Round 7: MINI teammates win 1st and 2nd in Touring, Boake still 1st in Super

Round 7: MINI teammates win 1st and 2nd in Touring, Boake still 1st in Super Toronto, July 9th 2011 – A very intense race was battled today at Honda Indy Toronto with a tight race from start to finish. The race started late because cleanup was required due to track damages from an earlier race.

It was a clean and fast start but Carleton Place driver, Eric Hochgeschurz, pulled into pit lane on the second pace lap and immediately retired from the race with an engine problem. Hochgeschurz's teammate, Arek Wojciechowski, spun and was stopped in the middle of corner eight which brought out the first full course yellow. Both were unfortunate incidents for the teammates.

At the restart, King City driver Richard Boake lead the field but his teammate, Dave Ciekievicz suffered a brake problem and pulled his Subaru STI into the runoff area and retired. Challenging track conditions also resulted in three different cars getting flat tires. Furthermore, three cars lost their rear bumpers from contacts with the walls.

There was another full course yellow on lap 12 when Ryan Blanchet suffered a mechanical breakdown with his Honda Civic Si and was stuck in a bad spot on the track. The race ended early under full course yellow due to schedule constraints and the time it would take to retrieve Blanchet's car.

At the checkered, Richard Boake was in first place in Super Class, followed by Brampton driver Sasha Anis and Quebec driver Mathieu Audette. Quebec driver Alain Lauzière won in Touring Class driving his MINI Cooper S JCW, his teammate, Michel Sallenbach, also in a MINI Cooper S JCW was second followed by Honda Civic driver Tom Kwok.

Notable drives include Bob Attrell in a Hyundai Genesis Coupe who went from the 29th spot to 18th overall and Jeff Pabst who drove his Audi A5 from 30th to 16th position. That was a very strong race for the Pfaff Automotive Partner's Audi A5.

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The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Continental Tire is Canada's only professional road racing series. Now in its fifth year, CTCC showcases race cars based on their stock street version. In 2011, CTCC will be featured at Circuit ICAR, Mosport International Raceway, Honda Indy Toronto, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières.

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