Jordan Szoke defends title in Canada and takes the lead in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Double top-five lock-out for the BMW S 1000 RR in the International Road Racing Championship.

For the second time in a row, BMW racer Jordan Szoke has a perfect season in the Canadian Superbike Championship by winning all seven races – BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers dominate the Finnish IRRC round at Imatra.

Munich (DE), 24th August 2016. Jordan Szoke (CA) is the second BMW S 1000 RR racer to be crowned champion in the 2016 season. At Bowmanville (CA), he completed his clean weep of seven wins in seven races and successfully defended his title in the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK). The International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) was in action in Imatra (FI) and the weekend saw another dominant outing by the BMW Motorrad Motorsport racers led by Vincent Lonbois (BE) and Sébastien Le Grelle (BE). The BMW S 1000 RR riders also took the bike on track in South America, with the fifth round of the 2016 SuperBike Series Brasil (BRSBK) at São Paulo (BR).

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy.

After just one week, the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy has a new leader again. Jordan Szoke (CA) ended his season in the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) with another double win at Bowmanville (CA) and took the top position in the standings with 410.00 Race Trophy points. New in second place is Vincent Lonbois (BE) with 362.45 points after claiming a win and a second place at the Finnish round of the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC) in Imatra. The previous leader, road racer Michael Dunlop (GB / BMW RRC), is now third with 332.30 points (see full standings below).

International Road Racing Championship in Imatra, Finland.

The BMW S 1000 RR remains the bike to beat in the International Road Racing Championship (IRRC). At the penultimate round of the season in Imatra (FI), the BMW racers celebrated a stunning double top-five lock-out for the RR. In race one, Sébastien Le Grelle (BE) of team Herpigny Motors BMW Motorrad Belux claimed his first win of the season. His team-mate Vincent Lonbois (BE) was second and Didier Grams (DE / G&G Motorsport) completed the podium in third. Fourth and fifth places went to BMW riders Erno Kostamo (FI) and Pauli Pekkanen (FI), who took part as guest starters. In race two Lonbois took the win, which was his seventh of the season. Le Grelle finished second on the podium, followed by Kostamo in third. Pekkanen was fourth and Grams completed the top five in fifth.

The championship will be decided between Herpigny Motors team-mates Lonbois and Le Grelle at the season finale at the end of September in Frohburg (DE). Lonbois leads the standings with an advantage of 29 points over Le Grelle. Grams is already confirmed to finish the season in third overall.

Canadian Superbike Championship in Bowmanville, Canada.

It was another perfect season for Jordan Szoke (CA) in the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK). As he did in 2015, he again took seven wins in seven races on his BMW S 1000 RR. The Mopar Express Lane BMW Superbike Team rider completed his clean sweep at last weekend’s season finale held at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville (CA). Szoke remained unbeatable in the final two races of the year and was crowned champion for the second time in a row and the 11th time overall.

Ben Young (GB / Ben Young Racing) joined him on the podium in race two by finishing third on his BMW S 1000 RR. In the championship standings, Young ended the season in third overall and he secured the “Rookie of the Year” Award.

In total, nine BMW S 1000 RR riders took to the track at the season finale. Apart from Szoke and Young, three more of them claimed top ten finishes. Michael Leon (CA / Royal Distribution Racing Team) was fifth and sixth respectively. Matt McBride (CA) finished fifth in race two, while Samuel Trépanier (CA) claimed ninth in race one.

SuperBike Series Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil.

The fifth round of the 2016 SuperBike Series Brazil (BRSBK) was held at São Paulo (BR) last weekend – in difficult conditions with rain and a wet track. The highest placed BMW S 1000 RR racer was Sebastiano Zerbo (IT) of team BMW Motorrad Alex Barros Racing in fifth. Danilo Lewis (BR / TecFil Racing Team) crossed the line in seventh. Zerbo’s team-mate Diego Petrel (BR) was tenth. In the championship standings, Lewis remained in the lead but now with an advantage of ten points over his closest rival.

