ASBK SUPERSPORT · OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
With a number of graduates leaving the category , including 2021
Champion Broc Pearson plus contenders Max Stauffer and Tom Edwards , season 2022 has been wide open in terms of heirs-apparent .
Round one winner Senna Agius was always overseas-bound , so his cameo- plus Tom Edwards ’ second place- really left us with little to no idea about who would be The One To Beat in 2022 .
After Dunlop Supersport 300 reigning Champ Ben Baker bowed out due to injury , fellow contender Olly Simpson also out , and Tom Edwards disqualified due to a technical breach , it would fall to John Lytras to take up the running .
And while the leadership of the Michelin Supersport may have fallen to Lytras , it was a position he relished and grew into . A handy double victory at Wakefield Park saw Lytras really take the season by the horns but any plans for an early Championship win were brought back to reality by an electrical problem at Morgan Park that saw him stranded multiple times in race one , forlornly rebooting his Yamaha but still scoring eight points in trying circumstances .
A win in race two saw him claw his way back into the Championship lead and now Lytras ( 151 points ) enjoys a small six-point advantage heading into the final two rounds from Ty Lynch , ( 145 pts ). Scott Nicholson ( 115 pts ).
At Phillip Island in February for round one , Lynch beat Lytras by nine points for the weekend and mindful of the fact the leading contenders from round one will not be there , if Lynch beats Lytras this weekend , a good points result might see Lynch head to the final round with a small lead …
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