CSBK By the Numbers: Round 1 at Shannonville

The 2024 Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship opened with a Ben Young masterclass this past weekend, though he wasn’t the only one to make history at Shannonville Motorsport Park.

Below are just a few of the key numbers that stood out from the season opener at SMP.

Young continues to climb Superbike win list

Three-time Canada Cup champion Ben Young had a spectacular Saturday at SMP, beginning with his first career Pro Sport Bike victory, but it was career win number 17 that meant a little bit more in the Pro Superbike ranks.

That moved him out of a tie with Pascal Picotte and into sole possession of third on the all-time win list in the feature class, after equaling Picotte in SMP last season. Young has a great shot at second as well, sitting just eight wins behind Steve Crevier’s mark of 26 following his race two victory on Sunday, with ten races still to go in 2024.

The Van Dolder’s Home Team BMW star admitted he likely won’t touch Jordan Szoke’s record of 78 wins, but Young shows no signs of slowing down at age 30 (he’ll turn 31 just before Grand Bend) and is well on his way to cementing himself as one of the greatest riders in CSBK history.


Sunday dominance puts Young in record books

While his first Superbike win of the weekend was a bit more challenging than expected, Young’s second success was perhaps the most emphatic of his career.

He would finish with a 17.348 second margin of victory over Sam Guerin, the third largest in Superbike history, and the second-largest gap of his own career. That’s because Young set the record in 2022 with a 21.810 second victory over Trevor Daley in Atlantic Motorsport Park, but with an important distinction as rival Alex Dumas crashed out of the battle for the lead in that race.

Regardless, the win gives Young two of the three most dominant victories in the Superbike record books, separated only by Brett McCormick’s 20-second domination of Jordan Szoke at the same venue in 2011. 

No other rider cracks the top-six more than once, with Szoke, Jodi Christie, and Pascal Picotte each owning 15-second victories. 


Guerin puts himself atop bittersweet list

Most records are celebrated as incredible feats, but Sam Guerin likely won’t be partying too hard over his entry into the record books on Sunday.

His runner-up finish to Young in race two – his second of the weekend – gives him nine career Superbike podiums, the second-most of any rider without a victory (Trevor Daley owns the record with 16). 

However, Daley’s makeup included 14 third-place finishes, while Guerin has collected seven runner-up results to just two bronze medals. That will put him exclusively atop the list of non-winners, extending his lead over Matt McBride and his four runner-up finishes.

While no rider will enjoy being the bridesmaid, Guerin (like Daley and McBride before him) can take comfort in knowing he has accomplished more than majority of the Superbike grids in history, having moved inside the top-30 for career podiums – even though his debut victory still eludes him. 


Tremblay adds to Sport Bike resumé

While his Superbike career has been nothing to scoff at either, Sebastien Tremblay has long been considered one of the best Sport Bike riders of the modern era – and he is now getting the numbers to prove it.

The 2021 champion earned career podium number 20 in the middleweight class on Saturday, putting himself into the top-ten all-time with his runner-up finish to Ben Young, but he had more in store on Sunday.

His start-to-finish race two victory gives him 13 in his Sport Bike career, placing him in the top-five in the class leaderboard and just two behind Jodi Christie for fourth. What is especially notable for Tremblay, though, is that Jordan Szoke’s win record – unlike in Superbike – stands at a very attainable 23 victories, putting him within ten of the all-time mark.

While Tremblay’s eyes are surely on a second national championship in 2024, his climb up the leaderboards will be a story to watch at every weekend this season.