An action packed day in the support classes crowned three new champions on Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, as another batch of thrilling contests concluded the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship season.
After the Lightweight and ZX-4RR championships were clinched on Saturday, the last day of the campaign left titles up for grabs in Amateur Superbike, Amateur Supersport, and the Twins Cup, with two riders chasing rare “doubles” in Cole Alexander and Dante Bucek.
Bucek had one part complete after securing the Lightweight crown, while Alexander saw both title fights drag into Sunday – though with a commanding lead in the AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike category.
That race once again saw a masterful performance from Ryan Beattie, who stretched out a three-second lead by the end of the opening lap and never looked back en route a dominant 18 second victory for the EFC Group BMW team.
The 17-year-old sensation would come within 0.020 seconds of his own lap record set on Saturday, proving to be no match for the rest of the field in his season debut.
Jason Thoms would fend off a last-lap attack from Joe Schuster to complete the podium places, capping off strong weekends for both of them in their own wildcard appearances, though the attention unfortunately shifted behind them to Alexander’s title battle over Zaim Laflamme.
Alexander needed simply to avoid any drama on Sunday as he entered with a 21-point lead over Laflamme, and did just that as he backed out of an early battle for fifth with the Triumph rider to bring the championship home in sixth for Suzuki.
“The black numbers are going to look pretty good on this GSX-R,” Alexander said, who will turn pro in 2026. “I honestly didn’t even plan on doing the full year, so it’s pretty incredible.”
It was a similar story in the EBC Brakes Amateur Supersport class, where Alexander entered with a much slimmer eight-point lead over Laflamme but a manageable one given their pace difference over the battle for third.
Alexander would lead in the early going with Laflamme all over his rear wheel, chasing a sixth victory of the year to celebrate his #1 plate in style. Instead, Laflamme would make a decisive move for the lead on lap five, with Alexander backing off into a comfortable cushion in second to bring home his second title of the year.
It’s possible he may have been no match for Laflamme anyways, with the Octo Racing Triumph rider nearly setting a lap record to cruise clear of the field, though Laflamme was forced to settle for another vice-championship despite the victory.
Alexander joins a short list of names to win both amateur championships, becoming only the fourth Supersport and Superbike winner in history (alongside Mavrick Cyr, Luc Labranche, and Mitch Card).
Nicolas Audet would do enough to secure his pro licence for 2026 as well, finishing third to the duo in Supersport to wrap up third in the overall championship, though he would wind up nine points shy of Mark Stecho for third in the Superbike standings.
It was then Bucek’s turn to try and become another double-champion, entering the Importations Thibault Twins Cup with a 15-point deficit to season-long points leader J.P. Tache.
Bucek initially did his part, taking the lead on lap one with Louie Raffa second and Tache only third with J-F Cyr all over his rear wheel in the lead quartet.
The 16-year-old would quickly begin to fade and watch his title hopes fade away with it, however, as the trio got by him in short order with Raffa stretching a slight advantage out front.
Bucek made a strong comeback attempt in the closing stages, setting a lap record in the process, but it would only net him third as he saw Tache clinch the title regardless of his battle with Raffa.
Tache wouldn’t settle for second, however, celebrating his championship from the top step of the podium after a last-lap pass on Raffa, narrowly beating him to the line for his fifth victory of the campaign.
While his hopes of making history came up short, Bucek did add to his impressive season in the Super Sonic Road Race School Lightweight Sportbike class, winning another thriller for his own fifth win of the year.
It will look more comfortable in the finishing order than it really was, with Bucek only taking over the lead for the final time on the penultimate lap before blitzing the field on his final go-around to win by 1.2 seconds.
The battle behind him would remain exciting to the finish, with Jared Walker making a last-corner move on race one winner Norbert Joo to snatch second, while Joo fended off Gary McKinnon to salvage the final podium place.
It was still enough to ensure second in the championship for Joo despite missing round one, while former champion McKinnon had to settle for third in the overall standings.
Walker would one-up his result later on in the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR Cup class, besting Rob Cousineau and McKinnon in a repeat of Saturday’s race one podium.
The convincing weekend sweep wasn’t quite enough to move Walker past Cousineau for third in the overall standings, while Jean-Pascal Schroeder retained the runner-up spot with a fourth-place finish after champion Jacob Black didn’t finish.
Full results can be found here.
