in every group share monitor time. The standard unfold of teams and lessons seems to be like this:

• Pirelli Limitless Superbikes F1 (worldwide and nationwide class racers) and F2 (quick clubbies).
• AGV 600, with the identical F1/F2 break up.
• Limitless F3 for the clubbies not anticipated to interrupt the 1m40sec lap time mark, and Retro Superbikes for the bikes I grew up with, just like the Honda RC30.

So, for instance, Limitless F1 and F2 are on monitor collectively, and usually they’ll have a ten-minute qualifying after which three nine-minute plus one lap races, which often ends in a seven-lap race, by means of the night.

For Spherical Two, with the prolonged time allowed by the 1400 begin, there have been 5 teams reasonably than three. A late reshuffle of this was wanted when the deliberate sidecar class didn’t appeal to adequate entrants, resulting in its cancellation.

Subsequently, the AGV 600 lessons have been break up, with F1 and F2 having their very own monitor classes. Because of this strategy, the 5 ‘teams’ for SNS06 Spherical Two have been as follows:

• Pirelli Limitless Superbikes F1 and F2.
• Limitless F3 and Retro Superbikes.
• AGV 600 F1.
• AGV 600 F2.
• Components St George/Supersport 300 & 400 (FSG) making its first look at SNS06.

Given the extra time afforded by the prolonged occasion length, the plan was for every group to have the same old 10-minute qualifying, adopted by 5 races reasonably than 3.

This was all the time an bold plan because it meant making an attempt to suit 30 classes into eight and a half hours in comparison with a ‘regular’ occasion that will see 12 classes crammed into 4 hours.

We’ll by no means know the way properly that plan might need performed out underneath extra applicable situations as a result of, come 1400 and the scheduled begin time, the consensus was that the situations posed too nice a danger to riders, equipment and volunteers.

It wasn’t doing photographers a lot good both. I might solely stand outdoors for ten minutes or so earlier than I needed to crawl again into the automobile to get the air-con on ‘Ice Age’ to revive me.

The smart choice was to delay qualifying till 1630, with racing from 1800, and to return to a qualifying-plus-three-races format.

With 5 teams nonetheless within the combine, there was the apparent danger that the 2230 curfew would arrive earlier than all races have been run, and, with there being a couple of delays between races for bike and rider recoveries, the precise consequence was that solely Limitless F1/F2 accomplished three races; the remainder of the teams have been restricted to 2.

A disappointment given the intention of extra racing given the additional time obtainable, however the climate had the ultimate phrase, and you know the way the story goes – if you wish to make God snigger, inform him your plans.

Through the interim interval between the deliberate 1400 begin and the graduation of qualifying at 1630, teams got a 15-minute follow session in the event that they needed monitor time. Just a few courageous souls took the choice, however the majority of riders cooled their heels till the qualifying began, after which it was recreation on.

---

Limitless F1 & F2 Race One

Coming from Spherical One, the Limitless F1 factors desk was led by Senna Agius, who was not on deck for Spherical Two after experiencing a bike failure during a test at Phillip Island earlier in the week. JJ Nahlous (Yamaha), Glenn Allerton (Ducati), Joshua Newman (Ducati) and Josh Brookes (Honda) ranked second by means of fifth heading into the second spherical and have been very a lot in attendance, so it was a possibility for them to essentially make a mark on the factors desk.

Absent from Spherical One however becoming a member of the fray for Spherical Two have been Harrison Voight and Cru Halliday, each Ducati-mounted and anticipated to be taking part in on the sharp finish.

Marcus Hamod, Jack Favelle, and Jacob Roulstone have been additionally current and anticipated to characteristic in what seemed like a extremely robust class. There was some hope that Desmosport Ducati would possibly make an look, to provide Agius an opportunity to consolidate his lead and to provide Ant West extra time to familiarise himself with the V4R forward of the abbreviated ASBK 2026 season, but it surely wasn’t to be.

Come 1630, the present began to roll, and Pirelli Limitless F1 and F2 hit the monitor for his or her ten-minute qualifying.

Nahlous took out pole with a 1:31.694, which equates to a 154 km/h lap common velocity. Allerton took second spot only a tenth behind the Yamaha man. Nahlous and Allerton have been the one pair to crack 1:32 in qualifying, with Voight taking the final front-row place whereas Favelle, Halliday and Hamod locked down the second row.

