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2025 Racing Season

4/12/2025

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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.)

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Date
Race Track
Event Name
Club
Results
May 10 - 11
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Spring Trophy Races
BEMC
P3, 1st in Class,
P2, 1st in Class
P2, 1st in Class
June 12 - 15
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
VARAC Vintage Grand Prix
VARAC
P1, P1, P1, P1, P1
July 12
Shannonville Motorsports Park
Peter Jackson Trophy Races
VARAC
-
July 26 - 27
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
BARC Touring Trophy Races
BARC
-
August 22 - 24
Calabogie Motorsports Park
OSCC Summer Classic
OSCC
-
September 21 - 25
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Late Summer Trophy Races
BEMC
-
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SVRA U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International – August 22nd through 25th Race Report

9/10/2024

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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.
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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.
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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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VSCDA Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan XXXVII at Grattan Raceway – August 9th to 11th Race Report

9/10/2024

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​The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had an fantastic weekend at the VSCDA Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan XXXVII held at Grattan Raceway. We had registered our #77 Formula Mazda in the VSCDA Formula Classic (Group E). There was a total of 27 cars in our race group including Vintage Formula Fords, Club Fords, Scott Durbin and his lightning-fast Formula Continental, as well as a many other historic open wheel cars.  The weather was beautiful all weekend with temperatures during the weekend ranging from 20°C to 25°C. Over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 7 times; 2 on-track practices and the first qualifying session on Friday, followed by the second qualifying session and the Sprint Race and the Heat Race on Saturday and Feature Race on Sunday.
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On the Friday test day, the weather was very nice with a sun cloud mix.  Our best lap for the two practice sessions was a P2 1:22.405 – a pretty respectable lap time. The leader, Scott Durbin in a very nice yellow Formula Continental, was P1 at 1:19.342 – so we had some work to do. During our first qualifying session on Friday, we improved our best lap time to P2 1:20.071, while Scott bettered his practice time to 1:19.777 – clearly, we had to improve our on-track performance if we were to challenge for the win.
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The weather on Saturday was perfect, sunny and 24°C. During our second qualifying session, we did not improve on our initial qualifying session at 1:21.098. With qualifying over, and based on the best qualifying time, Scott qualified P1 and we qualified P2.  During the Sprint Race, we managed to get a good start and gapped Scott down the front straight to turn 1. Scott caught us in the technical portion of the track and passed us during the first lap. Scott finished in P1 with a best lap time of 1:19.401, while our best P2 lap time was 1:20.060. During the Heat Race, once again we managed to beat Scott to the first turn – we battled for the entire race – I was able to use a back marker to my advantage and I beat Scott to the finish with a gap of 0.158 seconds.  I finished in P1 with a best lap time of 1:18.712 – we were definitely making progress.
On Sunday, the weather was once again a beautiful day to be on the track.  During the Feature Race, I managed to get an excellent start, beating Scott to the first corner. He and I battled for the first three laps, and then I developed a problem with shifting between 3rd, 4th and 5th. In the end, Scott finished in P1 with a best lap time of 1:18.881, we finished 30 seconds behind him in P2 with a best lap time of 1:19.813. A fantastic weekend and a great race result!!!!

A very special thank you to our guest crew chief for the weekend, Christina Murdoch.  We would not have been able to accomplish what we did during the weekend without her expert help. And many thanks VSCDA Vintage Grand Prix au Grattan XXXVII for hosting such a fantastic, safe event!!  
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VARAC 44st Vintage Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park – June 13th to June 16th Race Report

6/19/2024

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The Enhanced Performance, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had an excellent weekend at the VARAC 44th Vintage Grand Prix, held at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP). We were placed in the Formula Classic Race group. There was a total of 31 cars in our race group including, Formula Fords, F2000’s, F1200’s, a Super Vee and several Formula Mazda’s as well as a few other historic open wheel cars.  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 10 times; 3 on-track practices during the Thursday test day, followed by one practice and on qualifying session on Friday, Race 1 & 2 on Saturday, as well as the Ludwig Heimrath Open Wheel Challenge and Races 3 & 4 on Sunday. Our race group included some beautiful open wheel race cars.
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​On the Thursday test day, the weather was mixed with some sun in the morning and a torrential rain storm Thursday evening.  
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Our best lap for the test day was a 1:24 – a pretty respectable lap time, however off from our typical lap times in the 1:22’s. 

Friday morning, the weather was quite nice – we set a time of 1:28.994, which was the 2nd best time for the session of all the other cars. During our qualifying session, we ended up with a fair qualifying time of 1:26.083 – 4 one hundredths of a second off the leader, placing us in P2 in our race group and class.

