The Canadian MiniSBK tour staged their first event with the Mission MotoAmerica series at Shannonville Motorsport Park’s Go-Kart layout inside the Nelson circuit on June 14, with classes for Canadian Moto1 (and MotoAmerica GP190 and GP160 and Steet GP) as well as Moto4 (MotoAmeria Stock 50).
In Moto1 action, Stefan Tanasic, aged 14, earned the win from pole position on the grid with a dominant effort aboard a screaming yellow Ohvale GP2 190, ahead of his father Aleks who placed second on a Kawasaki KLX110 after qualifying well with his usual YCF SM 155.
Missing from competition was 2024 Team Canada member Jager Stockill, who won both races at the opener at Shannonville in May on his Ohvale 160. In the points standings, Stefan Tanasic leads with a total 55 points, followed by Stockill at 50 and third overall Ted Mota with 32 points. Stockill was busy competing in a Super Moto event in Quebec.
Winner Stefan Tanasic turned the fastest lap of the day’s 14 tours at 53.42 seconds, followed by his father with a 55.85 tour. Super Sonic Ohvale GPO 160 pilot Will Brown earned third, after a dice with Richard Van der Pryt’s fourth ranked Honda Grom. Brown learned to ride last season and is scheduled to compete in the FIM MiniGP World Championship Qualifying Nationals on an Ohvale 160 this year.
The four event Canadian Qualifying Series for the World Finals starts July 24 and 25 with a night race at the Go-Kart track in Brechin, ON, near Orillia.
Van der Pryt competes in place of his son Luke, 16, scheduled to compete this year before suffering a concussion playing rugby.
The second class for Moto4/Stock 50 racers belonged to Everly Landry, like the rest of the racers mounted on a Honda 50. In her first ever race, Landry edged Natalia Tanasic in a fight that drew the crowd’s attention, Tanasic the daughter and sister of the top two racers in the Feature class. Both the top two girls in Moto4 are eight years old.
