2023 Sports Car Championship Canada

The 2023 Sports Car Championship Canada by Michelin was the third season of FEL Motorsports' Sports Car Championship Canada.

The season began at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on May 19, and ended back at the same circuit on September 3.[1]

Schedule

The preliminary calendar was released on November 10, 2022, featuring 12 races across 4 weekends.[2]

Round Race Length Circuit Location Date
1 Victoria Day Speedfest 40 min Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario May 19–21
2 Honda Indy Toronto 40 min Toronto Street Circuit Toronto, Ontario July 14–16
3 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières 40 min Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec August 4–5
4 Labour Day Sprints 40 min Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario September 1–3
  • Calabogie Motorsports Park was dropped from the schedule due to a scheduling conflict with the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. The track was part of the championship since the inaugural season in 2021.[3]

Entry list

Grand Tourer (GT4)

Team Chassis No. Drivers Status Rounds
VPX Motorsport[4] Mercedes-AMG GT4 3 Marc Lafleur 1–2
Vince Partap 3–4
77 Nick Galante[5] 2–3
Bestline AutoTech Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport 19 Stefano Lucente G 2
Polito Racing Ford Mustang GT4 22 Jack Polito All
JMF Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT4 34 Demitria Chalkias[6] All
Source:[7][8]
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Touring Car (TCR / TCA)

Team Chassis No. Drivers Status Rounds
TCR
Di Benedetto Racing[9] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 4 Justin Di Benedetto All
Martella Motorsports[10] Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 82 Marco Cirone 1
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 2–3
GT Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 29 Louis-Philippe Montour 1–3
45 Olivier Montour All
Bestline AutoTech Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 37 Ed Killeen All
TWOth Autosport Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) 26 Khalid Eidoo G 4
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 48 Ron Tomlinson All
Baker Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 52 Dean Baker All
M&S Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 55 Tom Kwok All
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 66 Gary Kwok 1
Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) 2–4
Hyundai Racing Canada Hyundai Elantra N TCR 80 Connor Atrell All
Hyundai Veloster N TCR 86 Quinn Atrell All
Blanchet Motorsports Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) 84 Richard Boake All
89 Racing Team Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) 89 Jocelyn Hébert 1, 3
Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian Hyundai Elantra N TCR 98 Mark Wilkins[11] G 2
TCA
M&S Racing Honda Civic Si TCA 8 Jonathan Young All
TWOth Autosport Honda Civic Si (FE1) 2 Trevor Hill All
38 Megan Tomlinson All
Sanders Motorsports Honda Civic Si TCA 25 Erik Kunz All
FEL Motorsports Hyundai Veloster N TCA 44 James Vance G 2
Hyundai Racing Canada Hyundai Veloster N TCA 88 Bob Atrell G 2
Source:[7][8]
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race results

Round Circuit GT4 Winners TCR Winners TCA Winners Report
1 R1 Mosport #22 Polito Racing #4 Di Benedetto Racing #2 TWOth Autosport [12]
Jack Polito Justin Di Benedetto Trevor Hill
R2 #22 Polito Racing #52 Baker Racing #2 TWOth Autosport
Jack Polito Dean Baker Trevor Hill
R3 #22 Polito Racing #52 Baker Racing #2 TWOth Autosport
Jack Polito Dean Baker Trevor Hill
2 R1 Toronto #77 VPX Motorsport #84 Blanchet Motorsports #44 FEL Motorsports [13]
Nick Galante Richard Boake James Vance
R2 #22 Polito Racing #84 Blanchet Motorsports #44 FEL Motorsports
Jack Polito Richard Boake James Vance
R3 #77 VPX Motorsport #84 Blanchet Motorsports #44 FEL Motorsports
Nick Galante Richard Boake James Vance
3 R1 Trois-Rivières #22 Polito Racing #29 GT Racing #25 Sanders Motorsports [14]
Jack Polito Louis-Philippe Montour Erik Kunz
R2 #22 Polito Racing #4 Di Benedetto Racing #2 TWOth Autosport
Jack Polito Justin Di Benedetto Trevor Hill
R3 #77 VPX Motorsport #4 Di Benedetto Racing #25 Sanders Motorsports
Nick Galante Justin Di Benedetto Erik Kunz
4 R1 Mosport #22 Polito Racing #84 Blanchet Motorsports #2 TWOth Autosport [15]
Jack Polito Richard Boake Trevor Hill
R2 #22 Polito Racing #52 Baker Racing #2 TWOth Autosport
Jack Polito Dean Baker Trevor Hill
R3 #22 Polito Racing #52 Baker Racing #2 TWOth Autosport
Jack Polito Dean Baker Trevor Hill

