The Australian round of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) is on the move, with Shell V-Power Motorsport Park (‘The Bend’) in Tailem Bend securing the rights in a multi-year deal. The first WorldSBK event will be held at the South Australian circuit in 2028, with Phillip Isl...
The BLU CRU Oceania Junior Cup’s appetite for extremely close and competitive racing played out again at The Bend from May 1-3, as three different winners were crowned across the five-lap races. With the diminutive Yamaha YZF-R15s pushed to the limit around the expansive 18-turn Tailem Bend layout –...
Cameron Dunker and Josh Waters snared the race wins during an electrifying round three of the 2026 Penrite Australian Superbike Championship presented by Pirelli (ASBK) at The Bend from May 1-3. After six previous podiums in the SW-Motech Superbike class, the gifted 18-year-old Dunker (Blue Marlin P...
Round three of the 2026 Penrite Australian Superbike Championship presented by Pirelli (ASBK) will be held at The Bend from May 1-3, in what is shaping as a tantalising ‘make or break’ round for riders as the calendar hits the halfway mark. In a break from recent tradition, The Bend takes its place...
As far as edge-of-the-seat thrillers go, it doesn’t get any better! The 2025 BLU CRU Oceania Junior Cup (OJC) concluded in dramatic circumstances at The Bend (SA) on Sunday, November 9, with the championship fight coming down to the final lap of the season between Connor Lewis and Chaz Williams. Bot...
Victorian Jack Mahaffy is the 2025 Kawasaki Australian Supersport champion, keeping his powder dry in the final round at The Bend (SA) on November 9 to complete a magical season for the Stop and Seal Yamaha rider. Mahaffy curbed his normal competitive instincts with a 5-8 scorecard at the high-stake...
Josh Waters has started celebrations early at the final round of the 2025 mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK) at The Bend (SA), wrapping up the Superbike title in Saturday qualifying. Waters’ path of least resistance to winning an unprecedented fi...
Anthony West’s rich vein of form in the 2025 mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul (ASBK) has continued at The Bend, with the Queenslander setting the fastest time in Friday practice at the season finale. After being near the top of the timesheets all day,...
