BEMC LATE SUMMER TROPHY RACES

CTMP Hosts the 69th Annual Edition of This Long-Running Fall CASC-OR Special

TheBritish Empire Motor Club (BEMC) hosted the BEMC Late Summer Trophy Races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) on September 16 and 17. The busy two-day meet was the 69th annual edition of the CASC-OR sanctioned event and featured a full slate of classes.

The Saturday schedule featured practice and qualifying, prior to lunch, for the Formula Libre, F4, VARAC Formula Classic, F1200/ CCS, VARAC Vintage/Historic, Pirelli Super Touring GT1/GT2, Grand Touring GT3-GT5, VARAC Classic/Modern Classic and Toyo F1600 divisions.

The afternoon schedule included six 20-minute races for most of the classes, and a 22-minute session for the F1600s.

Formula Libre racer Mark Boyd (’23 Radical) was the overall winner of the race featuring the Formula Libre (FL), F4, F1200 and VARAC Formula Classic cars. He posted the fastest lap of the race (1:22.651 while coming home ahead of Stephen Sutherland (FL / ’95 Van Diemen) and James Morton (F4 / ’15 Gamma Tercero).

Ted Michalos (VH2 / ’96 Lotus 23B) was tops in Saturday’s VARAC Vintage/Historic race, coming home in front of Ivan Samila (VH / ’70 Lotus Super 7) and Bertrand

Dupuis (VH3 / ’72 Mazda RX-3).

Leroy Micallef (GT1 / ’22 Ford Mustang) was the driver to beat in Saturday’s Super Touring race. Zachary Mahoney (GT1 / ’02 Pontiac GP) and Dan Corcoran (GT1 / ’08 Chevy Impala) joined him on the podium. Grand Touring GT3 racers Brad Ranson (’14 Hyundai Genesis), Krystian Palka (’03 BMW M3) and Bryan Rashleigh (’07 Subaru Legacy) came home in that order in Saturday’s Grand Touring race. Thomas Holland was the top-finishing GT4 competitor, while Sarah Lewis was the best of the GT5 pilots in the field.

In VARAC Classic / Modern Classic competition, Reg Akers (Classic B / ’99 Ford Taurus) took the top spot of the podium, besting Marco Beretta (Modern Classic A / ’05 Porsche 996) and Robert Offley (Classic A / ’72 Porsche 911).

Callum Baxter won the Toyo F1600A race, over Conner Janeteas and Cole Janeteas. Dylan McPherson was the top finishing F1600B driver, in seventh overall.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

In Sunday action, Mark Boyd won his second FL / F4 / F Classic / F1200 / CCS race of the weekend, on Sunday morning, coming home against James Morton and Tobias Lutke (FL / ’18 Radical).

In another repeat of Saturday’s results, Ted Michalos, Ivan Samila and Bertrand Dupuis once again finished ‘one, two, three’ in the Vintage / Historic feature race.

The Super Touring race also produced the same podium finishers as Saturday, as well. Leroy Micallef won again, but it was Dan Corcoran mixing it up a bit by coming home in second, ahead of Zachary Mahoney. Daria Khachi (’04 BMW) was the top GT2 finisher on Sunday. Brad Ranson also backed up his Saturday win with another GT3 victory on Sunday. Bryan Rashley and Krystian Palka were second and third, respectively.

Reg Akers picked up his second Classic checkered flag of the weekend, ahead of Robert Offley and Marco Beretta.

Sunday’s first Toyo F1600 race was also won by Callum Baxter.

Conner Janeteas was second and Antonio Costantino made his first podium appearance of the weekend, in third. Steve Bodrug was tops of the F1600B racers.

After lunch, Mark Boyd (FL / F4 / F Classic / F1200 / CCS) collected his third win of the weekend, beating James Morton and Tobias Lutke to the flag. Bertrand Dupuis scored his first win of the weekend in VARAC Vintage / Historic action, while James Beaton, Leroy Micallef and Zachary Mahoney finished in that order in the final Super Touring race of the meet.

GT3 racers Brad Ranson, Bryan Rashleigh and Allan Lewis (’08 BMW 335i) were tops in the final Grand Touring feature of the weekend, while Aaron Clue (GT4 / ’90 Mazda MX-5) was the top finisher in his class.

Reg Akers bagged another VARAC Classic checkered flag, ahead of Marco Beretta and Robert Offley.

The Summer Trophy Races wrapped up, on Sunday, with Callum Baxter winning another Toyo F1600. As in the morning race, Conner Janeteas and Antonio Costantino were second and third, respectively. IT