Szoke wins Pro 600 finale

From Professional Motorsports Productions

SHANNONVILLE, ON -- Despite having already clinched his third straight Yoshimura Pro 600 Sport Bike title, Jordan Szoke scored his third win of the year on his Canadian Kawasaki Motors Kawasaki ZX-6R at Shannonville Motorsport Park on Sunday.

He took the lead from the Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 of Lacombe on lap 6 of 18 and held off his teammate Brett McCormick by 0.211 seconds. McCormick grabbed second from Lacombe on the final lap.

Alex Welsh of Uxbridge, ON finished seventh in the Pro 600 Sport Bike race on his Z1 Cycletech Triumph 675 and narrowly captured the HJC Pro Rookie of the Year Award over Truro, NS’s Brian Blaauwendraat, who was 10th on his T.R. Petroleum Enterprises / Lougheed’s Heating Oils Honda CBR600RR.

Three other national titles were settled at Shannonville. In the Armour Bodies Amateur 600 Sport Bike class, Keene, ON’s Jodi Christie survived a fall two laps from the end to clinch the title by two points over Calgary’s Patrick Marques.

Christie recovered from his tumble to cross the line 17th on his Yamaha YZF-R6 while Marques picked up the race win on his Suzuki GSX-R600.

Montreal’s Martin Grande finished second in Sunday’s race and Yvan Carrier of Plessisville, QC completed the podium, both on Suzuki GSX-R600s.

Sean Huffman of Kemptville, ON climbed from 12th on the grid to fourth by the finish and picked up the Performance Under Gear Performer of the Race Award.

Valter Bartolini clinched the Canadian Thunder title with the win on Sunday aboard his NCR-Ducati 848. His teammate Andrew Nelson of Kars, ON, the only rider who could beat him to the title, finished second just 0.120 seconds behind, with New Smyrna Beach, FL’s Dave Estok third on a Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada / Ruthless Racing Buell 1125R.

Newly-crowned Canadian Sport Twins champion Jim Proulx of Ottawa claimed the race win in that class on his Buell XB12R, and his 5.8-sec. margin of victory earned him the Tirox Big Won Award for the fifth time this season.

Cody Matechuk of Cochrane, AB survived a jump start penalty to win the Suzuki SV650 National Cup race at Shannonville and clinch the series title over Burlington, ON’s John Jarvie, who finished third in the race behind Rob Busby of Brantford, ON.

Raphael Archambault of St-Colomban, QC completed a perfect season in the Honda CBR125R Challenge with his fifth victory in five races this year.