TWO EXCITING SERIES WITH 6 RACES THIS WEEKEND

More than 50 Canadian and U.S. drivers to compete at Honda Indy Toronto

Race fans are in for an extra special treat this year with FEL Motorsports’ enhanced return to Honda Indy Toronto after its thrilling debut last year. A third race has been added this year for the Sports Car Championship Canada (SCCC) presented by Michelin race series. And making its debut this year at Honda Indy Toronto is the Emzone Radical Cup Canada (RCC) presented by Michelin, which will also feature three races.

“We are very excited to be back again at the Honda Indy Toronto, especially with the addition of the Emzone Radical Cup Canada to the weekends events,” said Chris Bye,

President of FEL Motorsports. “And we’re excited that fans will get to see six of our races this weekendfour races on Saturday and two races on Sunday.”

“FEL Motorsports has taken Sports Car and Radical racing to the next level in Canada,” said Bye, “and race fans will get to see both of these race series in action on the streets of Toronto at one of the premier racing weekends in North America.” With ideas from yesteryear merged with today’s opportunities, FEL Motorsports is raising the bar for topflight racing in Canada which also serves as a ladder to help drivers advance to even higher levels of racing in North America and Europe.

Sports Car Championship Canada (SCCC) presented by

Michelin

The SCCC is the top sports car championship in Canada. This seasons’ grid consists of three internationally recognized classes: GT4, TCR and TCA. The series only features homologated cars from manufacturers including Ford, Audi, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Honda, Porsche, Toyota, Subaru, and Mini. With the addition of the new entry-level TCA class this year, FEL Motorsports has added another “rung in the ladder” of homologated sports car racing in Canada, making sports car racing more achievable for up-and-coming talent and teams.

The 2023 SCCC season consists of 12 races over four race weekends. Drivers will spend over two hours of track time at each event split between practice, qualifying, and three sprint-style races.

The SCCC was created to provide talented Canadian drivers with a racing platform aligned closely with the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series. The professional events allow teams and drivers to develop at a professional level within Canada. The SCCC offers a fair, yet competitive playing field for drivers to test their level of professionalism against a field of both experienced and up-and-coming talent.

Since its inception in 2021 and with the addition of the TCA class this year, the SCCC has attracted grids of up to about two dozen sports cars. FEL Motorsports, with the support of IMSA, secured a multi-year deal with World Sporting Consulting (WSC) for a coveted TCR licence in Canada from 2022 to 2024, bringing the SCCC into the global racing community.

Featured for this weekend’s SCCC races will be two guest drivers in the TCA class driving FEL Motorsports-owned Hyundai Veloster Turbo cars. "Returning after retirement in 2022 is veteran Canadian racer Bob Attrell, a perpetual podium finisher and race winner with 136 races in his career. The other guest driver is Canadian, James Vance, now in his 15th year of racing, who currently competes in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports-Car Championship. Also competing in the SCCC races are two featured drivers. Canadian, Mark Wilkins, who races for Bryan Herta Autosport, in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, and veteran race driver, Nick Galante, who is with the VPX Motorsport/Racing To End Alzheimer's team.

Emzone Radical Cup Canada (RCC) presented by Michelin

The Emzone RCC is Canada's premiere championship for Radical sports cars, and makes its first appearance at Honda Indy Toronto this year.

The Emzone RCC is a competitive, fair, and fun environment for drivers who are looking to develop their skills, level up their racing resume, or enjoy an exhilarating weekend at the track, all while putting on a great show for friends, family and fans.

For the first time ever, the Emzone RCC is being joined this weekend with Radical Cup drivers from south of the border - the U.S.-based Blue Marble Radical Cup North America series. Whereas the Emzone RCC is a single-class race series, a variation for the U.S. Blue Marble series is the inclusion of multi-class racing with champions crowned in each class – Pro 1340, Pro 1500, and Platinum.

With both Canadian and U.S. Radical teams competing, fans will see up to 35 drivers battling wheel to wheel around the 2.84-kilometre, 11-turn temporary street circuit, providing lots of racing excitement. The race-within-race format means that the two series are not racing against each other, but rather the competitors from their own series. Canada’s Emzone RCC cars will feature a blue nose with Michelin branding to identify them and distinguish them from their U.S. counterparts.

IndyCar Legends and Driver Autograph Sessions

VIP guests of FEL Motorsports for the Honda Indy Toronto weekend will be two former IndyCar drivers – two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. and Toronto’s own Scott Goodyear. Unser and Goodyear will be among the guests at the FEL Motorsports Hospitality Suite throughout the race weekend as well as at autograph sessions all three days.

Al Unser Jr. competed in Toronto’s very first Indy race known as the Molson Indy as part of the Champ Car World Series in 1986 and he won the Toronto race two years later in 1988 and again in 1990. Scott Goodyear first raced at Toronto’s Molson Indy the following year in 1987.

Both Unser and Goodyear remain part of racing history for the closest-ever Indy 500 finish in 1992. Unser was in the lead