(El Pinar, Uruguay) Maximiliano Vivot and Rodrigo Bodetto dominate the Panamerican Championship with a great succesfull and aggressive race.
For technical problems they started in 16th and last position but the finished 1st (Vivot) and 2nd (Bodetto).
They work hard and did a really good job taking advantage of the exellent material they had.
CRG is really proud of the important result of these young guys.

April 30, 2008 (Palm Springs, Calif.) It looked for a moment that Gary Carlton may have a tough time winning the Snap-On Stars of Karting presented by the Indy Racing League's ICC finals at Miller Motorsports Park, as a DNF in the weekend's first heat race meant he would likely not start the weekend's two final races on the front row.

Indeed, Carlton wound up starting the finals from the second row, in fourth position after taking the win in the second of three heat races. The first final saw Carlton's CRG, from fourth, move into third at the start and then into second after banging wheels a few times with Alex Speed. It was only a few short laps later that Carlton caught and passed polesitter Jordy Vorrath to take the first final.

In the second final, Carlton jumped into second from fourth at the start before passing Vorrath five laps in and racing off to his third win of the year.
Impressively, teammate Jacob Neal, who sat out all of the Saturday competition because of the flu, started last in both finals before running his CRG up to ninth in the first one and fifth in the second. It was good progress, especially considering it was Neal's ICC debut after competing in ICA last season.

Riley Reyes, SSC Racing's youngest member, made his Stars of Karting debut at Miller Motorsports Park in the Cadet class. After qualifying an impressive sixth aboard a CRG Cadet New Age-2, Reyes learned the ropes of Stars competition as he carded a fifth and an eleventh on Saturday. Sunday, however, Reyes broke through to win the day's heat race his first victory of the year. This bumped him up the grid and meant he would start the mains in fourth place.The mains saw Reyes finish fourth and sixth, capping an impressive weekend of racing for the SSC Racing squad.

Hamilton, Ontario – April 12, 2008 – The Cameron Motorsports (CMI) elite karting team had another successful weekend in Florida as the squad competed in the opening round of the Snap-on Stars of Karting presented by IndyCar Series. With the first event taking place at the Ocala Gran Prix facility in Ocala, Florida, CMI drivers were looking to start their national title chase off right.

Leading the charge were Intercontinental C (ICC) pilots Mike Vincec and Cody Jolly. After progressing nicely through the heat races, Vincec would claim CMI’s first podium in 2008 Stars of Karting competition with a solid third place result. Proving it was no fluke, Vincec continued his success in final two as he claimed another top five result to wrap up his weekend. Texan pilot Cody Jolly had some problems in final one but still managed to secure a solid seventh place finish against North America’s best shifter pilots. Improving in final two, Jolly battled the weather and wet conditions to score his first podium result as he crossed the strip in the third position.

Ohio pilot David Carmendy was looking for two top ten results but fell just short on this weekend. After a disappointing non-finish in final one, Carmendy turned up the wick in final two and claimed the 11th position. Carmendy will be back with the CMI team at the New Castle Motorsports Park event in late May where he has always been fast and should challenge for the win. (You say he fell short of two top tens, but he didn’t get any!)

The Junior Intercontinental A (JICA) pilot and reigning F1K Junior Canadian National Champion was successful in his first start in national competition. Competing against national champions, race winners and some of the country’s best is challenging but Canadian Jeffery May rose to the challenge. May qualified his CRG in the 13th position just over .200 off the pole. After being punted off in the first two heat races, May battled hard in heat race three to score a solid tenth place result. Due to not finishing two heat races, May was forced to start way down the running order for both feature events. With very little experience in the rain, May had an early departure from final one as an incident in front of him left him no chance to avoid it. In final two, May was progressing through the field nicely and was running in P13 before a spin relegated him down to a 17th place result.

Cadet pilot Kurtis De Boer garnered a 27th and 23rd place results in only his fourth national event. The young Canadian has proven to be fast and can fight with some of the top Cadet drivers. De Boer will take some time to complete an intensive test program before the next event.

“We had some good results but were hoping for more,” explained Cameron Motorsports Danielle Duffy. “Nobody goes to a race hoping to finish tenth, everyone wants to win. We will be back at the next event bigger and better and I am confident we will be atop the podium.

HRS Motorsport is one of the most successful racing teams in the World of Rotax Max Racing. The English-based CRG Team is led by former European champion Tristram Oman and has many victories and titles to their name in the Rotax Euro Challenge. This year, the team's star driver Ben Cooper is defending his title as the Senior Max champion from 2007.

The first round of the Rotax Euro Challenge was hosted last weekend by the Sologne Karting circuit in Salbris, France. Similar to previous years, the venue being one of the best CIK-homologated tracks in Europe, allowed some great racing, although the predicted wet weather arrived just in time for the finals.

Former Senior Max World Finals champion Cristiano Morgado again joined the HRS squad to compete in the Rotax DD2 class. He came close to a podium position in France, finishing 4th in Sunday's final.

