The weather was clear and sunny for the ICAR Sundown in Mirabel, Quebec.\u00a0 Rounds 5 and 6 of the Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC), presented by Continental, Tire were fought hard on the unique airport layout at Circuit ICAR.<\/p>\n
Practice
\nAll drivers took to the track early Saturday morning to get some heat in their cars and find the best lines around the track.\u00a0 Paul Dargis had an unfortunate engine failure in his #35 Honda Civic which ended his weekend.\u00a0 Sasha lead the times in Super Class in his Hyundai Genesis Coupe #14 while Adam Isman surprised all with the top times in Touring Class with the MINI Cooper S JCW #47.\u00a0 Isman was competing in his first CTCC event.\u00a0 Nick Wittmer was fastest in his Honda Fit #91 in B-Spec Class.<\/p>\n
Qualifying
\nThe qualifying session took place just before lunch but a problem with the timing line meant that all of the times could not be validated.\u00a0 The grid for Round 5 would be set by the current points standings.\u00a0 John Bondar, President of CTCC, noted that, \u201cthis was the first time ever that we have had to grid based on points.\u201d<\/p>\n
Round 5 (Saturday, June 23rd)
\nSasha Anis lead the field at the green flag followed by Benjamin Distaulo in his Honda Civic #6, Philip Fayer in the #3 Solstice and Remy Audette in the #12 Acura RSX-S.\u00a0 Each set fastest laps throughout the race.\u00a0 Anis finished in first with Distaulo in second and Fayer in third.\u00a0 Michel Sallenbach in his MINI Cooper #46 and Damon Sharpe behind the wheel of the Honda Civic Si #84 drove away from the other Touring Class competitors and raced hard to the finish.\u00a0 Sallenbach\u2019s fastest lap was only six thousandths of a second ahead of Sharpe.\u00a0 Jacques Belanger finished in third in his Honda Civic # 29.\u00a0 Nick Wittmer and Simon Dion-Viens in their Honda Fits traded places with Wittmer finishing in front following by Dion-Viens and James Bergeron.\u00a0 Bergeron\u2019s third place was Mazda\u2019s first podium in B-Spec in.<\/p>\n
Round 6 (Sunday, June 24th)
\nRound 6 brought and epic battle in Super Class.\u00a0 Sasha Anis lead Benjamin Distaulo from the start but Distaulo pressured Anis at every moment.\u00a0 Distaulo got a run on Anis a few times but just couldn\u2019t get by.\u00a0 Anis stated, \u201cI just kept my head down and focused on the track and job at hand.\u201d\u00a0 Ironically Distaulo\u2019s fastest lap was two second quicker than Sasha\u2019s and it was his best finish of the season.\u00a0 Fayer kept Anis and Distaulo in sight but couldn\u2019t move up to challenge them. There was also an incredible fight in Touring Class between Jacques Belanger, Michel Sallenbach and Adman Isman.\u00a0 Belanger lead from the beginning as Sallenbach and Isman traded places in an effort to get by him.\u00a0 Isman said, \u201cI had a chance to get by Jacques but decided to wait until the next lap.\u00a0 I should have went for it when I had the first chance.\u201d\u00a0 At the checkered it was Belanger followed by Sallenbach and Isman.\u00a0 B\u00e9langer commented, \u201cIt was a clean and hard race and I had to be clear about the job at hand.\u201d\u00a0 Sallenbach noted, \u201cAdam is a fantastic driver and I can\u2019t wait to see him in CTCC again.\u201d\u00a0 Nick Wittmer lead the B-Spec Class from the start and finished in first.\u00a0 Simon Dion-Viens was second with James Bergeron in third.<\/p>\n
CTCC\u2019s 7th and 8th Rounds will take place July 6 , 7 and 8, 2012 at Circuit Mont-Tremblant.<\/p>\n
Fans can keep track of live CTCC competition with their smartphone or computer by connecting to www.livetiming.net\/ctcc.\u00a0 CTCC live timing is available whenever and wherever the race cars are on the track.<\/p>\n
For more details about CTCC, visit www.touringcar.ca or follow CTCC on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n
About CTCC
\nThe Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) presented by Continental Tire is the only truly Canadian professional road racing series and it showcases race cars based on their original stock street version. The entry-level B-Spec Class introduces a sub-compact car category with a stock engine and strictly controlled modifications; the Touring Class features cars with minimal modifications, while Super Class machines have powerful and heavily modified engines and advanced aerodynamics. All three classes compete at the same time on the track and challenge for supremacy in their class.<\/p>\n
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