The Stars Came Out!
Submitted by amccleary on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 10:44am.
Bringing it back to BARC!
November 10th brought out the stars of the CASC-OR to the Toronto Congress Centre for the 2007 Awards Gala. This year the stars shone bright for BARC and as a club we did very well with workers and drivers alike.
The prestigious Elizabeth Dorey Award for Volunteer of the Year was given to a longtime BARC member and individual who has worked for years and years in racing and can always be counted on: Mrs. Mary Lobban. This makes three years in a row for the women of BARC to win the award with Pat McDiarmid taking it home in 2005 and Amy McCleary in 2006.
BARC Race Director Paul Einarson won the worker award from Pits/Starts, the Registration award went to another behind the scenes tireless worker, our own Greg Clement. Up and comer in the club, Brandon Rashleigh won the award for Auxilliary Services.
The John Reid Award went to Tom Leslie and the crowd responded with a standing ovation. Tom has never ceased to be a part of motorsports and his contributions over the years have been second-to-none. We congratulate him on this top honour from CASC-OR.
And then all of the driver awards began and BARC shone even brighter!
Mario Urbano won top spot in Formula Libre, earned the Jonathan De Haas award and won Overall Open Wheel!
In Formula 1200 Randy Smith took the top honours with Guy Bellingham 2nd and Andrew McMurray 3rd.
OFFC saw Kyle Marcelli win Class A and Lew MacKenzie Class B. Kyle also won Top Rookie in the region to a rousing round of applause. Caitlin Johnston was the recipient of the Muriel Knapp Award awarded to the top female in the region.
GT Sprints awards also went to several BARC drivers. GT1 was won by Nick Majors for the 2nd year in a row. No one is more ecstatic than Nick when he reaches the top of the podium! GTA saw John Cosgrove of BARC take 2nd place with his blue #09 Cobra, GTB was won by Brock Gilboe in his #255 Vertex Fabwork BMW. GTD top honours went to BARC member Frank Blanchet with BARC VP Bryan Rashleigh 2nd.
And finally the CCTCC where the Octane Motorsports MINI Cooper JCW of Alain Lauziere took the T Class title after a very successful year.
CASC's own Steven Scala stole the show with his Watercooler Awards. While discussing the award with his water cup at the office, he came up with several unique and utterly hilarious awards for this year's crop of drivers.
Congratulations go out to all of the winners!
