The Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship wrapped up its round two action last weekend in Nova Scotia, heading to Atlantic Motorsport Park for another thrilling event and one full of milestones in each national class.
Below are just some of the key numbers from round two of the 2025 CSBK season.
Guerin’s double enters rare Superbike territory
It was fair to question just what heights Sam Guerin would reach after bursting onto the scene in 2020, as a pair of down years left him chasing his first career victory right up until the mid-point of the 2024 campaign.
Since then, however, Guerin’s resumé has been reborn.
Two more victories in Shubenacadie now give him four in his GP Bikes Pro Superbike career, a total that may seem modest at first but has only been matched by 16 other riders throughout the 45-year history of the feature class, eleven of which went on to become Canada Cup champions.
As if that list wasn’t exclusive enough, Guerin also becomes only the seventh rider ever to sweep a doubleheader weekend, joining a group of names that includes Jordan Szoke, Ben Young, Alex Dumas, Brett McCormick, Pascal Picotte, and Clint McBain.
That unit totalled 22 championships, 148 wins, and 292 podiums in the feature class, and all but McBain secured a Superbike #1 plate in their careers, a sign that things may just be getting started for Guerin in 2025.
Dumas’ incredible podium hit rate falls short
Since making his CSBK debut in 2021, Alex Dumas has only ever gone to one place after finishing a race – the podium.
In 36 career race starts prior to AMP, Dumas had amassed an incredible 33 podiums, with his three absences all being crashes out of the lead battle (AMP 2022, Shannonville 2023, and CTMP 2024).
That all changed out east, as Dumas battled mechanical issues and a rare lack of pace to cross the line in fifth and fourth, by far his worst weekend of what’s been a historic career thus far.
As a result, the 22-year-old will see his record-breaking podium success rate drop from 91.7% to 86.8%, slipping marginally behind rival Ben Young who now holds the top mark with 61 podiums in his 70 career races (87.1%).
Suzuki stretches win streak in Supersport ranks
The “next-gen” era of Supersport racing has seen the emergence, if not dominance, of Suzuki since the GSX-R750 made its debut in 2023, but they relied on a bit of help from one of their old machines to keep their record hopes alive in AMP.
Andrew Van Winkle’s start-to-finish race one victory aboard a Mountainview Motorsports Suzuki GSX-R600 was crucial for the brand, fending off the Kawasaki of Alex Michel to hand them their eighth consecutive win in the class dating back to the same circuit a year ago.
That would move them past Honda (ICAR 2010 to AMP 2010) and Yamaha (CTMP 2018 to AMP 2019) for the third-longest streak of all-time in the middleweight category, and the longest stretch Suzuki has ever had atop either pro class.
Torin Collins would then return to form to add a ninth consecutive victory for Suzuki on Sunday, pushing the run to nine races and just two behind Honda’s record of eleven set between St-Eustache 2012 and Mont-Tremblant 2013.
Bucek and McKinnon kickstart unusual title battle
Dante Bucek has quickly emerged as one of the rising stars of the CSBK paddock, leading the Super Sonic Road Race School Lightweight Sportbike championship as an amateur ahead of top pro Gary McKinnon, who moved into second overall with a pair of wins at his home track.
That now sets up a title battle separated by a mere 14 points on-track – and 57 years off it.
The oldest rider in the CSBK paddock, McKinnon’s illustrious career began some 38 years before the 16-year-old Bucek was even born, setting up the largest age gap of any title fight in documented series history and smashing the 35-year gap between Jeff Williams and Pro Twins champion Andrew Van Winkle in 2023.
It’s another example that age is just a number even in the sports world, with the 73-year-old McKinnon dominating his home round at AMP to add his seventh and eighth victories in the Lightweight class since returning to national racing in 2022.
One of the greatest riders in Maritime history, McKinnon is showing no signs of slowing down as he chases a second consecutive national championship in 2025, giving the teenage Bucek both a stiff challenge and an excellent reference as they enter one of the most interesting championship battles in CSBK history.