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Current Standings.

Status: 24th August 2016

16. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/194.15), 17. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/191.56), 18. Raffaele De Rosa (IT/STK1000/189.04), 19. Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/186.00), 20. Stefan Kerschbaumer (AT/EWC STK/173.12), 20. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/173.12), 20. Dominik Vincon (DE/EWC STK/173.12), 23. Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NL/IDM STK/169.69), 24. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/167.27), 25. Martin Choy (BG/AARR SBK/158.80), 26. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/158.73), 27. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM SBK/156.11), 28. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/151.00), 29. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/147.14), 30. Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/137.80), 31. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/132.80), 32. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/131.40), 33. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/128.40), 34. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/121.00), 35. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR EU/120.31), 36. Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/118.60), 37. Colin Butler (CA/MSC SBK/110.00), 38. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/108.80), 39. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/105.41), 40. Petr Bicište (CZ/IRRC/104.00), 41. Santiago Barragán (ES/CEV/99.49), 42. Marek Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/98.80), 43. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR EU/96.00), 44. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 45. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/93.23), 46. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 47. David Datzer (DE/IRRC/84.00), 48. Denni Schiavoni (IT/CIV/83.60), 49. Markus Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/80.00), 50. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/76.46), 51. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/74.93), 52. Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/74.20), 53. Lee Jackson (GB/BSB SBK/73.00), 54. Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/72.80), 55. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 56. Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/70.86), 57. Julien Brun (FR/FR EU/69.38), 58. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/69.25), 59. David Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19), 60. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM STK/66.31), 61. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR EU/64.00), 62. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 62. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 64. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/53.82), 65. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/52.31), 66. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/51.90), 66. Alastair Seeley (GB/BMW RRC/51.90), 68. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB STK/50.18), 69. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/50.00), 70. Daisaku Sakai (JP/MFJ/49.67), 71. Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/49.33), 72. Sam West (GB/BMW RRC/48.00), 73. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/43.64), 74. Alex Olsen (GB/BSB STK/42.18), 75. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB STK/39.09), 76. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/37.69), 77. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/35.80), 78. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/35.20), 79. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/33.67), 80. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/32.00), 81. Dominic Chang (SG/MSC STK/31.60), 82. Michal Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/31.20), 83. Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/31.14), 84. Martin Jessopp (GB/BMW RRC/30.00), 85. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 86. Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 87. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/29.14), 88. Eric Vionnet (CH/STK1000/28.75), 89. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW RRC/28.00), 90. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/27.60), 91. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/27.09), 92. Maxime Bonnot (FR/FSBK SBK/27.08), 93. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC SBK/24.77), 94. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/23.00), 94. Shinya Takeishi (JP/MFJ/23.00), 96. Derek McGee (IE/BMW RRC/22.40), 97. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB STK/21.82), 98. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00), 99. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 100. Jakub Smrz (CZ/BSB SBK/18.40), 101. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/17.71), 102. Gauthier Duwelz (BE/STK1000/17.25), 103. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/16.00), 104. Janez Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 105. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54), 106. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/14.29), 107. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 108. Matthieu Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/12.20), 109. John Krieger (ZA/RSA SBK/11.14), 110. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR SBK/7.60), 111. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/3.29), 112. Federico D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/7.50), 113. Pierre Bezuidenhout (ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 114. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 115. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92), 116. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 117. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60), 118. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/3.69), 119. Jacques van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/3.43), 120. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 121. Christophe Costes (FR/FR EU/0.00), 121. Stefan Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/0.00), 121. Ryan Farquhar (GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 121. Marcel Irnie (CA/CSBK/0.00), 121. Aaron League (US/BSB STK/0.00), 121. Joan Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00), 121. Tomas Svitok (SK/AARR STK/0.00)

More, from a press release issued by Royal Distributing Racing Team:

Royal Distributing Racing Team News: Leon Places 4th Overall in The Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship

Royal Distributing’s Michael Leon had another strong weekend, with 5th and 6th place finishes in the final two races of the season at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. He rode the Kyle Blakely tuned, Royal Distributing / BMW Motorrad Canada / Pro 6 Cycle S1000RR. As a result, Leon completes the season in 4th place overall in the final point standings of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship. This is a career best result for the Beaconsfield, Quebec rider.

