Battles all round at Round 2 of the Australian Super Series

The battle for line honours at Victoria Park recommenced in Round 2 of the Australian HPV Super Series on the 29th of July. As always, the race was a 6 hour format and the grid was packed, this time with 160 entries!

The battle at the front was intense from start to finish. Blueshift, in what was to be their current vehicles retirement race, took the early lead, with Das not far behind and Ballistic pacing themselves in 3rd. Blueshift and Das battled strongly for the lead, with Das in the lead at the 2 hour mark and a new fastest lap.

As the race progressed, Team Ballistic increased the pace, overtaking Blueshift and Das to claim the lead for the 1st time. That was where Ballistic stayed for the remainder of the 6 hour, with Blueshift fighting hard towards the end to secure 2nd place over Das.

That was only the category 4 battle. The other categories all went down to the wire. In Cat. 3, Heathfield High School's "Sagero" beat Westminster College's "The Calais" to the line by a matter of seconds. Gleeson College's "Scorpio" beat Immanuel College's "ICE" to the line to secure Cat 2. Category 1 was also a close affair, with the "Flying Hubcaps" of Aberfoyle Hub Primary School holding on by less then a lap over Hahndorf Primary School.

All battles are set to resume at the Australian International Pedal Prix in September. With BlueShift debuting a new vehicle and the ever dominant Victorian teams turning up, you can be sure of an amazing race. Til then.....

Image courtesy of Blueshift

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Australian HPV Super Series Kicks off in Adelaide

The Australian HPV Super Series kicked off in Adelaide on the weekend, with the race being won by the 2006 Super Series overall winners, Team Ballistic. The win didn't come easy though, with Deakin University's new vehicle, "Phantom GT6", swapping the lead with Ballistic the entire 6 hours. The Phantom vehicle showed amazing speed through the hairpins and the uphill section of the Victoria Park circuit.
Ballistic finished strongly, with the margin to Phantom after 6 hours of racing being less then a lap. Trisled Racing finished a distant 3rd. Das Racing, sporting a sleek new open fairing, finished 4th, whilst the Barossa Boys and Team Bluebird completed the top 6.
The battles wern't just at the pointy end of the field, with all catergories going down to the wire; Aberfoyle Hub Primary School's "Cruising Hubcaps", Scotch College's "SCR1" and Westminster's "Calais" won cat. 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

The event was raced in a clean manner, with the record number of entries generally enjoying incident free racing.

The Super Series will resume once again, when teams take to Victoria Park for Round 2, held on the 28-29 of July.
Images courtesy of Westminster Racing Team

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