Josh Waters has claimed his first win since Sydney Motorsport Park as he now has one hand on the championship trophy as the series heads into their final race.

Race 2 was interrupted with a short red flag period after marshals cleaned up oil left on track from Tom Toparis’ Yamaha. Once the race resumed Waters got off the line well and was untouchable.

The battle for the final podium positions produced some exciting racing with both Herfoss, Jones, Sissis and West all fighting hard. Coming off the back of a great result in the previous race, Arthur Sissis got off the line very well prior to the red flag.

Reining champ Troy Herfoss was able to bounce back from a shunt in yesterday’s race to maintain second position for the whole race until, Mike Jones pulled an unbelievable pass on the final corner to steal second place and keep the title fight between himself and Josh Waters to the final race. With Jones finishing 2nd, the gap between the two is now 25 points.

Ty Lynch was able to comeback from a tricky start to the weekend to finish just outisde the ten in 11th and will be looking to finish his debut season on a high in front of his home crowd.

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RACE 2 RESULTS:

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Mike Jones claims the first win of the weekend as he continues to keep the title fight against Josh Waters alive in the final round.

Josh Waters was able to take the early lead ahead of Jones as the two left the pack in the dust. It was looking to be Waters’ race to win until Jones was able to make a dive in the final sector to secure the race win. Waters still leads the championship, however Jones has been able to shrink the gap down to 20 points and with two races still to go in 2024, the fight is far from over.

Former Moto 3 star, Arthur Sissis managed to score another ASBK podium after a beautiful performance. After another cracking battle between the two, Anthony West finishes fourth ahead of Broc Pearson in fifth.

Reining champ, Troy Herfoss was sitting third behind the two front runnners until he crashed out in the back end of the race. Herfoss seemed ok however the bike will need some decent repairs.

Hometown hero, Ty Lynch unfortunately retired mid race due to an ongoing shoulder problem. Lynch has been impressive in his rookie season, finishing in the top 10 numerous times and almost making it on the podium in Phillip Island however, he’s hard a tricky start to his home weekend after a few gremlins and incidents in the earlier sessions.

ASBK will have two more races tomorrow to determine it’s 2024 Superbike champion.

RACE 1 – BEND RESULTS:

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Broc Pearson has won a very tricky and challenging race 2 at Phillip Island after the riders tackled the wet conditions for the first time this weekend.

After a beautiful start off the line, Pearson comfortably led the opening lap until the race was momentarily red flagged after podium finisher from Race 1, Arthur Sissis crashed off at turn 4. Unfortunate for Sissis as he too also got off to a great start already challenging for the top 3 spots.

What could’ve been for young gun Ty Lynch after getting a incredible start placing him up to fifth then ultimately third. While hunting down the leaders, Lynch went off at the same corner as Sissis a few laps prior. Despite unfortunately losing what could’ve been his best result of his rookie season, he showed incredible pace this weekend and will be looking to utilise what he has learnt for the next round at The One Raceway in October.

After an incredible race long battle between young gun Max Stauffer and Anthony West, Stauffer also went off in the wet conditions on the final lap.

Race 1 winner, Harrison Voight retired early in race 2 due to the tricky conditions. The young European Moto2 rider chose to sit out of the wet race to avoid risk and injury as he heads to Jerez this week for the 2024 European Moto2 Championship.

After finishing second, Josh Waters extends his championship lead as rival Mike Jones finishes a tricky race 2 in seventh.