By John Hopkins / Photo by Bob Szoke
BOWMANVILLE, ON – Burlington, ON’s Jody Greening moved a step closer to locking up the K&N Performance Filters Amateur Superbike title with a third place finish in Saturday’s race at Mosport International Raceway on his BFE / ProStar / Sturgess Cycle Yamaha YZF-R1.
Gatineau, QC’s Tim Robinson won the race on his Robinson Racing / Belko Auto Body BMW S1000RR while pole qualifier Aubrey Bailey was second riding the HT Motorsports / ProStar / Velocity Sportsgear Honda CBR1000RR.
Greening takes a 49-point lead over Kristopher Garvie into Sunday's season finale. With 50 points available for a race win Garvie must win Sunday's event and hope Greening doesn't score if he is to have any hope of wresting the crown from Greening. Garvie finished seventh in Saturday's race on his Tracksport Technologies / Kahuna Powersports Kawasaki ZX-6R.
After qualifying third on the grid Robinson grabbed the lead off the start and stayed in front for all eight laps to take his first national event win. His final margin of victory over Bailey was 2.014 secs.
"This is only my third day on the bike and I'm having some challenges getting used to it," an elated Robinson said. "The power down the backstraight was incredible."
Mario Dumouchel of Ottawa finished fourth on a Suzuki GSX-R1000 and Mike Bevan of Amherstburg, ON was fifth aboard the Bevan Motorsport / Motovan / Kahuna Powersports Kawasaki ZX-10R.
Stacey Nesbitt (pictured) opened up a solid 29-point lead in the Honda CBR125R Challenge by scoring her third straight victory while nearest rival Austin Shaw-O’Leary of Falmouth, N.S. finished fifth at Mosport on Saturday.
The St-Lazare, QC racer finished just 0.704 secs. clear of Kemptville, ON’s Leah Vignale with Eric Green of Richmond, ON a close third. It marked the first time in Canadian road racing history that women had finished 1-2 in a national event and on Sunday Nesbitt will try to become the first female national road race champion in Canadian history.
"It was a great race," said Nesbitt, who came out on top of a lead draft that consisted of six bikes at the finish. "Everybody seemed to be able to pass me in turn two but I was able to get them back on the backstraight."
Green made a particularly impressive charge from the back of the grid to make the podium after a crash in qualifying on Friday had prevented him from recording a time.
Schedule delays meant the Inside Motorcycles Amateur Sport Bike class was unable to complete its race on Saturday. That event will instead be run on Sunday morning.
Garvie leads the standings by 73 points over Edward Rudkowski and 74 points more than Samuel Proulx.
