'Bears' run wild at Mosport OKRA GrandNationals

July 30, 2005
OKRA GrandNationals sends home six more 'bears'

MOSPORT, ONTARIO  The second day of the OKRA GrandNationals produced some 
of the best races of the weekend, including the much anticipated debut of 
the Cameron Motorsports F1-K karts that debuted in fine form in a 30 minute 
enduro at the end of the day.

Formula Senior kicked off the day, and it was Daniel Morad on the front row 
with Matt Pritiko beside him. Pritiko jumped off the start to take the lead 
and held it to the checkered flag to capture his first 'bear'. Behind him 
came Morad and Jesse Labbe.  Marco Di Leo and Rene Silva enjoyed a race 
long spirited battle with Di Leo coming out on top for fourth, and Silva 
settled for fifth.

Garrett Grist led from flag-to-flag to take the bear in Novice. Grist built 
a lead from the first lap and won by a 22 second margin. Second went to 
Lucas Panzica and rounding out the podium war Nicholas Waring. Fourth was 
Austin Milwain and Gio Pizzaierhead finished fifth.

World Formula Junior was the property of Joshua Korenyi. He won by a scant 
2.2 seconds over Dylan Gibson, who came from sixth on the first lap to 
finish second. Wes Calaguiro rounded out the podium, while Scott Laporte 
was fourth and Addison Rayner was fifth.

Canada Senior Heavy was one by Pearce Herder, who claimed his second bear 
of the weekend. Michael Iamumdi finished second, some 17 seonds behind 
Herder. Eric Gerrits was third. Randy Packham and Jamie MacArthur rounded 
out the top five.

Canada Junior Light went to Reid Arnold, who stepped up to the top step of 
the podium for the second time on the weekend. Andrew Waring finished 
second and Henry Schneider was third. Vincent Rago was fourth and Tim 
Filidtrault was fifth.

World Formula Senior was as dramatic as it gets. Paul Carvalho led from the 
flag, while Adriano Bilotta, who started last worked his way through the 
field. By lap 17, he caught Carvalho and passed him for the lead, only to 
have his exhaust come off and be black flagged. As a result Corey Usher 
finished second and Wilson Tessari Neto was third. Andrew Deaves and Steve 
Auger rounded out the top five.

Formula Junior was a battle from the drop of the green flag. Maxime 
Pelletier took the early lead, and then was overhauled by David Ostella, 
who went on to win. Pelletier finished second, and Michael Vincec, who went 
to the back on the first lap after an off course incident came back to 
finish third, just ahead of Alex Labbe. Steven Mathews was fifth.

The final race of the day was the F1-K enduro, which featured the 
arrive-and-drive karts from Cameron Motorsports. After an incredible battle 
at the front , Sal Ditta, who has taken this year off karting to 
concentrate on his landscape company Greenblock Property Services, and 
Marco Di Leo beat the team from Canadian Karting News with drivers Frank 
Launi and Daniel Morad by six-tenths of a second. 2004 SRFKC Formula Senior 
champ Mike Roth and Eric Gerrits were third, just 2.1 seconds behind the 
leaders. Rounding out the top five was the teams of Kaitlyn Johnston and 
Jeff Grist, and Dan Di Leo and Aaron de Heus.