HONDA/MICHELIN SERIES RETURN TO MOSPORT FOR THE NEXT EXCITING ROUND

Montreal, Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - The Honda/Michelin Challenge 
Series returns to Mosport Friday June 17 for Round 3 of the 2005 
schedule. Barely six days after a grueling action-packed Canadian 
Grand Prix support event in Montreal, the series' drivers will face 
each other again on the challenging 3.957 km Mosport International 
Raceway road course.

In last Saturday's Montreal race, Nick Wittmer took the win vaulting 
him to third place in the series standings.  He now has 58 points and 
is within striking distance of series leader Didier Schraenen with 65 
points. Wittmer dominated the race in his de Sigi Autosport sponsored 
Honda Civic DX Coupe. He led all 14 laps of the race, never being 
passed. This was a dramatic improvement over his seventh place finish 
in the Series opening race in May.  Schraenen had hoped to achieve 
his dream of winning in Montreal but instead finished third.  He will 
have another chance to win August 28 when the series returns to 
Montreal for the Montreal Molson Indy race weekend. Schraenan still 
leads the standings by one point over Steven Laporte. Laporte, last 
year's series winner, now with 53 points, brought home his Lombardi 
Racing Honda in the runner-up position for the second consecutive 
race. Alex Penfold of Georgetown (ON) had another good race with a 
second consecutive fourth-place finish. However, the Pfaff Leasing 
Honda driver was unhappy with his performance in Montreal, and was 
unable to fight for the lead. He's currently fourth in the series 
with 54 points.

Four points back in the championship, is Kuno Wittmer. In the race he 
was plagued with problems in qualifying and although these were fixed 
in time for the race, he had to fight back from ninth on the grid and 
only managed fifth place. Robert Boyer was a threat to win, running 
third and hounding his Lombardi teammate Laporte, but a brush with 
the wall forced him to retire with three laps to go. As a result, 
Boyer fell to seventh in the series with 43 points and remains six 
points behind his  brother Normand. Matt Champagne of Fonthill (ON) 
was sixth in Montreal and still leads the rookie standings.

Action at Mosport begins this weekend at 4:20 p.m. with a practice 
session. On Saturday June 18, the drivers will participate in a 
thirty minute qualifying session for Sunday's sixteen lap race. That 
race is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m.


The Series
The Honda Michelin Challenge Series is sanctioned by ASN Canada FIA, 
sponsored by Honda Canada Inc. and co-sponsored by Michelin North 
America (Canada) Inc. Supporting partners include; Dynamic 
Suspensions, Bosal, CSC Racing Products, Goodridge, NGK Spark Plugs, 
Hawk Performance, Mechanix Wear and Racing Radios.

Honda is the world's preeminent maker of engines for automobiles, 
motorcycles and power equipment. With more than 120 manufacturing 
facilities in 30 countries worldwide, Honda now attracts nearly 20 
million customers annually. Honda Canada manufactures the Honda 
Ridgeline, Civic, Pilot, and the Acura EL and MDX at its two plants 
in Alliston, Ontario.