Young Clinches Sixth Canadian
Superbike Championship
B
en Young clinched his sixth
Bridgestone Canadian Super-
bike Championship after winning
both Superbike races at Grand
Bend Motorplex, July 11-12. He
secured the title with one round
remaining.
After qualifying alongside pole
-
sitter David MacKay on Friday,
Young wasted little time assert-
ing himself in Saturday's feature,
riding his Honda CBR1000RR-R
SP to a commanding victory after
20 laps around the fast 1.4-mile
Grand Bend circuit.
Young crossed the finish line
3.806 seconds ahead of polesit
-
ter David MacKay, giving Honda a
one-two finish, while Jordan Szoke
completed the podium on his
Kawasaki. BMW rider Zoltan Frast
backed up his front-row qualifying
performance with a strong fifth-
place finish, despite a low-speed
crash late in the race while battling
Szoke for the final podium spot.
Young won Sunday's 20-lap
feature, crossing the finish line
5.572 seconds ahead of Frast.
Frast capped his standout week
-
end with another podium finish,
while veteran Szoke rounded out
the top three aboard his Kawa-
saki after an intense, race-long
battle that left just 0.120 of a
second between second and
third at the checkered flag.
Van Winkle continued his
impressive form with another
fourth-place finish, while Alex Mi
-
chel and Kyle Newman finished
in the top six.
Sunday's race featured late
drama when Saturday's runner-up
MacKay crashed out of the lead
with just four laps remaining.
After setting the fastest lap of
the race and appearing poised to
challenge for victory, the Honda
rider was unable to continue,
ending what had been another
outstanding performance.
CN
Superbike Race One (Top 5)
1. Ben Young (Hon) 21:06.960
2. David MacKay (Hon) +3.806
3. Jordan Szoke (Kaw) +7.242
4. Andrew Van Winkle (Hon) +18.186
5. Zoltan Frast (BMW) +37.853
Superbike Race Two (Top 5)
1. Ben Young (Hon) 21:09.504
2. Zoltan Frast (BMW) +5.572
3. Jordan Szoke (Kaw) +5.692
4. Andrew Van Winkle (Hon) +5.819
5. Alex Michel (Kaw) +39.712
WIND
IN THE
P36
Ben Young (1) leads
David MacKay (82) at
the Canadian Superbike
round at Grand Bend
Motorplex. Young
clinched his sixth CSBK
Championship with one
round remaining.
