AMICO Racing and BAMF Motorsport team up to fight Prostate Cancer…….. by growing Moustaches?

It started for us in 2008; rally driver Ken Block was promoting Movember as a way to help fight prostate cancer. Yes I said MOVEMBER, think moustache (MO) and November (VEMBER) hence MOVEMBER. Combining rally racing and being Tom Selleck fans has seldom been so acceptable, we sized the opportunity and were sporting some pretty awesome staches for our annual journey up to Bancroft and the Rally of the Tall Pines.

During the month of November the guys don’t put razor to face until just prior our annual trip up to the Rally of the Tall Pines in beautiful Bancroft Ontario.

The guys at AMICO Racing and BAMF Motorsport work hard all year and the trip up to Bancroft is a chance to unwind and watch someone else do some racing, that means we can have Beer or two!

We’ve decided this year that everyone will donate a minimum of $1.00 per drink over the course of the weekend with those funds going to MOVEMBER CANADA to help prostate cancer research. We like to encourage you to rock out an awesome mustache even if you can’t make it up to Bancroft. Send us a picture of your MOVEMBER staches and the team will pick the best one. Send to contest@amicoracing.com you’ll get your picture up of the front page of the AMICO Racing website and we’ll make the donation in your name. If you would like to make a personal donation to help fight prostate cancer follow this LINK

Danny Johnson Rallies Again For Brockville Big-Block Series Win!

 
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Johnson Nips Sheppard In Brockville's Big-Block DIRTcar Fall Nationals
'Super Matt' closes in on 1st Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar crown
 
Brockville, ONT – October 17, 2010 – Danny Johnson has a knack for the dramatic, shadowing his competition right until the end before making his final move in traffic to seize another series victory.
 
Super DIRTcar Series points leader Matt Sheppard was the latest victim of Johnson's late-race heroics, getting caught up beside a back marker with just four laps to go to hand over the lead and surprise win to the 'Doctor' in the 2nd Annual Global Warranty DIRTcar Notheast Fall Nationals on Sunday at Brockville Ontario Speedway.
 
Steering owner Mike Payne's potent small-block powered Honeoye Auto Parts no. 7z Currier Plastics-Waste Management-Rochester Americans/Bicknell ride for a second straight night, Johnson closed out his best weekend of the season with a $6,000 triumph in Brockville's 2010 season finale.
 
"The way things are going, it might not be a bad idea racing here every week," smiled Johnson, 50, after scoring his second series victory of the season ---both on Canadian soil--- which brought his weekend total to $8,500 at the BOS. His runner-up finish the night before in the 100-lap 358-Modified main event secured him the overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship, worth another $10,000 for the native Rochester, New Yorker.
 
"I was right on Matt and he knew it. Was pressuring him and he tried to go inside on the lapped car and got squeezed. They came together inside the corner and he got out of control and I went by him. You just never know what to do coming into traffic and there's only a split second to make a decision. Matt went hard low and then things just went our way," remarked Johnson, who slipped under Brett Hearn who got boxed behind traffic in turn three of the final lap to claim the Super DIRT Week 358-Modified show last weekend at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park.
 
Once in the lead, Johnson opened up a commanding 10 car-length margin under the checkered flag, followed by Sheppard, open-wheel veteran Pat Ward, tour regular Dale Planck, and last Sunday's SEF Small Engine Fuels 200 winner at Syracuse Stewart Friesen. The disappointing finish for 'Super Matt' still increased his lead to 74 points over top challenger Jimmy Phelps, who settled for 10th-place in the chase for the coveted Mr. DIRTcar Big-Block crown.
 
"I thought that lapped car saw me under him, but I guess not, he kind of pinched me down on the bottom," lamented Sheppard, 28, referring to the surprise contact coming from Denis Gauvreau with just a handful of laps remaining that helped determine the final outcome. "I had to get on the breaks real hard and that kicked my car sideways, and then I just slid up out of the rubber and Danny got by."
 