Points standings

Scoring system

Championship points are awarded for the first ten positions in each race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 40 35 30 24 22 20 16 12 8 4

GT4 Drivers

Pos. Driver Team MSP
 TOR
 CTR
 MSP
 Points
1 Jack Polito Polito Racing 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 465
2 Demitria Chalkias JMF Motorsports 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 DNS 2 2 2 360
3 Marc Lafleur VPX Motorsport 3 3 3 Ret DNS DNS 228
Vince Partap 4 4 3 3 3 DNS
4 Nick Galante VPX Motorsport 1 2 1 2 2 1 225
Ineligible for driver points
Stefano Lucente Bestline AutoTech 3 Ret DNS
Pos. Driver Team MSP
 TOR
 CTR
 MSP
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

TCR Drivers

Pos. Driver Team MSP
 TOR
 CTR
 MSP
 Points
1 Dean Baker Baker Racing 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 9 3 2 1 1 398
2 Richard Boake Blanchet Motorsports 6 11 2 1 1 1 5 2 Ret 1 3 2 337
3 Justin Di Benedetto Di Benedetto Racing 1 Ret 4 5 7 9 2 1 1 Ret 2 Ret 270
4 Gary Kwok M&S Racing 4 9 6 6 6 Ret 6 3 2 5 6 DSQ 245
5 Louis-Philippe Montour GT Racing 2 2 3 Ret 3 5 1 4 Ret 218
6 Ron Tomlinson TWOth Autosport Ret 3 Ret 7 8 6 4 10† 5 3 4 3 200
7 Marco Cirone Martella Motorsports 5 8 7 3 4 3 7 5 Ret 172
8 Tom Kwok M&S Racing 7 6 8 9 9 8 Ret DNS DNS 4 5 6† 154
9 Quinn Atrell Hyundai Racing Canada Ret 5 5 Ret 11 7 Ret 6 DNS 9 7 7† 128
10 Olivier Montour GT Racing 8 Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret 8 8 7 7 8 5 120
11 Ed Killeen Bestline Autotech 10 10 9 Ret Ret 10 9 Ret 6 8 10 Ret 74
12 Connor Atrell Hyundai Racing Canada 9 4 Ret 8 Ret DNS 10 Ret DNS 6 Ret DNS 72
13 Jocelyn Hébert 89 Racing Team Ret 7 Ret Ret 7 4 56
Ineligible for driver points
Mark Wilkins Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian 4 5 4
Khalid Eidoo TWOth Autosport 10 9 4
Pos. Driver Team MSP
 TOR
 CTR
 MSP
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

TCA Drivers

Pos. Driver Team MSP
 TOR
 CTR
 MSP
 Points
1 Trevor Hill TWOth Autosport 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 455
2 Erik Kunz Sanders Motorsports 3 3 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 404
3 Jonathan Young M&S Racing 2 2 2 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 Ret 2 354
4 Megan Tomlinson TWOth Autosport 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 306
Ineligible for driver points
Bob Atrell Hyundai Racing Canada 3 Ret 6
James Vance FEL Motorsports 1 1 1
Pos. Driver Team MSP
 TOR
 CTR
 MSP
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Race winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
Excluded (EX)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Withdrew (WD)
Blank Did not participate

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

References

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  10. ^ "Martella Motorsports adds Marco Cirone to 2023 FEL Motorsports Sportscar Championship". rtd-media.com.com. April 28, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
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