BOWMANVILLE, Ontario - Michael DiMeo (Touring Car), Jason Wolfe (Touring Car A) and Brian Price (Touring Car B-Spec) all repeated their Friday wins in the second race of the three-race weekend for the Pirelli World Challenge Championships at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Round 3 of the TC/TCA/TCB season.

None of the three started from pole position this race, though, which made their victories today all the more interesting.

DiMeo, of Toronto in the No. 71 LiUNA Honda Civic Si for Compass 360 Racing, started second behind Gary Kwok, of Markham, Ontario in the No. 88 M&S Quality Produce Honda Civic Si. Kwok had the pole position by virtue of his fastest lap in Round 2.

But on Lap 3, DiMeo made the move on Kwok for the lead into Turn 1. He was able to methodically expand the margin from there over the course of the 23-lap race. At one point it was more than 5.4 seconds, but DiMeo held on to win by 3.862 seconds over Kwok. The win is DiMeo's third in as many races this season, and third of his Pirelli World Challenge career.

"I think special would be the word in winning three straight races in my first three series starts, because there's so much going on pre-season to get everything ready, to get all the sponsorship support," said DiMeo. "This past Thursday at CTMP was the first time in the rain for me, Barber was the first time I was in the car. I'm learning a lot everyday. It feels awesome. I hope we can continue to be this consistent throughout the rest of the season so we can continue to build the point lead."

Gary's brother Tom Kwok, in the No. 63 M&S Quality Produce Honda Civic Si and DiMeo's teammate, Compass 360 Racing team principal Karl Thomson, of Toronto, in the No. 72 CTF/Racing4Research/HPD Honda Civic Si finished third and fourth once again.

The top four in TC mirrored the top four on Friday, making it a Canadian P1-4 sweep for the second straight day.

Adam Poland, of Mt. Vernon, Texas, finished fifth in the No. 11 Eastex Motorsports/Poland Construction Mazda MX-5. Due to mechanicals, neither Jason Saini, of Chicago, in the No. 28 OMP/Motovicity Mazda MX-5 nor Jon Miller, of Tustin, Calif. in the No. 68 Titan Motorsports/Loudbasstard/BeTheMatch.org Honda Civic Si, was able to start Round 3. Saini is hopeful of racing in Sunday's Round 4, while Miller is withdrawn for the rest of the weekend.

In TCA, Shea Holbrook, of Groveland, Fla., in the No. 67 TRUECar/Lucas Oil/Radium Honda Civic Si, had the pole position after her fastest lap in Round 2. But Wolfe, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio in the No. 36 Wolfe Trucking Kia Forte Koup, made it through on Lap 2 in what netted him the Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race award.

Wolfe held off a three-way challenge from Holbrook, Ernie Francis Jr. and Jason Cherry the rest of the way for his second career win. Holbrook tried a move on Wolfe into Turn 1 on the final lap, but it backfired. With momentum, Francis Jr., of Dania, Fla. was able to move past her into second in the No. 98 Breathless Performance Mazda MX-5.

Holbrook secured the final podium position over Cherry, of Gambrills, Md. in the No. 13 Autism Society of America/Avpro/Purposeful Architecture Mazda MX-5. Russell Smith, of Buford, Ga., was fifth in the No. 38 Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup for the second day in a row.

TCB was a bit more chaotic. Tyler Palmer, of San Diego, Calif., set the fastest lap in Round 2 in the No. 37 MINI of Charleston Racing/MINIUSA.com Mini Cooper, so that car had the pole position set for Round 3.

The difference was, Palmer wouldn't be driving and instead handed off to Nick Lougee, of Minneapolis, Minn., in his first Pirelli World Challenge race. Lougee was due to start ahead of Nathan Stacy, Nick Wittmer, Jason Fichter and Round 2 winner Brian Price.

