Former Masthead editor roars ahead in motorcycle racing

"This day was a relief for me," says Shields. "Normally, my pre-race thoughts tend to focus on organ donation. This time I just decided to tailgate the front pack and pick up any scraps they might leave. Turned out they left enough for these two wins."

Many of you will remember Bill Shields as the editor of Masthead who, after a brush with cancer, decided to smell the roses/follow his bliss which, in his case, involves motorcycle racing. The characteristicly wry quote above is from a release (presumably written by Bill) in cdnsuperbike.com about the regional R.A.C.E. Superseries roadracing championship. Bill's team, BnE Racing (Bill from Unionville and Efram Ellenbogen, from Otttawa) successfully contested Amateur 600 and Amateur Superbike classes aboard Yamaha R6s.

As hard as it can be to believe this is as exciting as covering the magazine business, we're glad to see Bill following his dream, at high speed. [Thanks to Patrick Walsh for the tip.]