Ryder Gilbert Racing #72

ASBK Finale The Bend Motorsport Park

Season 2025 done and dusted! ✅
It was great to finish the year off at a home track.

Qualifying:15th
Race 1: 13th
Race 2:14th
Overall: 10th

I struggled a bit throughout the weekend with bike feel and confidence, getting back down to my times from last year.
With a cold track and drying conditions in race 1 I brought the bike home safely in 13th position. Race 2 I kept consistent lap times and got a PB of 1.57.5 with a 14th place finish. I wish I could have come into the weekend with this sort of pace, but that’s how it goes sometimes.

Nevertheless I had a great weekend and was stoked to finish the round 10th overall and come away with 11th overall in the Supersport championship in my Rookie year!

Mega thanks to RACE BIKES for a great year, the Pezzetta’s for good pit company, Shane Church, Scott Cooper, Shane Samuels and Dad for being an awesome pit crew and for giving me the belief I need within myself to succeed. Thanks to Ghage Plowman for the graphic bike design and Erin Samuels for wrapping the bike in it last minute, and thanks to everyone who came out to support me over the weekend, I appreciate you all.

📸TAYCO Creative Lachie Chugg Photography

Thank you to everyone who has supported me in the 2025 season.
Routleys Bathroom Kitchen Laundry Pty Ltd
Energy SA
Southern Sparks
Foodland Goolwa
Southern Moto
The Insurance Office
Race bikes
YRD
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The Grinning Dingo Australia
Ricondi Motorcycle Apparel
RACE and ROAD
Yamaha Motor Australia

ASBK One Raceway Goulburn

Q1: P15
Q2: DNF
15th on grid

Race 1: DNF
Race 2: 14th
Overall: 14th

I went into this weekend with high hopes and exited to learn a new track. Practice Friday was interesting trying to learn the flow of the track, Q1 saturday I dropped my times and felt confident knowing what I needed to improve on for the second qualifying.

Q2 I got one lap in before tucking the front at turn 2. Thanks to my Ricondi Leathers I walked away uninjured and with the help of dad and Tony from RACE BIKES we were able to fix the bike ready for racing Sunday.

Race 1 I got a good start until the race got red flagged. A bad launch off the line and a few mistakes during the restart put me further back then I was hoping for. On the last lap I ran wide onto a dirty part of the circuit resulting in a crash. 🫠
With too much damage on the bike I had to use my spare bike for race 2. With a technical issue on the bike I made sure I got it to the finish line for a result.

With the level of confidence and bike feel I had on Friday and early Saturday to say I am disappointed with my results would be an understatement.

Hopefully I can finish the year off strong at The Bend in a month’s time.

Thanks to Dylan Gilbert, Tony and the race bikes team for all the support and work/fixeruppering they have done on the bike for me. Thanks to the Bramich’s for lending me a fairing bracket and Rodney Plowman for lending me a Techair 7 airbag for race 2.

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See you all at the bend!

Routleys Bathroom Kitchen Laundry Pty Ltd
Energy SA
Southern Sparks
Foodland Goolwa
Southern Moto
The Insurance Office
Race bikes
YRD
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RACE and ROAD
Yamaha Motor Australia

Race ready. ✅

Here's Nico in the workshop last week doing some final race prep on this R6 for Ryder Gilbert Racing #72.

🥈 Ryder placed 2nd in the Supersport 600 class at the Mac Park over the weekend, for both the round overall and the South Australian championship season!

Congratulations Ryder, we're glad to have your back. ✊

Morgan Park Raceway Queensland

ASBK Round 4 in the books ✅

I had a great time racing this weekend making some solid progressions in my performance on yet another track that I hadn’t tackled on the R6 before.

Race 1 I got a bad start and was in a battle for 16th before making a mistake and running straight on at turn 1. Race 2 I got a better start and held a steady 14th until the race got red flagged, after the 5 lap restart I was in a group from 12th - 15th before having issues with my quick shifter.

Qualifying: 18th
Race 1: 17th
Race 2: 15th
Overall: 15th

📸 Pit Lane Studio

Thanks to RACE BIKES, the Plowman’s, the Pezzetta’s, the Ketchell’a and Anthony for making it an enjoyable weekend.

I can’t wait for round 5 Phillip island where I know I can achieve strong results.

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Southern Sparks
Foodland Goolwa
Southern Moto
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