Sheppard out-jumped early race leader Brett Hearn on a lap 10 restart and despite being slowed by nearly a dozen yellow flags, never wavered behind the wheel of the JB Motorsports no. 9s Xtreme Lubricants/Bicknell machine. He even endured a rare red flag on lap 27 after Carey Terrance hooked an infield uke tire entering turn one to cause a mid-pack scramble that sent Mike Adderley limping into the ambulance for a five-minute check-up. Adderley was okay in the incident yet his no. 99a TEO mount that he planned to enter in the upcoming World Finals in Charlotte, N.C. was a write-off.
 
At the halfway mark Sheppard held a comfortable advantage over Ward, Johnson, Hearn and Friesen, although the slickening track surface seemed to playing right into the hands of Johnson, who began seventh in the 31-car starting field alongside Phelps.
 
Johnson wasted little time grabbing the runner-up slot after a lap 55 restart, and for the next 40 circuits mirrored Sheppard's every as they navigated around the banked 3/8-miler on a cool autumn afternoon in Ontario, Canada's Thousand Islands region. A quartet of caution periods for minor mishaps slowed the pace and provided Sheppard a clean track in front of him on each ensuing restart.
 
Frenchman Pierre Dagenais and north country traveler Lance Wiilix II tangled in turn two in the aftermath of Francois Bernier looping in the first turn to force out the 11th and final slowdown on lap 86. The last 15 laps run under green allowed Johnson to keep Sheppard in his sights, however it also offered plenty of time for 'Super Matt' to track down traffic as the laps dwindled.
 
Sheppard approached Gauvreau exiting the second turn and pulled along side as the pair throttled down the back chute. Gauvreau suddenly veered low making contact with the leader heading into the third corner and Sheppard was unable to stay in the groove as Johnson quickly filled the void.
 
"We were in a good spot at the end to take advantage of Matt's situation," said Johnson, following his 10th front-five finish in 20 point races, including his first tour triumph of the season at Autodrome Drummond (Que.) in July. "This car has been so good and I owe it all to Mike for giving me such a top piece of equipment."
 
"We've got great communication going for us right now, that's all it is. Mike works so hard he deserves to have this kind of weekend. He watches everything that goes on and a lot of times he knows things even before I ask him. Tonight he had everything ready to go and the car really carried me the whole night," added Johnson, who only changed the left-front shock and mounted four new tires following his second-place finish the previous night.
 
Sheppard was an early drop-out the night before in the Jeff Brownell-owned small-block car, yet with a bigger prize at stake in the Big-Block ranks on Sunday, the Waterloo, N.Y. pilot ran the entire distance to pick up valuable points toward the elusive Mr. DIRTcar crown.
 
"Congratulations to Danny, he had a real fast car and was in the right place to take advantage of the opportunity, so good for him," said Sheppard, who finished just four points behind defending Mr. DIRTcar Champion Brett Hearn last year in the closest battle of the new millennium. "Sometimes you want to be in second, sometimes you don't. It's just the way things worked out tonight, pretty much is what it is. We had a good car tonight, in the long (points) run it was a good race for us."
 
Ward hung on to third for his best Super DIRTcar Series finish of the season, out-performing Gypsum Express teammates Billy Decker (9th) and Larry Wight (12th) on the final scoresheet.
 
"Your starting spot was definitely a key tonight with such a narrow groove," said Ward, 53, after the Genoa driver matched his third-place tally registered at Brewerton (NY) Speedway in July. "Matt and Danny were quite a bit quicker so we'll take third, still had a pretty decent car."
"Just needed to put a little more gear in the car with the track locking down so much. We kept the smaller Big-Block in tonight, just needed a little more gear get off the corner. Probably still wouldn't be able to get by those guys but maybe have given them a little better battle down the stretch," stated Ward.
 
