News
10/03/03 PPKC next stop March 12th weekend @ Devonshire Mall
Point Pelee Karting Club traveled up to the Rockton Fairgrounds on Feb 20th for the Waterloo Kart Clubs Swap meet to promote the 2010 racing schedule with the clubs all new display booth . We would like to thank Brad Buckler his very helpful crew and the Waterloo Regional Kart Club for allowing us to attend and set up our display booth to promote the PPKC 2010 racing season. We look forward to working with WRKC and the other GTA karting clubs this season in promoting the fun family sport of Karting in Ontario. The clubs next stop is the Devonshire Mall in Windsor Ontario March 12th weekend . Stop by for the Malls " Fun Friday" between 5:00pm and 8:00pm for the clubs demonstration and join in to have a chance to win a 47" LCD flat screen TV . Some of Southern Ontario's best drivers will be on hand to show off their 2010 karts and sign autographs . Anyone wishing to help out at the mall or for more info please contact PPKC_09@hotmail.com
10/02/16 PPKC is hitting the road to Waterloo
The Point Pelee Karting Club would like to thank very much, Joe Colasanti and his staff for their continuing support for the kids , PPKC racing and allowing us to set up our display for their Family Day event to promote our up and coming racing season . It was a great success . The club would also like to thank a great group of club corporate supporters who put all this together. Dana Moro and the staff at Exomark ( www.exomark.com ) for suppling the display equipment , designing all the graphics and hand out flyers . Cody Schindel from Autosportsmedia (www.autosportsmedia.com) for his great shots of all the drivers in action . Big thanks to Tommy Quinlan for lending us his kart for all the kids to sit in all day . They were all grinning from ear to ear all day long , and all the clubs members who came out for the great food & fun for Family Day at Colasanti's Tropical Gardens .(www.colasantis.com) The next stop for the club is going to be at the Waterloo Regional Kart Club (www.wrkc.on.ca.) Flea Market & Swap Meet Feb 20th at the Rockton World's fairgrounds. Information on how to get to the Rockton World’s Fair grounds can be found at (www.rocktonworldsfair.com.) For more information contact: Brad Buckler 416-209-4058 Email brad.buckler@emerson.com
10/02/09 PPKC at Colasanti Tropical Gardens Family Day Feb 15th
The Point Pelee Karting Club would like to thank the Pelee Days Inn http://www.peleedaysinn.com/index.htm for hosting the PPKC General membership meeting this past Feb 6th and for putting on a great pasta dinner for all who attended . Thanks to all who attended . During the meeting the 2010 racing season Board of Directors elections were held . The 2010 PPKC board of directors are Todd Quinlan , Cole Cacciavillani , Jason Papp , Sherry LaJoie, Earl LaJoie, Lee Myer, Bert Mucci, Kim Watzke, and Greig Howe. If you would like to volunteer to help out with planning the 2010 racing season or any of the up and coming off-season events please contact any of the board members .
Contact information can be found on the website .http://pointpeleekarting.com/PPKC/about-us/ or email PPKC_09@hotmail.com.
The next event the Point Pelee Karting Club is going to be attending is at Colasanti Tropical Gardens http://colasanti.com for Family day Feb15th . Everyone is welcome to come out and join in on the fun . Anyone wishing to help out with the all new PPKC display booth , please contact PPKC_09@hotmail.com
10/01/30 PPKC General Membership meeting Feb 6th 2:00pm reminder
This is just a reminder that the Pelee Days Inn needs a head count for the general membership meeting at on Feb 6th at 2:00pm for the dinners . If your planning on attending the meeting and staying for the pasta dinner please email ppkc_09@hotmail.com before Feb 2nd
10/01/27 PPKC General Membership meeting Feb 6th 2:00pm
It’s that time of year again, time to start the engines for the 2010 racing
season in Southern Ontario. The Point Pelee Karting Club would like to invite
all current and future members or anyone who may be interested in getting into
karting to bring their families young and old to the Pelee Days Inn on Feb 6 for
some fun and mid winter bench racing.
