TEAM Honda Racing rider Josh Hook of Taree has completed his most emphatic weekend as a Superbike rider, leading from the front to win all three support races at the 2014 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.
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The third victory followed the same narrative as the earlier two, as Hook led from the front and then absorbed early pressure from his three teammates; Wayne Maxwell, Jamie Stauffer and Troy Herfoss.
Stauffer and Herfoss eventually lost the tow to finish third and fourth respectively, which left Maxwell as the one to try and snap the Hook stranglehold.
Maxwell gave his all - he set the fastest lap of the weekend on the penultimate lap - but it still wasn't enough to loosen Hook's vice-like grip. Hook won the eight-lapper by 0.165 seconds.
Hook's victory also saw him claim the Phillip Island Superbike Championship from Stauffer in a clutch performance - edging Stauffer by just two points.
"If you told me at the start of the weekend that I would get the clean sweep, I would not have expected it," Hook said.
"But I was fast in practice and qualifying, so I knew I had the pace.
"I am extremely satisfied and have enjoyed racing on the best circuit in Australia. Now my work is done and I'll just sit back and watch the world championship races this afternoon."
Queenslanders Linden Magee (BMW) and Mike Jones (Kawasaki) were fifth and sixth in race three, with Prostock rider Sean Condon (Kawasaki) seventh. Condon also set a new Prostock lap record at a flying 1m33.621.
Hook completed the Phillip Island Championship on 100 points from Stauffer (98) and Jones (84) and in Prostock it was Condon (118) from Ben Henry (Kawasaki, 95) and Richard Ellis (BMW, 73).
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