With just the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Nov. 4-6, waiting to determine the overall Mr. DIRTcar Big-Block Modified Champion in 2010, Sheppard (2875) holds a more comfortable lead over Phelps (2801), with Billy Decker (2698), Brett Hearn (2664), Danny Johnson (2507) Dale Planck (2425), Billy Dunn (2273), Ryan Phelps (2266), Tom Sears Jr. (2165) and Larry Wight (2099) completing the Top-10 on the points chart. A pair of 30-lap Modified main events are set to go off on Nov. 5 & 6, with Bilstein Shocks Time Trials leading off the DIRTcar doubleheader on Thr., Nov. 4.
 
Super DIRTcar Series Race #19 – Brockville Ontario Speedway, October 17, 2010 'Global Warranty DIRTcar NE Fall Nationals "Thousand Islands RV 100" Big-Block Modified Event
 
Summary
FIN   STR    CAR#     DRIVER
1          7          7z        Danny Johnson/Rochester,NY ($6,000)
2          4          9s        Matt Sheppard/Waterloo,NY
3          1          42p     Pat Ward/Genoa,NY
4          12        77x      Dale Planck/Cortland,NY
5          3          1f         Stewart Friesen/Niagara-o-t-Lake,ONT
6          13        21        Yan Bussiere/Drummondville,QUE
7          2          20        Brett Hearn/Sussex,NJ
8          5          49        Billy Dunn/Watertown,NY
9          14        91        Billy Decker/Unadilla,NY
10        8          98h      Jimmy Phelps/Baldwinsville,NY
11        20        62s      Tom Sears Jr./Clay,NY
12        21        99L     Larry Wight/Phoenix,NY
13        6          6          Pat O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
14        18        74        Matt Billings/Brockville, ONT
15        27        66w     Brian McDonald/Cornwall,ONT
16        29        8          Rich Scagliotta/Bound Brook,NJ
17        31        124     Pierre DagenaisGatineau,QUE
18        16        03        Lance Willix II/Theresa,NY®
19        9          99        Ryan Phelps/Fulton,NY
20        26        72        Denis Gauvreau/Alymer,QUE
21        23        22c      Mario Clair/St-Edmond,QUE
22        25        23b     Dany Bilodeau/Victoriaville,QUE
23        24        49f       Francois Bernier/St-Hyacinthe,QUE
24        11        7*        Danny O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
25        22        88        Tim O'Brien/Kingston,ONT
26        10        66x      Carey Terrance/Akwesasne,NY
27        19        99a     Mike Adderley/Charlotte,NC
28        15        07        Tim Kerr/Picton,ONT
29        17        9          Jason Riddell/Cardinal,ONT
30        30        38        Luke Whitteker/Iroquois,ONT
31        28        96        Kyle Dingwall/Brockville,ONT
 
GATER RACING NEWS LAP LEADERS:   Hearn (1-9), Sheppard (10-95), D.Johnson (96-100).                                                  
CAUTIONS:   11 for 37 laps.                                              
HEAT WINNERS:   P.O'Brien, Ward, Dunn, D.Johnson.                                                 
CONSI WINNERS:   Wight, T.O'Brien.                                          
 
From: Tom Skibinski- DIRTcar 

Sears Scores 6th Series Win At BOS, Earns Mr. DIRTcar Crown!

 
Sears Captures DIRTcar NE Fall Nationals Title Sunday At Brockville
6th Series victory locks up overall Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman points championship
 
Brockville, ONT – October 17, 2010 – Just needing to start the feature race to clinch the overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Championship on Sunday afternoon at Brockville Ontario Speedway, Tim Sears Jr. closed out a storybook season with his sixth series victory of the 2010 campaign in the headline 'Global Warranty DIRTcar NE Fall Nationals BOB FM Radio 50' finale.
 
The second-generation driver from Clay, N.Y. fell one victory shy of tying the single-season tour win mark yet 10 top-3 finishes in 12 extra-distance events provided more than enough to claim the coveted crown in convincing fashion.
 
