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Calabogie, Ontario – “T.V. Tommy” Casas, the 22-year-old from Peterborough, ON, earned his first career Pro Superbike victory at the second round of the new Pro 6 GP regional race series at Calabogie Motorsports Park, ON, July 24. Two weeks after earning a pair of strong fifth place finishes at the opening CSBK National round at the same venue, Casas returned with his Parts Canada/iTK9-backed Yamaha Motor Canada YZF-R1 to come out on top in a good dice with the BMW S1000RR of Samuel Guerin of Quebec City, QC.

“The pace was really good,” explained Casas, who started from Pole position in the race sponsored by BMW Motorrad. “I think that I was more consistent throughout the race, compared to the Nationals. It was lots of fun racing with Sam, he really kept me on my toes. It was a solid race; we were in a hurry!

“It seemed like even at our good pace, we were finding opportunities to work on some passes,” continued former Honda CBR125R Challenge top rookie Casas. “I was really happy to get back down to some National lap times. It was really windy, and that was the first time I had felt that on the Superbike. You really noticed it into turn one.”

Casas was riding with a restrictor in his exhaust, due to the strict noise regulations for the Regional, and noticed the difference in power, but was interested to learn that this didn’t affect his lap times. As well, Casas was trying to see if he was getting in front of recent arm pump issues that hampered him in round one at CSBK.

“My arm is not where I want it to be,” he admitted at the end of the eight laps around the twenty turn, 5-kilometer-long venue. “I’m a little sore, and I think I could manage it a little better. Before the next race (the triple header National at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, August 13-15), I will rest it a little, but I’m not too worried.”

Casas turned a best lap at 2:02.34, close to his top Q time of 2:02.62. Early leader Guerin, the star rookie of the 2020 season, worked his way back to the front after a selection of issues at the opening National, turning a best race lap of 2:02.69.

Third belonged to Sebastien Tremblay of Laval, QC, on the Turcotte Performance/Gulf Oils Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja, a machine Tremblay raced in 2019 and recently reclaimed from a previous owner.

“Basically, the clutch is gone; too many races, and that ruined my start, and was the story of the race,” Explained Tremblay, “the Shaker” working his way up to the front.

“Still, it was positive. I was able to run with other Superbikes, and the experience is bringing things back,” explained the current top gun in the Pro Sport Bike/middleweight category. “We gathered a lot of information getting ready for Mosport (CTMP), and it was overall still pretty good.”

Royal Distributing BMW’s Michael Leon of Beaconsfield, QC was third for much of the race, dicing with Tremblay and Ivan Babic of Maple, ON, on another BMW. Leon was fourth at the finish, three seconds behind the resurgent Tremblay and three seconds clear of Babic.

“I was struggling today, not feeling that good, just not going well,” explained veteran Leon. “But when the I.B.E.W. Start Lights went out, the switch just clicked in my head. I probably had my most aggressive first lap in the past ten years, and I set my personal best tracking down Ivan. But when I was third, it was frustrating because I knew there was someone on my tail, and I knew that it was Sebastien, and it would be a problem. In the end, I didn’t plan my laps right.”

Meanwhile Babic was please to find some more speed compared to the recent Calabogie National rounds.

“Finally, I got a good launch, and then you are where you need to be,” explained Babic. “I’m really happy, this helps make up for the last year. I have changed everything on the bike, we’d gone the wrong way on set-up. It felt weird in the beginning, but it got really, really good.”

Earlier in the day, Tremblay controlled the Pro Sport Bike presented by Kawasaki event, taking his second victory in less than two weeks at Calabogie on his Turcotte/Gulf ZX-6R Ninja. Teammate Vincent Levillain of Montreal, QC, on another Ninja was four seconds back for second overall, chased by Philippe Masse of Saint-Hyacinthe, QC. Masse – second at the National – was also Kawasaki mounted.

In DP Brakes Amateur Sport Bike, Brad Macrae of Perth Road, ON, continued his recent impressive streak, winning on a Yamaha YZF-R6 by a solid 13 seconds from the Honda CBR600RR of Kitchener, ON’s Nathan Playford. The Suzuki GSX-R600 of Bobby Desjardins of Ferme-Neuve, QC, was right on Playford’s tail section for third.