Wittmer, of Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, was unable to make the start in the No. 00 Shriners Hospitals for Children FIAT 500. He, along with Chris Capaldi, of Imlay City, Mich. in the No. 31 Wolverine Bronze/Capaldi Racing Ford Fiesta and Andrei Kisel, of North Vancouver, B.C. in the No. 57 Racing.ca/LaptopScreen.com Mini Cooper, also failed to start Round 3 after retirements in Round 2. That left the field at just eight cars for the start.

On Lap 1, Stacy, of Owassa, Okla. in the No. 14 TSG/Ford Racing Ford Fiesta spun out at Turn 9, and Paul Holton, of Tallahassee, Fla. in the No. 65 Radium/TRUECar/Lucas Oil Honda Fit had an apparent flat tire which took them both out of the equation.

As Lougee fell back, Price, of Middletown, Va., who started fifth in the No. 51 Unlimited Racing/RP Performance Honda Fit made a dynamic start from fifth on the grid to go to the lead by the end of the first lap with several moves over the course of the lap. Price's efforts earned him the Cadillac CTS-V Move of the Race award, and overall, the gains secured him the Sunoco Hard Charger Award.
There were two other big movers. Jason Fichter, of Jupiter, Fla., gained three spots on the start in the No. 7 Surf Fire & Security Mini Cooper to take home the Optima Batteries Best Standing Start Award. Fichter made it to second and Jim Cleveland, of Brisbane, Australia in the No. 78 Downunder Motorsports Mini Cooper, made it to third, in what was one of his best races.

Stacy recovered from his Lap 1 spin and Lougee also entered the podium battle behind Price. On Lap 17, Stacy passed Cleveland for fourth, while on Lap 18, Lougee passed Fichter for second and Stacy was just behind in the battle for third.

By Lap 21, Fichter was able to make it back around Lougee for third, and shortly thereafter Stacy made it past Lougee for the final podium position.

Price won from Fichter by 3.988 seconds. The trio of Fichter, Stacy and Lougee were separated by only 0.661 of a second, and Cleveland in fifth posted a career best finish, and first ever Pirelli World Challenge top-five.

On winning his first three races in Pirelli World Challenge, Price commented "it's honestly unbelievable. I've been watching the Pirelli World Challenge the past few years. Seeing the different classes growing. I wanted to run World Challenge. I went to St. Petersburg a couple of years ago and went to watch all the of the classes. And I said if I only do this racing I would do it in a heartbeat. But I just couldn't afford TC racing, I don't have the backing. I found my Honda Fit earlier this year, and I said this is the time to do it. And here we are. The Fit is a real all around car."

DiMeo and Price continue in the lead, unofficially, in the TC and TCB class points standings, and Wolfe's second win in a row should net him the TCA points lead over Holbrook at the end of Round 3.

Round 4 of the season, and Round 3 of the weekend, will commence on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. ET. DiMeo, Cherry and Stacy posted the fastest race laps in Round 3, so will have the pole positions for Round 4.

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario - Results from Saturday's 23 lap 56.557 mile Pirelli World Challenge Championship TC/TCA/TCB RND 3 race, part of the Victoria Day Weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, with finishing position, class, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car, laps and reason out (if any).

1. TC, (2), Michael DiMeo(R), Toronto, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 23.
2. TC, (1), Gary Kwok, Markham, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 23, -3.862.
3. TC, (3), Tom Kwok, Markham, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 23, -13.007.
4. TC, (4), Karl Thomson(R), Toronto, Ontario, Honda Civic Si, 23, -21.129.
5. TC, (5), Adam Poland(R), Mt. Vernon, Texas, Mazda MX-5, 22, -1 lap.
6. TC, (7), Jason Saini, Chicago, Ill., Mazda MX-5, 0, DNS.

1. TCA, (3), Jason Wolfe(R), Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Kia Forte Koup, 23.
2. TCA, (2), Ernie Francis,Jr, Dania, Fla., MAZDA MX-5, 23, -.377.
3. TCA, (1), Shea Holbrook, Groveland, Fla., Honda Civic Si, 23, -.989.
4. TCA, (4), Jason Cherry(R), Gambrills, Md., Mazda MX-5, 23, -1.637.
5. TCA, (5), Russell Smith, Buford, Ga., Kia Forte Koup, 23, -31.695.
6. TCA, (6), Robby Foley(R), Randolph, N.J., Mazda RX-8, 14, Mech.

