Mont-Tremblant, June 3rd, 2007 The 3rd race for the Women’s Cup Challenge was held at Mont-Tremblant during the Canadian Championship. Nadine Lajoie obtained a podium with a 3rd place once again. She had a difficult weekend; she sure was put to the test. Unfortunately, some other problems occurred with her motor on Friday. The week-end ended up being filled with worries on the track and in the pits. In the end, her own motorcycle could not be used for the race. She had to take another Honda CBR600RR that she had borrowed, which was not well adjusted for her at all. Nadine Lajoie states: “I am so happy with my 3rd place! Since I did not have my own motorcycle, I could not race it to the max; I only had one session to practice on that motorcycle. I had no time to concentrate on my race since I had to run left and right all weekend.” She had high expectations due to last year’s results, 4th place in qualifications with men. This year however, she qualified 17th on 51 racers and she ended up 12th at the race. “I was a bit disappointed, riding 2 seconds slower than last year and especially for my new sponsor Excel Moto Honda. They had come to see me for the first time along with other sponsors. But what can you do, it’s part of the game!” The motorcycle should be fixed for the next regional race at Shannonville (June 23rd -24th ) that will be followed by the Calgary event (June 30 th July 1st ) for the second National round. More, from a press release issued by Team Inkjetmall.com: Injured Shane Narbonne comes back to win Loudon Middleweight Grand Prix Dash for Cash. Monday, June 4, 2007, East Topsham, Vermont Team InkjetMall.com’s Shane Narbonne won his first-ever Loudon Middleweight Grand Prix Dash for Cash at Loudon, NH on Saturday June 2nd, despite being injured earlier while crashing out of the lead in the first race of the day. The weekend started with great excitement in Race 1 GTO as Shane Narbonne took the hole shot with his Dunlop shod Suzuki GSXR 750, breaking away from the pack with Jeff Wood pulling right behind. After two laps of back and forth between Narbonne and Wood, Shane took the lead only to lowside on the still somewhat “green” racetrack in Turn Ten, giving Jeff Wood the lead and ultimately the win. Narbonne said, “I got the holeshot and I just tried to keep my head straight because Jeff Wood was behind me. The track was a little greasy and I was going probably a little too hard and I was down on the ground before I could do anything to correct it.” With an injured arm Shane went on to place second in both Middleweight Supersport and Unlimited Supersport later in the afternoon. The day ended with Shane Narbonne taking his first win ever in the $1,500 Middleweight Grand Prix Dash for Cash. Under extremely hot and humid conditions, Shane took the holeshot on his Dunlop equipped Suzuki GSXR 600 and led every lap ahead of Scott Greenwood and his Team Argo Cycles Kawasaki ZX 600. Shane opened an early lead building a half second advantage per lap until he and Greenwood came into traffic on Lap 8 of the 10 lap contest. The 17-year-old Narbonne showed great maturity as he slipped easily through slower traffic to maintain his advantage over Greenwood, eventually finishing 3.5 seconds ahead for the win. Shane Narbonne said, “I tried to think the pain wasn’t there and tried to win it. It was hard but I did it.” Shane’s father and chief mechanic, Al Narbonne has been able to maintain the advantage on Shane’s stock Suzukis this year at Loudon. The entire LRRS racing community has been restricted to new track rules that maintain a fuel policy that limits all racers to the C-12 race gas from VP Racing Fuels. Al Narbonne said, “Our Suzuki GSXR 600s and 750 are running great. Our tuner Eric Paquette at DASPERFORMANCE.COM has done a great job mapping the bikes for the new fuels requirements. The VP Fuels are working great at both the AMA and ASRA levels, as they are at the CCS levels.” X-rays of Shane’s arm on Sunday showed a possible broken forearm bone, forcing Shane to sit out the day of racing. He’ll be healed up and ready to go for the Loudon Classic on Father’s Day weekend. Shane has plans to do double duty at both Loudon’s roadraces and in the 15th Annual New England Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Dealers Association Ben Campanale Laconia 1/2 Mile. InkjetMall team leader Jon Cone said, “Shane has more drive and hunger for winning than any racer I have seen over the years.” Cone added, “Saturday’s final event shows just how tough he is too. Loudon is one of the most technically challenging tracks in the country, and to witness Shane rebound from injury and deal with the physical pounding from the track’s bumps and win is a testament to his rising talent. I’m really proud of him and honored to have him on our team.” Vermont PhotoInkjet, LLC, the world’s leading developer and supplier of black and white photo-inkjet inks and software sponsor team InkjetMall.com. Shane Narbonne who is one of the top racers in the Loudon Road Racing Series spearheads the team. The team also includes developing amateur racers Ofir Abergal, Jon Cone, Michael Lombardi, and Kevin Quinn. More, from a press release issued by Team Toyota Yamaha/Fast Company: CREVIER GETS A PODIUM ON DEBUT Fast Company rider third in Pro 600 at Mont-Tremblant; fourth in Superbike BRESLAU, Ont. – Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company’s Steve Crevier opened the 2007 Parts Canada Superbike Championship in strong fashion at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant last weekend. The Maple Ridge, B.C. racer took his Scott Miller prepared Yamaha YZF-R6 to a third place finish in the Yoshimura Pro 600 Sport Bike feature on Sunday and followed that up with a fourth in Superbike on his new Yamaha YZF-R1. Crevier qualified third for the Pro 600 Sport Bike race and battled for the lead throughout the 10-lap race with Kawasaki’s Jordan Szoke, and Suzuki riders Pascal Picotte and Francis Martin. Crevier was second behind Szoke at the start of the final lap and looked to be in an excellent position as the leaders encountered traffic entering the Namerow hairpin, the last turn of the track. Szoke managed to get through the backmarkers on the inside, while Picotte was able to slip by Crevier in the run to the checkered flag to finish second. “There was just too much traffic at the end,” said Crevier, a four-time class champion. “We chose a motor with more torque and less top end, and when I was behind Pascal I couldn’t draft up to him. I could only outbrake him.” Poor weather and track conditions forced series officials to cancel Parts Canada Superbike qualifying on Saturday and morning practice times were used to set the grid. This was unfortunate for the Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company squad, as Crevier had only posted the eighth best time on Saturday after being third fastest on Friday. The six-time Canadian Superbike champion spent the first two laps of the 16-lap race stuck behind Kawasaki rookie Brett McCormick before finding a way into sixth. “McCormick was really aggressive off the start and stuffed me into turn 1,” Crevier said. “The problem was he was about a second or a second and a half slower than I was. By the time I got past him I was three seconds down to the leaders.” Martin retired from the lead battle and Crevier passed Clint McBain, who was fading with a punctured rear tire, two laps from the end to net fourth. “For Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company it was a good first outing,” Crevier said. “We’ve made a lot of changes since testing at Jennings last month and I think we can build on it. I think I’ve got a fighting chance.” The Parts Canada Superbike Championship continues with a doubleheader at Calgary’s Race City Motorsport Park June 29-July 1.