Picotte Wins Again In Canadian Superbike At Calgary, Peris Wins In Sportbike

Picotte Wins Again In Canadian Superbike At Calgary, Peris Wins In Sportbike

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From a press release issued by series organizers:

PICOTTE REPEATS

CALGARY, AB It was business as usual for Pascal Picotte in Sunday’s third round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Race City Motorsport Park in Calgary.The Granby, QC rider was last year’s champion and won Saturday’s race handily, so his flag-to-flag victory in Sunday’s race on his Team Yamaha / Picotte Performance Yamaha YZF-R1 wasn’t entirely unexpected.

“That Yamaha R1 really suits me now,” Picotte said. “It’s started growing on me.I feel confident pushing it hard right from the get-go because the bike feels good. After the first round we weren’t quite there so we just went back and worked a little harder.We’re looking good for the championship.”

Steve Crevier of Maple Ridge, BC started 16th but tore up through the field to fourth by the end of lap 1 on the DXS Diablo Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000. A lap later he was past the Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZF-R1 of Kleinburg, ON racer Frank Trombino and into third. For most of the race, Crevier trailed local rider Clint McBain, whose Coors Light Racing / Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R1000 was running about four seconds in arrears of Picotte.

As the field completed lap 14, Crevier tucked into McBain’s draft and blasted past as the two entered turn 1. McBain tried too hard to recover the position and took an off-road excursion through turns 1 and 2, rejoining to finish in fourth behind Jordan Szoke’s Honda Canada / Fast Company Honda CBR1000RR.

The Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike race was run in the wet and fell to 18-year-old Chris Peris, a regular on the AMA Superbike circuit but a native of Calgary. Peris made an excellent start from the middle of the second row and outbraked Picotte and Crevier into turn 1. The Suzuki GSX-R600 led the rest of the way.

While Picotte was never seriously challenged for second on his Yamaha YZF-R6, Szoke had to battle past several competitors on his way to third on a Honda CBR600RR.

Peris was well aware that Picotte was just behind.

“I saw him there, I just kind of knew I had to make a charge for it,” he said. “He’s a hard guy to get by. He doesn’t make any mistakes, ever, so I just had to try to get ahead.”

Peris gave some of the credit for his win to the tires fitted to his Suzuki.

“We had those new Michelin Turbines,” he explained. “They’re awesome tires.They just stuck the whole time.You could get off the corner like a DOT in the dry.”

Olivier Spilborghs may be from Vancouver but he’s a familiar face at Race City and he parlayed his knowledge into victory in the International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Amateur 600 Sport Bike race.

The Parts Canada Superbike Championship continues with another doubleheader weekend at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, ON July 16-18.

This weekend’s events will be televised on TSN on July 24 and July 31 at 11:30 a.m. EDT and on Quebec’s RDS on Aug. 8 at 12:00 p.m. and Aug. 22 at 11:30 a.m. The action will also appear in one-hour format later this summer on Toronto1 and A-Channel stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.

Results of Sunday’s third round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Race City Motorsport Park in Calgary, showing finishing position, number, rider name, hometown and brand of motorcycle:

1. #1, Pascal Picotte, Granby, QC, Yamaha; 2. #14, Steve Crevier, Maple Ridge, BC, Suzuki; 3. #101, Jordan Szoke, Brantford, ON, Honda; 4. #9, Clint McBain, Calgary, AB, Suzuki; 5. #26, Andrew Nelson, Kars, ON, Honda; 6. #6, Craig Connell, Brisbane, Australia, Suzuki; 7. #16, Francis Martin, Rock Forest, QC, Kawasaki; 8. #7, Jeff Williams, Harrowsmith, ON, Suzuki; 9. #34, Kevin Lacombe, Granby, QC, Yamaha; 10. #13, Matthew McBride, Mississauga, ON, Kawasaki; 11. #31, Frank Trombino, Kleinburg, ON, Yamaha; 12. #3, Chris Peris, Calgary, AB, Suzuki; 13. #36, Peter Holzinger, Banff, AB, Suzuki; 14. #46, Tim Easton, Calgary, Yamaha; 15. #12, Bill Card, Wellesley, ON, Honda; 16. #51, Yannick Morin, Repetigny, QC, Kawasaki; 17. #17, Brian Nielsen, Edmonton, AB, Yamaha; DNF. #441, Francois Chartrand, Anjou, QC, Yamaha; DNF. #114, Corey Sherman, Corbyville, ON, Suzuki; DNF. #11, Mike Zottmann, Calgary, AB, Suzuki; DNF. #47, Matt Binns, Uxbridge, ON, Ducati. DNS. #42, Barry French, Brampton, ON, Yamaha; DNS. #57, Dave Hodge, Acton, ON, Triumph; DNS. #74, Michael Leon, Beaconsfield, QC, Suzuki; DNS. #100, Dale Yamada, Calgary, AB, Kawasaki; DNS. #169, James McCarthy, Edmonton, AB, Kawasaki

Parts Canada Superbike Championship point standings after three of eight
rounds, showing position, rider name and point total:

1. Pascal Picotte, 151; 2. Steve Crevier, 136; 3. Clint McBain, 117; 4. Jordan Szoke, 96; 5. Kevin Lacombe, 83; 6. Jeff Williams, 77; 7. Andrew Nelson, 73; 8. Frank Trombino, 71; 9. Craig Connell, 65; 10. Francis Martin, 52; 11. Matthew McBride, 49; 12. Chris Peris, 39; 13. Peter Holzinger, 25; 14. Bill Card, 24; 15 tie. Jean-Francois Cyr, 21; 15 tie. Brian Nielsen, 21; 17. Michael Leon, 18; 18. Yannick Morin, 16; 19. Brent Strong, 15; 20 tie. Stuart Nodell, 13; 20 tie. Tim Easton, 13; 22 tie. Larry Orde, 6; 22 tie. Corey Sherman, 6; 24 tie. Darryn Wilbur, 4; 24 tie. Mike Zottmann, 4; 26. Dave Young, 2; 27. Sebastien Michel, 1


Sportbike Results
1. Chris Peris, Suzuki
2. Pascal Picotte, Yamaha
3. Jordan Szoke, Honda
4. Steve Crevier, Suzuki
5. Clint McBain, Suzuki
6. Craig Connell, Suzuki
7. Andrew Nelson, Honda
8. Matthew McBride, Kawasaki
9. Brian Nielsen, Yamaha
10. Francis Martin, Kawasaki
11. Frank Trombino, Yamaha
12. Dale Yamada, Kawasaki
13. Jeff Williams, Suzuki
14. Alex Lotsov, Suzuki
15. Alan Schmidt, Yamaha


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