MOSPORT'S VICTORIA DAY SPEEDFEST IS THE PLACE TO BE THIS LONG WEEKEND

Sounds of Racing, Rock, Fireworks & Camping Are Featured

(BOWMANVILLE, ON – May 15, 2006) Mosport International Raceway kicks-off the 2006 season this holiday long-weekend with the Victoria Day SpeedFest, May 19, 20 & 21, featuring a great line-up of auto racing, live music and fireworks. Mosport's 750 acres of private parkland is the perfect setting for one of the biggest and best Victoria Day weekend celebrations in Ontario.

The muscle cars of The American GT Challenge (AGT) and four other race championships will help put the speed into the SpeedFest weekend. The roar of the AGT’s powerful V-8 engines is music to ears of race fans, as the 16-car field of Corvettes, Camaros and Mustangs will bring back memories of the now-defunct Trans-Am Series to Mosport’s challenging 4-kilometre road course. The AGT’s twin finals will run on Sunday.

Saturday’s feature is the three-hour Sundown Grand Prix endurance race into darkness, with GT and Touring cars, like Acuras, BMWs and Porsches battling for overall and class wins, plus entries from the new U.S.-based Miata Endurance Championship.

The race schedule also includes the Cup Lites Series (three-quarter scale stock cars that are slick looking and have the same power-to-weight ratio as a full size Grand National car), the Civic Challenge for Hondas and the F1200 open-wheel series.


The off track activities at this year’s Victoria SpeedFest are as strong as ever, with six bands taking to Mosport’s infield Concert Stage. Saturday’s line-up includes All The Brightness, Little Sunday and Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute band, Rave On. Sunday’s acts are Rise For Order, The Room (who opened for Bon Jovi last March) and Wildt with their tribute to Jimi Hendrix. The shows will start at 5 pm each day. Mosport’s Victoria Day weekend fireworks show is scheduled for Saturday night just after darkness.

A three-day SuperTicket is just $45 until May 17 (55$ at the Gate) and each ticket includes free parking, paddock admission, access to the Mosport Concert Stage area and admission to Saturday Night Stock Car racing at Mosport Speedway. Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by a paid adult admission. Single day tickets are also available.

An advanced three-day weekend general camping pass is just $25.00 (For tents or pop-up trailers). RVs are $50 for the weekend.

For more information about Mosport tickets and camping, call the Mosport Hotline at
1-800-866-1072 (Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET) or visit online at http://www.mosport.com/. Tickets are also available at Ticketmaster.

For Further Information: Glenn Butt, Mosport 1-800-866-1072.