MEYERS TRANSPORT/PETERBOROUGH HOMES/PARKVIEW HOMES DODGE TEAM HAVE MEMORABLE SEASON

By Todd Lewis, TL Sports & Entertainment

September 29, 2005. Bryan Cathcart with new sponsorship from Meyers Transport/Peterborough Homes/Parkview Homes returned to competition in the CASCAR Super Series in 2005 with tremendous enthusiasm, and a plan to be a strong competitor in each and every race they participated in. It was a season of great success with several highlights along with a few disappointments and importantly a year of significant exposure for their sponsors and a great team atmosphere for each member of the crew.

“The Meyers Transport/Peterborough Homes/Parkview Homes Dodge team was put together rather quickly” said driver Bryan Cathcart. “You’d almost like a whole year to get ready to compete because CASCAR is such a high level racing series. But our crew chief Bill Burns did a great job preparing our cars and getting them ready each week, we also had help from Tim Ellas and our equipment was very good all year.”

From the start Cathcart knew that qualifying was going to be the toughest part of their race weekends. “That all falls on me” said Cathcart. “I’m used to running heat races to determine starting order, and I don’t have a lot of experience running a single hot lap”. But even though Cathcart would often start toward the back of the pack he wouldn’t stay there for long.

Whenever the green flag dropped for the main event Cathcart was always among the most aggressive making his way to the front in the Meyers Transport/Peterborough Homes/Parkview Homes Dodge. “There were so many races that we gained a lot of spots” reflected the driver. “We picked up five the opening race at Delaware and just missed a top ten finish, and then at the Indy weekend in Toronto we gained eleven spots. At Kawartha it was fifteen places we picked up during the race; that was a nice way to finish the season”. In fact over the course of the racing season Cathcart would gain a total of fifty eight race positions in the Meyers Transport/Peterborough Homes/Parkview Homes Dodge.

Now into the off season for racing competition there is still work to be done. Planning for the 2006 campaign has already begun and the usual engine and body maintenance of the race cars is underway. “Without the support of all the people at Meyers Transport, Peterborough Homes and Parkview Homes this year wouldn’t have been possible” said Cathcart. “I’ve got to thank our others sponsors that have been with us for a long time at National Fast Freight and JJ Stewart Motors for their continued support. Right now we’ll wait and see how the NASCAR influence continues to grow with CASCAR and make plans for an even more successful year in 2006.”

The CASCAR Super Series is the only National Touring Series of Stock Car Racing in Canada. All CASCAR Super Series Races can be seen on Rogers Sportsnet and SPEED TV. For more information and to follow the progress of Bryan Cathcart and the CASCAR Super Series log onto www.cascar.ca.

RYAN LITT: 9th Place for Ryan Litt at Mansfield

Live Chat this Week on www.PitGate.com

From Litt PR (October 3, 2005), by Tommy Goudge:

More mechanical gremlins plagued Ryan Litt and the #07 BRR Media, Velocity Wings, BS&B Radiator Sprint Car this weekend at the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, but the 18 year old Lyons, Ontario native and his crew were able to overcome the problems and finish the night on a high note with a strong 9th place finish.

One last remnant of the big crash in late August at Baer Field reared it’s ugly head as the rear end flange – one of the only parts left intact on the car after the incident – was found to be out of alignment, which resulted in a very ill-handling race car.

Even so, Ryan managed the 14th fastest qualifying lap out of 33 entrants for the Hoosier Outlaw Sprint Series event, and made it into the feature through his heat. After the heat, the rear end was changed and in the feature Ryan was able to make a nice run from 14th to 9th.

Coming up next on Ryan’s schedule is a live internet chat with his fans on www.PitGate.com on Wednesday, October 5th at 6:00pm Eastern Time, then a weekend off, followed by a trip to the famed Winchester Speedway in Indiana for a USAC National Sprint Car series event on Sunday, October 16th. The chat is open to anybody and can be accessed by following the links at www.PitGate.com. For more information, photos, and news, visit www.RyanLitt.com.

Media Contact: Tommy Goudge, PR Manager, www.RyanLitt.com

Good news for the Tiemersma clan!

Not much to report on racing, Tony raced last weekend in the Limited Late Model at Flamboro Speedway. The biggest news of the week is that Tony and Kim Tiemersma welcomed the addition of a new baby boy to the family today (Oct 4th, 2005). Nathaniel (spelling) was born around 1pm this afternoon in Newmarket.

