Waters wipes the floor in Darwin

Josh Waters’ affinity with the Hidden Valley circuit in Darwin has continued at round two of the 2012 Australian Superbike Championships, with the Suzuki rider recording a commanding clean sweep.

The Victorian qualified on pole yesterday and won both of today’s races by a comfortable margin to secure his third consecutive win in the Top End and extend his championship lead to 26 points over defending champion Glenn Allerton (Suzuki).

Waters has now won five of the six races contested since the championship returned to Darwin in 2010.

“It’s been a perfect weekend to be honest, I love the track and came here pretty confident but I didn’t think I’d have it this easy,” said Waters. “In terms of the championship it’s great. It’s 51 points and that’s the best I could have asked for.”

Waters was absent from last year’s West Australian round at Barbagallo Raceway, and said he looked forward to carrying the momentum over in a fortnight’s time.

“I haven’t raced at Perth since 2004 but I went pretty well back then,” he continued. “I like the track and the bike is coming on really strong so I’m hoping I can go there and keep the ball rolling.”

Team Honda’s Wayne Maxwell was second overall, ahead of Robbie Budgen (Suzuki) who paired an impressive second place in race one with a top five finish in race two.

Triumph’s Mitchell Carr was another to score a clean sweep today, winning both Australian Supersport races to move ahead of Josh Hook (Honda) into the championship lead.

Carr won the opening race by 4.8 seconds and withstood the advance of Hook in the second to take the chequered flag by just 0.168 seconds.

Carr moves 11.5 points clear of Hook and 20.5 ahead of polesitter Glen Scott, who was impressive in Darwin on his Yamaha.

The Australian Superbike Championship returns to the track in a fortnight alongside the V8 Supercars at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway.

For full results and standings, visit www.computime.com.au.