1. TCB, (5), Brian Price(R), Middleton, Va., Honda Fit, 21.
2. TCB, (4), Jason Fichter(R), Jupiter, Fla., Mini Cooper, 21, -3.988.
3. TCB, (2), Nathan Stacy(R), Owassa, Okla., Ford Fiesta, 21, -4.291.
4. TCB, (1), Nick Lougee, Minneapolis, Minn., MINI Cooper, 21, -4.649.
5. TCB, (8), Jim Cleveland, Brisbane Australia, , Mini Cooper, 21, -14.973.
6. TCB, (7), George Calfo, Atlanta, Ga., MINI Cooper, 20, -26.063.
7. TCB, (6), Paul Holton(R), Tallahassee, Fla., Honda Fit, 20, -1:35.726.
8. TCB, (3), Nick Wittmer, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Fiat 500, 0, Crash.
9. TCB, (9), PJ Groenke, Toronto, Canada, Honda Fit, 0, Mech.

Time of race: 40 minutes, 17.322 seconds.
Average speed: 84.227 mph
Margin of victory: 3.862 Seconds (TC), 0.377 Seconds (TCA), 3.988 Seconds (TCB)

Lap leaders: Laps 1-2, #88 Gary Kwok; laps 3-23, #71 Michael DiMeo(R) (TC); Laps 1-2, #67 Shea Holbrook; laps 3-23, #36 Jason Wolfe(R) (TCA); Laps 1-21, #51 Brian Price(R) (TCB)

Fastest race lap: #71 Michael DiMeo(R), 1:32.561 (95.638 mph) (TC), #13 Jason Cherry(R), 1:35.445 (92.748 mph) (TCA), #14 Nathan Stacy (R), 1:45.208 (84.141 mph) (TCB)

Fastest qualifier: #88 Gary Kwok, 1:31.692 (96.545 mph) (TC), #67 Shea Holbrook, 1:35.579 (92.618 mph) (TCA), #37 Nick Lougee (Tyler Palmer set time), 1:44.607 (84.625 mph) (TCB)

Bowmanville, Ontario - Scott Hargrove won his first career start in the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin, edging series veteran Chris Green after a stirring, race-long duel Saturday, May 17 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Hargrove, 19, from Surrey, British Columbia, beat Green by .840 of a second in the No. 69 OpenRoad Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car after a two-lap final shootout for victory due to a late caution period. Etienne Borgeat finished third in the No. 2 GT Racing entry under cloudy skies and unseasonably cool temperatures around 10 degrees (50 F).

Junior open-wheel standout Hargrove is making a one-off entry into the single-make Porsche series this weekend, driving Christian Chia's OpenRoad Racing entry. He found speed almost immediately in damp conditions Friday and dry conditions today.

"I'm just getting used to the power of these cars," Hargrove said. "It's a lot more power than I'm used to, especially learning the car in the wet. How much throttle you can you give it and knowing that the Michelin tires are going to stick. I was really surprised at how much traction you had in the wet.

"Just working away at it. It was actually good to learn in the wet because as soon as it dried out, I was already comfortable with the car and I could push it even further than I probably would have if I never got a drive in the wet. All in all, it was a great weekend, and I'm really thrilled to be here and racing in these Porsches."

Hargrove started from pole but lost the lead to fellow front-row starter and Pro Mazda rival Spencer Pigot and Green entering the first turn on the 10-turn, 2.459-mile circuit. But race officials ruled Pigot jumped the start in his No. 21 Alegra Motorsports Porsche, and he was forced to serve a drive-through penalty.

That elevated Montreal resident Green to first in the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports 911 GT3 Cup car, with Hargrove second. The thrilling duel between Green and Hargrove was on with about 40 minutes remaining in the 45-minute race, and it never relented.

