Ben Young (BMW) captured his third Canadian Superbike Championship victory after winning races one and two and finishing second in race three at the final round of the season at Shannonville Motorsport Park, September 16-17.
Former champion Alex Dumas (Suzuki) took the final race of the season with Young coming home second ahead of Ducati’s Trevor Dion.
“Some people thought that we only won the championship last year because Alex crashed in AMP, so to prove that wrong, even after all the bad luck we’ve had, it feels really special,” Young said. “But it’s been a great year battling him, and it took a great bike and a great team behind me to make it happen.
“I was pursuing Alex all race, and he was really pushing me to my limit,” Young said after race two. “A few times I even caught myself wondering if I should back off a bit and settle into second, but I was stronger on the brakes, so I just put my head down and went for it,” Young said.
Dumas’ final race win of the season came after leading start-to-finish ahead of Young and Dion with veteran Jordan Szoke coming home fourth.
“It’s been a hard weekend. Not at all the weekend we wanted, so it’s good to at least end it on a high note,” Dumas said. “I have to thank the team for putting together a really good program, and one that didn’t plan on being second. But it’s always nice to win the last race of the season, so now we’ll see what we can do next year.”
In the Pro Sport Bike Championship (Supersport) David Mackay (Suzuki) wrapped up the title after taking fifth place in race two behind Sebastien Tremblay, who took both race wins on offer at SMP. CN
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