Allerton takes ASBK honours

BMW HP4 rider Glenn Allerton has won the opening round of the 2014 AirRoad Australian Superbike Championship at Queensland Raceway, claiming victory in the day’s only race ahead of Kawasaki ZX-10R duo Mike Jones and Mathew Harding.

With a late thunderstorm drenching the circuit, the second superbike race was abandoned due to the extreme weather conditions.

“It was disappointing that we couldn’t run the final Superbike race but there was just too much water on the track,” Allerton said.

“I had really good weekend and we made a lot of gains. I am sure the spectators enjoyed it, as there was some great racing across all the classes.

“Now we need to keep the ball rolling as we prepare for Darwin. I am really looking forward to that event especially as we will race alongside V8 Supercars.”

Allerton also took a clean sweep of the EVO Unlimited class at Queensland Raceway ahead of Phil Lovett (ZX-10R), while defending supersport champion Daniel Falzon took a clean sweep of the two races. The South Australian took a convincing win the opening encounter, but faced strong opposition from polesitter Aiden Wagner and Callum Spriggs in race two, with the trio -- all Yamaha YZF-R6 mounted – finishing in that order.

“That final Supersport race was awesome, it was so close between myself, Aiden and Callum,” Falzon said.

“It started to get really windy out there which was upsetting the bike a bit and took me a little while to get a handle on.

“We came here to defend the title and we have come away with the lead so I couldn’t be happier it is exactly where we want to be.”

FULL QUEENSLAND RACEWAY RESULTS

Next up, the superbike and supersport classes head to Darwin’s Hidden Valley on June 21-22.