Teknic Honda Preview final ASC round
Teknic Honda preview the final round of the Australian Superbike Championship to be held at Eastern Creek Raceway this weekend.
Teknic Honda – Pre Event Fact Sheet
Team: Teknic Honda (factory Superbike and Supersport road race teams)
Event: 2007 Australian Superbike Championships Round 8 (final)
Where: Eastern Creek Raceway, NSW When: 17 – 19 August, 2007
Machines: CBR1000RR and CBR600RR
Early Forecast: Friday: Fine, Min: 7, Max: 19 Saturday: Fine, Min: 3, Max: 19 Sunday: Shower or two, Min: 3, Max: 19
Track Information Length: 3.93 kilometres Direction: Anti-Clockwise Fastest Point: Pit Straight Slowest Point: Turn 9
A large covered grandstand with some of the best viewing spots anywhere at the circuit is located on the start-finish line and is free to use at ASC rounds. Spectators are invited down into the Pits for Rider autograph sessions at lunchtime. Eastern Creek has a fenced children's play area with Jungle Jims and slides, etc. It is located at the top end of the Grandstand opposite the control tower and the start finish line. 2007 Season Stats
Quotes
Russell Holland – "I'm expecting to get some decent results this weekend. I have been a bit sick the last week with a flu but am getting over it and I don't think it will be a problem. The competition is going to be unusually tough of course, but I'll do my best. I'm sure we'll find some improvements and stay close within reach."
"Our last testing session at Eastern Creek was in between testing for the Suzuka 8 hour so I wasn't as focused as I would have like to be. Now that the 8 hour is over, my attention is 100% on finishing the season on a high I enjoyed going to Suzuka a lot even though we were disqualified on a technicality on the final lap which was unavoidable. I really want to thank Honda Australia for making it happen."
Bryan Staring – "I am finally back to the same level of fitness I was at before I copped this wrist injury. It's been a long road and I'm happy to be feeling good again. We were able to get a bit of testing in late last month, but not as much as I had hoped. Still I have been training extremely hard since the last round now that my body can take it, and am as ready as I'll ever be."
Bryan Staring |
Rd 1
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Rd 2
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Rd 3
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Rd 4
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Rd 5
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Rd 6
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Rd 7
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Champs
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Supersport |
4th, 7th
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3rd, 5th
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4th, 6th
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Injured
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Injured
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11th, DNF
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8th, 9th
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9th
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Superbike |
3rd , DNF
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8th, 8th
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8th, 6th
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injured
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Injured
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n/a
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n/a
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14th
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Russell Holland | ||||||||
Supersport |
9th, 6th
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5th, 6th
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6th, 5th
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Pole,
1st, 3rd |
3rd, 4th
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Pole, 3rd, 1st
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Pole, DNF, 5th
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5th
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Superbike |
11th , 11th
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11th, 12th
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11th,11th
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7th, 6th
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7th, 6th
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Pole, 4th, 4th
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Pole, 3rd, 4th
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6th
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Previous Eastern Creek Stats
Bryan Staring |
2004
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2005
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2006
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Supersport |
n/a
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7th, 6th
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Rd 1: 6th, DNF
Rd 7: injured |
Superbike |
n/a
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n/a
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n/a
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Russell Holland | |||
Supersport |
5th, DNF, 3rd
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n/a
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n/a
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Superbike | n/a |
11th, 6th
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Rd1: 2nd, 2nd
Rd 7: 5th, 6th |
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