Canadian Superbike Round 1 Results

Cycle News Staff | June 13, 2022

The opening race of the 2022 Canadian Superbike Championship season brought plenty of fireworks on Saturday, June 11, as Ben Young held off an early attack to win the Pro Superbike feature opener at the Grand Bend Motorplex.

Alex Dumas (1) and Ben Young at Canadian Superbike Rnd 1 — **Alex Dumas (1) leads Ben Young (86) at the opening round of the Canadian Superbike Championship. Young won both legs.**

Young started from the middle of the front row aboard his Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW after ceding pole position to local rookie Trevor Dion on Friday, but made up for that right away as he grabbed the holeshot into turn one for the 20-lap feature event.

His early lead was anything but safe, as Young outlasted an immediate pass attempt from Dion in second and was followed closely by a four-rider pack well into the halfway point of the race. However, Young’s experience around the Grand Bend circuit began to come into play in the second half, as he sliced his way through lapped traffic to clear the chasing pack behind and cruise towards a sixth career Superbike victory over Alex Dumas (Suzuki), who fought his way into second.

“I got the start of my life out there, but I knew Trevor would try and get me back right away, so I just tried to bank in consistent times and ride a smooth race start to finish,” Young said. “The BMW worked great, and fortunately we were able to bring home big points, but now we all got to work on some things and try do it again tomorrow.”

That he did. Young won again on Sunday. His main challenger was the defending champion, Dumas, who led for five laps before Young slipped past. Young went on to take the win over Dumas. CN