Bowmanville, Ontario – Sunday again proved to be Trevor Daley’s day in round five of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship, as he doubled up for the second time this season in changing conditions at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

 

All eyes were on the championship battle between Ben Young and pole-sitter Sam Guerin in GP Bikes Pro Superbike race two, but Daley stole show with a spectacular start-to-finish win for his second career feature class victory just hours after winning in the Economy Lube Pro Sport Bike category.

 

Daley snatched the lead on lap one from the end of the first row, pacing Young and Tomas Casas on a wet but drying track in a surprising lead trio after Young started from ninth and Casas battered and bruised himself in a Friday crash.

 

The story then immediately shifted to the chaos behind, as race one winner Alex Dumas crashed out in turn eight of the opening lap just moments before Guerin fell in turn nine, seemingly handing a fourth career Canada Cup to Young.

 

Daley ironically helped deny his close friend that honour, though, fending off a persistent Young for most of the contest before stretching out a slight advantage in the final four laps, mastering the unpredictable conditions aboard his OneSpeed Suzuki.

 

“If you asked me yesterday if I was going to win, I probably wouldn’t have seen it coming, but I think Sport Bike gave me some clue about what the track was going to do” Daley admitted, after injuring his wrist in a Saturday crash. “People keep saying this Suzuki GSX-R1000 is outdated, but that’s two wins now in only two weekends this year.”

 

The win secured yet another “Daley double” for him after his Sunday sweep earlier this season in Grand Bend, a remarkable feat for Daley and the OneSpeed Suzuki team.

 

As for Young, his championship celebrations will be put on hold for a pair of reasons, as Daley’s victory coincided with a remarkable comeback effort from Guerin to finish sixth.

 

Still, it was yet another podium for the Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW star as he opens up an even 50-point lead with just 54 points left on offer, meaning he can secure a third Canada Cup in a row as early as qualifying at Shannonville.

 

“I obviously wanted the win, but Trevor was pretty gnarly out there, especially through turns two and four, so I just did the wise thing for the championship,” Young said. “The grip was starting to go as the track dried, but this BMW was bulletproof again today so it was nice to have that safety net.”

 

Completing the podium was Casas, who wasn’t able to fully stay with the lead duo but settled into a strong third for the entire race.

 

The Yamaha Motors Canada rider was banged up for his season debut but still managed an impressive third career Superbike podium, holding off a dramatic late charge from Jordan Szoke.

 

“It’s been a tough couple years, so it means a lot to be back up here and have everyone stick with me,” Casas said. “It sucked to not do the whole series this year, but hopefully we can end the year strong in Shannonville and put something together for next year.”

 

A few less clouds may have dramatically changed things for Szoke, who was one of a handful of riders to gamble on a rear slick tire and began to carve his way through the field in the last half of the race.

 

It was ultimately too little, too late for the CKM Kawasaki rider as he missed the podium by four seconds, though it was a small margin in the greater picture of his race after running outside the top-15 in the first two laps.

 

Completing the top five was David MacKay, who lost out to the rear slick gamble of Szoke in the last few laps but otherwise flashed great pace in yet another top-five finish for ODH Snow City Cycle Honda. 

 

Guerin would make a similar gamble to Szoke and flashed both the risk and reward of that decision in the same race, crashing on lap one before remounting his EFC Group BMW and lapping as much as eight seconds a lap faster than the rain-mounted riders ahead of him to salvage sixth.

 

It’s a difficult setback for the EFC Group BMW team as they now need a near-perfect weekend at SMP just to have a shot at the title, though Guerin did manage to keep his chances alive after it looked impossible earlier in the race.

 

His performance would also help BMW to a third consecutive Constructors Championship, clinching the title as they take a 125-point lead into the final round with a max of only 90 points remaining to rivals Kawasaki.

 

Paul Macdonell would take seventh for PMR/Vass Performance BMW in the next group of rain-tire runners, while slick-mounted Mavrick Cyr charged through the field to take eighth on the final lap for Economy Lube Ducati.

 

Brian Worsdall would earn ninth for Mot’s Machining Honda after running as high as fifth in the early full-wet conditions, while Sebastian Hothaza completed the top ten for the second day in a row in his Pro Superbike debut.