The duo ran within a second or less of each other for the remainder of the race, often just centimeters apart in nose-to-tail formation on the undulating, challenging CTMP circuit.

CTMP Race 1 May Gold podium
Gold Cup podium finishers Ilker Starck, Jerimy Daniel, Tim Sanderson
Hargrove just missed making contact with Green in Turn 5 while contemplating a pass attempt for the lead approximately 19 minutes into the race. But Hargrove tried again and made the pass stick just three turns later on the same lap, in Turn 8, and never trailed thereafter.

But Green and a late full-course yellow period didn't make the victory easy for Hargrove.

Green fell about one second behind Hargrove with 20 minutes remaining, but he was running within centimeters of the back bumper of Hargrove's car with 13 minutes left when Pigot and Perry Bortolotti collided exiting Turn 10. The contact sent Bortolotti into a half-spin into the tire barrier, and he only made it down the front straight before a problem created in the incident forced him to stop his No. 84 Mark Motors Racing Porsche along the inside wall in Turn 1, triggering a full-course yellow.

The race resumed with approximately three minutes remaining, setting up a two-lap shootout for the win between Hargrove and Green. Hargrove got a strong jump on the restart and built that advantage over Green on the final two trips around the circuit.

"Scott did a fantastic job, props to him in Race 1," Green said. "And coming into the first race of the series, it's a repeat of last year. So I need to step back in and hopefully go for the hunt tomorrow. I'm super-happy.

"With the new Pfaff Motorsports team, everybody has done a really good job to step up and make our little team competitive, and we'll hopefully fight for the win tomorrow."

Marco Cirone of Toronto was the top Platinum Masters (age 45 and older) finisher, fourth overall in the No. 88 Mark Motors Racing entry. Carlos De Quesada of Alegra Motorsports and Ludovico Manfredi of ANSA Motorsports rounded out the Platinum Masters podium.

Jerimy Daniel, from Candiac, Quebec, was the top Gold Cup finisher (2010-13 cars) in his first series start in the No. 75 TRC Porsche. Ilker Starck of Toronto was second in Gold in the No. 48 SCB Racing/Downtown Porsche entry, with Tim Sanderson third in the No. 07 Alegra Motorsports/Northwest Atlantic Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.

CTMP Race 1 May Silver podium
Silver Cup podium finishers Keith Bass, Chuck Harris
Chuck Harris, from Tampa, Fla., was the top Silver Cup finisher (2005 ½ to 2009 cars) in the No. 50 Alegra Motorsports entry.

The second 45-minute race of the weekend is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. (ET) Sunday. Green will start from the pole due to his race-record lap of 1 minute, 20.617 seconds today. Hargrove will start second, setting the stage for another exciting duel.

These are the first two rounds of the season of the 10-round Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin season sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA).

For more information on the Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin, visit www.imsa.com and @IMSA on Twitter with the hashtag #GT3CAN. Live commentary for both races will be provided on Twitter at @IMSALive.

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POST-RACE QUOTES

SCOTT HARGROVE (Winner, No. 69 OpenRoad Racing): "I'm just getting used to the power of these cars. It's a lot more power than I'm used to, especially learning the car in the wet. How much throttle you can you give it and knowing that the Michelin tires are going to stick. I was really surprised at how much traction you had in the wet. Just working away at it. It was actually good to learn in the wet because as soon as it dried out, I was already comfortable with the car and I could push it even further than I probably would have if I never got a drive in the wet. All in all, it was a great weekend, and I'm really thrilled to be here and racing in these Porsches."

CHRIS GREEN (Second, No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports): "Scott did a fantastic job, props to him in Race 1. And coming into the first race of the series, it's a repeat of last year. So I need to step back in and hopefully go for the hunt tomorrow. I'm super-happy. Second day ever in the car in the dry. Yesterday was the first. A lot to learn, the team has a lot to learn. But with the new Pfaff Motorsports team, everybody has done a really good job to step up and make our little team competitive, and we'll hopefully fight for the win tomorrow."

