Josh Pickering and Brodie Nolan have taken out the 2018 Cessnock Mitsubishi Australian Postie Bike Grand Prix.
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The pair snagged top honours in a highly competitive field that included 2018 ASBK Supersport Champion Cru Halliday who recorded the fastest lap of the day with 1:19.373.
Second place went to Richie Nolan and Josh Brooks while Chris Watson and Michael Kirkness took home third place.
The field also included former Australian Supercross champion Craig Anderson and two-time AMA Supercross Champion Chad Reed.
History was made earlier in the day with the running of the inaugural all-female street race, a first of it’s kind for Australia.
The auspicious race was taken out by former Maitland racer Ellyse O’Connor with an overall time of 15:27.335 after 10 hotly contested laps that saw Keegan Pickering finish second and Karina Bailey third.
Event organiser Dave Robinson said given the region’s love of motorsport, it made sense that such historic ground was broken in Cessnock.
“If it was going to happen anywhere it was going to happen in Cessnock,” he said.
“I take my hat off to each of the ladies in the race - fantastic, every competitor. It was a terrific competition and it was a race that brought the crowd to it’s feet.”
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The 2018 Cessnock Mitsubishi Australian Postie Bike Grand Prix has officially kicked off.
The streets of Cessnock are quickly filling up as a full field of riders including such heavy hitters of the sport as four-time Australian Supercross Champion and two-time AMA Supercross Champion Chad Reed and former Australian Supercross champion Craig Anderson.
A crowd of 10,000 is expected by the time the flag is dropped on the start of the main race at 3pm.
Another highlight of this year’s grand prix is sure to be the inaugural female race, starting at 1pm, which will see history in the making as it will be the first time an all-female street race has been held in Australia.
All of the action will wrap up at 4,30pm and there will be a presentation at Peden’s Hotel from 7.30pm
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