The final day of Mosport's Victoria Day SpeedFest saw non-stop action with five races to cap-off the first major event of the season. In the Pirelli World Challenge Championship, Charlotte, NC native Mike Skeen took the checker flag in the GT Class for the second consecutive day, setting the new track record in the process with a time of 1:20.692.
Patrick Long of Bellaire, FL, finished in second place after starting on the front row. Flowery Branch, FL resident Johnny O'Connell took the final spot on the GT podium in the Cadillac CTS-V. 2010 Rookie of the Year Fred Roberts of Toronto was the highest finishing Canadian, ending up in tenth place.
Paul Brown of Covina, CA was the winner in the GTS Class, while point's leader Eric Foss of Dallas, TX finished third.
The Touring Class winner for the second straight day was Lawson Aschenbach of Darnestown, MD. Thornhill, ON's Anthony Rapone once again finished in second spot.
2010 SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am champion won the pole position for Sunday's race and never looked back. The win was the third consecutive for the Maiden, NC native. Local racer, Blaise Csida of Stouffville, ON finished in second place, besting his third place finish from a year ago.
Sunday's racing also had the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship hold their second race of the weekend. In the Super Touring Class, Richard Boake of King City, ON took the victory over Ashton, ON native Arek Wojciechowski by 5.712 seconds. They finished one-two for the second straight day. Gary Kwok of Markham, ON won the Touring Class Sunday, matching his feat from Saturday.
Late Saturday night (May 21) Andrew Romocki of Mississauga, drove his Panoz GTS to victory in the three-hour Sundown Grand Prix. Markham's Nicholas Krikorian was second.
From Ryan Chalmers, Mosport / ryan@mosport.com
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