"Going for the Mr. DIRTcar title just kind of fell into place for us this season," remarked, Sears, 18, who ended the season with 16 checkered flags, only one series win short of matching Joe Williams count of seven established in 2007. "We just put ourselves in good positions and it all worked out really nice."
 
"Never would've believed winning six series races. My dad and uncle Tom (Sears) worked to give me a great car and my grandparents helped me a lot pitching in with some money. We don't have any sponsors so we're doing it all on our own. That's probably what makes this whole deal so special," said Sears, following his first full season chasing the division's biggest prize aboard the family-owned no. 83x Total Site Development/Bicknell..
 
Last Saturday's Syracuse Super DIRT Week Sportsman winner Ryan Susice settled for second after charging from 20th, while Justin Wright finished third ahead of Ontario favorites Shane Pecore and Chris Herbison.
 
Two-time defending Mr. DIRTcar titlist and last year's inaugural Fall Nationals winner Chris Raabe set fast time yet grabbed number six in the customary pre-race draw to leave the door open for a possible successor. Recently crowned Brockville points champion Dylan Evoy was just the man as he selected the pole-position and was the early leader of the 50-lap shootout.
 
Tour regular Christine Martin took advantage of her guaranteed starter status to fill out the 30-car field although she incurred the initial caution period on lap four after looping her pink no. 81 SUNY Canton-American Traditions/Troyer entry low in turn one. Mark Dixon bolted by Evoy on the ensuing restart yet could not keep it from Raabe as he forged ahead high around Dixon on lap 12.
 
In pursuit of a record-shattering 32nd feature win on the DIRTcar Sportsman circuit in 2010, Raabe appeared to be in control despite numerous yellow flags keeping the race pace slow and the top spot anything but protected. With the 'Teenage Tornado' from Napanee, Ont. holding on to the lead up front, Wright moved in to challenge with 15 laps scored while third-place Dixon and sixth running Sears sandwiched Brandon Sweet and Steve Barber during the early stages.
 
While Raabe held off the early advances of Wright and Sears, Susice continued to mount a charge and by lap 18 had already cracked the Top-10 and was looking for more. Contact between Frenchman Guy Ouellette and Dixon on the back stretch forced Ouellette into the pits with a cut tire, leaving Susice in fourth position and looking for more.
 
The lap 22 restart after Ouellette's misfortune turned into shot of good luck for Sears as he slid under Raabe for the final lead exchange while Susice followed him through the hole. And that's the way the pair stayed the remainder of the way with Sears opening up a three car-length at the stripe.
 
"Didn't really learn too much in practice out there, only got a few laps and the track was mostly greasy and wet," noted Sears, who started third come feature time yet fell out of the top-five before making his move toward the front a third of the way through. "Once the rubber started getting laid down we were able to work our way back toward the front as the track got faster."
 
"After that everybody else seemed to get tighter and tighter, but we stayed the same the whole race. As the race went on guys were going into the turns hard but couldn't stay low and pushed up, then I could get beside them on the straightaways and beat them into the corners," Sears said.
Susice was just as dominant as Sears yet ran out of time as the final laps clicked off, finishing second in the race to also wind up second in the overall Mr. DIRTcar standings for a second successive season.
 
"This was probably our last race in a Sportsman car so it was good to go out with a solid finish," said Susice, another second-generation pilot who hails from Ransomville, N.Y. who was behind the wheel of the CBR Fabrication no. 38 Investor's Service Company-Philpac Packaging/Bicknell entry.
"We've had a good run, won four track championships the last couple years and winning Syracuse was a dream come true --- its our 'Super Bowl' of racing every year. It's nice to finish second two years in a row, hey things could be a lot worse," Susice figured.
 
