Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Parts Canada Superbike Championship Round 4: Atlantic Mot orsport Park • r- I Cana dian Nationa l S uperb ik e wins , wi th 16. "I pas sed him into that turn once already th is weekend. I carried a lot of speed in th ere." Fo r t h e s e co n d y e ar i n a row , Will iams was d en ied vict o ry at AMP by th e narrowest of m argins. In 1999, Szoke got by him on th e fi na l lap to snatc h the win out from under him. " I di dn 't l eave him much r oo m ," said th e Harrowsmith, Ontario , racer. " He pu ll ed that off perf ectly ." A fter electing to switch from hi s RI Superbike to his sportbik e the mom in g of th e rac e, Trombin o was su perb arou nd the tight an d twis t y 1.6 -m il e tra ck . Despite giving awa y horsepow er to the pu re Superbikes of Crevier a n d Will i am s , the Wood b ri dge , Ontario, ri der w as ab le to stick with B v J O HN H O PK INS P HOTO S BV C O LI N F RA SER SH(JBENACADIE, NS, CANADA, A(JG. 6 o : m e r A M A ~tar .St e ve C revier p l c k e d up h i s fir st Cana dian Superbik e win in almost seven years and p ull ed into the le ad of th e Parts Can ada Superbike points st andings at A tl antic Motorspo rt Park . Th e n ativ e o f Port Coqu itlam, B r it ish Co lumbia , n ea r Van couve r , to ok hi s Hond a RC51 past t he Kawa sa k i ZX7RR of J eff W i llia m s with a bol d m o v e ente ri n g th e Carou sel o n th e final lap and held on for a narrow 0.40 I-second v ictory . F r an k T ro mbin o , w in ner o f t h e prev i o u s r o u n d , p l ac ed t h ird on a Ya m a h a R I , jus t 0 .26 4 s ec o nds behind Crev ier and Williams. "I' ve been working this hard all year," said Crevier aft er his first Can ad ian victo ry sinc e ' he cli nc hed his fourth Na tional title in S e p t e m b e r 1993, " b u t th e team got the b i k e s l at e a n d w e ' v e been worki ng hard t o catch up. It feels pretty good. I've been trying to get the RC51 on the top of the box all year. " Th e win pushed Crevier t o th e top of the points ta ble w ith 223 points. Fellow Honda RC51 ride r Jordan Szoke ca me to AMP w ith the series lead, bu t a nasty fall on the I I th lap of the 18 -lap race took hi m o ut o f action and le ft him seco nd in po ints w ith 179 hea ding to the penultimate rou nd of th e championsh ip in St -Felicien , Queb ec . S zo k e wa s kno ck ed un con scious in the fall and was take n to hospita l with a m ild c oncussio n . Th e i nci dent brou gh t o ut the red flag and set up an eig ht -la p shootout for the win . C r e v i e r led off the restart , with Williams a nd T rombino hot on h is heels unt il lap six , when Williams got past on the back stra ight. Will iam s looked like he m i gh t han g on for h i s first w i n o f th e yea r u nti l th e y b r a k e d for t he Ca ro use l for th e final time. A ltho ug h the K awasa ki jockey kept a t i gh t l i ne, C revier so me how f o un d th e roo m to squeeze undernea th . " H e k n ew I w a s there," said Crevier, the all-time c aree r lea der in F 40 Au GUST 30, 2000 • c u e I B A Hair (Abov e , f rom left to right): Runner-up Owen We lchel, winner Steve Crevier and third- p l ac e fin i sh e r Jordan Szoke on the Yoshim u ra 600cc Sportbike podium. (Above ) Steve Crevier won round four of the Parts Canada Superblke C hampionship at Atlantic Motorsport Park. (Left) Frank Trombino (31) rode to the Inte m atio n a l Motorcycl e Su p ersho w Open Sportbike win and first place in the standings in Sh u b e na cadle, Nova Sc otia. the leadi ng p a i r throughout t he restarted race . " I jus t p layed m o re of a waiti ng game than any th ing ," sai d Trombino, wh o rec orded the race 's fastes t la p , at I : 0 9 . 