The weather on Saturday was sunny and warm with a high in the low 20’s.  During Race 1, and together with the leader, we pulled away comfortably from the field on the first lap, we finished P2 in our race group and P2 in our class with best lap time of 1:24.474. During Race 2, once again we pulled away from the field on the first lap with the leader and finished P2 in our race group and P2 in our class with a best lap time of 1.25.705. 
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Late Saturday afternoon, we participated in the Ludwig Heimrath Open Wheel Challenge. There were 9 cars in total in our race group and we cruised to a P1 victory with a best lap time of 1:25.965.
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​The weather on Sunday was just beautiful with sunny skies and a high of 23°.  During Race 3, we set a best lap time of 1:24.739 finishing P2 in out race group and P2 in our class.  During Race 4, we held steady in second place in a caution filled , shortened race, setting a fast lap time of 1:24.897, finishing in P2 in our race group and in our class. All in all, a superb race weekend!
​A special thank you to our guest crew chief for the weekend, Christina Murdoch.  And to Bill Vallis & Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport for their trackside support during the VARAC VGP 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……….
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2023 Racing Season

11/21/2022

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Please join us at a track near you to watch us during our 2023 racing season.
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Date
Race Track
Event Name
Club
Results
​March 23 - 24
Road Atlanta
Atlanta Speed Tour
SVRA
Did Not Participate
May 5
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Test Day
CTMP
1:25.00 laps
​May 18 - 21
Road America
Road America Speed Tour
SVRA
P10, 1st in Class
P13, 1st in Class
​June 15 - 18
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
​VARAC Vintage Grand Prix
VARAC
Did Not Start - Read Our Race Report
​July 28 - 30
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
​Canadian Touring Trophy Races
BARC
P1, P3 (1st in class), P1
​August 5
​Shannonville Motorsports Park
​Peter Jackson Trophy Races
VARAC
Did Not Participate
​August 11 - 13
Grattan Raceway
​au Grattan XXXV
VSCDA
P2, P2, P2
​(1st in class)
September 6 - 10
Watkins Glen International
​U.S. Vintage Grand Prix
SVRA
P9 (1st in class)
P9 (3rd in class)
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2022 Racing Season

3/30/2022

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We have a full season of racing!!!!!  Coming to a race track near you!!!!
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Date
Race Track
Event Name
Club
Results
May 7 - 8
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Spring Trophy Races
BEMC
P1 in class, P1 in class, P1 in class
June 16 - 19
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
VARAC Vintage Grand Prix
VARAC
P1, P1, P1, P1
July 7 -10
le Circuit Mont Tremblant
le Sommet des Legendes
HMSA
Event Cancelled
July 23 -24
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Canadian Touring Trophy Races
BARC
P1 in Class, DNS, DNS
August 7
Shannonville Motorsports Park
Peter Jackson Races
VARAC
P1, P1
August 20 - 21
Calabogie Motorsports Park
Calabogie Summer Classic
OSCC
P2 in class, P3 in class, DNS
September 7 - 11
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen Speed Tour
SVRA
P1 in class, P1 in class
September 17 - 18
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Late Summer Trophy Races
BEMC
P1 in class, P1 in class, P1 in class
October 1 - 2
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Celebration of Motorsport
CASC-OR/CTMP
P1 in class, P2 in class, DNS
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2021 Racing Schedule

2/25/2021

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We are hoping for an uninterrupted schedule this season - there will be no racing in the US for us in 2021....
Date
Race Track
Event Name
Club
Result
May 7 - 9, 2021
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Spring Trophy Races
BEMC
Cancelled
June 17 - 20, 2021
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Vintage Grand Prix
VARAC
P1, P1, P1, P6 (first in class)
July 16 - 18, 2021
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Canadian Touring Trophy Races
BARC
P1, P1, P2 (first in class)
July 23 - 25, 2021
le Circuit, Mont Tremblant
Summer Classic
le Circuit, Mont Tremblant
P6, P4, P5​
​August 20 - 22, 2021
​Calabogie Motorsport Park
Calabogie Cup
​OSCC
P3, P5, P1
September 17 - 19, 2021
​​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Late Summer Trophy Races
​BEMC
P1, P1, P1
​October 1 - 3, 2021
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Celebration of Motorsport
CASC/CTMP
P3, P2, P1
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2020 Race Results

2/25/2021

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Although a shortened season due to COVID 19 - we were very successful!!
Date
Track
Event Name
Club
Results
August 14 - 16, 2020
Shannonville Motorsports Park
SMP Cup
CASC
P1, P2, P1
September 18 - 20, 2020 
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Late Summer Trophy Races
BEMC
P1, P1, DNS
October 2 - 4, 2020
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Celebration of Motorsport
CASC/CTMP
P1, P1, P1
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SMP Cup at Shannonville Motorsports Park – August 14th to 16th Race Report

8/20/2020

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The STANMECH Technologies, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team had an outstanding  weekend at our first race weekend of the delayed 2020 racing season.  The event was the SMP Cup, held at Shannonville Motorsport Park. We were placed in the Formula Libre/Formula 4/VARAC Formula Classic Race group. We had registered our #77 Formula Mazda in the VARAC Formula Classic A class. There were a total of 7 cars in our race group including, Formula Ford’s and three Formula 4’s.  Formula 4 (Canada) race cars are motorcycle powered, open-wheel, open-cockpit formula cars with wings and slicks. The cars are light and very quick because of their inherent power to weight ratio.  The weather was perfect for the entire race weekend, with a mix of both rain and sunny days, ranging from the upper 20's to the low 30’s Celsius. 

