2006 Mosport International Raceway - Ontario Touring GT Championship

After four seasons, the Canadian Automobile Sport Club Ontario Region (CASC-OR) Touring GT Championship continued to fill the void left by the demise of the Canada GT Challenge Cup.

The Touring GT Championship events are conducted at eight CASC-OR race weekends. On Saturdays, teams compete in a twenty-minute sprint event and the following day a longer forty-minute race is contested. The penultimate round of the championship will be a three-hour contest during the British Empire Motor Club’s Indian Summer Trophy Races weekend. The event will be called the War Bonnet 3-Hour.

Teams competed in one of three categories. The colour of the windshield banner identifies the groups.

Touring T2 - Blue – T2 if for cars with a normally aspirated six-cylinder engine not exceeding a displacement of 2.8-liters. Or, four-cylinder motors with forced induction systems are limited to a maximum displacement of 2.2-liters. Tire size combinations for this group are as follows – 205/60-13, 205/55-14, 205/50-15, 205/55-16 and 205/40-17.
Touring T1 – Yellow– T1 vehicles adhere to the same engine regulations as the Touring T2 category; however, they can use larger tires. The tire size combinations permitted for this category are – 225/50-15, 225/50-16, 235/45-17 and 235/40-17. The maximum rim width for Touring T1 and T2 is eight-inches.
Touring GT – White – GT include T class cars without a minimum weight restriction. The category also allows engine swaps and a tube frame chassis. Wheel and tire sizes are not restricted for GT vehicles.

The spec tire for all classes is the Toyo Proxes RA-1.

For the three categories, unless otherwise defined by the rules, modifications to the suspension, brakes, cooling system, exhaust, bodywork, transmission and ignition system are free.

The sixth race of the 2006 Ontario Touring GT Championship was held on the weekend of August 26-27 during the CRDA’s President’s Trophy Races. Entrants would compete in a twenty-minute race on Saturday and a forty-minute contest to end the weekend.

Kirk Spencer swept the Touring GT category during the CRDA President’s Trophy Races. Spencer qualified second overall for the weekend’s first contest and fell to third before battling with the Chevrolet Corvette of Marco Cirone for the victory. He started first on Sunday, but he lost the top spot briefly to the Gray/Hanson BMW M3 before scoring his second win of the event in the No. 160 Porsche GT3 Cup.

Another driver who dominated his class was Andrew Wojteczko. Wojteczko captured both the Touring T1 races in the No. 64 Auto Analyser sponsored Lexus IS300. He qualified on the pole for Saturday’s contest. During the race, Wojteczko lost positions to the quicker GT cars but won his category. The next day, he started third overall and finished second on his way to the Touring T1 victory.

The points leader in the Touring 2 category was Alain Lauziere. Battling Lauziere for the top spot was Ian Madden. For the first race of the weekend, Lauziere was the third quickest in class and fought with Madden for the victory. The pair exchanged first-place until Madden encounter problems on the last lap. In the finale, Lauziere started thirteenth overall and encountered issues but still managed a second-place finish.

Allan DeWolfe was dominant at the opening round of the 2006 Ontario Touring GT Championship. Not only did DeWolfe win the Touring 1 category, but he was first overall both days. At the CRDA President’s Trophy Races weekend, DeWolfe qualified fifth overall and second in class for race one and would finish in the runner-up spot driving the No. 31 Eurotech Racing BMW 323. On Sunday, he claimed another second-place.

The No. 34 Touring 2 Honda Civic of David Pratte and Kenneth Lau was fast but inconsistent. The car was gridded tenth overall and first in the class for the weekend’s first event. Unfortunately, they only completed six laps and were classified last in Touring 2. On Sunday, they redeemed themselves. The Honda started at the back of the field and charged to the front to win by a one-lap margin.

Another quick driver/car combination was the No. 41 Honda Civic Si of Scott Nicol. Nicol was competing in the Touring 1 category and qualified third in class for Saturday’s event. Unfortunately, he was 1.628-seconds slower than the Touring 1 pole-sitter, Andrew Wojteczko. During the race, Nicol maintained his position and finished third. In the final contest of the weekend, he claimed another third-place.

