The Toyo Tires F1600 Championship is an open-wheel racing series based in Ontario and sanctioned by the Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs - Ontario region.

The Toyo Tires F1600 Championship calendar consists of six weekends, with each event hosting three rounds.

  • May 16-18 - Victoria Day Speedfest - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
  • May 31 - June 1 - St. LAC SMP Cup - Shannonville Motorsport Park
  • June 13-15 - VARAC Vintage Grand Prix - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
  • July 26-27 - BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
  • August 8-10 - Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres - Trois-Rivieres
  • August 23-24 - OSCC Summer Classic - Calabogie Motorsports Park
  • September 20-21 - BEMC Late Summer Trophy Races - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

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 R888R.

Drivers collect championship points in one of two groups.

  • F1600A - This category is for newer chassis' built between 1995 and 2025. There are two engine options available the Ford or Honda.
  • F1600B - This group is for cars constructed before 1995. They are powered by the Ford engine.

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 fourth weekend of the 2025 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship was held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races. Drivers collected points in three contests around the ten-turn 2.459-mile road course.

The first lap for the weekend's second contest and twenty Toyo Tires F1600 drivers funnel into Canadian Tire Motorsport Park's corner one. Leading the pack is the pole-sitter, James Lindsay, in the No. 35 Precision Hydration Mygale SJ12. Trailing Lindsay in the No. 64 Britain West Motorsport Mygale SJ13 of the other front row qualifier, Johnathan Petrone. Michael Dowden holds down third in the No. 5 Brian Graham Racing Piper DL7.
Grabbing the victory in the opening round of the weekend was Christain Menezes. Menezes qualified on the pole but ran as low as fourth place before charging to the win. On Sunday morning, he was gridded eighth but advanced to finish in the fourth position. In the finale, the No. 3 Brian Graham Racing Piper DL7 started third. Early in the race, Menezes was fifth, but he moved up the order to lead two laps before finishing in the runner-up spot.
The second Brian Graham Racing entry to collect a win this weekend was the No. 2 Piper DL7 driven by Boss Patel.  Patel qualified fourth fastest for Saturday's contest and was in the lead by the mid-point of the race; however, he could not hold off his teammate Christain Menezes and claimed the runner-up spot. The following morning, Patel charged from ninth to earn his first series victory. In the afternoon, he finished in fourth place.
The third driver to take a win at the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races was the F1600A points leader, Stewart Ross. Ross drives the No. 67 Britain West Motorsport Mygale SJ12 and qualified second for race one, but finished a disappointing fifth. In Sunday's first contest, he started from fifth but lost ground and fell to twelfth before finishing seventh. In the final race, Ross maneuvered his way to the front for victory from the eighth spot.
Collecting two F1600B victories this weekend was the series' multi-time champion Steve Bodrug. Bodrug qualified twelfth overall and first in class for the weekend's first race, but finished second to the category points leader, Andrew Mason. He fared better on Sunday by putting the No. 41 SPEEDPROSIGNSHOP.COM Van Diemen RF91 on class pole and grabbing first place. In the finale, Bodrug went unchallenged for another win.
The first lap through Moss corner and the final race of the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races event for the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship competitors. Leading a field of twenty drivers is Cole Janeteas in the Nol. 45 Soyer sponsored Spectrum 015. Behind Janeteas is the No. 3 Brian Graham Racing Piper DL7 of Christain Menezes. They are followed by Johnathan Petrone, who goes wide, in the No. 64 Britain West Motorsport Mygale SJ12.
The current championship leader in the Toyo Tires F1600 B category is Andrew Mason. Mason was able to maximize his points total at Shannonville Motorsport Park when his main rival, Steve Bodrug, retired from the event. Mason collected his fourth class win of the season in race one at the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races. Driving the No. 32 Mason Racing Van Diemen RF90, he finished in the runner-up position in both contests on Sunday..
Brian Graham Racing's Parker Gill had his best point-scoring weekend of the season. Gill was the only Toyo Tire F1600A competitor to finish on the podium in all three races. He qualified the No. 4 Piper DL7 fifth for Saturday afternoon's contest and finished third. The next morning, Gill started in the sixth position and crossed the finish line in third place. He was gridded sixth in the finale and led mid-way through the race before finishing third.
Johnathan Petrone earned his first Toyo Tires F1600 series victory in race two during the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix event.  The driver of the No. 64 Britain West Motorsport Mygale SJ13 finished tenth in the first race of the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races, after starting third. The next contest was Sunday morning, where Petrone started and finished second after moving up and down the lap chart. He ended the event with a ninth-place result.

