CTCC - Canadian Touring Car Championship
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Overview
Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) presented by Continental Tire is Canada’s only truly professional road racing series where the words Passion and Performance find their true meaning. It showcases race cars based on their stock street version. In 2006, it was created based on the growth of amateur touring car racing in Canada and the pent-up demand for a professional product.
CTCC is featured in Eastern Canada’s main provinces, Ontario and Québec. Race events generally take place in the Greater Toronto Area, in the Greater Ottawa Area, in Mirabel, Montréal and Trois-Rivières. The competitor base expands reach all over Canada, but more specifically in Southern and Eastern Ontario, Québec and the United States.
Classes
B-Spec Class
The concept of B-Spec was first developed through collaboration between Honda Performance Development and Mazdaspeed Motorsports Development with the goal of creating a common set of rules that could be adopted by different racing series or sanctioning organizations. Over the past year, CTCC worked with SCCA and Grand-Am to solidify a set of rules that would respect both the B-Spec concept and goals of the different series. B-Spec is designed to be an entry level and affordable category, and highlights one of the fastest-growing segments of the automobile business. Both Honda and Mazda revealed their new prototypes in December of 2010. Since then, the Honda Fit and Mazda2 have been joined by the Ford Fiesta and Fiat 500 at various test sessions. Other eligible cars include the Chevrolet Sonic, Kia Rio, Mini Cooper, Nissan Versa and Toyota Yaris.
Like its Super and Touring Classes, the new B-Spec Class will have its own set of requirements and will feature showroom stock racing cars utilizing stock engines and chassis, fitted with a competition roll cage, racing seat and other safety equipment along with the approved Continental ExtremeContact race tires and Sunoco race fuel. Weight equalization will be used to balance performance among competing manufacturers.
The entry-level B-Spec Class introduces a compact car category with stock engine and strictly controlled modifications.
Touring Class
the Touring Class features cars with minimal modifications
Super Class
Super Class machines have powerful and heavily modified engines and advanced aerodynamics
Manufacturers
Participating automotive brands include Acura, Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, Hyundai, Fiat, Ford, Mazda, MINI, Nissan, Scion, Subaru, Toyota and Volkswagen.
Contingency Programs
Honda Canada Contingency Plan
Mazda Canada Contingency Plan
MINI Canada Contingency Plan
References
August 2012 - Canadian Touring Car Championship (www.touringcar.ca)
External links
- CTCC - Canadian Touring Car Championship official website
- ASN Canada FIA
- Interview with John Bondar - President of Canadian Touring Car Championship
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