In the Motul presented Amateur Superbike class, Anthony Bergeron of Racine, QC, took control at the start on his 1000cc BMW, eventually winning by 12 seconds from the 600cc Yamaha of upstart Macrae. Pierre Simard netted third aboard another S1000RR out of Stoneham, QC.

The Liqui Moly Pro/Am Lightweight Sport Bike was the most exciting race of the day, the smaller bikes making up for a messy National round with a solid fight throughout at the front. Mackenzie Weil of Keene, ON, controlled most of the action on his Motorcyclecourse.com Kawasaki Ninja 400, with a horde of riders in his slipstream.

At the finish, Weil won by a half-second, while Harvey Renaud of Richmond, ON, netted second in a very close finish with the Yamaha of Istvan Hidvegi – the difference just .3 of a second.

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Toronto, Ontario – Teenage sensation Alex Dumas continued his winning ways at Calabogie Motorsports Park on Sunday, winning race two of the Pro Superbike doubleheader to sweep round one of the Canadian Superbike Championship.

Though the top-five finishers are identical to race one earlier in the day, the results were under much different circumstances in race two, as Dumas found himself trailing pole-sitter Ben Young for most of the early portion amidst a seven-rider battle.

However, the 18-year-old managed to find a little extra pace by the midway point, moving his Liqui Moly Suzuki GSX-R1000 into the lead and relegating Young to second once again. Young was able to maintain the gap aboard his Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW S1000RR, and even seemed poised for a last-lap maneuver, but it wasn’t in the cards as Dumas ended his historic debut weekend with another victory.

“The crash in qualifying was a bit of a setback, but we had two strong starts and now two wins, which is pretty amazing,” Dumas said. “Ben pushed me really hard in that second race, but everything worked perfectly. I really love racing Superbikes.”

Young will now leave Calabogie trailing Dumas by 17 points in the championship battle, and although he will head to round two expecting better results, the 2019 champion easily squashed any idea that he would be rusty in his return after a season off.

“There was a bit of a question mark, with a new bike and not having raced in nearly two years, but the BMW was amazing, and I didn’t really feel like I lost anything,” Young said. “I almost had Alex on the last lap, but it’s so hard to pass here. I look forward to watching that second race on TSN, because it was a lot of fun.

Reigning champion Jordan Szoke was in the mix for the entire race as well, consistently lapping close to Dumas and Young aboard his Canada General Warranty Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja, but he was unable to capitalize on the two riders ahead of him as he will exit round two with a 29-point deficit.

“I was struggling with grip out there which was really hurting our drive, but I thought our corner speed was really strong. The new Kawasaki’s were phenomenal, so I think we’ll get better as the season goes on,” Szoke said. “Alex has been riding really well in the U.S., and obviously those are some of the best guys in the world, but we aren’t slow up here either.”

Continuing the trend of copycat results in fourth was Trevor Daley, who salvaged another solid performance on his OneSpeed Suzuki machine and helped extend Suzuki’s lead atop the Constructors Standings.

Rounding out the top-five for the second time on Sunday was Tomas Casas, who showed better pace in the second half of the doubleheader but still was unable to find the podium for Parts Canada Yamaha.

Suzuki will exit round one with a 30-point advantage over BMW in the new Constructors Championship, with Kawasaki just an additional 10 points behind, while Dumas takes a commanding 65-point lead in the Brooklin Cycle Racing Pro Rookie of the Year fight.

Anthony Bergeron won the season opener in the MotorcycleCourse Amateur Superbike category, benefitting from a late red flag that handed the Racine, QC native an early championship advantage for BMW.

Guillaume Lavallee and a hard-charging Julien Lafortune rounded out the all-Quebec podium, with Lafortune setting a new lap record in the process, as Bergeron will lead Lavallee by ten points and Lafortune by eleven in the series table.

Mackenzie Weil unofficially won race two of the Super Sonic Road Race School Lightweight Sport Bike class on Sunday, though the results of the incident-filled race were subject to post-race protest.

Weil came away as the winner and therefore the championship leader aboard his Kawasaki, though a last-lap crash involving a number of riders led to a controversial finish behind him at CMP. Mavrick Cyr was demoted one place to third for his part in the incident and placed on probation by CSBK officials, while Jean-Francois Croteau was promoted to second after the flag.

