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Young Clinches Canadian Superbike Title
W
ith one of three races left
to go in the season finale
tripleheader of 2022 Canadian
Superbike Championship, Ben
Young (Van Dolder's Home
Team BMW) clinched the title
over the August 13-14 weekend
at Canadian Tire Motorsport
Park in Ontario. Finishing
second to race winner Alex
Dumas in race two was enough
for Young to wrestle away the
Canada Cup from Dumas.
After Young passed Dumas
in the last corner of the last lap
to win Saturday's race one, the
2021 Champion, Dumas, led
Young for majority of the contest
as he tried desperately to keep
his crown, retaliating quickly
when Young made a pair of
passes for the lead, including a
brave move into turn 10.
In the end, Dumas would hold
off his rival for his seventh career
victory and third of the season,
but it wasn't enough to shake
Young, as he salvaged a 32-point
lead with only 27 points remaining
in race three Sunday afternoon.
While Young did wrap up
one title on the day, he still had
some more work left to do later
that afternoon to bring home
a Constructors Championship
for BMW after a double-podium
for Suzuki—though he did bring
home BMW's 125th podium in
their feature class history.
While Dumas did add another
victory under his belt and the
first of his career away from
Calabogie Motorsports Park, it's
hardly the result the Liqui Moly/
FAST School Suzuki rider was
hoping for, though he, too, is al-
ready looking to take the trophy
back in 2023.
The Constructors Champion-
ship was on the line in Sunday
afternoon's race three, the final
race of the season. Unfortunate-
ly, it lasted just less than four
laps, after a pair of incidents
involving multiple riders brought
the day to a halt shortly before
the regular curfew of 5:00 p.m.
As a result, Dumas con-
cluded his second full season
in Canada with an eighth career
victory under his belt for the
Liqui Moly/FAST School Suzuki
team, though it wasn't enough
to lift Suzuki to a second con-
secutive Constructors Cham-
pionship. Instead, Young, who
finished second, secured the
title for BMW.
CN
Young won back the 2022 Canadian
Superbike Championship after
race two then went on to help
give BMW the 2022 Constructors
Championship in race three.
