Spending Victoria Day
weekend holed up at home? Did you know there’s a Speed Fest with Amazing Car
Races coming fast! ~ Brought to you by PartsAvatar Car parts!!
See you later spring!
Summer unofficially arrives during Victoria Day weekend. Are you cottage bound?
Where do you plan to go if not? Crowd pleasing Car racing and much more fun is
waiting for you. This Victoria weekend, give yourself a chance to cheer among
the crowd for those amazing zooming cars in the race track.
So, if you want some
speedy adventure, then Canadian Tire motorsport Park
fulfills your need for speed with its jam packed schedule NASCAR, Trans-Am,
Porsche Gt3 and Canadian supercar races from May 19 to May 21 in Ontario. Roll
up your RV for a trackside camping experience or purchase a single day
admission.
Victoria Day is a
federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25 in
honour of Queen Victoria’s birthday.
Major
Highlights of Castrol Victoria Day Speed Fest
CTMP is the leading
racing performance facility in Canada and is suitable for most any occasion. The
Track was founded in 1961. Since then it has welcomed many international racing
series to its facility.
The green flag is set to wave at the event that marks
the unofficial start to summer at CTMP. Castrol’s Victoria day speed fest will
once again kick off Canadian racing season with the ground pounding roar of the
stock cars of NASCAR Pinty’s series competing in the Can –Am 200 as well as all
classes of the Pirelli World Challenge championship including the series high
octane GT super cars.
The three day event
also features exciting races in the ultra 94 Porsche GT3 cup challenge Canada
by Yokohama, the Canadian Touring Car championship presented by Pirelli and the
Nissan Micra series.
About 25000 Motorsport
race fans are expected to witness the battle for gold and glory at Canadian
Tire Motorsport Park on the may long weekend.
Most practice and qualifying
sessions will be held on Friday, May 19 while the racing action will take place
on Saturday and Sunday.
The weekend’s main
attraction is on track racing action but there are plenty of other things for
you to see and do as well. Race fans and families are invited to attend the
event and there’s plenty for all to see and do off track, with the family
friendly tire action zone that contains play area, face painting hockey shoot
out zone, Toronto Maple Leafs Locker room trailer, casting pond and live music.
There would also be a CTMP market place which will feature Chevrolet race face
and Hydro one’s electricity discovery centre, CTMP Merchandise trailer and
Driver autograph session.
You will have most
success collecting autographs if you follow the proper etiquette: go to the
team’s transporter and ask one of the crew members what would be good time to
get an autograph. All the team transporters, cars, crews and drivers are based
at Team Paddock area and access to the paddock is included with every ticket
purchase.
A special weekend
highlight is Victoria Day firework display, which will light up the sky on
Saturday evening. This show embarks the spectacular celebration for the first
long weekend of the summer.
For more information on
Ticket purchase, visit www.canadiantiremotorsportpark.com
or email at info@ctmpark.com .
Hall
of Fame Goalie as Grand Marshall for the fest!
Hockey Hall of Fame
goalie and Former Toronto Maple leaf star Johnny Bower has been announced as
the grand Marshall for the event.
Bower, nicknamed as
China Wall because of his unrelenting approach to protecting the net, was recently
included in list of Top 100 players of all time of National hockey league.
Bower won four Stanley cup championships and two vezina trophies in his 12 year
long career as goalie. Bower was inducted into Hockey’s hall of fame in 1976.
Bower is scheduled to
be at CTMP Sunday May 21 to give the “Drivers start your engine” command for
Can-Am 200. He will also be attending Fan meeting and greet events prior to the
race.
Don’t
miss it! It is what Canadians wait for whole year!
There’s a lot of
excitement among Canadian fans around the series. Tens of thousands of people
are expected to attend the speed fest this Victoria Day weekend. Race fans also
have an option of camping only meters away from the track.
According to Ryan Chalmers,
CTMP communication and promotions manager, it is expected to be a dual headline
event of this year. “The track is one of the real old school tracks and they
certainly don’t build them like this anymore. The drivers absolutely love to
come here. The excitement produced from the races is a result of track’s
design. It’s a mix of everything.” says Chalmers.
The cars in the Pinty’s
series can generate up to 550 horsepower.
For some people the May
long weekend is their first chance to spend time at the cottage. For others, it
is their first chance to spend time at the track.
Don’t
miss the fun Drag Racing at Toronto Motorsport Park !
Those who are avid fan
of drag racing then Toronto motorsport Park presents Victoria Day Weekend drag
event in Ontario on May 19- 21. The event will feature side by side 300 MPH Jet
Dragster’s featuring Ontario’s own Northern warrior. Top alcohol funny cars
will also return for the sixth straight year at the season opener bringing wild
performances at 250 MPH speed.
The show will be
complimented by competition in the race Cayuga sportsman series and Can-Am
stock/ Super stock series. Note that children under 12 and under are free with
adult.
The ultimate showdown
racing will be on hand showcasing the wild 250 MPH pro modified division as
well as the competition in the always exciting Top Dragster and Top Sportsman
categories.
Bottom-line
Don’t miss the fun and
adventure of this festival! If you want something new, then go for it! There
also going to be plenty of other stuff for your fun !Come out and it’s better
to be a part of cheering crowd rather cottage bound.
Victoria Day has always
been a popular, traditional event at the track. The Sport racing lovers always
wait for these events to come every year on Victoria Day weekend.
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Community hope you have a happy and safe Victoria holiday weekend!
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