Hiltz joins Holgate Motorsports
Jan 21, 2004
For immediate release;
Ashley Hiltz Joins Holgate Motorsports for 2004
GILFORD, ONTARIO - (January 21, 2004) Seventeen-year-old Ashley Hiltz has
signed with Holgate Motorsports Inc. for the 2004 Racing Season. Team
Manager John Holgate made the announcement of the Scarborough, Ontario
driver joining the team today.
"I am delighted to have Ashley join Holgate Motorsports," Team Manager John
Holgate said. "Everyone here, including our other drivers join me in
welcoming her to our team. Ashley brings a new dimension to our team and
will compliment Brad LeLiever and Matt Stovold this year."
Ms. Hiltz accomplishments are many, particularly in F-125/ICC competition.
At the 2003 Canadian GrandNationals, she won the F-125 race, taking home a
coveted "Bear Trophy" - the second of her career, the first came in 2001.
Hiltz also took home the top spot in ICC at the 2002 Valleyfield Grand Prix
in Quebec in 2002 to go along with a creditable 4th place at the SKUSA Pro
Moto Tour at Norway, Illinois.
HIltz will compete in a Holgate Motorsports prepared CMP Chassis in the
Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship in 2004 and focus her efforts on
claiming the RotaxMax Sr championship. Joining her will be teammates Brad
LeLiever - who finished 2nd in the F-1200 Issaco/ Kumho Tires Series and
Matt Stovold who was The Innisfil Kart Club Rotax Max Champion. Hiltz is
expected to add to an already strong team.
Hiltz is also expected to compete in the Issaco/Kumho F-1200 Series in an
arrangement made by Holgate Motorsports Inc. Hiltz will test the car early
in the spring in preparation for the upcoming 2004 season.
Holgate Motorsports Fast Facts;
Holgate Motorsports is one of Ontario's top karting Motorsport teams, owned
by Gilford Ontario's John Holgate. The team fields equipment for Brad
LeLiever, Matt Stovold, Jim Flewwelling, Ashley Hiltz and Paul Gabusta. In
2003, Holgate Motorsports won the coveted Pratt& Miller Award for
presentation and appearance at the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship
presented by Toronto Star Wheels.