It’s time to go racing!
We’ve been invited by Kawasaki to race in the Ninja 300 Series next weekend, as part of the Canadian Superbike double-header event at Mosport, sorry, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park August 20 and 21. We’re getting excited!
CMG’s ringer will be JP Schroeder, well-known to readers as a very fast Quebec amateur racer who’ll wring every last horsepower out of the little green Ninja. He’s been instructed to win at any cost, so the pressure’s on.
Mind you, the pressure’s on for everyone else, too. After its inaugural season of racing, the series champion will be crowned on the Sunday; there’s only one point in it with just those two races left to run.
Eric Quintin, the 50-year-old experienced guy, has a precarious lead over Brandon Pemberton, the kid from Nova Scotia, with 369 points over 368. Brandon’s been getting faster with every race, but both the weekend’s races could go either way.
Of course, JP’s going to try to beat them – he has a season of racing his Honda CBR250R this year as practice. His real mission, though, is to whup the other media racer in the pack: the evil Jacob Black of AutoTRADER.ca.
Jacob is young and keen and fast and Australian, so it’s essential that we let him know who’s boss. But we’re not worried. We’ve seen Jacob’s unscuffed knee-sliders and pristine, tightly-stretched leathers. He’s been getting in some practice recently with flat-trackers, but we’re looking forward to teaching him how the real men race up here in Canada.
Watch out for updates all weekend, here and on FaceBook and Twitter. The full report will be here at CMG on Monday, August 22. Read all about our victory then!
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Is Kawasaki or CSBK planning to broadcast this series? It’s actually more interesting then Szoke cherry picking.
So where did the two guys leading the “series” get all their points? 368 is an awful lot – there must be 20 races to get that many.
Bondo – I think they run twice a weekend, and there may be timed qualifying points as well.
Best check the CSBK website ?
Scotty is right about two races a weekend, and I’m pretty sure there are qualifying points as well. Shame there are so few running; there was lots of interest last fall but Kawasaki didn’t make up its mind about anything until a month or two before the season. Amazing anyone got into it, really, considering that.
Next, they’ll be awarding points for filling out your entry properly.
Bondo – that might create a problem for some of us…. 😉
The last time I was over there, lots of complete race bikes in the warehouse.
At the price, you couldn’t build one and I think they’ll even throw in all the stock parts to put it back on the street later ?
1st place 50 pts, double program per weelend… plus 2 pts for most laps led and 4 for 1st in qualifier…
It’s worth noting that JP’s racing has been featured in the august pages (electrons?) of CMG before, as here
https://canadamotoguide.com/2001/01/04/the-race-diaries-part-5/
and when he and Costa raced Buells (brave fellows) and told us all about it.
Let’s hope they get more than 7 riders out – this class deserves better racer support.
Jean-Pascal Schroeder, a ringer?
You’ve been hiding your skills, huh JP? 😀
Oh dear…
Hahaha – that will teach him for riding a Goldwing…and liking it!
Hey! The Wing is a lovely bike still the best for passenger comfort… but I did trade it for a R1200RT after 5 seasons and 96,000 km.