ANNOUNCEMENT

2008 ASN Canada FIA Canadian AutoSlalom
Championship Event Awarded

Mississauga, Ontario – November 6, 2007

ASN Canada FIA is pleased to announce that the 2008 ASN Canada FIA Canadian AutoSlalom Championships will be held at the Slemon Park Airfield in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, on the August 1st to August 3rd holiday weekend, 2008. This year’s championship will be organized by the Moncton Motor Sport Club (MMSC) under the direction of Ming-Duc Wong, the club’s competition director.

“ASN Canada FIA was very pleased with the presentation that MMSC made to host the Canadian AutoSlalom Championships. The club has, for the past 13 years, conducted a major event, The Slalom @ Slemon, at this venue on the same weekend and was determined to bring the Canadian AutoSlalom Championships together with their premier event,” said Terry Epp, chairman of the ASN Canada FIA National SoloSport Committee. “The winning bid accented several key factors in bringing the Canadian AutoSlalom Championships to Atlantic Canada in the middle of the summer season. The Slalom @ Slemon event’s outstanding history as a premier event and the depth of the organizing committee combined with the prospect of everything that summertime in Prince Edward Island brings just made the choice so fitting. The National SoloSport Committee is also excited that the weekend will also highlight all the positives of motorsport participation through the social aspects being planned around the event.”

Ming-Duc Wong, on behalf of the MMSC, said, “MMSC is very excited to learn that the club has been awarded the 2008 Canadian AutoSlalom Championships by ASN Canada FIA. The club takes a great pride in hosting the premier AutoSlalom event in Canada. Slalom @ Slemon has grown into the largest AutoSlalom event in the region under the direction of Ray Bastille and it is the perfect venue for the Nationals. MMSC and all the clubs in the Atlantic Region (ARMS) look forward to welcoming competitors from across Canada and the United States to this amazing event. Everyone is committed to making the 2008 ASN Canada FIA Canadian AutoSlalom Championships very memorable and the best event to date.”

“MMSC is proud to have been chosen to host the 2008 ASN Canada FIA Canadian AutoSlalom Championships and challenges AutoSlalom competitors from across Canada to test their skills against some of the best in North America by coming to Prince Edward Island the first weekend of August for the 2008 Canadian AutoSlalom Championships. This weekend is also known for having fantastic weather and is a perfect time to vacation in beautiful Prince Edward Island,” said Ray Bastille, the 2008 event organizer.

Canadian AutoSlalom Championships Fast Facts:

Dating back to 1972, Canadian SoloSport competitors enjoyed a National AutoSlalom Day with identically designed courses run on the same day on different venues across the country from which national class champions were determined.

In 2000, a group of enthusiastic SoloSport competitors from across Canada created a single national championship event, the Canadian National AutoSlalom Championships, which ran through to 2003.

With the formation of the ASN Canada FIA National SoloSport Committee in 2004, the ASN Canada FIA Canadian AutoSlalom Championships concept became part of the mandate of the ASN National SoloSport Committee and the committee elected to hold an annual Canadian AutoSlalom Championship event alternating between eastern and western Canada.

In 2004, the National SoloSport Committee created a national set of AutoSlalom Regulations and in 2005, added a new feature for Canadian AutoSlalom, a formula for determining an overall national AutoSlalom champion.

2007 saw the Canadian AutoSlalom Championships in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia where the event was hosted by the Vancouver Chinese Motorsport Club. Excellence was evident in every aspect of the championships and 132 entries vied for top results. However, it was Karl Coleman of Washington State who drove his Subaru WRX to victory and claimed the 2007 Canadian AutoSlalom Champion title.

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