BEMC Spring Trophy Races at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park – May 9 to May 11 Photo Gallery6/18/2025
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The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had a great race weekend at the BEMC Spring Trophy Races held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. We were entered in the Formula Classic/Formula Libre race group. There were a total of 22 cars in our race group including, eight F1200’s, five F1600’s, three Formula Mazda’s, one Formula 4, one Swift S2 , one Van Diemen F1000, and Rich Kenworthy’s beautifully restored 2000 Radical ProSport. The May weather was cool but quite sunny with temperatures ranging from 10 to 20° 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 practice/qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday, Race 2 and Race 3 on Sunday. Our best lap for the test day was a 1: 24.858 on old Hoosier tires from the previous year, pretty impressive for old race tires. Saturday morning, the weather was perfect – about 12°C and a clear sky. We switched to new set of Hoosiers. We set a reasonable P3 qualifying time of 1:25.898 (P1 in our class). During Race 1, we diced back and forth with the front four, we ended up P3 in our race group and P1 in our class. Our best lap time in Race 1 was 1.25.254. The weather on Sunday morning was cool but sunny. During Race 2, we chased Rich Kenworthy for the lead setting a best lap time of 1:23.776. W just caught Rich on the last lap but did not have enough laps left to pass him. We ended up P2 in our race group and P1 in our class. We had a great start at the beginning of Race 3 right beside Rich gapping the rest of the pack by the end of lap 1. Rich gapped us when we caught up to lapped traffic, we were never able to catch up him. We finished the race in P2 (P1 in our class) with a best lap time of 1:24.265. All in all a great first race weekend of the year!! Here is the link to photos from the BEMC weekend. And a big thank you to Bill and Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support during the BEMC Spring Trophy Races and to Canadian Tire Motorsports Park for hosting such a fantastic event!! And last, but certainly not least, we want to thank our long-suffering family who allows us to continue to race……….
We have made some changes to our 2025 racing schedule - click on the YouTube link below to learn more. Please join us at a track near you to watch us during our 2025 racing season (we have adjusted our 2025 racing schedule to a Canadian focused series. For 2026, we expect to return to a North America focused racing series participating in races in Canada and the U.S.)
Have wonderful Christmas and a wonderful 2025!!! Its been a long time since we last posted!! SVRA U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International – August 22nd through 25th Race Report9/10/2024 The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had a great race weekend at the 2024 SVRA U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International. We ran in Group 9 – Monoposto Wings and Slicks. The weather was absolutely beautiful with temperatures ranging from the mid to high 20’s °C. Over the course of Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 8 times; 3 on track practices during the Thursday test day, followed by 1 practice, 2 qualifying sessions, Race 1, and Race 2. There was a large speed differential within the qualifying group!! We definitely had our work cut out for us, as most everyone in our group had much more horsepower than we did. Lots of beautiful race cars!! In the first qualifying session, we placed 9th of 15 race cars, 1st in our 9F4 class with a time of 1:57.601. In the 2nd qualification session, we qualified 10th out of 15 cars, 1st in our class with best lap time of 1:58.083. For Race 1, on the afternoon of the 24th of August, our race Group 9 included 16 high powered open wheel race cars, including Lola’s, Elan’s, Ralt’s, Swift’s and a number of F5000’s. The weather was perfect for racing, clear and mild, about 24 Celsius. We finished in 11th position, 1st in our class, with a best lap time of 1:58.072. Here is the YouTube video link to our first race -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV3WBtWhn2Q – our race begins at time mark 5:02.10. In Race 2, on the 25th of August, we started in P11 and finished in P12, 1st in our class, with a best lap time of 1:58.560. Here is the YouTube link for our second race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BejZTIFGuxY – our race begins at time mark 2:47.29. All in all, a fantastic race weekend!!! Stay tuned to our website www.subjectmotorsports.com and our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkrPKqGp6WSukj3qKzMiKhw, for further updates!! A special thank you Bill and Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support.
A very big thank you to the SVRA for hosting such a great event!! And last, but certainly not least, once again we want to thank our long suffering and tormented family which follows us from racetrack to racetrack and allows us to continue to do the racing thing……. |
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