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MARCELLI ON POLE FOR
2007 CANAM CUP

BOWMANVILLE, ONT. (September 29, 2007) –  Newly crowned Ontario Formula Ford Challenge champion Kyle Marcelli and reigning CanAm Cup race winner Shane Jantzi will start from the front-row in the 2007 FormulaCar Magazine CanAm Cup, after posting the fastest times in Saturday qualifying at Mosport International Raceway.

The Formula Ford competitors, having contested a practice session prior to the lunch break, returned to the fast and undulating Mosport road course at the end of the day for the first of two qualifying sessions. With the two fastest times during the 20-minute session determining the front-row for Sunday’s CanAm Cup race, the drivers wasted little time getting up to speed. Running in close formation, Matt White and Jantzi led the way early on, before current qualifying lap record holder Marcelli moved to the top of the speed charts. Continually getting quicker with each circulation of the 2.459-mile road course, the top-five rotated among White, Marcelli, Jantzi, Dean Baker and Remy Audette lap after lap. With many of the drivers having pitted to make minor changes to their cars, Marcelli became the first driver to post a 1:27 lap, midway through the session. With the pole position very much still up for grabs, the final stages of qualifying witnessed the top-four on the timesheets separated by less than a half of a second. When the checkered flag waved to end Saturday qualifying, Marcelli had captured the pole position with a fast lap of 1:27. 624. Jantzi secured a front-row position for the second-ever FCM CanAm Cup, with the second fastest lap time.

Day two of the 2007 FormulaCar Magazine CanAm Cup event gets underway Sunday morning with a 10-minute warm-up session prior to the final qualifying taking place just before the lunch break, which will set the rest of the field for the prestigious trophy race. The green flag for the 2007 FormulaCar Magazine CanAm Cup is scheduled to wave at approximately 2:00 p.m. E.T.