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This year’s Ontario Formula Ford Championship schedule consists of seven weekends, for a total of fourteen contests.
The points system has changed for this year - a competitor’s two worst finishes will be dropped from their total -
meaning a driver is collecting points in twelve of their best fourteen races.
The season kicks off in May at Mosport International Raceway during the BEMC Spring Trophy Races. The series returns to Mosport in June for a doubleheader event during the Vortex Brake Pads 200 Weekend. The next two rounds are part of the DAC Trillium Trophy Races at Shannonville Motorsport Park. In early August, competitors make their third of six visits to Mosport during the BARC Canadian Touring Trophy Races. This is followed by another BARC event called the Labour Day Grand Prix. The penultimate weekend of competition occurs in mid-September as part of the BEMC Indian Summer Races. The CASC-OR Celebration of Motorsport ends the season in Ontario and determines class champions. The single-seater, open-wheel race cars in the championship are powered by a four-cylinder, 1600-cc Ford engine or the newly introduced 1.5-liter HPD Honda L15A7. Both motors produce approximately 120-horsepower. A mixture of European and North American chassis is used by competitors. Minimum vehicle weight is determined by the suspension design and ranges from 1050 to 1125-lbs. Teams are required to use a spec tire – the Toyo Proxes 888. For 2011 the FFC class was rolled into FFB. There were two groups for this season.
The date of manufacture for the individual car and not the model is used to determine the year split and if a vehicle is categorized as FFA or FFB. The penultimate weekend of the 2011 Ontario Formula Ford Championship was held on September 17-18 during the BEMC Indian Summer Trophy Races. Drivers would compete in two heat races around Mosport International Raceway’s ten-turn 2.459-mile road course.
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The pace lap for round twelve of the 2011 Ontario Formula Ford Championship and twelve drivers enter the final turn at Mosport International Raceway in anticipation of the start. On the pole is Trent Hindman in the No. 2 Brian Graham Racing prepared Van Diemen RF00. Sharing the front row is the No. 65 Britain West Motorsports Van Diemen RF03 of Garett Grist. Behind the leaders are Dalton Kellet and Michael Adams. |
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Trent Hindman did not participate in the opening weekend of the championship. He joined the season in round three at the Vortex Brake Pads 200 Weekend and won the event. Since then, Hindman has been victorious in six of the eight races he entered. In Saturday’s contest, he started behind the pole-sitter, Garett Grist and followed him to the checker. Hindman was the fastest qualifier for the finale and led flag-to-flag. |
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Only two drivers had beaten Trent Hindman since he joined the Ontario Formula Ford Championship. One was Garett Grist, the driver of the No. 65 Britain West Motorsports prepared Van Diemen RF03. He was the fastest qualifier for the weekend’s first race and would claim the victory for his second win of the year. On Sunday, the order was reversed, with Grist starting second and trailing Trent Hindman to the checker. |
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FFB category driver Steve Bamford started the year in a Van Diemen RF93, but during the season, he switched to a Swift DB-6. Bamford qualified fifth overall and second in class for round ten. He moved into the lead early and captured the win when the FFB pole-sitter, Michael Adams, retired on lap-3. In the final race of the weekend, Bamford started in the same position but would finish behind Adams in second-place. |
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Like Trent Hindman, FFB rookie Michael Adams was collecting an impressive number of victories. Occasionally, Adams was challenged to finish races, but to date, he had six wins. He qualified on the class pole for race one and started fourth overall. Unfortunately, Adams retired on lap-3. On Sunday, the driver of the No. 59 Flagship Racing Services Van Diemen RF92 redeemed himself with another category victory. |
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The first half of the 2011 Ontario Formula Ford Championship season was miserable for series veteran Steve Bodrug. Bodrug failed to finish or start four of the first six races he entered. The year turned around for him at the BARC Labour Day event when he captured a pair of runner-up results. At the BEMC Indian Summer Trophy Races, Bodrug landed on the FFB podium again with second and third-place finishes. |
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| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | A-1 | Garett Grist | Van Diemen RF03 | 11 | - |
| 2 | 2 | A-2 | Trent Hindman | Van Diemen RF00 | 11 | - |
| 3 | 5 | B-1 | Steve Bamford | Swift DB-6 | 11 | - |
| 4 | 6 | B-2 | Steve Bodrug | Van Diemen RF93 | 11 | - |
| 5 | 9 | B-3 | Paul Bollenbach | Reynard 90SF | 11 | - |
| 6 | 7 | B-4 | Andrew Mason | Van Diemen RF90 | 11 | - |
| 7 | 8 | B-5 | Alex Urbinati | Van Diemen RF92 | 11 | - |
| 8 | 11 | B-6 | Mike Lee | Lola T-540E | 11 | - |
| 9 | 12 | B-7 | Ken Soederhuysen | Swift DB-6 | 10 | - |
| 10 | 3 | A-3 | Dalton Kellett | Van Diemen RF00 | 8 | Did Not Finish |
| 11 | 4 | B-8 | Michael Adams | Van Diemen RF92 | 3 | Did Not Finish |
| 12 | 10 | B-9 | Jean-Guy Fournier | Van Diemen RF94 | 0 | Did Not Finish |
| 13 | - | B | Ross Smith | Reynard 84SF | - | Did Not Start |
| POS. | START | CLASS | DRIVER | CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 2 | A-2 | Trent Hindman | Van Diemen RF00 | 11 | - |
| 2 | 1 | A-1 | Garett Grist | Van Diemen RF03 | 15 | - |
| 3 | 3 | A-3 | Dalton Kellett | Van Diemen RF00 | 15 | - |
| 4 | 4 | B-1 | Michael Adams | Van Diemen RF92 | 15 | - |
| 5 | 5 | B-2 | Steve Bamford | Swift DB-6 | 15 | - |
| 6 | 6 | B-3 | Steve Bodrug | Van Diemen RF93 | 15 | - |
| 7 | 7 | B-4 | Alex Urbinati | Van Diemen RF92 | 15 | - |
| 8 | 8 | B-5 | Jean-Guy Fournier | Van Diemen RF94 | 15 | - |
| 9 | 10 | B-6 | Paul Bollenbach | Reynard 90SF | 15 | - |
| 10 | 11 | B-7 | Mike Lee | Lola T-540E | 14 | - |
| 11 | 12 | B-8 | Ross Smith | Reynard 84SF | 14 | - |
| 12 | 9 | B-9 | Andrew Mason | Van Diemen RF90 | 6 | Did Not Finish |
| 13 | 13 | B-10 | Ken Soederhuysen | Swift DB-6 | 6 | Did Not Finish |
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