Young Takes Fifth Career Canadian
Superbike Championship
B
en Young (Van
Dolder's Home Team
Honda) clinched his fifth
GP Bikes Pro Superbike
title after a drama-filled
season finale at Cana
-
dian Tire Motorsport,
August 9-10.
With just six points
separating Young, Alex
Dumas (Economy Lube/
Fast Company BMW),
and race-one win
-
ner Sam Guerin (EFC
Group BMW), the stage
was set for a winner-
take-all final. The trio
quickly pulled away in
the opening laps, with
Jordan Szoke (Kawa
-
saki Canada) in close
pursuit. Dumas took the
holeshot and led for six
laps with Young on his
tail.
Chaos struck on lap
seven when oil from
another bike coated turn
one, which Dumas hit
and then crashed, trig
-
gering a red flag. Initially
thought to be out of
contention, Dumas was
later cleared to restart
after officials ruled the
oil caused the fall, not
Dumas himself.
However, the CBSK
rules required Dumas to
continue on the same
bike, forcing his BMW
team to conduct some
rapid repairs. He re
-
joined from pit lane, his
title hopes effectively
dashed.
On the restart, Szoke
surged ahead, but
Young reclaimed the
lead by the end of lap
one, with Guerin in third.
The order held as Szoke
prepared a last-lap
attack on Young, while
Guerin needed to pass
both rivals to complete
a midseason comeback
and take the title. Nei
-
ther succeeded—Young
blocked Szoke into turn
eight, and Guerin's dar-
ing outside move failed,
ending with a crash
that sent the four-time
2025 race winner to the
hospital.
Guerin's crash would
limit Szoke's chances of
a last-corner pass for
the win, but he still man
-
aged second to leapfrog
Guerin for third overall
in the final standings.
The win was only
Scottish-born Young's
second of 2025, but
it didn't matter, as it
secured him the 2025
CSBK title. He thus
becomes just the third
five-time Superbike
champion, alongside
Szoke (14) and Steve
Crevier (6).
"This is the outcome
we wanted, but it isn't
how we wanted it to go.
It's unfortunate things
ended this way, but we
still had to ride hard to
the end," Young said.
"I'm glad Alex is okay,
and hope Sam is as well.
Those first few laps
were a lot of fun, and all
these guys are worthy
of being champions for
sure. It's been such an
incredible year. No one
really expected us to
even win races when
we joined Honda, and
here we are with another
championship. I can't
thank the Van Dolder's
Home Team and Honda
Canada enough. There
were a few dark days
early in the year, but
we're standing here with
another number-one
plate."
CN
WIND
IN THE
P44
Ben Young's (1)
victory marks
his fifth title in
the Canadian
Superbike
Championship.
