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Jordan Szoke won the race but Pascal Picotte’s third place was enough to wrap up the 2004 Parts Canada Superbike Championship at round seven of the eight-round series Sunday at Mont Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.

Riding his Fast Company/Honda Canada CBR1000RR shod with a medium-compound rear Dunlop slick, Szoke finished 2.1 seconds in front of Coors Light Racing Blackfoot Suzuki’s Clint McBain and Picotte Performance Yamaha’s Picotte.

After early leader Picotte faded, Szoke and DXS Diablo Suzuki’s Steve Crevier swapped the lead several times until lap 14 of 15, when Crevier crashed in the right-hander at the end of the back straightaway while trying to outbrake Szoke. From there, Szoke, a two-time former Canadian Superbike Champion, cruised home to his first win in two years.

McBain also used a medium-compound rear Dunlop on his GSX-R1000 to finish second, just in front of Picotte, who said he never got comfortable with the hard-compound Dunlop he had on the rear of his YZF-R1. In fact, Picotte ran wide at the Namerow corner and onto pit lane at one point, before coming back to score third to wrap up his second consecutive Canadian Superbike Championship.

Winner of the last round, Kevin Lacombe finished fourth on his Brooklin Cycle/Lacombe Racing Yamaha YZF-R1, well clear of his teammate Frank Trombino and Kawasaki Canada’s Francis Martin.

Martin’s teammate Matt McBride rode the corners harder to beat Szoke’s teammate Andrew Nelson for seventh. Matt Binns brought his Z1 Cycle Tech Ducati 999R home ninth from the last row of the grid. Zenon Nelson rounded out the top 10 on a Suzuki GSX-R600.

Crevier’s teammate Jeff Williams was racing for third when he suffered a complete brake failure at the end of the back straightaway at an estimated 155 mph. Williams laid his GSX-R1000 down with the rear brake but still tumbled into a tire-fronted Armco barrier. He escaped relatively uninjured, suffering minor abrasions to his left arm.

Parts Canada Superbike Race Results:

1. Jordan Szoke (Hon CBR1000RR), 15 laps, 27:06
2. Clint McBain (Suz GSX-R1000), -2.1 seconds
3. Pascal Picotte (Yam YZF-R1)
4. Kevin Lacombe (Yam YZF-R1)
5. Frank Trombino (Yam YZF-R1)
6. Francis Martin (Kaw ZX-10R)
7. Matt McBride (Kaw ZX-10R)
8. Andrew Nelson (Hon CBR1000RR)
9. Matt Binns (Duc 999R)
10. Zenon Nelson (Suz GSX-R600)
11. Dave Young (Suz GSX-R1000)
12. Bill Card (Hon CBR600RR)
13. Yanick Beaureguard (Hon CBR600F4i)
14. Barry French (Yam YZF-R6)
15. Yannick Morin (Kaw ZX-10R)
16. Larry Orde (Yam YZF-R1)
17. Philip Onisto (Suz GSX-R1000)
18. Dan Henri (Yam YZF-R6)
19. Jim Proulx (Kaw ZX-7RR)
20. Elie Daccache (Suz GSX-R1000)
21. Steve Crevier (Suz GSX-R1000), -2 laps, DNF
22. Jeff Williams (Suz GSX-R1000), -3 laps, DNF
23. Jeremy French (Hon CBR600RR), -6 laps, DNF
24. Hugo Brisson (Kaw ZX-10R), -8 laps, DNF
25. Sebastien Michel (Suz GSX-R750), -10 laps, DNF


More, from a press release issued by series organizers:

PICOTTE, SZOKE WIN BIG

MONT-TREMBLANT, QC Jordan Szoke claimed his first win of the season but Pascal Picotte wrapped up his second straight Parts Canada Superbike Championship title in round 7 of the series at Le Circuit Mont-Tremblant Sunday.

Riding the Honda Canada / Fast Company Honda CBR1000RR, Szoke took the lead on lap 8 of the 15-lap race around the 2.65-mile Mont-Tremblant track and then withstood constant pressure from Steve Crevier. The Maple Ridge, BC racer crashed his DXS Diablo Racing Team Suzuki GSX-R1000 on the final lap, leaving Brantford, ON’s Szoke clear to take the win.

Calgary’s Clint McBain finished second on the Coors Light Racing / Blackfoot Suzuki GSX-R1000 while polesitter and early race leader Picotte survived tire trouble to place third on the Team Yamaha / Picotte Performance Yamaha YZF-R1.

Picotte’s result gives him 328 points in the Parts Canada Superbike standings compared to the 266 of second place Szoke. With only one round remaining, at Shannonville Motorsport Park Sept. 5 no one can overtake Picotte.

“Overall it’s a great finish,” said the Granby, QC racer, who earlier in the day secured his second consecutive Hindle Exhaust Pro 600 Sport Bike crown. “We’ve wrapped up both championships and that was the goal this weekend.”

