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The 2018 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship schedule consists of six race weekends.
Each event would be a tripleheader.
The season kicks off in May at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) during the BEMC Spring Trophy Races. In June, the series returns to CTMP as a support event for the VARAC Canadian Historic Grand Prix event. In mid-July, competitors race at Shannonville Motorsport Park during the Peter Jackson Trophy Races. Then the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship makes its third of four stops at CTMP for the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy races. In late August, teams travel to Calabogie Motorsports Park for rounds thirteen, fourteen and fifteen. The BEMC Indian Summer Races is the series’ final weekend of competition and determines class champions. Series entrants are also eligible to participate in the Formula 1600 Super Series, which includes drivers from Quebec. Points toward the Super Series championship are awarded at four events.
The single-seater, open-wheel race cars in the championship are powered by one of two engine options - a four-cylinder, 1600-cc Ford engine or the 1.5-liter HPD Honda L15A7. Both motors produce approximately 120-horsepower. A mixture of European and North American chassis is used by competitors. Minimum vehicle weight is determined by the suspension design and ranges from 1050 to 1125-lbs. Teams are required to use a spec tire – the Toyo Proxes R888. Drivers collect championship points in one of two groups.
The manufacture date for the individual car and not the model is used to determine the year split and whether a vehicle is categorized as F1600A or F1600B. Major news for series competitors was this year’s champion would be awarded a ticket to the $200,000 Mazda Road to Indy USF2000 Scholarship Shootout in December. Winning the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout is the first step to a funded ride in the USF2000 series. The 2018 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship came to a close at the BEMC Indian Summer Trophy Races weekend. The final three races of the series would be held on Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s ten-turn 2.459-mile road course.
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The final weekend of competition would determine whether Kellen Ritter or Jake Craig was crowned the 2018 Toyo Tires F1600A category champion. In the first two races, Ritter, driving the No. 90 Exclusive Autosport Spectrum 014, avoided the drama behind him and captured a pair of victories. In the finale, he finished third, which gave him the title and an invitation to the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout. |
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The BEMC Indian Summer Trophy Races weekend was the second outing of the season for Craig Willis. Willis won the F1600B category in 2013, driving the No. 99 AERO II. In the weekend’s first race, he started on the class pole and went unchallenged for the victory. The same scenario played out Sunday morning. Willis has to pass and hold off the class pole-sitter, James Lindsay, to earn his final win of the event. |
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Jake Craig had a chance of winning this year’s F1600A title. Craig started the weekend by inheriting a third-place finish after contact between two of the race leaders took them out of contention. In the first contest the next day, he earned another third. In the final race of the year, Craig was second. Unfortunately, he finished behind Kellen Ritter in two of the three events and finished second in the final standings. |
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Spike Kohlbecker ended his season with a victory. In Saturday’s race, Kohlbecker was battling with Zachary Vanier and Mikhail Goikhberg when contact resulted in a sixteenth place finish. He started the penultimate contest of 2018 in third and inherited second when Goikhberg was penalized for a driving infraction. In the finale, Kohlbecker traded the lead with Goikhberg and Kellen Ritter before earning his second win of the year. |
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F1600B competitor James Lindsay ended his season with some notable results. Lindsay qualified eleventh overall for the weekend’s first contest and finished second in his category. On Sunday morning, he earned another runner-up result. But more impressive, Lindsay recorded the second-fastest race lap and started the finale on the outside of the front row. He would capture another second in F1600B. |
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Earning his second consecutive Toyo Tires F1600B title was Graham Lobban. Lobban entered the final weekend with a comfortable points lead. He was unable to finish Saturday’s contest and was classified sixth in class. In the final two rounds, Lobban grabbed a pair of third-place results. He ended 2018 with sixteen class podiums, of which nine were victories. Lobban won the championship by a margin of forty-five points. |