Ben Cooper took the final podium position finishing 3rd in the Euro final for HRS, setting the 2nd best time in the race just behind the winner. After dominating all four of his qualifying heats, Cooper was unlucky to be caught out by the weather in the pre-final but came through well in the last race.

Ben Cooper, defending champion Rotax Max:
"The weekend went well throughout testing, as we were making good progress with the kart and engine. Qualifying also went okay but the weather conditions didn't help, especially as I was in the first session when the track was at its wettest. The heats were even better as I won all four races, with some more difficult than others. The pre-final started off well as we had initially opted for the correct tyre choice, choosing slicks, but then three laps into the race the rain started coming down and I knew that the drivers that had chosen wet tyres were going to come through, so it was then all about staying on track and getting a reasonable finish. The final started off tricky but I knew that I had the pace to come through, which is what happened. I ended up in 3rd place which was a good finished from 16th on the grid and we picked up some good points."

HRS Senior Max driver Curtis Roberts also reached the final, having qualified through the repecharge to then produce a fine drive and finish 15th in the final. Team-mate Rodolpho Camarillo from Mexico unfortunately missed out on a place in the main finals, but drove well over the weekend, gaining some valuable knowledge driving in wet conditions and learning more about the European style of racing. Britain's Mark Thompson secured a respectable 6th place driving in the Max Masters.

Ryuya Fujie of Japan was the 'new kid on the block' in the HRS team in Junior Max. The talented Japanese driver was in the leading group of drivers in practice, qualifying and all the heats races, but some bad luck in the pre-final relegated him back to start grid 33 for the final, when he broke a chain. Passing many competitors, Fujie drove a great race to finish the final in 8th position.

Tristram Oman; team boss of the successful HRS Motorsport:
"An extremely mixed race meeting. With great weather on Saturday, we really got our teeth into getting everything right. At the end of our first race day, we had Ben Cooper pole in Seniors, Ryuya Fujie 3rd in Juniors and Cristiano Morgado 3rd in DD2. However with the weather changing from race to race in Sundays first finals, we found ourselves leading on the wrong side of it. A little bit of luck is always needed! Thankfully we had constant rain so our drivers were able to get the most out of our equipment and set-up. Good results, but we will be working hard between now and the next round."

Ocala, FL (March 19, 2008) –PSL Karting wrapped up the 2008 edition of the Florida Winter Tour at the sixth and final weekend of the two-group program. The third double-header weekend of the schedule took the Quebec-based CRG importer to the Ocala Gran Prix facility in Ocala, Florida on March 14-16. The weather was not typical Florida condition as strong storms cut practice short on Friday, the PSL shifter drivers scored four victories and two championships this time out, led by Californian Fritz Leesmann and Virginia’s Gus Vidal.

Since January, Leesmann has been the most dominant shifter kart driver on the FWT. Earning the Saturday pole by five-hundredths of a second, Fritz tucked into second at the drop of the green flag for the Prefinal. He waited until lap seven to make his move and then cruised to a five-second victory. The Final would be all Leesmann as he turned laps a full second quicker than his qualifying time to earn the win, putting the PSL logo on the top of the podium.

Sunday was no different as Fritz was in command all day. A blistering lap in qualifying earned him the pole and a clean start in the Prefinal allowed him to cruise to the win. After slotting into second at the start of the main event, he did not wait long to regain the top spot. Leesmann would go on unchallenged to a three-second victory, successfully clinching the FWT Pro Shifter championship. In total, Leesmann took home an impressive $7500 for his four victories and the overall crown.

Adding to the success for PSL Karting was Masters Shifter driver Gus Vidal. A regular on the road racing scene, Vidal was in the spotlight in his class on the weekend. After putting the CRG on the pole in Saturday qualifying, Vidal put in two dominant performances in the Prefinal and Final, winning both by over five seconds. With the championship fight coming down to Sunday, a winner-take-all situation, Vidal found himself in a tight battle with his primary challenger, Jason Lee. Running second to Lee in Qualifying and the Prefinal, the duo started the main event from the front row. At the start, Vidal slipped back but began to reel in the leader after getting himself situated. Once he caught the leader on lap 13, he only needed one more lap before taking over the top spot, checking out once he was presented with open track. Vidal would race unchallenged to the checkered flag with a two-second advantage and a 20-point championship victory.

The CRG North American top drivers Gary Carlton, Fritz Leesmann and Michael Vincec have been invited to Italy by CRG and Maxter for a test session at the South Garda Karting track.

Our three drivers arrived on Tuesday February 26th to start the three days session on the famous circuit, where several world championships took place.

Since the first day of tests they run really fast and achieved impressive results, confirming once again their great talent. The work at the track has been very intensive and focused both on the chassis set up and on the engines tuning.
The CRG and Maxter technical staff has been really impressed by the highly professional feedback received by the North American drivers, who were able to provide them sharp technical information that allowed the team to improve the performances obtaining the best test laps comparable to the European top drivers ones.

