The second round of the Western Australian Steelblue Road Racing Championship will be run at Barbagallo Raceway on 27 June, where riders could be in for a wet round with the onset of winter conditions.

Superbike riders Ben Henry (Rilusi Motorcycles Suzuki) and Ben Stronach (DGS Ducati 1098) were so close to breaking the local Superbike lap record of 56.4160 set by fellow A-grader Jamie Boland (Joondalup Suzuki) at the final state round last September, with both Stronach’s best lap of a 56.6650 just narrowly off record pace.

Boland will be keen to get back to the those record braking times and will be changing to Pirelli tyres in the lead-up to the round. Another to watch at round two will be Cameron Keevers, who riding with a wrist injury finished third overall on the day at round one.

The 125cc Grand Prix Championship will have some stiff competition with Queensland rider Brad Gross set to commute to WA and contest the remaining rounds this season.

Gross started racing dirt track in 2003 and in the following season stepped into road racing on a Moriwaki 80cc. In 2008 he qualified as a wild card rider at Phillip Island in the 125GP class at the MotoGP World Championship event, but unfortunately he had mechanical problems in the race.

In 2009 he again was accepted as a wild card entry and this time finished in 22nd position ahead of many international riders on factory motorcycles out of 34 entries. He will be joining the strong field of 14 125GP riders many of whom are teenagers ranging from 14-year-old Sam Clarke up to the experienced campaigners, all out to contest the 2010 WA Championship title.

A full grid of 31 Supersport and Superstock riders will front the starter in the Trakdayz-sponsored championship. Ralph Mammoliti (Causeway Kawasaki 600) took all three race wins last year to lead the championship from Alan Forde who put in a great effort in second place.

Ex-New Zealand racer Adam Chambers, who was in his first ever outing at Barbagallo, took third overall and has the potential to step up and challenge Mammoliti, while Sebastian Montagu returns to WA for round two along with Andrew Shand.

In the Superstock class, James Reid is hot on the pace and has a 17 point lead over nearest rival Mason Coote (Hogs Breath Café Joondalup Honda) with Kalgoorlie based Jack Coyle just two points behind.

Three wheeled action will be on with 12 sidecars competing for points in the Armadale Rentals Sidecar Championship. Former state champion Lindsay Fagan returns with a new passenger who has a long history with sidecar racing in Australia.

The 18 event program with support classes of Clubman 1000 and 600cc racing gets underway at 9.00am for practice and non-stop racing from 11.45am.

Find out more information at www.mcrcwa.com.au.