In the run up to the Brno WSB race both Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara will have tested their Ninja ZX-6R machinery, albeit in very different ways. Lascorz, currently a strong fourth in the championship, rode at a Spanish circuit called Castelloli, testing suspension and electronics advances, on 13 July. His team-mate Katsuaki Fujiwara returned home to Japan to test at Autopolis, also…
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A multiple rider crash on lap one at the Monza race put Makoto Tamada out of action for two months, but after coming through a recent Imola test in good form he will be back in race action at Brno. Tamada, alongside his regular team-mate Broc Parkes, tried out several new parts and some new set-up options at the recent tests, organised in readiness for the return of WSB racing to the classic…
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BOWMANVILLE, Ont. (July 18) - Brantford, Ont.'s Jordan Szoke regained the lead of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship with a victory in round four of the series at Mosport International Raceway on Saturday. Riding his factory Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R, the three-time defending series champion seized the win by 0.586 seconds when the race was stopped due to rain after 11 of a scheduled 20 laps.…
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Toronto, Ont. ( July 17th) - Canadian Kawasaki's factory riders Jordan Szoke and Alex Welsh had an outstanding day of qualifying action at Mosport International Raceway on Friday. Szoke claimed is third Sportbike pole position of the season and smashed the outright lap record in the process with a blistering lap of 1:22.653, which eclipsed the previous mark of 1:23.130 set last year around the…
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Official tests at a revamped Imola circuit provided a chance for Makoto Tamada to re-join his Kawasaki World Superbike team-mate Broc Parkes on track, after missing several WSB races through injury. Despite his time away from the heat of WSB competition, and his unavoidable lack of full race fitness, Tamada finished 15th overall, with a time of 1’50.414, set on qualifying tires. He had set…
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TORONTO, Ont. (July 14) - Brantford, Ont.'s Jordan Szoke is perfectly poised to regain command of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship as the series visits Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ont. for its key midseason doubleheader.Although the five-time Canadian Superbike champion comes into the fourth and fifth rounds of the seven-race 2009 season 11 points out of the series lead…
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CALGARY, Alta. (June 28) - Despite controlling the race for 21 laps, five-time Canadian champion Jordan Szoke had to settle for a second pace finish in the third round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Race City Motorsport Park in Calgary on Sunday.The 30-year-old from Brantford, Ont. qualified on pole on his Canadian Kawasaki Motors factory Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R and led every lap…
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Kawasaki World Superbike Team rider Broc Parkes recorded 14th in race two at Donington as a difficult race weekend finally delivered a couple of points for the team’s great efforts. Parkes’ team-mate Jamie Hacking was out of the top 15 in race one, and was unfortunate to fall in the second 23-lap contest, running of track, toppling over in the sand on lap two and being unable to…
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During a warm and eventually sunny raceday at Donington, Joan Lascorz rode to a hard-fought and well-deserved second place in the 22-lap Supersport race. The Spanish rider added to his second place finish from Monza with his second 20-point score of the year, finishing five seconds from race winner Cal Crutchlow. Lascorz had been in the running for a podium position in characteristically…
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A tough weekend of work and effort for the Kawasaki World Superbike Team could not put Broc Parkes and stand-in rider Jamie Hacking into Superpole after final qualifying today. Parkes came closest, missing by two places after two days of track time which were occasionally disturbed by changeable weather, and not for the first time in 2009. He is 22nd on the grid at Donington, looking to make up…
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Despite encountering a variety of track surface conditions this weekend Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara set strong qualifying times in the single qualifying session today. Even though there is limited practice time in WSS this year in any case, including only one untimed practice session on the opening day, Lascorz was still fast in this afternoon’s qualifying session. The Spanish rider…
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TORONTO, Ont. (June 23) - No one has had more success at Calgary's Race City Motorsport Park than Jordan Szoke, and the Canadian Kawasaki Motors factory rider will be hoping to add to that legacy in the third round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship this weekend.The five-time Canadian Superbike champion has won eight races on the 3.2km (2.0-mile) road course, double the total of the next…
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Broc Parkes and Jamie Hacking each had separate issues at Misano on raceday and as a consequence neither rider was able to take a points scoring finish, despite occasional bright showings in practice. The first 24-lap race of the day saw the first use of the flag-to-flag rules in World Superbike, as the race started out on a wet track but got drier as the time went on, meaning almost every rider…
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An aggregate World Supersport race at Misano saw both Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwarafinish strongly, with Joan fourth and Katsuaki sixth.Fujiwara was running in a podium place until the race was stopped due to an oil spill, and despite running at a high pace during the restart he lost places in turn one of the second leg, and was unable to get back into terms with the leading riders.Lascorz…
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Katsuaki Fujiwara’s ambition to take a top four start came to life after a professional and highpaced ride in a wet and dry qualifying session put him on the front row of the grid for Sunday’srace.This is Katsuaki’s second front row of the season, and a positive omen for Katsuaki is that after qualifying fourth in Spain he went on to secure a top five race finish in the Valencia…
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Broc Parkes and Jamie Hacking each made it onto Superpole qualifying at Misano, but could notprogress beyond Superpole One, after a weather-affected second day of practice. After a first day of extreme heat and dry track surfaces, today’s action was conducted with occasional rain showers, and a fully wet second qualifying session welcomed the riders to the track this morning. That meant…
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The eighth round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship should offer Broc Parkes and Jamie Hacking real opportunities after such a positive combined performance in the USA last time out. Despite good fortune deserting him in race two at his home track of Miller Motorsports Park last month, stand-in rider Hacking’s seventh place in race one was a season best for the official Kawasaki…
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MIRABEL, Que. (June 15) - Five-time Canadian champion Jordan Szoke kept his bid for a fourth straight Parts Canada Superbike Championship on track with a runner-up finish in the second round of the series at Circuit ICAR on Sunday. The 30-year-old Brantford, ON racer qualified his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R on the front row and ran in second spot all the way. A late charge brought him in striking…
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Jamie Hacking has been confirmed as the replacement rider for the injured Makoto Tamada at the next two rounds of the World Superbike Championship. Hacking impressed with his stand-in rides at Miller Motorsports Park last weekend, and the fact that he has no clashes with his AMA Daytona SportBike racing commitments made him an obvious and popular choice to continue his working relationship with…
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TORONTO, Ont. (June 10) - Canadian Kawasaki Motors factory Superbike racer Jordan Szoke heads into this weekend's second round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Circuit ICAR in Mirabel, Que. brimming with confidence, and for good reason.The 30-year-old from Brantford, Ont. got his bid for a sixth Canadian national crown off to an excellent start with a dramatic victory in the season…
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