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The 2015 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship schedule consists of six weekends; for a total of twelve contests.
The season kicks off in May at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) during the Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend. In June, the series returns to CTMP as a support event for the VARAC Canadian Historic Grand Prix event. Then the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship makes its third of four stops at CTMP for the BARC Grand Prix of Ontario Races. In mid-July, competitors race at Shannonville Motorsport Park during DAC’s Bay of Quinte Grand Prix weekend. Then teams travel to Calabogie Motorsports Park for rounds nine and ten. The BEMC Indian Summer Races is the series’ final weekend of competition and determines class champions. 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. The final two rounds of the 2015 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship were held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the BEMC Indian Summer Trophy Races weekend. Drivers would compete in two heat races around the ten turn 2.459-mile road course.
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The start of lap -2 for the final race of the 2015 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Leading the field of twenty-one entrants is the pole-sitter, Zacharie Robichon, in the No. 5 Brian Graham Racing Piper DL7. Immediately behind Robichon is the No. 59 Britain West Motorsports Mygale SJ13, driven by the other front-row qualifier, Michael Adams. Trailing Adams is Scott Andrews. |
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Australian Scott Andrews didn’t join the 2015 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship until rounds nine and ten at Calabogie Motorsport Park. In his first two starts, the No. 92 Exclusive Autosport Spectrum driver led from the pole to the checkered flag. In the penultimate race of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, it was another flag-to-flag victory. On Sunday, Andrew’s streak came to an end with a third-place finish. |
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Former class A and B champion Michael Adams only complete on a part-time basis this season. However, Adams was difficult to beat in the races he entered, backed-up by his 2015 record. Before the final weekend, Adams had four victories in as many starts. At the BEMC weekend, he qualified third for race one and finished second. On Sunday, Adams returned to his winning ways after starting third. |
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Another very fast driver when he appeared but only participated in four races was F1600B competitor Craig Willis. Willis, driving the Canadian-built AERO II, didn’t make his first start of the season in rounds seven and eight at Shannonville Motorsport Park. He would win both races and finish third overall. The trend continued during the final weekend, with Willis added two more victories to his total. |
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Zacharie Robichon was another competitor that only made a limited number of appearances. In his six races prior to the BEMC Indian Summer Trophy weekend, Robichon earned six podium results, of which three were victories. For race one, he qualified on the outside of the front row in the No. 5 Brian Graham Racing Piper DL7 and finished third. Robichon started on the pole in the finale but finished second. |
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Graham Lobban’s first race of the 2015 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship was round three during the Canadian Historic Grand Prix. The driver of the No. 12 Van Diemen RF94 would rack-up four F1600B class victories before the final weekend of the series. A second-place finish in round eleven gave Lobban nine straight podium results. Unfortunately, his season would end on lap-5 with a twelfth-place finish. |
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The second Lobban family entry was the No. 42 Van Diemen RF94 driven by brother Keith. To date, the highlight of Keith’s year was a third-place in F1600B at the BARC Grand Prix of Ontario. In the penultimate race of 2015, Lobban started and finished ninth overall, which was a fourth in class. The retirements of quicker cars allowed him to score a runner-up result in the championship’s final race. |
