Sport
3 May, 2022
Waters washes out superbike series.
LOCAL racer Liam Waters has torn up the track recently in the Yamaha R3 Cup in round four of the Australian Superbike Series, narrowly taking out a first-place win in race three and clinching his first ever superbike podium finish.
LOCAL racer Liam Waters has torn up the track recently in the Yamaha R3 Cup in round four of the Australian Superbike Series, narrowly taking out a first-place win in race three and clinching his first ever superbike podium finish.
The series took place in Wakefield Park NSW from Friday 22 April to Sunday 24 after Waters qualified for the SS300 and R3 Cup on the Friday.
The following days saw Waters going up against some of the best riders in the country in some elbow-to-elbow action and Waters seemed behind the ball to start.
“For SS300 I managed to qualify 6th which was okay but unfortunately for R3 Cup I only qualified 9th and wasn’t able to improve during Q2 due to weather conditions,” he said.
“Race one of SS300 on the Saturday was going well until lap seven – while in the group fighting for third place, I lost the rear and had a high side at turn four.
“Dad got the bike fixed again ready in time for race one of the R3 Cup, I was sore and shaken from the crash but managed to get 6th place but was unable to stick with the front pack.”
Waters headed into the last day of the series hungry and searching for a first place finish, looking to “redeem” himself for the previous two days of racing.
“I came into Sunday wanting to redeem myself for the previous two days, race two of SS300 went well considering I finished 6th despite a bad start and being held up while making up positions, and losing touch with the front pack,” Waters said.
“Race two of R3 Cup went really well. I finally was running with the front group and feeling fast, I finished 6th again but it was a good confidence boost for my next races.
“Race three in SS300 again didn’t go to plan I got held up and lost the front pack again but still managed to make up some positions to finish 6th.”
It wasn’t until the final race that Waters managed to secure his first podium position in the Australian Superbike Series, catching a slipstream and slingshotting into first with just milliseconds to spare.
“Final race of the day was R3 Cup and it couldn’t of gone any better, I had a good start and from the jump I was feeling confident and had good pace,” he said
“I slowly worked my way up into the top 3 and with two laps to go I took the lead for the last two laps until Dunker went around the outside of me on the last corner last lap.
“He seemed to lose drive onto the straight and I managed to slip stream him to get the win and my first ever ASBK podium.”
Now Waters will be travelling to Morgan Park Raceway in August for round five of the Australian Superbike Series.
