Former World Supersport number two Kevin Curtain has called for safer racing in the Australian Supersport category after the controversial incident between he and rookie young gun Nick Waters in race two at Symmons Plains.

Waters made a final lap manoeuvre on Curtain in the penultimate corner, the veteran multiple-time national champion coming off second best as he and his Yamaha Racing Team YZF-R6 went into the gravel and out of the race.

Meanwhile, 17-year-old rookie Waters went on to capture his maiden national Supersport race podium in third. Earlier today, Waters was forced out of race one when older brother Brodie collected him on the opening lap.

In an interview with MotoOnline.com.au following the affair – which saw Curtain confront Waters following the podium ceremony – Curtain voiced his concern over the tactics of the Mildura-based brothers.

“The first race was good, but it’s a shame the Suzukis had to take themselves out,” Curtain commented in the YRT semi. “That just reflects on what happened in the second race when Nicholas crashed into me at Turn Six.

“You don’t have to do that – you don’t have to take each other out. You can ride close and pull big moves, but you don’t have to keep crashing people out.

“I don’t know if Nicholas and maybe Brodie are trying to race each other and trying to kill themselves, but they’re having a good go at taking everyone else at the same time.”

Curtain is adamant that the pair touched and later put in a protest regarding the incident, while Nick said he didn’t think the pair touched in the incident.

“They’ve got a crashed bike and we’ve got a crashed bike now, all because he ran wide at the Hairpin and had to try make up time on the last lap,” Curtain continued. “He came from maybe 50 metres back, there was no way he was going to turn the corner.

“Luckily I was committed, had my weight leaned over, so he was lucky I was there otherwise he would have ran off the track himself.”

Curtain now trails new title leader Christan Casella by 17 points with just four rounds remaining in the series, but he’s focused on a consistent run to round out the year.

“We just need to keep running up the front as far as I can and take whatever I can,” He added. “We need to stay on the bike, that’s what wins championships.

“When people are riding a little bit dangerous around you and crashing into you then it makes things a little bit difficult.”

Waters was disappointed in the incidents that took place in Tasmania, but shrugged off any claims that he was the cause of the accident in race two.

“In the first race Brode just out-broke himself and took me out, but it’s all fun and games,” he commented. “At the end of that last race there I got up the inside of Kev when we were braking – I didn’t feel any contact, but he shut down on me. That’s racing really.

“Down the straights he was coming across on me, but fair’s fair – I hope to see him do it again. We’ll move on to Darwin from here.”

At time of MotoOnline posting this update, Motorcycling Australia was yet to declare a result of the protest put forward by Curtain and YRT.

Curtain finished the weekend in 11th overall thanks to his second place in race one, while Waters was 12th after scoring third in race two.