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Reid Arnold captured the 2015 Toyo Tires F1600 F1600A title in the No. 11 AVR Motorsports Piper DF5. His performance during the final weekend of competition was less than stellar. At the BEMC Indian Summer Trophy Races, he captured fifth and sixth-place finishes. However, on the way to the championship, Arnold entered every event, earned six-podium results and only finished outside of the top-ten once. |
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Successfully defending his 2014 F1600B crown was third-generation racer Connor Wagland. Wagland’s season ended in the same manner as the new F1600A champion Reid Arnold. During the final weekend of the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship, he finished fifth and tenth in class. It was Wagland’s results earlier in the year that garnered a repeat title. His record included nine podium results of which three were victories. |
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| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | A-1 | Scott Andrews | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 2 | 3 | A-2 | Michael Adams | Van Diemen RF92 | 12 | - |
| 3 | 2 | A-3 | Zacharie Robichon | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 4 | 4 | B-1 | Craig Willis | AERO II | 12 | - |
| 5 | 6 | B-2 | Graham Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 12 | - |
| 6 | 5 | A-4 | Reid Arnold | Piper DF5 | 12 | - |
| 7 | 7 | B-3 | Steve Bodrug | Van Diemen RF93 | 12 | - |
| 8 | 8 | A-5 | Gord Ross | Mygale SJ12 | 12 | - |
| 9 | 9 | B-4 | Keith Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 12 | - |
| 10 | 11 | A-6 | Andre du Preez Jr. | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 11 | 12 | A-7 | Ben Hurst | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 12 | 10 | B-5 | Connor Wagland | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 13 | 13 | A-8 | Stephen Temple | Van Diemen RF04 | 12 | - |
| 14 | 14 | B-6 | Gerald Caseley | Van Diemen RF92 | 12 | - |
| 15 | 20 | B-7 | Amy Castell | Reynard 90SF | 12 | - |
| 16 | 18 | B-8 | Byron Leis | Reynard 92SF | 12 | - |
| 17 | 22 | B-9 | Kieran Murphy | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 18 | 17 | A-9 | Andrew Celovsky | Van Diemen RF97 | 12 | - |
| 19 | 23 | B-10 | Frank Petti | Van Diemen RF90 | 12 | - |
| 20 | 19 | B-11 | Greg Rice | Reynard 83SF | 12 | - |
| 21 | 15 | B-12 | Mike Lee | Lola T-540E | 9 | Did Not Finish |
| 22 | 16 | A-10 | Taegen Poles | Piper DL7 | 8 | Did Not Finish |
| - | 21 | B | Bruce Kitchen | Van Diemen RF92 | - | Did Not Start |
| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | A-1 | Michael Adams | Van Diemen RF92 | 13 | - |
| 2 | 1 | A-2 | Zacharie Robichon | Piper DL7 | 13 | - |
| 3 | 3 | A-3 | Scott Andrews | Spectrum 014 | 13 | - |
| 4 | 5 | B-1 | Craig Willis | AERO II | 13 | - |
| 5 | 4 | A-4 | Reid Arnold | Piper DF5 | 13 | - |
| 6 | 7 | A-5 | Gord Ross | Mygale SJ12 | 13 | - |
| 7 | 11 | B-2 | Keith Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 12 | - |
| 8 | 16 | B-3 | Byron Leis | Reynard 92SF | 12 | - |
| 9 | 13 | B-4 | Steve Bodrug | Van Diemen RF93 | 12 | - |
| 10 | 14 | B-5 | Gerald Caseley | Van Diemen RF92 | 12 | - |
| 11 | 8 | A-6 | Andre du Preez Jr. | Spectrum 014 | 12 | - |
| 12 | 15 | A-7 | Taegen Poles | Piper DL7 | 12 | - |
| 13 | 18 | B-6 | Kieran Murphy | Van Diemen RF91 | 12 | - |
| 14 | 20 | B-7 | Bruce Kitchen | Van Diemen RF92 | 12 | - |
| 15 | 17 | B-8 | Mike Lee | Lola T-540E | 12 | - |
| 16 | 19 | A-8 | Andrew Celovsky | Van Diemen RF97 | 11 | - |
| 17 | 10 | A-9 | Ben Hurst | Piper DL7 | 11 | - |
| 18 | 21 | B-9 | Frank Petti | Van Diemen RF90 | 11 | - |
| 19 | 9 | B-10 | Connor Wagland | Van Diemen RF91 | 10 | Did Not Finish |
| 20 | 12 | B-11 | Amy Castell | Reynard 90SF | 9 | Did Not Finish |
| 21 | 6 | B-12 | Graham Lobban | Van Diemen RF94 | 5 | Did Not Finish |
| - | - | A | Stephen Temple | Van Diemen RF04 | - | Did Not Start |
| - | - | B | Greg Rice | Reynard 83SF | - | Did Not Start |
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