Carlton, Leesmann and Vincec, standard-bearers of our North American importers, will add this important experience to their know-how and their racing career. The 2008 season will be full of appointments for them: they will take part in the Stars of Karting Championship and two of them will also participate in some of the most important European Championships.

CRG and Maxter are very satisfied of the test results and we really enjoyed working with these young talented drivers, so that we decided to give them our best technical support also for the US championships.
A special thanks to SSC Racing, SSC East, Cameron Motorsports and PSL for their constant commitment that allowed the discovery of these great champions.

HOMESTEAD, FL (January 23, 2008) – PSL Karting wrapped up the first rounds of the Florida Winter Tour with the second leg of the double-weekend event at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Southern Florida with another solid team performance for the 10 drivers running under the Canadian CRG importer’s tent. A total of three podium finishes, including one victory, in just two divisions wrapped up PSL Karting’s January racing calendar.

A late addition to the PSL Karting tent for the Group B weekend was the West Coast driver Fritz Leesmann, who was making his first appearance at the Tour. Leesmann, just as he was in 2007 on the national scene, was among the fastest drivers all weekend long. Starting off on Saturday by earning the pole position in the stacked Pro Shifter category, Leesmann swept the on-track sessions with Prefinal and Final victories - earning $1,500 for the main event win. Sunday’s action saw rain early on with Fritz qualifying fourth in the wet conditions. With a damp track early, Leesman put in an impressive run to get to the lead early and held on as the track began to dry to score the Prefinal victory. Set to start the main event from the pole position, Leesmann pulled in during the warm-up lap with a broken shift lever, ending his chance at a second victory.

KF3: Jakub Dalewski, Daniel Vela

KF2: Leonardo Fuoco, Giovanni Venturini, Felice Tiene, Thiemo Storz, Andrea Dalè

KF1: Eddy Tinini, Arnaud Kozlinski, Jean-Philippe Guignet

KZ: Jonathan Thonon, Alessandro Manetti, Gary Carlton, Jacob Neal

According to the experience made during this season in the WSK International Series, CRG has decided that this will be the only international series where the company will be officially committed, of course together with the CIK-FIA championships. This decision has been taken on the race tracks: the great efforts made by the WSK promoter allowed the series to have a great interest from the media, including the television, promoting the image of karting both on the national and international level, so that to increase the attention of the karting lovers and to enlarge the number of potential users. Moreover, the active cooperation between the promoter and the manufacturers allowed to improve the regulations so that to create a real benefit for the show and the participants. This willingness to the dialogue has been one of the reasons why CRG and its related companies have focused their attention on this international series, that in 2008 will include in its calendar three races in Italy and three races in Europe. Other manufacturers are considering the possibility to focus their commitment on the WSK and this can only provide a benefit to this reality and in general to the whole world of karting, that is too often managed and directed by people unrelated to this sport and moreover unconnected with the propaedeutical attitude that allowed karting to increase its importance worldwide.

Our driver showed once again his stunning driving ability starting from the qualification heats: he easily won the first 2 heats with a wide margin of lead on the other competitors. Unfortunately in the 3rd heat a difficult starting caused him a spin at the second bend, that forced him to start again at the end of the group. Gary made a wonderful recovery, but the two drivers just in front of him made a bad crash taking up the whole circuit width, obliging him to another starting; then a daring overtaking caused him some irreparable damage to the kart and he had to conclude the heat. These unlucky events forced him to start from the 8th place on both Finals starting grids.

The Californian driver started Final 1 recovering many positions, but he was too far from the two drivers leading the race so he finished the race on the third step of the podium. In Final 2 thanks to a great starting he immediately caught up the leading group and after a series of incredible overtaking he took the lead of the race just some laps before reaching the finishing line and he crossed it with a good lead. This fantastic performance allowed Gary to win the Championship for the second year in a row!
A big thanks to this great champion, to the PCH team and to Swedetech, that with their incredible dedication, abilities and talent allowed us to reach this important result.

Great performance also for Fritz Leesmann: two 8th and a 5th places in the qualification heats made him start from the third row of the Finals starting grid. The engine turning off in Final 1 forced him to start again at the end of the group, but thanks to a good recovery Fritz finished the race at the 10th position.

In Final 2 he made a great start but despite he fought hard to the end he missed by a hair's breadth the second place, anyway gaining the third step of the podium.

The KF2 World Cup and the KF1 World Championship have been an important test for the Maxter engines: the new engine evolution gave very good performances, that make us have great expectations for the future (CIK decisions permitting).

Obviously we could not expect to have wonderful results, considering that we were not allowed to operate on the engines because of the severe restrictions imposed by the CIK rules. Also in KF1, that usually is a free category, we have been prevented to make those operations that are of primary importance for the best development of the engine. Unfortunately the CIK, under the pressure of some manufacturers, is modifying the regulations that have been promised by the FIA World Council during the engines homologation period.

For the KF category's sake we hope that everything will be brought back to normal soon, then Maxter with some modifications will be able too to compete at the highest levels that are its peculiarity.

