Here are some amazing photos from the Summer Classic 2021 at le Circuit Mont Tremblant – photos courtesy of Steve Bedford and Teddy Subject Murdoch

The STANMECH Technologies, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had a very nice race weekend at the Summer Classic, held at le Circuit Mont Tremblant. We were placed in the Formula Libre 2 Race group. We had two change the number of our car to #177 as there was already another car registered with that number in our class. There were a total of 10 cars in our race group including, two Formula Renaults, five Formula Atlantics F2000’s, a Radical and a Formula Ford. The weather ranged from raining to beautiful sunny days with temperatures ranging from 20°C to 27°C. 
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Over the course of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 9 times; 4 on-track practices during the Thursday test day, two practice sessions on the Friday, followed by qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday, Race 2 & 3  on Sunday. Our race class had some beautiful open wheel race cars including the unbelievably fast Formula Atlantic racecars.

On the Thursday and Friday, the weather was beautiful with a sun cloud mix and a high of 20°C.  Our best lap for the test day was a 1:40.3 – a career-best lap time, especially on older tires from the previous race weekend at CTMP. 

Saturday morning, the weather was very nice. We installed new tires for qualifying and set a reasonable P9 qualifying time of1:41.545. During Race 1, we managed to gain three spots due to retirements and shunts finishing in P6 with a lap time of 1:42.962. Bill Vallis and I spent quite a bit of time working on chassis set up during the past three days. We definitely learned a lot about the adjustments we have available to us on the Formula Mazda, and we will be applying the things we’ve learned to future suspension setups.
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The weather on Sunday started out cool and damp as it had been raining most the evening before and the track was, at best, intermediate. Our race group was scheduled to be out at 9:20 AM, so tire choice was going to be an issue. We chose to stick with slicks as we believed the track would dry over the course of our race. Unfortunately, number for the drivers in our group chose not to go out on track as they were concerned about the slippery race conditions. Fortunately for us, our tire decision proved to be correct as we finished in P4 in Race 2 will lap time of 1:41.340, and within sight of the Formula Atlantic in P3. By 11 AM, the weather changed substantially with sunny skies, lots of humidity and a high of 29°.  During Race 3, we managed to finish in P5 with a best lap time of 1:42.529. A great race weekend in a beautiful location!!!

​A special thank you to Bill & Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support during the Summer Classic 2021 and to le Circuit Mont Tremblant for hosting such a fantastic, safe event!!  And last, but certainly not least, we want to thank our long suffering family which allows us to continue to race……….

Here are some photos from the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races race weekend - photos courtesy of Peter Viccary & Teddy Subject Murdoch

The STANMECH Technologies, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had an outstanding weekend at the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races, held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). We were placed in the Formula Libre/Formula 4/Radical/VARAC Formula 90 Race group). We had registered our #77 Formula Mazda in the VARAC Formula Classic 90 class. There were a total of 10 cars in our race group including, Formula 4’s, F2000’s, F1200’s and a Radical.  The weather ranged from raining to beautiful sunny days with temperatures ranging from 20°C to 27°C. 

Over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 8 times; 4 on-track practices during the Friday test day, followed by qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday, Race 2 & 3  on Sunday. Our race class had some very nice open wheel race cars including the blazingly fast Formula 4 racecars.

On the Friday test day, the weather was beautiful with a sun cloud mix and a high of 21°C.  Our best lap for the test day was a 1:23.5 – pretty respectable lap time with older tires from 2020, and while breaking in another new motor. 
Saturday morning, the weather was very wet for the beginning of the day – we went to out qualify on full wets and had an absolute blast with a P3 time of 1:57.795. The wet weather continued for Race 1 where we not only managed to set fast lap of 1:40.516 but we also ended up winning that race by finishing P1.
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The weather on Sunday was just beautiful with sunny skies and a high of 25°.  During Race 2, we had a tremendous battle with Mike MacNeil during the last half the race. We managed to set the fastest lap time at 1:23.160 and beat Mike to the Jacquard flat by 1/1000 of a second resulting in a P1 finish. During Race 3, we managed to keep pace with Mike but we were close enough to overtake him, finishing six seconds behind him, setting a best lap time of 1:24.879 finishing P2 in our race group and P1 in our class. A perfect race weekend!!!!

​A special thank you to Bill & Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support during the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races and to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for hosting such a fantastic, safe event!!  And last, but certainly not least, we want to thank our long suffering family which allows us to continue to race……….