Josh Brookes held seventh spot, which gave him quite a lot of work to do, given the velocity of the riders forward of him on the grid. Lower than one second separated pole from fifth, and but it was laborious to learn an excessive amount of into qualifying, because the climate situations have been nonetheless fairly unstable and anticipated to chill, even when solely barely, because the night progressed.

At first of Race One, Glenn Allerton was blazingly fast off the beginning line and acquired his nostril properly and actually forward of Nahlous going into Flip One.

Voight held down third place for the primary lap after which began to make his strikes, going beneath Nahlous into T1 at first of lap two after which making a transfer stick on Allerton to take the lead into T15 on the identical lap.

Halliday isn’t identified for being quick off the road, however he’s fast round SMP, as demonstrated by his catching and passing Nahlous on lap two, then displaying some nice type and velocity to search out Allerton and move him on the primary straight on lap three.

The race was then red-flagged, and the consequence was known as after a motorbike malfunction left some bits on the monitor in a harmful place.

Halliday might need felt aggrieved, as his tempo advised that, had the race run to full distance, he would possibly properly have been in a position to get to Voight for the lead, however the file books will present that Harrison Voight took most factors, crossing the road some half a second forward.

Halliday, in flip, had Allerton lower than four-hundredths of a second off his tail, additionally maybe seeking to make additional progress had the race not been abbreviated.

Nahlous was a little bit over a second adrift from Allerton. Hamod accomplished the highest 5. Brookes was solely in a position to card a seventh-place end with a greatest lap practically two seconds off the race quickest, as laid down by Halliday with a 1:30.576.

Limitless F1 & F2 Race One Outcomes

---

Limitless F1 & F2 Race Two

Progressive grid means the way you end in Race One units grid positions for Race Two, and so forth. So Voight, Halliday and Allerton held down the entrance row for the beginning of Race Two, which kicked off round 1945, with the ambient temperature nonetheless ridiculously excessive, nudging 40C.

The absence of direct solar meant the monitor had cooled a little bit, and it will take longer to fry an egg on it than it had a couple of hours earlier.

The entrance row all made good begins, sustaining their 1-2-3 positions into T1. Hamod was faster out of the blocks than Nahlous, and the #20 needed to work laborious to get again into fourth spot, which then became third place when Allerton needed to retire with a mechanical subject.

Brookes had quite a lot of work to do having began from the third row of the grid however actually acquired his head down and began working his approach up by means of the sphere.

Halliday was in a position to keep near Voight till the latter phases of the race when the #29 pulled out a two-second lead, which he held to the end. Nahlous completed a reasonably lonely third place, 2.5 seconds away from Halliday, with Brookes trailing some seven seconds again.

The highest 5 was accomplished by Hamod after the teen put in one other superb effort, ending the race a little bit underneath 15 seconds again from the winner, Voight.

Limitless F1 & F2 Race Two Outcomes

---

Limitless F1 & F2 Race Three

Race Three rounded out the dance card for Limitless F1/F2 and SNS06 Spherical Two. Riders took to the monitor shortly after 2200 by which era, the air temperature had moderated considerably, though nobody would describe it as cool.

The progressive grid put Voight, Halliday and Nahlous on the entrance row with Brookes, Hamod and Favelle on row two. Glenn Allerton didn’t take to the grid for Race Three.

The entrance three once more made good begins, Halliday demonstrating that he begins higher on the Ducati than he ever did on the Yamaha. Jack Favelle, ranging from sixth, acquired his head into the sport actually shortly and moved himself as much as fourth spot.

Favelle was taking no prisoners, and after Halliday dropped a spot again to 3rd, after a powerful transfer from Nahlous, Favelle was everywhere in the again of the #65. Brookes was shut on Favelle’s tail and able to make a transfer if #33 missed a beat.

The energy of the V4R was demonstrated as Halliday ripped previous Nahlous on the primary straight to regain second spot, leaving each Nahlous and Favelle no alternative to problem him into T2.

Halliday then made an enormous (aka ballsy) transfer on Voight into T1, which demonstrated his confidence within the Ducati’s entrance finish and didn’t give up the lead after that, crossing the road nine-tenths of a second forward of Voight.

For the third race in a row, Halliday netted the quickest lap, a 1:30.272 – roughly half a second off his better of the evening in Race Two. Nahlous took third, with Favelle taking a particularly well-deserved fourth.

Brookes rounded out the highest 5, by no means dropping contact with the riders in entrance of him, however not having sufficient in reserve to problem them.

