National Team: Cameron Motorsports 2007
Driver Lineup
April 5, 2007
As Canadian haulers roll out
for Norman, Oklahoma, and the Snap-on Stars of Karting Mazda Race of
the Americas, Hamilton based Cameron Motorsports/CRG will do so
fully equipped for a ten member attack at four National
Championships. Included in the mix are seven Canadians and the team
will compete in four of five Stars classes in 2007.
Leading the way in ICC is Michael Vincec from
Stouffville, Ontario. The reigning Stars of Karting
Rookie-of-the-Year and eKartingNews.com Rising Star, Vincec will be
looking to repeat great successes from ‘06 and add to a growing
resume. Along with winning at Lowe’s last year in Stars
competition, Mikey-V won the Canadian National ICC Championship in
Edmonton, and Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship titles in both
Formula Senior and F1-K. Teamed with veteran pro-tuner Brian
Bettencourt once again this season, the team is already off to a
great start as Vincec scored two wins, a second, and a third at the
Florida Winter Tour. Vincec will lead a four-man ICC roster for
Cameron/CRG as David Carmendy, Curtis Fox, and Gianmarco Raimondo
will also be in Norman.
Making name for himself by scoring his first
National win at final Stars of Karting 80Junior race in 2005,
Carmendy had a solid rookie senior season last year where he
repeated in the top ten. The native of Powell, Ohio, will be looking
to contend beginning next weekend. Canadian shifter veteran Curtis
Fox will also be looking for big things in 2007 as he joins Cameron
Motorsports/CRG for a full look at the Stars schedule. Fox won races
on his way to overall runner-up finishes in the WKA Man Cup and
SRFKC last year and enters this season with high expectations.
Rounding out the ICC lineup is Gianmarco Raimondo, from St.
Catherines, Ontario. Raimondo had a solid learning campaign last
year and broke out with a third-place finish in S1 at SKUSA
SuperNationals X.
A pair of Texans will take to the track in ICA
under the Cameron/CRG banner as Houston’s Cody Jolly and Plano’s
Garrett Napier take on the best direct-drive karters in the Nation.
Jolly is heading into his sophomore senior season after a great run
through the junior ranks that saw him score National wins in both
Cadet and 80Junior. Now accustomed to the hectic starts in ICA,
Jolly is looking for better things in ‘07. Napier is ranked #13 in
the eKartingNews ICA driver rankings after a very up-and-down season
last year that was capped with a ninth at the Stars of Karting
National Final at Woodbine. He, too, will be looking to get off on
the right foot in Oklahoma.
The junior contingent will be led by David
Ostella in JICA. Ranked #5 in the final Stars calculations last
season, Ostella is one of the busiest karters in Canada as he will
contest both coasts along with the WKA Man Cup, the SRFKC, and he
recently completed both JICA and Rotax Junior at the Florida Winter
Tour. The teen from Maple, Ontario, has scored eight top fives
already this year including a win in Rotax. He will be joined in
JICA by rookie Connor Carrothers from Sutton West. Carrothers was an
Ontario force last year in Junior Light, scoring wins at multiple
clubs and regionally. Eyeing his first National schedule, Carrothers
also raced in the recently completed Winter Tour.
Cameron
Motorsports’ National Team will be rounded out by another Canadian
veteran/rookie combination as Garret Grist and Julius Makos will run
Cadet. Grist, from Grimsby, Ontario, is heading into his second
season of Stars competition while Makos, from Richmond Hill,
Ontario, will be racing his first. Makos ran the entire Florida
Winter Tour and left with a bang in taking a third and fourth on his
way to seventh in points while Grist spent the winter mending a broken wrist and debuted at the
Ocala finale with a pair of top fives.
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