Derrick and Steve will be in action starting this Friday at Peterborough Speedway for Autumn Colors. The main features will start on Sunday afternoon, while qualifiing will be Saturday night. We do not expect the Limited Late Model to be there though with the birth of Kim and Tony's new baby boy.

I will keep everyone updated on news from Tiemersma Motorsports after thsi weekend.

Thank you

Mike Sutton
Crew Chief
Tiemersma Motorsports

www.tiemersmamotorsports.com

CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT PETIT LE MANS

Courtesy The American Le Mans Series

Braselton, Ga. - Emanuele Pirro and Frank Biela won the battle and the war Saturday. The Champion Racing duo won Petit Le Mans and captured their first LMP1 drivers championship together in the American Le Mans Series with a convincing victory at Road Atlanta.

Each have each won previous ALMS titles: Biela in 2003 with Marco Werner, and Pirro in 2001. The No. 2 Champion Racing Audi R8 won for the fourth time this season and has finished in the top three of each ALMS round this year, a model of title-winning consistency.

"All we had to do was keep it on the track," a joyous Pirro said after climbing out of the winning car. "I want to thank our mechanics for a great job. Winning this championship is an absolute dream."

The No. 2 Audi was a 12-lap winner over Chris Dyson and Guy Smith in the No. 20 Dyson Racing Lola. They finished second, followed by the No. 1 Champion Audi of Lehto and Werner. The car was involved in a first-lap accident that collected Lehto and the pole-sitting No. 15 Zytek of Hayanari Shimoda and Tom Chilton.

James Weaver, in the No. 16 Dyson Lola, also was involved in the incident and lost significant time, as well. That left Pirro and Biela up front by themselves.

"For us, its not so easy with such a big lead," Biela said. "Sometimes it's a little bit easier when there's a lot of competition. You're not concentrating on not making mistakes, but having to overtake and keep them behind you. Our guys did a brilliant job. Finally we won it. When we came to Audi this season, all we wanted to do was win. We didn't think we could win here (then), but we did it."

Clint Field is on the verge of becoming the youngest American sports car champion ever as he, father Jon Field and Liz Halliday won in P2 with the No. 37 Intersport Racing B05/40. That victory, combined with a DNF by Miracle Motorsports' No. 10 Courage, launched the 22-year-old into first in the drivers championship standings by 22 points over B-K Motorsports' Guy Cosmo and Jamie Bach, who finished second with Elliott-Forbes Robinson.

Field is four months younger than when John Paul won the 1982 IMSA GTP championship.

"With all that was going on out on the track, it was very satisfying to finish and cross the finish line first," Field said.

Field posted his fifth class victory of the season and fourth in the last five events. Finishing third Saturday was the No. 7 BAT Competition Lola of Mike Johnson, Georges Forgeois and Bob Woodman.

B-K Motorsports' No. 8 Mazda-powered Courage placed second in class. Jamie Bach and Guy Cosmo moved up to second in class past Jeff Bucknum and Chris McMurry from Miracle Motorsports. Finishing third Saturday was the No. 7 BAT Competition Lola of Mike Johnson, Georges Forgeois and Bob Woodman.

In the highly anticipated third meeting between the two, Corvette Racing bested Aston Martin Racing in GT1. Olivier Beretta, Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen won in class for the second straight year in the No. 4 Corvette C6-R. A valiant effort by the No. 57 Aston Martin DBR9 of David Brabham, Darren Turner and Jonny Kane resulted in a second-place finish. The car was heavily damaged during practice Thursday.

"This team is unbelievable. All the pit stops they have done since the beginning, and they've never failed," Beretta said. "They did a fantastic job in preparing the car. Jan and Oliver are very fast and very clever. They know when it's time to push and when it's time to save the car. We want the same thing on the car, and that makes for an easy life on the car."

Third was the No. 63 ACEMCO Motorsports Saleen of Terry Borcheller, Johnny Mowlem and Ralf Kelleners.

Gavin and Beretta now take a 15-point lead into the final round in two weeks at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, which pays 23 points to the winner. Their closest challengers, Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the No. 3 Corvette C6-R, lost drive and finished sixth.

"The championship is looking good," Gavin said. "We didn't want to get in this position with having something bad happening to the sister car. You want to win it on the track."

