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MMIC announces new president

THE MOTORCYCLE & MOPED INDUSTRY COUNCIL ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT: MICHELLE O’HARA TO REPLACE RETIRING ROBERT RAMSAY Markham, ON – The Motorcycle & Moped Industry Council (MMIC) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that has been appointed President for the MMIC, the Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council (COHV) and Power Sport Services (PSS) effective December 1, 2021, replacing…

TSN Confirm Final CSBK Pro Superbike Feature Race National Broadcast of 2021 Season

The final feature Pro Superbike race of the seven-part 2021 Canadian National Superbike Road racing season will be broadcast next week on The Sports Network, TSN.  Held on a beautiful fall weekend at Calabogie Motorsports Park, southwest of Ottawa, ON, the popular 20 turn, 5-kilometer-long road course provided plenty of action. The series decider premieres on Tuesday, November 2 on TSN Two, at…

Canadian Rider Safety Fund Confirms Updates

The Canadian Rider Safety Fund, dedicated to supporting motorcycle riders and racers at road courses across Canada, is updating their Board of Directors and getting ready for a new era of trackside protection. The CRSF has supported the long serving, now retired Alpina Air Fence system, the Bottle Bag initiative, and other forms of trackside protective devices.  Founded in 2008, the registered…

Kawasaki announces 2022 lineup

Canadian Kawasaki Motors is excited to announce new and returning street motorcycles for 2022 as well as new Jet Ski and returning Teryx KRX 1000 models. New models for 2022 include the Z650RS, a retro-themed twist on the popular Z650, and the spectacular Z900RS SE featuring upgraded suspension, gold wheels, and striking Yellow Ball paint scheme. They will be joined by the Z900 SE featuring…

The Sports Network Confirms Upcoming Broadcast Schedule for continuing 2021 CSBK National Tour

The Sports Network, TSN, have confirmed additional episodes and broadcast dates for the 2021 Canadian National Motorcycle Road Racing National Championship series, CSBK. The 2021 Canadian Superbike Championships on TSN are principally supported by Yuasa Battery, Mopar and Joe Rocket. Read More… Source: CSBK

Team News: Tomas Casas Round 3 Report

Difficult weekend to end 2021 Superbike campaign for Casas Tomas Casas and the Yamaha Canada/Parts Canada team entered the CSBK Canadian Superbike Championship season finale at Calabogie Motorsports Park with high hopes to end the year, but an unfortunate crash brought an early end to the weekend as Casas wrapped up another solid season in the feature class.  The ITK9-backed rider had his first…

2021 Updated TSN Broadcast Schedule

The Sports Network, TSN, have confirmed the next selection of episodes covering the 2021 Canadian National Superbike Championship motorcycle road racing series, CSBK. The series was first broadcast on TSN in 1995, and this season eleven half hour episodes will handle the major Pro race in the National tour.  TSN’s CSBK Broadcasts are presented by Yuasa Battery, Mopar and Joe Rocket.  The…

Team News: Trevor Daley's Round 3 Report

All She Wrote—Trevor Daley’s Team Suzuki ends season on high note Back in July, qualifying for the Canadian Superbike Championship season’s opening round landed with a thud. Over two seconds adrift from pole and eighth on the grid, the team had work to do. And they did it. Trevor, in consultation with Moto-Spec’s Jeff Laidman and systems analyst Darin Marshall, flipped his GSX-R upside down,…

Team News: Ben Young's Round 3 Report

YOUNG WRAPS UP 2021 CSBK SEASON IN SECOND The 2021 Canadian Superbike Championship wrapped up this weekend at Calabogie Motorsports Park with Ben Young claiming 2nd place overall. Coming into the final two races at Calabogie, expectations were high, and Young knew it wouldn’t be an easy battle – Dumas had won the opening two races at the same venue. Within the second practice, Young had…

Team News: Michael Leon's Round 3 Report

A Surprise Regional Superbike Championship Win! On Saturday, the 2021 racing season came to a close at Calabogie Motorsports Park with the final round of the CSBK series.  The double header event was added to the schedule in the final weeks of summer, bringing the total number of superbike races to seven.  Like round one, it was a combined event with points counting towards both CSBK and the…

Dumas wins race one, inches closer to historic title at Calabogie

Alex Dumas moved one step closer to capturing his first Pro Superbike title on Saturday, winning race one to take a 21-point lead into the final race of the Canadian Superbike Championship season at Calabogie Motorsports Park.  Starting from pole position, Dumas grabbed an early lead and never looked back, leading start-to-finish despite heavy pressure from rival Ben Young throughout the…

Dumas becomes youngest Canadian Superbike champion in history with another win at Calabogie

History was made at the Canadian Superbike Championship finale on Saturday, as 19-year-old Alex Dumas became the youngest champion in Pro Superbike feature class history with a clean sweep at Calabogie Motorsports Park.  The Liqui Moly MPG/FAST School Suzuki youngster needed only to finish inside the top-four to mathematically clinch the title after his victory in race one, but Dumas left little…

Dumas on pole for CSBK finale; Tremblay clinches first Sport Bike title at Calabogie

Alex Dumas will start from pole position for both halves of Saturday’s Pro Superbike feature doubleheader, as the teenage sensation narrowly outpaced rival Ben Young in an exciting YUASA Battery qualifying session at Calabogie Motorsports Park on Friday.  The Liqui Moly MPG/FAST School Suzuki rider picked a perfect time to snatch his first career YUASA pole position, doing so at the season…

Dumas tops FP2, is fastest overall heading into qualifying at Calabogie

Alex Dumas announced his arrival at the Canadian Superbike Championship finale in stellar fashion on Friday, leading the second practice session and setting the overall fastest time of the morning to pace the Pro Superbike field at Calabogie Motorsports Park.  The championship leader settled for second-fastest in FP1 as title rival Ben Young topped the charts with a time of 2:02.484, but Dumas…

CSBK unveils Yvon Duhamel tribute sticker for Calabogie finale

Riders competing in the Canadian Superbike Championship finale will pay tribute to the late Yvon Duhamel at Calabogie Motorsports Park this weekend, as all competitors will be issued a special “YD17” tech sticker for the two-day special event, September 17-18. The sticker is a modern re-design of Duhamel’s personal YD17 logo, pictured below on the front windscreen of his Kawasaki KR750. The…

Team News: Trevor Daley previews final round of 2021

Calabogie hosts farewell-to-summer double-header finale as Trevor Daley aims to go the competition one better After a podium and near lap-record pace at last month’s Canadian Tire Motorsport Park round, Trevor’s Suzuki Canada GSX-R heads northeast to bucolic Calabogie Motorsports Park this coming Friday and Saturday, September 17 and 18, for the final two rounds of the 2021 CSBK…

Dumas, Young, Szoke prepare for title deciding CSBK doubleheader in Calabogie this weekend

The nail-biting 2021 Canadian Superbike Championship season will come to a thrilling conclusion this weekend, as the three-headed title fight in the feature Pro Superbike class returns to Calabogie Motorsports Park, September 17-18.  With five races in the books and two more left to run in the final doubleheader weekend, the gap atop the Superbike class remains as minimal as ever, with rookie…