The Point Pelee Karting Club is
having it’s general membership and registration meeting to discuss the 2010
racing season along with the board of directors elections. The meeting is going
to be held at 2:00pm at The Pelee Days Inn, 566 Bevel Line Rd Leamington,
Ontario (next to the track).
Following the meeting a pasta and salad
dinner is being provided for anyone (driver and non-driver) who registers and
pays in full with the club at the meeting for the 2010 racing season.
All
the registration forms can be found on the PPKC website
Please
contact PPKC_09@hotmail.com if
you are planning on attending the Feb 6th meeting along with the number of
adults and children that will be staying for dinner. Any non-registering
drivers, families and friends that attend the meeting can also join us for
dinner for $11.95 per adult and $5.95 per child under 12.
The Pelee Days
Inn (http://www.peleedaysinn.com/index.htm is generously allowing
everyone who attends the meeting to stay after and take in the ARCA Races and
Nascar Budweiser shootout races on their big projection T.V’s. Also, they have
offered a special rate for anyone wanting to stay the night. Anyone wishing to
take advantage of pool and other facilities for the whole weekend can contact
the Days Inn at 1-800-300-2696
10/01/18 Point Pelee Karting Club Membership Packages Released
PPKC 2010 Club Membership packages and track fees have been released on
Jan 18 for early registration. http://pointpeleekarting.com/PPKC/downloads/ .
Pre-registered
club and track memberships can be mailed into:
Point Pelee Karting
Club
263 Talbot St W
Leamington, ON, N8H
4H3
More club membership information, up and coming
meetings, and events will be released in the very near future so please check
back to the website often .
10/01/10 - Happy New Year from the Point Pelee Karting Club
A PPKC 2010 Tentative Race Day Schedule has been released on Jan 10 to help teams from across Ontario and Michigan plan their racing season schedules. More PPKC 2010 club membership information, up and coming meetings, and events will be released in the very near future so please check back to the website often.
09/12/20 - Happy Holidays from the Point Pelee Karting Club
Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very
special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old
traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally
do this with family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper
emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the
Three Wise Men, who 2000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it
led them to a parking space.
Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New
Year to all the families, friends and sponsors of the Point Pelee Karting
Club.
09/12/02 - 2010 Florida Winter Tour Honda GX Cup information
A note from Bill Wright, promoter of the Florida Winter Tour:
Hello
all,
Official FWT Honda GX Cup information can now be found in the Formula kart Class Info section at the FWT web
site.
http://www.floridawintertour.com/2010-fwt-info/class-information/fkr-classes.html
Technical information can be found in the Formula Kart Rules and Regulations section.
http://www.floridawintertour.com/2010-fwt-info/rules-and-regulations/155-fk-rules-and-regulations.html
Note that we intend to run the Senior and Masters together and score
them seperately. However, if the combined classes exceed 34 karts we will
provide seperate classes for each category.
Also note that registration
for the Honda GX classes will open on December 15th. Remember that we must have
12 in a class on February first or we could drop the class. Based on the
response so far I don't think that's going to be a problem!
I want to
again thank BSRKC, Mike Preston, Mike Adams, Lynda and Enzo Chiovitti, Lon
Herder, Robin McLean and everyone who has been involved. With your continued
support I think we'll expose a really great and affordable form of racing to the
FWT participants and businesses.
I want to offer a special THANK YOU to Luis and Wagner from WR
International for providing a seat on the 2010 FWT Granja Team for one lucky
Honda GX Senior or Masters competitor. Just to remind everyone, the Points
Champion of the class with the highest number of entries will be the driver who
goes to Brasil!
To be added to the FWT Honda GX mailing list send an
email with your name, class and kart number request to info@formulakart.com.
I look
forward to seeing you all soon.
_________________
Bill Wright
Formula
Kart Productions, Inc
Exclusive Owner and Promotor of The Florida Winter
Tour
www.floridawintertour.com
09/11/22 - PPKC 2009 class champions and special awards winners
The Point Pelee Karting Club would like to congradulate all the PPKC 2009
season champion drivers and their teams on a season well done.
