JL Racing Dominates with Three Wins at Mosport

source: JL Racing

Aug 31, 2008 - 10:09:30 PM

The last weekend in August has proved to be the most successful in the history of JL Racing and a milestone in Saab Motorsport. After a difficult beginning to the season, the Saab 9-3 and the JL Racing team came through at Mosport to thoroughly demonstrate to all, the strengths of this exceptional car.

John Lockhart set the standard early Saturday by qualifying second on the pole. At the start of the race, John quickly took the lead but Chris Raymond in his Mazda was hot on his heels. With three laps to go, Chris took the lead while John kept nipping away looking for a way through. As they came through Corner 5 on the last lap, they both went wide and John managed to snatch back the lead. They roared through the last corner side by side and in a thrilling photo finish, the Saab 9-3 won by half a car length.

In the second race of the series on Sunday, John Lockhart once again demonstrated the superiority of the Saab by comfortably leading the entire race and took the chequered flag by a significant margin. This is the first double win by Saab in the Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship and so the champagne celebrations were lengthy.

Jordan Marrison drove the Saab 9-3 in the Ontario Regional Sprints and similarly threw down the gauntlet in a field of over 30 cars by qualifying second on the grid. He drove a flawless race to take second place. On Sunday morning Jordan again demonstrated his driving abilities and the strength of the Saab by dominating the race and took the chequered flag in first place.

The team is now looking to the last races of the season with the knowledge that the Saab 9-3 now has the reputation as being one of the fastest cars in the Touring Class and one of the strongest overall teams in Canada.