SRFKC Barrie post race release

For immediate release;
Showtime in Barrie!
The stars of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship
presented by Toronto Star Wheels excite massive crowd in Barrie

BARRIE, ONTARIO - For the first time in the short history of the Sunoco Ron 
Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star Wheels, the stars of 
the series tackled a tough street circuit. The venue was the hugely popular 
Pepsi Barrie Grand Prix presented by Pfaff Porsche on June 20-22. The 
massive crowd was entertained over the entire three days with some great 
racing.

Leading the headline class, Formula Senior, was SH Karting's Jonathan 
Fecteau, who dominated both rounds in his Tony Kart Vortex package. It was 
the first time the highly rated Quebec driver had participated in the 
series and he made an immediate statement. Behind him in both rounds were 
Kart Depot's Tyler Givougue and Hurricane Racing's Trevor Daley. Pfaff 
Porsche Birel driver Mike Roth, took the Pfaff Motorsports pole, but a spun 
gear in round five while leading, causing him to retire from the race. Roth 
impressed all with a stunning drive from 25th on the grid to a fifth place 
finish in round six.

The Formula Juniors put on the most entertaining couple of races during the 
entire event. PTK's Robert Wickens was looking to keep his current win 
streak alive, despite loosing the pole to Birel's Daniel Morad. Wickens won 
round five, but the epic battle of round six will be remembered for some 
time as Morad nipped Wickens at the line by 0.031 of a second to end the 
PTK's driver's win streak at five. Behind Wickens in round five was Morad 
and Quebec's Jesse Labbe. Third in round six was Dan Twizzell.

Rounding out the two stroke classes was RotaxMax and perennial front runner 
in Formula Senior, CMP's Frank Launi opted to field a Rotax powered CMP 
chassis for Barrie. Launi took the pole and easily won round five, but a 
small mistake took him out of the hunt in round six. Behind Launi in round 
five were Mathew France and Jason Robar. In an action packed round six, 
Robar climbed the top step of the podium followed by SRA Karting's Dennis 
Yasar and Ottawa's Jamie Holtom.

World Formula Senior had Rick McMullen on the pole, but his day went 
downhill in the first lap of round five, when he was involved in an 
accident. CMP's Jason Bradimore won a race long battle with Rob Oakman, who 
also took home the GM Racing award for sportsmanship. Chris Martin was 
third in round five. Round six was action packed and when the dust settled 
it was Jason Abrams bringing home the gold for Biesse Canada - the first 
win for the new team. Behind Abrams came Paul Carvalho and Chris Martin.

The Canada Senior pole went to Marco Di Leo and he managed to convert that 
pole into a round five win. Rob Oakman and Justin Mascoll followed him 
across the line. Round six had David Patrick at the top of the charts, with 
Mascoll second and Oakman third.

The Canada Juniors treated the fans to some heated action. Michael Mora 
took the pole, but he wasn't able to transfer that into a win in round 
five. Daniel Morad and Richard Boake were one-two on the track, before 
penalties sent them down the order. This gave the round five win to CMP's 
Michael Glaze, with Chris Biggar second and Morad third. In round six, 
Wickens rebounded to take an extremely close win over Morad - who was on 
the podium in every race he ran at Barrie - and Pearce Herder.

The Pratt & Miller 'appearance' award went to Holgate Motorsports

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. At the end of the season, eight drivers 
will be selected from the series, plus two drivers from the ASN Canadian 
National Championships. They will be invited to a one-day evaluation test 
at the Bridgestone 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 2004 the 2003 Bridgestone / FormulaCar Magazine 
F2000 Racing Series.

PHOTOS - MORAD 70 - WICKENS 66 - Daniel Morad and Robert Wickens both had 
multiple podiums on the weekend Morad four podiums positions (one win, two 
seconds and one third), while Wickens took three podiums (two wins and a 
second)

FORMULA SENIOR START - Pfaff Porsche Birel driver Mike Roth (#90) had the 
pole for Formula Senior, but it was SH Karting's Jonathan Fecteau who 
scored the double win at Barrie.

PHOTOS BY ED GATNER/INSIDE KARTING

For more information, please contact:
Russ Bond, 905-852-2900 russ@insidekartingnews.com
Brad Brown, k.andb.brown@sympatico.ca (416)-233-8727

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