FINISH	START	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS
1	1	Touring GT	Kirk Spencer	Porsche GT3 Cup	12
2	4	Touring GT	Frank Gray / Peter Hanson	BMW M3	12
3	2	Touring T1	Andrew Wojteczko	Lexus IS300	12
4	5	Touring T1	Allan DeWolfe	BMW 323	12
5	6	Touring T1	Scott Nicol	Honda Civic	12
6	9	Touring GT	Gunter Schmidt / Steve Kent	Chevrolet Camaro	12
7	8	Touring T1	Nicholas Krikorian / Nigel Krikorian	Acura RSX Type S	12
8	11	Touring T1	Andrew Elliott	Volkswagen Corrado	12
9	12	Touring GT	John Xiropodis	Volkswagen Scirocco	12
10	DNQ	Touring GT	Sean Hyland	Ford Mustang	12
11	DNQ	Touring GT	Ray Arlauskas	BMW 325is	12
12	16	Touring T2	Alain Lauziere	Mini Cooper S	12
13	14	Touring GT	Mike Dolan / Ted Rance	Mazda RX-7	12
14	19	Touring T1	Anthony Rapone	Honda Civic	12
15	13	Touring T2	Ian Madden	Volkswagen Golf	11
16	22	Touring T1	Chris Swinwood / Paul Swinwood	BMW 318is	11
17	20	Touring GT	Barry Mitchell	Pontiac Fiero	11
18	21	Touring T2	Perry Iannuzzi	Nissan Sentra XE	11
19	26	Touring T1	Eric Nummelin	Mazda RX-7	11
20	23	Touring T2	Pat Harrison / Victor Simone	Nissan 200SX	11
21	25	Touring T2	Andrew Bearss	Honda Civic	11
22	3	Touring GT	Sasha Anis	Nissan 240SX	11
23	18	Touring T1	John Lockhart / Len Clue	Saab 93	11
24	10	Touring T2	David Pratte / Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic	6
25	24	Touring T1	Cliff Daley	Volkswagen Golf 1.8T	6
Disqualified	7	Touring GT	Marco Cirone	Chevrolet Corvette	12
Disqualified	17	Touring T1	Curt Storms	Honda S2000	12

FINISH	START	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS
1	1	Touring GT	Kirk Spencer	Porsche GT3 Cup	26
2	3	Touring T1	Andrew Wojteczko	Lexus IS300	26
3	4	Touring T1	Allan DeWolfe	BMW 323	26
4	6	Touring T1	Scott Nicol	Honda Civic	26
5	8	Touring T1	Andrew Elliott	Volkswagen Corrado	26
6	7	Touring T1	Nicholas Krikorian / Nigel Krikorian	Acura RSX Type S	26
7	14	Touring GT	Mike Dolan / Ted Rance	Mazda RX-7	26
8	4	Touring GT	Frank Gray / Peter Hanson	BMW M3	26
9	13	Touring T1	Chris Swinwood / Paul Swinwood	BMW 318is	26
10	5	Touring GT	Gunter Schmidt / Steve Kent	Chevrolet Camaro	25
11	11	Touring GT	Ray Arlauskas	BMW 325is	25
12	21	Touring T2	David Pratte / Kenneth Lau	Honda Civic	25
13	23	Touring T1	Curt Storms	Honda S2000	24
14	20	Touring T1	John Lockhart / Len Clue	Saab 93	24
15	17	Touring T1	Eric Nummelin	Mazda RX-7	24
16	12	Touring T2	Alain Lauziere	Mini Cooper S	24
17	20	Touring GT	Barry Mitchell	Pontiac Fiero	24
18	19	Touring T2	Andrew Bearss	Honda Civic	24
19	10	Touring GT	Sean Hyland	Ford Mustang	23
20	24	Touring GT	Sasha Anis	Nissan 240SX	21
21	9	Touring GT	John Xiropodis / Steve Xiropodis	Volkswagen Scirocco	21
22	25	Touring GT	Marco Cirone / Robert Sabato	Chevrolet Corvette	20
Did Not Finish	18	Touring T2	Pat Harrison / Victor Simone	Nissan 200SX	9
Did Not Finish	22	Touring T2	Ian Madden	Volkswagen Golf	8
Did Not Start	-	Touring T1	Anthony Rapone	Honda Civic	-
Disqualified	16	Touring T2	Perry Iannuzzi	Nissan Sentra XE	24

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