Canadian Jordan Szoke wins the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – BMW Motorrad Motorsport community meets at the Season Finale in Munich.

Munich (DE), 9th December 2016. Canadian Jordan Szoke is
the winner of the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. The rider from the
Mopar Express Lane BMW Superbike Team completed a perfect season in
the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK), defending his title in the
series by winning all seven races and securing all pole positions.
2016 was the third season for this special customer racing project.
This year the number of participants in the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy
has increased. No less than 127 BMW racers from 25 different nations
on six continents had registered. They raced for 83 different teams in
27 individual championship classes. The most successful of them were
given their awards at the 2016 BMW Motorrad Motorsport Season Finale
in the BMW Museum in Munich (DE) on Friday. At this event, the
international BMW Motorrad Motorsport family met up to bid farewell to
the 2016 season and to kick off the 2017 season.

 

One of the highlights of the evening was the tribute to the highest
placed participants in the 2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy. The top 15
were recognised with trophies and a total prize purse of 100,000
Euros. Winner Szoke received a winner’s cheque for 20,000 Euros. In
his successful 2016 season, the 37-year old CSBK champion picked up a
total of 450.00 Race Trophy points, including the bonus points all
riders received for title wins, pole positions and so on.

 

“To be the winner of the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy really means a lot
to me,” said Szoke. “Last year I stood here on the stage as runner-up,
and it is just a fantastic feeling to now have secured the first
place. It makes me very proud to successfully represent Canada in this
unique worldwide competition. The Race Trophy helps to bring
international awareness to our series and also shows how good the
racing is in Canada. The Race Trophy is a great concept that unites us
BMW racers all around the world. It is great to be a part of it. And
the extra support through the prize money and the bonuses is an
awesome help for us riders.”

 

Second place went to Vincent Lonbois (BE), the 2016 champion in the
International Road Racing Championship (IRRC), with 447.36 points.
Third was Michal Prášek (CZ), the 2016 champion in the Superstock
class of the Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship (AARR STK), with
435.60 points (see full final standings below).

 

“We are delighted to see the huge worldwide BMW Motorrad Motorsport
family getting together here in Munich. Congratulations to our
successful BMW racers for the great results they have achieved this
season. They proved that the BMW S 1000 RR once more was the bike to
beat in many series,” said Heiner Faust, Executive Vice President
Sales and Marketing BMW Motorrad. “The members of the huge global BMW
Motorrad Motorsport family represent our brand on the race-tracks all
around the globe. We want to thank them for their commitment, their
passion and their enthusiasm for BMW Motorrad.”

 

“As a manufacturer, the close and strong relationship with our
privateers has the highest priority for us. It was our goal to create
worldwide a unique and strong community of motorcycle racers,” Faust
continued. “With our comprehensive customer sports programme – that
includes the extensive support from our experts of BMW Motorrad
Motorsport and the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – we achieved that goal.
More and more racers on all continents count on the strengths of our
BMW S 1000 RR and on our support. And also the Race Trophy keeps
growing from year to year. In 2016. the BMW Motorrad Motorsport family
can celebrate no less than nine championship titles. This includes the
historic title win in the FIM Sidecar World Championship and the
fourth title for the BMW S 1000 RR in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. In
world championships and other international and national racing series
our customer teams have claimed 89 wins and 263 podium finishes this
season. We are very proud of this strong and successful racing family.”

 

To appreciate the achievements of the BMW privateers, a special bonus
has been awarded within the BMW Motorrad Race Trophy to championship
winning teams and riders. Every team that won the title in its
individual racing series received prize money of 7,500 Euros, while
the rider was rewarded with 2,500 Euros. Nine BMW teams and racers
were handed this title bonus at the BMW Motorrad Motorsport Season
Finale in Munich: Team Cherot Moto Sport and Benjamin Colliaux (FR /
French European Bikes Championship), Rohac and Fejta motoracing team
and Michal Prášek (CZ / Alpe Adria Road Racing Championship Superstock
class), IVR BMW Motorrad CSEU and Lukáš Pešek (CZ / Alpe Adria Road
Racing Championship Superbike class), Herpigny Motors BMW Motorrad
Belux and Vincent Lonbois (BE / International Road Racing
Championship), Tyco BMW Motorrad Racing and Ian Hutchinson (GB / BMW
Combined Road Race Challenge), Mopar Express Lane BMW Superbike Team
and Jordan Szoke (CA / Canadian Superbike Championship), Buildbase BMW
Motorrad and Taylor Mackenzie (GB / British Superbike Championship
Superstock class), Althea BMW Racing Team and Raffaele De Rosa (IT /
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup) and 44-Racing with Pekka Päivärinta and Kirsi
Kainulainen (FI / FIM Sidecar World Championship).