Within the second group, teammates Roulstone and Hamod have been swapping locations with Newman and Nelson in shut firm to take benefit if #12 or #10 acquired in one another’s approach, and it was Hamod who was in a position to make a break from the second group within the latter phases of the race to web himself sixth spot.

Limitless F1 & F2 Race Three Outcomes

---

Limitless F1 & F2 Overalls

Voight’s two wins and a second have been sufficient to provide him the assembly factors win forward of Halliday, with Nahlous in third. On condition that neither Voight nor Halliday had taken half in Spherical One, Nahlous’ factors haul was crucial within the context of the collection’ leaderboard.

Jack Favelle completed fourth on the ladder for the assembly with good outcomes from all three races. Brookes could be disenchanted together with his factors rating, which solely gave him fifth place on the evening and dented his possibilities of taking out the collection.

Official factors positions after two rounds of SNS06 aren’t obtainable on the time of writing, however by my calculations, JJ Nahlous leads the collection on 111 factors, forward of Brookes on 92 factors and Joshua Newman on 87 factors. These numbers will, after all, be confirmed earlier than Spherical Three in February.

A fast test on Pirelli Limitless F2 instructed a sorry story for Dominic De Leon, who had come into Spherical Two holding the highest spot on the category leaderboard. A second place in Race Two was the spotlight for him, with DNFs in each Races One and Three.

A gap race off put him on his reserve bike in Race Two, however the second bike went down the highway in Race Three, capping off an sad weekend for the usually unflappable De Leon.

It was Damien Adams on the Gixxer who swept the board, taking three from three, sparring with Kayne Gasbarri in Races One and Three, and De Leon in Race Two. That hat-trick of victories gave Adams the assembly factors class win.

Gasbarri’s two second-place finishes and a 3rd gave him second place. Harley Borkowski, on the stainless RB Racing R1, took out third place on the evening with a third-place end in Race One, backed up by fourth within the second and third races.

Once more, official collection factors aren’t obtainable but, however with a little bit assist from Natsoft and Excel, my reckoning places Damien Adams within the lead, 140 factors forward of Kane Gasbarri (113) and Harley Borkowski (94).

De Leon’s powerful night places him in fourth spot on 88 factors, which leaves a giant margin between him and Adams on the prime of the pile. And so to the opposite lessons operating at SNS06 Spherical Two…

Limitless F1 & F2 Total & Rider Quotes

Harrison Voight – Pirelli Limitless F1

“It was nice to be again and being part of the second spherical of the St George Summer season Night time Sequence. It was very, highly regarded situations to journey in, not to mention for everybody else to be working in. An enormous thanks to all of the flag marshals and everybody concerned on this occasion working within the type of situations all of us skilled. I look ahead to coming again and doing extra of it once more quickly.”

Cru Halliday – Pirelli Limitless F1

“Spherical Two at Sydney Motorsport Park went fairly properly, we had a success out on the race bike. I haven’t ridden since Tailem Bend so the primary couple of classes have been a bit tough. It was super-hot on the market, like 40 levels. Unsure what the monitor temp was however heard that it was about 68C and the tyres weren’t actually coming in, they have been simply so worn and over-heating immediately. Mainly acquired on the market, needed to chop some laps and get conversant in the bike once more and yeah, first couple of classes felt fairly off however by the tip of the evening, acquired a maintain of it and felt actually comfy and it felt like my bike once more.

“We simply improved areas like braking and actually targeting getting the bike to come back off the corners so I believe we truly labored that out higher on the St George spherical than we did on the finish of the final spherical at Tailem Bend. I believe we’ve undoubtedly capitalised on extra grip for nook exit so I used to be exiting corners actually good. Wanting ahead to the take a look at at Phillip Island and yeah, it’s going to be a superb yr.”

Jonathan Nahlous – Pirelli Limitless F1

“The final evening race occasion was constructive for me, we undoubtedly had some additional competitors this spherical and it was actually good to have the ability to evaluate myself to them and be taught from these riders. We had just lately switched suspension model and needed to re-set up my bike with this which did take a while however finally we acquired again all the way down to the identical occasions as earlier than… we simply have to make one other step to go sooner once more.”

Jack Favelle – Pirelli Limitless F1

“I felt that I certified properly in P4 contemplating that I had solely ridden the bike as soon as since my damage three months in the past and I used to be assured for the races. However the situations have been fairly difficult and I struggled to search out my ft within the first two races, I simply didn’t fairly have the arrogance to push absolutely and make up positions after two poor begins which then resulted in two P6s. Race three the workforce made some actually good adjustments to the bike and the situations cooled down, I felt actually comfy and assured on the bike and was in a position to set down some constant quick laps and take dwelling P4. Total I’m actually pleased with this and it was a good way to kick off the 2026 season!”

