Brewer, Tache take victories in support action at Grand Bend

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Published on Saturday, June 8, 2024 18:13 EDT

Written by Cam Bickle

While Sam Guerin and Sebastien Tremblay dominated the headlines from a busy Saturday at the Grand Bend Motorplex, they weren’t the only stories as numerous riders emerged in round two of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship, presented by Southwest Marine & Powersports.

The gap atop the AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike class shrunk to virtually nothing, as Tyler Brewer scored a crucial first career national victory in race one. The Yamaha rider started from pole position and held off an early attack from Goran Radisic to headline the day, tightening up the championship order.

Radisic will take over the points lead despite the runner-up result for PMR BMW, moving four points clear of round one leader Tyron Tavares, who was forced to settle for third. Brewer, meanwhile, will cut his deficit to two points as the trio are separated by just six points between them, with each rider now earning a win through three races.

Another amateur rider converted a debut national pole position into a first career national victory, as Andrew Alcampado completed the comeback to snatch the win from Serge Boyer.

Boyer led early before relinquishing position to Alcampado on lap four, though he still managed to fend off title rival Laurent Laliberte-Girard in third as he extends his points advantage to six.

J.P. Tache’s dream comeback continued in the Importations Thibault Pro-Am Twins category, as he won outright from amateur Vincent Wilson in his first action since 2007.

The former top pro rider ended Craig Atkinson’s winning streak in the pro split, though Atkinson would extend his title advantage in second from Dallas Reynolds. Wilson would extend his points advantage, cruising clear of Sebastian Silva and Julia Krans to continue his perfect run in the amateur Twins split.

Mack Weil added another victory in the pro half of the Niagara Race Crafters Ninja ZX-4RR Cup race, besting Dave Walker and taking the outright victory to extend his championship advantage. Rob Lepp would conquer the amateur split, earning a debut national win from Adolfo Silva.

Fifteen-year-old Ryan Beattie continued his sensational run in the Super Sonic Road Race School Pro-Am Lightweight ranks, fending off Zaim Laflamme for an outright victory and third consecutive amateur win.

Laflamme would settle for second both on-track and in the amateur table, while veteran Gary McKinnon finished third overall to take the pro win and championship lead.

Full results from Saturday’s action can be found here.