2007 Mosport International Raceway - Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship

The 2007 Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires offered amateur Touring car racers an excellent opportunity to showcase their talents at some of Ontario’s most popular tracks. The series provided competitors with professionally organized events that would attract sponsors and fans.

This 2007 schedule consists of eight race weekends. With the exception of the Toronto event, all races take place during Ontario region amateur sports car club weekends. The format at each venue includes two races – either, thirty-minutes in length or a twenty-minute contest on Saturday and a forty-minute event the following day. The season kicks off mid-May at Mosport International Raceway. This is followed by the series premiere event at Toronto’s Exhibition Place. Drivers will compete in support races during the Champ Car World Series weekend. In late-July, the championship travels to Calabogie Motorsport Park. In August, teams return to Mosport, where the remainder of the season’s races will be conducted.

In 2007, there are three classes. To help fans distinguish between the groups, the cars are fitted with different coloured windshield banners.

Touring – (Red Window Banner) - This is intended to be an entry-level category. Vehicles competing in this class are allowed a minimal amount of performance enhancements. The engines in this group may not exceed 2.0-liters. Manufacturers represented in this group include the Mini Cooper S, Honda Civic, Mazda Protege, Nissan Sentra and Acura Integra.
Super Touring – (Yellow Window Banner)- Super Touring includes many of the same makes and models found in Touring. However, this category allows motor modifications and aerodynamic enhancements. Vehicles in this group are limited to an engine displacement of 2.8-liters. Additional manufacturers competing in the group include BMW, Subaru and Audi.
Grand Touring – (Blue Window Banner) – This is the series quickest category. This group is for six and eight-cylinder vehicles with an engine displacement in excess of 2.8-liters. Popular cars in this class include the Chevrolet Corvette, Dodge Viper, BMW M3 and Porsche 996.

The inaugural Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship event was held on May 12-13, 2007 at Mosport International Raceway. It was part of an Ontario Regional race weekend hosted by the British Empire Motor Club. Drivers competed in a twenty-minute contest on Saturday and a forty-minute race the following day. Forty-five competitors were entered in the series first event.

Marco Cirone was driving the No. 115 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 had the distinction of capturing the Grand Touring and outright victory in the series’ inaugural race. Cirone qualified third fastest and moved into the lead for good on lap-2. Unfortunately, he went ‘from Hero to Zero’ on Sunday. On the ninth circuit, an incident dropped Cirone down the race order and he was later disqualified for passing under a yellow.

One of Quebec’s top competitors in the province’s Championnat Touring Hankook is Charles-Andre Bilodeau. Bilodeau drives the No. 26 GT Racing prepared BMW 328i. In the opening round of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship, he grabbed all the hardware in the Super Touring category. Not only did Bilodeau win both races, but he started on the class pole and established a new lap record.

Another driver to sweep the weekend was Touring class competitor, Alain Lauziere. Lauziere in the No. 47 Octane Promotions Mini Cooper S started on the category pole for round one of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship. In fact, he was over 1.5-seconds quicker than the second-fastest qualifier, James Foote. Lauziere would lead both races flag-to-flag and like Bilodeau set a new lap record for the Touring category.

The No. 14 SG-Motorsport.com Nissan 240SX was raced by Sasha Anis. Anis competed in the Grand Touring category with the highly modified Nissan and qualified on the pole for the weekend’s first event. By lap-4 of the contest, he had dropped to third-place and remained in that position to the checkered flag. On Sunday, Anis finished second but inherited the victory when the winner was disqualified for passing under a yellow.

Sharing the No. 125 Acura RSX Type-S was Nigel and Nicholas Krikorian. They competed in the Super Touring category. For round one, the Acura was gridded sixth in class. During the race, the entry moved up the order and captured the final position on the category rostrum. In round two, the car was gridded eighth overall and with the disqualification of the second and third-place finishers, they were awarded second place.

One of the more unique vehicles competing in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship was the No. 58 Mercedes C230 Kompresseur of Andrew Bearss. The Mercedes is powered by either a 1.8-liter 16-valve four-cylinder supercharged engine producing 189-horsepower or the 2.3-liter version, which has a rating of 191-horsepower. During the weekend, Bearss captured sixth and third-place finishes in the Touring category.