Fellow Granby rider Kevin Lacombe was fourth on Sunday aboard the Lacombe Racing / Brooklin Cycle Yamaha YZF-R1 and is third in the standings with 249 points.

In Pro 600 Sport Bike, Picotte claimed his fifth win of the year to clinch his second straight title, taking his Yamaha YZF-R6 past Crevier’s Suzuki GSX-R600 on lap 3 of 12.

Szoke claimed second on his Honda CBR600RR and Rock Forest, QC’s Francis Martin was third riding the Canadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-6RR. Crevier faded to fourth.

Levis, QC’s Dominic Lavoie won the International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW Amateur 600 Sport Bike race on Sunday on his Kawasaki ZX-6RR after taking the lead from polesitter Thomas Macsanszky on the final lap.

But North Vancouver rider Darren James took over the class points lead by finishing third on his Yamaha YZF-R6 while Mississauga, ON’s Rudy Raposo crashed unhurt. James now has 175 points to Raposo’s 171 and the 161 of Lavoie heading to the Shannonville season finale.

The top competitors in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship will take part in a non-championship invitational race at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this weekend before concluding their season at Shannonville.

The Mont-Tremblant event will be televised on TSN on Oct. 10 at 1:00 p.m. EDT and on Quebec’s RDS on Oct. 23 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. The action will also appear in one-hour format this fall on TORONTO1 and A-Channel stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton.

For more series information, visit www.cdnsuperbike.com

Results of Sunday’s seventh round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant, QC, showing finishing position, rider name, hometown, type of motorcycle and laps completed:
1. Jordan Szoke, Brantford, ON, Honda CBR1000RR, 15; 2. Clint McBain, Calgary, AB, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 15; 3. Pascal Picotte, Granby, QC, Yamaha YZF-R1, 15; 4. Kevin Lacombe, Granby, QC, Yamaha YZF-R1, 15; 5. Frank Trombino, Kleinburg, ON, Yamaha YZF-R1, 15; 6. Francis Martin, Rock Forest, QC, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 15; 7. Matthew McBride, Mississauga, ON, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 15; 8. Andrew Nelson, Kars, ON, Honda CBR1000RR, 15; 9. Matt Binns, Uxbridge, ON, Ducati 999S, 15; 10. Zenon Nelson, Bowmanville, ON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 15; 11. Dave Young, Woodstock, ON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 15; 12. Bill Card, Wellesley, ON, Honda CBR600RR, 15; 13. Yanick Beauregard, Rock Forest, QC, Honda CBR600RR, 15; 14. Barry French, Brampton, ON, Yamaha YZF-R6, 15; 15. Yannick Morin, Repentigny, QC, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 15; 16. Larry Orde, Peterborough, ON, Yamaha YZF-R1, 15; 17. Philip Onisto, Bolton, ON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 14; 18. Dan Henri, Ottawa, ON, Yamaha YZF-R6, 14; 19. Jim Proulx, Ottawa, ON, Kawasaki ZX-7RR, 14; 20. Elie Daccache, Ottawa, ON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 14; NF. Steve Crevier, Maple Ridge, BC, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 13; NF. Jeff Williams, Harrowsmith, ON, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 12; NF. Jeremy French, Erin, ON, Honda CBR600RR, 9; NF. Hugo Brisson, St-Sauveur, QC, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 7; NF. Sebastien Michel, St-Jerome, QC, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 5

Parts Canada Superbike Championship point standings after seven of eight rounds, showing position, rider name and point total:
1. Pascal Picotte, 328; 2. Jordan Szoke, 266; 3. Kevin Lacombe, 249; 4. Clint McBain, 211; 5. Frank Trombino, 175; 6. Steve Crevier, 171; 7. Andrew Nelson, 165; 7. Francis Martin, 165; 9. Craig Connell, 163; 10. Jeff Williams, 139; 11. Matthew McBride, 137; 12. Bill Card, 79; 13. Chris Peris, 56; 14. Matt Binns, 53; 15. Stuart Nodell, 51; 16. Dave Young, 43; 17. Yannick Morin, 42; 18. Hugo Brisson, 40; 19. Peter Holzinger, 25; 20. Zenon Nelson, 23; 21. Jean-Francois Cyr, 21; 21. Brian Nielsen, 21; 23. Larry Orde, 20; 24. Michael Leon, 18; 24. Chris Murray-Audain, 18; 26. Brent Strong, 15; 27. Darryn Wilbur, 14; 28. Tim Easton, 13; 28. Jeremy Burgess, 13; 28. Yanick Beauregard, 13; 31. Barry French, 12; 32. Fred Silver, 8; 33. Sebastien Michel, 7; 34. Corey Sherman, 6; 34. Philip Onisto, 6; 36. Mike Zottmann, 4; 36. Terry Steeves, 4; 36. Dan Henri, 4; 39. Elie Daccache, 3; 40. Andrew Murray, 2; 40. Jim Proulx, 2; 42. Bruce McDonald, 1; 43. Terry MacPhee, 1