Cadet
champion: Lucas Poisson,
Novice champion: Clay Vaneerd,
Jr Lite & Mini
Max Champion: Grant Quinlan,
Jr Heavy & Tag Jr: champion Cory
Cacciavillani,
Jr Girls champion: Janai Vaneerd,
Sr Med champion: Dale
Lajoie,
Senior Sportsman: champion Mike Dowhan Jr,
Micro Max champion:
Matt Keyes,
Tag Sr champion: Joshua Gilbert,
Tag Masters champion: Sean
Tomaselli.
The club would also like to congradulate the winners of the
following awards:
Brian Heron Jr Award - Sportsmanship of the Year
(non driver) : Steve Graff
This person has shown true sportsmanship in
every manner, this person is sincere, and people have benefitted from his or her
presence.
Calvin Newman Award - Parent of the Year : Jeff
Moore
This parent have taught the club and their child the importance of
being competitive yet instilling that the day was also important for being with
family and friends.
Paul Mcmillan Award - Team of the Year : Vaneerd
Racing
This team has exemplified sportsmanship on and off the track
promoted the sport of karting in a positive manner and can be counted on when
needed.
Jason Willis Award - Sportsmanship of the Year (driver) :
Jeremy Miller
This person has shown true sportsmanship in every manner
,on and off the track this person is sincere, and people have benefitted from
his or her presence.
Peter Frydrychowicz - Mechanic of the Year :
J.P. Frydrychowicz
This person has shown vast mechanical skills,
equipment consistency and reliability and has also shown sportsmanship in
willingness to help others at any time at the track.
If you would like
to be added to the new PPKC emailing list for up coming meetings and events
email ppkc_09@hotmail.com with subscribe and your full name in the
subject line.
09/11/07 - PPKC Banquet ticket deadline: MONDAY NOV 9
The Point Pelee Karting Club is taking nominations for the fallowing awards
for the Annual awards banquet on Nov 13th. Also The final day for banquet
tickets reservations is Monday Nov 9. If you would like to reserve your tickets
for the Nov 13 event please send your name and the number of people (adults
& children) along with your nominations to Greig Howe gdhowe9@hotmail.com
(Adults are $45.00 and children under 10 are $22.50). Cocktails are at 6:30pm,
dinner at 7:00pm. The Roma club is located at 19 Seacliff Dr E Leamington,
ON.
The following is a list of special awards to be handed out at this
years banquet. Most of these awards have circulated around the SPKC, the PPK,
and now the PPKC for many years. Each award is unique and special not only to
person(s) selected but also the respective families.
Brian Heron Jr
Award - Sportsmanship of the Year (non driver)
This person has shown true
sportsmanship in every manner, this person is sincere, and people have
benefitted from his or her presence.
Calvin Newman Award - Parent of
the Year
This parent have taught the club and their child the importance
of being competitive yet instilling that the day was also important for being
with family and friends.
Paul Mcmillan Award - Team of the
Year
This team has exemplified sportsmanship on and off the track
promoted the sport of karting in a positive manner and can be counted on when
needed.
Jason Willis Award - Sportsmanship of the Year
(driver)
This person has shown true sportsmanship in every manner, on and
off the track this person is sincere, and people have benefitted from his or her
presence.
Peter Frydrychowicz - Mechanic of the Year, New for 2009
This person has shown vast
mechanical skills, equipment consistency and reliability and has also shown
sportsmanship in willingness to help others at any time at the track.
09/11/03 - PPKC Banquet information, Tickets going fast!
The Point Pelee Karting Club's annual year end awards banquet at the Roma Club in downtown Leamington is come up quickly and tickets are going fast. The final day for banquet tickets reservations is Monday Nov 9. If you would like to reserve your tickets for the Nov 13 event please send your name and the number of people (adults & children) to the contact us section on the www.pointpeleekarting.com website. Adults are $45 and children under 10 are $22.50. Cocktails are at 6:30pm, dinner at 7:00pm. The Roma club is located at 19 Seacliff Dr E Leamington, ON.
09/10/19 - 1st Annual PPKC Ultimate Karting Championship a Success!