Over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we were on track a total of 10 times; 4 on-track practices during the Friday test day, followed by one practice session, one qualifying session, Race 1, Race 2 and Race 3. Our race class included some very nice vintage open wheel race cars.
With our Mazda 13B rotary engine rated at 200 horsepower and weighing in at 1350 pounds, we were very much underpowered compared to the Formula 4’s with 140 hp and weighing in at 850 pounds. Fortunately, the weather and the technical layout of the Shannonville Motorsports Park racetrack played to our advantage.
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As this was our 1st race of the 2020 season, we spent quite a bit of time on the test day ensuring that the #77 Formula Mazda set up for this particular track. The race car performed beautifully during the test day as a result of careful preparation and the ideal chassis setup. We were using test day tires from the previous 2019 racing season and we were bedding new brake pads, so we weren’t really trying to set a race pace. Our best lap for the test day was a 1: 47 flat – pretty respectable lap time on old tires.
Saturday morning the forecast for the day was expected to be warm and sunny so we put on the new race tires that we would be using for the balance of the race weekend. The racing during Saturday would be carried out on the long track at SMP (this track is 4.03 km long with a total of 14 turns). During practice, we scuffed in the new tires (not really being concerned with setting a race pace lap speed) setting a best lap time of 1: 52.732. During qualifying, we set the P1 lap time of 1: 45.977, 1.33 seconds ahead of the car in P2. In Race 1, we battled with 2 of the Formula 4 race cars, having a protracted battle with Jim Morton, whose car is blazingly fast. In the end, we prevailed over Jim and finished in P1 and 1st in class with a best lap time of 1: 45.279, 0.617 seconds ahead of Jim’s car.
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Being followed closely by the #11 Formula 4 of Jim Morton
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​Sunday morning brought the threat of rain at some point before noon. Additionally, racing would be carried out on the pro track at SMP (this track is 2.47 km long with a total of 9 turns). As it happened, we ended up with a 1 hour rain delay during the late morning. By the time we were supposed to be on track for Race 2, the track was fully wet without a lot of standing water. We elected to stay with slicks as the aggressive nature of our rain tires required lots of standing water on the racetrack. During Race 2, we were outclassed on the track by Doug Beatty in an F1600 Formula Ford with treaded tires – we finished in P2, 2nd in class with the best lap time of 1:29.142.

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Severe tire graining after running slicks in the rain
For Race 3, the weather improved substantially with mild temperatures and a sunny day. Jim Morton managed to develop a sizable lead during the course of the race. We finished P2, 1st in class with the best lap time of 1: 08.846 – in the end, our tire choice coupled with the challenging racing surface at SMP was our biggest challenge. Overall, an awesome race weekend and a terrific showing for the STANMECH Technologies, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions #77 Formula Mazda Team for our 1st race of the shortened 2020 race season.

Our race car performed beautifully during the entire event - a very big thank you to our sponsors; STANMECH Technologies, Good Cars Only, Gabo Solutions , to Bill & Shirley Vallis of Vallis Motor Sport and to our biggest fan Teddy Subject Murdoch. 
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Click here for more photos from this race weekend.

A very big thank you to Shannonville Motorsport Park for hosting such a great event!!  And last, but certainly not least, we want to thank our long suffering family which allows us to continue to race……….

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2020 Racing Schedule

12/8/2019

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​Our 2020 racing schedule has been radically altered by the COVID 19 pandemic, as the majority of our races in the first part of the season were either cancelled or postponed.  We have planned some new events in September and October, both at our home track at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.  Stay tuned for more scheduling news!!!
Date
Race Track
Event Name
Club
Results
May 8 - 10, 2020
Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
Spring Trophy Races
BEMC
Postponed
June 18 - 21, 2020
​Canadian Tire Motorsports Park
VARAC Vintage Grand Prix
VARAC
Cancelled
July 8 - 12, 2020
​Le Circuit Mont Tremblant
​Le Sommet des Legendes
HSMA/HSR
Postponed
August 13 - 16, 2020
Shannonville Motorsports Park
Summer Series
CASC
P1, P2, P2
September 18 - 20, 2020
Canadian Tire
​Motorsports Park
Late Summer 
Trophy Races
BEMC
P1, P1, DNS
October 2 - 4,
​2020
Canadian Tire
​Motorsports Park
Celebration of
​Motorsports
CASC/CTMP
P1, P1, P1
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