Damien Adams – Pirelli Limitless F2

“Spherical Two was a stable evening total, regardless of some severely powerful situations. The warmth made issues removed from pleasurable, however a well-planned diet and hydration technique paid off and I felt robust all through the evening.
Sadly, my begins have been poor in each race, which made issues tougher than they wanted to be and compelled me to work by means of the sphere every time. I certified P2 and was in a position to make some robust passes, in the end taking P1 in all three races.

“The Suzuki GSX-R1000 didn’t miss a beat all evening, even within the brutal warmth, which was an enormous confidence enhance. The primary two races have been a bit scrappy on my half, with a couple of too many errors creeping in. By race three, although, I felt like I actually cleaned issues up hitting my marks, driving with extra intent, and ending the evening with a brand new lap PB, which I used to be stoked about.

“It was disappointing to see Dom De Leon go down in race one after which have additional points all through the evening. I used to be actually wanting ahead to the battles we little doubt would have had. That’s racing generally, however the primary factor is that he’s okay, and I do know he’ll come out swinging in spherical three. A large thanks to everybody who helps me and helps make this occur. I’m pumped to be heading into spherical three with the factors lead and searching ahead to extra racing.”

Dominic De Leon – Pirelli Limitless F2

“Properly, what could be mentioned apart from Spherical Two of the St George Summer season Night time Sequence has been an absolute shocker for us. Felt nice going into this spherical but it surely simply didn’t come collectively as we’d have thought.

“Certified eleventh total, first in F2. In Race One, I had first place (in F2) coated and was locked onto the again of the F1 boys however then on lap 2 or 3, I misplaced the entrance on T11 in order that was a DNF. For Race Two, the workforce acquired cracking on getting the moist bike setup modified to dry settings. I began behind the sphere however made my approach as much as P11 and end second at school.

“In Race Three, I acquired a superb begin and had first within the bag (F2 class), then had subject with hand cramping up which prevented me from attending to the brakes. I had a giant incident going into T4 which, by some miracle, I managed to avoid wasting and keep away from operating head into the wall at nearly 200 kays, simply lacking the wall, scrubbed off the velocity however simply misplaced the entrance because the bike acquired to the grass and had a sluggish lowside. Managed to bruise my ribs however so completely happy to come back away from that one with solely broken ribs and nothing worse.

“So it’s time to get each bikes sorted and prepared for Spherical Three. Large because of the superb workforce behind us for all they do and all the time ensuring every little thing is on level. Matt Tempo, Glenn Jackson, Emma De Leon, Al Harper and due to Paul Grant Mitchell for his help with getting the moist bike to a dry arrange. You guys are all superb and so sorry to the workforce for not securing the spherical as anticipated. Going to strive my greatest to make up for all of it at Spherical Three.”

Limitless F1 Spherical Factors

Limitless F2 Spherical Factors

Limitless F1 Standings

TBC

Limitless F2 Standings

TBC

---

600cc F1

With AGV 600 F1 and F2 operating separate classes, there have been simply seven riders taking to the monitor in qualifying for AGV F1. Sequence chief Jake Farnsworth took pole with a 1:35.017, a second away from Tom Toparis, who was not current at Spherical One, with Will Nassif nailing the ultimate spot on the entrance row.

Farnworth maintained his good rating for the collection, taking out each Race One by 10 seconds from Toparis and Race Two by eight seconds from Will Nassif, with Ryan Yanko and Valentino Knezovic scoring a third-place end every.

Farnsworth goes to Spherical Three with a commanding factors lead within the collection, and proper now, he seems to be unstoppable. Nassif and Knezovic took second and third within the assembly factors standings.

The place does this go away us for Spherical Three? Primarily based on my well-worn calculator and taking into account that these numbers are NOT official, there’s little doubt who’s main the collection as Jake Farnsworth’s good four-from-four provides him the collection lead on 100 factors. Josh Soderland holds second on 67 factors, and Kristian O’Donnell, on 65 factors, sits in third.

Jake Farnsworth – AGV 600 F1

“Was nice to be again on my Yamaha R6 with help from Cease & Seal on Friday. I’m actually having fun with each second on the bike in the meanwhile. I’ve one clear aim in thoughts for this yr so I’m simply specializing in the method. I’d prefer to thank all my sponsors – Value Race Engines, Pirelli, Store Yamaha, Kingsdene Automotive, Cease & Seal. Additionally a giant shout out to St George MCC for holding the occasion!”

