KARTING: Grand Prix of Barrie Cancelled for 2005

BARRIE, ON - The annual Grand Prix of Barrie event, tentatively scheduled in 2005 for June 22-24th, will not be taking place this year.

Event Chairman Eric Lehner reports that, “New criteria set out by city council for the 2005 year during a recent in-camera session appears to have modified the 2004 operating model. The event organizer cannot respond with confidence that the event this year would achieve the same high standard set in previous years, without more time to make modifications.”

He went on to state that it is possible that with more time to consider the situation the annual Grand Prix of Barrie may resume in 2006.

The free-admission event has a large following in the Simcoe region and beyond, and has become known in motorsports circles as the “Monaco of Kart Racing” for the quality of sanctioned races, the picturesque setting, the festival atmosphere throughout the grounds and the high standard of associated exhibits, displays and demonstrations.