Sunoco Ron Fellows Champions crowned

Fantastic finale
  Champagne and Morad claim final two championships at Goodwood

GOODWOOD, ON - The Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship held its final 
event of the year at Goodwood on Sept. 15, and with two of the four classes 
decided before the teams arrived, all eyes were on the two remaining 
classes, Canada Junior and the 100+ mph Formula Senior Class. Heading into 
the weekend, Canada Junior could go to any one of the top six drivers, 
while Formula Senior would be decided by a battle between Hurricane Racing 
MBA driver Matt Champagne and Birel USA's Mike Roth.

Two of the Pfaff Motors Fast qualifier awards were settled on Saturday when 
MBA's Justin Mullins surprised everyone by taking the Formula Senior pole. 
Birel's Cale Meeks suffered a one position penalty for 'driving in the 
pits' that knocked him off the Formula Junior pole and handed it to his 
Birel teammate Mike Meier. In Canada Senior, Gold's Rob Oakman was the only 
driver in the 43 second bracket, which was good enough for the pole. In the 
hotly contested Canada Junior class, First Kart's Robert Wickens took the 
Pfaff Motors Fast Qualifier award, and the five bonus points that go with it.

In Formula Junior in race 9, Cale Meeks ran down early leader Mike Meier to 
take the win. Behind him came Meier and Robert Wickens, who came from the 
back of the field. In race 10, Weeks once again over took early leader Mike 
Meier for the win. Meier spun to end his season, while Wickens and Scott 
Martin rounded out the podium.

In Formula Senior in race 9, saw Marco Di Leo jump MBA's Justin Mullins to 
take the early lead in his First Kart. Di Leo held on until the late going 
when Mullins made his way past for the lead. On the final lap, Matt 
Champagne stole second from Di Leo to make it a MBA one-two. Title 
contender Mike Roth was running fourth in the early stages of the race, but 
an engine failure ended his title hopes. In race 10, it was all Champagne 
as he won the race and the championship. Second in race 10 was Juliana 
Chiovitti ahead of Mark Sampogna.

In Canada Junior race 9, Robert Wickens spun on the pace lap which sent him 
to the back of the 20 kart field. Calvin Reid took the lead on lap 2 from 
Daniel Morad and never gave it back. Morad finished second and Justin 
Mascoll was third. In race 10, Calvin Reid won over Justin Mascoll and 
Morad. Morad, with his second and third places on the day, ended up with 
the Canada Junior Championship for 2002.

In Canada Senior race 9 action, a first lap tangle scrambled the field. The 
race came down to Rob Oakman, Calvin Reid and Shawn Gardner at the front - 
and they finished in that order. Eight of the 15 karts failed to finish. 
Birel's Kris Martin was fourth, followed by Marco Di Leo and Eric Neilson. 
In race 10, Aaron de Heus collected the win after Marco Di Leo was 
penalized for a last lap infraction with Juliana Chiovitti. Dave Patrick 
was second and Shawn Gardner third.




The four Sunoco RonFellows Karting Champions are:
Kyle Herder - Canada Senior
Matt Champagne - Formula Senior
Daniel Morad - Canada Junior
Robert Wickens - Formula Junior

The objective of the SRFKC is to help foster a professional environment for 
kart drivers; help create a positive attitude towards appearance, conduct 
and discipline; help foster the employment of the best practices for the 
safe and fair running of competitions; and help kart drivers to move up the 
racing ladder to automobile racing.
Many of the top karters from Ontario and other provinces are scheduled to 
compete in four classes (Canada Junior, Canada Senior, Formula Junior and 
Formula Senior). The Formula Senior class will feature F125cc shifter 
karts, which are capable of exceeding 100 mph. Both Formula classes will 
make Formula 1 style standing starts.

At the end of the season, two drivers will be selected from each of the 
four classes plus the two drivers from the ASN Canadian National 
Championships will be invited to a one-day evaluation test at the 
Bridgestone/Firestone Racing Academy at Mosport, provided they are 16 years 
of age prior to the date of the test.
Out of those 10 drivers, two will earn a full scholarship to the 2003 
Bridgestone/Firestone Toronto Star Wheels F2000 racing series.

For more information, please contact: Brad Brown, Sunoco Motorsports, 
www.sunoco.ca (416)-233-8727. ASN Canada FIA, Paul Cooke, 
www.asncanada.com, (905)-403-9000. Russ Bond, www.insidetracknews.com, 
(416)-962-7223

Release prepared by Russ Bond, Inside Track Communications - 
russ@insidetracknews.com



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Photo - Left to right, Ron Fellows, Formula Senior Champion Matt Champagne, 
Formula Junior Champion Robert Wickens, Canada Junior Champion Daniel 
Morad, Canada Senior Champion Kyle Herder and Sunoco's Jamie Sutherland