Tyler Brown - Canadian Nationals

For immediate release;
September 3, 2004

Top 10 for Brown at Canadian Nationals
Despite Last Lap Spin Brown finishes 10th at Canadian Nationals

CHILLIWACK, BC - Motorsport can give you the highest of highs and the 
lowest of lows and Waterdown Karter Tyler Brown experienced it all at this 
year's ASN Canada FIA Canadian Nationals.

"This is the one event that Tyler has been gearing up for all year, and he 
was extremely focused during the 5 day event" held this year in Chilliwack 
British Columbia, his father Darrell Brown said. Browns 4B Racing team 
would contest two divisions, Canada Junior and Rotax Max Junior this year 
for Canadian National Championships. Two days of practice, tuning and 
qualifying would take place on the Friday of the weekend event.

In Rotax Junior, a fully paid trip to the World Finals this winter in the 
Canary Islands was on the line  not to mention, that the Junior candidate 
would also represent Canada, an honour in itself. In the final practice, 
the motor Tyler was using developed a power loss at mid its midrange rpm. 
Mechanics and engineers for Rotax International spent the better part of 
Friday and again Saturday trying to find the problem  with no luck, which 
left Tyler with a  dismal qualifying effort.

With no apparent cure for the ailing powerplant the team decided to skip 
the Rotax race until the rains came  he great equalizer. Brown hadn't 
traveled across the country to watch this race, "Lets put a rain setup on 
this thing and I will get it to the front," Brown said, and he did. From 
the drop of the green flag, Brown moved forward, up to fifth before contact 
sent him back to 11th. In the second heat, he went from the back to finish 
6th, which combined with first heat finish would give him a startig spot of 
ninth in the pre-final. Sadly, Brown's run to the front ended with the rain 
and he had to retire from the final, but he did catch the eye of ASN Canada 
FIA's Vice President of competition, Paul Cooke, who said, "Young Mr. Brown 
was plagued with a fuel, slash, electrical problem all weekend that would 
have tested the patience of any person. Mr Brown handled the situation 
very, very professionally and used a generous portion of 'stick-to-it-ness' 
and never gave up."

In Canada Junior, Brown qualified 7th. In the wet prefinal, Brown powered 
his PTK mount forward to challenge for the lead by the end of the first 
lap, but contact send him back to last. Undaunted by the setback, Brown 
climbed back to sixth by the end of the pre-final.

Sunday brought with it intermittent showers and the team set the PTK to 
perform in those conditions. From the drop of the green, Brown charged to 
the front and dominated the first 15 laps of the race. But as the track 
continued to dry it would bring eventual winner Pearce Herder and two 
others to Brown's rear bumper. The pursuers drafted past Brown on the front 
straight and started to pull away. On the final lap, Brown was caught by 
another driver on the front straight he pushed Brown a little too far into 
turn one. Brown took to the grass, only to come back on the track and spin 
on wet tires. By the time he was underway, he was relegated to 10th. Lon 
Herder (father of winner Pearce) said. " I was praying for the track to 
dry, because if it didn't, Tyler was going to walk away from us".

Tyler Brown Fast Facts;
Tyler Brown is a 12-year-old racer from Waterdown, Ontario. He is starting 
his seventh year in karting. In 2004, Brown was fifth in the ASN Canada FIA 
Canadian Nationals and fourth in points at Mosport. He was also fifth in 
Toronto Kart Club Junior Lite championship. In 2004 he had 37 race starts, 
ammased one win, two poles and 19 top five finishes.
In 2002 he finished sixth in the OKRA (Ontario Kart Racing Association) 
regional series in Junior Light. In 2001, he was sixth at the Mosport Grand 
Prix, sixth at the OKRA GrandNationals  where he was the youngest driver in 
his class. In 2000 Brown was fifth in Junior Restricted at the Waterloo 
Regional Kart Club.
Brown drives for 4B Racing Team (www.4bracing.com) and he is supported by 
Assante Asset Management, Team Hurricane, Adin Group Inc (www.adin.ca), 
vhwebdezine, Arnold Engines, Big Brother Big Sisters and South Side Mens 
Shop of Hamilton (905-521-0466).

For more information on Tyler Brown, contact Russ Bond Agency 
(www.russbondagency.com) 905-852-2900.

Hi-Res photos available on request
Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency