Canadian Superbike: Race Two Results From Calabogie – Roadracing World Magazine

Lyle Ellerbee

Pro Superbike Race 2 Outcomes

 

 

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Dumas wins again, cuts title deficit to a person point in race two at Calabogie

 

Liqui Moly-sponsored defending Canadian Superbike Champion Alex Dumas with a Liqui Moly-branded helicopter at Calabogie Motorsports Park. Photo courtesy Francois Dumas.
Liqui Moly-sponsored defending Canadian Superbike Champion Alex Dumas with a Liqui Moly-branded helicopter at Calabogie Motorsports Park. Photograph courtesy Francois Dumas.

 

Calabogie, ON –  The hole atop the Canadian Superbike Championship all but evaporated on Sunday, as Alex Dumas continued his excellent run at Calabogie Motorsports Park to pull in just a single position of rival Ben Young in the feature Pro Superbike course.

Dumas entered with a 5-race unbeaten streak on the line around Calabogie, nevertheless he was promptly satisfied with his biggest challenge yet as Young grabbed the holeshot for the 2nd day in a row. In contrast to Saturday, however, Younger maintained that lead for the initially fifty percent of the race, denying a handful of move attempts as he threatened to conclude Dumas’ excellent operate all-around his household keep track of.

The defending champion experienced other programs on lap seven, on the other hand, ultimately receiving a transfer to adhere in turn five and eventually peeling absent, as the Liqui Moly/Fast University Suzuki rider will head to round a few within just a single point of the title guide.

“I tried using the move a few occasions, but Ben just kept slamming the doorway. It was really enjoyment battling out there, but I’m satisfied to choose up another earn for the championship,” Dumas stated. “I’ve hardly ever been to Shubenacadie, so I’m searching ahead to battling again at spherical a few there in two weeks.”

Despite yet another runner-up complete to his championship rival, Young will probably be pleased with his weekend general, as he maintains his championship direct exiting the first 4 races – albeit in the greatest of margins.

“I experienced one more wonderful start like yesterday – the new ‘M’ BMW will get off the line genuinely nicely – but Alex was a demon off the line as perfectly which authorized him to keep with me,” explained the Van Dolder’s Residence Team BMW rider. “I understood it would be rough to gain in this article, but we’re seriously wanting ahead to spherical a few exactly where we can with any luck , establish the hole again up in the championship.”

Signing up for the duo on the podium was Trevor Daley, who manufactured up for a large Saturday crash to run a at ease race in 3rd. The OneSpeed Suzuki rider remained a bit off the tempo of the entrance two but ongoing to near the gap, while also climbing again into third in the overall championship.

“It was a little bit of a lonely journey out there, but I was hoping I could just remain with them and select up the items if they beat each other up a bit,” Daley explained. “I nonetheless imagine we’re a great deal nearer than the gap will demonstrate, and it is another good stage forward so now we just transform our target to round three in AMP.”

The double-podium for Suzuki will aid trim their deficit to BMW to just six factors in the Constructors Championship, but the German maker will retain their direct thanks to a solid fifth-position charge from Samuel Guerin aboard his EFC Group device.

Guerin was unable to get the much better of Sebastien Tremblay, nevertheless, as the Turcotte Effectiveness Kawasaki rider held on to fourth in the race and jumps to fourth in the in general standings in the course of action, though aiding Kawasaki to 3rd in the Constructors desk.

David MacKay reversed his championship fortunes after a tough race just one, profitable on Sunday right after a remarkable a few-way struggle with rivals Trevor Dion and Elliot Vieira.

All a few riders swapped sites a number of occasions through, with Dion primary throughout the line onto the final lap before MacKay introduced a thrilling overtake in the remaining corners to seal his 2nd victory of the season.

“These doubleheaders are doing the job properly for me,” MacKay joked, referencing his race two get in Grand Bend immediately after a race 1 crash. “Yesterday was not the best working day for us, but we ended up equipped to discover so considerably which served us currently, and this 1 is substantial for the championship.”

Dion will ultimately see a acquire slip by way of his hands on the closing lap for a next day in a row, but the LDS Consultants Kawasaki rider however held on for one more runner-up end and hence will keep a 13-point benefit more than Vieira with MacKay a further two factors again.

The trio will entrench on their own as the a few championship contenders at the halfway issue of the year, though MacKay will have expertise on his side when the Fast Business Kawasaki rider returns to Shubenacadie in two months.

Julien Lafortune prolonged a sizeable gain atop the Aim Insurance policy Newbie Superbike standings, profitable for a second time right after top just about every lap on Sunday.

The Kawasaki rider will open up a 23-point lead above John Fraser, who finished second for Yamaha, a gap Lafortune will need to have as they head to Fraser’s stomping ground in spherical a few on the east coast.

Paul Etienne Courtois will consider in excess of the championship direct in the Beginner Sport Bicycle course, as the to start with-yr Novice runner gained his 1st national Sport Bike race right after a close fight with hometown rider Guillaume Lavallee.

Courtois will carry a five-stage lead more than round just one winner Sebastian Hothaza, who could only regulate ninth in his second countrywide appearance.

Nationwide debutant Andrew Cooney capped off a stellar weekend with a pair of victories in the Super Sonic Race School Lightweight class, winning equally contests in remarkable style in just his third at any time race weekend at any degree.

Despite the double-victory, it was a thriving weekend for championship leader Evan Moriarity, who exits with a 30-level guide atop the standings more than Cooney in next.

Jared Walker continued his perfect operate in the Pro division of the Professional/Am class, successful for a fourth consecutive time to increase his title grasp. Cooney would wind up the winner on equally situations in the Amateur ranks, with Bryce DeBoer grabbing a pair of next-area finishes to enter a tie for the championship lead.

The complete effects from Sunday’s racing can be located on the series’ official site at csbk.ca.

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