As the World Superbike Championship title race heats up, the field went to Laguna Seca over the weekend. In a battle between Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes and the two Aprilia riders, it came out near on evens, producing a tight title race in the tail end of the season
Aprilia certainly had the pace at Laguna Seca – superfast in qualifying…and the race

Great #wsbk #Superpole at Laguna Seca: Sylvain is 1st and Eugene 3rd! pic.twitter.com/tj4cyDosqt

— Aprilia (@ApriliaOfficial) September 28, 2013

The race 2 win for Aprilia was super-important for their championship

Eugene Laverty took a spectacular victory in the final race at Laguna Seca to keep the championship alive. #WSBK pic.twitter.com/esV57f0doX

— Paddock Spy (@PaddockSpyUK) September 30, 2013

As a solid weekend including a win for Tom Sykes saw him extend his championship lead with just 2 rounds left

Tom Sykes wins the first race at Laguna Seca to widen his championship lead #WSBK pic.twitter.com/yypBolfr2v

— Paddock Spy (@PaddockSpyUK) September 29, 2013

It was a round where the wildcards made their presence known

@rogerhayden95 good showing in race 2. Hopefully you can land a good WSBK ride for ’14 if you’re looking that way.

— Douche McGee™ (@Douche_McGee) September 30, 2013

And some Aussie humour

We made this sign for the grid at #WSBK Laguna Seca, USA. Using cultural differences to make a joke? yeah, that’s me. pic.twitter.com/unHA4Obage

— Tom Reynolds (@thomasrdotorg) September 29, 2013

Where something like this just seemed normal for the weekend

Was I the only one shocked by Champagne being necked after #WSBK race one? Is that a first?

— Jared Earle (@jearle) September 28, 2013

Harsh but Michel does need to reach the line more…

I don’t want to curse him, but so far, this is the furthest Michel Fabrizio has been into a WSBK season without crashing in a race…

— Oli (@Oli_Rushby) September 29, 2013

Crash are always great for their video content

Laverty takes close race two win – VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS http://t.co/jMv8XbujPT #WSBK pic.twitter.com/u2YfbU0K3l

— Crash.Net (@CRASH_NET) September 30, 2013

Agreed

Before I finish my weekend WSBK report, one comment on GPs: If Marquez is penalised, MotoGP potentially gets boring. Close racing is racing.

— Jared Earle (@jearle) September 30, 2013

2 rounds to go, the race is tight – who is your tip?

#WSBK championship standings after Laguna Seca pic.twitter.com/i5U4FzEBfb

— Moto Race Feed (@MotoRaceFeed) September 29, 2013

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By Sam Tickell, September 2013

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