54th ANNUAL INDIAN SUMMER TROPHY RACES
AT MOSPORT
(Sept 13- 14, 2008)

We spent the weekend under the threat of Hurrican Ike. On Saturday we had on and of slight showers, but not enough bad weather to stop us from taking in some great racing.

Here are the great series that entertained us:

The Mobile 1 GT Sprints
The Mobile 1 Formula Cars (Formula Libre)
The Ontario Formula Ford Challenge
The Formula 1200 Series
The Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship

The write up and results for these series will be posted on their individual pages on this site, see the links on the left.

The main event for Saturday was the 3 Hour War Bonnet Enduro Race. The results are posted below.

RESULTS OF WAR BONNET ENDURO

POS    NO  NAME                                           LAPS
1      75  Alex Habrich/ R. Laporte                        102
2     118  M.Gawronski/ Kuno Wittmer/Nick Wittmer          102
3      11  E.Hochgeschurz/ A.Wojciechowski                 101
4      47  A.Lauziere/ P.Mandeville                         98
5      90  Nigel Heron                                      97
6      86  Victor Simone                                    96
7      39  D.Dorigo/ A.Rapone                               96
8     157  Serge Tousignant                                 96
9     212  T.Calusic/ S.Scala                               95
10     59  R. Foegele/ M. Graham                            94
11    120  R.Microys/ S.Microys                             93
12     71  V.Basile/ JP Dumoulin                            93
13    210  P.Taylor/ J.Chan                                 93
14    203  D. Shep/ D. Timmers                              93
15     84  S.Rochon/ B.Lummis                               93
16     06  I.McQuillan/ T.McGrath                           92
17     58  C.Johnson/ J.Maloney                             91
18     28  R.Calisi/ A.Elliott                              91
19    219  Lain Vendittelli                                 91
20      7  C.Daley/ I.Madden                                90
21     91  J. Marrison/A.Toth/ D.Sharpe                     89
22    001  P.Dolan/ P.McDermott                             89
23    144  R.Burgess/ T.Burgess                             89
24    255  R.Patterson/ T.Patterson                         86
25     38  Gunter Schmidt/ Andrew Danyliw                   84
26    237  M.Dolan/ T.Rance/R.Arlauskas                     84
27    181  Andrew Mackintosh                                83
28    130  J.Graves/ G.Kierstead                            72
DNF    56  R.McAuley/ D.Ciekiewicz                          64

NOT CLASSIFIED (60% = 62 LAPS)
DNF   711  G.Pootmans/ P.Dalla Lana/E.Borgeat               55
DNF   766  C.McKenzie/ A.Bearss                             51
DNF   942  Gino Vendittelli                                 42
DNF   137  R.Boake/ J.Wenzel                                38
DNF   300  Dhora Lee                                        23
DNF   299  R.Blanchet/ F.Blanchet                           18
DNF    52  Nigel Krikorian                                  15
DNF   166  S.Anderson/ K. Langeveldt                         5
DNS   207  Ken McAlpine                                      0

Notes:
Car #144: Received 1-Minute Penalty for Failure to Notify Intention to Refuel
Car #144: Penalized 5 Laps for Ignoring Black Flags

The race ended at 7:04 PM, just before the worst of the rains started. Another excellent racing day.

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P.S. - Gunter Schmidt had a heavy crash between corners 2 and 3 were he rolled several times. His car was a write of and Gunter was taken to the hospital and released by Sunday noon.

A witness to the accident said "we were all relieved to see him get out of the car and walk to the wall under his own power, but he did look like it took alot out of him. the impact with the wall was very hard."

His co driver, Andrew Danyliw, said "Gunter was ok, though I'm sure he'll be plenty sore for a while."

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MOSPORT SATURDAY SEPT 14 , 2008

With the weatherman still advising us of the tail end of Hurricane Ike aproaching we set of to Mosport again.

To our pleasant suprise a cloudy morning turned to perfect warm sunshine in the afternoon. The racing was just perfect. The CCTCC series and the OFFC crowned their season champions today.

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2008 MOBIL 1 GRAND PRIX OF MOSPORT
AT MOSPORT
(Aug 21- 24, 2008)

MOSPORT MONDAY AUGUST 18, 2008
A perfect day to go to Mosport. Due to camping restrictions we aren't allowed to set up camp until Wednesday. That doesn't deter us from taking adventage of seeing the ALMS cars out on the track for their Promoters Test Days. Monday we have 15 of the entered 30 cars on the track.

MOSPORT TUESDAY AUGUST 19, 2008
Still great weather and more cars joining the test sessions at Mosport International Speedway. We move around the track most of the day to see the action from great vantage points of all corners of the circuit.

MOSPORT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 2008
We arrive at Mosport to set up camp in front of corner 8. Nothing happening on the track, so it's a perfect time to meet old and new friends in the camping area. As the camp is going up many of the support race teams are bringing in their rigs. There are literally hundreds of tractor trailors arriving.

