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SZOKE GETS IT DONE
J
ordan Szoke held off Jodi
Christie to win the opening
round of the Mopar Canadian
Superbike Championship at
Shannonville Motorsport Park
on June 8. The win was Szoke's
second straight at Shannonville
and gives him an 11-point lead
over Christie, 56-45, after one of
five series events.
Riding the Waznie Racing
BMW S1000RR Szoke took the
lead on the opening lap and
then survived a last-lap move by
Christie, who briefly got in front
entering the hairpin only to have
Szoke quickly move back ahead.
Szoke ended up with the win
by just .196 of a second over
the Jodi Christie Racing/Honda
Canada-backed Christie.
"I consider this my worst
track performance-wise on the
schedule, so to get a win here
feels really good and really jump-
starts my season," said Szoke,
who has now scored 44 career
Canadian National Superbike
wins with four of them coming at
Shannonville.
After completing the open-
ing lap in seventh, Trevor Daley
worked his way up to a third-
place finish on his One Speed
Chop Shop/Motovan.com Su-
zuki GSX-R1000, his first career
Pro podium finish.
In other action at Shannon-
ville, Kenny Reidmann scored
his first career National Pro win
in the Hindle Exhaust Pro Sport
Bike season opener, beating
Christie to take the win by .358
of a second on his Reidmann
Racing/Castrol Triumph 675.
Jordan Szoke (center) celebrates
his Canadian Superbike victory
over Jodi Christie (right) and Trevor
Daley (left) in the series opener in
Shannonville.
GONCALVES LEADS IN SARDINIA
C
urrent World Rally Champion
Paulo Goncalves won the
second stage of the Sardinia Ral-
ly Race and at the end of the day
he was also the overall leader of
the event on his factory Honda.
The Portuguese rider started
today's stage in third place, but
by the end of the race he was at
the front, topping Husky's Ales-
sandro Botturi by a minute and
27 seconds. Goncalves' team-
mate Joan Barreda ended the
stage in third place – one spot
better than yesterday's stage one
winner and overall leader Marc
Coma.
Goncalves' lead in the over-
all standings is a minute and 25
seconds over Botturi with Red
Bull KTM's Coma slipping to third
overall, two minutes and 45 sec-
onds behind the Honda rider.
"Today I did a really good
stage," Goncalves said. "I start-
ed from third place and I have
won. I am very happy about the