Stunning results for the CRG colours in the last two races of the Stars of Karting Series, waiting for the grand final that will be held in October on the Vegas circuit.

In the August race, held in Shawano - WI, Michael Vincec (Cameron Motorsports) stood out the competitors achieving the first step of the podium in ICC class. Thanks to his great performance, CRG won 7 of the 8 competitions of the USA championship. Despite Mike didn't succeeded in making the best lap, he run always very fast and he has never been frightened by competitors with many more years of experience, showing an exceptional determination that allowed him to conquer the final victory.

Good result also for the young PCH driver Jacob Neal in the Sunday race: even in the first race stages he had some problems in finding the bet set-up Jacob made an exciting and hard fought race, achieving the second place and keeping it till the last lap, when an unlucky mistake made him lose a position and crossed third the finishing line.

The round 5, held on the Beaumont track in California, witnessed the umpteenth evidence of the overwhelming superiority of the Californian Gary Carlton and the couple CRG - Maxter: the driver of the PCH race team easily conducted the competition on Saturday , managing his lead till he crossed first the finishing line. The Sunday final on the contrary confirmed once again his stunning driving skills: just a few laps before the end of the race Carlton was second and while he was overtaking his competitor they both went out of the track, but thanks to his great professionalism our driver immediately came back to the race on the first position. Thanks to these two victories Gary confirmed himself as the absolute winner of the West Stars of Karting championship.

Great performance also for the Wonderbar Team driver Fritz Leesmann, a rising star who conquered two well-deserved third places.

In ICA class, the Cameron Motorsports driver Cody Jolly achieved a wonderful second place in the Saturday race, missing by a hair's breadth the victory the following day because of an unfortunate accident happened during the last lap.

Also the JICA class is a source of big satisfaction: the young driver Miles Maroney conquered twice the victory, Saturday with a bit of luck by his side, while Sunday he had to show all his great driving abilities to get on the first step of the podium.

On the International Circuit of Sarno our Belgian champion Thonon showed a stunning demonstration of his superiority: after winning all the qualification and preliminary heats , Jonathan dominated also the prefinal, being the first to cross the finishing line thanks to a faultless performance.

Due to a little hitch happened just after starting the final, he was second at the beginning of the first lap, but thanks to an incredible overtaking at the end of the straight our driver regained the head of the race and then he managed his advantage as a great professional for the subsequent 17 laps, until he crossed triumphant the finishing line.

Jonathan made also the best lap, in 1:03.985.

On the contrary it has been an unlucky weekend for the last appointment of the European championship KZ2, where the driver of the DR racing team Kazimieras Vasiliauskas stood out at the beginning as the absolute master, but due to a weight problem caused by the high temperatures of the weekend he has been disqualified, so his race has been irremediably compromised.

Starting 14th in the prefinal, he succeeded at first to catch up till the 4th position, but during an attack to the third place an accident took him again at the end of the group. Despite the bad luck the Lithuanian driver, 19th on the starting grid of the final, made a wonderful recovery till the 5th position, achieving the best times in both the finals.

Due to these unfortunate events, the CRG expectations turned all to the Dutch driver Rick Dreezen

The driver of the CRG Holland race team, after a few problems in the prefinal that forced him to start from the 3rd row, made a fantastic comeback to the second place, missing for just a few points the top of the table. Thanks to this great performance he qualified vice European champion at his first participation in the championship.

Montreal, Canada – August 9, 2007 – The best drivers and karting teams competed last weekend in the Canadian Karting Championships held in Hamilton, Ontario. The PSL Karting team won the trophy for the best team, and also collected five podiums, including three Canadian titles and two runner-up titles. The PSL Karting team and three of their drivers will compete next November in the prestigious Rotax Max World Championships held in Dubai.

The PSL Karting team clinched two titles in the Rotax Max Junior category. Quebec City's Michaël Grenier and Valleyfield's Mathieu Bourgouin performed well under intense pressure and respectively captured the Canadian title and the runner-up position. The two drivers will now be invited to compete in the Rotax Max World Finals.

Team PSL Karting and veteran driver Luc Sauriol from Montreal, Quebec then won the Canadian title in the Master category. Sauriol will also represent Canada in November in Dubai. “To be forced to run in the repechage heat before clinching the Canadian title is quite an accomplishment! This victory also provides me with a participation in the World Finals to be held held in Dubai. It feels incredible!” Sauriol explains. “The rain helped me catch up with the leaders near the end of the race.”

Jake Rosenzweig (PSL Karting / CRG) was crowned Canadian Formula ICC National Champion . Rosenzweig impressively added the Canadian title to his earlier ICA FWT Championship victory. Rosenzweig, who was nursing a rib injury from the first competitive heat on Friday, had earlier finished the pre-final in third position behind Vincec and Fox. In the final Rosenzweig got a great start from the second row and took the lead going into turn one, never looking back. In the wet conditions he laid down the fastest lap of the race 1.03.394 and consistently took a second per lap out of the competition. Rosenzweig stayed clear of the back markers as he lapped part of the field and took the checkered flag by a convincing ten second margin.

