Josh Waters and Onyabike KW Civil McMartin Racing with K-Tech spectacular in Sydney.

Josh Waters and the Onyabike KW Civil McMartin Racing with K-Tech Team dominated the two races at Sydney Motorsport Park for round two of the ASBK Championship held over two days of night racing 28-29 March to remain undefeated in 2025.

This unique round, held over a Friday and Saturday and featuring qualifying and racing under lights got underway with the threat of rain casting a shadow over the meeting. 

As per a normal weekend the practice sessions got underway on Friday, these were held in dry conditions, but for this round qualifying would also take place under lights on Friday night.

Josh and the Onyabike KW Civil McMartin Racing with K-Tech team made sure of a birth in the important Q2 session by laying down the second fastest lap in Q1, only .064 off the top of the timesheets. Unfortunately, light rain started to fall during the short Q2 session catching several teams out as track condition deteriorated quickly meaning Josh would have to launch the Ducati Panigale V4 from the third row of the grid for both of Saturday’s races.

Completely unfazed, Josh got an incredible launch from seventh on the grid as the lights went out and blasted the Ducati Panigale V4R around the outside to lead the field through the last part of turn one and that was about as close as anyone got. A perfect start was followed by a perfect first lap opening a buffer of .637 over the pursuing pack led by Mike Jones. Jones was able to pull that back to .366 by the completion of lap three but the fastest lap of the race on lap four by Waters opened the gap back to over .6 and Josh simply rode a perfect race from there on to take the chequered flag with a comfortable margin over Jones.

Race two under lights on a perfectly dry track was almost a carbon copy although Josh had to work a little harder in the early stages of the opening lap to assert his domination on the Onyabike KW Civil McMartin Racing with K-Tech Ducati V4R. A flawless final two sectors on that first lap opened a gap of .8 over a tightly grouped pack allowing the four-time ASBK Champion to make his escape resulting in a gap of over two seconds by the completion of lap two. From that point on Josh maintained incredible consistency to cross the line with a comfortable buffer over the fight for second.

Two wins from two starts sees Josh extend his championship lead over Jones by a further 9 points as Josh Waters and the Onyabike KW Civil McMartin Racing with K-Tech head to the next round at Queensland Raceway with a twenty-seven-point lead

“What a weekend; on Friday I was caught out with the weather and qualified back on the third row in seventh position” commented round winner and championship leader, Josh Waters. “I was disappointed as we had done such a good job in the free practice sessions being fastest overall. But to get two race wins and the overall round victory I was really happy about. Two solid race starts helped us pave the way for back-to-back race wins from seventh on the grid at Sydney Motorsport Park for round two. As always, a huge thank you to my team who work so hard and all of our sponsors”.

“I am very happy with the weekend overall” said Team Owner Craig McMartin. “As always, the team did a sensational job all weekend, especially with some tricky conditions. To be honest the only downside of the entire weekend was that we didn't get qualifying quite right but that didn't end up being a problem as Josh's starts were amazing in both races and the way he fought to get to the lead so quickly was extremely impressive. Thanks again to all our sponsors and especially Onyabike adventures, KW civil and Pirelli tyres”.