In GT2, Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister drove the No. 31 Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Porsche to its third victory in a row and fourth of the season. They now lead Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas, in the No. 23 Alex Job Racing Porsche, by 22 points heading into the season finale.

Bernard and Dumas started on the pole but lost significant time repairing the lower control arm assembly just past the four-hour mark. That left Long and Bergmeister to run their usual consistent race to a victory.

"I can't say enough about this Porsche," Long said. "This car is indestructible. (The points race) is never over until it's over, and we don't talk about it until it's over. Winning Petit Le Mans is a big feather in my cap and the rest of the team."

The final round of the 2005 American Le Mans Series is the Monterey Sports Car Championships on Oct. 15 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, Calif. The race is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. PDT Oct. 15, with SPEED TV broadcasting the race from 3 to 7 p.m. EDT Oct. 16. Qualifying scheduled for 2:10 p.m. PDT. Oct. 14. American Le Mans Radio, and IMSA Live Timing and Scoring, will be available at www.americanlemans.com.

FORMULA RENAULT UK: Podium performance secures McIntosh runner-up spot

By Stuart Morrison Public Relations

Brands Hatch, England (October 02, 2005) In the closest fight for the Formula Renault UK Championship in its fifteen year history, Canada’s Sean McIntosh valiantly took the 2005 title battle with Britain’s Oliver Jarvis all the way to the final race of the season, Round 20, held today on the Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch.

Despite the respective title-rivals locking out the front-row for today’s 17-lap race, with Sean scoring his fourth pole position of the year, it was Sweden’s Sebastian Hohenthal who would lead into the first turn and from there take the race win with McIntosh second and Jarvis third.

As a result, and after a thrilling season of racing across the United Kingdom, Jarvis beat McIntosh to the 2005 Formula Renault UK title by a mere 19-points, the Manor Motorsport driver heading the series points table by 436 to the Canadian’s final tally of 417, including three dropped scores.

Sean captured the championship runner-up position comfortably while holding the ‘most-wins’ record for the season with five victories from a total of eight podium finishes with four pole positions and 16 top-five starts also to his credit. The 20-year-old’s successes this year follow on from winning the Formula Renault UK ‘Graduate Cup’ Championship for rookie drivers last season.

Sean’s title aspirations were ultimately dealt a serious blow in Round 19 yesterday. Having qualified in eighth place on a damp 2.4-mile Grand Prix circuit in the morning, the Team Firstair racer bolted to fifth overall at the start of the race later in the afternoon. A brief safety car period disrupted the on-track proceedings, subsequently allowing Sean to get the jump on Stuart Hall for fourth place at the re-start.

From there the Vancouver-native focused on the leading trio, attacking Stephen Simpson for third but unable to pass. With just over a lap remaining Sean’s race was to turn from a solid points-scoring run to a title-wrecking outing as an over ambitious move by Sebastian Hohenthal forced McIntosh to take avoiding action as they raced through Clearways, the final turn before the start-finish straight.

Off track and into the gravel, impressive car control from Sean enabled him to get back into the race but not before a train of cars had rushed by demoting him to thirteenth on the final lap. Fortec’s Yelmer Buurman won the 17-lap race followed by Alex Storckenfeldt and Stephen Simpson. Sean’ drop from fourth to thirteenth would prove costly in the title fight as series leader Oliver Jarvis finished ahead in tenth place, the Brit then starting alongside Sean today on the front-row in Round 20.

Overnight changes to the set-up of Sean’s car didn’t quite produce the performance gains he was hoping for as Round 20 kicked off this afternoon. Sebastian Hohenthal leapt ahead of both McIntosh and Jarvis as the pack raced towards Paddock Hill Bend, from there the Swede remained in control of the season finale.

Two safety car periods interrupted the flow of the 17-lap race but Sean, sitting second, kept the champion-elect firmly behind him despite struggling for grip in the latter stages. As the checkered flag fell Hohenthal claimed his maiden win with Sean crossing the line in second just seven tenths behind him. Jarvis completed the final podium of the year, two seconds adrift of his Canadian rival.Having taken the title all the way to the final round Sean remarked:

”I really wanted to end the season with a win but it wasn’t to be. We made some changes to the car since yesterday and it wasn’t as quick as it had been in qualifying for the last race. That said I successfully kept Oliver behind me and made Hohenthal work for the win today I was fighting right up until the very end.”

