Michael Leon

It was a fantastic finale for Royal Distributing / MBP rider Michael Leon at Round 6 of the RACE Superseries, held September 24-26 at Shannonville Motorsport Park, the final race of the season.  Michael won both the Liquid Cooled Thunder and the Heavyweight Thunder Races.  The victory in Heavy weight secured the Championship by 22 points over rival Jim Proulx, who was forced to compete with an injured shoulder.  Michael had already secured the Thunder Championship at the previous round.

Michael was featured on the cover of the Round 6 RACE Superseries program.  Many thanks to the RACE staff!  http://www.shannonville.com/pdf/program.pdf

The production crew from Biker TV was on site at the track filming the team’s activities before and after Sunday’s final races.  The interviews and footage that were captured will be included in an upcoming episode of Biker TV,to be aired later this winter.

Following Sunday’s races, the team’s Ducati 1198S race bike was delivered to Royal Distributing’s new retail store, located just off of the 401 in Whitby, where it will be on display at the store’s Grand Opening, from September 30 to October 3.

The 2010 season was a great success and included 10 wins, 1 second place finish, 1 third place finish, 1 fourth place finish in Superbike, 4 lap records, and 2 class Championships.

Michael would like to extend personal thanks to:

• His wife Jennifer, and daughters, Jaimie and Jayden for their patience and support.
• Mom and Dad, for their support over the years.
• Guy and Janet at MBP, for their dedication to racing and huge investment in the team’s program.
• Carlos, for his continuous friendship, loyalty and hard work.
• John at Royal Distributing, for believing in our program.  Without his support it would not have been possible.
• Sandy, at Pro 6 Cycle for his friendship, advice, and support over the years.
• John, at Accelerated Technologies, for his calm systematic approach to improving the bike’s handling, step by step.
• Sabina, David and Dennis, at Nexo Sports for providing finely-crafted leathers.
• Mark, at Eurocorsa, for providing high quality, exotic parts.
• Christian, at Speedymoto, for providing innovative folding rearsets.
• Ben and Sean, from Camo Customs, for beautifully painting and repainting the bike after multiple crashes.
• Eric, at Outdoor Gear Canada, for providing the Bell Helmet that protected Michael’s head during the spectacular highside at Rd3.
• Billy, at Armour Bodies, for providing the world’s best quality bodywork.
• Rick, at CVR Motors, for providing a safe place to store the trailer.
• Patrick, for his creative translations from English to French.

Thanks for a great year!  We hope to see you at the winter shows!

The Royal Distributing / MBP Superbike Team would like to thank Royal Distributing, Martin Brickwood Performance, Dunlop, Pro 6 Cycle, Nexo Sports, Camo Customs, Eurocorsa, Zard, Speedymoto, MRA Windscreeens, Bell Helmets, Armour Bodies, Accelerated Technologies and CVR Motors. 

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