ETIENNE BORGEAT (Third, No. 2 GT Racing): "It was really great to start the season on the podium. After last season, I was really disappointed for many different reasons. But I had really high expectations for this season, and starting on the podium is what I was looking for. For sure, the kids in the front are in better shape than I am, so to run for 45 minutes is something I need to work on, for sure. But I will be fighting for the podium this year!"

MARCO CIRONE (First, Platinum Masters, No. 88 Mark Motors Racing): "It was cold! And then when I got in the car, I turned hot. It was a very fun race, and it was very competitive. The leaders just looked like they were making distance on us, and I stuck right behind Etienne (Borgeat), and he just drove flawlessly. I tried, and I was waiting for him to make a mistake and I got behind him. Then I got real close a couple of times, but I just couldn't do it. He drove an incredible race, and I couldn't get around him. Congratulations to him and everyone else, and hopefully we will get them tomorrow!"

CARLOS DE QUESADA (Second, Platinum Masters, No. 22 Alegra Motorsports): "It was a good race at the start. I was hanging there with Perry (Bortolotti) and J-F (Laberge). We got that full-course yellow. The restart went well. I saw Spencer (Pigot) coming behind me, so I let him go ahead. On the last lap, coming around Turn 8, I overshot it a little bit, got a little too aggressive, went off and lost two positions. Tomorrow is another day."

JERIMY DANIEL (First, Gold Cup, No. 75 TRC): "I really liked the race today. It was a lot of fun and not too hard with a lot of laps in front. I was held up for part of the race by Christina (Nielsen). She was a little bit slower than me, but because she had a Platinum car she was a bit faster in the apex of the turns. But I led a complete lap and had a really good time."

ILKER STARCK (Second, Gold Cup, No. 48 SCB Racing/Downtown Porsche): "It was great. It was a great race. We were closing in on the leader and almost had it, and that's what racing is all about. We were really excited to get the car faster and faster toward the end of the race. I guess the yellow didn't quite help us, but we'll take second place. I want to thank Downtown Porsche for supporting us this year, and Michelin Tire is a great tire."

TIM SANDERSON (Third, Gold Cup, No. 07 Alegra Motorsports/Northwest Atlantic Motorsports): "We had a little trouble with the car today, and it didn't quite work out the way we thought. But we had a little better finish. It was close racing all the way, and everyone was within a couple of car lengths of each other at the end, and it just made for good racing."

CHUCK HARRIS (First, Silver Cup, No. 50 Alegra Motorsports): "This was my first time in the series, first time at the track. What a great track and what a great series. I really enjoyed myself. It was good, and this car was great for the track. The GT3 Cup on this track really performs well, so it made it a ton of fun. Those yellows were actually pretty nice to have my first time out. I was getting kind of tired, so it was a moment to regroup."

KEITH BASS (Second, Silver Cup, No. 49 Alegra Motorsports): "This was fantastic! Fourth time in the car, first race in the series, and I absolutely love it. Love the car, fantastic track. It was my first time at the track, too, but I love it. It was a matter of staying out of the way of the faster guys and learning the track. But it was a blast. Love it, love it."

Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin

The IMSA Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin produces intense, exciting competition for semi-professional and aspiring professional drivers in one of the world's most successful and iconic race cars, the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. The series is one of Porsche's global single-make Cup Challenge series and is the perfect platform for aspiring drivers to ascend to the highest levels of GT competition, such as the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. The 10-round series races in 2014 at four classic Canadian road and street courses, providing thrills for drivers and fans.

IMSA

The International Motor Sports Association, LLC (IMSA) is the sanctioning body of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, the road-racing series resulting from the merger of the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón and the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. IMSA also sanctions the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Powered by Mazda, as well as four single-make series: Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama; Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin; Ferrari Challenge North America; and Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America. IMSA is the exclusive strategic partner in North America with the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) which operates the 24 Hours of Le Mans as a part of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The partnership enables selected TUDOR United SportsCar Championship competitors to earn automatic entries into the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans.