Suncor extends support of Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels!

 


TORONTO, ONTARIO - On May 13, 2004; Suncor Energy Products announced it was 
renewing and expanding its sponsorship of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting 
Championship presented by Toronto Star Wheels. The new agreement with Ron 
Fellows and ASN Canada will run until 2007, and will provide for the 
continued growth of the karting series. Also included in the agreement is 
the Sunoco Team Ultra 94 F2000 evaluation and scholarship program, the only 
racing scholarship program which provides full funding for a select number 
of karters to move up into real open wheel car racing through the 
Bridgestone Racing Academy and their F2000 racing series.

The Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star 
Wheels was inaugurated in 2002, and was designed to encourage young racers 
to apply the same discipline and professionalism found in senior 
motorsports competition, thus helping prepare ambitious and talented young 
kart drivers to move successfully into professional car racing.

"This commitment to the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented 
by Toronto Star Wheels program makes this the central focus of our racing 
program and a part of our performance heritage," said Patricia Anderson, 
Suncor Energy Products' Director of Marketing. "We're pleased to work with 
Ron, ASN Canada FIA and the Ontario KartSport Development Group to ensure 
the development of the next generation of world class young Canadian race 
drivers."

"With the help of Sunoco, ASN Canada FIA and the OKDG, we have succeeded in 
creating what we believe to be the best kart racing series in North 
America," said Ron Fellows. "It makes me enormously proud to see the change 
in the presentation and performance fo the teams and drivers who compete in 
the series. Now, we're talking our partnership to a new level and the 
series will benefit accordingly."

At the end of the 2002 season, three Sunoco Ron Fellows kart racers were 
selected from the ten invited to an Evaluation Day at the Bridgestone 
Racing Academy to go into the 2003 Bridgestone/FormulaCar Magazine F2000 
series as fully-funded Sunoco Team Ultra 94 drivers. St. Catharine's Matt 
Champagne emerged as the series champion. Vancouver's Jordy Vorrath took 
the most pole positions and was second in the championship, and Uxbridge's 
Aaron de Heus finished fifth in a series of more than 20 talented 
competitors. This year, the Sunoco Team Ultra 94 banner will be borne by 
Simcoe's Juliana Chiovitti, Gilford's Frank Launi and Ottawa's Jamie Holtom.

The series will continue to run under the management of Paul Cooke, Vice 
President of Competition for ASN Canada FIA, the regulatory and sanctioning 
body for most motorsport events in Canada. "I don't know of any other 
karting series in the world that is so closely tied to the international 
sporting authority," said Ron Fellows. "We're extremely fortunate to have 
people like Paul Cooke who take such a professional interest and who share 
the same goals as our series."

The regulations for on and off-track behaviour and general race procedures 
have been designed to be very close to those for car racing, providing 
training and experience to young kart drivers who choose to pursue car 
racing careers. Kart racing is the fastest growing form of motorsport in 
the world. The Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto 
Star Wheels has been designed to introduce young people to the world of 
racing in an exciting way that is safe and as close to the real world of 
professional racing as possible. Drivers can start kart racing at age nine.

Suncor Energy Products Inc.
Suncor Energy Products Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suncor Energy 
Inc., A Canadian integrated energy company. In addition to a refinery in 
Sarnia, Suncor Energy Products has a network of 281 Sunoco-branded retail 
and Fleet Fuel cardlock sites and has a 50 per cent joint venture interest 
in over 200 Pioneer and UPI retail sites. Suncor Energy Products Inc. 
manufacturers, distributes and markets transportation fuels, heating oils 
and petrochemical primarily in Ontario.
For more information, see the Sunoco website at www.sunoco.ca



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