The Canadian Tire Trans Am series kicked off it’s 2012 season at Motorsort Park May 18 – 20.
Ian Michael Patterson was unveiling his newly wrapped Canadian Heroes Corvette.
Ian has teamed up with Canadian Heroes in 2012 to promote awareness for those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.
During practising, the car had some issues and was in need of some repairs, luckily the team got everything sorted out and the car was a go!
Ian qualified 9th place and after a gruelling and tiresome race finished an impressive 2nd place finish!!! A forest fire ended the race several laps early. Ian is quoted as saying “a million thanks to the guys and gals at Gateway keeping me in the game…”
We at Canadian Heroes congratulate Ian on his 2nd place finish and are excited to see what the rest of the 2012 season holds.
gotransam.com has a great article on Ian’s Second Place Finish and can be viewed here:
http://www.gotransam.com/latest-news/2012/5/23/outstanding-second-place-finish-for-canadian-ian-patterson-a.html
Photos by Vic Henderson
Ian began racing in 2009, and his history since then are as follows:
CASC-OR-GT Sprints 3rd 2009
GT Challenge-GT1 2nd – 2010
GT Sprints-GT1 Champion 2011
Debut in SCCA TransAm 2011
Ian drives the #74 Corvette C6R T/A Power 360 cid V8 – 800+hp, weight 2780 lbw, top speed of 200+mph and the car was designed and built by Gateway Racing Inc. at Mosport Raceway
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