Parts Canada Superbike Championship

Team Nelson Update: A picture is worth a thousand words…no need for a ‘Pat’ picture

So picture this: #1 for 2010… all season long!!

2009 RACE Superseries PRO SUPERBIKE - Official Points Standings Final
Pos   No.     Name                    Hometown              Bikes  Total* R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7
1      26P    NELSON, ANDREW    KARS, ON               YAM    140     23 23 26 28 18 0 22
2      311P  TROMBINO, FRANK  KLEINBURG, ON        SUZ    98      27 12 20 17 22 0 0
3      1P     DAIGLE, KARL          ROXTON POND, QC  KAW   95      12 17 18 12 25 0 11

Yeah that’s right, I sucked in round 5…whatever!  And round 7, Pirelli and 09 R1 in the wet…yum!

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Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours Daytona 8 hours

Not sure if you can tell but I raced the Daytona 8 hours for Pat Barnes.  And I’ll tell ya, I will never miss another opportunity to do that again…ever!!  Thanks Pat

Seems for the 8 hour race we didn’t have the newest bike, or the fastest, or the biggest budget, or brightest headlights, or the biggest team, or many practice laps, or a season of team building, or direct factory support, or pit boards, but we did have Pat Barnes!  Thanks Pat

Side note: we had onboard radio communication, quick fills, unbelievable pit crew, great riders, gear air conditioning, fantastic accommodations, Florida sun, tons of Canadian support/fans and Pat Barnes.

Did I mention, I loved it!!  Thanks Pat

And of course a huge thanks to my yearlong sponsors:

Yamaha (winning with Rossi, Spies, Hayes, Nelson!)
Algonquin College (getting so smart I need a bigger helmet)
Calabogie Motorsports Park (wish I could ride there every day)
Hindle (a little loud at Daytona… perfect at Calabogie…sweet sounds for all occasions)
Spyke (with me since 2002 and no skin loss)

And even bigger thanks to my family, my uncle Randy, good friend Rob Leybourne, and, of course, Pat Barnes.