Toronto, July 17th, 2012 – For the second and last time this season, the Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) presented by Continental Tire will be racing at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). The Grand Prix of Mosport is expected to be a very busy weekend at CTMP. In fact, this event is the busiest in terms of spectators and series featured. CTCC will be competing for its ninth and tenth rounds over the three-day event.
Competitors will be on the track beginning Friday with one practice session at the end of the day. Saturday morning, a qualifying session will start the day at 8:45 am to prepare for Round 9 at 7:00 pm the same day. Drivers will be back on Sunday afternoon at 5:45 pm for Round 10. Tickets to attend this event are available at www.canadiantiremotorsportpark.com. Saturday afternoon, at 2:00 pm, come and meet CTCC drivers in the Continental Tire Fan Zone as they will be signing autographs for the fans!
Going into the second half of the season, the competitors that are leading each cclass are doing well with small but comfortable margins. Amongst the field this weekend, a few new drivers are expected. In Touring Class, Marlin Langeveldt will get behind the wheel of the #71 Mazda RX8 for the first time this season. Also participating in their first event in Super Class is Gunter Schmidt in the #38 Chevrolet Cobalt and Martin Gray in the #19 Pontiac Solstice. Amongst the other drivers that will compete in B-Spec Class this weekend, Russ Bond will fight for a podium position in the #2 Mazda2 Media Race Car. Bond has covered motorsports for more than 20 years and now, the Russ Bond Agency owns a variety of websites that include, www.canadiankartingnews.com, www.canadianracers.com, and the fast paced automotive site, www.painkillerz.ca.
The CTCC Standings leaders are as follow:
Super Class
Driver Car Points
Sasha Anis #14 – Hyundai Genesis Coupe 881
Jonathan Rashleigh #86 – Hyundai Genesis Coupe 676
Philip Fayer #3 – Pontiac Solstice 673
Touring Class
Driver Car Points
Michel Sallenbach #46 – MINI Cooper S JCW 873
Paul Gravel #48 – MINI Cooper S JCW 694
Jacques Bélanger #29 – Honda Civic Si 671
B-Spec Class
Driver Car Points
Nick Wittmer #91 – Honda Fit 925
Simon Dion-Viens #17 – Honda Fit 643
Greg Pootmans #33 – Honda Fit 437
Fans can keep track of live CTCC competition with their smartphone or computer by connecting to www.livetiming.net/ctcc. CTCC live timing is available whenever and wherever the race cars are on the track.
For more details about CTCC, visit www.touringcar.ca or follow CTCC on Facebook and Twitter.
About CTCC
The Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) presented by Continental Tire is the only truly Canadian professional road racing series and it showcases race cars based on their original stock street version. The entry-level B-Spec Class introduces a sub-compact car category with a stock engine and strictly controlled modifications; the Touring Class features cars with minimal modifications, while Super Class machines have powerful and heavily modified engines and advanced aerodynamics. All three classes compete at the same time on the track and challenge for supremacy in their class.
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