Thursday, June 25, 2009

Castrol Canadian Touring Cars 'land' at Mirabel ICAR

Mirabel, Quebec  - Round four of the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires will be held this weekend at the Jacques Villeneuve Mirabel Grand Prix at Circuit ICAR just north of Montreal on the Mirabel Airport facility’s technical 3km tarmac road course. Currently 35+ drivers are slated to be on hand this weekend racing in two extremely competitive car classes.

Watch for hometown favourites, Nick Wittmer & Jean Francois Dumolin driving for Lombardi Honda in the Super Touring Class as well as GT Racing’s Etienne Borgeat and David Bensadoun in their extremely competitive BMW’s. Local Touring Class stars include Alain Lauziere in his potent Octane Motorsports MINI Cooper & Verdun native Nigel Heron in his Acura Integra. Although they may be local favourites to win, the large contingent of Ontario based drivers such as Andre Rapone, Scott Nicol, Frank Blanchet and Steve Greiner will be doing their best to bring championship podiums back home with them.

Canada's Best Racers Racing Today's Hottest Touring Cars will be going door to door in what fans can expect to be some of the season hottest action. Brands being showcased by the competitors this weekend include Acura, BMW, Saab, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, Chevrolet, Mazda, Toyota and Subaru.

The CCTCC will be the feature race series this weekend with a full 30-minute practice session, a 30-minute qualifying session and a thrilling 30-minute race on Saturday as well as a 20 minute warm up and capping off the weekend with a 30 minute feature race on Sunday.

Tickets for this exciting event are available at http://www.circuiticar.com.

The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship Presented By Toyo Tires is Canada's Premiere Touring Car Series and features Canada's Best Drivers Racing Today's Hottest Touring Cars.  The Championship is showcased at eight event weekends in Quebec and Ontario will marquee events at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres and Honda Indy Toronto.

For further information check out www.touringcar.ca for the latest championship news.

For more information on Toyo Tires, please visit www.toyotires.ca. Toyo manufactures and distributes a complete line of replacement tires for high performance cars, luxury vehicles, light trucks and SUVs as well as tires for commercial trucks, buses and off-road and construction applications.

From Perry Iannuzzi  / Communications Director  / www.touringcar.ca

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