Thursday, May 31, 2007

NCATS, KONI CHALLENGE HEADLINE FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND

Courtesy Mosport

(BOWMANVILLE, ON – May 28, 2007) Dads will be in for a real racing treat when the new NASCAR Canadian Tire Series makes its much anticipated Mosport debut, along with the Grand-Am KONI Challenge, as part of the Father's Day Doubleheader, June 15, 16 & 17.

Filling out one half of the doubleheader weekend are the powerful stock cars of the new NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, which will take to Mosport's demanding 4 km, 10 turn road course on Sunday (June 16) in the Mosport 200, presented by Canadian Shield Anticrime Response Corporation.

Many of the drivers competing in the new Series are Canadian stock car veterans who know Mosport's road course well. They include the likes of D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON), Don Thomson, Jr. (Ayr, ON), last year's pole-sitter J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) and race winner, Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON). Former Champ Car racer, Andrew Ranger of Roxton Pond, QC, is scheduled to make his first road course start in Canada’s NASCAR series this Father’s Day weekend.

Rounding out the other half of the twinbill are the high-performance sports sedans of the U.S.-based Grand-Am KONI Challenge. With 400 km championship races in both the ST class, which features agile and quick Acuras, BMWs and Mazdas, and the powerful Mustangs and Porsches of the GS class, Dad will be entertained with first-rate racing action all weekend long. The GS race is set for Saturday, while the ST race is on the Sunday schedule.

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