Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Mosport RoadShow heads to Oshawa Centre on Thursday

BOWMANVILLE, ON (April 24, 2007) ­ The Canadian road racing and stock car seasons kick-off next month at Mosport International Raceway and Mosport Speedway, and to get Durham residents up to speed, Mosport’s bringing its popular RoadShow display to the Oshawa Centre for four days beginning on Thursday (April 26-29).

Located at Centre Court of the mall, the display will feature several cars that will be racing this year at Mosport, including the new NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and the Cup Lites Series. Mosport Speedway is Canada’s fastest ½ mile paved oval and the only stock car track in the Greater Toronto Area. Also featured is a sleek, exotic American Le Mans Series prototype, representing the cars that will race at Mosport’s biggest event of the season, Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport.

There will be daily draws to win tickets to the Raceway and Speedway, along with the new season schedules and information for pick-up. Fans are welcome to bring their cameras and have their pictures taken with the cars on display.

Port Perry stock car racer Todd Delisle, Limited Late Model Driver, who finished third in points in 2006 will be at the RoadShow display with his car to meet fans throughout the weekend. Also scheduled to appear are Oshawa driver Dave Thorndyke with his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series car and Cup Lites Series driver Simon Elliot with his car.

The green flag drops on Mosport Speedway’s Saturday Night Stock Car Racing season on May 12, while the pro road racing schedule starts with Victoria Day SpeedFest weekend of racing, camping, fireworks and live music, May 18-20 at the 4-km Mosport Int’l Raceway.

The Oshawa Centre is located at 419 King St. West. It is the largest mall in Durham Region with over 200 stores.

For further information about Mosport: Lee Bailie // (905) 983-9141, ext. 306

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