 

Connor Campbell would claim a crucial eleventh over Torin Collins, giving him the lead in the Brooklin Cycle Racing Pro Rookie of the Year award fight over his satellite Kawasaki teammate.

 

Campbell will have an eight-point cushion going into the last round aboard his B&T MacFarlane/Kubota Kawasaki, with Collins’ status for the finale yet to be confirmed in the Economy Lube/CKM Kawasaki tent.

 

Full results can be found on the series’ official website.

 

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

 

Bowmanville, Ontario – The trip back to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was a good one for Alex Dumas, as the former champion secured his first victory of the season in a thrilling race one battle in the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship on Saturday.

 

Starting second on the GP Bikes Pro Superbike grid, Dumas grabbed the holeshot from pole-sitter Sam Guerin and led for virtually the entire race, but never by a comfortable margin as title rivals Guerin and Ben Young pressured him from start-to-finish.

 

Young wasted no time in making up for his disastrous ninth-place spot on the grid, moving to third by the end of lap one as he followed the duo with Jordan Szoke in tow.

 

Guerin would hold second for the first half of the race, though, and seemed to be lining up a move on Dumas when Young decided to pounce, shunting Guerin to third and beginning his chase towards Dumas.

 

The old championship foes would run almost nose-to-tail for the final eight laps, with Young trying a late cut-back out of the tight final turn ten but ultimately falling just 0.071 seconds shy at the line – the fifth-closest margin of victory in Pro Superbike history.

 

That would hand Dumas his first win since the 2023 finale at Shannonville, and his first victory since the 2021 champion switched to Economy Lube Ducati machinery – scoring Ducati’s first Superbike triumph in nearly 30 years.

 

“Both Sam and I got a great start, but I was able to get under him in turn one and just tried to put my head down and pull away,” Dumas said. “I was struggling with the setup yesterday, but today felt a lot better so I owe a huge thanks to the team. It feels good to be back on top, hopefully we can do it again tomorrow!”

 

The charge from ninth to second was a spectacular salvage job from Young and the Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW squad, who inched slightly closer to a fourth Canada Cup with a 40-point lead and just 79 points remaining.  

 

However, the points leader would take a veiled shot at the Economy Lube Ducati team after an unusual pre-race refueling process, with the high-powered BMW’s surprisingly unable to catch the V4 Panigale down the long Andretti Straightaway.

 

“We had a bit of a mishap in qualifying yesterday, but I got a great start and was able to catch right back up to the back of Sam and then tried to hunt down Alex,” Young said. “It’s amazing, we have 12 more horsepower than the bike in front us but can’t seem to go faster than that one. But the Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW crew got the bike back together and it did the best it could within the legal power limit.”

 

The subtle jab was seemingly shared by Guerin and the EFC Group BMW team, as Guerin settled for a strong third after his own attempts to pass Dumas were denied.

 

“It was an interesting race with Alex. His bike is super fast down the straight, it was really hard to stay in the draft,” Guerin said. “Once Ben got me in turn five and started to chase after Alex, I just looked at the gap behind me and decided to bring it home and be ready to fight again tomorrow.”

 

Guerin’s championship hopes will take a slight hit as Young claws back the four points he lost in qualifying, though he will remain firmly in contention entering a pivotal race two on Sunday.

The duo did inch closer to a third consecutive Constructors Championship for BMW, stretching out a 113-point advantage over Kawasaki with only 135 points remaining to each manufacturer. The battle for third in the standings heated up with Ducati’s victory, as they leapfrog Honda with three races left on the calendar.

 

Jordan Szoke would keep his perfect run of top-four finishes alive, fading from the lead battle around the midway point but managing his CKM Kawasaki enough to fend off a late push from Tomas Casas and Torin Collins.

 

Collins and Casas went back-and-forth across the final five laps after dispatching David MacKay earlier in the contest, though Casas got the last laugh with a strong final lap in his season debut for Yamaha Motors Canada.

 

That would leave Collins sixth in his first race for Economy Lube/CKM Kawasaki, a strong effort as he continues to adjust to his new machine at the new venue.

