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June 2 2021
Toronto, Ontario – Battery giant, Yuasa Battery Inc, is partnering with the Canadian National Motorcycle Road Racing Championship series for 2021 and is now the official power source of CSBK. Yuasa Battery Inc will sponsor television and video coverage of the Championship Series, including episodes on The Sports Network, TSN. Yuasa Battery Inc will also support a year-end prize money award for the top qualifying riders in the Pro Superbike Feature class, the Yuasa Battery Pole Position bonus.
The top five qualifiers for each 2021 event’s set of Pro Superbike feature races will receive points, with standings updated at each series event. At year-end, the top racers in the Yuasa Battery Pole Position Bonus Award program will receive a points fund payout courtesy of Yuasa.
Yuasa Battery Inc. has manufactured powersports batteries to uncompromisingly high standards in the United States since 1979. As the largest American manufacturer and distributor of batteries for motorcycles, snowmobiles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, side-by-sides, and personal watercraft, Yuasa Battery Inc supplies more powersports batteries to OEMs than all others combined, in the US and globally.
Yuasa sponsors a wide range of worldwide motorsports, including the factory Repsol Honda MotoGP program with lead rider Marc Marquez of Spain, the eight-time World Champion.
“The CSBK tour’s competitors, staff, and fans are excited by this opportunity to work with Yuasa,” explains CSBK boss Colin Fraser. “Yuasa Battery is a high-profile, premier brand, and we think Yuasa is a great fit with the Canadian National Superbike Championship. We are looking forward to staging a range of exciting programs in partnership with Yuasa, starting with the qualifying bonus for each National Event’s Yuasa Battery Pole Position qualifying session.”
In 2020, Canada General Warranty Kawasaki works racer Jordan Szoke won all four CSBK National Superbike races, the veteran Pro from Lynden, ON., earning an unparalleled 14th career Canadian overall Championship. Szoke also Qualified in pole position for both 2020 events.
Fastest in “Q” at both the Calabogie Motorsports Park and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park last season, Szoke is the firm pre-season favourite to earn the Yuasa Battery Pole Position Bonus Award for the upcoming 2021 season.
For more information on the CSBK Canadian Superbike Championship, visit www.csbk.ca
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May 27 2021
Toronto, Ontario – The scheduled opening round of the 2021 Canadian National Superbike Championship, announced for Grand Bend Motorplex June 11-13, has been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. The 2021 CSBK National tour is now scheduled to begin at Calabogie Motorsports Park, south west of Ottawa, ON, July 10-11.
The new Pro 6 GP Regional racing series also plans to debut at Calabogie Motorsports Park on the same weekend, July 10-11. Pro 6 Cycle are entering their eighth season of providing Dunlop spec tire support for the CSBK National tour in all five Pro and Amateur categories.
CSBK had originally intended to open National action at the start of June. Then the ongoing revision of health guidelines, related to the ongoing Pandemic, forced some delays. As outlined by the province of Ontario, revised restrictions have occurred, and further updates are expected.
Currently, the earliest possible date to resume wheel-to-wheel competition in the Province of Ontario would be Monday, June 14.
However, it is not certain that racing will be possible in mid-June, and Government Officials have indicated that adjustments to the schedule for the gradual reopening of the Province will be based on several tiers of progressive health markers. These guidelines will be update over the next few weeks.
At this point, series organizers are optimistic that racing should be possible by July, although with strict guidelines and requirements similar to last summer’s delayed opening. The last CSBK series event was the 2021 final National round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park last August 16, conducted without spectators. CSBK and Pro 6 GP planned the 2021 National program expecting strict at-track requirements.
As well, clear guidelines for the resumption of travel between provinces are still not available from Ontario or the neighbouring Province of Quebec. CSBK earlier stated that National events will not be held in 2021 until competitors from outside Ontario could travel to that Province.
“We are sorry about the continued delays in opening up the 2021 Canadian National motorcycle roadracing Championship series,” explains CSBK boss Colin Fraser of Professional Motorsports Productions in Toronto, ON.
“We were excited to confirm an ambitious program last fall in conjunction with partners Pro 6, and the support of our racer community and fans has been very encouraging. We aim to stage as complete a schedule of events as possible this year, working within the Federal and Provincial health guidelines. We also intend to provide a full slate of events to honor our agreement with The Sports Network (TSN) this season.”
For more information on the CSBK Canadian Superbike Championship, visit www.csbk.ca
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