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Shaw-O’Leary seals the deal

John Hopkins by John Hopkins
July 23, 2012
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SHUBENACADIE, N.S. – When local star Austin Shaw-O’Leary crashed his Dua Motorsport / GoLo Racing Honda CBR600RR during Inside Motorcycles Amateur Sport Bike practice on Sunday morning at Atlantic Motorsport Park, a collective groan went up from the partisan crowd.

The 16-year-old from Falmouth, N.S. had been the sensation of the third round of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship to that point, dominating practice and qualifying for both the Amateur Sport Bike and Bazzaz Amateur Superbike classes. Had the fairy tale come to an end?

Not by a long shot.

Undaunted, the plucky Shaw-O’Leary jumped on a Kawasaki ZX-6R borrowed from local Pro Ron Munroe and completed his dream weekend by winning both Amateur Nationals in convincing fashion. The wins were his first National level victories and marked Shaw-O’Leary out as a real star of the future on the Canadian scene.

“It’s been a dream weekend,” said a grinning Shaw-O’Leary on Sunday evening. “I didn’t think I’d do this well. I’m a little sore from this morning and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get back out, but I was so glad to get back on a bike.

“I’ve waited such a long time for my first national win. I’m just ecstatic about it.”

The accident in turn nine damaged the front end of the Honda and left Shaw-O’Leary walking with a slight limp. He skipped the Amateur Superbike practice later Sunday morning, so his first real laps on the Kawasaki were in the Amateur Sport Bike race.

Despite a long delay due to a red flag on lap six of the race, which negated a huge lead for Shaw-O’Leary, the youngster did it again in the six-lap restart. He took the lead early in the first lap and pulled away at the rate of about a second a lap. Initially he was chased by the Hornblower Racing / Blue Streak Racing / ProPulsion Yamaha YZF-R6 of Will Hornblower, but on lap four series points leader Philippe Masse got ahead on his Racingphil.com / Pete’s Superbike Kawasaki ZX-6R. The St-Hyacinthe, Que. rider was unable to make any more of an impression on Shaw-O’Leary than Hornblower had, and finished 6.553 secs. behind, with Sarnia, Ont.’s Hornblower third.

Shaw-O’Leary grabbed the Performance Under Gear Performer of the Race Award for his effort.

The fan favourite had to work a little harder to get his Amateur Superbike win. Initially he had to overcome the challenge of the Robinson Racing / Gym-Max BMW S1000RR of Tim Robinson, then hunt down and take the lead from an impressive Trevor Daley on the One Speed / Riders Choice Suzuki GSX-R1000. Once in front on lap five of 10, Shaw-O’Leary again pulled away to a 6.732-sec. win over Daley, with Masse third.

Both Shaw-O’Leary and Daley were presented with $1000 Dua Motorsports contingency payback awards, while the winner also received a bike ramp courtesy of national series title sponsor Mopar.

Shaw-O’Leary now finds himself in the title picture for the Amateur Sport Bike class. His win moved him up to second with 119 points, while Masse leads with 151. Hornblower is third on 113.

The climb is greater in Amateur Superbike, where Daley now has 137 points to the 107 of Masse, while Shaw-O’Leary is fourth with 80.

Shaw-O’Leary was gracious in his thanks to Munroe, saying “Without Ron being so generous I wouldn’t be out here.”

But Munroe was quick to deflect the praise.

“I didn’t make anything possible,” he pointed out. “Austin made it possible. I just gave him what he needed to go and do it.”

The weekend was perhaps best summed up by a magnanimous Daley, who said of Shaw-O’Leary, “He had awesome pace all weekend. I’m just happy I stayed ahead of him as long as I did.”

