Fwd: Sunday Barrie

>Subject: Sunday Barrie
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 09:07:22 -0400
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>From: "Jim Leggett" 
>To: "Russ Bond" 
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>For immediate release
>June 25, 2006
>
>Not Just Another Day At The Beach!
>Vincec hailed as “King of the Bay”
>
>BARRIE, ON – Michael Vincec can now be hailed as Barrie’s “King of the 
>Bay” after a grueling day of finals under beautiful but hot weather 
>conditions. Vincec won the elite Formula Senior class while up against a 
>very strong field. He then went on to battle Marco Di Leo for the F1-K 
>crown coming in second. Most people would call it a day but Vincec had one 
>more race on his schedule, the highly competitive Rotax Max Senior. He won 
>this one too but had the glory dashed due to a technical infraction. To 
>add insult injury a sure spot on the “Star Racer” was lost due his being 
>53 days too young!
>
>Most of the other 10 classes saw some fierce battles and the courageous 
>return of Jenn Remple who suffered severe bruising from an accident the 
>previous day that sent her to the hospital. Remple was one of the drivers 
>chosen to move into the “Star Racer” competition along with her brother 
>Greg, brothers Kyle & Pearce Herder, Richard Boake, Matt Champagne, Marco 
>Di Leo and David Patrick.
>
>Rotax Max Senior
>This highly anticipated final ended as a Vincec domination after Devin 
>Cunningham damaged his front end on a hay bale on the second lap. Vincec 
>grabbed the lead and just blew away from the field. Eric Gerrits moved to 
>a distant second but was declared the winner after Vincec was DQ’d in tech.
>
>Quebec’s Christophe Boisclair was awarded second place followed by Darren 
>White.
>
>Canada Junior Heavy
>Kevin Monteith capped off his weekend by winning from the pole position. 
>Michael Di Meo repeated his second place finish from the prefinal and was 
>joined on the podium by Matthew Pilon.
>
>F1-K Cadet
>Reid Arnold stuck to his guns and never gave up and won with a last lap 
>pass beating Spencer Todd. Anthony Furfari had to settle for the third 
>step of the podium after having an early lead taken away by Spencer.
>
>World Formula Junior
>Jeffery May took the win after leading the final two laps. Jesse Facchhini 
>was second having battled Joshua Korenyi for most of the race. Korenyi 
>fell back as far as fifth at the midpoint but salvaged a third place by 
>the final flag.
>
>Canada Senior
>A very hotly contested class led by the Herder Brothers resulted in one of 
>the best races of the day. Kyle Herder came out on top after leading most 
>of the laps with Marco Di Leo in second after Herder made aa last lap dive 
>inside the Tiffin street hairpin. Herder was down to fifth three laps from 
>the finish but came back to win. Greg Rempel completed the podium.
>
>F1-K Junior
>David Ostella gave a command performance leading every lap of his final. 
>Corey Luciano had a battle for second with Scott Laporte for most of the 
>heat but it would be Brendan Wales who would be third.
>
>Formula Senior
>Pole sitter Mike Roth saw his chances go up in clutch smoke when he 
>stalled on the grid after the formation lap. The same happened to local 
>favourite Kyle Marcelli after the second formation lap, which saw the 
>front row placed at the back of the grid. This gave Michael Vincec the 
>pole with Frank Launi beside him.
>
>Vincec got a good start off the line and never looked back. Launi did what 
>he could but after a lapped kart spun at Tiffin Street Launi could not 
>gain on Vincec. Matt Champagne in his return to karts would have to settle 
>for a distant third.
>
>Canada Junior Light
>This was another class with multiple leaders but when the dust had settled 
>Ryan Klutt was on top of the podium. He had the lead in only the last 
>three laps but they were the ones that counted. Andrew Waring was upfront 
>but finished second followed by Dylan Van Tienen.
>
>F1-K Senior
>This final was another hot bed of leaders with the lead switching between 
>Michael Vincec and Marco Di Leo. Di Leo finished on top denying Vincec a 
>tripleheader on the day. Steven Matthews came in third.
>
>Rotax Max Junior
>They’ll remember the name Smrz at the next Barrie Grand Prix after he 
>handily won the final heat. Smrz led nearly lap from start to finish with 
>a good battle with Kevin Montieth. Montieth’s race ended on Lap 9 and 
>Dylan Gibson took on the task of catching Smrz. Cory Luciano however 
>caught Gibson to take second place leaving Gibson in third.
>
>World Formula Senior
>Chris Holman and Corey Usher went head to head in their final heat with 
>Holman coming out on top. Lapped traffic didn’t help Ryan Dennahower’s 
>efforts to catch the leading pair leaving him in third place.
>
>The Pratt & Miller Team Spirit award, which is awarded to the team that 
>exhibits the highest levels of teamwork in the areas of presentation, 
>preparation and results, went to Tiffin Street Crew represented by David Giles.
>
>GM Racing awards for outstanding skills went to Michael Vincec who 
>competed and led in three classes winning one and placing second in 
>another. Kyle Herder who competed in two classes and won one.
>
>
>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
>
>Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency (www.russbondagency.com)