Saskatchewan bike racer turns heads in Daytona Wheels.ca (blog)
Weird to the Star
Saskatoon teenager Brett McCormick came within only five points (out of 350 scored) of winning both the Pro Superbike and Pro Sportbike titles in the Parts Canada series in 2009.
For 2010, with the Canadian series severe back because of financial restraints, McCormick and the Picotte Performance team he rides for out of Granby, Que., decided to try their good fortune south of the border.
With the series there also suffering from financial cutbacks, it's looking like a good year for a top privateer striving to shine, with more money and media attention the potential rewards.
After the first races at Daytona, it looks like the call was a well-founded one. McCormick qualified his Suzukis very well; in the top 10 for both the Superbike and 200-mile races (the 200-miler uses 600 cc Sportbikes). In the dead ringer-header Superbike races, he didn't finish the first with an engine problem but rode
