Young Cleans Up In Canada
T
he fight for the 2023 Canada
Cup drew almost even on
Sunday, August 21, as Ben
Young conquered Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park for a third time
to complete the tripleheader
sweep in round four of the
Bridgestone Canadian Superbike
Championship.
After cruising to wins in race
one on Saturday and race two
early on Sunday, Young contin
-
ued to be no match for any of his
GP Bikes Pro Superbike competi-
tors as he grabbed the lap-one
holeshot in race three and never
looked back, dominating en
route to a seven-second victory.
That in itself would have
been enough to make matters
interesting in the Champion
-
ship fight, but it was aided for a
third consecutive time by Sam
Guerin, who continued to make
life difficult for points leader Alex
Dumas in the penultimate round.
Guerin led a thrilling four-rider
battle for all 18 laps, while Du
-
mas did all he could to survive a
separate attack by Tomas Casas
and Jordan Szoke.
Ultimately, Dumas had to set-
tle for yet another third-place fin-
ish, watching as Young trimmed
his Championship deficit from 36
points to now just three entering
the final round at Shannonville
Motorsport Park next month
(another tripleheader).
"What an accomplishing
weekend for the whole team, and
such a big points haul. I guess
it's going to come down to the
wire as always!" Young said. "Our
Van Dolder's Home Team BMW
has just been phenomenal all
year, and I owe another thanks to
Sam for taking some points off
Alex, which is good for BMW in
the Constructors as well."
Young also brought home the
annual King of Mosport award
for the second time in three
years, scoring the most total
points across the weekend as he
becomes the second-winningest
rider in CTMP history.
His comeback—one of the
largest in CSBK history—has set
up a last-round showdown at
Shannonville in September, the
same venue where the season
began with a pair of Dumas
victories in May.
The title shift owes a lot to the
breakthrough performances of
Guerin, who capped off the best
weekend of his career with a trio
of runner-up finishes aboard his
EFC Group BMW.
While that severely impacted
Dumas' title hopes, it also
caused a massive swing in the
Constructors' standings, where
BMW turned its 28-point deficit
into a 37-point lead.
Sunday brought a merciful end
to what was a disaster weekend
for Dumas, watching his com
-
fortable lead evaporate atop
the Championship leaderboard,
as the Purple Skull Brewing/
Liqui Moly Suzuki star now finds
himself on the back foot enter-
ing SMP.
CN
RACE 1-2-3
1. Ben Young (BMW)
2. Samuel Guerin (BMW)
3. Alex Dumas (Suz)
WIND
IN THE
P52
The Canadian Superbike Championship will come down to a
final-round showdown after Ben Young won all three races at the
Canadian Tire Motorsport Complex.
