A cold, wet, thoroughly miserable day at Shannonville Motorsport Park's final RACE event of the year saw rookie Pro racer Sebastien Tremblay take an amazing second-place in the Pro 600 race, then an even more impressive victory in the Pro Superbike contest – not bad for his first two Pro races!
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Szoke takes double title
Written by Larry Tate on Tue, Sep 8th, 2009
Jordan Szoke once again, for an unbelievable fourth consecutive year, took his Kawasakis to both the Parts Canada Superbike and Sport Bike (600) titles in the final race of the 2009 national season.
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Rossi wins home ground race
Written by Larry Tate on Tue, Sep 8th, 2009
The Moto GP race at Misano in Italy this weekend was won by Valentino Rossi, who styled himself the Flying Donkey in embarrassment at his crash at the Indianapolis race a week earlier.
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Disaster strikes Haga
Written by Larry Tate on Tue, Sep 8th, 2009
Although Texan Ben Spies took over the lead in the World Superbike chase last weekend, the bigger news was that he's signed a two-year deal with Yamaha to race both WSB and Moto GP.
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Hayes second after retiring Mladin
Written by Larry Tate on Tue, Sep 8th, 2009
The U.S. superbike series ended at the new facility of New Jersey Motorsports Park last weekend, with Josh Hayes and his factory Yamaha once again taking a double victory.
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Series tightens up
Written by Larry Tate on Mon, Aug 31st, 2009
After a runaway victory in the Moto GP race held at Indianapolis August 30, Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo said, "If you want to win, you have to always be at the limit, and in the last two races I was at the limit to try to win and I crash, so I was a bit disappointed. Today the situation changed completely."
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Superbike on TV
Written by CMG Staff on Tue, Aug 25th, 2009
Canadian superbike racing airs this week on TSN and TSN HD.
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Shannonville action close
Written by Larry Tate on Tue, Aug 18th, 2009
A light turnout (normal for mid-August when people are broke, fixing crash damage, on holiday, or explaining to spouses why they can't afford a holiday – see reason 2) didn't compromise the quality of racing at Shannonville last Sunday, August 17, as many races were settled by tenths of a second.
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Crashes mar vintage festival
Written by Larry Tate on Mon, Aug 17th, 2009
Lots of good sprint racing was covered in gloom at Mosport last weekend as CMG regulars Richard Perrin and Steve Bond both ended up in hospital, as did VRRA Mosport track record holder Brian Henderson.
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Josh just too fast
Written by Larry Tate on Mon, Aug 17th, 2009
Australian hard man Mat Mladin clinched his seventh AMA Superbike championship at Virginia International Raceway, with a second and an uncharacteristic ninth in the double-header.
A cold, wet, thoroughly miserable day at Shannonville Motorsport Park's final RACE event of the year saw rookie Pro racer Sebastien Tremblay take an amazing second-place in the Pro 600 race, then an even more impressive victory in the Pro Superbike contest – not bad for his first two Pro races!
Jordan Szoke once again, for an unbelievable fourth consecutive year, took his Kawasakis to both the Parts Canada Superbike and Sport Bike (600) titles in the final race of the 2009 national season.
The Moto GP race at Misano in Italy this weekend was won by Valentino Rossi, who styled himself the Flying Donkey in embarrassment at his crash at the Indianapolis race a week earlier.
Although Texan Ben Spies took over the lead in the World Superbike chase last weekend, the bigger news was that he's signed a two-year deal with Yamaha to race both WSB and Moto GP.
The U.S. superbike series ended at the new facility of New Jersey Motorsports Park last weekend, with Josh Hayes and his factory Yamaha once again taking a double victory.
After a runaway victory in the Moto GP race held at Indianapolis August 30, Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo said, "If you want to win, you have to always be at the limit, and in the last two races I was at the limit to try to win and I crash, so I was a bit disappointed. Today the situation changed completely."
Canadian superbike racing airs this week on TSN and TSN HD.
A light turnout (normal for mid-August when people are broke, fixing crash damage, on holiday, or explaining to spouses why they can't afford a holiday – see reason 2) didn't compromise the quality of racing at Shannonville last Sunday, August 17, as many races were settled by tenths of a second.
Lots of good sprint racing was covered in gloom at Mosport last weekend as CMG regulars Richard Perrin and Steve Bond both ended up in hospital, as did VRRA Mosport track record holder Brian Henderson.
Australian hard man Mat Mladin clinched his seventh AMA Superbike championship at Virginia International Raceway, with a second and an uncharacteristic ninth in the double-header.
