William Hunt

On the weekend we went to One Raceway for round 2 of the St George Motorcycle Club and NSW Championship. As it was my 1st race meeting on my Yamaha Motor Australia R6 we were just treating it like 3 practice days. I entered both 600 classes, and 1 class was just to focus on starts and the other was to focus on racing the bike. Saturday was straight into Qualifying where I was 11th out of 19 in the NSW State class and 2nd ot of 16 in the St George A and B class. In the A and B races R1 3rd, R2 3rd, R3 DNF, R4 15th to 5th and R5 3rd with the fastest lap of the race 1:04.5. I want to thank Knight Designs l AT1 Pro Race Suits Pty Ltd. l Picture Me Rollin Motorcycle Accessory Emporium l Project Forty Six l Monza Australia Kenma Australia l Combustion Cult l Frank Pons l Jake Farnsworth and Simon Farnsworth for all your help ove the weekend and Paul Hunt (Pa) for painting the bike

I'm excited for the new chapter in my racing career. We have sold our R3 Race team to Quinn Lockwood and we have acquired a brand new Yamaha Motor Australia R6 to compete in the ASBK - Australian Superbikes Supersport 600 Championship. We have a lot of work to do to get ready but I am really looking forward the challenge.

This weekend will be my last ASBK - Australian Superbikes event for Supersport 300 and Yamaha R3 Cup. The time has come to move to the Supersport 600 Class which will be the focus for the rest of the year. I will miss racing the R3's they are such good bikes to ride but I am looking forward to a new challenge. All my bikes are for sale and ready for immediate delivery after the last race on Saturday night.

Saturday night was my first ride since Tailem Bend at the Beginning of November. I want to thank St George Motorcycle Club for allowing me to enter the second half of the Summer Night Series on Saturday at the track. We hadn't planned to ride, but delivering some tryes on Friday night and watching everyone else spurred dad and myself on to get the bike ready. Because I missed Friday night, I had to start the Formula St George/400cc class at the back of the grid in 31st.
Race 1- was 6 laps and I made my way to 9th overall and 4th for the 400 class.
Race 2 - I was 3rd in 400's
Race 3 - 4th. To finish 4th for the night. With times close to my PB.
Thanks dad for working Friday night and Saturday to get the bike ready, and
Andrew At KD l Picture Me Rollin Motorcycle Accessory Emporium l AT1 Pro Race Suits Pty Ltd. l Project Forty Six l Adam Jhonston for the continued support. Thanks to Peter Jovanovski for coming to help out. I'm looking forward to Round 2 of ASBK - Australian Superbikes in March. Unfortunately we are unable to race at the World Superbike Round this weekend coming due to lack of funds.

The 2025 season has come to an end. The last round at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park Tailem Bend was especially challenging, crashing twice after being taken out in Qualifying 300 Supersport and the last Yamaha R3 Cup race of the year and a 3rd time when the rain came mid race. There have been lots of positives from the year even though the end result doesn't reflect the progress made. 2nd in the NSW State Titles at Sydney Motorsport Park and getting down to a 1:43.9. A Wild card invite for the Yamaha Blu Cru Asia Pacific R3 Championship, 24th to 1st in the wet at Phillip Island along with a fastest lap, finishing 4th and being nominated for Motorcycling NSW Rider of the Year Award. To the people who have supported me this year, I am extremely grateful, without you, none of this would be possible.
• Andrew from Knight Designs
• Adam Jhonston
• Simon from Picture Me Rollin Motorcycle Accessory Emporium
• Dominis from AT1 Pro Race Suits Pty Ltd.
• Marcus from The Grinning Dingo Australia
• Simon from Yamaha Motor Australia
• Monza Australia
And to my dad who makes everything happen and Pa for always making the bikes look professional.
Thank you to everyone.