Colin Fraser: Gibb vs Mercier was a Big Story 40 Years Ago
George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, was set in a near future when events and circumstances had gone far beyond anyone’s current day experience or expectations. For the Canadian road racing...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Young Steals the Show at Shannonville, Dion aiming for Grand Bend
At many of the races on the CSBK Championship national tour, the post GP Bikes Podium features a special award from the FAST Riding School. The FAST “big cheque” goes to the hard charger from the...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Western History Lesson?
Just over 44 years ago, many of Canada’s top motorcycle racers were headed to Edmonton – just as they are today. The 1980 event at the long-gone circuit north of the city, Edmonton International...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Western Revelations
The trip west for the third round of the Bridgestone CSBK Series and the opening two races of the MiniGP Nationals was always going to be entertaining and feature any number of rising stars that...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Dresden FTC debut a Taylor Triumph
Mounted on a Sehl-built Rotax 600 cc framer, Don Taylor scored his second National victory of the year in round four Flat Track Canada action at the Dresden Fairgrounds on Saturday evening, July 27....
View ArticleColin Fraser: Back Home with Ben
“Thankfully, I think our preparation is going well,” starts Ben Young, who was worried that the break between Bridgestone CSBK round four at Atlantic Motorsport Park and next week’s annual National...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Daley Double Redux
Trevor Daley has participated in the Canadian National Superbike championship for well over a decade, but this year his CSBK schedule is a partial one, due to a range of other professional commitments...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Comeback Casas
Top racers recover from challenges in a variety of ways, and injury makes things more complicated. Yamaha Canada’s occasional Pro Superbike ace, Tommy Casas, returned to national action at the recent...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Marquez completes remarkable come back; now a title contender?
Frequently referred to as a GOAT even though his career is still very much active, Marc Marquez recently had a much-predicted return to full form in MotoGP. Aboard his year-old Gresini Ducati, Marquez...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Flat Track Canada National, Georgian Downs, Barrie, ON,...
Current Flat Track Canada National Champion Tyler Seguin was in control at the seventh national of the season at Georgian Downs, earning a solid win to force a final fight for the 2024 crown next...
View ArticleColin Fraser: Razgatlioglu’s Agenda
The 2024 World Superbike series will be remembered as the season that was all about 28-year-old Turkish hero Toprak Razgatlioglu. The major story of the previous season when he left Yamaha for BMW,...
View ArticleThe Bronti Files: Racing Ain’t Easy
First thing I remember is waking up in the hospital room and turning my head and seeing my boyfriend sitting in a chair with my destroyed helmet on his lap and the intense pain in my head and neck. How...
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