Junior class wrap - Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting
Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels
May 31, 2004
For immediate release;
Juniors rock Hamilton on Saturday!
Holdaway, Keatings, Vincec, Herder and Morad win in Round 2
HAMILTON, ONTARIO - Round 2 of the Sunoco Ron Fellow Karting Championship
Presented by Toronto Star Wheels kicked off on Saturday May 29 with four
Junior classes. Daniel Morad (Formula Junior), William Keatings (World
Formula Junior), Taylor Holdaway (Canada Junior Light) all repeated their
Round 1 wins, with wins in Round 2. Michael Vincec was a first time winner
in RotaxMax Junior. In Canada Junior Heavy - the only Sunday Junior class -
Pearce Herder won both races.
Canada Junior Light - Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Taylor Holdaway,
Orillia Ontario
Holdaway took the win in the pre-final by .862 of a second over Bolton's
Keenan Harris and Maple's JonMicheal Ostella. In the final, the order was
the same with Holdaway winning by a scant .240 of a second. With the win,
Holdaway is two for two in Canada Junior Light competition in 2004.
Canada Junior Heavy - Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier, Justin Holtom,
Ottawa Ontario (Round 1), Pearce Herder (Round 2).
Stouffville's Pearce Herder won both rounds of the only Sunday Junior
class. Behind Herder in Round 1 came Kevin Monteith and Michael Vincec -
both from Stouffville. In Round 2, Holtom finished second and Belfountain's
Kenny Riedmann finished third.
RotaxMax Junior - Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Michael Vincec,
Stouffville, Ontario
Vincec backed up his pole run with wins in the pre-final and final. Behind
Vincec in the pre-final came Stouffville's Pearce Herder, who came from
ninth on the grid. Third was Markham's Evan Hayden. In the final Herder was
second and Brampton's Anthony Gibson was third. A very notable performance
was put in by Longueuil, Quebec's Maxime Pelletier, who qualified 15th, had
problems in the pre-final that left him 26th, but he raced his way forward
to seventh in the final.
World Formula Junior - Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Matt Jackson,
Burlington, Ontario
In the pre-final, Round 1 winner, Woodstock's William Keatings continued
his winning ways, even though he qualified third. Behind Keatings in the
pre-final were Jackson, and Hamilton's Melissa Curran - who qualified
second. Keatings won the final by 2.422 seconds over Jackson and Anthony
Gibson.
Formula Junior - Cameron Motorsports Fast Qualifier; Daniel Morad, Markham,
Ontario
Morad continued his winning ways with another dominating performance. He
won the pre-final by 4.458 seconds over Victoriaville, Quebec's Jesse
Labbe, and King City's Richard Boake. In the final, Morad won by 14. 365
seconds over Vincec and Brantford's Lucas Smith.
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.
Photo -Pearce Herder won both Canada Junior Heavy Rounds and was second in
RotaxMax Jr. - Photo by Ed Gatner
For more information, please contact:
Russ Bond, 905-852-2900 r.bond@russbondagency.com
Brad Brown, k.andb.brown@sympatico.ca (416)-233-8727, Paul Cooke, ASN
Canada FIA - 905-403-9000
Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency (www.russbondagency.com)
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