VOL. 53 ISSUE 4 FEBRUARY 2, 2016 P73
WINNING STATS
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE
TEAM RESULTS
1. United Kingdom 693
2. Australia 594
3. Ireland 421
4. America 355
5. New Zealand 289
HIGHEST POINTS SCORERS
1. Jeremy McWilliams, UK/
Jed Metcher, Australia 156
3. Steve Martin, Australia, 148
4. Conor Cummins, UK, 140
5. John McGuinness, UK, 133
6. Ryan Farquhar, UK/
Glen Richards, UK, 132
8. James Hillier, UK, 119
9. Beau Beaton, Australia, 118
10. Craig Ditchburn, UK, 115
TEAM REPORT CARD
One rider was the difference between
Team USA and Team Ireland finishing third
overall: Paul Byrne.
The Sydney-based Irishman, who is
the newly crowned Australian Formula Oz
Superbike champion, finished 9-7-5 in the
first three races to accumulate 102 points.
The tally would have been higher but he
stalled his XR69 Suzuki on the start in
Race Four. The result was Ireland finishing
69 points ahead of Team USA.
The highest Team USA points scorer
was Pat Mooney on 81 points.
Here's a rundown on individual team
members' efforts.
>>PAT MOONEY NO 7 (Harris-Yamaha FJ): Race
1, 16
th
; Race 2, 15
th
, Race 3, DNF; Race 4, 11
th
.
Igniter box and wiring loom glitches blighted his
performance. "I'll be back," he said afterwards.
>>NICK IENATSCH NO 64 (Spondon TZ): DNF-
23
rd
-16
th
-19
th
. Clutch issues and other minor
issues were a handicap. "What's not to love
about this place?" he said.
>>EIRIK NIELSEN NO 72 (CMR-Yamaha FJ,
US version of an XR69): 23
rd
-18
th
-24
th
-21
st
.
Consistency amid a "race within a race" back
in the pack made him Team USA's second-
highest point scorer.
>>DANIAL "JOE" WEIR NO 16 (Suzuki GS): 28
th
-
21
st
-20
th
-23
rd
. Solid effort.
>>DAVID CRUSSELL NO 17 (Yamaha TZ): 24
th
-
24
th
-17
th
-DNF. The team captain found out that
just one DNF can hurt the team's points tally.
>>ROGER BARKER NO 45 (Kawasaki KZ): 27
th
-
28
th
-22
nd
-DNF. See above.
>>DAVID MOSS NO 223 (Yamaha TZ): 29
th
-DNS-
23
rd
-26
th
. TZs are fickle beasts.
>>RALPH HUDSON NO 35 (Yamaha FJ): 34
th
-
DNF-28
th
-30
th
. Still had fun.
>>JON MUNNS NO 55 (CMR-Yamaha): DNS-30
th
-
DNS-DNS. Beautiful bike but a few
terminal issues.
(Below) Eirik Nielsen's CMR-
Yamaha FJ helped him become
the U.S. team's second-highest
point-scorer.
