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Dumas (#23), Young (#86) and Szoke
(#1) at Calabogie Motorsports Park for Round 1
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Hindle
Riders - Round One Race Report
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July 16,
2021 - Calabogie Motorsports Park - The
opening round of the 2021 Canadian Superbike Series finally took
place July 9-11, 2021 at Calabogie Motorsports Park in Calabogie,
Ontario, after a few delays due to the current Covid-19
restrictions. Top Pro Riders came out to compete in the
double-header race weekend, which included Amateur and Pro
SportBike and Superbike classes, the Amateur Lightweight class,
as well as the VRRA Series (Vintage Road Racing Association).
Alex Dumas
(#23), aboard the MPG/Liqui Moly/Hindle/Suzuki GSX-R1000, broke a
Canadian Superbike record by winning his first ever National
debut race. Dumas had been racing in previous years in the
MotoAmerica series in the United States.
Dumas was
able to get a great launch from the second row, but Jordan Szoke
(#1), on the Canada General Warranty/Hindle/Kawasaki ZX-10R was
able to get into the lead to hold off Dumas for the first 3 laps,
until Dumas made a pass in corner 5.
The gap
for first place was shortened rather quickly as 2019 Champion Ben
Young (#86), on the VanDolder/Hindle/BMW S1000RR was able to make
his way up to second place after a brutal start.
Dumas was
able to hold off the lead across the finish line, followed by
Young in 2nd place and Szoke in 3rd place.
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Young kept the fast pace on the
VanDolder/Hindle/BMW S1000RR
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In Race 2,
the fight for the podium ended in a very similar fashion as Race
1, with Dumas coming in 1st place, Young in 2nd place and Szoke
in 3rd place.
“I was
struggling with grip out there which was really hurting our
drive, but I thought our corner speed was really strong. The new
Kawasakis were phenomenal, so I think we’ll get better as the
season goes on,” Szoke said. “Alex has been riding really well in
the U.S., and obviously those are some of the best guys in the
world, but we aren’t slow up here either.”
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Young (#86), Dumas (#23) & Szoke
(#1) fighting for the lead
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The Pro Superbike Podium looked
very similar for Race 1 & 2: Dumas in 1st, Young in 2nd &
Szoke in 3rd
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In other racing news, Sebastien Tremblay, on the
Turcotte Performance/Hindle/Kawasaki ZX6-R dominated the Liqui
Moly Pro Sportbike class and set a Sportbike new lap record.
Sebastian
Tremblay also took home some early hardware in the Liqui Moly Pro
Sport Bike category, overcoming a surprising lap one deficit to
teammate Christian Allard to win the opening race of the season.
Tremblay
first grabbed the holeshot before the race was red flagged during
lap one, and the advantage on the restart went to teammate
Christian Allard, on the Turcotte Performance/Hindle/Kawasaki
ZX6-R, as he held Tremblay through most of the first lap.
Tremblay then passed Allard, holding onto the top position for
the remaining duration of the race.
Allard’s
second place quickly faded to third as Phillipe Masse, also on a
Hindle-powered Kawasaki ZX-6R, made a pass and held onto the
second spot across the final line. Masse was pretty emotional on
the podium, as he captured his best career Pro finish after
overcoming mechanical problems earlier in the week. The final
results were: Tremblay in first, Masse in 2nd place and Allard
coming in 3rd place.
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Sebastien Tremblay, on the
Turcotte Performance/Hindle/Kawasaki ZX-6R
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Sebastien Tremblay set a pace in
the Pro Sport Bike class that could not be beat, setting a new
600 lap record
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Mack Weil took home back-to-back
wins on his Hindle-powered Kawasaki Ninja 400 in the Lightweight
class
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In the
increasingly popular Pro/Amateur Lightweight class, Mackenzie
Weil, on the Motorcyclecourse.com/Hindle/Kawasaki Ninja 400 took
home back-to-back wins in Race 1 & Race 2. Jacob Black, on
the Hindle-powered Kawasaki Ninja 400, came in 2nd, followed by
Mike Maguire (Ninja 400) in 3rd during Race 1. In Race 2,
Maverick Cyr (Yamaha YZF-R3) came in 2nd, followed by
Jean-Francois Croteau (Yamaha YZF-R3) in 3rd.
Hindle
Exhaust Systems is sending out a huge congratulations to all of
the Hindle Exhaust riders at the opening round of the 2021 race
season!
The series
heads to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, August 14-15, 2021 for
the second round of the modified 2021 Canadian Superbike Series.
For more news, including rider bios and full race results, visit www.csbk.ca.
*Photos and information courtesy
of CSBK
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Hindle
Exhaust Systems | 905-985-6111 | 140 North Port Road, Port Perry,
Ontario, L9L 1B2 | WWW.HINDLE.COM
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