3 5 4 . " I was h opin g th ey would make a mistake , bu t th ey both rode a good ra ce . I'm j ust happy to be in the top three." T aylor restarted the race from the back of th e grid on his repaired ZX9R and rode we ll to claim fo urth and keep h is Superbike title hopes alive. He is now th ird in the sta ndi ngs wi th D nevws 164 points, I S beh ind Szoke but 59 b a c k of C r e v i e r , with 50 po i nt s awarded for a race win and 10 g iven to th e po le qualifier at each event. Local rider Ja m e s F raser was ano ther st ar of the ' week end , qualify ing seve nth and finis h ing fifth on his agi ng Hond a RC3 0 . Ca lga ry's C lin t McBa in was s i x t h o n a H ond a CBR929RR . T rombino reg ained th e lead in th e In ternationa l Motorc y cl e Supershow Open Spo rt bik e points sta nd ings with a con vincing v ic tory on his RI . T rom bin o too k t h e l e ad f ro m Honda CB R929RR p il ot J ean -Fran c o i s Cyr o n l ap eight of the IS-l ap race and pu lled cl ear t o a 4. 01 I -seco nd win . In his first rid e fo r Ka wasak i, the noma d ic O w en Wei chel pla c ed secon d o n his ZX6R , j u st ed gi ng new te am mates T ay lo r and W ill iams t o the lin e. Trombin o 's second win of the year gives him a fo ur-point edge over T ay lor in th e stand ing s, 191 -1 87. Tay lor had lost a sure 10 points with a fall while lea di ng the qualifying heat on Sat u rd ay , b ut he cha rge d fro m the back o f t he grid t o c l a im th e final step on the podium in the feature . Early race lead er Cyr slipped t o fifth at the fin ish and is third in points _ w ith 157. Cr evier al so took his first Yoshim u ra 600cc Sportbik e w in of th e y ear aboar d a CBR600F4, h old in g o ff Weichel, Szoke and W ill ia ms in a 15lap battle. We ichel took the lea d fro m Cre vier on la p nine, on ly to fall back to th ird j ust tw o laps from the fi nis h when he we nt wi de into turn one and allowed Cr ev ie r a n d W illi am s b y . Weic hel rega ined second o n th e fi nal la p , squ eezi ng past Williams o n the back stra ight. Szoke also got ar ound Willia m s in the co nfus io n to tak e th e fi nal po d iu m spot. Cy r was fifth o n another CB R600 F4 . Weichel , who has now ridden for Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki t h is sea son , open ed a 16-point edge on Szok e in the 600cc Sportbike stan d ing s, 196 -180 , while Crevier moved up to third with 168. eN Atmti::M:msp:J tPak 9U:e a:ai:;N:Na9:xm, ca-a:B fe.is A.g. 6,2OO)(lb.rd4 ) . ~ RO S /B K : 1. Steve C rev ie r ( Ho n) ; 2. J eff W lI lt am s ( Ke w ) : 3. Fra n k T r ombi n o (Y am ) ; 4 . M icha el T ay lor (Ka w) ; 5 . James Fra ser (He n ): 6 Clint McBain (Hon); 7. Neil Jenkin s (Kaw ); 8. Jo~ Gill (Yam ); 9. Linn ley Clarke (Suz) ; 10. Mart in Hamel (Ka w). PRO 600 SPT/BK : 1. Steve Crev ier ( Hon) ; 2. O,:",~n Weichel (Kaw); 3. J orda n Szoke (Hon ); 4. Jeff ~l ll iams (Ka w) ; ,5. .Jeen-Francols Cyr (Hon) : 6. J oe GIll (Yam) : 7. Llnnl ey Clark e (Sua): 8. Scott Spicer (Hon): 9. J ohn S herra rd (Yam ); 10. J oel McD onald (Hon) . PRO OP.EN SPT/BK: 1. Frank Trom bino (Yam) ; 2. Ow ~n, Welchel (K aw) : 3. Michael Taylor (Kew): 4. J eff Wil liams (Kaw); 5 . .Je en-Fran cols Cyr (Hon): 6. Cli ~t McBain (Hon); 7. John Sharrard (Yam ); 8 . Scott Spicer ( Ho n): 9 . J oel Mc Do n ald ( Ho n) ; 10 . Pau l Penzo (Kaw) .

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