Pirelli World Challenge returns to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with the TC/TCA/TCB Classes after skipping a year (the series competed at the temporary street circuit on the Honda Toronto Indy schedule in 2013) and they are coming back with an extra race for the fans. During round one for the junior classes at Barber Motosport Park in Birmingham, AL a few weeks ago, severe weather meant the second race was cancelled. Series officials announced that race two would be made up at a later date and the lucky fans at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park will now get to see three full races over the Speedfest weekend.
Michael Di Meo will be looking to build on his victory at Barber. The rookie lead from the pole in his #71 TC Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si. One can imagine that victory on his home track would be very satisfying – and he has three chances to hit the podium along with team mate (and C360R team principal) Karl Thomson.
In TCB, PJ Groenke and Andrei Kisel finished top ten at Barber (6th & 10th) and will be looking to improve on their results and move up in the championship standings.
Pirelli World Challenge Championship cars too to the 3.957 km (2.459-mile), 10-turn road course on Thursday (15th) for open testing and first official practice. The series will continue with practice on Friday morning (16th) and complete the day with qualifying at 2:00 PM ET.
Canadian regulars in the series will be joined this weekend by Tom and Gary Kwok in the M&S Racing Honda Civic Si #s 63 & 88. The complete list of Canadian entries is as follows:
#63 TC M&S Racing Honda Civic Si Tom Kwok Markham, Ontario M&S Quality Produce
#88 TC M&S Racing Honda Civic Si Gary Kwok Markham, Ontario M&S Quality Produce
#71 TC Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Michael DiMeo (R) Toronto, Ontario LiUNA
#72 TC Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si Karl Thomson (R) Toronto, Ontario CTF.org/TougeTuning/Racing4Research
#57 TCB Racing.ca Mini Cooper Andrei Kisel N. Vancouver, BC Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com
#66 TCB Shea Racing Honda Fit PJ Groenke Toronto, Ontario Verax.ca/TundraTech/MulliganGol
#00 TCB 4R Motorsports FIAT 500 Nick Wittmer Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec Shriners Hospital for Children
Broadcast Info:
Qualifying and Race Sessions are broadcast via live streaming at www.world-challengetv.com
Live Timing & Scoring: www.world-challenge.com/liverace/
Weekend Schedule
Practice 1 - Thursday, 4:30pm
Practice 2 - Friday, 9:50am
Qualifying - Friday, 2:00pm
Race 1 - Friday, 5:25pm
Race 2 - Saturday, 10:35am
Race 3 - Sunday, 10:30am
Michael Di Meo's C360R #71 Honda Civic Si in the paddock at Barber Motorsport Park (photo ©RaceCanada / CJ)