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Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star Wheels Junior class wrap up

For immediate release
May 16, 2005

Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship presented by Toronto Star Wheels 
Junior class wrap up
Pelletier, Vincec, Arnold, Korenyl and Holtom take junior wins in 2005 opener

GOODWOOD, ONTARIO  The opening round of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting 
Championship presented by Toronto Star Wheels kicked off with the Saturday 
headline class, Formula Junior. It was the start of a great day of racing. 
Here are the Junior class wrap up reports.

Formula Junior
Cameron Mortorsports CRG driver, Maxime Pelletier took the pole, and then 
went on to overhaul early leader, First Kart's David Ostella for the win. 
Birel's Kenny Riedmann finished second after a race long battle with 
Cameron Motorsports Kyle Marcelli on his CRG.

Rotax Max Junior
Cameron Motorsports' Mike Vincec took the pole and he went on to win by 
.747 over First Kart's Kevin Monteith. Third was Cameron Motorsports' 
Maxime Pelletier.

Canada Junior Light
The youngest driver registered, Gold Kart's Reid Arnold had a clean sweep 
in Canada Junior Light. He took the Pfaff Fast Qualifier pole award by .272 
over fellow Gold Kart driver, Vincent Rago. Arnold went on the win by 3.071 
seconds over Birel's Mitchell Casey, who had moved up from fourth on the 
grid. Birel's Andrew Waring had qualified third, and finished third also.

World Formula Junior
World Formula Junior enjoyed an impressive 20 kart field for round 1, and 
Team Hurricane's Joshua Korenyl of Stoney Creek took  the Pfaff Fast 
Qualifier pole award by a scant .092 over TrackMagic's Dylan Gibson. 
Korenyl went on to win by a comfortable 4-second margin over Team 
Hurricane's Scott Laporte and defending 2004 champion William Keatings.

Canada Junior Heavy
Gold Kart's Justin Holtom took the Pfaff Fast qualifier award and he went 
on to win the titanic battle that ensued. Numerous lead changes and one red 
flag kept those watching on the edge of their seats until the very end when 
Holtom crossed the line first. Second was First Kart's Kevin Monteith and 
3-S Birel driver Kenny Riedmann was third.

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.

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

PHOTO - REID ARNOLD - THE YOUNGEST DRIVER IN THE SERIES - TOOK HIS FIRST 
WIN IN CANADA JUNIOR LIGHT - PHOTO BY ED GATNER

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