Chas Hern Racing

At the latest round of the Australian road race championships, Chas Hern took 2 of the 4 wins. The super stock class had some of the fiercest racers over the double header weekend. Qualifying had the closest times so far this year with the top 6 all within .8 of a second all with in the mid to high 1.16’s

 

 

Chas and Phil from Casino Pools and spas at Queensland race way

Chas Hern racing has received Financial backing from local pool and spa company Casino Pools

Casino Pools have offered to help Chas for round 6/7 of the Australian road race championships.

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At round 1 of the DVMC Pony express series Chas Hern and Glenn Harris took out first place in Expert class by more than 2 minutes.

Chas and Glenn teamed up on Glenn's YZ 250F Yamaha and lead from start to finish.

 

Glenn checking out the scenery around him

After a miserable weathered two day haul up to the "Sunny State" we got into my parents place around 8 and called it a nite. After a good sleep we head up to QR early Saturday morning.
Again another unknown track to the both of us, though i am a queenslander. On our way up we came accross some fellow
superstock riders and friends the Joe Rocket Junior Development Team. As there was only Braden Carr testing the same day as us, most of the supersport and superbike guys had already tested earlier in the week. A few others where there from SA and WA they too making the trip to test before they enter the double header at the end of the month.

The weather had not shown us any love today still being cold windy and overcast. It felt like we should have been at Phillip Island.. So much for warm Queensland sunshine. The track was cold but not slippery, just riddled with rough patches making for some suspension adjustments throughout the day.

Being my first time back on a bike and track it was my first ride as owner of my ZXR400 track baby... tho it's still in painting process so looks rather crap i guess.
After spending the day getting a feel for my bike adjusting things here and there, the track and Chas setting his suspension up, it was worth the drive.

Chas and I spent a few sessions together him leading me around the track to get faster and better lines. I was starting to feel more and more comfortable on the bike and with the gearing every session. I think my last session was my best.
By 4:30 we started packing up, it still hadn't warmed up at all over the day, so back home to a hot shower and we'll head back up tomorrow to watch the QLD tiles which some of the guys testing had entered.

Hopefully next time i'm on track my bike will look a little more respectable....Untill then... Ciao  

 

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Another Expensive weekend..............

At round 5 of the Australian road race championship Chas Hern again podium at a track he had never ridden. After a very wet Friday practice Chas rode to keep the bike on two wheels and try to learn what he could of the track

In Rd 3 of the Victorian Inter club Championship, Yamaha filled the Podium. Chas was Again unbeatable in the C grade class winning all races. In the A-B grade class Andrew Brooks took Gold  aboard his Yamaha R6 winning 3 from 3 but had to fight hard to keep in front of Chas. Danny Higgins was just off the tail of Andrew and Chas aboard His Yamaha R6. Also during the weekend Chas was consistently Lapping in the flat to low 1 minute's and was continually under the currant Super Stock Lap Record of 1.00.5.

 

Making sure we had everything all crammed neatly into the Vito, we’re finally off on our 9 hour trip to Adelaide at midday. We make it to our mate Ash’s place (luckily, as some of those big rigs can be a bit dicey on the way) with Chinese takeaway in hand Oh yer..

This weekend Broardford will play host to the Victorian Inter club Championships.

Chas is currently leading the Super-Sport class, riding his Yamaha R6 Super-stock bike he uses to compete in the Australian series. He has won both rounds in the c grade class and is also leading the A and B grade class, 3 points ahead of fellow Yamaha R6 riders Danny Higgins and Andrew Brooks.

Broardford is no more than 20 Min's from Chas's house and he will be looking for a strong result.

 

Pictured is the 2007 Stafford Yamaha/ Hern engineering/ Simford welding/ Emac electrical team  L to R Bert Stafford, Joel Stafford, Ewan McClue, Peter Hern, Chas Hern

After a up and down Rd 3, Chas was looking forward to a High at Rd 4 Mallala. The weekend started just like Rd 2 with Chas fastest in both practice and Qualifying. In Qualifying Chas went under Ian Andrews last year lap record by .200 of a second giving Chas the new Qualifying Lap record.