Young Takes Command of Canadian
Superbike Title
A
double win in trying circum-
stances hoisted Ben Young
(BMW) firmly into the lead of the
2022 Canadian Superbike title
at Atlantic Motorsport Park at the
weekend.
Young had current champion
and long-time rival Alex Dumas
(Suzuki) to contend with in both
races, the latter crashing out of
the lead at the halfway point of
race one after an intense battle
with Young's BMW.
Former champion Young then
cruised to the race-one win to
open up a 26-point lead in the title
heading into race two, and he made
doubly sure of the weekend by tak-
ing race two in inclement weather
conditions that saw light rain fall only
on select parts of the track.
"Neither of us really had any
idea what to do in the conditions,
so I wanted to let Alex lead for
a while because I knew I had a
bit more to lose," Young said. "I
didn't feel any pressure to push
for the win, but the pace on this
Van Dolder's Home Team BMW
was just so much better that I
was able to pull away at the end."
"We really want to put that num-
ber one back on the bike, espe-
cially after we didn't get to run it in
2020, so hopefully we can bring
that home and showcase it here
next year," he said. Young's lead
is now 31 points over Dumas.
The 2022 Canadian Super-
bike Championship will take a
two-week break before returning
for its annual finale in CTMP at
Mosport on August 12-14.
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Ben Young (86) took
command of the 2022
CSBK title after taking
both wins at Atlantic
Motorsport Park.
