Edie beats Nickerson in photo finish

By John Hopkins

BOWMANVILLE, ON – Bodhi Edie of Warman, SK beat Hamilton, ON’s Steven Nickerson in a photo finish to take the Honda CBR125R Challenge win at Mosport International Raceway on Saturday and add to his championship lead.

A typically fraught battle between the top two riders in the class came down to the final corner of the eight-lap race. Nickerson led onto the front straight but Edie was able to get alongside in the run to the checkered flag and just nip ahead at the line. The official margin of victory was 0.020 secs.

"We kept looking at each other on the cool down lap; we didn't know who had won," Edie said.

Edie now leads Nickerson by 11 points in the CBR Challenge standings, 277-266.

Ryan Appenrodt of Quesnel, BC came out on top of a spectacular battle for third. Appenrodt, Geoffrey Gerbrandt, Ryan Roche and Loic Viscasillas were separated by less than a second at the line after swapping positions all race.

Karl Robitaille was part of the lead battle with Edie and Nickerson but accidentally hit his kill switch on lap 7 and finished 10th.

The Honda CBR125R Challenge competitors will try to top Saturday's action in the second race of their doubleheader at 1:35 p.m. (EDT) Sunday.

St-Colomban, QC’s Raphael Archambault held off Rob Busby of Brantford, ON to win the first of this weekend’s two Suzuki SV650 National Cup races at Mosport and extend his lead in the series point standings.

Archambault led all the way but got no peace from Busby, who finished 0.184 secs. behind in the 10-lap race.

"Each lap I was checking behind me," said Archambault after his second straight series win. "The last lap he [Busby] was close but I just tried to keep the inside line."

Busby was hampered somewhat when he caught a backmarker in turn 8 on the final lap.

"I was getting a good drive out of Moss [onto the backstraight] but he could pull away on the straight," Busby said.

Archambault now leads Busby by 18 points in the standings, 174-156.

Philippe Masse of St-Dominique, QC was third despite losing his exhaust in turn 8 early in the race.

"It cost me a few horsepower but it was a bigger problem with my concentration," Masse said. "These bikes are loud even with the pipe."

Ottawa's Dan Henri outduelled Burlington, ON's Jody Greening for fourth place after a race-long dice.

Jeremie Hade Precourt of Granby, QC started from pole for the second race in succession but crashed out in turn 2 on lap 2.

The Suzuki SV Cup competitors close out Sunday's program at Mosport at 4:10 p.m. (EDT).
      
Honda CBR125R Challenge Race Results
1. Bodhi Edie, Warman, SK, 8 laps
2. Steven Nickerson, Hamilton, ON, +0.020
3. Ryan R. Appenrodt, Quesnel, BC, +26.365
4. Geoffrey Gerbrandt, Martensville, SK, +26.435
5. Ryan Roche, Pickering, ON, +26.740
6. Loic Viscasillas, Laval, QC, +27.123
7. Samuel Proulx, Magog, QC, +44.403
8. Leah Vignale, Kemptville, ON, +49.359
9. Robert Haynes, Calgary, AB, +59.667
10. Karl Robitaille, Ste-Julie, QC, +1:03.3
11. Cody Conrad, Calgary, AB, +1:05.0
12. Jay Fox, Calgary, AB, +1:05.0*
13. Kim Young Jae, Mississauga, ON, +1:05.2
14. Nicole Pilkington, Blackstock, ON, +1:06.0
15. Lexi Pechout, Calgary, AB, +1:49.6
16. Toni Nesbitt, St-Lazare, QC, +1 Lap
Fastest Lap: 2:03.824 by Bodhi Edie on lap 7

Honda CBR125R Point Standings
1. Bodhi Edie 277
2. Steven Nickerson 266
3. Ryan Roche 177
4. Karl Robitaille 160
5. Leah Vignale 133
6. Geoffrey Gerbrandt 102
7. Kim Young Jae 101
8. Ryan R. Appenrodt 101
9. Nicole Pilkington 99
10. Loic Viscasillas 54
11. Dylan Jones 53
12. Emil Peev 46
13. Chris Wilson 42
14. Toni Nesbitt 25
15. Samuel Proulx 25
16. Christopher Mah 24
17. Robert Haynes 21
18. Kelsey Giachetta 17
19. Cody Conrad 17
20. Samantha McManus 13
21. Lexi Pechout 12

Suzuki SV650 National Cup Race Results
1. Raphael Archambault, St-Colomban, QC 10 laps
2. Rob Busby, Brantford, ON, +0.184
3. Philippe Masse, St Dominique, QC, +13.854
4. Dan Henri, Ottawa, ON, +17.656
5. Jody Greening, Burlington, ON, +18.233
6. Francois Chartrand, Repentigny, QC, +25.778
7. David Mongrain, St-Jerome, QC, +40.503
8. Joe Rodrigues, Weston, ON, +41.362
9. Stuart Pilkington, Blackstock, ON, +42.12
10. Brent Strong, Mississauga, ON, +51.751
11. Steve Grujic, Cambridge, ON, +52.458
12. Kana Matsumoto, Aurora, ON, +56.152
13. Chris Dopke, Cambridge, ON, +56.661
14. Lee Kuhn, Hamilton, ON, +1:06.8
15. Michel Sabourin, Brampton, ON, +1:07.0
16. Martin Chartrand, Montreal, QC, +1:12.3
17. Edward Beck, Bowmanville, ON, +1:26.0
18. Philippe Bonin, St-Colomban, QC, +1 Lap
19. Rob Cousineau, Aurora, ON, +1 Lap
Did Not Finish
Jeremie Hade Precourt   Granby, QC +7 laps

Suzuki SV650 National Cup Point Standings
1. Raphael Archambault 174
2. Rob Busby 156
3. Philippe Masse 125
4. Jeremie Hade Precourt 105
5. Dan Henri 92
6. Jody Greening 73
7. Brent Strong 71
8. Francois Chartrand 59
9. Steve Greene 46
10. Steve Grujic 46
11. Lee Kuhn 41
12. Chris Dopke 40
13. Kurtis Joki 33
14. Martin Chartrand 31
15. Kana Matsumoto 30
16. Emerson Lefurgey 27
17. Philippe Bonin 25
18. David Mongrain 25
19. Joe Rodrigues 23
20. Stuart Pilkington 21
21. Nicky Poon 19
22. Michel Sabourin 10
23. Edward Beck 6
24. Rob Cousineau 2