Royal Distributing / MBP Team riders Michael Leon and Tony Stufko received their RACE Championship awards at the end of season banquet in Belleville last Saturday evening, Nov 5th.
Michael and Tony were joined by their wives, Jennifer and Diane, team mechanic Carlos Carrascosa and his girlfriend, Sonia Matte. Head Tuner Guy Martin and wife, Janet Brickwood, were unable to attend due to a prior commitment.
Michael received the 1st place trophy for winning the Heavyweight Sportsman Championship and the 3rd place overall trophy for the Feature Pro Superbike Championship.
Tony was awarded the 2nd place overall trophy for the Amateur Superbike Championship. He also finished 2nd overall in the Heavyweight Sportsman Championship. Read more…
Leon Racing would like to extend condolences to the family and friends of MotoGP racer Marco Simoncelli who lost his life while competing in the Malaysian Grand Prix, October 23, 2011. Godspeed Marco.
Photo by Domenic Ferlisi
Riders were spoiled with mid-July like weather conditions for the final round of the 2011 RACE Superseries, at Shannonville Motorsports Park’s Pro Track, on Sunday September 25th. Royal Distributing / MPB rider Michael Leon finished the season with a 3rd place finish, a win, and a lap record while teammate, Tony Stufko came home with 2nd and 3rd place finishes.
During the opening laps of the Pro Superbike race, Michael was able to hang on to eventual race winner Alex Welsh and 2nd place finisher Jodi Christie but by the midway point, he wasn’t able to maintain the pace of the leaders and finished in third place, seven seconds behind. On lap 2, all three riders set their fastest lap of the race. Read more…
Riding his Royal Distributing / MBP Ducati 848, fitted with an 1198 engine, Tony Stufko finished second in the Amateur Superbike class at round 5 of the RACE Superseries. The event race took place on September 4th at Shannonville’s Long Track configuration. Teammate, Michael Leon suffered a heartbreaking mechanical failure to his Ducati 1198S Superbike, on the opening lap of the Pro Superbike feature.
Tony had some work to do after beginning the opening lap of the Amateur Superbike race in 4th position. Race leader Kris Garvie had pulled out a 5 second lead by the time Tony moved up to second place. Tony put his head down and began to slowly
reel in the leader. He ran laps in the “1:48”’s and “1:47”s and in the process set the fastest lap of the race. His best, a time of 1:47.603 seconds was also a personal best for Tony on the long track. The final finishing order was Garvie riding a Kawasaki 600 in 1st, Stufko on the Ducati in 2nd, and Adam Murray in 3rd, riding a Yamaha 600. All three riders were on Dunlop tires. Read more…
Michael Leon and Tony Stufko both rode the same Ducati 1198S to Second Place finishes at Round 4 of the RACE SuperSeries, on Sunday August 14, at Shannonville’s Long track configuration.
Tony borrowed the Royal Distributing / MBP Superbike, normally ridden by Michael, for Sunday’s Amateur Superbike final, when his machine was sidelined with engine woes during Saturday’s heat race. He rode conservatively, but was still able to finish second and record some decent lap times. The race was won by Kris Garvie with Adam Murray finishing third. Tony is currently in third in the Amateur Superbike Championship standings. Read more…
Royal Distributing / MBP Team riders Michael Leon and Tony Stufko left Round 3 of the RACE Superseries, held at Shannonville’s Pro Track this past July 23-24 weekend, with 8 podium finishes split between them!
The highlight the race weekend for Michael was his 2nd place finish in the feature Pro Superbike class. The event was won by Honda rider Jodi Chistie with Franklyn Dominguez rounding out the 3rd spot. It was a breakthrough weekend for the team as Michael was able to keep pace with Jodi for much of the race and even reel him in a little at the midway point. Michael set a personal best lap time during the race. “As the laps wore down I was getting the sense that Jodi still had a little left in reserve. I was pushing as hard as I could without taking too many risks. I felt that I could still push a little harder but I would have been really exceeding my comfort zone. With two laps to go, I decided that it was better for the team to leave the track with a clean bike and build on the success for the next round. I’m so excited that we made so much progress this weekend.” Michael said. Read more…
Rain and cold temperatures invaded Round 2 of the RACE Superseries, this past weekend, at Shannonville’s Pro Track. Despite qualifying well on Saturday, the difficult conditions got the better of both Royal Distributing / MBP riders, Michael Leon and Tony Stufko, during Sunday’s final events.
Michael’s best performance of the weekend was during the rainy Saturday Pro Superbike heat race. He qualified on the front row with a 4th place finish riding the team’s Ducati 1198S on Dunlop rain tires. Pole was won by Canadian BMW factory rider Mike Ferreira, with Triumph mounted Kenny Riedmann second and Alex Welsh riding his new Suzuki to third.
Tony stole the show during the Saturday Amateur Superbike timed qualifying session. He qualified on pole riding his Ducati in the wet conditions, also on Dunlop rain tires. His best lap was 2.2 seconds quicker than his closest competitor. Read more…
The Royal Distributing / MBP Racing Team returns from the opening round of the 2011 RACE SuperSeries with 5 podium finishes, split between two riders. The event was held on May 1 at Shannonville’s Fabi track.
Rider Michael Leon rode the team’s Guy Martin owned and tuned Ducati 1198S to a third place result in the feature Pro Superbike class, finishing behind Honda mounted riders Jodie Christie and Frank Trombino. This was the first trip to the Superbike podium for the team. New teammate, Tony Stufko, riding his Ducati 848 (with 1040cc kit) finished 5th in the Amateur Superbike class. Also Michael and Tony finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the Liquid Cooled Thunder and Heavyweight Sportsman classes. Read more…
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Royal Distributing / MBP Team riders Michael Leon and Tony Stufko received their RACE Championship awards at the end of season banquet in Belleville last Saturday evening, Nov 5th.