Michael took advantage of the Pro 6 Cycle track day on the Wednesday before the race weekend to get in some extra laps at the series’ fastest race track, CTMP. By the time qualifying began on Friday afternoon, he was up to speed and already lapping faster than he had during last year’s races at CTMP. During the first part of qualifying, Michael was 7th fastest with a time of 1:22.2, good enough to transfer into the Top 10 Superpole session.

A special Dunlop Qualifying rear tire was available to each of the 10 competitors. This super-soft tire offers extra grip, but only for 1, sometimes 2 laps before performance starts to fall off dramatically. Michael was not able to adapt quickly enough to the extra grip and qualified 10th. “I was pretty bummed. I actually went slower on the Q tire. It was very different, there is so much grip that it pushes the front tire a little and even feels strange slowing down into the corners, like there is extra engine braking. If I had another shot at it, I think that I could do a much better job. It was a cool experience and I’d like to thank Dunlop and Pro 6 for making it happen for us. A pep-talk from Jon Cornwell helped me get my head straight, get over the disappointment of screwing up with the Q and move forward with the weekend.” commented Michael.

Round 6, on Saturday afternoon, was an action filled race. Michael launched the BMW from the 3rd row, with a decent start, and ended the first lap in 9th position. After a few laps, the lead group had pulled a gap of a few seconds, Michael found himself in a battle with Yamaha mounted Trevor Daley and BMW rider Chris Murray-Audain. During the opening laps, Michael turned his fastest lap ever at Mosport, a 1:21.8 seconds; one of the highlights of the weekend for the team. Unfortunately, Chris crashed out in corner 2, on lap 5, leaving Trevor and Michael to hash it out the rest of the race. In the closing laps, Michael had a few close calls and gave up the challenge, settling for 5th place. “I had a fun race going with Trevor. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to pull a gap on him, due to the draft, so I just settled in, waiting for the last lap to try to make a pass stick. We were pulling away from the group behind us and clicking off 1:22’s like it was a track day. Then I started to have issues with the front tire. I was using all the travel in a few corners and overriding the front a little. I lost confidence and just brought it home. Trevor was only 10 points behind me in the championship and it allowed him to make up 3 points on me, so Sunday’s race was going to be pretty important to maintain 4th in the Championship” explained Michael.

Saturday evening Kyle worked with suspension specialist, Jon Cornwell, to make some improvements. They used the data from the BMW Datalogger to see exactly what was happening during the race and were able to make some changes to the front fork setup.

As it turned out, Sunday’s race was also eventful. But in a different way. After a successful start, the riders only made it one lap before the dreaded red flag was brought out due to a crash in corner 3. The race was restarted and Michael was able to use the draft to work his was forward to 6th place, passing former Diablo teammate Jeff Williams and then Trevor Daley in the process. Once again, the battle resumed with Daley as he was able push Michael back to 7th. Another red flag came out, due to an incident on the high speed straight. Fortunately, the riders’ injuries were much less serious than they could have been. However, medical transport of the rider to the hospital left the track with fewer ambulances. This caused a long delay while a replacement ambulance was en route to the track.

