HCMC of WA  Round 1 Race  Day  24/4/16

Barbagallo Raceway.Perth.WA.

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At the Historic Competition Motorcycle Club's round 1 Club Championship at Barbagallo Raceway there were  86  Riders in the 21 race program .In all these race events because of the mixed classes there many exciting duels ,be it at the pointy end ,in the middle or down the back of the pack.

 The event got under way in overcast conditions which was the pattern for the whole day.

In Race 1 the Period 5 Unlimited, Pre Modern, Period 4 750 lined up on the grid, when the lights went out it was it was Tony Hynes cranking his Suzuki that got away well and headed out of the first corner in the lead and just powered on to take the flag for the 5 lap event, coming in second was Cherry Gum Factory rider Troy Stokic riding his Suzuki, with another Suzuki rider Glen Ottley coming in to claim the last spot on the podium.In Race 2 the flag dropped and it was Tony Hynes again on the Suzuki that headed into the first corner being followed by Glen Ottley and Mark Ackerman both on Suzuki's, but after the 5 laps it was Tony Hynes that took the flag by 14.5 sec's with Glen Ottley coming in just under 8 sec's in front of Mark Ackerman.

Next out were the  Period 6 250 & 500  with 20 riders lining up on the grid for the 8 lap event ,when the lights went out it was Mark Laing Hughes ,Richard Langdon and Neal Grey fighting it out for position at T1 ,but after a few laps the fight for the flag was between the Suzuki RGV of Mark Laing Hughes and Richard Langdon ,at the end of the 8 laps it was Mark Laing Hughes who claimed the top spot on the podium  with Mark Laing Hughes claiming second and Neal Grey picking up third place .In Race 2 they lined up and it was again a  fight for the first corner between the RGV Suzuki riders Mark Laing Hughes and Richard Langdon with Honda riders Neal Grey  and WAWMR “Factory' rider Sophie Fox close in pursuit ,but as the 8 lap race  went on it was Suzuki rider Mark Laing Hughes who went onto beat Honda rider Neal Grey by just under 3 sec's ,coming in third was Richard Langdon on the Suzuki .

The Period 2 & Period 3 were the next to line up on the Grid ,when the lights went out it was Gary Tenardi on the Ariel and Glen Baldwin riding his BSA that took off down the straight into turn 1 being followed by the other 9 riders ,but after the 5 laps it was the Ariel of Gary Tenardi that took the flag with Glen Baldwin coming in to get second spot on the podium ,with Shaun Oliver snr riding his Ducati into third place .In Race 2 they lined up and when the flag dropped it was Peter McFarlane and Glen Baldwin riding there BSA's with Gary Tenardi on the Ariel  who headed into the first corner and continued to fight over the 4 laps but at the end it was Peter McFarlane on the Beesa that claimed the top spot on the podium with Glen Baldwin coming in just over a half a sec behind to claim second ,Gary Tenardi claimed third a further 1.5 sec's behind .In Race 3 the 11 riders lined up and when the flag dropped it was again the trio of Peter McFarlane ,Glen Baldwin and Gary Tenardi that headed off into the first turn then pointed their bikes towards the flag with Peter McFarlane getting the top spot ,Glen Baldwin claiming second with Gary Tenardi taking 3 rd .

In Race 1 of the Period 4 350/500 & Period 5 250/500/750 & 125GP there were 30 riders competing in their various classes .When the flag dropped it was Honda riders David Doherty ,David Manson , Jesse Haines and Adam Haines that took off down the main straight and headed out of turn 1 on their 5 lap journey ,but slowly Dave Doherty and Dave Manson started to pull away and went on to take first and second places respectively ,leaving the Haines brothers to battle it out for third place with Jesse winning out and taking the podium .Race 2 came out onto the grid ,when the lights went out it was Honda riders  Nick Miller ,David Doherty ,David Manson and Paul Smith that headed off down the straight ,coming out of turn 1 it was Nick Miller that put the power down and rode away to take the flag by just under 1 sec with David Doherty getting second place ,David Manson coming in to get third spot .Race 3 got under way and it was again Honda riders Nick Miller, David Doherty ,Jesse Haines and David Manson who were doing the fighting up the pointy bit of the pack ,but as the race went on it was power of the bigger Honda that took Nick Miller across the line by just over 4 sec's from David Manson who got second place and fellow Honda rider Jesse Haines taking the third spot on the podium.

