2022 Australian Historic Road Racing Championships Wrap

2022 Australian Historic Road Racing Championships

With Craig Mayne, Images Endorphin Media

The 2022 Australian Historic Road Racing Championships were run and won over the past weekend at the picturesque Morgan Park Raceway.

This year’s Championships were hosted by Motorcycle Sportsmen of Queensland (Sporties) with support from Motorcycling Australia, Wynnum Marine, Pirelli and Motul.

Wunnum Marine were a major sponsor supporting the event alongside Motul and — Wynnum Marine were a major sponsor supporting the event alongside Motul, Pirelli and MA

It has been a good few years since Sporties have hosted the championships, and the month prior the Early Motorcycle Club of Queensland had run the Queensland Titles at the same track.

As a result a good number of the competitors had recent experience at the circuit, with this year’s championships attracting around 220 entries.

220 entries was a good showing, but weather proved mixed across the two days... — 220 entries was a good showing, but weather proved mixed across the two days…

There was practice and qualifying held on Friday, with racing getting underway on Saturday.

Cameron Swain was at the track fundraising for his Asia Talent Cup campaign

Unlike a lot of events in Australia in recent weeks, the weather was good for Saturday and the racers made the most of it. However, turn six seemed to be the problem-child turn on Saturday, with a number of riders falling off at that point of the circuit.

Riders leaving Turn Six and entering Turn Seven

On Saturday evening the weather gods decided to create havoc at the track, within a short space of time more than 40 mm of water was deposited on the track.

That made for a wet and soggy time for lots of the folks camping at the track. Some decided to pack up early and head home. Like all historic meets, the field had also shrunk a little by Sunday due to mechanical issues with some of the bikes.

Camping proved for the brave after afternoon rain totalling 40 mm on Saturday

Early Sunday morning saw more adverse weather, but as things progressed the marshals spent an hour or so clearing the track and getting things ready to race.

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Racing was delayed around 20 minutes but as we got closer to a start the weather began to break and by 1030 the track was bathed in sunshine.

With a dry track and eager competitors there was some fantastic racing to be had.

Topping their classes in no particular order were: Tait Coghill in the P6 Lightweight Class taking three wins and a second for the overall, ahead of Michael Cramer and Stephany Kapilawi-James.

Tait Coghill also took the P6 Ultra Lightweight win in the same circumstances, with Johan van Munster and Edward Marsden rounding out the top three.

Stephany Kapilawi-James topped the P6 250 Production class, tied on points with Michael Dzidowski, while Kieran Mcgeown was third overall.

Anthony Carroll won the P6 Seniors class ahead of Stephany Kapilawi-James and Michael Cramer.

Corey Turner topped the P6 Formula 1300 runnings, ahead of Corey Forde and Joshua Mathers. Turner made a reappearance in the P6 Formula 750 class as the overall victor, ahead of Corey Glock and Scott Rinaldis.

In the P5 Unlimited it was Jason Martin taking the overall, with Brad Phelan runner-up and Paul Rigney third. The P5 Ultra Lightweights was won by Ron Carrick, leading Grant Jordan and Max Jordan.

Andy Pitman topped the P5 Senior class, ahead of Jamie Mann and Ronald Funk. Pitman also won the P5 Junior overall, this time ahead of Mann and Brett Metcalf.

The P5 Formula 750 class was won by Damion Davis with a clean sweep, ahead of Ronald Funk and Darren McDonald, while Brett Metcalf took a clean sweep in the P5 Lightweights, ahead of Nick Berry and Lech Budniak.

Aaiden Coote lead the P4 Unlimited Class, with Corey Forde runner up and Robert Nolan third. The P4 Junior class was topped by Hunter Jones, while Dave Keenan and David Campbell were second and third respectively, tied on 83-points, three off the leader.

Hunter Jones also won the P4 Lightweight standings, with David Vincent and Tim Antak second and third respectively.

Bob Marriner took the P4 Senior victory with a clean sweep, leaving David Woolsey runner-up and Ron Antak third.

Aaiden Coote was the P4 Formula 750 winner, ahead of Bob Marriner and David Woolsey.

Grant Jordan swept the P4 Ultra Lightweight class, with Israel Suarez the main competition and Ron Carrick third.

Jimmy Lau won the P3 Unlimited with a clean sweep of the four races, ahead of Greg Brillus and Paul Chesher in second and third respectively.

Topping the P3 Juniors was Neil May, with Geoff Maddaford narrowly taking second ahead of Eric Salmon in the final tally.

Craig Piggott swept the P3 Lightweight class, with Brian McGrath runner-up.

Kane Burns won the P3 Senior class, winning all four races, with second placed Jonathan Houston running all seconds-places, and Murray Bound going 3-3-3-3 for third.

Jack Petith took the P2 Unlimited overall, with Terry Kavney runner-up and Christopher Lang third.