FINISHCLASSDRIVERCARLAPSRETIREMENTS
1F1600AChristain MenezesPiper DL7 / Honda15-
2F1600ABoss PatelPiper DL7 / Honda15-
3F1600AParker GillPiper DL7 / Honda15-
4F1600AJames LindsayMygale SJ12 / Honda15-
5F1600AStewart RossMygale SJ12 / Honda15-
6F1600AConner JaneteasSpectrum 015 / Honda15-
7F1600ACole JaneteasSpectrum 015 / Honda15-
8F1600AMichael DowdenPiper DL7 / Honda15-
9F1600AHenderson KnoxVan Diemen RF02 / Honda15-
10F1600AJohnathan PetroneMygale SJ13 / Honda15-
11F1600AMarc-Antoine CardinSpectrum 014 / Honda15-
12F1600AGraham LobbanVan Diemen RF94 / Honda15-
13F1600BAndrew MasonVan Diemen RF90 / Ford15-
14F1600BSteve BodrugVan Diemen RF91 / Ford15-
15F1600AKeith LobbanVan Diemen RF98 / Honda15-
16F1600BMike LeeVan Diemen RF92 / Ford15-
17F1600BDylan McPhersonVan Diemen RF93 / Ford15-
18F1600BLee RacicotVan Diemen RF91 / Ford15-
19F1600BByron LeisVan Diemen RF92 / Ford15-
20F1600BKieran MurphyVan Diemen RF91 / Ford15-
21F1600BBill TebbuttVan Diemen RF90 / Ford11-

FINISHCLASSDRIVERCARLAPSRETIREMENTS
1F1600ABoss PatelPiper DL7 / Honda13-
2F1600AJohnathan PetroneMygale SJ13 / Honda13-
3F1600AParker GillPiper DL7 / Honda13-
4F1600AChristain MenezesPiper DL7 / Honda13-
5F1600ACole JaneteasSpectrum 015 / Honda13-
6F1600AHenderson KnoxVan Diemen RF02 / Honda13-
7F1600AStewart RossMygale SJ12 / Honda13-
8F1600AGraham LobbanVan Diemen RF94 / Honda13-
9F1600AMarc-Antoine CardinSpectrum 014 / Honda13-
10F1600BSteve BodrugVan Diemen RF91 / Ford13-
11F1600BAndrew MasonVan Diemen RF90 / Ford13-
12F1600BBill TebbuttVan Diemen RF90 / Ford13-
13F1600AKeith LobbanVan Diemen RF98 / Honda13-
14F1600BLee RacicotVan Diemen RF91 / Ford15-
15F1600BByron LeisVan Diemen RF92 / Ford13-
16F1600BKieran MurphyVan Diemen RF91 / Ford9-
17F1600AConner JaneteasSpectrum 015 / Honda7Did Not Finish
18F1600AMichael DowdenPiper DL7 / Honda2Did Not Finish
19F1600AJames LindsayMygale SJ12 / Honda0Did Not Finish
20F1600BMike LeeVan Diemen RF92 / Ford0Did Not Finish
-F1600BDylan McPhersonVan Diemen RF93 / Ford-Did Not Start

FINISHCLASSDRIVERCARLAPSRETIREMENTS
1F1600AStewart RossMygale SJ12 / Honda13-
2F1600AChristain MenezesPiper DL7 / Honda13-
3F1600AParker GillPiper DL7 / Honda13-
4F1600ABoss PatelPiper DL7 / Honda13-
5F1600AJames LindsayMygale SJ12 / Honda13-
6F1600AConner JaneteasSpectrum 015 / Honda13-
7F1600AMichael DowdenPiper DL7 / Honda13-
8F1600AHenderson KnoxVan Diemen RF02 / Honda13-
9F1600AJohnathan PetroneMygale SJ13 / Honda13-
10F1600AGraham LobbanVan Diemen RF94 / Honda13-
11F1600BSteve BodrugVan Diemen RF91 / Ford13-
12F1600BAndrew MasonVan Diemen RF90 / Ford13-
13F1600AKeith LobbanVan Diemen RF98 / Honda13-
14F1600BBill TebbuttVan Diemen RF90 / Ford13-
15F1600BLee RacicotVan Diemen RF91 / Ford13-
16F1600BKieran MurphyVan Diemen RF91 / Ford13-
17F1600BByron LeisVan Diemen RF92 / Ford13-
18F1600BMike LeeVan Diemen RF92 / Ford15-
19F1600AMarc-Antoine CardinSpectrum 014 / Honda9-
20F1600ACole JaneteasSpectrum 015 / Honda4Did Not Finish
-F1600BDylan McPhersonVan Diemen RF93 / Ford-Did Not Start

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