First Technology Yamaha team-mates Shaun Whyte and Sheridan Morias were triumphant in rounds nine and ten of the local superbike championship, but only after the two endured close-fought battles on their evenly matched machines.
First Technology Yamaha team-mates Shaun Whyte and Sheridan Morias were triumphant in rounds nine and ten of the local superbike championship, but only after the two endured close-fought battles on their evenly matched machines.
Following the qualifying session, Trevor Crookes (Dealer Team Suzuki GSXR 1000) started the race at pole position, alongside Whyte and Morias, and privateer Noel Haarhoff, piloting his Kawasaki ZX10.
However, the race was red-flagged after two laps when Tertius de Lange high-sided his Yamaha R6 at over 200 km/h, tumbling for more than 50 m but luckily to escape with only bruising and a concussion.
At the restart, Crookes, Whyte and Morias fought for the lead, while Graeme van Breda, Lance Isaacs, Darryn Upton, Arushen Moodley and Clynton Seller competed in the tight pack just behind them.
Upton soon dropped his machine on turn two and slid across the track and into retirement while Seller’s engine maladies forced him to retire on lap four.
Riding with a broken ankle, Crookes was unable to maintain his rapid pace, and Whyte took the victory a mere two tenths of a second ahead of Morias. Suzuki’s Van Breda finished third ahead of Moodley (Honda), Isaacs ( Suzuki), Crookes and Robert Cragg (Kawasaki).
In the second race, Whyte and Morias broke away from the field early as they battled for the top position. After dramatically swapping positions a few times, Morias then beat off the advances of his team-mate to clinch a win by the narrowest of margins.
This time round, Moodley finished on the podium in third position, followed by Van Breda, Seller, Robert Portman (Honda) and Crookes.