 

In addition, the new “Race Finisher Bonus” was introduced this
season. A bonus of 500 Euros was given to all those Race Trophy
participants who finished all rated races in their respective
championship class better than in last position, scored more than 100
Race Trophy points and were not ranked within the Top 15 of the Race Trophy.

 

Registration for the 2017 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy is possible from
Saturday, 10th December 2016 on.

 

 

2016 BMW Motorrad Race Trophy – Final standings.

 

Status: 9th December 2016

 

 

16. Danilo Lewis (BR/BRSBK/285.50), 17. Jan Bühn (DE/IDM STK/255.23),
18. Michael Rutter (GB/BSB STK/251.27), 19. Pepijn Bijsterbosch
(NL/IDM STK/239.23), 20. Joshua Elliott (GB/BSB STK/232.18), 21. Colin
Butler (CA/MSC SBK/227.20), 22. Matteo Ferrari (IT/CIV/214.00), 23.
Ben Young (GB/CSBK/211.71), 24. Lance Isaacs (ZA/RSA SBK/210.57), 25.
Michel Amalric (FR/FR EU/202.57), 26. Cyril Brunet-Lugardon (FR/FR
EU/198.62), 27. Michael Laverty (GB/BSB SBK/192.40), 28. Martin Choy
(BG/AARR SBK/189.20), 28. Christian Iddon (GB/BSB SBK/189.20), 30.
Michael Leon (CA/CSBK/186.00), 31. Jordi Torres (ES/WorldSBK/185.20),
32. Richard Cooper (GB/BSB SBK/183.60), 33. Stefan Kerschbaumer
(AT/EWC STK/180.62), 33. Bastien Mackels (BE/EWC STK/180.62), 33.
Dominik Vincon (DE/EWC STK/180.62), 36. Denni Schiavoni
(IT/CIV/172.40), 37. Mike Roscher/Anna Burkard (DE/SWC/167.26), 38.
Nasarudin Mat Yusop (MY/MSC STK/159.60), 39. Mathieu Gines (FR/IDM
SBK/156.11), 40. Miloš Cihak (CZ/AARR SBK/145.20), 41. Petr Bičiště
(CZ/IRRC/137.09), 42. Martin Tritscher (AT/AARR STK/135.60), 43. Marek
Hartl (CZ/AARR STK/132.00), 44. Adam Jenkinson (GB/BSB STK/125.09),
45. Marc Neumann (DE/IDM STK/121.38), 46. Hernani Teixeira (FR/FR
EU/117.85), 47. Madjid Idres (FR/FR EU/116.15), 48. Lee Jackson
(GB/BSB SBK/114.80), 49. David Datzer (DE/IRRC/107.09), 50. Julien
Brun (FR/FR EU/101.38), 51. Léon Benichou (FR/FR EU/100.92), 52.
Joshua Brookes (AU/WorldSBK/99.60), 53. Santiago Barragán
(ES/CEV/99.49), 54. Luca Vitali (IT/STK1000/98.50), 55. Markus
Reiterberger (DE/WorldSBK/98.00), 56. Chrissy Rouse (GB/BSB
STK/97.45), 57. Marco Nekvasil (AT/IDM STK/94.00), 58. Dominic Chang
(SG/MSC STK/91.20), 59. Roberto Blazquez (ES/CEV/90.80), 60. Daisaku
Sakai (JP/MFJ/88.50), 61. Hudson Kennaugh (ZA/BSB STK/88.00), 62.
Garrick Vlok (ZA/RSA SBK/87.71), 63. Arnaud Friedrich (DE/IDM
