Recapping the three bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup contests from Morgan Park

ASBK 2024
Round Four – Morgan Park
bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup – Round ThreebLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race One

Hunter Corney got the jump on the field as the opening six-laps OJC contest got underway at Morgan Park on Saturday afternoon.  Ethan Johnson and Hunter Charlett gave chase over the course of the opening lap. Early on lap two Rossi McAdam forged his way through to the lead.

Hunter Charlett led McAdam, Corney and Johnson with two laps to run. That quartet had more than two-seconds over fifth placed Elijah Andrew, who was engaged in battle with Nikolas Lazos at that juncture.

Ethan Johnson won the opening OJC race at Morgan Park – Image RbMotoLens

At the last lap board Ethan Johnson led by a few bike lengths, but Hunter Corney worked his way past him early on that last lap. A red flag was produced after a crash at turn 11 involving both Hunter Charlett and Rossi McAdam, which saw the race declared with Ethan Johnson declared the winner.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race One Podium – Image RbMotoLensbLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race One ResultsPosRiderBikeTime/Gap1E JohnsonR158m20.3882H CorneyR15+0.6683N LazosR15+1.1954E AndrewR15+1.2225J StrugnellR15+10.8746J LouisR15+12.2737P O’brienR15+12.5698H HyndR15+13.8659Z BeckinsaleR15+19.68410A O’halloranR15+27.14011H CharlettR150.00012E PelgraveR150.00013A JordanR150.00014Z RussoR150.000bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Two

OJC competitors were then first up on the card to kick off Sunday proceedings at Morgan Park with their second six-lap bout of the weekend.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Two – Image RbMotoLens

Ethan Johnson and Hunter Corney the chief protagonists early on as Elijah Andrew and Hunter Charlett gave chase.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Two – Ethan Johnson leads – Image RbMotoLens

Nikolas Lazos then crashed that party to move through to the lead on lap three.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Two – Nikolas Lazos leads – Image RbMotoLens

Hunter Charlett took the race lead late on the penultimate lap to take the last-lap board two-tenths ahead of Nikolas Lazos and Ethan Johnson.  Charlett had timed his run to perfection as he managed to sneak away from his pursuers on the final lap and keep them at bay all the way to the chequered flag.

Ethan Johnson showed Charlett a wheel on the last lap but couldn’t get through and was actually then bested to the line by Nikolas Lazos, who got a great run onto the main straight to steal that second place.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Two Podium – Image RbMotoLens

Hunter Corney just missed the podium by a bike length, but crossed the stripe three-tenths clear of Jai Strugnell.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Two ResultsPosRiderBikeTime/Gap1H CharlettR1510m01.5332N LazosR15+0.3273E JohnsonR15+0.3624H CorneyR15+0.4035J StrugnellR15+0.7416E AndrewR15+0.9767H HyndR15+6.9488J LouisR15+6.9719Z BeckinsaleR15+7.29110A O’halloranR15+24.59811E PelgraveR15+24.72512A JordanR15+37.93113Z RussoR151m13.060D RRicondiR15/DNFP O’brienR152 LapsbLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race ThreeHunter Corney won the final OJC race of the weekend at Morgan Park – Image RbMotoLens

Hunter Corney made up for the disappointment of missing the podium in the final bout of the weekend with victory by a nose over Ethan Johnson in the final encounter.

Elijah Andrew scored a podium finish in the final OJC bout at Morgan Park – Image RbMotoLens

A few bikes further back Elijah Andrew and Nikolas Lazos crossed the stripe side by side but Andrew was deemed to be a whisker in front and was credited with the podium finish.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup – Ethan Johnson the Morgan Park round winner – Image RbMotoLens

Ethan Johnson won the round by a point over Corney, however, it is Corney that leaves Morgan Park with a 42-point lead in the championship.

bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup – Morgan Park – Round Podium – Image RbMotoLensbLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Race Three ResultsPosRiderBikeTime/Gap1H CorneyR1510m02.1782E JohnsonR15+0.0413E AndrewR15+0.4274N LazosR15+0.4325J StrugnellR15+1.9716J LouisR15+2.9987H HyndR15+8.1978H CharlettR15+10.5679Z BeckinsaleR15+12.33110P O’brienR15+19.16811A O’halloranR15+20.43012E PelgraveR15+33.46313A JordanR15+33.67014Z RussoR15+1m01.593bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup Championship PointsPosRiderBikePoints1H CorneyYam2052E JohnsonYam1633N LazosYam1534H CharlettYam1325E AndrewYam1326J LouisYam1197R McadamYam1058Z BeckinsaleYam1039A O’halloranYam9810C LewisYam9711P O’brienYam9512H HyndYam9213E PelgraveYam8514A JordanYam6915Z RussoYam6816J StrugnellYam48bLU cRU Oceania Junior Cup QualifyingPosRiderBikeTime1H CharlettR151m37.7072H CorneyR151m38.6613RMcadamR151m39.2824E JohnsonR151m39.4715E AndrewR151m39.8466N LazosR151m40.9747J StrugnellR151m41.6198J LouisR151m42.0669Z BeckinsaleR151m42.17610P O’brienR151m43.24911H HyndR151m43.35912E PelgraveR151m44.58413O’halloranR151m45.17414A JordanR151m47.96915Z RussoR151m53.0972024 Australian Superbike Championship CalendarRound 1: Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, VIC Feb 23-25Round 2: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW Mar 22-23Round 3: Queensland Raceway, QLD Apr 26-28Round 4: Morgan Park Raceway, QLD Jul 12-14Round 5: Phillip Island GP Circuit, VIC Sept 7-8Round 6: One Raceway, NSW Oct 4-6Round 7: The Bend Motorsports Park, SA Nov 8-10

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