July 21, 2009

Thursday morning, after a big first ever day at Mosport International Raceway with Pro 6 Cycle, Raphael was all ready for the Round 4-5 of the SV 650 cup 2009 serie …
 
At the end of the day 1 of Parts Canada Superbike Championship, we saw that the track day paid off by being first in both practice, with a time of 1:34.00.
 
But the day after was the qualify and we knew that we had to beat  Rob Buzby, Jéremy Hade-Precourt, Philippe Masse, etc. Finally, after 20 longs minutes of exchanging the pole, between Jéremy and me, luck was with him with a time of 1:32.662 and me 1:32.722 …
 
Saturday morning, the last practice before the race:

About the race, It went really good, I had a good start and then I took the holeshot, in lap 2, Jéremy fell down in the corner #2 and Rob Busby was not close to me, so I just tried not to make any mistakes, win the race and beat Cody’s lap record ( 1:32.281) with a time of 1:31.807 ! »
 
Sunday, Round 5, It was going to be a really tight race, because Philippe Masse, Jody Greening did the same lap time then Raphael and Rob and Jéremy was back on his bike …

« I still took a good start  but this time Rob took the lead in corner 2 in the last lap, but I passed him at the end of the straight  and won .

I’m so happy for my championship !!! »
 
We would like to thank our sponsors … Picotte motorsport, Elka suspension, Sunoco Race fuel, Hindle exhaust, Performance friction brakes, Hotbodies, Dezo air brush, Pirelli and Suzuki
 
« … and a special thanks to Pascal Picotte for helping me when I had questions, for my bike, etc. »
 
Team Archambault Racing.
www.archambault-racing.piczo.com

For more information on the Canadian Superbike series please visit their web site.
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