In the P4 Sidecars Patrick Clancy and Chrissie Clancy swept the four races, winning the overall from Simon Reynolds and William Freeman. Ross Kenman and Andrew Ireland took the P3 Sidecar overall as the only competitor scoring points, while Peter Searle and Paul Montiford were the only P5 team, completing two races.

See below the results for the full image gallery.

2022 Australian Historic Road Racing Championship Results

P6 Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tait Coghill	95	25	25	25	20
2	Michael Cramer	85	20	20	20	25
3	Stephany Kapilawi-James	70	18	18	16	18
4	Stephen Rosman	59	13	15	14	17
5	Adrian Beck	59	15	14	15	15
6	Johan van Munster	54	12	13	13	16
7	Michael Dzidowski	51	17	17	17	–
8	Brad Trivett	50	16	16	18	–
9	Akira Yamada	46	11	11	11	13
10	Edward Marsden	45	9	10	12	14

P6 Ultra Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tait Coghill	95	25	25	20	25
2	Johan van Munster	85	20	20	25	20
3	Edward Marsden	71	18	17	18	18
4	Mitch Kavney	68	16	18	17	17
5	Shane Wilcox	65	17	16	16	16
6	Stephen Rosman	45	15	15	–	15

P6 250 Production Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Stephany Kapilawi-James	90	20	20	25	25
2	Michael Dzidowski	90	25	25	20	20
3	Kieran Mcgeown	71	18	18	17	18
4	Grant Jordan	66	16	17	16	17
5	Adrian Beck	62	15	16	15	16
6	Akira Yamada	55	11	15	14	15
7	David Van Keimpema	51	12	13	13	13
8	Jason Allen	45	8	14	11	12
9	John Smit	45	10	12	12	11
10	Greg Watson	37	7	10	10	10
11	Brad Trivett	35	17	–	18	–
12	Ethan Chandler	34	9	11	–	14
13	Kyle Mountney	14	14	–	–	–
14	John Cooper	13	13	–	–	–

P6 Senior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Anthony Carroll	95	25	25	25	20
2	Stephany Kapilawi-James	70	17	18	17	18
3	Michael Cramer	65	20	20	–	25
4	Kieran Mcgeown	65	14	16	18	17
5	Simon Lewis	58	13	15	15	15
6	Jason Brown	54	12	14	14	14
7	John Carpenter	49	16	17	–	16
8	Damion Davis	35	15	–	20	–
9	David Reed	24	11	13	–	–
10	Bill Ross	22	10	12	–	–
11	Ryan Moscardini	18	18	–	–	–
12	Max Jordan	16	–	–	16	–

P6 Formula 1300 Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Corey Turner	88	25	20	18	25
2	Corey Forde	73	15	18	20	20
3	Joshua Mathers	70	20	25	25	–
4	Scott Rinaldis	65	16	16	16	17
5	Peter Bellchambers	56	13	14	13	16
6	Brad Phelan	53	18	–	17	18
7	Trevor Riley	51	10	12	14	15
8	Corey Glock	49	17	17	15	–
9	Karen Webb	44	9	10	12	13
10	Andrew Relph	36	11	11	–	14
11	Phillip Bevan	29	14	15	–	–
12	Mark Powell	25	12	13	–	–

P6 Formula 750 Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Corey Turner	93	25	25	25	18
2	Corey Glock	80	20	20	20	20
3	Scott Rinaldis	79	18	18	18	25
4	Stephen Lee	63	15	15	16	17
5	Trevor Riley	57	13	11	17	16
6	Peter Bellchambers	54	12	12	15	15
7	Andrew Relph	49	11	10	14	14
8	Karen Webb	44	10	9	13	12
9	Jason Brown	37	7	8	11	11
10	Phillip Bevan	33	16	17	–	–

P5 Unlimited Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jason Martin	95	25	25	25	20
2	Brad Phelan	85	20	20	20	25
3	Paul Rigney	70	18	17	17	18
4	Craig Harms	63	15	15	16	17
5	Gregory James	63	16	16	15	16
6	Mark Rodda	56	14	14	14	14
7	Corey Forde	53	17	18	18	–
8	Damien Coppola	53	12	13	13	15
9	Russell Coutts	46	11	10	12	13
10	Craig Hunter	41	10	8	11	12
11	Damion Davis	25	13	12	–	–
12	Ross Dobson	18	9	9	–	–
13	Steven Dobson	11	–	11	–	–

P5 Ultra Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ron Carrick	75	25	25	25	–
2	Grant Jordan	60	20	20	20	–
3	Max Jordan	36	–	18	18	–