The full results from Sunday’s race and all of the weekend’s action can be found on the series’ official website at www.csbk.ca.

For more information on the CSBK Canadian Superbike Championship, visit www.csbk.ca

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Bowmanville Ontario - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) is pleased to announce that spectators will be able to return to the circuit next month.

A limited number of tickets for the Superbike Doubleheader Weekend, August 13th to 15th, are now officially on sale. Ticket sales will be done completely online. No tickets will be available at the gate so that all contact tracing information can be completed ahead of time.

“We are extremely excited to be able to welcome our fans back to the track,” said track President and General Manager Myles Brandt. “That being said it is important that everyone attending follows the current COVID-19 guidelines so that we can have a safe and successful event.”

Camping will also be available for the event combined with a Weekend Superticket. No Saturday-only tickets will be available. Tickets will only be available to purchase for the weekend or Sunday only. As usual, children 16 and under are free.

All spectators will be required to wear a mask while on the property, except when eating, drinking or while they are at their own campsite and with members of their own family.

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Toronto, Ontario – The opening race of the 2021 Canadian Superbike Championship churned out a surprising result on Sunday, as rookie Alex Dumas scored his first career Pro Superbike victory in his debut race at Calabogie Motorsports Park.

The 18-year-old quickly made up for a poor qualifying as he got a terrific jump from the second row, placing his Liqui Moly Suzuki GSX-R1000 squarely behind reigning champion Jordan Szoke and his Canada General Warranty Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja on lap one. Szoke managed to hold off Dumas for much of the opening laps, before the rookie made the decisive move in turn five on lap three.

His once-insurmountable gap began to come under fire in the dying moments, however, as pole-sitter Ben Young overcame a brutal start to charge his way through the field and past Szoke, with the 2019 champion lapping quicker than Dumas for much of the second half before running out of time on his Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW S1000RR.

Dumas becomes the first rider in CSBK history to ever win their Pro Superbike debut, a feat no one has accomplished in the first 42-year history of the series, in what was also his first ever CSBK race.

It was a disappointing result for Young, but one he would have been happy to take after his disaster start off the grid, as he dropped back as low as sixth on the opening lap and at the back of the lead group.

Szoke, meanwhile, was forced to settle for third and the final podium spot to begin his title defence, as his strong start was undone by heavy pressure from Dumas and Young throughout the race. The third-place finish was amazingly Szoke’s worst career race at CMP, snapping a five-race unbeaten streak at the circuit.

Another few laps may have seen Szoke come under pressure from another Suzuki rider in Trevor Daley, who found front-running pace in the second half to charge through the lead pack on his OneSpeed machine.

Completing the top-five in race one was Tomas Casas, who was unable to build any momentum off his career-best qualifying performance of second on Saturday. Casas managed to hang with Szoke and Dumas in the early stages, but ultimately faded aboard his Parts Canada Yamaha to settle for fifth.

The race one results also give Suzuki an early advantage in the new Constructors Championship, as Dumas and Daley provided some early momentum entering race two on Sunday afternoon.

Sebastian Tremblay also took home some early hardware in the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike category, overcoming a surprising lap one deficit to teammate Christian Allard to win the opening race of the season.

The Turcotte Performance Kawasaki rider initially grabbed the holeshot before the race was red flagged on lap one, and the advantage on the restart went to Allard as he paced Tremblay through most of the opening lap. An early pass for the lead was ultimately the decisive one, however, as Tremblay cruised to a two-second victory and demonstrated why he is the overwhelming favourite for the 2021 title.

Allard’s early push was perhaps his undoing, as he faded towards the end to allow Phillippe Masse into second as the duo completed an all-Quebec and all-Kawasaki podium in the middleweight class.

Masse was emotional on the podium, as he captured his best career Pro finish after dealing with mechanical problems earlier in the week and making sporadic appearances over the last few seasons.

Notably finishing fourth in the Sport Bike category was rookie Jake Leclair, who settled in nicely behind the lead group in his Pro debut aboard his bLU cRU Yamaha machine.

Full results from race one on Sunday, and the schedule for the rest of the afternoon’s racing, can be found on the series’ official website at www.csbk.ca.

For more information on the CSBK Canadian Superbike Championship, visit www.csbk.ca