Amateur Superbike Race Results
1. Tim Robinson, Gatineau, QC (BMW S1000RR) 8 laps in 11:16.893
2. Aubrey Bailey, Parry Sound, ON (Honda CBR1000RR) +2.014 secs.
3. Jody Greening, Burlington, ON (Yamaha YZF-R1) +4.104
4. Mario Dumouchel, Ottawa, ON (Suzuki GSX-R1000) +6.320
5. Mike Bevan, Amherstburg, ON (Kawasaki ZX-10R) +9.946
6. Stephan Houle, Gatineau, QC (Suzuki GSX-R1000) +11.152
7. Kristopher Garvie, Caledon, ON (Kawasaki ZX-6R) +11.639
8. Amzy Nawaz, Thornton, ON (Kawasaki ZX-6R) +16.852
9. Philippe Masse, St-Hyacinthe, QC (Honda CBR1000RR) +30.304
10. Jason Thom, Ottawa, ON (Kawasaki ZX-10R) +31.268
11. Alain Lefebvre, Rouyn-Noranda, QC (Suzuki GSX-R600) +32.119
12. Edward Rudkowski, Toronto, ON (Suzuki GSX-R600) +41.043
13. Nuno Almeida, Newcastle, ON (Honda CBR1000RR) +46.635
14. Blaine Groves, Dumas, ON (Suzuki GSX-R1000) +50.801
15. Jean Francois Aubin, St-Jerome, QC (Suzuki GSX-R600) +51.204
16. Mario Gosselin, Plessisville, QC (Honda CBR600RR) +54.083
17. Tim Clarkson, Bowmanville, ON (Kawasaki ZX-6R) +1:28.486
18. Stephane Couturier, Laval, QC (Ducati 1098R) +1:34.963
19. Reiner Griese, Marmora, ON (Triumph 675) +1:30.251
Did Not Start
Simon Hamel, Rosemere, QC (Suzuki GSX-R600)
Alex Coelho, Longueuil, QC (Kawasaki ZX-6R)
Fastest Lap: 1:24.240 by Tim Robinson on lap 7
Amateur Superbike Standings
1.Jody Greening 240
2.Kristopher Garvie 191
3.Amzy Nawaz 186
4.Aubrey Bailey 153
5.Edward Rudkowski 134
6.Alain Lefebvre 122
7.Alex Coelho 113
7.Stephan Houle 113
9.Jean Francois Aubin 107
10.Tim Robinson 86
11.Philippe Masse 74
12.Luke Bauer 71
13.Natalie Catherine Provost 68
14.Riley Gage Dawe 59
15.Eric Gagnon 56
16.Mario Dumouchel 55
17.Paul Whitehead 50
18.Caleb Noiles 37
19.Trevor Daley 36
20.Mike Bevan 29
21.Etienne Deblois 27
22.Nicolas Hurley 21
23.Geoff Cole 19
23.Pierre Patenaude 19
23.Jason Thom 19
26.Mario Bourget 17
26.Reiner Griese 17
28.Eric Fiset 15
29.Eric Trudel 13
29.Nuno Almeida 13
31.Dominic Mongeon 12
31.Blaine Groves 12
33.Jean-Sebastien Perreault 10
34.Mario Gosselin 8
35.Tim Clarkson 6
36.Stephane Couturier 4
37.Richard Thompson 1
Honda CBR125R Race Results
1. Stacey Nesbitt, St-Lazare, QC, 8 laps in 16:57.174
2. Leah Vignale, Kemptville, ON, +0.704 secs.
3. Eric Green, Richmond, ON, +0.762
4. Scott Lingelbach, Wellesley, ON, +1.080
5. Austin Shaw-O'Leary, Falmouth, NS, +1.088
6. Karolina Pelc, Guelph, ON, +1.454
7. Lee Newbury, Greenfield Park, QC, +15.657
8. Brian Alexander, Peterborough, ON, +22.380
9. Seth Van Dongen, Belle River, ON, +30.742
10. Lauren Hill, Halifax, NS, +44.307
11. Brian Lingelbach, Wellesley, ON, +1:19.486
12. Uwe Wachtendorf, Toronto, ON, +1:19.583
13. Matt Chandler, Richmond Hill, ON, +1:34.532
14. Timothy Kennedy, Richmond Hill, ON, +1 Lap
Did Not Finish
Glen Mann, Woodbridge, ON, +2 Laps
David MacKay, Stoney Creek, ON, +3 Laps
Fastest Lap: 2:05.832 by Eric Green on lap 5
Honda CBR125R Standings
1. Stacey Nesbitt 369
2. Austin Shaw-O'Leary 340
3. Scott Lingelbach 287
4. Eric Green 274
5. Leah Vignale 222
6. Lauren Hill 187
7. Karolina Pelc 171
8. Shay Gauthier 162
9. David MacKay 146
10. Matt Chandler 145
11. Seth Van Dongen 115
12. Cedric Martineau 114
13. Brian Alexander 82
14. Timothy Kennedy 81
15. Connor Warnell 54
16. Leah MacInnis 42
17. Sean Smith 36
18. Kyle Mistibachner 29
19. Sam McManus 27
20. Lee Newbury 25
21. Brian Lingelbach 17
