HOLGATE MOTORSPORTS - Three top 10's at Hamilton

For immediate release; May 31, 2004

Three top 10's at Hamilton
LeLiever, Hiltz and Stovold score valuable Rotax Max points in Hamilton

"It wasn't the easiest weekend on record," Holgate Motorsports driver Brad 
LeLiever said of his weekend contesting the first two Rounds of the Sunoco 
Ron Fellows Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels at 
Cameron Motorsports Park in Hamilton.

LeLiever, along with team drivers Matt Stovold, Ashley Hiltz and Paul 
Gubasta all competed in the hugely competitive RotaxMax Senior class, which 
drew 73 entries for the 34 slots available in the final.

In Round 1, Stovold let the team by qualifying 10th, Hiltz was 19th, 
LeLiever 29th after suffering a flat tire during the session. Gubasta was 
48th. LeLiever started his long day of work in the last chance race, where 
he finished fifth, and advanced to the final. Gubasta wasn't as lucky.
Stovold led the team in Round 1 with a seventh place finish, while Hiltz 
was right on his bumper in ninth. "It is good to have a good finish in the 
first round," Stovold said. Hiltz agreed, "I am still learning this CMP 
chassis, so right now, I am happy with ninth in the first round." LeLiever 
was trying to get to the front, and an amazing drive saw him move all the 
way up to 12th when the checkered flag fell.

For Round two the team's fortunes looked better. LeLiever would start 
sixth, Hiltz eighth and Stovold 11th.  LeLiever came home fifth, but he 
felt he needed just a few more laps. "I got a little tangled up, but my 
Holgate Motorsports CMP got better each lap," LeLiever said. "At the end, I 
was on the tail of the lead pack, but I could see they were having 
problems, while my CMP was getting better each lap. A few more laps and the 
results would have been different."
Stovold was 10th, and Hiltz 11th, both scoring more valuable points.

"This has been a very good weekend for us," Team Principal, John Holgate 
said of the weekend. "This class is the toughest out there, you have to be 
good each session or you get left behind. I am happy with the team's 
performance and now we will look forward to our 'home race' at Barrie in a 
few weeks."

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Holgate Motorsports Fast Facts;
Hogate 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 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.

PHOTO - HOLGATE MOTORSPORTS DRIVER BRAD LELIEVER #81 WAS IN THE THICK OF 
THE ROTAX MAX ACTION AT HAMILTON - PHOTO BY ED GATNER

Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency (www.russbondagency.com)

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