ASBK 2025
Spherical Two – SMP – Highway & Race Supersport 300
Younger Jake Paige took pole place on Friday evening forward of Valentino Knezovic and Scott Nicholson.
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Qualifying
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Race One
It was gone 2210 on Friday evening when Supersport 300 rivals lined up on a really moist grid for his or her opening eight-lap bout of the SMP race weekend.
Valentino Knezovic was recent again from taking out the opening spherical of the bLU cRU Asia Pacific Championship and introduced that type again with him to hit the lead early on forward of the Simpson brothers and Hudson Thompson.
Thompson managed to get the higher of the Simpson brothers late on the opening lap after which set about attempting to chase down Knezovic because the rain continued to fall.
Knezovic and Thompson pulled away from the Simpson brothers because the race progressed. Thompson’s confidence was constructing as he obtained on phrases with Knezovic with 5 laps to run. Jordy Simpson was attempting to stick with them, however Mitch Simpson out of that podium struggle.
Jordy Simpson took the lead as they broached half-race distance with a courageous and decisive transfer in what have been pretty treacherous situations. Simpson held on to the lead as they handed two-thirds race distance however nonetheless had Thompson and Knezovic in shut firm. Mitch Simpson was attempting to shut the main trio again all the way down to throw his hat within the podium ring with two laps to run.
Hudson Thompson took his flip up entrance as they began the penultimate lap and now solely half-a-second coated the highest 4. There was 25-seconds between that quarter and fifth positioned Nixon Frost.
Thompson obtained swamped at flip one on the ultimate lap, Jordy Simpson transferring into the lead and Knezovic demoting him additional again to 3rd. Mitch Simpson additionally proper with them now.
When it actually mattered, Valentino Knezovic had his nostril in entrance, taking the chequered flag a few bike lengths forward of Hudson Thompson. Jordy Simpson crossed the road in third forward of his brother, Mitch Simpson.
Tyler King took fifth place 30-seconds behind the main quartet by a nostril over Nixon Frost.
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Race One
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Race Two
The monitor was primarily dry when rivals took to the monitor at 1640 on Saturday afternoon at SMP. There have been nonetheless loads of moist patches however the Supersport race held previous to this 300 bout had simply proved that slicks have been now the tyres to be on. Nonetheless, Valentino Knezovic was one of many outliers selecting to stay with wets whereas the riders both facet of him on the entrance row began on slicks.
Jake Paige capitalised on his pole place to streak away to an early lead. By the tip of the opening lap the diminutive teenager led by nearly two-seconds! Hudson Thompson moved as much as second place forward of Scott Nicholson, Mitch Simpson and Valentino Knezovic.
Because the race progressed, Thompson pulled away from Nicholson and the Simpson brothers whereas matching the tempo of race chief Paige.
Race one winner Valentino Knezovic was ruing his determination to begin on wets as he continued to float again by way of the sector.
As they entered the second half of the race, Hudson Thompson stepped his tempo up additional and began to reel in Jake Paige. Ten-seconds additional again Scott Nicholson was engaged in a heady battle with the Simpson brothers over third.
Hudson Thompson took the lead on lap six after placing in one other new quickest lap of the race. Paige responded early on the next lap to declare this battle was removed from over. Thompson then again into the lead once more because the battle for the win actually began to scorching up.
Thompson led Paige by two-tenths on the final lap board and elevated his buffer over the ultimate lap to take the victory for his Champion Experience Days backed workforce.
Regardless of the frustration, Paige was magnanimous in defeat and congratulated ‘Huddy’ on the victory.
The extraordinary contest for third place between the Simpson brothers and Scott Nicholson went the best way of Nicholson. That trio crossed the road 17-seconds behind Thompson and Paige.
Oliver Brief gained a good contest for sixth place over Tara Morrison, Isaac Ayad, Matthew Ritter, Tom Nicolson and Tyler King whereas Riley Nuata was the ultimate combatant in that battle.
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Race Two Outcomes
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Race Three
Jake Paige capitalised on his pole place to steer the sector across the opening turns, chased by Valentino Knezovic, Jordy Simpson, Mitch Simpson, Scott Nicholson and Riley Nauta. Hudson Thompson was lacking from the grid for this one after a crash within the previous R3 Cup race.
Scott Nicholson then labored his option to the fore across the again of the circuit and managed to carry on to it down the chute to begin lap two after which held off some severe thrusts from Mitch Simpson at turns two and three.
Sadly, a rider then went down on lap two after hitting the again of Tara Morrison, and his bike impacted the air-fence fairly closely, which triggered organisers to place out the pink flag whereas they repaired and reinflated the broken cells. The riders got here again round to the grid for what was anticipated to be a full re-start over a lowered five-lap distance.
A significantly better begin this time round for Valentino Knezovic, however once more, Scott Nicholson made quick work of some riders on his cost in direction of the entrance over the opening turns. Jake Paige got here again at Nicholson, and the 2 swapped the lead a couple of occasions throughout the opening two laps.
Valentino Knezovic then went down on a water run, which additionally introduced down Jordy Simpson.
Paige and Nicholson went throughout the stripe facet by facet to begin lap three and Mitch Simpson then joined that occasion from behind to throw his hat within the ring for the win. That trio had now pulled away from the remainder of the sector.