Slowly the empty fields of Mosport are turning into a small city of competitors and spectators. You can feel the atmosphere changing to one of anticipation and excitement.

MOSPORT THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2008
The track action starts at 08:30 AM For the Support Series Promotors Test Sessions. This year besides the ALMS teams we have 6 other series racing at Mosport for this event.

The Formula 2000 Championship Series presented by Hoosier Racing Tire
The Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear
The IMSA Challenge by Michelin
The IMSA Lites presented by Hankook Performance Tires
The Speed World Challenge GT
The Speed World Challenge Touring Cars

MOSPORT FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 2008
Friday is a full day of practices and qualifying. The paddock is set up, and with the record number of competitors spilling into the infield camping area. The excitement is growing. We're trying to see everything, but you can't be in 2 places at once...this is racing as it should be.

MOSPORT SATURDAY AUGUST 23, 2008
Saturday is probably our busiest day of the weekend. There are practices, qualifying and races on the track. In the Paddock we have the ALMS and Speed World Challenge Drivers Autograph Sessions. The excitement is still building.

The cars are on the raceway until 7:30 PM, After that we head up to the Mosport Speedway to catch some great Stock Car racing. Tonights added bonus besides the regular races are the Outlaw Super Late Model OSCAAR Racing Series with their 50 lap feature, always sure to be great race.

MOSPORT SUNDAY AUGUST 24, 2008
Race Day!!

A full day of racing and race day festivities await us. This is the biggest race day of the year for Mosport. All morning long a steady stream of cars enters Mosport Internation Raceway. Thousands and thoudands of spectators are here to see the great spectacle.

From Dan Aykroyd giving the command to start the engines to the Audi R10's getting another win, this was so far the greatest ALMS event at Mosport to date.
Thank you Myles Brandt, Scott Atherton, Don Panoz, all the volenteers and competitors - a great show.

See our ALMS page, F2000 page and Images page For more.

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2008 BARC CANADIAN TOURING TROPHY RACES
AT MOSPORT
(Aug 9- 10, 2008)

MOSPORT SATURDAY AUGUST 9, 2008
It's been a while since we had a whole weekend at Mosport International Speedway. We have been looking forward to the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races, here we are.

A perfect day, sunny and warm, with a great track schedule ahead of us. All the club racing series are out in great numbers. We are treated to practices by the Formula 1200 Championship series, the Ontario Formula Ford Challenge, the Mobil 1 GT Sprints, the Mobil 1 Formula Libre Series, and the VARAC G70's and Vintage/ Historic cars.

By mid morning the practices were replaced with qualifying sessions by all the groups. After lunch we had 2 more qualifying sessions and the races began. Unfotunately the races had to be cut short due to a nasty turn in the weather, but overall it was a great day.

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MOSPORT SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 2008
Due to the shortened race program on Saturday, the Sunday morning Hard Luck practices were cancelled and the make-up races for the previous day began the day.

It was a half sun- half rain day, but the racing was great. We were treated to a full days worth of racing till almost 5:00 PM.

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BARC CANADIAN TOURING TROPHY RACES IMAGES

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SUNOCO ULTRA 94 FATHERS DAY DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND
AT MOSPORT
(June 12- 15, 2008)

MOSPORT THURSDAY JUNE 12, 2008
A great day for a Motor Race. It's hot and sunny, the Rolf's Racing Van is packed and we're off to Mosport International Raceway to see some excellent racing.

We arrive at the corner 8 family camping at 10:00 AM. Today is Promoters Test Day for the Grand-Am Koni Challenge Series and the Skip Barber BF Goodrich National series. The cars are already on the track as our camp is slowly being erected.

After a quiet day of practices, our paddock walk and nightly track walk we settle in for the night with a relaxing camp fire.



MOSPORT FRIDAY JUNE 13, 2008
The second day at the track starts of sunny and warm again. Today we are joined by more racing series. The Ford Racing Mustang Challenge and the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship are here as well for their Promoters teast day.

The Koni Grand-Am cars and the Skip Barber cars are also up for more parctices and qualifying.

Later at night we had to endure an hour of thunder showers, although fairly heavy they didn't spoil our campfire evening to much. More campers arrived during the day and our tent and trailer city was growing.



MOSPORT SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2008
After a dismal weather forcast for this weekend we're happy to report the weatherman was wrong again, after a bit of fog in the morning, it's another start of a beautiful day. This one is going to be a long one for us. The road course will be in use from 8:30 AM to 7:20 PM.

The days' acion will include 4 races, the 2 1/2 hr Grand-Am Cup race, the CCTCC race, the Skip Barber race and the OFFC 1600 race. Also, the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Cars arrived last night and make their first appearance on the track today.

After all that we headed to the Mosport International Speedway for some oval track racing. We stayed to see both 50 lap Ontario Sportsman Series races, King of the Hill, 6 or Less, Limited Late Models and the Thunder Cars. We finished of the night with some marshmellows and "dogs" by the campfire. Another great day!



