Radisic wraps up Amateur Superbike title in support action at CTMP

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Published on Sunday, August 11, 2024 19:02 EDT

Written by Cam Bickle

Another national champion was crowned on Sunday, as Goran Radisic clinched the AIM Insurance Amateur Superbike title in support class action at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Radisic entered with a 37-point lead over championship rival Tyler Brewer, but his path was made easier after Brewer unfortunately crashed on the opening lap and forced a red flag (Brewer thankfully avoided a serious injury).

Despite leading at the time of the stoppage, Radisic didn’t look flustered as he got another strong start behind lap one leader Zaim Laflamme, with Jason Thoms joining them as a lead trio broke away.

All three would battle at various points before Thoms stretched a late advantage with Laflamme second on the final lap. Radisic would make the championship deciding move with just a handful of turns to go, however, slicing past Laflamme to take second and the championship for PMR BMW.

“It’s been a lot of fun battling Tyler all year, so it was unfortunate to see him go down, but before the restart we kind of figured out the math I needed and I was able to put myself in a good spot,” Radisic said. “I tried to not take too much risk, but I also really wanted to get those 20 points and wrap things up. I owe a huge thanks to my team, it just feels amazing.”

Despite the unfortunate crash and DNF, Brewer would clinch the runner-up spot in the championship as well, securing his pro status for 2025.

Thoms would escape with an impressive Amateur Superbike win, while Laflamme completed the podium after Radisic’s late pass for second.

The tide continued to turn in the EBC Brakes Amateur Sport Bike ranks, as Laurent Laliberté-Girard cut the championship deficit to just 14 points entering the finale.

The race featured a wild seven-rider battle in the rain as Matthew Hooper paced the opening laps, before Nolan Eadie charged through the lead pack to eventually claim his first career CSBK victory.

The group was still packed tightly together by the midway point when Eadie decided to unleash his ultimate pace, instantly finding a six-second advantage over the next three laps before a red flag cut the action short.

Hooper would settle for second after his early lead, while Laflamme enjoyed his second podium of the day after a great charge to third, though the big winner was Laliberté-Girard in fifth.

After entering the weekend with a 45-point deficit to championship leader Serge Boyer, the first-year rider will now find himself within striking distance of a national championship in the final round at Shannonville.

Teenage phenom Ryan Beattie ended his mid-season slump in a huge way, winning a pivotal Super Sonic Road Race School Pro-Am Lightweight race in the wet conditions.

Beattie had seen his 63-point amateur championship lead shrink to just four over Baillie Ives entering race two, but he managed to turn that all around in a spectacular duel with reigning pro champion Stacey Nesbitt after Ives crashed out of an early lead.

Ives would remount to finish tenth overall and seventh in the amateur split, salvaging enough points to keep himself in the title mix at the final round, but it was a massive swing in the order as Beattie will extend a 20-point advantage once again.

Nesbitt would settle for second but the pro division victory, with amateur teenager Treston Morrison completing the combined podium.

A wild, incident-filled Importations Thibault Pro-Am Twins race would go the way of pro J.P. Tache, with amateurs Julia Krans and Sebastian Silva completing the podium.

Tache was handed a significant boost to his title chances after Dallas Reynolds, Craig Atkinson, Justin Marshall, and Bryce Deboer all crashed out, giving a full 25 points to the Aprilia rider.

That won’t hurt Reynolds’ 22-point championship lead over Atkinson but will allow Tache into the mix at Shannonville, as he closes to within 39 points of Reynolds in the pro split.

Krans would take second on-track but a first career national victory in the amateur ranks, beating Silva as the latter rider grabbed a crucial points haul in the standings.

Silva will close to within 17 points of the injured Vincent Wilson, giving him an excellent shot at the national championship if Wilson cannot ride in the finale, while Krans closes to within 53 points of Silva.

Mack Weil won for the ninth time in ten races in the Niagara Race Crafters Ninja ZX-4RR Cup, further extending his already championship-clinched season.

Jean-Pascal Schroeder would finish second to solidify his lead in the amateur portion of the pro-am division, giving him a 36-point lead as he looks to add a #1 plate alongside pro winner Weil in the final round.

The support classes will now rage on to Shannonville later this month with five of the eight champions still to be crowned, after Radisic, Weil, and McKinnon wrapped up titles this weekend at CTMP.

Full results can be found here.