With his 60th birthday in his rearview mirror, a Maple Ridge superbike racer is as fast as ever.

Ken LaLonde iscoming off what he calls a season to remember – both good and bad. To start the reason season, a wonky throttle would leave him idling. At the end of the year, the engine blew. But in between, that bike saw him hitting lap times the veteran racer hasn't seen in years, and he won championships in two superbike pro classes with the Westwood Motorcycle Racing Club.

LaLonde has been racing since he was 19, getting his start at the Westwood Motorsports Park in Coquitlam.

He had lost his drivers' licence for speeding on his Yamaha RD350, which was "the hot bike to be on at the time."

Then he learned about racing at Westwood, which he could do despite his suspension. He talked about

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