STK/85.69), 64. Leon Jeacock (GB/BSB STK/75.64), 65. Alex Olsen
(GB/BSB STK/71.27), 66. Lee Johnston (GB/BMW RRC/71.00), 67. David
Bouvier (FR/FR EU/69.19), 68. Camille Hedelin (FR/EWC SBK/67.35), 69.
Alastair Seeley (GB/BSB SBK/65.20), 70. Bertrand Boyer (FR/FR
EU/64.00), 71. Steve Rapp (US/AMA SBK/61.87), 72. Rob McNealy (GB/BSB
STK/59.45), 73. Karel Abraham (CZ/WorldSBK/58.80), 74. Shinya Takeishi
(JP/MFJ/58.50), 75. Manu Dagault (FR/FR EU/57.23), 76. Maxime Bonnot
(FR/FSBK SBK/56.00), 77. Clive Rambure (FR/EWC SBK/54.53), 78. Sam
West (GB/BMW RRC/54.20), 79. Björn Stuppi (DE/IDM STK/53.38), 80.
Jeremy Cook (US/AMA STK/52.53), 81. Yuta Kodama (JP/MFJ/50.50), 82.
Ronald Slamet (ZA/RSA SBK/48.00), 83. Barry Teasdale (GB/BSB
STK/46.55), 84. Ricky Lee Weare (ZA/RSA SBK/46.29), 85. Jakub Smrz
(CZ/BSB SBK/44.00), 86. Martin Jessopp (GB/BSB SBK/40.60), 87. Michal
Šembera (CZ/AARR SBK/40.40), 88. Rene Skalicky (CZ/AARR STK/39.00),
89. Michal Bidas (CZ/AARR STK/38.40), 90. Dominique Platet (FR/EWC
SBK/37.59), 91. Michal Fojtik (CZ/AARR STK/36.80), 92. John Krieger
(ZA/RSA SBK/34.29), 93. Ben Godfrey (GB/BSB STK/34.18), 94. Eric
Vionnet (CH/STK1000/30.75), 95. Davo Johnson (AU/BMW RRC/29.80), 96.
Nicolas Senechal (FR/EWC SBK/29.77), 97. Dominic Herbertson (GB/BMW
RRC/28.00), 98. Evert Stoffberg (ZA/RSA SBK/27.43), 99. Federico
D’Annunzio (IT/STK1000/26.75), 100. Etienne Nelson (ZA/RSA SBK/25.71),
101. Daniel Cooper (GB/BMW RRC/25.60), 102. Derek McGee (IE/BMW
RRC/22.40), 103. Heinrich Rheeder (ZA/RSA SBK/20.43), 104. Matthieu
Lussiana (FR/WorldSBK/19.80), 105. Adrián Bonastre (ES/CEV/19.00),
106. Justin Gillesen (ZA/RSA SBK/18.86), 107. Gauthier Duwelz
(BE/STK1000/17.25), 107. Lim Ho Gon (KR/MFJ/17.25), 109. Janez
Prosenik (SI/EWC SBK/15.65), 110. Michal Filla (CZ/IDM STK/15.54),
111. Pedro Rodriguez (ES/CEV/12.60), 112. Sabine Holbrook (DE/AARR
SBK/7.60), 113. Eric Dagault (FR/FR EU/7.38), 114. Pierre Bezuidenhout
(ZA/RSA SBK/6.57), 115. Thomas Toffel (CH/STK1000/5.75), 116. Jacques
van Wyngaardt (ZA/RSA SBK/5.71), 117. Pascal Meslet (FR/FR EU/4.92),
118. Valter Patronen (FI/CEV/4.80), 119. Matej Smrz (BSB SBK/ 4.60),
120. Elwyn Steenkamp (ZA/RSA SBK/1.14), 121. Christophe Costes (FR/FR
EU/0.00), 121. Stefan Dolipski (DE/AMA STK/0.00), 121. Ryan Farquhar
(GB/BMW RRC/0.00), 121. Marcel Irnie (CA/CSBK/0.00), 121. Aaron League
(US/BSB STK/0.00), 121. Joan Sardanyons (ES/CEV/0.00), 121. Tomas
Svitok (SK/AARR STK/0.00)