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Legal street race in Barrie, Ontario! |
June 20, 2003
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will be some legal street racing this weekend in Barrie, Canada as the
Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship (SRFKC) presented by Toronto Star
Wheels will visit the picturesque street circuit for the first time to
contest the The Pepsi Grand Prix of Barrie presented by Pfaff Porsche. In Formula Senior, the driver to watch will be Pfaff Porsche Birel driver Mike Roth. Roth won at Mosport and was second in round three, and this weekend his sponsor Pfaff Porsche is the presenting sponsor. "I am ready to go," Roth said. "I like the layout of the track, and hopefully I can get the Pfaff Porsche Birel in victory lane on Sunday." Barrie is the hometown of some of the other drivers, like Brad Leliever and Matt Stovold. Leliever won round three in his Barrie Honda/Mr.Sub Rotax and will be looking to impress in front of his Barrie based sponsors. "We dodged one bullet already this weekend," Leliever said. "Originally we had a Pro Formula Vee race in Mt-Tremblant scheduled for this weekend - but we were coming here. Luckily the Vee race was cancelled early this week, so I won't have to play catch up in that series. Barrie Honda has been a long time sponsor of mine and now I get to race in their backyard. I am hoping things go well in Rotax and Formula Senior."
On Saturday, the Pepsi Grand Prix will
feature the OKDG (Ontario KartSport Development Group)
classes along with Formula Junior,
the first of the SRFKC
classes to run on the weekend. In
Formula Junior, Paul Tracy Kart (PTK) driver, Guelph's Robert Wickens will
be looking to keep his perfect season alive. Wickens has gone four for four
so far this year, and two wins here would all but clinch the championship
for him. Heading up the likely contenders to upset Wickens are Quebec
CRG driver Jesse Labbe. Daniel
Morad and Keaton Doerksen are also expected to bring Birel colors to the
fight for the win. |