The No. 9 Touring class Honda CRX is driven by Ken McCartan. For round one of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship, McCartan qualified at the back of the grid in forty-first position – tenth in class. During the race, he charged through the field and finished twenty-third overall, but more importantly, he was the runner-up in Touring. In the finale, McCartan could only manage a fifth in his group.

Sharing the No. 52 Dodge Viper was Nick Majors and Tony McGrath. They were the fastest team in the opening practice session, but qualified second for round one of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship. During the race, the Viper passed the pole-sitter, Sasha Anis and lost a position to Marco Cirone – the end result was a runner-up finish. On Sunday, they won but were disqualified for passing under a yellow.

Kurt Langeveldt drove the No. 177 Mazda RX-7 in the Grand Touring category. For the weekend’s first race, Langeveldt qualified eighth overall and sixth in class. He inherited positions during round one when Bob Munro and Van Peter Hanson encountered issues and finished fourth in class. On Sunday, Langeveldt was in fourth-place at the checker but was awarded the runner-up spot after two teams were disqualified.

FINISH	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	Grand Touring	Marco Cirone	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	13	-
2	Grand Touring	Nick Majors / Tony McGrath	Dodge Viper	13	-
3	Grand Touring	Sasha Anis	Nissan 240SX	13	-
4	Grand Touring	Kurt Langeveldt	Mazda RX-7	13	-
5	Super Touring	Charles-Andre Bilodeau	BMW 325i	13	-
6	Super Touring	Etienne Borgeat	BMW 325	13	-
7	Super Touring	Nicholas Krikorian / Nigel Krikorian	Acura RSX	13	-
8	Super Touring	Scott Nicol / P. Lejbjuk	Honda Civic	13	-
9	Grand Touring	Jean-Marc Alcaraz	BMW M3	13	-
10	Super Touring	Allan DeWolfe	BMW 328	12	-
11	Super Touring	C. Swinwood / P. Swinwood	BMW 325	12	-
12	Super Touring	Gunter Schmidt / Steve Kent	Chevrolet Cobalt SS	16	-
13	Super Touring	Christian Sorenson	BMW 328is	12	-
14	Grand Touring	Ted Rance / Michael Dolan	Mazda RX-7	12	-
15	Super Touring	Jordan Marrison	BMW M3	12	-
16	Grand Touring	Robert McAuley / Dave Ciekiewicz	BMW M3	12	-
17	Grand Touring	Sean Hyland	Ford Mustang	12	-
18	Super Touring	Sam Kee	Honda S2000	12	-
19	Grand Touring	Ray Arlauskas	BMW 325is	12	-
20	Touring	Alain Lauziere	Mini Cooper S	16	-
21	Super Touring	Christian Raymond	Mazda Protege	12	-
22	Super Touring	Scott Hall	BMW 325	12	-
23	Touring	Ken McCarten	Honda CRX	12	-
24	Grand Touring	Peter Koleros	BMW M3	12	-
25	Super Touring	Stephane Carrier	Volkswagen Golf	12	-
26	Grand Touring	Gabriel Ursache	Subaru Impreza STi	12	-
27	Touring	David Diedrick	Nissan Sentra	12	-
28	Touring	Howard Chin	Volkswagen Scirocco	12	-
29	Touring	James Foote	Honda Civic	12	-
30	Touring	Robert Calisi	Honda Civic	12	-
31	Grand Touring	Antonio Buso	Eagle Talon	11	-
32	Touring	Andrew Bearss	Mercedes C230 Kompresseur	11	-
33	Touring	Frank Blanchet	Nissan Sentra	11	-
34	Touring	Brad Young / C McKenzie	Honda Civic	11	-
35	Touring	Steve Greiner	Honda Civic	11	-
36	Touring	Roger Bowes	Nissan Sentra	11	-
37	Super Touring	Erik Petersen	Honda S2000	9	Did Not Finish
38	Super Touring	Clifton Daley	Volkswagen Golf	9	Did Not Finish
39	Super Touring	John Lockhart / Jason Sharpe	Saab 93 2.0T	8	Did Not Finish
40	Super Touring	Eric Leblanc	Subaru WRX STI	7	Did Not Finish
41	Grand Touring	Bob Munro	BMW M3	5	Did Not Finish
42	Super Touring	Ian Madden	Volkswagen Golf 1.8T	2	Did Not Finish
-	Grand Touring	Van Peter Hanson	BMW M3	0	Did Not Start
-	Touring	G. Houston / I. Houston	Volkswagen Rabbit	0	Did Not Start
-	Super Touring	Richard Boake	Nissan Sentra	0	Did Not Start

