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Brown at Canadian Nationals------------
Despite Last Lap Spin
Brown finishes 10th at Canadian Nationals
CHILLIWACK, BC - Motorsport can give you the highest of highs
and the lowest of lows and Waterdown Karter Tyler Brown experienced
it all at this year’s ASN Canada FIA Canadian Nationals.
“This is the one event that Tyler has been gearing up for all
year, and he was extremely focused during the 5 day event,” said
his father Darrell Brown, of the event held this year in Chilliwack,
British Columbia. Brown’s 4B Racing team would contest two divisions,
Canada Junior and Rotax Max Junior, for Canadian National Championships.
Two days of practice and tuning was followed by qualifying on
the Friday of the weekend event.
In Rotax Junior, a fully paid trip to the World Finals this winter
in the Canary Islands was on the line, not to mention that the
Junior candidate would also represent Canada, an honour in itself.
In the final practice, the motor Tyler was using developed a power
loss at midrange rpm. Mechanics and engineers for Rotax International
spent the better part of Friday and again on Saturday trying to
find the problem with no luck, which left Tyler with a dismal
qualifying effort.
With no apparent cure for the ailing power plant, the team decided
to skip the Rotax race, that was until the rains came, the great
equalizer. Brown hadn't traveled across the country to watch this
race, “Lets put a rain setup on this thing and I will get it to
the front,” Brown said, and he did. From the drop of the green
flag, Brown moved forward, up to fifth before contact sent him
back to 11th. In the second heat, he went from the back to finish
6th, which combined with the first heat finish would give him
a starting spot of ninth in the pre-final. Sadly, Brown’s run
to the front ended with the rain and he had to retire from the
final, but he did catch the eye of ASN Canada FIA’s Vice President
of competition, Paul Cooke, who said, “Young Mr. Brown was plagued
with a fuel and electrical problem all weekend that would have
tested the patience of any person. Mr Brown handled the situation
very, very professionally and used a generous portion of ‘stick-to-it-ness’
and never gave up.”
In Canada Junior, Brown qualified 7th. In the wet pre-final, Brown
powered his PTK mount forward to challenge for the lead by the
end of the first lap, but contact send him back to last. Undaunted
by the setback, Brown climbed back to sixth by the end of the
pre-final.
Sunday brought with it intermittent showers and the team set the
PTK to perform in those conditions. From the drop of the green,
Brown charged to the front and dominated the first 15 laps of
the race. But as the track continued to dry, it would bring eventual
winner Pearce Herder and two others to Brown’s rear bumper. The
pursuers drafted past Brown on the front straight and started
to pull away. On the final lap, Brown was caught by another driver
on the front straight, who then pushed Brown a little too far
into turn one. Brown took to the grass, only to come back on the
track and spin on wet tires. By the time he was underway, he was
relegated to 10th. Lon Herder (father of winner Pearce) said.
“I was praying for the track to dry, because if it didn’t, Tyler
was going to walk away from us”.
Tyler Brown Fast Facts;
Tyler Brown
is a 13-year-old racer from Waterdown, Ontario, in his seventh
year of karting. In 2003, Brown was fifth in the ASN Canada
FIA Canadian Nationals and fourth in points at Mosport. He was
also fifth in Toronto Kart Club Junior Lite championship. In
2003 he had 37 race starts, amassed one win, two poles and 19
top five finishes.
In 2002 he finished sixth in the OKRA (Ontario Kart Racing Association)
regional series in Junior Light. In 2001, he was sixth at the
Mosport Grand Prix, sixth at the OKRA GrandNationals – where
he was the youngest driver in his class. In 2000 Brown was fifth
in Junior Restricted at the Waterloo Regional Kart Club.
Brown drives for 4B Racing (www.4bracing.com) and is supported
by Assante Asset Management, Team Hurricane, Adin
Group Inc, VH
Web DeZine, Arnold Engines, and Big Brother Big Sisters.
For more information on Tyler Brown, contact Russ Bond Agency
(www.russbondagency.com)
905-852-2900.
Hi-Res photos available on request.
Release prepared by Russ Bond Agency
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