Amateur Sport Bike Results

1

110

Austin Shaw-O’Leary

Falmouth, NS

15.360

6

1:10.010

3

Honda

CBR600RR

6:59.487

2

18

Philippe Masse

St-Hyacinthe, QC

15.360

6

1:10.859

2

6.553

Kawasaki

ZX-6R

7:06.040

3

89

Will Hornblower

Sarnia, ON

15.360

6

1:11.209

2

10.822

Yamaha

YZF-R6

7:10.309

4

117

Nuno Almeida

Newcastle, ON

15.360

6

1:13.011

2

18.652

Triumph

675

7:18.139

5

314

Hugo Fournier

St Eugene de Lamartine, QC

15.360

6

1:13.612

2

22.802

Yamaha

YZF-R6

7:22.289

6

182

Simon Hamel

Rosemere, QC

15.360

6

1:13.841

2

24.370

Suzuki

GSX-R600

7:23.857

7

291

Dean Johnson

Halifax, NS

15.360

6

1:13.613

5

24.732

Honda

CBR600RR

7:24.219

8

92

Dominic Dupont

Montreal, QC

15.360

6

1:14.255

2

31.243

Kawasaki

ZX-6R

7:30.730

9

888

Luc Labranche

Mirabel, QC

15.360

6

1:15.450

2

33.856

Kawasaki

ZX-6R

7:33.343

10

78

Jason Rideout

Halifax, NS

15.360

6

1:15.208

2

34.057

Yamaha

YZF-R6

7:33.544

11

141

Crowdis Roberts

Baddeck, NS

15.360

6

1:16.239

3

38.989

Honda

CBR600

7:38.476

12

8

Geoff Cole

Elmsdale, NS

15.360

6

1:17.383

2

49.168

Yamaha

YZF-R6

7:48.655

DNS

333

Colin Cambell

Halifax, NS

–

0

DNS

Honda

CBR600RR

DNS

99

Jean-Francois Aubin

St-Jerome, QC

–

0

DNS

Suzuki

GSX-R600

Amateur Superbike Results

1

110

Shaw-O’Leary

Falmouth, NS

25.600

10

1:10.181

6

Honda

CBR600RR

11:51.761

2

116

Trevor Daley

Mississauga, ON

25.600

10

1:11.658

7

6.732

Suzuki

GSX-R1000

11:58.493

3

18

Phillipe Masse

St-Hyacinthe, QC

25.600

10

1:11.658

6

9.214

Kawasaki

ZX-6R

12:00.975

4

89

Will Hornblower

Sarnia, ON

25.600

10

1:12.160

5

14.214

Yamaha

YZF-R6

12:05.975

5

78

Jason Rideout

Halifax, NS

25.600

10

1:13.438

7

28.172

Yamaha

YZF-R6

12:19.933

6

314

Hugo Fournier

St Eugene de Lamartine, QC

25.600

10

1:13.333

6

33.236

Yamaha

YZF-R6

12:24.997

7

291

Dean Johnson

Halifax, NS

25.600

10

1:14.509

3

37.362

Honda

CBR600RR

12:29.123

8

888

Luc Labranche

Mirabel, QC

25.600

10

1:16.355

7

57.001

Kawasaki

ZX-6R

12:48.762

9

8

Geoff Cole

Elmsdale, NS

25.600

10

1:18.105

3

1:16.154

Yamaha

YZF-R6

13:07.915

DNF

141

Crowdis Roberts

Baddeck, NS

20.480

8

1:16.335

8

DNF

Honda

CBR600

10:14.134

DNF

19

Tim Robinson

Gatineau, QC

7.680

3

1:11.951

3

DNF

BMW

S1000RR

3:34.747

DNF

182

Simon Hamel

Rosemere, QC

–

0

DNF

BMW

S1000RR

DNS

47

Nicolas Hurley

Marystown, NL

–

0

DNS

Suzuki

GSX-R750

DNS

333

Colin Campbell

Halifax, NS

–

0

DNS

Honda

CBR600RR

DNS

99

Jean-Francios Aubin

St-Jerome, QC

–

0

DNS

Suzuki

GSX-R600

DNS

117

Nuno Almeida

Newcastle, ON

–

0

DNS

Triumph

675

Amateur Sport Bike Point Standings

1

18

Philippe Masse

151

2

110

Austin Shaw-O’Leary

119

3

89

Will Hornblower

113

4

182

Simon Hamel

85

5

99

Jean-Francois Aubin

84

6

117

Nuno Almeida

74

7

314

Hugo Fournier

64

8

212

Riley Dawe

57

9

888

Luc Labranche

42

10

92

Dominic Dupont

36

11

274

Luke Bauer

27

12

28

John Parkin

27

13

291

Dean Johnson

25

14

210

Alex Coelho

23

15

985

Glenn Cauley

23

16

43

David Tremblay

19

17

78

Jason Rideout

19

18

57

Martin Richard

19

19

141

Crowdis Roberts

17

20

763

Joe Rodrigues

17

21

8

Geoff Cole

15

22

320

Chris Dopke

15

23

29

Eric Fiset

13

24

26

Jean-Sebastien Parreault

13

25

270

Chris Fehr

12

26

197

Philippe Bonin

10

27

62

Reiner Griese

10

28

310

Eric Joly

8

29

20

Brian Madeley

8

30

137

Stephane Leduc

4

31

103

Jamie Young

4

32

94

Paul Hollister

2

33

51

David Buckland

1

Amateur Superbike Point Standings

1

116

Trevor Daley

137

2

18

Phillipe Masse

107

3

182

Simon Hamel

90

4

110

Austin Shaw-O’Leary

80

5

89

Will Hornblower

78

6

888

Luc Labranche

63

7

19

Tim Robinson

54

8

31

Stephan Houle

44

9

212

Riley Dawe

42

10

747

Steve Hoffarth

39

11

99

Jean-Francios Aubin

35

12

117

Nuno Almeida

34

13

78

Jason Rideout

29

14

274

Luke Bauer

29

15

314

Hugo Fournier

27

16

911

Brian Kamp

27

17

28

John Parkin

27

18

291

Dean Johnson

25

19

8

Geoff Cole

21

20

210

Alex Coelho

19

21

62

Reiner Griese

15

22

57

Martin Richard

13

23

103

Jamie Yound

13

24

197

Philippe Bonin

12

25

270

Chris Fehr

12

26

310

Eric Joly

8

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