09/09/2015
Pirelli Road race series round 3 was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit was held on 29th - 30th of August.
Josh had a brilliant start to the weekend on Saturday morning with a wet qualifying session, he ended up on pole position by 3.7 seconds in front of all 300's while on his Kawasaki Ninja 250.
On Saturday there were 2 sprint races with 4 laps each
Race 1 - Starting in pole position Josh got a good start until being passed by several 300's at turn 3 he then got back into the lead whilst on the brakes into turn 4 but unfortunately crashed out on lap of 1 of 4.
Race 2 - Starting from pole position once again Josh had a good start but was quickly passed into turn 1 by 300's he then passed some of them back at turn 4 on lap 1, the race ended up being a close race between himself and Josh McHenry battling for 2nd place outright.
Finishing in 2nd outright & 1st in 250 production
On Sunday there were 2 TT races with 8 laps each, qualifying was decided on the fastest laps from Saturday, which Josh qualified in 7th for both races.
Race 1 - Starting from 7th made the starts difficult against the 300's, the 8 lap race was changing positions every lap, he had a close battle in the closing laps with Douglas Bloomer and James Davidson.
Finishing in 7th outright and 1st in 250 production with a new PB of 2:01.3
Race 2 - Once again starting from 7th position he got an average start and had a lonely race by himself after running onto the astro turf at turn 4 on lap 3.
Finishing in 9th outright and 1st in 250 production.