 

MacKay’s early bid for a top-five would fade away as Casas and Collins charged through, though he was able to settle things down aboard his ODH Snow City Cycle Honda and exit race one with a strong seventh-place finish.

 

Eli Daccache would claim eighth for Yamaha, a strong but lonely ride as he moved clear of front row starter Trevor Daley in the middle portion.

 

Daley was seemingly battling issues in the first half as he sank down the order for OneSpeed Suzuki, though he rebounded with stronger pace in the second half to come out on top of a hectic duel with Paul Macdonell and Sebastian Hothaza.

 

Hothaza would score the final top-ten spot in his Superbike debut for Ride42 Yamaha, narrowly defeating Macdonell aboard the PMR/Vass Performance BMW by just 0.369 seconds.

 

The feature class will now prepare for race two on Sunday at CTMP, just an hour east of Toronto, where Young and Guerin will continue their title battle at roughly 2:30 pm ET.

 

Full results can be found on the series’ official website.

 

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

 

Hamilton, Ontario – The fourth round of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship will welcome an exciting new crowd to the paddock this weekend, August 9-11, as the Bagger Racing League is set to race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the country’s first ever Bagger action, presented by the Fallen Riders Support Team sponsored by Pace Law.

 

The event will be the first of its kind in Canada, as the BRL organization makes its way to CTMP (just an hour east of Toronto) with title support from the Fallen Riders Support Team as well as DP Brakes, Hog Tunes, and Drag Specialties as well as future broadcasting from REV TV.

 

Leading the charge is a familiar name to CSBK fans, as Sam Guerin will headline the nine-rider field as he does double-duty alongside his Superbike title campaign. 

 

Guerin currently sits as the runner-up in BRL’s feature Andrews Products Bagger GP class – just as he does in the feature GP Bikes Pro Superbike category – having taken four consecutive podiums to begin the year for Original Garage Moto Harley-Davidson.

 

The Quebec City native will have a significant opportunity as the only rider in the field with prior knowledge of CTMP, an extremely fast and flowing circuit that should serve as an excellent launching point for Bagger racing in Canada.

 

Guerin will not be without challengers, however, as eight riders are scheduled to make the trip north and join the inaugural trip to “Old Mosport.” 

 

The Suburban Motors Harley-Davidson squad is expected to bring a significant fight to Guerin, as they bring a staggering five riders each from their respective BRL classes to try and lock out the podium in their Canadian round.

 

Cody Gilmore will headline the Suburban Motors HD effort as the current leader of the Pro Stock Bagger standings, having racked up four consecutive victories to begin the year over teammate Arnie Wells.

 

Wells has finished as the runner-up in each contest, an incredible run of one-two finishes that they will try to keep going at the new venue.

 

Jesse Janisch is also expected to be a weekend contender, entering with third-place finishes behind Guerin in each of the last three rounds and sitting third overall in the Bagger GP category, just 28 points behind the home favourite.

 

Completing the Suburban Motors HD program will be Barnett Super Street Bagger leaders Jake Masters and Shawn Hoffman, who sit one-two in the category after four rounds. Masters has tallied a perfect four victories while Hoffman has yet to miss the podium, finishing second to his teammate in the last two races.

 

Gilmore, Wells, and Masters also ended the year first, second, and third respectively in the new AMA Pro-Stock Bagger Championship, with Gilmore wrapping up the inaugural title recently at Mid-Ohio.

 

Carl Schlact will lead the charge for Speed Farm Harley-Davidson, as the Zipper’s American Twins Unlimited championship leader and fourth-place runner in the Super Street Baggers tries to leapfrog his Suburban Motors rivals.

 

Rounding out the field will be Craig Braymiller aboard the A+ Performance Cycle Harley-Davidson, who will try to build off his strong fourth-place finishes in the most recent round of the Pro Stock Bagger class and third-placed results in the American Twins Unlimited category.

 

The BRL doubleheader is scheduled to begin with official qualifying on August 9 at 4:30 pm ET, before the weekend races get underway at the end of each day August 10-11.

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