Hamilton, ON – One of the most popular categories in the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship will have a new name in 2025, as the middleweight classes will officially be rebranded as Pro and Amateur Supersport.
The Supersport name will represent a change from Sport Bike, which served as the title of the middleweight classes since 2009.
The category first adopted the Sport Bike name to better reflect the changing machinery in the category, as the original name – Pro and Amateur 600 – referenced the 600cc motorcycles that once dominated the class. The introduction of larger displacement bikes, such as the Triumph Daytona 675, facilitated the change to Sport Bike, a name that would stick through the 2024 campaign.
Once again, the emergence of “next-gen” machines such as the Ducati V2 Panigale, Suzuki GSX-R750, and Yamaha R9 have ushered in a new era of CSBK middleweight racing, and the series will now reflect that with the updated Supersport category.
The rebrand will follow the traditional naming of the class seen around the world, such as World Supersport and MotoAmerica Supersport, while remaining separate from the feature Superbike category.
Sebastien Tremblay will wind up as the last champion of the “Pro Sport Bike” era, having claimed his second career title for Turcotte Performance Suzuki last season aboard a GSX-R750.
In fact, five of the top six finishers in last year’s championship represented “next-gen” machines, with John Laing (third) the lone outlier for Kawasaki – though Laing is slated to move to Suzuki aboard a GSX-R750 this season.
The rebranded Supersport category is expected to be thrilling once again in 2025, having produced some of the most unpredictable and nail-biting action in the national championship over the last three years.
More information can be found on the series’ official website.
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