SENNA – Movie Advance Screening

Posted on July 6, 2011 | Leave a comment

Join F1 Fans to Listen to Allen Berg Talk About Racing Against Ayrton Senna and Watch the Exclusive Calgary Advance Screening of the New Movie SENNA!

SENNA - Movie Screening in Calgary

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/senna/

SENNA is coming to Calgary in July for one night only! Calgary Kart Racing Club (CKRC) is hosting an advance screening of the movie SENNA as part of a fundraising event on Thursday July 21, 2011 at the Globe cinema. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival award winning movie tells the story of the life and career of racing driver Ayrton Senna. Senna is widely considered to be the greatest F1 driver ever.

By attending the event you will get to hear Canada’s own F1 driver Allen Berg talk about his days of racing against, and standing on the podium with, Ayrton Senna. In addition you will be able to enter to win some fantastic prizes including a ride at Race City Speedway in a Dodge Viper ACR, the current production car lap record holder!

Event proceeds are in aid of CKRC. The club is a non-profit organization focused on providing Alberta residents with affordable yet competitive kart racing in the community for both individuals and families to enjoy. You can find out more about CKRC and kart racing at the event. Opportunities will be available to win CKRC Try a Kart certificates so that you can get in the racing seat and try this fun sport!

Visit www.ckrc.com or www.sennamovie.info for more event details and to book your tickets!

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Castrol Raceway – Road Course confirmed

Posted on June 22, 2011 | Leave a comment

New Road Course at Castrol Raceway near Edmonton, AB

Update:  Added photos of the construction!

Good news from Edmonton for all Sports Car racers and High Performance Driving Enthusiasts …. An announcement yesterday that the completion of the road course at Castrol Raceway is going ahead. Once complete it will be a 2.7 km circuit with the first phase planned to be ready for September 2011.

From the Castrol Raceway website

The Road Course will be the newest addition to Castrol Raceway, which also boasts a ¼ Mile IHRA sanctioned Drag Strip, 3/8 Mile clay Oval and a 10 Acre Pro Motocross Track.

A Road Course has been in the works on the Castrol Raceway property since it was first built 20 years ago.  “With the commitment of Wakefield Canada (Castrol’s Canadian parent company) to remain the Title Sponsor and partner of the race track, it seemed like the ideal time to build,” said Rob Reeves.

If all goes according to plan, the Road Course will be fully completed within three years.  Phase one is currently underway and will consist of completing the first 1.4 km loop of track with the hope of being operational by the end of this summer.  Phase two will see the completion of the second 1.3 loop, and phase three will bring it all together.

An article from the Edmonton Journal.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Open+road+course+latest+addition+Castrol+Raceway/4985210/story.html

Photos of the construction happening!

Road Course construction at Castrol Raceway near Edmonton

 

 

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Recent Event Photos

Posted on June 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

Well … relaunching the blog, starting with linking up a few photo galleries from recent events … Chumpcar Calgary, Rocky Mountain Rally, Road Race Weekend and the DMCC West drift event.  All the galleries are available by clicking on the tab above (then the Sets tab) or adding us as a contact on Flickr!

Chumpcar

Rocky Mountain Rally – very wet and “White”

Road Racing Weekend at Race City

DMCC West Drift

 

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2010 – Year in Review

Posted on January 19, 2011 | Leave a comment

Looking back at 2010 …. I went back and figured out I attended over 31 motorsport events (10 were 2-day events)

I had … 5 stage rally, 2 test days, 2 TSD rally, 4 road race weekends, 2 school days, 1 ice race, 2 drifting, 3 shows, 2 autoslalom, 1 stock cars, 2 secret street drags, 1 rallycross, 4 AGM/Awards/Party/Meetings, and 2 fundraisers + the usual club meetings etc.

Thanks to all our customers for the support in 2010!  We had an awesome year, sales were up, met lots of new people, and enjoyed every one of the events.  Hope everyone has lots of SAFE, FAST and FUN days on the tracks in 2011!  See you there!

Here is a short video with photos from many of these events!

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