The Point Pelee Kart Club would like to thank all the out of town die hard race teams and fans the showed up for the 1st annual Ultimate Karting Championship on Saturday Oct 17 2009. This event was a game of performance over reliability, man against machine but fun was had by all. Special thanks goes out to Jason Papp, Earl Lajoie, Steve Graff and the volunteers that braved the sunny but cold weather all day to make the 1st annual event a success. The club would also like to thank Jeff Smith for bringing the JDL/First Kart team down to the track and to all our USA friends for coming across for the last event of the year. The next PPKC event is going to be the end of year awards banquet being held at the Roma Club in downtown Leamington on Nov 13th. Adults $45, children under 10 years old only $22.50. More details will be posted on the site in the very near future so please check back often. If you plan on coming to the banquet send us your names and the number of people that you will be bringing to the "comment box" on the ppkc contact us section.
09-10-16 - Race Day schedule for the UKC Enduro
Feather Weight (Cadet & Novice)
- Registration 8:00-8:30am
-Drivers
meeting 8:40-8:50am
-Practice 9:00-9:10am
-Race 9:25-9:55am
-Awards
9:55-10:00am
Middle Weight (Sr. Light, Medium, Heavy and Sportsman)
-
Registration 9:10-9:40am
-Drivers meeting 9:50-10:00am
-Practice
10:00-10:10am
-Race 10:25am-12:40pm
-Awards 12:40-12:45pm
Welter
Weight & Lite Heavy-Weight (Jr Light and Jr heavy and Jr TaG)
-
Registration 11:45am-12:15pm
-Drivers meeting 12:25-12:35pm
-Practice
12:45-12:55pm
-Race (2cycle) 1:10-2:40pm
-Race (4cycle)
1:10-3:35pm
-Awards 3:35-3:40pm
Heavy-Weight (TaG Sr, TaG
Masters)
- Registration 2:50-3:20pm
-Drivers meeting
3:30-3:40pm
-Practice 3:40-3:50pm
-Race 4:05-5:35pm
-Awards
5:35-5:40pm
Track configurations: Sprint-Monza-Suzuka
09/30/09 - PPKC Announces the Ultimate Karting Championship
**UPDATE: The cost is now $50.00 a
driver
The Point Pelee Karting Club again makes news as they launch
the first annual Ultimate Karting Championship to be held on Saturday October
17th. Following a successful night race, and simulated rain race, his final
event of the 2009 season will feature long distance enduro style races in
several classes with times ranging from thirty minutes to two hours. Point
Pelee, Canada's southern most point, boasts great fall weather and maybe the
last best chance for karters to run in 2009.
"Our commitment this year
was to bring back some excitement to karting in the Windsor area," comments
Point Peele Kart Club President Todd Quinlan. "The Ultimate Kart Championship is
another example of a fun race and something we haven't seen before in our
area."
Like the UFC, drivers in the Ultimate Karting Championship will
battle to the end for world (or at least Ontario) domination. The program will
feature classes for all ages and includes such names as Feather Weight and
Welter Weight, giving the event that real knock'em out, drag'em out feel. In
fact the trophy for the winner is named Battle for the Belt. Cash prizes will be
awarded to all classes.
For the complete article, click here.
For complete rules, click
here.
09/28/09 - Next up: Points Championship Finale this weekend!
Race 11 of the chase to the Point Pelee Karting Championship sponsored by Paramount Power Systems the The Pritchard Group tightened up the points battles in a number of PPKC divisions. It's going to come down to this weekends final race day to decide the top 3 drivers and where they will stand on the stage on Nov 13 awards banquet at the Roma club, in beautiful downtown Leamington. Three of the most exciting and closest points battles to keep an eye out for this coming weekend are: Jr girls division with the top 4 ladies all within striking distance of the 3 top spots. Although Grant Quinlan holds the top spot in Jr. Light, 2nd is up for grabs between Dowhan and Vaneerd, separated by only a few points. Finally, in the Tag Sr. division, Hardy looks to hold off past track champion Meyer for the 3rd and final spot on the stage. With the final race track configuration being drawn again at the mornings drivers meeting, the final race of the inaugural Point Pelee Karting clubs 2009 season is going to be one of the best of the year to witness some of Southern Ontario's best racers at the top of their game for side by side action in each of their divisions.
