The 2014 Canadian National Karting Championships are now among us. Drivers from all across the nation will come together for this one event. Beginning on Tuesday drivers will take to the track at the Jim Russell Karting facility in Mont Tremblant Quebec. The event will feature two testing days on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Thursday official competition will begin with Qualifying. Three heats will make up Friday and Saturday and the Main event takes place on the Sunday. REM features 9 drivers in this weekend’s competition ranging from Briggs and Stratton classes to the premier Senior Rotax division. The driver line up for REM is as follows: Liam Rhodes: Micro max Kieran Oxley: Rotax Senior Kevin Monteith: Rotax Senior Scott Jefferies: Briggs Masters James Kouri: Briggs Masters Wally Pollo: Briggs Masters Austin Bisschop: Briggs Junior Kyle Edgar: Briggs Senior Ryan Brutski: Briggs Senior Each of these drivers will be seeking glory at this edition of the Championships. There will be many drivers to watch throughout the weekend, Kyle Edgar has shown great speed throughout the season with many top notch performances in the ECKC series. Austin Bisschop has also been a top Read more…
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After a month hiatus, REM will be travelling to Trois Rivieres Quebec for the only street course of the season. This event brings much excitement and is ranked one of the most coveted races to win. Through the month of July, REM has been doing some serious testing to ensure that the highest level of preparation is achieved. REM will be bringing a group of 6 drivers to the event, slightly smaller than the previous events but surely boasting a high level of talent. REM will have 3 Rotax competitors and 3 Briggs drivers. With a good chance to claim podiums this weekend REM will be pushing their drivers to the maximum potential for the week. The list of drivers for REM is as follows: Briggs Masters: Scott Jefferie Robert Jefferies Wally Poll Rotax Micro Max: Liams Rhodes Rotax Max Senior: Kieran Oxley Kevin Monteith Coming off a solid weekend at goodwood the Jefferies brothers will be pushing to improve on their found success on the street course this weekend Wally Pollo will be making his return to the team and pushing hard to secure a podium result this event. Liam Rhodes had a good weekend Read more…
REM is coming off a long weekend of racing at the Eastern Canadian Karting Championship. The race was held at Goodwood Kartways who hosted rounds 3&4 of the championship. REM hosted a very large team of drivers with the count at 16 for the weekend’s festivities. With hot temperatures and a large amount of drivers teams began to see the rubber c ome down at a very rapid pace making everyone work hard to keep up to the ever changing track but REM managed the conditions quite well. On Saturday, Round one of the weekend began and REM drivers showed good pace in the morning practice and qualifying sessions. In Briggs Senior Kyle Edgar lead the team to a solid 8th place qualifying attempt only two tenths off the pole time. REM also found the Jefferies brothers of Scott and Rob starting up front with third and fourth starting positions. The team micro max competitor of Liam Rhodes also will come out of qualifying with a decent result starting seventh for the pre final. Finally, in the Rotax Senior category, Kevin Monteith puts up the fourth fastest time in the class. After the pre finals finished, drivers began preparation for the finals. Read more…
After a few week break following the ECKC event in Mosport REM now gets back to action as they head to the Coupe Du Quebec race this weekend in SRA Karting. REM will be travelling to the event in support of four drivers. All of these drivers are relatively new to the sport and are looking to gain knowledge and hone their skill sets to become a true force at the front of their respective categories. The 4 drivers that will be competing under the REM Banner are: Wally Pollo – Wally has many years of experience and will be looking to take home the win in Briggs senior. James Kouri – James, who is relatively new to the sport will be looking to gain knowledge from the REM specialists as his driving skills will be critiqued all weekend long. Robert Jefferies – Coming off a strong run at Mosport, and competing in the top 5; Rob looks to bring home a podium finish and solidify his position as a front runner Scott Jefferies – Scott, who again is very new to the sport is looking to gain much needed experience. He also came off a shoulder injury that forced Read more…