In the 4-stroke Senior category, Ontario's Steven Mathew won the Canadian runner-up title behind the wheel of the new chassis (PSL RS4) specifically developed by PSL karting and manufactured by CRG. PSL Karting showed the impressive performance of this new chassis designed exclusively for North-American events.

“We experienced another productive championship, mentioned Dominic Labrecque, owner of PSL Karting. I am very satisfied with the performances of our drivers and the work achieved by the race team. It is with pride that we all left Hamilton with the trophy awarded to best team of the championship.”

On a final note, young Quebec racing driver Kevin Lacroix, who has just signed an agreement to race in the Atlantic Champ Car series in 2008 with the Walker Racing team, learned the ropes with PSL Karting when he was racing karts.

The past weekend has been really unlucky for the CRG colours. On the French track of Varennes s/Allier Jonathan Thonon showed once again his undisputed talent in KZ1, winning the Final 1 despite a bad start, but he seized up the engine a few meters after crossing the finishing line and in Final 2, where he obtained the pole position and the best lap, he has been implicated in an unfortunate accident, that kept him from finishing the race and gaining the very few points that separate him from the top of the classification, so that he missed by a hair's breadth the title of European Champion.

Good results also for the Dutch driver Geurts Verdi, who achieved a third place in race 2 and a seventh placing in race 1.

In KZ2 the CRG Holland driver Rick Dreezen obtained two great second places and he made also the best lap in Final 2, while Kazimieras Vasiliauskas, of the DR race team, got the third placing in race 2 and the sixth in race 1. Thanks to these results the two drivers classified respectively second and third in the general classification.

A real piece of bad luck for the Californian driver Gary Carlton: 31st on the starting grid of Final 1, because of a series of technical problems occurred during the qualification heats, thanks to his incredible determination and rage he recovered and conquered the best time lap after lap, but the destiny was once again against him and he broke the chain, so he has been forced to stop for the third time.

The last race of the international competition for the 2007 season took place on the South Garda Karting track of Lonato (BS) - Italy, celebrating the exceptional talent of Jonathan Thonon, who had already been crowned champion of the series a few weeks ago during the race of Salbris.

The Belgian driver had an unlucky accident in Final 1, that then forced him to start from the second-last row in Final 2, but he showed once again his great driving ability through a wonderful recovery that allowed him to cross the finishing line on the 4th placing. Very good performances for the Lithuanian Kazimieras Vasiliauskas, who thanks to two second places conquered deservedly the second placing in the general classification and for the driver of the Galiffa race team Arnaud Kozlinski, fourth in Final 1 and third in Final 2.

The young driver from Naples Felice Tiene dominated the two finals of KF2, thanks to two impeccable performances that allowed him to win both the races, realizing also the best lap in Final 1.

Ostella became a WKA Grand National Champion last weekend.

Canadian junior sensation David Ostella became a US Grand National Champion last weekend as he earned a coveted World Karting Association Eagle. One of the most storied awards in kart racing, Eagles for sprint kart racing are awarded at the Grand National round of the George Kugler Manufacturer's Cup Championship, this year contested as round number three at USA International Raceway in Shawano, Wisconsin.

The win allowed Ostella to meet his goal of claiming a National title, and now he looks to add a full season championship as well.

The win also moved the young Canadian to 637 points through three of five rounds, an even 100 up on Sean Rayhall and 160 clear of third-placed Michael Furfari.

The fourth race of the WSK championship witnessed once again the absolute domination of the CRG colours. Jonathan Thonon, Gary Carlton and Armando Parente stole the show of the KZ2, conquering the first three positions even starting from the free practices and the qualification heats, when Jonathan made also the best lap.

Armando achieved the first step of the podium in Final 1, followed by his team mates Jonathan and Gary, while in Final 2 Jonathan has been the master of the race and Carlton and Parente obtained respectively the second and the fourth position.

Thanks to this umpteenth confirmation of his stunning talent, Thonon is already mathematically the absolute winner of the championship. Gary's performance has been also particularly remarkable, because he made a great recovery obtaining these wonderful results after two difficult departures due to some problems caused by a competitor.

CRG achieved fantastic results also in KF2, where the young driver Felice Tiene after carrying out a third and a second placing in the heats has conquered the third position in an hard fought Final 1, making the best lap starting with only two new tyres, and won the Final 2 leading the race since the first lap.

The top driver of the PCH Motorsports hits two more great successes during the race weekend at the New Castle Motorsports Park - Indiana, showing a superiority so overwhelming that the federation has been forced to make very strict controls, that he has naturally got through without any problem. Gary had just a little pressure from the competitors during the first two laps of the second final, but he immediately gained a large margin of lead; thanks to his four victories in a row he proved once again to be the absolute master of the USA Championship ICC class.

Great race also for Michael Vincec - Cameron Motorsports, who obtained two fifth placing and for the PSL driver Jan Velez, who made an eight and a ninth place.