P5 Senior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Andy Pitman	90	20	20	25	25
2	Jamie Mann	73	17	18	18	20
3	Ronald Funk	72	18	16	20	18
4	Neale Weddall	67	16	17	17	17
5	Andrew Pobjoy	59	14	14	16	15
6	Ray Birchall	58	15	15	14	14
7	Bruce Marchetti	57	13	13	15	16
8	Ricky Rice	50	25	25	–	–
9	Cyrel Wright	24	12	12	–	–
10	Bill Ross	22	11	11	–	–

P5 Junior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Andy Pitman	86	25	20	25	16
2	Jamie Mann	83	20	18	20	25
3	Brett Metcalf	72	17	17	18	20
4	Neale Weddall	67	16	16	17	18
5	Bruce Marchetti	62	15	14	16	17
6	Nick Berry	44	14	–	15	15
7	Ricky Rice	43	18	25	–	–
8	Rex Dell	25	11	–	–	14
9	Damion Davis	15	–	15	–	–
10	Andrew Pobjoy	13	13	–	–	–
11	Lech Budniak	12	12	–	–	–

P5 Formula 750 Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Damion Davis	100	25	25	25	25
2	Ronald Funk	80	20	20	20	20
3	Darren McDonald	72	18	18	18	18
4	Tony Sovar	50	16	17	–	17
5	Ray Birchall	17	17	–	–	–

P5 Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Brett Metcalf	100	25	25	25	25
2	Nick Berry	76	18	18	20	20
3	Lech Budniak	40	20	20	–	–
4	Rex Dell	34	17	17	–	–
5	Adrian Beck	16	16	–	–	–

P4 Unlimited Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Aaiden Coote	85	20	20	20	25
2	Corey Forde	75	25	25	25	–
3	Robert Nolan	38	18	–	–	20

P4 Junior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Hunter Jones	86	25	18	25	18
2	Dave Keenan	83	18	20	20	25
3	David Campbell	83	20	25	18	20
4	Graham Hurley	67	17	17	17	16
5	Neil May	49	16	–	16	17
6	israel suarez	15	15	–	–	–

P4 Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Hunter Jones	100	25	25	25	25
2	David Vincent	78	20	20	20	18
3	Tim Antak	74	18	18	18	20
4	michael trivett	17	17	–	–	–

P4 Senior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bob MARRINER	100	25	25	25	25
2	David Woolsey	80	20	20	20	20
3	Ron Antak	62	13	15	17	17
4	dean marsh	60	12	14	18	16
5	Tony Sovar	48	14	16	–	18
6	David Campbell	35	17	18	–	–
7	Dave Keenan	35	18	17	–	–
8	Benny Endicott-Davies	16	16	–	–	–
9	Eric Salmon	15	15	–	–	–

P4 Formula 750 Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Aaiden Coote	100	25	25	25	25
2	Bob MARRINER	80	20	20	20	20
3	David Woolsey	53	–	17	18	18
4	John Slehofer	52	18	–	17	17

P4 Ultra Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Grant Jordan	100	25	25	25	25
2	Israel Suarez	78	18	20	20	20
3	Ron Carrick	20	20	–	–	–

P3 Unlimited Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jimmy Lau	100	25	25	25	25
2	Greg Brillus	76	18	18	20	20
3	Paul Chesher	52	17	17	18	–
4	Ross Kenman	40	20	20	–	–

P3 Junior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Neil May	86	25	18	25	18
2	Geoff Maddaford	72	17	17	18	20
3	Eric Salmon	70	–	25	20	25
4	Jack Petith	66	16	16	17	17
5	Ross Hollands	46	15	15	16	–
6	Doug Churcher	40	20	20	–	–
7	Jonathan Houston	18	18	–	–	–

P3 Lightweight Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Craig Piggott	100	25	25	25	25
2	Brian McGrath	40	–	20	20	–

P3 Senior Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Kane Burns	100	25	25	25	25
2	Jonathan Houston	80	20	20	20	20
3	Murray Bound	72	18	18	18	18
4	Doug Churcher	67	16	17	17	17
5	Robert Walker	63	15	16	16	16
6	dean marsh	59	14	15	15	15
7	Martin Gratton	41	13	–	14	14
8	Greg Dal Santo	17	17	–	–	–

P2 Unlimited Results

Pos	Rider	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jack Petith	95	25	25	20	25
2	Terry Kavney	85	20	20	25	20
3	Christopher Lang	71	18	17	18	18
4	Phil Price	18	–	18	–	–
5	Grant Jordan	–	–	–	–	–

P4 Sidecar Results

Pos	Rider/Pass	Total	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Patrick Clancy Chrissie Clancy	100	25	25	25	25
2	Simon Reynolds William Freeman	78	20	20	20	18
3	Karla Hewitt Tim Hewitt	71	18	18	18	17
4	Geoff Grant Andrew Lewis	54	17	17	–	20
5	John Cooper Craig Harms	49	–	16	17	16
6	Jack Petith Scarlett Poucher	15	–	15	–	–