In Race 1 of the Period 6 Formula 750 & 1300 there were 5 bikes that lined up on the grid, as the lights went out it was the Kawasaki of Leigh Boujos that got away well with the Suzuki's of Glen Ottley and Cherry Gum Factory rider Troy Stokic, but as the 8 laps wore on it was the Kawasaki of Leigh Boujos who rode well to go on and take the top podium by 8 sec's with Suzuki riders Glen Ottley taking second place, Try Stokic claiming third spot. Race 2 the 5 racers came out and gridded up for the 6 lap race, when the flag dropped it was again the Kawasaki of Leigh Boujos that powered away down into turn 1 where he just put the hammer down and went on to take the flag by just under 17 sec's, coming in a distant second was Suzuki Rider Glen Ottley with fellow Suzuki rider Peter Du Toit getting the remaining podium.   

Next out were the 10 Sidecars that made up the field for Race 1 ,the lights went out and it was the Kawasaki of Stronach/ Marshall that took off towards T1 with the Suzuki rig of Smith/Thompson in hot pursuit but as the 5 laps wore on it was the Kawasaki that pulled ahead and gave the combo of Stronach/Marshall the top spot on the podium ,with the Suzuki of Smith/Thompson claiming second ,third spot went to the Suzuki rig of the Baylis's .In Race 2 with 8 Rigs in the race it was again the Kawasaki of Stronach/Marshall doing battle with the Suzuki of Smith /Thompson  and the Baylis's in their Suzuki ,but after the 5 laps it was the combo of Stronach/Marshall that took control of the race and went on to claim the top spot on the podium by just over3 sec's  ,coming in next was the duo of Smith/Thompson who were just over 21 sec's in front of third placed Baylis team . Race 3 came along and 5 Rigs fronted up on the grid , when the flag dropped  it turned out to a fiercely contested race  as the combo of Smith/Thompson ,Stronach /Marshal did battle but unfortunately the Suzuki of Smith/Thompson crashed out leaving the Kawasaki of Stronach/Marshall to battle it out with the Honda of Cushnahan/Matthews  and Honda of Webb/Dunbar Stuart  ,claiming top spot was the Kawasaki of Stronach/Marshall ,picking up second place was the Honda of Cushnahan/Matthews  with the Honda Rig of Webby/Dunbar Stuart  picking up third place.

The Moderns & Thunderbikes were the next class to line up with 14 riders ready to do battle over the 8 laps ,when the lights went out it was the Yamaha of Leigh Boujos ,the Aprilia of Mike Howden that came out of turn 1 powering on around the track with the Suzuki of Josh Matthers in hot pursuit ,but as the laps went by it was Leigh Boujos that went on to take the flag by just over a half a second from Aprilia rider Mike Howden who got second on the podium ,coming in third was Suzuki rider Josh Matthers .

In the next race it was the  Moderns & Thunderbikes - Race 2 ,Period 5 Unlimited, Pre Modern, Period 4 750 - Race 3 where the 20 riders in the 5 classes lined up for the 8 lap race ,when the flag dropped it was Yamaha rider Leigh Boujos  , Aprilia rider Mike Howden and BMW rider George Moorhead who were fighting it out at the front of the pack  but at the end of the 8 laps there was only .2 of a sec separating Leigh Boujos who claimed top spot with Mike Howden getting second place ,coming third was BMW rider George Moorhead who was just over 7 sec's behind.

In Race 1 of the Juniors 12 - Under 16 years  there were 7 competitors who lined up on the grid ,when the lights went out it was the trio of Honda riders Bronson Pickett ,Callum O'Brien and Trouble Maker Factory rider Jonah Sita that took off around the track and over the 5 lap race these three riders were never far apart which reflected on the times they posted ,claiming top spot on the podium by .2 of a sec was Bronson Pickett who just edged out Callum O'Brien who got second with Jonah Sita picking up third .Race 2 came along and  the all Honda grid took off when the flag dropped and it was again the trio of Bronson Pickett ,Callum O'Brien and Jonah Sita that were doing battle but as the 5 laps wore on  it was Callum O'Brien who got in front of Bronson Pickett and went on to take the flag with Bronson getting second and Jonah Sita claiming third spot on the podium. In Race 3 the 7 riders lined up for event 21, the lights went out and it was again there was the quartet of O'Brien, Pickett , Sita and Topping that stuck together for the 5 laps where at the end there was only just over 2.5 sec's separating the first 4 riders, taking top spot was Callum O'Brien with Bronson Pickett picking up second on the podium with Trouble Maker rider Jonah Sita taking third spot.

A Big thanks to all the Officials and Flaggies who run these events  

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