With nine races in the books and only two remaining, the 2026 Super Tour Championship has a new name at the top.
Frank Angers has taken over the King of the Tour championship lead, emerging from the Fall Bracket Showdown at Luskville Dragway with 9,100 points and a 700-point advantage over his closest challenger.
The latest weekend produced some of the biggest movements of the season, reshuffling the Top 12 and setting the stage for what should be a wide-open championship finale at Napierville.
After seven races, Angers sat second in the standings with 6,900 points, 400 behind then-leader Noémie Ballabey. Two strong performances changed everything. Angers collected 2,200 points over Races 8 and 9, scoring 900 points on Saturday before adding another 1,300 on Sunday.
That performance moved him to 9,100 points and the King of the Tour lead for the first time heading into the final two races.
But there is very little breathing room at the top.
JESSUP MAKES A MASSIVE CHARGE
Nobody currently inside the Top 12 scored more points over the last two races than Kyle Jessup.
Jessup entered the weekend sitting 10th in the championship and exploded for 2,800 points, the result of a 1,900-point Saturday followed by another 900 points on Sunday.
His Saturday victory, followed by a semifinal appearance on Sunday, launched him seven positions from 10th to third in the championship.
Jessup now has 8,200 points, only 900 behind Angers, suddenly putting him right in the middle of the King of the Tour fight.
Dominic Germain was another major mover. Germain scored 2,600 points over the weekend, including 1,900 on Saturday and 700 on Sunday. He jumped three positions from ninth to sixth and now sits at 8,000 points, only 1,100 out of the lead.
FRED ANGERS JUMPS EIGHT POSITIONS
While Jessup made the biggest charge among the championship leaders, Fred Angers made the largest move into the Top 12.
Sitting 18th after seven races, Angers scored 2,300 points at Luskville, highlighted by a strong 1,700-point performance on Sunday.
The result propelled him eight positions to 10th overall with 7,000 points, putting another Angers inside the King of the Tour Top 10 with two races remaining.
Brandon Barker also fought his way into the Top 12. After sitting 15th following Race 7, Barker collected 2,000 points over the weekend and climbed to 12th overall.
CLARMO AMONG THE WEEKEND’S BIGGEST SCORERS
One of the strongest performances of the weekend came from outside the current Top 12.
Jamie Clarmo scored 2,700 points over the two races, second only to Jessup’s 2,800 among the weekend’s biggest point hauls. A semifinal appearance Saturday followed by Sunday’s victory moved Clarmo an incredible 32 positions, from 55th to 23rd in the championship.
The Fall Bracket Showdown proved just how quickly the standings can change when a racer puts together two deep runs in the same weekend.
SIX RACERS WITHIN 1,100 POINTS
While Frank Angers now owns the top spot, this championship is far from decided.
Sacha Leblanc has moved into second with 8,400 points, just 700 behind Angers. Kyle Jessup is third at 8,200, André Ballabey sits fourth at 8,102, Noémie Ballabey is fifth at 8,101 and Dominic Germain is sixth at 8,000.
That means the top six racers are separated by only 1,100 points with two races left.
Noémie Ballabey experienced the biggest change at the front. She entered the weekend leading the championship with 7,300 points but slipped four positions to fifth after Races 8 and 9. Martin Lassiseraye also dropped four spots, while Carl Soucy fell three positions.
With Jessup climbing seven positions, Fred Angers eight and Germain three, the complexion of the championship has changed considerably in just two races.
THE BEST 10 OF 11 COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING
And there is one more major factor still to come.
Under the Super Tour championship format, only a racer’s best 10 results from the 11-race season count toward the final standings.
With nine races completed, every result still counts. Race 10 will give everyone their tenth score, but once Race 11 is completed, each racer’s lowest result will be dropped.
That could become extremely important.
Several of the championship leaders currently have low scores in the 300 to 400-point range. A deep run in the final race could therefore do much more than simply add points. It could replace one of those low scores and significantly increase a racer’s final championship total.
With 300 points awarded just for attendance, 200 points for every round win before a buyback and 100 points for every round win after a buyback, there are still plenty of points available over the final two races.