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The final weekend of the series was Mikhail Goikhberg’s second event of the season. Despite limited appearances, Goikhberg is often in the thick of the action. This weekend, he drove the No. 06 Mygale SJ13 and qualified fifth for the weekend’s first race. Contact during the contest allowed him to finish second. Unfortunately, Goikhberg was penalized for an infraction in race two. He ended the year with a fourth place. |
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| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | A-1 | Kellen Ritter | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 2 | 5 | A-2 | Mikhail Goikhberg | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 3 | 3 | A-3 | Jake Craig | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 4 | 2 | A-4 | Zachary Vanier | Mygale SJ14 | 12 | - |
| 5 | 6 | A-5 | Matthew Taskinen | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 6 | 9 | B-1 | Craig Willis | AERO II | 12 | - |
| 7 | 7 | A-6 | Matt Gidman | Van Diemen RF03 | 12 | - |
| 8 | 11 | B-2 | James Lindsay | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 9 | 12 | A-7 | Sam Baker | Mygale SJ14 | 12 | - |
| 10 | 14 | A-8 | Keith Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 12 | - |
| 11 | 16 | A-9 | Lee Racicot | Vector MG-96 | 12 | - |
| 12 | 8 | A-10 | Logan Cusson | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 13 | 18 | B-3 | Bruce Kitchen | Van Diemen RF92 | 12 | - |
| 14 | 20 | B-4 | Kieran Murphy | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 15 | 21 | A-11 | Ross Smith | Van Diemen RF01 | 12 | - |
| 16 | 4 | A-12 | Spike Kohlbecker | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 17 | 22 | B-5 | Michael McGregor | Lola T-440 | 11 | - |
| 18 | 19 | A-13 | Michael Stewart | Piper DF5 | 11 | - |
| 19 | 10 | B-6 | Graham Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 7 | - |
| 20 | 13 | A-14 | David Taylor | Van Diemen RF99 | 6 | - |
| 21 | 15 | B-7 | Mike Dodd | Van Diemen RF94 | 6 | - |
| 22 | 17 | B-8 | Mike Lee | Van Diemen RF92 | 1 | Did Not Finish |
| - | - | B | Bill Tebbutt | Van Diemen RF91 | - | Did Not Start |
| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | A-1 | Kellen Ritter | Spectrum 014 | 13 | - |
| 2 | 3 | A-2 | Spike Kohlbecker | Spectrum 014 | 13 | - |
| 3 | 4 | A-3 | Jake Craig | Piper DL7 | 13 | - |
| 4 | 10 | B-1 | Craig Willis | AERO II | 13 | - |
| 5 | 8 | A-4 | Matthew Taskinen | Spectrum 014 | 13 | - |
| 6 | 9 | B-2 | James Lindsay | Van Diemen RF91 | 13 | - |
| 7 | 6 | A-5 | Logan Cusson | Piper DL7 | 13 | - |
| 8 | 12 | B-3 | Graham Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 13 | - |
| 9 | 7 | A-6 | Matt Gidman | Van Diemen RF03 | 13 | - |
| 10 | 11 | A-7 | David Taylor | Van Diemen RF99 | 13 | - |
| 11 | 14 | A-8 | Keith Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 13 | - |
| 12 | 21 | B-4 | Mike Dodd | Van Diemen RF94 | 13 | - |
| 13 | 13 | A-9 | Sam Baker | Mygale SJ14 | 13 | - |
| 14 | - | B-5 | Bill Tebbutt | Van Diemen RF91 | 13 | - |
| 15 | 22 | B-6 | Mike Lee | Van Diemen RF92 | 13 | - |
| 16 | 17 | A-10 | Michael Stewart | Piper DF5 | 13 | - |
| 17 | 19 | B-7 | Kieran Murphy | Van Diemen RF91 | 13 | - |
| 18 | 18 | A-11 | Ross Smith | Van Diemen RF01 | 13 | - |
| 19 | 2 | A-12 | Mikhail Goikhberg | Piper DL7 | 13 | Penalty |
| 20 | 20 | B-8 | Michael McGregor | Lola T-440 | 7 | - |
| 21 | 5 | A | Zachary Vanier | Mygale SJ14 | 6 | Did Not Finish |
| 22 | 16 | B | Bruce Kitchen | Van Diemen RF92 | 5 | Did Not Finish |
| 23 | 15 | A | Lee Racicot | Vector MG-96 | 1 | Did Not Finish |
| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 5 | A-1 | Spike Kohlbecker | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 2 | 7 | A-2 | Jake Craig | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 3 | 1 | A-3 | Kellen Ritter | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 4 | 4 | A-4 | Mikhail Goikhberg | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 5 | 3 | A-5 | Zachary Vanier | Mygale SJ14 | 12 | - |
| 6 | 9 | B-1 | Craig Willis | AERO II | 12 | - |
| 7 | 2 | B-2 | James Lindsay | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 8 | 6 | A-6 | Matthew Taskinen | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 9 | 8 | A-7 | Logan Cusson | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 10 | 12 | A-8 | David Taylor | Van Diemen RF99 | 12 | - |
| 11 | 11 | B-3 | Graham Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 12 | - |
| 12 | 10 | A-9 | Matt Gidman | Van Diemen RF03 | 12 | - |
| 13 | 14 | A-10 | Keith Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 12 | - |
| 14 | 23 | A-11 | Lee Racicot | Vector MG-96 | 12 | - |
| 15 | 15 | B-4 | Bill Tebbutt | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 16 | 18 | A-12 | Michael Stewart | Piper DF5 | 12 | - |
| 17 | 17 | B-5 | Mike Lee | Van Diemen RF92 | 12 | - |
| 18 | 21 | B-6 | Kieran Murphy | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 19 | 20 | A-13 | Ross Smith | Van Diemen RF01 | 12 | - |
| 20 | 22 | B-7 | Michael McGregor | Lola T-440 | 7 | - |
| 21 | 19 | B-8 | Bruce Kitchen | Van Diemen RF92 | 6 | - |
| 22 | 13 | B | Mike Dodd | Van Diemen RF94 | 0 | Did Not Finish |
| - | 16 | A | Sam Baker | Mygale SJ14 | - | Did Not Start |
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