CRG achieved great results also in ICA class, thanks to the second, third and fourth placing made respectively by Cody Jolly (Cameron Motorsports), Jake Rosenzweig (PSL) and Jacob Neal (PCH) during the race of Saturday. These wonderful performances have been then reconfirmed on Sunday by another second place of Cody, the fourth placing of Jacob, who after a fantastic recovery has bravely fought with a competitor failing by a hair's breadth the third step of the podium at the last lap, and by the seventh place of Jake.

The third race of the WSK International series witnessed once again the triumph of the CRG colours in the KZ2 class. As expected Jonathan Thonon has confirmed his absolute domination making great strides towards the final victory, thanks to a first placing in race 1 and a second place in race 2, just behind his team mate Kazimieras Vasiliauskas, who obtained the first victory in an International karting event for his country, Lithuania.

Thanks to this wonderful success and to the second placing in race 2 Kazimieras achieved also the second place in the general classification, while Armando Parente and Yannik Savard tied for the fourth placing.

Fantastic race also for the Swiss driver Ken Alleman, who gained the third place in race 1 and a fifth place in race 2 due to an unfortunate departure.

Jonathan Thonon has been once again one of the best protagonists of the KZ1 class. In Final 1 the Belgian driver carried out an hard fight with a competitor for the victory, but unluckily he crossed the finishing line just a few hundredth after the first one, then he conquered the third step of the podium in Final 2. Thanks to these great performances Jonathan gained the second place of the general classification.

Beautiful race also for Thonon's team mate Armando Parente, who obtained a fifth and a seventh placing.

Wonderful performance for Gary Carlton in KZ2: the Californian driver started in the best way since the Qualification Heats, constantly improving his outcomes so that to achieve a good 8th placing in Final 1 and even a great 2nd place in Final 2! Thanks to these fantastic results Gary is now at the 3rd position of the KZ2 general classification.

The DR Team driver Kazimieras Vasiliauskas made a great race and with his third and fifth placing he's now fourth in the general classification. The Dutch driver Rick Dreezen, third in Final 1, has been very unlucky in Final 2, where he was fourth until the last lap when an accident made him lose precious scores for the championship.

On the occasion of the first round of the USA series, on the circuit of Norman - Oklahoma, the Californian champion of the PCH Motorsports team showed once again his marked superiority. Gary has won both the finals of Saturday and Sunday, also thanks to the great work done by the PCH team and by Mr. Reine of Swedetech.

Great performance also for another talent of the CRG team, Fritz Leesmann, who gave proof of his great ability gaining two second places. Nicholas Halen, Gary Carlton's team mate, after obtaining a fifth place in the first race conquered on Sunday the third step of the podium, while the Cameron Motorsports driver Michael Vincec gained two good sixth places.

Remarkable outcome also for the PSL driver Jake Rosenzweig, who conquered on Sunday the second step of the class ICA podium.

What a great weekend for our drivers! The CRG colours dominated both the finals, leaded by the man who has already been renamed "The King of the KZ2": Jonathan Thonon. The Belgian driver headed both races starting from the qualification heats of Saturday, that allowed him to gain the pole position.

The Lithuanian Kazimieras Vasiliauskas, of the DR Racing Team, was the second classified and thanks to this great performance he obtained his first podium in an international race. Wonderful results also for the Portuguese driver Armando Parente, third classified in race 2 and fourth in race 1, while Yannik Savard obtained a fourth and a fifth place, confirming the good performances made during the Round 1. Thanks to these fantastic races now Jonathan is the undisputed leader of the general classification, with a good 45 points of lead over the second.

NEWS 29/03/2007

*** The CRG drivers had a wonderful weekend on the Salbris racing circuit ***

Ben Cooper has been able to handle in the best way the race starting from the first laps: despite he could not start from the first lines due to an accident happened in prefinal, Ben made a wonderful recovery that in just a few laps allowed him to conquer the lead of the group and to win the race. All our best congratulations to Ben and to the whole HRS Motorsport team!!!

Great performance also for the young Dutch driver Jorrit Pex in the Junior class. An unlucky accident in prefinal forced him to start from the backlines, but in spite of this Jorrit was really faster then his competitors and after gaining the first position he obtained an overwhelming victory. A big thanks from the whole CRG staff to Jorrit and his team manager Jos Verstappen!!

Remarkable outcome also for the Kart Shop Swiss driver Kevin Ludi, who thanks to his great performances in final and prefinal conquered the third position in the general classification of the DD2 class.

NEWS 29/03/2007

Burnaby , BC - Genesis Racing Team is excited to announce the addition of two new drivers. Joining the 2007 Stars of Karting line-up, competing in the Spec Racer category, are Andrew Withers of Jacksonville, Florida and Kris Hoffbeck of Kamloops , BC.

Withers has an impressive track record on the Florida circuit with a championship victory in the Easykart 125 class, and a second place finish in the TAG category. When asked how he felt about the upcoming season Withers had this to say. "I am very excited to be part of the Genesis Racing Team. Driving for one of the best teams in North America is a huge honor and I'm confident I can continue their winning tradition".

