Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels - Barrie post race release

June 27, 2004
For immediate release;

Sunoco stars light up the streets of Barrie!
Roth, Di Leo, Morad, Herder, Usher, Patrick, Wright, Pelletier, Keatings 
and de Heus all get class wins at Barrie Grand Prix

BARRIE, ONTARIO - For the second straight year, the Sunoco Ron Fellows 
Karting Championship Presented by Toronto Star Wheels has paid a visit to 
the streets of Barrie, and no one in attendance would argue that the 
'Sunoco stars' put on a show to remember. Ten classes were contested over 
the two-day weekend, and this year the action was second to none.
Ironically the last race of the weekend, Formula Senior - the Sunoco Ron 
Fellows Karting Championship headline class - was probably the best. 
Newmarket's Mike Roth overcame everything that 30 of the best shifter kart 
drivers in Canada could throw at him - including blocking the track with 
hay bales - to take a huge win for his First Kart team. While Roth was the 
headline class winner, he was by no means the only winner on the weekend.

Markham's Daniel Morad (Formula Junior), Stouffville's Pearce Herder 
(Canada Junior Heavy) and Woodstock's William Keatings (World Formula 
Junior) all kept their win streaks alive at Barrie. Other Junior class 
winners included Cambridge's Ben Wright in Canada Junior Light, Longueuil, 
Quebec's Maxime Pelletier in RotaxMax Junior.

Uxbridge's Aaron de Hues won Canada Senior Light, while Belle River's Dave 
Patrick took home Canada Senior Heavy honours. Woodstock's Corey Usher won 
the World Formula Senior final, while Markham's Marco Di Leo won kept his 
RotaxMax Senior win streak alive - he has won every round so far.

Roth, who was celebrating his 21st birthday "for the third time" on Sunday, 
was also awarded the GM Racing Winner's Circle Award, which goes to a 
driver judged to have displayed outstanding competition skills and 
sportsmanship. The assembled crowd sung happy birthday to Roth while he 
accepted the award.

The Pratt & Miller Team Spirit Award, which awards teams that are judged to 
exhibit the highest levels of teamwork in the areas of presentation, 
preparation and results. "I have never seen a more professional group," 
claimed ASN Canada FIA Vice President of Competition Paul Cooke as he 
presented the award to the volunteer corner workers dubbed "The Tiffen Turn 
Crew". A huge round of applause from the competitors accompanied the 
announcement, and the workers of the 'Tiffen turn' had their 'turn' in the 
spotlight.
These workers were honoured for their three-day service of constantly 
rebuilding the hay bale walls at the south end of the track. "They refused 
to let the racers win," Cooke said. "Everytime the karters knocked down the 
hay bales, the Tiffen crew went right back to work rebuilding the wall - 
under some very trying conditions."

The objective of the the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship Presented 
by Toronto Star Wheels 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 -THE 'TIFFEN TURN' CREW IN ACTION - THE WORKERS RECEIVED THE PRATT & 
MILLER TEAM SPIRIT AWARD - 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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