Despite injurying a foot when he crashed during qualifying, Kawasaki Canada’s Owen Weichel took his first-ever Canadian Superbike win in a wet race at Race City Motorsports Park in Calgary, ALberta, Canada. Before his tumble, Weichel earned the pole position with a time of 1:17.847 on the 2.0-mile Race City circuit. Weichel’s crew was up until 3:00 a.m. in the morning repairing the Toronto rider’s crashed ZX-7RR, and Weichel rewarded them with a 5.348-second victory over Yamaha YZF-R6-mounted Jean-Francois Cyr. Riding three weeks after breaking his pelvis, Francis Martin placed third on a Suzuki GSX-R1000, while defending Canadian Superbike Champion Steve Crevier finished fourth on his Honda RC51.

After two of seven rounds complete, Weichel now leads the point standings over Crevier, 106 to 96.

RESULTS
PARTS CANADA SUPERBIKE:
1. Owen Weichel, Kawasaki ZX-7RR
2. Jean-Francois Cyr, Yamaha YZF-R6
3. Francis Martin, Suzuki GSX-R1000
4. Steve Crevier, Honda RC51
5. Michael Taylor, Honda RC51
6. Ben Pilon, Yamaha YZF-R1
7. Kevin Lacombe, Yamaha YZF-R6
8. Greg Boki, Yamaha YZF-R1
9. Frank Trombino, Yamaha YZF-R1
10. Andrew Nelson, Honda CBR600F4i

POINT STANDINGS (After 2 of 7 rounds, all 7 count):
1. Weichel, 106 points
2. Crevier, 96 points
3. Martin, 74 points
4. Cyr, 71 points
5. Taylor, 67 points
6. Benoit Pilon, 52 points
7. Martin Hamel, 34 points
7. Nelson, 34 points
9. Jeff Williams, 27 points
9. Trombino, 27 points

Weichel’s expertise in the wet conditions carried over to the Yoshimura 600cc Sport Bike race. Riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R, the defending class Champion again beat second-place Cyr and his Yamaha YZF-R6. Suzuki’s Clint McBain was third on a GSX-R600.

Yamaha’s Frank Trombino and McBain had a terrific battle in the International Motorcycle Supershow Open Sport Bike final. Trombino and McBain battled down to the wire with Trombino, riding a YZF-R1, scoring the victory by 0.364-second ahead of McBain on a GSX-R1000. Honda’s Michael Taylor finished third on a CBR929RR.

The Parts Canada Superbike Championship is next in action 6/17-18 on the runways of Namao Airport in Edmonton, Alberta.