FINISH	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	Grand Touring	Sasha Anis	Nissan 240SX	27	-
2	Grand Touring	Kurt Langeveldt	Mazda RX-7	27	-
3	Super Touring	Charles-Andre Bilodeau	BMW 325i	27	-
4	Grand Touring	Robert McAuley / Dave Ciekiewicz	BMW M3	26	-
5	Super Touring	Nicholas Krikorian / Nigel Krikorian	Acura RSX	26	-
6	Grand Touring	Jean-Marc Alcaraz	BMW M3	26	-
7	Super Touring	C. Swinwood / P. Swinwood	BMW 325	26	-
8	Grand Touring	Bob Munro	BMW M3	26	-
9	Super Touring	Jordan Marrison	BMW M3	12	-
10	Grand Touring	Ray Arlauskas	BMW 325is	25	-
11	Grand Touring	Sean Hyland	Ford Mustang	25	-
12	Super Touring	Christian Raymond	Mazda Protege	25	-
13	Super Touring	Scott Hall	BMW 325	25	-
14	Touring	Alain Lauziere	Mini Cooper S	25	-
15	Super Touring	Stephane Carrier	Volkswagen Jetta	25	-
16	Grand Touring	Gabriel Ursache	Subaru Impreza STi	25	-
17	Touring	David Diedrick	Nissan Sentra	25	-
18	Super Touring	Erik Petersen	Honda S2000	24	-
19	Super Touring	Etienne Borgeat	BMW 325	24	-
20	Grand Touring	Ted Rance / Michael Dolan	Mazda RX-7	24	-
21	Super Touring	John Lockhart / Jason Sharpe	Saab 93 2.0T	24	-
22	Super Touring	Sam Kee	Honda S2000	24	-
23	Touring	Andrew Bearss	Mercedes C230 Kompresseur	24	-
24	Touring	Frank Blanchet	Nissan Sentra	24	-
25	Grand Touring	Antonio Buso	Eagle Talon	24	-
26	Touring	Robert Calisi	Honda Civic	24	-
27	Touring	Ken McCarten	Honda CRX	23	-
28	Touring	Roger Bowes	Nissan Sentra	23	-
29	Touring	Steve Greiner	Honda Civic	23	-
30	Touring	Jesse Bradburn	Honda CRX	22	-
31	Super Touring	Gunter Schmidt / Steve Kent	Chevrolet Cobalt SS	21	-
32	Touring	Howard Chin	Volkswagen Scirocco	16	Did Not Finish
33	Touring	James Foote	Honda Civic	14	Did Not Finish
34	Super Touring	Eric Leblanc	Subaru WRX STI	10	Did Not Finish
35	Grand Touring	Peter Koleros	BMW M3	6	Did Not Finish
36	Super Touring	Allan DeWolfe	BMW 328	0	Did Not Finish
37	Super Touring	Clifton Daley	Volkswagen Golf	0	Did Not Finish
-	Touring	Brad Young / C. McKenzie	Honda Civic	0	Did Not Start
-	Super Touring	Ian Madden	Volkswagen Golf 1.8T	0	Did Not Start
-	Grand Touring	Nick Majors / Tony McGrath	Dodge Viper	27	Disqualified
-	Super Touring	Scott Nicol / P. Lejbjuk	Honda Civic	26	Disqualified
-	Super Touring	Christian Sorenson	BMW 328is	26	Disqualified
-	Grand Touring	Marco Cirone	Chevrolet Corvette Z06	24	Disqualified

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