09/21/09 - Who says old dogs cant learn new tricks
The first of the last 3 championships chase race days for all the divisions of the PPKC racing series presented by The Pritchard Group & Paramount Power Systems turned out to be an interesting day with the very fast Sprint track configuration being drawn at Sept 20th mornings drivers meeting. The teams thrashed to set their gearing, jetting and chassis for the very fast track during the morning’s practice sessions to prepare their karts for the afternoon's heat and feature races .Sundays racing event also had a interesting twist with it turning out to be a little "Old dogs Battle of the Border" in the Tag Master's division with a great group of guys making the trip to Point Pelee Karting from Michigan for the weekend. A special thanks goes out to Kim Watzke, and all the Team PPKC USA members, Cory French #14 and his gang Bob Keys #8, Alex Smith #98, and Tom Malacheski #00. and Richard Grey #7 for coming out with their friends and families for the weekend and providing some great side by side racing. Who says old dogs can't learn new tricks. And speaking of old dogs "King Richard Monahan" once again dominated in the arrive and drive division. The next PPKC scheduled DOUBLE POINTS event is this coming Sept 27 with a track configuration that is once again to be drawn at the morning's drivers meeting. Gates open up at 8:00am with practice starting at 9:30am.
09/16/09 - Simulated rain race a huge success!
As the PPKC Racing Series presented by
The Pritchard Group & Paramount Power Systems scheduled Memorial and Rain
race sponsored by Jose's Noddle factory came to a close last Sunday honouring
past Leamington racers and mechanics Calvin Newman, Paul McMillan, Brian Heron
Jr, and Jason Wills and Peter Frydrychowicz all of the teams came away with a
mountain of notes for their set-up books from tuning chassis and engines to
racing in the man made slick wet racing conditions. A special thanks goes out to
Joel Dick and his crew for trucking in 7500 gallons of water and appling it to
the track all day long, giving all the drivers valuable seat time racing in the
rain like conditions, Great job. PPKC would also like to thank Cody Schindel
from Autosports Media for taking some great photo's of the drivers racing in the
challenging wet conditions. The teams have now headed back to their shops to dry
& clean out up their equipment to prepare for the final 3 races for the
chase in the championships. The next scheduled event is this coming Sept 20 with
a track configuration to be drawn at the morning's drivers
meeting.
****Please note**** Any Tag Sr teams that are competing for the
clubs points Championship ONLY in that division must use the spec Mojo tires for
the final races of the 2009 season.
To view a gallery of photos from the
event, please click here.
If you would like to order any prints from
the event, contact cody@autosportsmedia.com.
09/09/09 - PPKC's Quinlan Wins BSRKC Mini-Max Championship
Heading into the final weekend
of the Brian Stewart Racing Karting Championship (BSRKC) at Kawartha Downs
Speedway, Grant Quinlan was on the verge of winning his second BSRKC
championship in two years. Leading the points in the Rotax Mini-Max class, Grant
also sat on the outside looking in, in both the Junior Light and Junior Medium
classes positioned second and third in points respectively. Completing the
weekend's events on Monday, Grant and company drove home earning one
championship, one vice-championship and a third place overall.
After
positioning himself near the top of all the timesheets in Saturday practice, the
team felt very positive heading into the next two days of racing.
"After
racing the Kawartha Durham Kart Club race last weekend, I felt very prepared to
take a shot at all three championships this weekend," stated Todd Quinlan, team
owner and father. "We finished up early on Saturday and that gave Grant lots of
time to relax and mentally prepare for the 100 plus laps he will drive on
Sunday."