”It’s been a great season for me in the Formula Renault UK Championship. I’ve proved I can win races and run consistently at the front of the field. I’ve also learned a lot and I really believe that the series has given me a platform from which to progress my racing career. People know that if you run at the front in a series as competitive as Formula Renault then you’re capable of competing at the highest level of motorsport.”

Straight after today’s race at Brands Hatch Sean headed to the airport to fly to Portugal for two days of testing with the Red Bull Junior Team at Estoril, 3rd-4th October. Sean then heads from Portugal to Germany to compete for Team Canada in the second round of the A1 Grand Prix Series next weekend at the EuroSpeedway, 8th-9th October.

Speed Channel Delays Coverage Of Super DIRT Week Modified Main Events

By DIRT MotorSports PR

WEEDSPORT, N.Y. (October 2) – Open-wheel action during Super DIRT Week XXXIV at the New York State Fairgrounds will once again be televised during the weekend. In showcasing the 2005 edition, SPEED Channel will offer 3-1/2 hours of tape-delayed coverage including the headline Eckerd 200 DIRT Modified Championship and ITT Industries/Goulds Pumps 150 Championship for DIRT 358-Modifieds.

With the small-block race scheduled to be run Oct. 8 and the big-block finale slated to go Oct. 9 on the Syracuse Mile, SPEED Channel will air the ITT Industries/Goulds Pumps 358-Modified Championship (1-1/2 hrs.) on Sunday, Nov. 20 and show the Eckerd 200 (2 hrs.) on Sunday, Nov. 27. Both races are scheduled to be aired beginning at 3:00pm, EST.

SPEED Channel continues to be recognized as one of the nation's fastest growing cable networks. It is the first and only 24-hour cable network devoted exclusively to motorsports and is currently seen in more than 75 million homes in the United States and Canada.

DIRT MotorSports special events television broadcaster Rick Benjamin will join popular color analyst Shane Andrews in the booth to give lap-by-lap coverage while roving trackside reporters Mark Kenyon and Andy Fusco will be teaming up to provide exclusive pit notes throughout both Super DIRT Week specials.

Along with the tape-delayed television coverage carried across the country, both autumn attractions are expected to reach thousands more race fans world-wide via the internet with a "live" connection to www.dirtvision.com for the CyberSeries webcast.

Pikes Peak International Raceway Sold, Closing... Competitors react

PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, LOCATED IN FOUNTAIN, COL., JUST SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS, HAS ANNOUNCED IT HAS BEEN SOLD AND WILL BE CLOSED. THE SPEEDWAY HOSTED NASCAR BUSCH SERIES AND INDY RACING LEAGUE EVENTS WITH MIXED RESULTS IN THE GRANDSTANDS.

HERE IS WHAT SOME COMPETITORS HAD TO SAY:

SAM SCHMIDT, Car Owner (IRL/IPS):

“My initial reaction is it is a shame. Pikes Peak is the type of track that makes for good racing, especially for the open wheel cars. The one-mile layout was one that really brought the drivers into it, and I think the IRL fans saw some pretty good races there.
“From what I was seeing in the grandstands, the open wheel cars were making some headway there. There was a lot of appreciation for our style of racing from the fans in that area. I hated to see it off the schedule to begin with, and really hate to hear it’s going to be closing.
“I’ll be anxious to see what happens. This leaves a pretty big void for major league motorsports in the Rocky Mountain area.”

T.J. BELL, Driver (NASCAR):

“It’s sad news. Pikes Peak is a real driver’s track and they had some pretty good racing there.
“You didn’t always see the crowds on a regular basis but it sure looked like they were making some inroads. There is a pretty big base of racing fans there, and it doesn’t leave them a whole lot of options. The next closest track isn’t very close.
“What the problem was, I don’t know. The track is on the south side of Colorado Springs, so it’s a pretty good ride from Denver, which is the largest city in the area. Maybe if somebody built something between Denver and Colorado Springs . . . I don’t know. I just know there is one less race track in the world, and that’s never a good thing.”

JEFF GREEN, Driver (NASCAR):

“Anytime a race track goes away it’s a pretty sad day. Riding past North Wilkesboro or Rockingham is pretty sad these days. Riding past Pikes Peak isn’t going to be a happy time either . . . then again, maybe that was the problem. There isn’t much ‘riding past’ where that race track is located. It’s kind of off by itself on the south side of Colorado Springs, and that didn’t help it any.”

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