Ruman Scores 6th At Canadian Tire Motorsports Park

Toronto – With a large crowd on hand to usher in the 2012 racing season, Amy Ruman opened the Trans Am championship with a run to sixth place at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in the No. 23 McNichols Co./Goodyear/Cenweld sponsored C6 Corvette. The race weekend marked the debut event for Ruman with the C6 Corvette as the Ohio-based racer looked to build on her 2011 Trans Am season-finale race win with a strong result to open the year.

The event, known as the Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend, saw Ruman take fifth on the starting grid as she and her Ruman Racing crew worked to get familiar with the Corvette. The group had over a decade’s worth of set-ups and history with the previous Corvette, and the Victoria Day event marked the start of a new chapter with the new machine.

Ruman showed that the new C6 Corvette has promise as she posted the second quickest time in the morning warm-up, but the weekend was still a learning one for Ruman Racing.

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Doug Peterson And Pete Halsmer Grab Trans Am Season Opening Victories At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Trans Am Is Back!

Canadian racing fans got a taste of true ground pounding thunder this weekend as America's Road Racing Series, Trans Am, set the fastest times of the Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend. When the dust had settled, it was the 800HP Trans Am cars that rocked the house.

In the Trans Am class it was three Corvettes that jumped out early. Defending Champion Tony Ave in the number 4 Lamers Racing Corvette took the lead. Teammate Doug Peterson in the number 87 3Dimensional.com Corvette was second and last year's Road Atlanta winner, Amy Ruman, had her new number 23 McNichols Corvette in hot pursuit running third.

On lap 13 Blaise Csida in the 07 Gateway Racing Corvette got around Ruman to take over third position. Just one lap later, Peterson took over the lead as Ave suffered a flat on his Corvette's left rear. Tony managed to slowly nurse the car back to the pits.

Meanwhile on lap 15, Csida came into the pits with mechanical problems of his own. By lap 18 the running order was Peterson, Simon Gregg in the 59 Gregg Motorsports Corvette and Ian Patterson driving his beautifully turned out number 74 Canadian Heros Corvette.

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Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Trans Am Qualifying Report

Tony AveUnder spectacular blue skies, the Trans Am Series, America's Road Racing Series,  ran the first official practice and qualifying sessions for the 2012 season today at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Mosport).

Defending Trans Am Champion, Tony Ave, set the top time [1:17.722]  in the morning practice session driving the No. 4 Corvette. Likewise, Bob Stretch, defending Trans Am 2 Champion, turned a 1:26.904 to post the top time in TA2 driving his No. 98 Wheels America Racing Camaro.

Bob StretchIn the afternoon qualifying session Ave and Stretch continued to set the pace in their respective classes. Ave took the TA pole with a 1:16.912 while Stretch grabbed the TA2 pole with a 1:25.460.

The top three qualifiers in Trans Am are Ave (4) 1:16.912; Csida (07) 1:17.777; Peterson (87) 1:17.932.

The top three qualifiers in Trans Am 2 are Stretch (98) 1:25.460, Halsmer (12) 1:26.966, Miller (11) 1.27.014

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