MacK AttacK on the Superbike track
In the national motorcycle road racing world, Jordan Szoke’s name and winning record is always first on everyone’s lips.
And Szoke, the 12-time Canadian Superbike champ from Lynden, started the 2018 CSBK season with a win at Shannonville in Pro Superbike over the weekend.
But there’s another local rider who claimed his first podium win Sunday on the 1.53-mile Shannonville circuit in Round 1 of his division.
Riding his Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, David MacKay, who lives in Stoney Creek, took third in the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike class behind Tomas Casas of Peterborough and Mitch Card of Ripley.
“We had a great weekend,” the 20-year old who started in the CSBK in 2017 said. “Last year was a learning curve getting experience on all the new tracks. But, this year, I feel more confident and came to the track with more knowledge.”
With about 120 horsepower in the 368-pound Ninja, MacKay estimates top speeds of about 230 k/mh. David’s father Glenn, who continues to race on a sportsman level, provides crew chief support for his son at the national events.
The younger MacKay also acknowledged engine guru Scott Miller for his involvement.
The team is known as MacK AttacK Racing and is a private operation looking for funding when competing against factory sponsored teams.
Next up for MacKay, who just finished his third year at McMaster University where he is studying commerce, is Grand Bend
June 8-10. He added he is very familiar with that course as he has competed many times there with SOAR (Southern Ontario Associates of Racing).
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