MOSPORT SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2008
It's race day for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. Again we are treated to a sunny and warm day.

The track is open at 8:45 AM for practices and qualifying. Starting at 10:45 AM it's all racing until 4:45 PM., a busy, but fun day at Mosport international Raceway. Racing will be the Barber National Series, the CCTCC and the OFFC 1600's for their 2nd races. The Ford Racing Mustang Challenge are up today as well.

For main race of the day it was the NCATS race. This race will be remembered for a long time by NCATS teams and fans alike. The already exciting race took a turn after 40 laps of the 51 lap race. It started to sprinkle rain. Don Thompson Jr was the first to come into the pits for rain tires and lost a bit of track position. At about lap 47 mayhem happened, a huge downpour, almost every car spun out in various places on the track. Track positions kept changing constantly. Finally after a lengthy full course yellow, and many teams changing to rain tires the outcome below was decided by a green white checkered. We didn't mind getting wet ourselves with an exciting finish like that. JR Fitzpatrick ended up winning, with DJ kennigton and Don Thompson Jr filling the rest of the podium.

The rain only lasted a few minutes and and we were able to enjoy the last 2 races following NASCAR. At 8:00 PM the rains returned and we called it a weekend. Mosport gave us great entertainment as usual. Thank you Mosport.

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BEMC PRESENTS THE 58TH ANNUAL SPRING TROPHY RACES
(May 9- 10, 2008)

MOSPORT SATURDAY MAY 9, 2008

Finally, after 6 months, racing is back at Mosport International Raceway. The weather for the Spring Trophy Races couldn't have been better, sunny and warm was the order of the day. Nothing says summer is here more than the roar of the engines at Mosport.

This weekend we get to enjoy 5 great series taking to the track: the Ontario Formula Ford Challenge, the Mobile 1 Ontario GT Sprints, the VARAC G70+, the VARAC Vintage/ Histoic Cars, and the Mobile 1 Formula Libre, F4 cars.

We arrived in the paddock at 9:00 AM saturday morning, got our hot chocolate drinks at the Mosport restaurant, and proceeded to corner 4 to watch the start of the practices. We saw many familiar cars and some new ones. After a while we headed up to the hill overlooking corner 8 and 9 to watch the rest of the practices and beginning of qualifying from the comfort of our lawn chairs. Besides corner 5, this is probably the best vantage point to watch the races from.

Next we went to the end of the Mario Andretti Straightaway to see the GT cars qualifying at the fasted part of the track. The cars just fly until they reach the breaking point to get into corner 8.

From there we drove back to the paddock and wandered around checking out all the cars that were in for the lunch break. It never fails to amaze how much dedication goes into the cars and teams. Two of the highlights were Nick Majors bringing an Audi R8 to the paddock, and seeing Grand-Am Cups' Freedom Autosport bring their Mazda MX-5's to test with the GT Sprints for their appearance at the Fathers Day NASCAR Canadian Tire weekend.

The rest of the afternoon we spent at corner 1 for the remainder of the qualifying and the 5 races of the day.

The weather was perfect, the racing was great, we at Rolfs Racing.com/ Rolfs Racing Experiences.com wish we could have been back for Sunday, but with it being Mothers Day we spent time with our mothers and grand mothers. See you soon for our next event.

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BEMC PRESENTS THE 58TH ANNUAL SPRING TROPHY RACES PICTURES _________________________________________________________

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CANADIAN MOTORSPORTS EXPO
(Feb 29, March 1 & 2, 2008)

TORONTO SATURDAY MAR 1, 2008

We arrived at the Toronto Congress Centre for the 2nd annual Canadian Motorsport Expo on Saturday morning. It was our first visit to the show, and didn't know what to expect. The show was well beyond our expectations. Congratulations to Glenn Butt for putting on an excellent show.

There were well over 75 exhibitors, including all the major race tracks, race series, many race teams, race suppliers, sponsors and race media present. We ended up talking to countless people from many racing series and always walked away with a greater appreciaton for Canadian Motorsports.

The show has many autograph sessions and seminars for race participants and fans. One of our highlights was the Glenn Butt hosted Ron Fellows interview, question and answer session, followed by autographs. Ron Fellows shared many insider stories about his career and the state of racing ranging, from the Players Ltd/G.M. series, Nascar, and his Le Mans Experiences with the Corvette Racing Team. He also shared his insight of other racing series such as F1, CHAMP Car and IndyCar.

We managed to take in the Targa Newfoundland Seminar, presented by Rally Sport Ontario. This is a great Canadian race that not enough Canadian fans are aware of. This race gets more international attention then local media coverage. Rolfsracing.com hopes that this race will receive more home recognition in the future.

This is an excellent Exposition. If you missed it try for next year, I know we'll return.

The Southern Ontario race season can't begin soon enough. The Canadian Motorsport Expo means Spring is near and gets us into the racing mood. We can't wait for the tracks, especially Mosport to come alive.

CANADIAN MOTORSPORT EXPO EVENT PICTURES

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