2019 ISLAND CLASSIC
P88
Feature
him that ran as it should in race
four after swapping out the ignition
system. The recently retired SBK
champion Hayes showed he lost
none of his speed, galloping away
to a four-second win over Martin
and Phillis.
It proved to be a disaster of a
meeting for Jason Pridmore. The
Island Classic sophomore was
on a mission at Phillip Island, de-
termined to get his first win at the
venue and qualified a strong sec-
ond with a 1:37.341, 0.3 seconds
down on Morris. While lying third
on lap two of race one, Pridmore
high-sided in spectacular fashion
exiting turn 11, going down in a
hail of broken bodywork with
Australia's Beau Beaton on the
Irving Vincent also getting caught
up in the melee.
The outcome was serious,
with a broken tibia and fibula and
collarbone from Pridmore and
multiple vertebrae fractures for
Beaton, putting both out of action
for the remainder of the meeting.
Hayes would take over Prid-
more's mantle as Team USA's
leader and would top score for
the visitors with 141 points for third
overall in the individual points tally.
Next for the Americans was Larry
Pegram in fifth with 130, Gilbert in
sixth with 128, Miller in eighth at
121 and Barrett Long in 10th at 114.
Team Australia took their sec-
ond successive International Chal-
lenge Trophy with 676 points with
Martin top scoring for the home
(Above) Motor parts on benches
are common sight in the Island
Classic pits. (Below) Former
WorldSBK and AMA Superbike rider
Marty Craggill is back on track these
days racing a Yamaha TZ750.
