ESS: Champion Alain Bergeron to be honoured at banquet

Saint-Pie, QC … Despite a 2007 season marked by several bad lucks, Alain Bergeron never gave up and he will be part of the honored drivers at the annual ESS Banquet of the 'Empire Super Sprints' that will take place November 10th at Syracuse NY.  After two important accidents at the beginning of the season in the nights # 1 and 3, the Saint-Pie QC driver was way far in the series points standing but his tenacity allowed him to finish the season in fifth place in the series championship and to finish first in the DASH series.  A long season that had begun last January while the 2006 champion had succeeded qualifying himself for the A-Main in the big final night at the WinterNationals at East Bay, Florida.  Altogether, Bergeron will have accumulated 8 wins in heat races and 12 Top10 in 21 ESS programs. 

'To be able to complete a season so loaded would not have been possible without the constant support of my team and my sponsors.' to note Alain Bergeron.  Those sponsors are Coffrage Daniel Lampron, Domaine de L'Érable, Castrol, DMI, Tufoil, Permatex, Metaux A.D. Picard, Garage Réal Barré, Entreprises  J. Boucher,  Concept Fini Meubles, BR Motorsports, Fast Wings, Rod End Supply, Pro Shocks, Real Wheels, Red Bear Hand Cleaner,  Emballages Pro-Cart, Carl Graphic, BDJ Ménard, Buropro Drummondville, Megatech, Imprimerie Chicoine, Déco-Plus, Dumoulin St-Hyacinthe and Tarkett. 

From Alain Forcier

ALMS: Canada's Ron Fellows named most popular for fourth straight year

(BOWMANVILLE, ON - OCTOBER 24, 2007)  The fans have spoken, and for the fourth year in a row Ron Fellows is the Most Popular Driver of the prestigious American Le Mans Series. The award is yet another special honour the 48 year-old Mississauga, Ontario native and Corvette Racing driver has collected recently. Earlier this year, General Motors announced a limited edition Corvette named after him- the Ron Fellows Z06 Corvette- and he also received a custom designed guitar from PRS Guitars. 

The Most Popular Driver Award was one of two honours presented to Fellows at the annual season-ending banquet following the Monterey Sports Car Championships in California. Fellows also took home a specially commissioned Corvette painting, awarded by American Le Mans Series founder Dr. Don Panoz in recognition of the efforts Fellows and his wife Lynda made at the Le Petit Elegance charity fundraiser at Petit Le Mans earlier this month. Fellows wore a specially designed pink race helmet that he signed and was auctioned off after the race with the proceeds going to Emory University School of Medicine's Department of Surgery and its Program for Breast Cancer Research, based in Atlanta.      

Fellows has competed at every American Le Mans Series race at Mosport (his home track) since 2000. In 2008, the American Le Mans Series returns for their only Canadian event as part of the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, August, 21-24.

For Further Information: Lee Bailie, Mosport 1-800-866-1072 or email lee@mosport.com