On the final lap board nothing separated Mitch Simpson and Scott Nicholson as Jake Paige strove to remain in contact.
Scott Nicholson led across the again of the circuit on that last lap, held Simpson at bay by way of Company, led onto the principle straight however had Simpson and Paige proper on his pipe for the run down the chute… Scott Nicholson held them at bay to the chequered flag to take the win whereas Jake Paige pipped Mitch Simpson for second on the flag.
Tom Nicholson topped a four-way battle over fourth, crossing the stripe five-seconds behind the leaders, however simply forward of Isaac Ayad, Tara Morrison and Nixon Frost. Nonetheless, after the race, Ayad was disqualified from the outcomes for being underneath the arduous minimal rider-machine weight restrict. Caiden Bunworth was excluded for a non-compliant exhaust system.
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Race Three Outcomes
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Cup Spherical Factors
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Pole | R1 | R2 | R3 | Factors |
| 1 | S Nicholson | Kaw | 14 | 18 | 25 | 57 | |
| 2 | M Simpson | Yam | 17 | 17 | 18 | 52 | |
| 3 | H Thompson | Yam | 20 | 25 | 45 | ||
| 4 | J Paige | Kaw | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 44 |
| 5 | T Morrison | Kaw | 13 | 14 | 15 | 42 | |
| 6 | T Nicolson | Kaw | 9 | 11 | 17 | 37 | |
| 7 | I Ayad | Kaw | 7 | 13 | 16 | 36 | |
| 8 | J Simpson | Yam | 18 | 16 | 34 | ||
| 9 | N Frost | Yam | 15 | 4 | 14 | 33 | |
| 10 | V Knezovic | Yam | 25 | 6 | 31 | ||
| 11 | O Brief | Kaw | 11 | 15 | 26 | ||
| 12 | T King | Kaw | 16 | 10 | 26 | ||
| 13 | M Ritter | Yam | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 14 | R Mcadam | Yam | 12 | 8 | 20 | ||
| 15 | J Pelgrave | Yam | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |
| 16 | S Dellow | Yam | 10 | 7 | 17 | ||
| 17 | L Knight | Yam | 8 | 8 | 16 | ||
| 18 | W Hunt | Yam | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | |
| 19 | N Lazos | Yam | 1 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 20 | P O’brien | Yam | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 21 | R Nauta | Kaw | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 22 | C Bunworth | Kaw | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 23 | M Cartwright | Yam | 7 | 7 | |||
| 24 | F Jacobs | Yam | 6 | 6 | |||
| 25 | E Dellow | Yam | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 26 | T Zhao | Yam | 3 | 3 | |||
| 27 | O Lewis | Yam | 2 | 2 | |||
| 28 | Z Russo | Yam | 1 | 1 |
Highway & Race Supersport 300 Cup Factors
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Factors |
| 1 | S Nicholson | Kaw | 113 |
| 2 | H Thompson | Yam | 98 |
| 3 | T Morrison | Kaw | 98 |
| 4 | J Simpson | Yam | 96 |
| 5 | M Simpson | Yam | 88 |
| 6 | J Paige | Kaw | 76 |
| 7 | V Knezovic | Yam | 73 |
| 8 | T Nicolson | Kaw | 69 |
| 9 | O Brief | Kaw | 59 |
| 10 | S Drane | Yam | 51 |
| 11 | N Frost | Yam | 44 |
| 12 | T King | Kaw | 43 |
| 13 | J Senior | Yam | 37 |
| 14 | I Ayad | Kaw | 36 |
| 15 | R Nauta | Kaw | 36 |
| 16 | N Lazos | Yam | 29 |
| 17 | J Pelgrave | Yam | 27 |
| 18 | R Larkin | Yam | 27 |
| 19 | S Dellow | Yam | 26 |
| 20 | M Ritter | Yam | 24 |
| 21 | R Mcadam | Yam | 21 |
| 22 | J Russo | Yam | 17 |
| 23 | L Knight | Yam | 16 |
| 24 | W Hunt | Yam | 15 |
| 25 | D Coward | Kaw | 15 |
| 26 | P O’brien | Yam | 14 |
| 27 | C Bunworth | Kaw | 10 |
| 28 | T James | Yam | 10 |
| 29 | M Cartwright | Yam | 7 |
| 30 | F Jacobs | Yam | 6 |
| 31 | E Dellow | Yam | 6 |
| 32 | T Zhao | Yam | 3 |
| 33 | O Lewis | Yam | 3 |
| 34 | A Codey | Yam | 2 |
| 35 | M Carrick | Kaw | 2 |
| 36 | Z Russo | Yam | 1 |
2025 Australian Superbike Championship Calendar
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| Spherical | Location | Date |
| 2 | Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW | Mar 28-29 |
| 3 | Queensland Raceway, QLD | Could 2-4 |
| 4 | Morgan Park Raceway, QLD | Jun 13-15 |
| 5 | Queensland Raceway, QLD (Superbike Solely) | Aug 8-10 |
| 6 | Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC | Sept 6-7 |
| 7 | One Raceway, NSW | Oct 3-5 |
| 8 | The Bend, SA | Nov 7-9 |
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