{"id":5501,"date":"2010-05-17T19:25:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T23:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2010-05-17T19:27:09","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T23:27:09","slug":"%e2%80%98it%e2%80%99s-an-opportunity-for-me-to-compete-at-mosport%e2%80%99-ron-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/events-shows\/%e2%80%98it%e2%80%99s-an-opportunity-for-me-to-compete-at-mosport%e2%80%99-ron-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s an opportunity for me to compete at Mosport\u2019 – Ron Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Ron Fellows takes the long way home to Mosport this Victoria Day Weekend, an 8,500 km round-trip worth it to ‘Race for Local Fans’<\/p>\n

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(BOWMANVILLE, ON, – May 17, 2010) \u2013 Ron Fellows<\/a> lives in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, Ontario, a 100 km drive east to his home track, Mosport International Raceway.<\/p>\n

\"\"But his journey to the track this weekend for the World Challenge Series race, part of Mosport\u2019s season-opening the Victoria Day SpeedFest (May 21-23), will be anything but a typical commute across the northern boundaries of the Greater Toronto Area.<\/p>\n

In fact, after leaving Mosport this Wednesday, Fellows will make an 8,500 km round-trip, before he\u2019s strapped into his #2 Cragar Wheels Chevy Corvette for Sunday morning\u2019s qualifying session to set the grid for the 50-minute race later that afternoon.<\/p>\n

Why? He\u2019s an ambassador for the American Le Mans Series Corvette team competing this weekend on the Pacific coast in Monterey, CA. and had committed to promotional work with the ALMS team prior to confirming his World Challenge Series race program.<\/p>\n

So, following a test session this Wednesday morning at Mosport to reacquaint himself with the demanding 4-km road course (Fellows hasn\u2019t race here since \u201907 in ALMS and World Challenge), he will go to Toronto\u2019s Pearson International Airport to catch a flight to San
\nFrancisco and then drive up to Monterey. He\u2019ll spend three days there before catching a Saturday night red-eye flight \u2013 via Calgary \u2013 back to Toronto early Sunday morning, and head straight to Mosport to be at the track for the 9:30 am World Challenge qualifying session.<\/p>\n

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Although he\u2019s expects to be a little weary when he arrives at Mosport Sunday, Fellows says the long round-trip is worth it to race again at Mosport and in front of his hometown fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for me to compete at Mosport during their 50th<\/sup> anniversary season celebration and hopefully put on a show for the fans. I know there will be lots of Corvette enthusiasts there and we\u2019ll do our best to make them happy,\u201d said Fellows, one of Canada\u2019s most accomplished road racers and a multi-time Mosport winner.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s going to be difficult because I\u2019ll be a little sleep-deprived and jet-lagged, but it\u2019s not any different from doing the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where you\u2019re up all day and all night. You\u2019re tired but you figure out a way to get yourself energized, focused and to
\nconcentrate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellows is looking forward to getting behind the wheel again of his CRP Corvette following his debut with the team in Long Beach last month, when a mechanical failure knocked him out of the race after running as high as fourth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a privateer team and the owner, Nicholas Short, has done a good job. He runs a smart operation and it has been great fun. I\u2019ve always enjoyed the format of the World Challenge events. These are short, intense races and the standing starts are awesome. You\u2019ve got
\nmulti-manufacturers and its part of the enjoyment of racing in this Series.\u201d<\/p>\n

This weekend is a doubleheader for the World Challenge Series, with the first race going Saturday at 2:50 pm. Also on the schedule is the SCCA Trans-Am Series, the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship (a Saturday\/Sunday doubleheader) and the Sundown Grand Prix endurance race.<\/p>\n

The racing action starts Friday with a full-day of testing for all four championships. Saturday is a mix of practice and qualifying in the morning, followed by races for the Castrol Touring cars, World Challenge and the Sundown Grand Prix. Sunday morning opens with more qualifying and then races in World Challenge, Castrol Touring and Trans-Am to close out the weekend.<\/p>\n

The three-day weekend SuperTicket is just $50 until May 19 ($60 at the Gate). Single-day tickets are also available.<\/p>\n

For more information and to purchase tickets call the Mosport Hotline at 1-800-866-1072 (Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm ET), visit online at http:\/\/www.mosport.com\/<\/a>, or email info@mosport.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9 RIF | Mosport Media<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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