Young Finishes 2024 CSBK Season in Style
T
he 2024 Canadian Super-
bike Champion, Ben Young
(BMW), ended his fourth cham-
pionship campaign in style by
snatching a last-lap victory over
archrival Alex Dumas (Ducati) at
the final round of the series at
Ontario's Shannonville Motors-
port Park on September 1.
Dumas, who had led from start
to finish to claim race one on
Saturday after earlier taking pole
position, led every lap of race two
except the last one as Young re
-
covered from a tardy start to reel
in the Ducati rider at over half a
second per lap, eventually taking
the lead on the second attempt
with half a lap to go.
"These guys obviously got a
better start than me, so I just
tried to settle into a rhythm
again and follow fairly close,
but not too closely," Young said.
"Eventually, I was able to pull the
trigger on Sam [Guerin], but Alex
had no weak points. I just saw
a little opportunity on the last
lap and was able to find a way
through, so it's nice to end the
year on top."
It was a heartbreaking loss
for Dumas, who joined the series
midway through the 2024 sea
-
son on the Ducati after a career
spent with Suzuki.
"We tried a new setup today;
it didn't really work the way we
wanted it but we're still making
lots of progress," Dumas said. "I
would have loved to do the full
season, but I'm happy to finish
the year with two wins. Hopeful
-
ly I'm back next year, but things
are pretty up in the air."
Rounding out the podium for a
second day in a row was Guerin,
who once again found himself
unable to claw his way into the
lead but kept his rivals closer
than in race one as he claimed
his eighth podium this season.
The series points have Young
now a four-time CSBK Champion
on 224 from Guerin's 174 and
veteran Jordan Szoke (Kawa
-
saki) third on 146.
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SUPERBIKE RACE ONE
1. Alex Dumas (Duc)
2. Ben Young (BMW)
3. Samuel Guerin (BMW)
4. Jordan Szoke (Kaw)
5. David MacKay (Hon)
SUPERBIKE RACE TWO
1. Ben Young (BMW)
2. Alex Dumas (Duc)
3. Samuel Guerin (BMW)
4. Jordan Szoke (Kaw)
5. Tomas Casas (Yam)
WIND
IN THE
P44
Ben Young (1) made the
move on Alex Dumas (23)
with half a lap to go to steal
the final race win of the
2024 CSBK season.
