News Release

Champagne and Chiovitti on Mojo Radio

The first annual Guy�s Garage Show and Shine at Shoeless Joes on Saturday Sept. 7 drew a huge number of cars � plus two karts. The karts belonged to Birel�s Juliana Chiovitti and the Hurricane Racing MBA of Matt Champagne. Johnny B, host of the popular show that airs on Mojo Radio AM640 on Saturdays, was happy to have not one, but two of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship drivers on the show.

�These kids are the next big Canadian racing stars,� he said. �To get them both on at the same show was great. It made for a good interview.�

Chiovitti brought her Birel USA Formula Senior Shifter, while Champagne had his Hurricane MBA F125, and a MBA RotaxMax on display at the show.

�We had a good time,� said Champagne. �A lot of people came to see and talk to us about the karts.�

Chiovitti also had fun doing the show. �JohnnyB�s great. You never know what he�s going to ask you.�

 Wickens hits Raceline Radio

 Newly crowned Formula Junior Champion Robert Wickens will join Inside Karting�s Russ Bond on Raceline Radio on Monday night, Sept. 9 at 10:00 pm on Chum 1050.

�Raceline Radio have always been very good to us,� said Bond. �They are Canada�s premier motorsports news radio show, and for them to put our 13-year-old Formula Junior Champion on live, coast-to-coast shows the level the SRFKC has attained in its first year. Both hosts, Eric [Tomas] and John [Massingberd] have been big supporters of the series and we are happy to have Robert join them in the studio.�

Wickens is excited about going to the Raceline studio. �I think it will be fun to see how the show is done live. I�m a little nervous, but it should be fun.�

 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.

 The Formula Senior class will feature F125cc shifter karts, which are capable of exceeding 100 mph. Both Formula classes will make Formula 1 style standing starts.

At the end of the season, two drivers will be selected from each of the four classes plus the two drivers from the ASN Canadian National Championships will be invited to a one-day evaluation test at the Bridgestone/Firestone Racing Academy at Mosport, provided they are 16 years of age prior to the date of the test.
Out of those 10 drivers, two will earn a full scholarship to the 2003 Bridgestone/Firestone Toronto Star Wheels F2000 racing series.

 Photos available on request, contact: Russ Bond, Inside Karting, [email protected] For more information, please contact: Brad Brown, Sunoco Motorsports, www.sunoco.ca (416)-233-8727. ASN Canada FIA, Paul Cooke, www.asncanada.com, (905)-403-9000. Russ Bond, www.insidetracknews.com, (416)-962-7223