Hoffbeck spent last season, his first year of competition, racing for a satellite team of Genesis Racing. Surprising both his competition and spectators at the Canadian ROK CUP final in Edmonton , AB this past summer, he finished a spectacular fourth place in a very tight field. Since then he has been looking for opportunities to compete further at that level, and knows he has found that challenge at Stars this year.

NEWS 26/03/2007

Wonderful weekend for the CRG drivers in Ocala - Florida, crowned by the great victory of the race 6 class ICA obtained by Jake Rosenzweig - PSL, followed by the CRG drivers Nico Silva -SSC East and Cody Jolly - Cameron Motorsports.

This great performance allowed Jake to win the Championship and to Nico Silva, who was also 4th in race 5, to conquer a good fourth placement.

Great results despite some bad luck in the Pro Shifter class, where thanks to the third placement in race 5 Michael Vincec - Cameron Motorsports obtained the second placement in the final classification and Jan Velez Walter - PSL was fifth.

Remarkable outcomes also for David Ostella - Cameron Motorsports, 3rd in race 5 JICA, Thomas Silva, 4th in race 6 JICA, Tyler Wheeler - PSL, 4th in race 5 JICA, Jacob Neal - SSC, who made a wonderful recovering starting from the last position and finishing 7th in ICA and the Cameron Motorsports drivers Julius Makos and Garett Grist, 3rd and 4th in the Shockwave Karting Cadet class.

Thank you and all our best congratulations to everyone!!!

With this, the fifteen-year-old Cameron Motorsports driver begins the 2007 season with multiple awards including the 2006 Snap-On Stars Of Karting Rookie of the Year, the ASN Canada Canadian National Champion (ICC) and dual champion in the regional Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship (ICC & F1-K). He has also started the season with three podium finishes in the Florida Winter Tour.

Mike will next be on track for the final round of FWT on March 17-18 at the Ocala Grand Prix where he and tuner Brian Bettencourt will look to put the Cameron Motorsports CRG/SwedeTech on the podium and take some valuable points to wrap up the series championship.

PSL KARTING: 10 PODIUMS-1 HAT TRICK AT HOMESTEAD

The Canadian team, CRG/Maxter importer, collected 10 podiums including a hat trick. They also had 4 fourth places in the second round of the Florida Winter Tour in Homestead.

In Group A, the CRG chassis powered by the Rotax/PSL racing engines showned their quickness in every classes. In Jr, Daniel Vela and Jose Zanella were regularly in the top 10 in spite of their lack of experience. In Sr, Jacob Neal,Wes Philips and Alex Louet all had a chance to win. Neal was at his first start in senior's class.

He finished in 2 nd place in Saturday and Sunday's pre finals.

Louet made a come back into the racing scene. He has not raced since 2004 but he clinched the fastest lap by 0.3 second ahead of the leader and finish 4th in the final . Wes Philips had bad luck with some electrical problems on his kart. The masters drivers (Brad Smith, Paul Walker and Tico Ramia) outclassed the other drivers with a spectacular hat trick.

Beginning in DD2 for the team : 2 podiums by Elie Arsenault and Brad Smith.

In the “CIK” group, 3 podiums and 3 fourth places

Very fast in JICA, Michael Grenier stayed in the top 4 signing a victory in pre final.

He made the best lap during the final. Daniel Vela and Jose Zanella were unlucky this week end.in Ica Jake Rosenzweig finished on the podium once again.

Pelayo Troncoso end up 17th and Antony Lliopiz was running in 7th position, two lap prior the end he had engine failiere and was not able to finish the race .

In ICC Jan Velez had a pretty tuff week end with a 4th and 8th.Tom Cadieux had a good run on sunday finishing 6th in the pre final and 9 in the final.

Paul Walker dominated the master shifter  in qualification with more then 0.4sec on pole ,a 6 sec. lead to win the pre final ,with a better race management he would have a chance to win the master's class.

Tico Ramia was victim of a rash opponent, taking away his chance for a podium after finishing 3rd in pre final. In TAG heavy, Nicolas Munne finished twice in third position.

Florida Winter Tour Junior standout Matthew Mair has joined on with The Genesis Racing Team of Vancouver B.C. Matthew has only been competing for just over 1 year and is currently running with the top junior Rotax veterans on the Winter Tour. 

With this agreement Mair will be running under the Genesis tent at the Stars of Karting  e astern events running in the JICA category. Working with him will be his usual tuner Juan Carlos Diaz (1K)  of Capricorn  Racing who will be a welcome addition under the team tent as he boasts many years as a successful tuner.

"Myself and Kevin (Glover) recently worked with Matthew at the Florida Winter tour and his ability to adapt and apply what he is told was amazing, we were very impressed with his development after only one year and we are looking forward to working with him even furthur towards getting him on the Stars podium" commented Genesis Racing's Steve Rickman.