While Susice finished in fifth-place last October at Brockville, Wright took runner-up honors before falling back one position this time around.
"We kept the car straight and out of trouble so third is a good finish today, especially behind Tim and Ryan," said Wright, who logged laps in a Modified over the summer teamed with two-time Syracuse 200 winner Vic Coffey. "They're both class acts and been among the best all year."
"Tim's been on a roll, any time he shows up at track he's never seen before he ends up winning. We gave it a shot but just fell a little short. Lapped cars weren't much of a problem out there, when you showed your nose they pretty much moved out of the way. I'm happy to drive all the way up here and finish third, it was definitely worth it," added Wright, recognized once more buckled into the Mercer Milling Company no. 19w Yager Bros. Trucking/Bicknell machine.
 
Finishing behind Sears (2100) and Susice (1996) in the final 2010 Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Series Championship point standings are Raabe (1947), Wright (1814), Western New York traveler Jesse Cotriss (1727), pre-season favorite to wear the crown Steve Gray (1680), Shane Pecore (1678), Mark Chiddy (1630), Mark Dixon (1578) and Christine Martin (1466).
 
Mr. DIRTcar Sportsman Championship Series Race #12 – Brockville Ontario Speedway, Oct. 17, 2010 'Global Warranty DIRTcar NE Fall Nationals BOB FM Radio 50' Event Summary
 
FIN   STR    CAR#     DRIVE/HOMETOWN
1          3          83x      Tim Sears Jr./Clay,NY ($1,000)
2          20        38        Ryan Susice/Ransomville,NY
3          10        19w     Justin Wright/Piffard,NY
4          14        15        Shane Pecore/Cornwall,ONT
5          4          63        Chris Herbison/Brockville,ONT
6          11        6          Mike Mainse/Kingston,ONT
7          8          27        Sheldon Hoogwerf/Prescott,ONT
8          12        1m       Mathieu Desjardins/Sorel,QUE
9          2          140     Mark Dixon/Durham,ONT
10        25        3b        Steve Billings/Smiths Falls,ONT
11        5          24        Brandon Sweet/Watertown,NY
12        7          80        Steve Barber/Lansdowne,ONT
13        16        88x      Michel Primeau/Summerstown,ONT
14        6          01        Chris Raabe/Napanee,ONT
15        23        7          Kenny Polite/Spencerville,ONT
16        27        03        Josh Jock/Akwesasne,NY
17        9          17j       Jamie Platt/Watertown,NY®
18        21        55c      Jesse Cotriss/Akron,NY
19        18        52        Jessica Power/Kingston,ONT
20        26        44        Todd Ferguson/Prescott,ONT
21        15        07        Guy Ouellette/Valcourt,QUE
22        17        25        Steve Bernier/St-Hyacinthe,QUE
23        28        66        Tabatha Murphy/Prescott,ONT
24        13        20        Randy Earl/Brockville,ONT
25        24        30        Brent Kelsey/Plantagenet,ONT®
26        22        92        Adam Turner/Picton,ONT
27        19        8a        Dana Aikins/Wellesley Island,NY
28        30        81        Christine Martin/Wellesley Island,NY
29        1          83        Dylan Evoy/Brockville,ONT
DNS    29        30t       Thunder Anderson/Hogansburg,NY
LAP LEADERS:   Evoy (1-3), Dixon (4-11), Raabe (12-21), Sears (22-50).  
CAUTIONS:   11 (lap 4, lap 13, lap 15, lap 18, lap 19, lap 22, lap 26, lap 27, lap 30, lap 30, lap 38).                                  
HEAT WINNERS:   Sears, Raabe, Mainse, Platt.                                    
CONSI WINNERS:   Susice, Cotriss.                                
FAST TIME TRIALER:   Chris Raabe (15.866sec/85.088mph).                        
CARS ENTERED:   40.                              
 
From: Tom Skibinski- DIRTcar

Valade Wins Brockville- Jackson Takes Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Crown!

