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This on-board video was shot during the 91st running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Rider Michael Leon raced the Amarok P1, Canada’s first Electric Superbike in his rookie attempt on the mountain. The motorcycle was virtually untested before arriving in Colorado. The team had a very challenging week including very limited practice due to charging and brake issues. They only managed one practice run on the middle section of the course. Going into the race, there was uncertainty about whether the capacity of the battery system was going to be large enough to make it to the summit. Did he make it to the top? Watch the video and find out.
The Royal Distributing Racing Team has encountered a mechanical problem with their MV Agusta F3 which will force them to miss the last round of the 2013 CSBK Series this upcoming weekend at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant.
Rider Michael Leon had moved from 5th to 2nd and was catching the race leader during the Expert 600 race at the SOAR regional race last weekend when the mechanical issue forced him to retire from the race. Read more…
The visit to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, formerly known as Mosport, was a challenging one for the Royal Distributing Racing Team. Rider Michael Leon finished 6th in each of the Pro Sportbike Races during the double header weekend.
A technical problem presented itself with the team’s MV Agusta F3 during Friday morning practice. Unfortunately, Michael was not able participate in the qualifying session and was forced to start both the Saturday and Sunday races from the back of the grid.
NEWS: Leon puts MV Agusta on the Podium for the first time at a Canadian National.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Montreal, Quebec native, Michael Leon, rode the Royal Distributing F3 675 triple to a Third place finish in the Hindle Exhaust Pro Sportbike class at the CSBK Rd2 event at Autodrome St-Eustache, his home track. The result marks the first visit to the podium for MV Agusta in a Canadian National competition. The race was won by Jodi Christie riding a Honda CBR600RR with Triumph mounted John Ross MacRae finishing in second spot.
The team had qualified on the front row, in fourth place, with a lap time of 47.2 seconds, the fastest that Michael had ever ridden at St-Eustache. Long time tuner, Carlos Carrascosa, also a local Montreal resident, resumed his trackside duties as crew chief. Read more…
NEWS:Canada’s Amarok Racing Reaches For the Clouds, Falls 1 mile Short in Re-started Pikes Peak Race
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Photo by Ray Roske
Pikes Peak, Colorado. Team Amarok Racing, makers of Canada’s first electric racing motorcycle, competed in the 91st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday. The event, also known as the Race To The Clouds, is North America’s second oldest motor race, running up the treacherous 156 corners of the mountain course into the rarefied air of the summit at over 14,000 feet. The race is open to almost any type of motorized vehicle, and includes exotic and production-based race cars, motorcycles, quads, trucks, both gasoline and electric powered, and has long been considered a crucible for new motor vehicle technology.
Amarok was the only team from Canada, entering their proprietary P1A prototype, an all-electric racing motorcycle developed from blank sheet and entirely hand-made in a 140 year old barn behind the co-founder Michael Uhlarik’s house in Lennoxville, Quebec. Uhlarik, a 15 year motorcycle industry veteran motorcycle designer who has worked with Yamaha, Aprilia, Piaggio, Bombardier and others, combined forces with Kevin O’Neil, a professional machinist and race car hobbyist to craft the P1A using hand tools. Read more…
NEWS: Victory for the Royal Distributing MV Agusta F3 at Grand Bend, Ontario.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The Royal Distributing MV Agusta F3 claimed its first victory at Grand Bend Motorplex when rider Michael Leon won the Expert 600 Extreme race during the 2nd round of the SOAR regional series, June 16th.
Development continued in the right direction for the team with a full day of dry practice on Friday, followed by another dry day during the Saturday heat races.
On Sunday, once again, Michael struggled to launch the 675 and had to make up ground after the charge into corner one. After working his way through the field, Michael was promoted to 2nd when Mitch Card retired with a shifter problem. Honda mounted leader, Aubrey Bailey, had already pulled out a commanding lead. Unfortunately for Aubrey, he crashed out of the lead with just a few laps to go, giving the win to the Royal Distributing team. Read more…
The MV Agusta F3 made its National Sportbike debut at Shannonville, with a 5th place finish by Royal Distributing rider Michael Leon at the first event of the 2013 CSBK series, June 9th.
Brad Clarke of Compulsion Racing took over crew chief duties for Michael’s regular tuner Carlos Carrascosa, who was on diaper duty helping to care for his new son. Carlos’ wife Sonia, gave birth to Eladio J. Louis Carrascosa on May 25. The whole Leon Racing team congratulates Carlos and Sonia on their new bundle of joy! Read more…
Michael Leon will continue the long standing, Championship winning, relationship with Elka Suspension and Canadian Suspension Specialist John Sharrard of Accelerated Technologies. The team will once again use Elka rear shocks and receive much needed support from Accelerated Technologies for the development of a chassis setup that will work on the often challenging Canadian tracks.
For the front forks, the team has chosen a closed cartridge kit supplied by Andreani of Italy, a company that is well known in World Superbike and World Supersport circles.
Michael had a chance to test the new F3 at Rd1 of the SOAR Regional Series. With a 4th place and two 6th place finishes, the results were not as good as hoped but the team left the event with a definite direction to improve the setup of F3.
The next event for the team will be the first round of the 2013 Canadian Superbike Championship, to be held at Shannonville on June 9.
The Royal Distributing Racing Team would like to thank Royal Distributing, MV Agusta Canada, Motovan, Accelerated Technologies and Elka Suspension
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