Domination reigns supreme for the BikeFin Honda Team.

Saturday 3rd March 2012. Saw a blistering start for the BikeFin Honda team at the opening round of the South African Supersport Championship held at the short yet tricky Zwartkops Raceway outside Pretoria.

The first signs of the well prepared BikeFin Honda CBR600RR’s by Anassis Racing, showed results during the practice sessions on Friday. With each session, one of the riders came out quickest and at the end of the day, none other than a BikeFin Honda rider had topped the tables. Little work was required of the race engineers to prepare the 4 bikes for the qualifying on Saturday.

Qualifying saw a perfect show-down for the BikeFin Honda Team when they filled the front row with a perfect 1-2-3-4. Clint Seller P1, Lance Isaacs P2, Brent Harran P3 and a debut for Cam Petersen in P4. The BikeFin Honda team was ecstatic and knew that history was in the making.

 

Race 1:

From start to Finish it was all about the Honda BikeFin boys who took off in style and treated the crowd with a nailbiting fight with Clint Seller and Lance Isaacs in a severe battle for the lead, exchanging the lead multiple times with Harran hanging in the wings waiting for a gap. Cam Peterson hung onto fourth position in his maiden ride with Bikefin Honda for most of the race. On lap7 of 10 he lost the back end on turn 5 but his raw talent saved him from falling off and finished in a solid eight position. It was a spectacular finish as three BikeFin Honda’s crossed the line in under one second Clint Seller 1st with Brent Harran 2nd and Lance Isaacs 3rd   

 

Heat 1 Results:

  1. Clint Seller – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  2. Brent Harran – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  3. Lance Isaacs – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  4. Steven Odendaal – GSXR600
  5. Dean Vos – ZX6R
  6. Dylan White – Triumph

Race 2:

The gloves came off for race 2, it was a fight from lap one to twelve, three BikeFin Hondas went side by side into turn one but no one wanted to give an inch. The crowed were treated to the race of the day. In the end it was the victorious Clint Seller thet stood up on the pegs to claim his second victory of the day with Lance Isaacs only 0.2 behind in second place. Cam Peterson found his zone and finished in a solid third. Brent got stuck behind Odendaal and Vos and a frustrating battle ensued as we know that the track is difficult to pass on and with temperatures soaring the track became very greasy. A full house for BikeFin Honda racing team, Pole Position – Top three steps of the podium – and a new Lap Record for Lance Isaacs.

 

Heat 2 Results:

  1. Clint Seller – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  2. Lance Isaacs – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  3. Cam Petersen – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  4. Steven Odendaal – GSXR600
  5. Dean Vos – ZX6R
  6. Brent Harran – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda

Overall Results:

  1. Clint Seller – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  2. Lance Isaacs – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  3. Brent Harran – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda
  4. Steven Odendaal – GSXR600
  5. Dean Vos – ZX6R
  6. Cam Petersen – CBR600RR BikeFin Honda

 

Posted by Charlie Hildebrand on Mar 08 2012 under Uncategorized | Comments Off

BikeFin and Honda are proud to announce its strongest ever line-up to compete in the SA Super Sport Championship for 2012.

Anassis Racing (AR) is the organisation behind the highly successful BikeFin Honda team that won 16 races and scored 45 podiums between 2010-2011, finishing runner-up in the Championship in 2010 and 2011.

BikeFin Honda will run with the super-fast Clint Seller and again feature experienced Lance Isaacs and two of South Africa’s promising young stars Brent Harran and Cam Petersen who will all compete in the 2012 SA Super Sport WSS Series.
 
Team Manager Brad Anassis: “BikeFin Honda goes into 2012 with its strongest ever line-up of riders with all of them capable of reaching the top step of the podium, in this year’s SA Super Sport Championship, with no weak point. After narrowly missing out on the Championship in 2010 and 2011, this is our best chance to win the title with one of our talented riders”

“We are delighted to continue our association with BikeFin after a promising 2011 season. Clint Seller and Lance Isaacs will yet again create an exciting combination. Clint has youth and speed on his side while Lance comes into the season with experience and high expectations, he will be focusing on this class from the start of the season. Brent Harran, now with his schooling behind him, goes in with a breath of fresh air and new team member Cam Petersen is one of SA’s most promising young guns. These two will make a young but formidable pairing in our pit box”.

“All our riders will receive exactly the same machinery and support. AR operates an open-book policy where all riders share and learn from information, data and technical assistance. It means all have the same opportunity to perform on one of the best Super sport race bikes in the world, Honda CBR600RR.”

Team product partners include: MP Martin Paetzold Suspension, Portable Shade, Air Age Engineering, Sasol, Race! SA, Dainese, Samco by Racebikebitz, NGK, Cobalt Engineering, Alcoa. NEW exciting partners include lubricant giants Liqui Molly and UD Magnis Trucks Midrand.

AR teams will be concluding a three phase test series starting in PE during January before travelling to Cape Town, then to Zwartkops for a further test ahead of the opening round of the Championship at Kyalami on March 4th. For more information on the team visit www.bikefin.co.za or www.anassis.com or www.hondasa.co.za or follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/bikefin/honda.

Posted by Charlie Hildebrand on Jan 24 2012 under Uncategorized | Comments Off

VICTORY FOR BIKEFIN HONDA AT THE FINAL ROUND OF THE SA SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP SUPESUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP

BikeFin Honda’s Clint Seller finished on the top step of the podium at the final round of the 2011 SA WSS Championship held at the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria East. However, it was too little too late to take the overall championship that ended up going to 2010 Honda rider David Macfadden.

 

Clint had a superb race weekend on his Anassis racing prepared CBR600RR by claiming pole position and overall victory. Unfortunately, it was not enough to claim the South African Supersport title 2011. The competition needed the full 18 races in order to beat the Honda CBR600RR of the BikeFin Honda team.

 

On race day, Clint Seller started off on a high note by claiming his 5th pole position of the season in front of his team mate Lance Isaacs. At the start of the race, Clint had to bridge a 9 point difference with the championship leader David McFadden. In order to stand a chance to win the title, Clint had to win both races. Race 1 was an absolute thriller when Clint and Lance took off as the leading duo.

 

Gradually the championship leader worked his way up and a fierce battle erupted. Clint was able to maintain his leading position until the last corner of the last lap when Macfadden made a pass up the inside. Clint crossed the line 0.076 seconds behind the winner with Lance Isaacs following 1.5 seconds in P3.

 

The second race saw Clint and Lance taking off and leaving the rest of the field behind for the whole race. Clint Seller took victory in front of Lance Isaacs, but it wasn’t enough to be crowned champion for 2011.

 

The BikeFin boys can look back on an extremely successful season by ending in final P2 Clint Seller, P3 Lance Isaacs and P4 Brent Harran. Throughout the eighteen heat season, the team produced 7 pole positions, 6 wins, 30 podiums,     2 overall 1-2-3’s and a staggering 815 points (and 841 including Sandro and Jason)!

 

Brad Anassis has shown the South African racing industry that the BikeFin Honda racing team is setting the standard and are the winning combination now and will be in the future. 2012 will see the introduction of the new Portable Shade F1 style paddock system and the new ultra modern racing rig has shown it’s face. It is clear that BikeFin Honda were the champion show makers on and off the track for 2011.

Posted by Charlie Hildebrand on Dec 20 2011 under Uncategorized | Comments Off