 

Valade Scores 1st In Global Warranty DIRTcar Fall Nationals At Brockville
Jackson locks up overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship
 
Brockville, ONT – October 16, 2010 – It was a night of firsts Saturday at Brockville Ontario Speedway as Ghislain Valade captured his first Pro Stock Series win in the headline 'Global Warranty DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals 50' while full-fender veteran Louie Jackson held on to secure the overall Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Championship for the first time in his career.
 
Both the race win and points title remained in doubt right up until the final checkered flag dropped as a restart with just two laps to go tightened the pack and the two-wide alignment left no position safe.
 
"I've been waiting for this for a long time, definitely a career accomplishment," said Jackson, who not only edged Corey Wheeler by a single marker in the closest Mr. DIRTcar points battle of all time, Joey Ladouceur finished just three back to highlight the tightest race since the Pro Stock tour inception in 1995. "We definitely had a championship car and this is a title I've wanted for quite awhile."
 
Wheeler chased Valade and runner-up Stefanski across the line in a mad scramble to the finish on the green-white-checker flag run, while Ladouceur and 19th-place starter P.J. Peters filled out the front-five.
 
Jackson now also holds the dubious distinction of becoming the first Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock champion to earn the crown without a single victory. A winner of four tour stops from 2005-08, the Akwesasne, N.Y. pilot posted a second, two third and a fourth-place finish to cap off the nine-race series, settling for ninth-place in the Brockville finale.
 
Four-time and defending Mr. DIRTcar champ Pete Stefanski nosed ahead of fourth-place starter Ricky Thompson to lead off the 50-lap Pro Stock main event. Once Thompson sped by on the second circuit, Stefanski began to drop back as Valade charged from sixth to second with only a handful of laps complete.
 
Continuing to run straight through under green, the leaders caught traffic by lap 15 and the next time around Thompson got pinned behind back-marker Daryl Mitchell to give up the point to Valade. Mitchell then looped his machine in turn four to force out the first yellow flag, with Thompson dropping to fourth behind second-place David Papineau and Ladouceur.
 
Gilles Godard spun off the track high in turn three on lap 20 and Thompson suffered a flat tire to incur a third caution period on lap 22. Tour regular Dave Bissonnette slowed off the pace on lap 23 to bring out another yellow, and at the halfway mark Valade was able to hold back Stefanski, Ladouceur, Papineau and Wheeler.
 
A turn two tangle between Godard and Jocelyn Roy forced out another caution as did the stoppage of Marc Lalonde in the infield right opposite the starter stand. Ladouceur continued to challenge for second and third positions on each restart and with Jackson hovering around the top-10, not more than five points separated the two Mr. DIRTcar front-runners  the remainder of the way.
 
When Mitchell looped his mount I turn four to require the seventh and final slowdown on lap 48, the final sprint to the finish kept scorers reeling and the tabulation to determine Mr. DIRTcar put on the table for a second re-count.
 
"The car wasn't too great at first but really came around about midway through and started getting some really good bite," added Jackson, whose no. 18 Adams Marina-Keegan Smoke Shop/Chevrolet Monte Carlo began fifth on the 20-car starting grid before running closer to 10th-place the majority of the race. "This is a real big deal for me because where I come from, Akwesasne, there aren't any trophies like these. There aren't any Syracuse trophies either so this is the first and its one of the best."
 
Valade is now owner of his very first race day trophy, one that has eluded the full-fender chauffeur throughout his 2010 campaign.
 
"This feels real good, it's been something long overdo," remarked Valade, who earlier in the season chalked up a second-place finish to Ladouceur at Mohawk Int'l Raceway in September. I came close a few times and tonight I was finally able to do it."
 
"A lot of yellows but we had a good car. On that last restart I got shoved but was able to keep it going and pass them back again for the win. We don't have the same budget as some of the tour guys, so being able to race them is an accomplishment in itself," Valade noted.
 