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08/31/09 - PPKC Memorial and Rain race date is all ready to go
After a brief break in the
PPKC presented by The Pritchard Group & Paramount Power Systems the buzz of
finely tuned engines are going to be returning to Leamington Ontario for more
side by side racing Sept 13 2009. This is going to be the Point Pelee Karting
Club's memorial race to honour past Point Pelee racers and mechanics Calvin
Newman, Paul McMillan, Brian Heron Jr, Jason Wills and Peter Frydrychowicz It's
also going to be the 1st annual PPKC rain race day. This race is going to be a
first of it's kind to Southern Ontario. Point Pelee Karting, Cole Cacciavillani
& Joel Dick(a local Leamington farmer) are bringing the rain to the track.
The track is going to be watered down for the entire race day by giant field
sprinklers being fed by water tankers to give racers the experience of racing
under controlled wet conditions. Don't miss out, racers from across Ontario and
Michigan are welcome to take part in this special club race day event. It will
be a test not only for the drivers but their crews & mechanics to get the
set-ups just right to battle the man made weather and changing track conditions.
Gates open up at 8:00am Sunday Sept 13th with practise starting at 9:30am.
08/23/09 - PPKC and WKC Interclub Racing
The Point Pelee Kart Club would like to
thank the Windsor Kart Club for hosting last Sundays interclub races. Dale and
his team of Windsor Kart Club track officials put on an excellent event and made
all the PPKC teams feel right at home for the days schedule of racing. The
challenging track had the PPKC mechanics wrenching hard to find the perfect set
ups while the home WKC teams finely tuned their machines like clockwork. The
PPKC drivers were given a new challenging venue to hone their skills and quickly
learn the new racing lines while the WKC drivers settled in on another day at
the office with the home track advantage. Fun was had by all for a great day of
racing. We hope to expand this interclub racing, with a home and home series
next season so that both clubs can grow and promote the family fun sport of
Karting in Southern Ontario.
08/18/09 - PPKC Teams up with Windsor Kart Club
Point Pelee Karting Club is teaming up with the Windsor Kart Club for a friendly day of racing this Sunday Aug 23. Races are going to be held at the Windsor Kart Club. Gates open at 8:30am with registration at 9:30am. Drivers meeting at 10:15am with racing to follow. Race day entrance fee is $50.00. PPKC club members are being asked to use a one race old used set of MG tires by the Windsor Kart Club in respect of their own clubs tire rules. For more information on engine rules, fuel specs and directions to the Windsor Kart Clubs home track go to www.999kart.com or call Dale Cooke at 519.999.5278.
08/17/09 - PPKC Night Race a Success!
The Aug 15 PPKC night race event turned out to be a success for the teams and their families. Many took advantage to the late day start time to have afternoon family bbq's and cookout's. Families had time to visit with friends & neighbours all afternoon at the Point Pelee Karting track waiting for the sun to go down to start racing. Many of the PPKC families even decided to make a whole weekend out of the event camping at the track, having bonfires, cooking up marshmallows, and smores after the races were all done. The Drivers and Mechanics had their work cut out for them adjusting to tune their chassis and engines to the changing track conditions in the late afternoon practice sessions and heat races as the sun was setting. Many gambled on a final set up for the feature races under the lights in the cooler conditions. There were also some very creative karts all glowing and lit up in the night as the feature races started. Good job to all. The Drivers would like to give a big two thumbs up to Freddy's Lounge and Restaurant for sponsoring the night race. Centerline Equipment Rentals, Economy Rental, Leamington Equipment Rentals and Amico Construction for generously donating the portable lighting to light up the facility for the Friday night practices and the Sat night shoot out. A special thanks goes out to Cole Cacciavillani, Jason Papp and the Point Pelee Karting grounds crew for spending their time Friday night in the dark setting the portable lights up and adjusting everything just right to make the weekend safe for all the drivers. Next race is Sept 13 on the tracks Sprint configuration......bring your rain tires.
