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13 Nov 2007, 10:42 (Ref:2066358)
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2008 Australian Superbike...
May aswell start this conversation with myself now
 -  3-time Australian Supersport Champion Kevin Curtain has signed with MV Augusta (Trinder Brothers Racing) to compete in the Australian Superbike Championship for the next 2 years  .... Hopefully MV Augusta are a 2-rider team & Brendan Clarke gets a gig aswell 
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13 Nov 2007, 11:33 (Ref:2066415)
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Has Kev fully recovered from his injuries?
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13 Nov 2007, 12:12 (Ref:2066474)
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well thats good to hear hope he has a successful year and hopefully Mv are a 2 bike team.
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13 Nov 2007, 22:42 (Ref:2066919)
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So Jamie is stuck in Australia for annother year? /sigh...
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14 Nov 2007, 00:05 (Ref:2066976)
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yeah thats a shame he can't do anymore to get reckognised and picked up by someone.
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14 Nov 2007, 16:20 (Ref:2067413)
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Time was when winning the Australian Superbike Championship virtually guarenteed you a top ride overseas the following year.
Kevin Magee went from Australian Superbikes in 1986/87 to 500cc GP racing in 87/88 Michael Doohan went from Australian Superbikes in 1988 to 500cc GP's in 1989 1989/90 - Mal Campbell won the first two Australian Superbike Championships, but was at the tail end of his career 1991 - Aaron Slight won the ASC, went to World Superbikes with Kawasaki in '92 1992 - Mat Mladin won the ASC, went 500cc GP's with Cagiva in 1993 1993 - Troy Corser won, went to AMA Superbikes with Ducati in 1994 1994 - Anthony Gobert won, went to World Supers with Kawasaki in 1995 1995 - Kirk McCarthy won, went to World Supers with Suzuki in 1996 1996 - Peter Goddard won, went to World Endurance, plus some 500cc GP rides in 1997 1997/98 - Marty Craggill won both, went to British Superbikes with Suzuki in '99 1999 - Steve Martin won, stayed in Austraila in 2000, but went World Supers in '01 2000/01/02 - Shawn Giles won, still racing here 2003 - Craig Coxhall won, went to World Superstock in '04 2004 - Adam Fergussen won, stayed in Australia 2005 - Josh Brookes won, went to World Supersport then Superbike in '06 2006/07 - Jamie Stauffer, and he's still here, bar some AMA Superstock races at the end of '07 The series is slowly rebuilding, but is still not what it once was. Also a pity that the rules we run to aren't really up to pace with WSB, back in the day our Wildcards were rather quick against the regulars, particularly in the early years at Oran Park. |
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14 Nov 2007, 23:55 (Ref:2067676)
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Yeah, Doohan winning by a lap or so.
 Them's the days. But yeah, Recall the days where Bayliss would suit up and finish top ten against Foggy et al? But atleast Brooksie kept it alive with that WSS wildcard win. |
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15 Nov 2007, 00:20 (Ref:2067691)
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its still well & truly alive boys
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15 Nov 2007, 08:14 (Ref:2067800)
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Honda have now confirmed their rider line up for next season’s assault on the Superbike and Supersport Championships.
2007 Supersport Champion Jason O’Halloran and Glenn Allerton (4th in 07) will ride the superbikes & former Kawasaki factory rider Wayne Maxwell will ride in the supersport class - seems like only 1 supersport rider (wtf  )...
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15 Nov 2007, 11:32 (Ref:2067927)
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Honda make their SBK riders ride in SS anyway, so it's a 3 rider line up
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15 Nov 2007, 22:33 (Ref:2068427)
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well i hope so, i didnt read it that way though
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16 Nov 2007, 00:52 (Ref:2068496)
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I'm hearing conflicting rumours that Scott Charlton will be the other MV man, but some have said he will be partnering Ben Attard at Kawasaki ?
Staring will be replacing O'Halloran at Yamaha SS. |
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30 Nov 2007, 11:59 (Ref:2078623)
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2008 Calender...
Rnd 1: 14-16th March Eastern Creek Raceway New South Wales. Rnd 2: 18-20th April Mallala Raceway South Australia. Rnd 3: 30th May - 1st June Winton Raceway Victoria. Rnd 4/5: 10-13th July Queensland Raceway Queensland. Rnd 6: 29th-31st August Symmons Plains Raceway Tasmania. Rnd 7: 17-19th October Eastern Creek Raceway New South Wales. |
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30 Nov 2007, 15:32 (Ref:2078773)
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You dont race at Philip Island
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30 Nov 2007, 16:45 (Ref:2078833)
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They run support races at the WSB & MotoGP rounds, but no Australian championship rounds there these days.
As a side note i was recently watching the 1988 WSB round from Oran Park....a round totally dominated by the Aussie wildcards (as good as the Japanese used to do at Sugo), a shame we can't do that these days
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1 Dec 2007, 22:36 (Ref:2079550)
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good to see the new owners support aussie bike racing - though it is a business these days...
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2 Dec 2007, 05:23 (Ref:2079634)
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That'd make sense.
Aside from not racing at the Island, that's a pretty sad calender... Rnd 1: 14-16th March Eastern Creek Raceway New South Wales. Eastern Creek is a fun place. Rnd 2: 18-20th April Mallala Raceway South Australia. Mallala, ditto. Especially turn one and people dumping it there/running into the run off. Rnd 3: 30th May - 1st June Winton Raceway Victoria. Winton...hmmm...Last Winton race I remember it rained, but that was a few years ago... Rnd 4/5: 10-13th July Queensland Raceway Queensland. This (was) a great track, in a few years ago. Stauffer jr On the Kwaka up against Stauffer Sr on the Yam, with Joshifumi and Fergusson on the Hondas... Rnd 6: 29th-31st August Symmons Plains Raceway Tasmania. My "local" track. Havn't managed to get up yet... They don't race at Hidden Valley anylonger, and apparently not at Barbagello. I'm not sure if these are saftey related issues (probably.) I'm not sure what else they're missing? (Dont' say Bathurst) 1988? Was the Doohan? |
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2 Dec 2007, 10:49 (Ref:2079777)
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barbagello was on the calender last year & years before but the cost of getting across the nullabor was always an issue...
winton is a great day - similar riding distance from melbourne as phillip island is! they got camping there this year too ... infact, majority of tracks are allowing camping in 2008...*** dont think the aussie supers ever went to hidden valley - reckon its about time they brought back the old "2+4" meetings with the v8 supercars. they where great days... |
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Barbagallo got dropped off the calander this year because the ASC promoter wanted to put up his airfence over the established sponsor names on the concrete walls. The talks stalled over who would pay for the sponsor signage to be replicated on the airfence. Jeff 
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7 Dec 2007, 00:27 (Ref:2083267)
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Ahh damnit, we can't have rider saftey can we?
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7 Dec 2007, 01:54 (Ref:2083299)
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So it is time we western australian cut our ties with the east coast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cant believe that people cant find money for one event when we have to find money for every event in the national series. We should take our mining money away from the east coast and see what happerns then. I hate this country |
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9 Dec 2007, 23:03 (Ref:2085161)
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hmm the air fence. That would be turn 1 where it would be placed.
Why there in cat corner? It is the place that young Levi died late last year. Hmmmmm WASCC Should get the act together with with Bike boys and West track and sort this out. |
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