Brett McCormick won the second and third rounds of the Parts Canada Pro Superbike Championship in impressive fashion this weekend at Shannonville Motorsport Park in Ontario.
Riding the BMW Motorrad Canada / radX BMW S1000RR the 19-year-old won Saturday’s Superbike feature from pole position, leading every lap and pulling away to put a commanding 20.421 second gap between himself and seven-time champion Jordan Szoke by race end.
“They made me work for it off the start,” said McCormick, who was beaten into the first turn by Suzuki rider Alex Welsh. “But I got a good drive out of turn two and was able to get up the inside of Alex in turn three.”
McCormick’s BMW team-mate Michael Ferreira was able to grab the final podium spot, after Welsh lost a contact lens and had to drop out of the race on lap eight.
Sunday’s contest saw McCormick once again grab the lead early during the opening lap and this time pull clear to a slightly less dominant 11.894-second victory over Szoke’s Competition Systems Race Team Kawasaki ZX-10R. Welsh suffered no lens issues this time and finished third .
“We made some changes last night to help make the suspension last but Jordan put in a good ride. He was going quite a bit quicker today, said McCormick of his arch rival’s round three performance”
McCormick’s record is perfect thus far in the 2011 Canadian Superbike Championship. As the seven-race season nears its halfway point, the Saskatoon native has qualified on pole for each round, led every lap and won each race to amass the 164 point maximum. Defending champion Szoke is meanwhile a distant second with 127 points and Andrew Nelson, after a fourth place finish on Sunday, third with 110 points.
Round four of the series takes place July 10th in Quebec at Autodrome St-Eustache.
Parts Canada Pro Superbike Championship Round 2 Race Results – Shannonville
1 Brett McCormick BMW S1000RR
2 Jordan Szoke Kawasaki ZX-10R +20.421
3 Michael Ferreira BMW S1000RR +27.607
4 Andrew Nelson Kars, ON BMW S1000RR +28.118
5 Jodi Christie Honda CBR600RR +39.667
6 Matt McBride BMW S1000RR +46.109
7 Frank Trombino Suzuki GSX-R600 +46.586
8 Marie-Josee Boucher Honda CBR600RR +1:04.793
9 Rob Busby BMW S1000RR +1:05.015
10 Steve Walker BMW S1000RR 1 Lap
11 Franklyn Dominguez Kawasaki ZX-10R 2 Laps
DNF
Francis Martin BMW S1000RR 14 laps
Billy Shields Yamaha YZF-R1 13 laps
Alex Welsh Suzuki GSX-R1000 7 laps
DNS
Bill McKay
Kenny Reidman
Vicki Schouten
Bodhi Edie
Sean Huffman
Parts Canada Pro Superbike Championship Round 3 Race Results – Shannonville
1 Brett McCormick BMW S1000RR
2 Jordan Szoke Kawasaki ZX-10R +11.894
3 Alex Welsh Suzuki GSX-R1000 +17.952
4 Andrew Nelson Kars, ON BMW S1000RR +25.353
5 Michael Ferreira BMW S1000RR +27.523
6 Frank Trombino Suzuki GSX-R600 +40.222
7 Jodi Christie Honda CBR600RR +40.459
8 Matt McBride BMW S1000RR +47.232
9 Rob Busby BMW S1000RR +49.010
10 Francis Martin BMW S1000RR +1:05.017
11 Marie-Josee Boucher Honda CBR600RR 1 Lap
12 Franklyn Dominguez Kawasaki ZX-10R 1 Lap
13 Steve Walker BMW S1000RR 1 Lap
DNS
Bill McKay
Kenny Reidman
Billy Shields
Vicki Schouten
Bodhi Edie
Sean Huffman
2011 Parts Canada Pro Superbike Championship Standings
1.Brett McCormick, 164
2. Jordan Szoke, 127
3. Andrew Nelson, 110
4. Michael Ferreira, 96
5. Jodi Christie, 77
6. Alex Welsh, 70
7. Marie Josee-Boucher, 55
8. Rob Busby, 54
9. Frank Trombino, 52
10. Matt McBride, 50
11. Franklyn Dominguez, 49
12. Francis Martin, 46
13. Steve Walker, 45
14. Jean-Francois Cyr, 25
15. Sylvain Dery, 21
16. Sebastien Tremblay, 19
17. Ross Millson, 10
18. Sean Huffman, 8
19. Billy Shields, 6
