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CASC Ontario Region Summer ‘07Race Division Medical CardsRaceOntario drivers are reminded to take advantage of the optional medical cardprogram. Check with race medical or the CASC Ontario office for details.AnnualAwardsBanquet 2007Yes, We’re Making Up For 2006!We’ll admit it: last year’s annual awards banquet kindasucked. In the words of one attendee, ‘we partied like itwas $19.99.’The good news? Well, you know all that money wesaved on emcees, upscale hotels and, um, chairs lastyear? Well, we put it in the hands of a crack team oforganizers for this year’s shindig, and they’re promisingthe biggest and best awards banquet since ‘the bigeighties.’If CASC has The Place To Race, CSC Racing Products haseverything you need to make it happen.We are Canada’s largest manufacturer of roll bars and rollcages for every racing application. We build ground-up GT cars;roll bars and cages for VARAC; Rally cages for CARS; Miata rollbars for SOLO; roll cages for regional racing; roll bars for SOLOand seat belt bars for anything you want to put on the track.We do it all, and we do it quickly with a full understanding of therules!In addition, we stock a full line of HANS devices and do theinstallation while you wait; we carry hundreds of Bell SNELL SA2005 approved helmets; racing apparel for every racing needincluding suits, gloves, boots, and undies, and we stock Wilwoodbrake components; Kirkey road racing seats; fire extinguishers;and BELL’s new line of karting apparel.We also build Canada’s best COBRA kit car (but that will have towait for another newsletter) or take a look online atwww.cscracing.com/COBRA.htmOur hours from July thru December are Monday to Friday, from8:00AM to 4:30PM. If you would like to make an appointmentoutside of our regular business hours, please give us a call at1-866-954-0520, we’d be happy to accommodate yourschedule.We’re located at 125 Harry Walker Parkway North, one light westof 404 highway north of Davis Dr. in Newmarket, Ontario. We’vebeen proudly sponsoring CASC for more than a decade.The usual volunteer and competition trophies will besupplanted by new awards this year for differentdisciplines, in an all new, posh setting.Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 10 th , thendon your party helmets and set your nav systems for theToronto Congress Centre on the airport strip.Tickets go on sale in October from the CASC Ontarioregion office, and at Mosport’s paddock for this year’sCelebration of Motorsport.More News In BriefCASC ONTARIO Vice President Nick Majors was featuredon SPEED Channel’s website ahead of his World ChallengeGT debut at Toronto. Tor Krueger debuted for Auto AnalyserRacing alongside Andrew Wojteczko.ONTARIO’S COMPASS360 added to its tally of KoniChallenge wins this year, with a home-track win atMosport. Sundown GP winners GS Motorsport ran insidethe top ten before an off-track excursion at corner 1.MCO’s Ted Powell Trophy organizers worked closely withthe province’s marshalling clubs to address a shortfall intrained volunteer marshals for their July 28-29 event. Lessthan a week before the first pre-race lapping session, theclub announced that it was able to secure enough marshalsto run one of Calabogie Motorsport Park’s short loops.Saab Owners’ Club Enhanced Driving SchoolThe Saab Owners' Club of Canada Inc is organizing anotherEnhanced Driving School at Shannonville Motorsport Park.SOCCI has run these events for over 18 years, withhundreds of satisfied graduates. Cost is $245 for the dayand includes lunch and beverages. All cars and experiencelevels are accepted, and drivers are grouped by skill level.If you want to have some fun in a car (without catchingtrouble), then the SOCCI Enhanced Driving School is foryou. E-mail drivingschool@saabclub.ca with any questionsyou might have, or check online at www.saabclub.ca/school,for details and registration.As SOCCI’s October school is their most popular, the clubencourages entrants to apply as early as possible.4