HONDA FX PRO-TWINS- Phillip Island

Craig McMartin looked set to continue his winning ways from the Queensland round as he took pole position by almost a second from Adrian Pierpoint who was mounted on a similar Ducati 996SPS.

Starting from pole, the Wagga resident looked to have the opening race in the bag until his clutch gave way on the final lap allowing Maurice Rissman (BEARS Racing Ducati 916SP) to slip by on the line to take out his first race win by an amazing 0.1 of a second.

With his clutch problems sorted, McMartin was unstoppable in the next three races and took his overall points tally in the Honda FX Pro-Twins to 347 points, ahead of Mike Soderland (Gowanloch Eng. Ducati 916SP) who has 279 after a difficult weekend.

Peter Hinton # 28 -Courtesy Formula Xtreme

Peter Hinton (BEARS Racing Ducati 916SP) and Rissman chased McMartin home in race two, with Jon Iles (Aitkens M/C Aprilia RSV Mille) and Rissman taking the bridesmaids honours in race three. The final six lap journey saw McMartin well out in front again, this time chased home by Adrian Pierpoint (Ducati 996SPS) and Stuart Fripp ( Pro Cycles Suzuki TLR).

Peter Morgan (MCA Ducati 748R) still leads the BEARS class, but had to contend with some formidable opposition from Victorian Roger Wallis (Wallis Racing Ducati 916SP). Morgan finished the weekend with two wins and two seconds, with Wallis taking two wins a second and a dnf in race one.

Aaron Underwood (GJR Eng. SRX600) played the consistency card picking up four second place finishes to win the class for the day, ahead of overall points leader Barry Allen (Aluma Lite Racing XTZ650) who finished with two wins, a third and a dnf

DUCATI THROUGH AND THROUGH

The BEARS racing team always show their true colours were ever they go, red, white and green.

Peter Hinton displayed the latest in team merchandise, red, white and green knee sliders. The team which is spear headed by team mentor and philosopher Mal Cherlin are sworn to dedicate their lives completely to the continued success world wide of Ducati’s racing program. All the way from World Superbike level, through to the Honda FX Pro-Twins which currently has Ducati lying one – two – three.