Jodi Christie returning to Sport Bike at CTMP
Hamilton, ON – A former total nationwide champion will likely be returning to the Bridgestone CSBK paddock once more for spherical 5, as Jodi Christie will make his second look of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, August Sep 11, although this time within the Financial system Lube Professional Sport Bike class.
Christie – the Professional Superbike champion and Canada Cup winner in 2014 – ended an almost ten-year absence earlier this season when he joined the Professional Twins class at RAD Torque Raceway, profitable each races aboard a YZF-R7 as a tribute to his late father Gary.
His second look of 2024 will likely be in a extra acquainted class, nonetheless, as Christie returns to the middleweight ranks as one of many biggest riders in school historical past. Champion in three consecutive years from 2011 by means of 2013, Christie totaled 15 victories, 33 podiums, and 16 pole positions throughout seven seasons in Professional Sport Bike.
A Honda rider for majority of his profession, Christie’s return will come aboard a brand new machine with assist from one in every of his shut associates, three-time Canadian champion Ben Younger, as Christie takes over the Scot-Construct Suzuki GSX-R750 that Younger piloted to a victory within the Sport Bike season opener.
“I had an unbelievable weekend at RAD Torque Raceway, and it was so good to be again amongst so many elderly associates on the monitor. When Ben instructed I journey his Suzuki at CTMP, I informed him I wished to consider it for just a few days, however in truth I knew my reply immediately,” Christie mentioned. “It has been a dream of mine to return to CTMP and this chance to work alongside Ben is a dream come true.”
Whereas Christie has since moved west to Alberta, the Keene, Ontario native will likely be very accustomed to his house monitor of CTMP, the place he has received six instances and scored 13 podiums in his professional profession – in addition to representing the circuit the place he clinched his 2014 Superbike title.
“I’m so excited to return again to racing at such an exquisite venue, and to be on a aggressive bike at a monitor the place it’s so important,” Christie mentioned. “I’ve had good success there prior to now and I hope to adapt to the monitor floor modifications and proceed studying the Bridgestone tires.”
Christie’s return to a loaded Professional Sport Bike area will likely be welcome information for Suzuki, who at the moment lead the Constructors Championship by an excellent 100 factors over Kawasaki.
His return to motion within the Sport Bike class will formally start Friday, August 9 at CTMP – simply 40 minutes southwest of his hometown of Keene and an hour east of Toronto – with races scheduled for August 10 and 11.
Extra data may be discovered on CSBK’s official web site.
