Inside Track Readers' Choice Award Nominees Announced
April 18, 2005 From: Inside Track Motorsport News Inside Track Readers’ Choice Award Nominees Announced Program aimed at celebrating the best of Canadian motorsports opens balloting TORONTO, ON – The voting has opened on the third annual “Castrol Presents the Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards”. Starting immediately, Canadian motorsports fans can go to www.insidetracknews.com and register their ballots for the top Canadian racers of 2004. Inside Track Motorsport News is Canada’s top racing magazine. One of the publication’s core mandates is the promotion of Canadian motorsports. The Readers’ Choice Awards are a key component of the magazine’s commitment to shine a bright light on this country’s current and future stars. Eight nominees have been put forward in each of 10 categories representing various popular forms of racing in Canada. They include ‘Racer of the Year’ and ‘Up and Coming Racer of the Year’ awards for ‘Stock Cars’, ‘Road Racing’ and ‘Motorcycles’. As well, Inside Track readers will identify ‘Racer of the Year’ winners for ‘Drag Racing’, ‘Rallying’ and ‘Karting’. Voters will also have an opportunity to vote for the ‘Canadian Racer of the Year Participating at the Highest Levels of International Competition’, as well as selecting an ‘Overall Canadian Racer of the Year’. Finally, they will be polled as to who they believe is ‘Most Deserving of Induction into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame’. “The Readers’ Choice Awards have been embraced by our readers who want to do their part to promote and recognize Canada’s motorsports stars,” said Inside Track Editor-in-Chief Greg MacPherson. “The program has attracted corporate support from title sponsor Castrol Canada, and Karting award presenter PartSource. We also want to recognize the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, who have incorporated several Readers’ Choice Award winners into their recent induction gala celebrations. The program has come a long way in a short period of time thanks to the support of our readers and these great organizations. Congratulations to all the nominees and we want to remind our readers that each category has a place for ‘other’ racers, who we may have overlooked.” All voting for the “Castrol Presents the Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards” will be conducted via a controlled balloting procedure at the official Inside Track website (www.insidetracknews.com). The polls will remain open until 6 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 2005. The results of the readers’ selections will be announced shortly afterward. Castrol presents the Inside Track Readers’ Choice Awards And the nominees are… STOCK CAR RACER OF THE YEAR Rob Clarke, Robbie Thompson, Don Thomson Jr., Shawn Tucker, Kevin Dowler, Peter Gibbons, Roger Bonneville, Pete Bicknell UP AND COMING STOCK CAR RACER OF THE YEAR Scott Gillies, Pete Shepherd III, J.R. Fitzpatrick, Kent Nuhn, Shaun Polack, TJ Woolsey, Ryan Litt, Cody Geldart ROAD RACER OF THE YEAR Jeff Lapcevich, Steve Laporte, Didier Schraenen, Nick Wittmer, Andrew Ranger, Cam Binder, Greg Wilkins, Keith Carter UP AND COMING ROAD RACER OF THE YEAR Alex Penfold, James Hinchcliffe, Kyle Herder, Robert Currie Jr., Sean McIntosh, Jesse Mason, Dan DiLeo, Antoine Bessette MOTORCYCLE RACER OF THE YEAR Jean Sebastien Roy, Pascal Picotte, Don Taylor, Chris Evans, Doug Beattie, Chris Van Hove, Sean Bird, Ron Houniet UP AND COMING MOTORCYCLE RACER OF THE YEAR Jesse Morgan, Dominic Lavoie, Scott Stuyt, Dusty Klatt, Adam Jabouri, Bill Card, Adam Deakon, Dean Wilson DRAG RACER OF THE YEAR Rick DiStefano, Glen Kerunsky, Darrel Smith, Carl Spiering, Jim McCann, Chris Neal Langdon, Jim Behnke, Carl Jessup KART RACER OF THE YEAR Marco Di Leo, Mike Roth, Daniel Morad, Scott Campbell, Jordy Vorrath, Blake Choquer, Lucka Barbeau, Kevin Lacroix RALLY RACER OF THE YEAR Pat Richard, Antoine L'Estage, Jon Nichols, Frederic Labrie, Thierry Menegoz, Norm LeBlanc, Joe Battrick, Andrew Comrie-Picard CANADIAN RACER OF THE YEAR PARTICIPATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF INT’L COMPETITION Paul Tracy, Ron Fellows, Patrick Carpentier, Alex Tagliani, Al Billes, Rob Atchison, Darcy Lange, Miguel Duhamel Please visit www.insidetracknews.com to register your votes as you do your part to celebrate Canadian motorsports. Thank you for your support. Inside Track Communications fast facts: Inside Track Communications is the industry leader in motorsports publications. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Inside Track Communications publishes Inside Track Motorsport News (www.insidetracknews.com) Inside Motorcycles (www.insidemotorcycles.com), Inside Motocross (www.insidemotocross.ca) and Inside Karting (www.insidekartingnews.com). For more information on the Readers’ Choice Awards, contact David Weber at (519) 869-4969.