08/15/09 - Racing under the Lights at PPK
As the PPKC teams finished up the sweltering Aug 9th race day presented by De Angelis Construction and the Leamington Fire Dept's Toy's for Tot's drive they were tossing out their sun block & sunglasses for night vision goggles and flashlights and heading back to their shops to prepare for this weekend's races. Southern Ontario's Karting version of Nascar's 1/2 mile bullring Bristol. That's right, Sat night shoot out racing under the lights at Point Pelee Karting. The north shore of Lake Erie is going to be lit up like a roman candle for racing at the track's Daytona layout on Aug 15th. This track configuration will provide some of the season's fastest speeds for all the classes. Practise under the lights is being offered by www.PointPeleeKarting.com until 10:30 pm Friday night Aug 14th and the PPKC Racing Series presented by The Pritchard Group & Paramount Power Systems will be held on Saturday. The race day gates and registration open at 2:00 pm Saturday and practice starts at 3:30 pm with the finals for all classes being run under the lights.
08/04/09 - Toys for Tots Race Day blog
Now the PPKC midseason championship weekend presented by The Pritchard Group
& Paramount Power Systems has been put into the books as one of the season's
highlight real weekends with the 30 lap feature races and the PPKC teams have
returned home from the Bear hunt in Shannonville the focus has been shifted to
this weekends events at Leamington's Point Pelee Karting's Lemans track
configuration. This technical track layout will provide some close racing and
the drivers skills will be tested at each turn. As part of PPKC's on going
commitment to the local community & the sport of karting. Each entry is
being asked to bring an unwrapped toy as part of their registration. The toys at
the end of the day will donated to Toy's for Tot's.
The Sunparlor Kart
Club members will also be making a presentation & donation to Cancer
research on behalf of Steve Jacob's from last winter's Kart Raffle, swap meet
& offseason fund raising efforts. Steve is a cancer survivor and a long time
competitor at Point Pelee. He will be climbing back into a kart for the days
racing events in the Tag Sr class. Go get em Steve !
PPKC would also like
to wish all the club's USA members who are heading off to Circleville Ohio to
compete in the Great Lakes Pro Series Races this coming weekend good luck! GO
Team PPKC USA GO!
07/23/09 - PPKC welcomes The Pritchard Group and Paramount Power Systems as Title sponsors
Point Pelee Karting Club would like to welcome The Pritchard Group &
Paramount Power Systems as title sponsors for the 2009 PPKC racing season.
Special thanks goes out to Mike Veloso from The Pritchard Group & Paul
Lattavo from Paramount Power Systems for supporting PPKC and grass roots kart
racing in Southern Ontario.
The Pritchard Group & Paramount Power
Systems Inc. along with CFI, Quinlan Inc. and the town of Leamington have all
come together to help make PPKC's first season one to remember. Within the next
few weeks a set of nine race control caution and stop lights completely wired to
the race control tower at the Point Pelee Track. The new lighting system is
going to be similar to what you would see at places such as the Toronto Honda
Indy or at Michigan International Speedway. Once this new race control lighting
system is installed it is going to be an extra value added safety feature for
all the racers.
07/21/09 - UNIQUE RACE FORMAT FOR THIS WEEKENDS EVENTS
This weeks
race is going to be one of PPKC's most interesting new formats, with the mid
season championships on the line in many classes. Each class is going to get 2
practice sessions. Following the practice sessions each class will qualify to
set their grid position with the fastest on pole. For the main race in each
class, the finals are going to be a survival of the fittest with the races being
a gruelling 30 laps long, beginning with an "F1 style standing start." On top of
this new race day format nobody will know the track configuration until the
drivers meeting the morning of the race, to make this fare to for anyone not
being able to make it to the track to practice during the week. This will also
make it competative for any other karters from clubs across Ontario and Michigan
to join in on the fun and win some great trophies.
06/03/09 - POINT PELEE KARTING CLUB COMPLETES STRONG OPENING WEEKEND
Fantastic
weather visited the south-western corner of Ontario as the Point Pelee Karting
facility played host to round one of the Point Pelee Karting Club 2009 schedule.
Hot off the heels of launching a new club website, the executive prepared the
track for a full slate of classes and racing activities.
"Our plan is to
build membership and momentum at the same time," comments Point Pelee Kart Club
President Todd Quinlan. "The turnout was good and gives us a chance to work out
some bugs and improve our operations."
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