CURTIS FOX JOINS CAMERON MOTORSPORTS ELITE NATIONAL TEAM

Cameron Motorsports is honored to announce that Curtis Fox, member of the elite Sunoco Ultra 94 F2000 Team, has signed on to drive for the Cameron Motorsports CRG National Race Team in 2007. Curtis will enter his 7 th season of racing with a full schedule that includes The Snap On Stars of Karting Championship, the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship, the Rock Island Grand Prix and the ASN Canada FIA National Karting Championship which will be held in August at Cameron Motorsports CRG National Teams' home racetrack in Hamilton ON.

FLORIDA WINTER TOUR: WONDERFUL RESULTS FOR THE CAMERON MOTORSPORTS DRIVERS!!

Michael Vincec started the 2007 season as he ended 2006, on the top step of the podium!! Along with his two wins, Michael chalked up the fastest lap in both races as well as a pole position.

The young driver David Ostella, after 2 wonderful second places in the Rotax Max Junior class, qualified second in JICA just 5 one hundredths off pole, but some bad fortune in the final saw him finishing sixth.

In the DD2 class the rookie 2 stroke driver Michael Di Meo, who raced at the front of the pack, has been rewarded with two wins after a competitor was disqualified.

All our best congratulations!!!!!!

SKUSA SUPERNATIONALS X: AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY FOR GARY CARLTON IN THE SUPERPRO FINAL!!

The driver of the PCH Motorsport, after running fastest in the qualifying Friday and winning all the three heat races, conquered the pole in the Final and led all the 25 laps of the race! Of course with such an impressive performance he breasted the tape first, followed by his teammate Alex Speed, who made also a wonderful race, never losing the second position.

All our best congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A great success also for Darren Elliot, of the PSL racing team, who's the winner of the G1 category and made the fastest lap. Congratulations also to Eddie Olpin, second classified in the S3 category and Gianmarco Raimondo, third classified in the S1 category.

STEERING WHEEL WITH DRIVE CONTROLS

Big news from C.R.G.: we are as usually committed to offer to our clients the best opportunities to improve the performances of their karts. This new steering wheel has been studied for the H category and it offers the possibility to use the controls (brake, accelerator) without removing the hand from the steering wheel, so that to assure a better safety to the driver.

*** Technical Features ***

- dismountable aluminium steering wheel with alcantara covering -

- Brembo radial pump (Self Adjusting System) -

- handle motorcycling style with fast stroke -

- possibility to invert the controls -

It is available with or without data survey system -

JONATHAN THONON IS THE SUPER-ICC WORLD CHAMPION 2006!!!!

The great victory obtained by Jonathan has been confirmed after the appeal made by C.R.G. following up the 10 seconds penality inflicted to the driver at the end of the race by the members of the Sporting Commission.

After an accurate evaluation, the court ratified to Jonathan the title of Super-ICC World Champion, annulling the penality and giving him the well-deserved prize for his stunning performance.

We are glad that there are persons who can keep the karting a clear sport, where victories are obtained only through talent and fairness.

All our best congratulations to Jonathan for this great success, that is once again the confirmation of an unquestioned talent.

2006 CIK-FIA World Karting Championship and World Cup FA & ICA: Jonathan Thonon and Rick Dreezen on the podium

The weekend of Jonathan Thonon started off on the wrong foot: due to the presence of water in his fuel, he was only able to qualify 25 th . Once his fuel was changed he brilliantly recovered: starting from the 13th position he rapidly gained the number three slot, a forth and a second place in the three qualifying matches and demonstrating to be the fastest driver on the track regardless of his more accredited adversaries.

Thanks to his optimum performances, at the end of the time trials on Saturday the Belgian pilot was already in contention as the favourite to win the title. Unfortunately on Sunday the weather played against him, creating problems in the prefinals, which he nevertheless obtained the number three position, next to his team mate Alexander Sims, in command the entire prefinal placing first position after a superb performance and rounding off the field of CRG was Guignet arriving 5 th . Another driver being recognized as a potential match winner was Jules Bianchi (Maranello Kart) who arrived second in the prefinal.

In the first half of the afternoon the climatic conditions seemed drastically improved, so much so that the drivers had changed to slick tires and a dry setup. Shortly after the start of the final the climatic conditions took a turn for the worst with torrential rains flooding the track and creating extreme technical difficulties and changing the circumstances of the race. The incomprehensible rules imposed by the federation only take into account the substitution of the tires and not taking into consideration all the other technical preparation to the chassis. For this reason, the first ranked driver in the prefinals Sims found his engine submersed in water and was forced to withdraw at the first turn and even the drivers Guignet and Thonon had the same problem but fortunately to a lesser degree.

Thanks to the ability of Jonathan Thonon he was able to stay with the front group of drivers and obtain the third podium spot. Jonathan excellent showing unfortunately doest not reflect the true potential he was able to achieve.

Great show even for Rick Dreezen: after a spectacular recovery from the 15 th spot to the 5 th in the prefinals, the driver from C.R.G. Holland qualified third in the ICA World Cup notwithstanding an accident which set him back many positions was still able to make a great showing and gain a podium spot.

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