600cc F1 Race One Outcomes

600cc F1 Race Two Outcomes

---

600cc F1 Spherical Total

600cc F1 Standings

TBC

---

600cc F2

The AGV 600 F2 class had a a lot greater area of riders on deck than F1, with 32 riders taking to the monitor in qualifying.

On the conclusion of the primary spherical, Amex Tamras held the collection lead, however he was absent from Spherical Two. Timothy Rodley and Scott Newham secured second and third spots at Spherical One and have been each again within the fray.

Mark Vaartjes, most likely higher identified for his beautiful ZX-7R within the traditional racing collection, and making his first look in SNS06, laid down pole with a 1:38.888 forward of Newham and Rodley on the entrance row, with Keith Mulcahy, Shaun O’Neill and John Energy filling row two.

Newham constructed on his good grid place by taking Race One from Vaartjes by three-tenths of a second with Rodley in third.

A DNF in Race Two was a disappointing finish to the weekend for Newham after a gasoline line downside ended his race early. Vaartjes was on fireplace within the second race and was the one man to crack a 1:38 laptime. Properly truly, he smashed it reasonably than cracked it, his 1:37.158 was a second and a half faster than another rider’s quickest lap.

Rodley couldn’t match Vaartjes’ tempo however acquired his head down and scored a precious handful of factors coming dwelling second, some 13 seconds behind the rampant #7. Leonardo De Lorenzo took out third spot.

Vaartjes, Rodley, De Lorenzo was additionally the first-second-third order in assembly factors for the evening and, with the identical disclaimers as above on these being my numbers, not the formally membership endorsed ones which aren’t obtainable but, I consider, heading to Spherical Three, Timothy Rodley holds the collection lead on 83 factors, Leonardo Di Lorenzo has second with 66 factors and Scott Newham is in third place with 61 factors.

600cc F2 Race One Outcomes

600cc F2 Race Two Outcomes

---

600cc F2 Spherical Total

600cc F2 Standings

TBC

---

Limitless F3 Races One and Two

Limitless F3 noticed Joshua Bartlett take pole with a 1:42.136, forward of Robert Salvia and Reece Gordon.

Salvia took the flag in Race One from Gordon and Glenn Columbin, whereas Clint McAnally stored Salvia at bay for the win in Race Two, with Andrew Lee coming in third.

Salvia was main the collection factors complete coming into Spherical Two, and took the assembly factors prize forward of McAnally and Gordon, to take an prolonged lead into Spherical Three.

Retro Superbikes run inside the Limitless F3 class and aren’t attracting many entrants but, however fingers crossed that can change in time. Aaron Bennett, on the wonderful GSX1100-styled-like-a-GS1000S, completed each races as greatest Retro and stayed mid-pack with the fashionable Limitless F3 bikes. Spectacular in so some ways.

Robert Salvia goes to Spherical Three with, I consider, the collection lead on 108 factors forward of Reece Gordon on 97 factors.

Limitless F3 Race One Outcomes

Limitless F3 Race Two Outcomes

---

Limitless F3 Spherical Total

Limitless F3 Standings

TBC

Supersport 300/400 Races One and Two

Components St George/SuperSport 300 & 400 (FSG/SSP) was the right instance of uneven fight. Limitless class is a sea of Ducati Panigales, BMW S1000RRs and Yamaha R1s. AGV 600 is wall-to-wall R6, with the occasional Kawa, Gixxer, Triumph triple, or, sure, KTM Duke.

In FSG/SSP by comparability, you’ll see a Honda NSF250R, Husqvarna 701 Supermoto, Yamaha R7s, MT07s, R3s, KTM 690s, Kawa EX650s, EX300As, Ninja 400s and every little thing wanting motorised skateboards. It’s epic.

The category was dominated by 5 gamers. Archie Schmidt on the NSF250R took out pole forward of Brad Gander on the Husky 701, and in each races, the ending order was the identical.

Schmidt first, Gander second, Andrew Pitman (R7) third, Michael Jeffrey (KTM 690EVO) fourth, and David Nhan Cao (R7) in fifth.

There have been some nice battles all through the sphere of 27 riders, and it’s nice to see FSG/SSP making a return to the SNS program of races.

Supersport 300/400 Race One Outcomes

Supersport 300/400 Race Two Outcomes

---

Supersport 300/400 Spherical Total

Supersport 300/400 Standings

TBC