Finishing a mere one point behind Jackson (1666) in the final 2010 Hoosier Tire-VP Racing Fuels Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Series Championship point standings was Corey Wheeler (1665), followed by Joey Ladouceur (1663), top division rookie Chip Smith (1597), Jocelyn Roy (1590), Dave Bissonnette (1558), P.J. Peters (1526), Ricky Thompson (1512), Buddy Hencke (1499) and Rob Yetman (1443).
 
Mr. DIRTcar Pro Stock Championship Series Race #9 – Brockville Ontario Speedway, October 16, 2010 'Global Warranty DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals 50' Event Summary
Feature
FIN      ST       CAR# DRIVER / HOMETOWN
1          6          99        Ghislain Valade/N.Lancaster,ONT ($1,000)
2          2          2          Pete Stefanski/Wheatfield,NY
3          1          47s      Corey Wheeler/Cornwall,ONT
4          3          92        Joey Ladouceur/Alexandria,ONT
5          19        73        P.J. Peters/Akwesasne,QUE
6          10        188     David Papineau/Akwesasne,NY
7          8          116s   Chip Smith Jr./Durham,NY
8          9          55        George Renaud/Green Valey,ONT
9          5          18        Louie Jackson/Akwesasne,NY
10        20        7          Ryan Stabler/Cornwall,ONT
11        14        48        Dion Oakes/Akwesasne,NY
12        15        6          Stephane Lebrun/Gatineau,QUE
13        11        27        Gilles Godard/Summerstown,ONT
14        4          1r         Ricky Thompson/Hogansburg,NY
15        7          05        Jocelyn Roy/St-Helene,QUE
16        17        115     Stephane Lemire/Drummondville,QUE
17        13        33        Bruno Cyr/St.Liboire,QUE
18        16        37        Daryl Mitchell/Akweasne,NY
19        12        47        Dave Bissonnette/Apple Hill,ONT
20        18        8m       Marc Lalonde/L'Orignal,ONT
LAP LEADERS:   Stefanski (1), Thompson (2-15), Valade (16-50).                
CAUTIONS:   7 (lap 16, lap 20, lap 22, lap 23, lap 27, lap 39, lap 48).             
HEAT WINNERS:   Papineau, Thompson, Wheeler.                               
HALFWAY LEADER:   Ghislain Valade.                                      
FAST TIME TRIALER:   Joey Ladouceur (16.881sec/79.972mph).                              
CARS ENTERED:   20 
 
From: Tom Skibinski- DIRTcar

DTM AND GRAND-AM UNITE FOR US-BASED CHAMPIONSHIP

Courtesy ITR e.V. Media

Hockenheim. During the ninth DTM race of the season at Hockenheim, DTM rights holder and promoter ITR e.V. announced its planned co-operation with the North American sanctioning body GRAND-AM Road Racing beginning in 2013.

Together with the organisers of the DTM, representatives of GRAND-AM, the road-racing component of NASCAR, have been working on the project for several months. The result of the cooperative partnership is the announcement of a new championship in the United States using cars to the new DTM regulations, to come into force in 2012.

The new US-based series for DTM cars, to run from 2013, will include races in a sprint format on event weekends that include the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car series and, in some cases, the NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide Series.

“Only days after BMW officially announced its commitment to the DTM from 2012, this is more good news concerning the future of the DTM”, says Hans Werner Aufrecht, chairman of the ITR e.V. “Internationalisation has been our goal, in order to ensure that cars to DTM regulations can be used in more countries all over the world. We have had very constructive talks with the GRAND-AM organisation and we are very excited with this new partnership.”

GRAND-AM president Tom Bledsoe said: “We are proud to forge these new relationships with the many manufacturers choosing to embrace the DTM vision, and we look forward to welcoming these exciting cars to the USA. With these announcements, we can begin planning with our media partners, race tracks and teams. The addition of a DTM-style sprint race will increase the attraction for our fans and help grow all GRAND-AM series.”

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