1-6 would put me on the podium
but I didn't think it would get the
win until I got back to the podium
and the boys told me. So, I didn't
get the pole, 1-1 goal but I was
pretty close, and it feels amazing
to win the championship, not just
for myself, but for Yamaha."
For Agius, the result was far
more than either he or the Pen-
rite Honda team were expecting,
as Australia's next international
star more than held his own
against the series veterans.
"It was surreal, following Jack
[Miller] for the first couple of
laps, I was looking to pass him,
but couldn't quite get it done,"
Agius said to CycleOnline.com.
au. "I could see, it was pretty
blatantly obvious that he was
struggling for grip out there.
"When [Mike] Jonesy, Troy
[Herfoss] and Glenn [Allerton]
came past me, I thought okay,
it's going to be hard to stay with
them, but I found myself there. I
dropped back and then I did one
of the fastest laps of the race
[1:51.133] to get back on them
and found some speed at the
end.
"I found my way how to write
the bike, my lap times dropped
and I had never done those lap
times all weekend. I think it's a
shame that the championship is
finished, I just want to keep go-
ing, it's quite fun to be here and
race guys that I have looked up
to forever."
In the final series standings,
Jones captured the champion-
ship with 328 points over Max-
well's 276 and Bryan Staring
(Ducati) third at 258.
In the Supersport class, cur-
rent CEV Moto3 and Red Bull
Rookies star Harrison Voight
(Yamaha) decimated the field
in his class debut, taking both
wins easily. John Lytras (Yamaha)
came away with the title in race
two, while Cody Wyman (Yama-
ha) took a 13th in race one and
14th in race two.
Yamaha dominated the ASBK
championship in 2022, win-
ning every category (Superbike,
Supersport, Supersport 300,
Yamaha R3 Cup and Oceana
Junior Cup).
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Jack Miller was competitive on his
near-stock Ducati Panigale V4 R,
leading for half of race two.
Outgoing champion Wayne Maxwell (1)
retired from ASBK competition after a
national career spanning over 20 years.