After a long wait, the race was re-started, but this time the grid was formed from the running order one lap before the incident. This meant Michael would start from row 2, in 6th spot. He made a great start to the shortened 8 lap race to cross the line on the first lap in 5th. Matt McBride came by on the next lap, moving Michael to 6th. Fortunately, Michael was able to latch on to McBride and his battle for third place with Riedmann and Young. On the final 2 laps, Michael began to lose touch with the battle in front and settled for 6th place. “Starting that last time on the second row was key. I knew that I had to use the tow from the front runners to break away from Daley. 6th place is my worst finish of the year but is still felt pretty good to turn some fast laps here at CTMP and run closer to the front. It was a great weekend and an amazing season. I’d like to thank Kyle for his hard work all year dialing in the S1000RR. And I can’t forget Corndog, for all the setup advice and also the help with race strategy,” commented Michael.

The racing season isn’t over for the Royal Distributing Team. There is one final regional event at Shannonville with the RACE Superseries, Sept 23-25th. Michael leads the Pro Superbike points heading into the event which will be a double header to make up for the first round that was canceled due to weather conditions. Come out to see some racing action!

The Royal Distributing Racing Team would like to thank Royal Distributing, BMW Motorrad Canada, Pro 6 Cycle Dunlop, Shoei Helmets, Speed & Strength, Hindle Exhaust, Gianmajor Inc., Armour Bodies, MWR Airfilters, Vortex Racing Sprockets, Windmill Motorsports, Bickle Racing and Dave Smith.

More, from a press release issued by Statoni Racing:

BOWMANVILLE, ON. – August 19-21 saw the final rounds of the 2016 Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It was a “double header” so qualifying was Friday afternoon. The main focus for the weekend was the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike class. Although Stacey was not comfortable with the bike setup she did manage to qualify ninth on her Statoni Racing/BLK RDR by Motvan 600 – middle of the third row. A 600 is not what you need around CTMP in the Mopar Pro Superbike so it was 26th and row eight on the grid. Jon Cornwell continued to improve the handling throughout the weekend.

In the first Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike race on Saturday, Stacey got a good start and was up to 8th. The race was red flagged a lap later, fortunately with no injuries. The restart was not so good and the lead group gapped on the first lap. Stacey eventually finished 11th. She finished 20th the Superbike race with lap time improvements from Friday.

In the Sunday Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike race Stacey got a better start and was up to 7th. She managed to hold onto the back of the lead pack for three or four laps.

“I was behind [another rider] and we were starting to close back up, but I braked too hard into turn one causing the back wheel to lift, which forced me to run wide and I lost the draft. We are lacking some horse power around here and it was not possible to close up again once gapped on the back straight.”

In the final laps Stacey had to battle for position and managed to hold onto 8th in the dash to line. She did not start the Sunday Mopar Pro Superbike race.

“The weekend finished better than it started. I am disappointed to not have been closer to the lead group but we had a few problems this year and made the best of the package we had.”

Having missed the first CSBK round due to an European Junior Cup conflict and sitting out the Sunday races at St-Eustache due to mechanical issues, Stacey finished 9th in the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike championship with a fourth place finish at AMP.

Thanks to the fans and supporters that came to the track. It was a great atmosphere. Thanks to the CSBK staff, the Pro 6 Cycle-Dunlop team, the volunteer corner workers, medical staff and photographers at each round.

“I would like to also thank Corndog (Jon Cornwell), Pat Milligan, my Mum and Dad, Wes, Matt and Scott and everyone else that helped with the bike this year. To my 2016 Supporters Club, THANK YOU – it helped to cover some of the expenses and helped us for the season. Last but not least, a big thank you to Motovan Corporation for making me part of their inaugural BLK RDR by Motovan program this year. It would not have been possible to do the series without your support.”

Support for this round: Statoni Racing, BLK RDR by Motovan

Product Support: Motovan Corporation, Motovan CorporationShoei Helmets North America, TCX Focus on Boots, Five Advanced Gloves, Olympia Motosports, Olympia MotorsportsOlympia Motorsports Olympia MotorsportsPowersports Canada-Ottawa, SpeedAngle, Physical Park, 613 Motorsports, Lucky Stripe

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