08-25-05
BOSWELL SCORES BIG FOR MRP/BIREL TEAM IN CANADA
MRP Birel team has solid outing at STARS of Karting GP of Woodbine Round
Toronto, Ontario, Canada — MRP/Birel ICC pilot, Wesley Boswell, is back on track after taking top honors in Saturday’s ICC shifter kart final event and challenging for the lead before finishing 3rd in Sunday’s main event at the STARS of Karting’s Grand Prix of Woodbine. The event, which was held just northeast of Toronto, Canada, was the fourth round of the STARS of Karting’s Eastern division.
On Saturday, Birel karts ran strong in the headliner ICC category with more karts in the top 10 than any other brand, including Boswell’s victory and a sixth place result from Texan, Collin Lynn who was on hand working with MRP Tuner, Tim Lobaugh.
“Collin did an amazing job,” said Tim Lobaugh. “He was competitive all day long on Saturday and unfortunately on Sunday he killed the motor and had to start dead last. We think he would have been able to work himself into the top 10 fairly easily at the pace he was running, but he lost a nose cone in traffic, which was an automatic DQ. I look forward to working with him again.”
Boswell was again in the hunt for the top spot on the podium on Sunday, but lapped-traffic kept him from retaking the lead and he ended up on the final step of the podium in third.
“Traffic was tough and many local yellows kept me in line,” said Boswell. “I got into the back of Velez and he got into the loose stuff and I probably could have taken advantage of that – but I pulled back in behind him. You never know what will be deemed as rough driving and I don’t want to win that way, so I played it safe.”
MRP/Birel Team Manager, Chris Lobaugh, was happy with the performance of the team after a tough last few races.
“We have been fast everywhere we go but not always have the racing luck to follow through,” said Lobaugh. “We finally got some of our winning form back and we are looking forward to the final race of the season. The Birels work well everywhere, but we have a great handle on the temporary circuits especially due to pre-season testing and we think we will have a strong presence.”
Other Birel racers that showed well include Jonathan Vitolo, who took a career best 11th place finish in Sunday’s ICC final. Birel drivers dominated the leader board in Sunday’s ICC final with six Birels in the top 15.
In the Cadet class, young Oscar Tunjo spent the entire weekend running in the top 5 to claim 5th on Saturday and 4th on Sunday aboard his Birel.
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