Canadian Superbike Championship Kicks Off
T
he opening race of the 2022
Canadian Superbike Champi-
onship season brought plenty of
fireworks on Saturday, June 11,
as Ben Young held off an early
attack to win the Pro Superbike
feature opener at the Grand
Bend Motorplex.
Young started from the middle
of the front row aboard his Van
Dolder's Home Team BMW after
ceding pole position to local
rookie Trevor Dion on Friday, but
made up for that right away as he
grabbed the holeshot into turn
one for the 20-lap feature event.
His early lead was anything
but safe, as Young outlasted an
immediate pass attempt from
Dion in second and was followed
closely by a four-rider pack well
into the halfway point of the race.
However, Young's experience
around the Grand Bend circuit
began to come into play in the
second half, as he sliced his way
through lapped traffic to clear the
chasing pack behind and cruise
towards a sixth career Superbike
victory over Alex Dumas (Suzuki),
who fought his way into second.
"I got the start of my life out
there, but I knew Trevor would
try and get me back right away,
so I just tried to bank in consis-
tent times and ride a smooth
race start to finish," Young said.
"The BMW worked great, and
fortunately we were able to bring
home big points, but now we all
got to work on some things and
try do it again tomorrow."
That he did. Young won again
on Sunday. His main challenger
was the defending champion,
Dumas, who led for five laps be-
fore Young slipped past. Young
went on to take the win over
Dumas.
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SATURDAY
1. Ben Young (BMW)
2. Alex Dumas (Suz)
3. Trevor Dion (BMW)
4. Trevor Daley (Suz)
5. Steven Nickerson (Hon)
SUNDAY
1. Ben Young (BMW)
2. Alex Dumas (Suz)
3. Trevor Daley (Suz)
4. Steven Nickerson (Hon)
5. Trevor Dion (BMW)
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THE
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Alex Dumas (1) leads
Ben Young (86) at the
opening round of the
Canadian Superbike
Championship. Young
won both legs.
