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Round Eight - Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear
Mosport International Raceway
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
August 21-23, 2008


On-Track Session Schedule
Thursday, August 21 Saturday, August 23
9:20-10:00 Promoter Test Session #1 8:00-8:45 Qualifying
2:30-3:10 Promoter Test Session #2 3:50-4:35 Race
Friday, August 22  
9:10-9:55 Official Practice #1    
1:45-2:15 Official Practice #2    
Mosport International Raceway
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THE LUCK OF THE IRISH PRODUCES A CANADIAN HAT TRICK AS DEMPSEY WINS THIRD CONSECUTIVE RACE WITH A YELLOW-FLAG VICTORY AT THE MOSPORT

Mosport, Canada (Aug. 23) – Irishman Peter Dempsey completed a Canadian hat trick,' winning this afternoon's Round 8 of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear. Dempsey, driving the #21 Andersen Racing / LotusWorks/ Allied Building Products Mazda, also won last weekend at Trois Rivieres and the weekend before that at Road America, becoming the first driver this season to win three races.

Finishing second at Mosport was Joel Miller in the #20 JDC Motorsports / Mazda / K&N Air Filters Mazda, followed by Tom Gladdis in the #5 Andersen Racing / Marrache & Co. / Allied Building Products Mazda. The Expert Series winner was Chris Cumming, driver of the #16 World Speed Motorsports / Inviro Medical Mazda, while the Gerry Kraut, driving the #55 JDC Motorsports / Dougherty & Co. / Dougherty Funding LLC Mazda, won the Master Series class.

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MISSION 2/3rds ACCOMPLISHED -- EDWARDS ON POLE FOR ROUND 8
OF THE STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE MOBIL1 GRAND PRIX OF MOSPORT

Mosport, Canada (Aug. 23) -- American John Edwards completed 2/3rds of his weekend mission by setting the quickest time in both pre-race practice sessions and then putting his #7 AIM Autosport Mazda on the pole with a lap of 1:15.890 (116.648 mph) for the start of this afternoon's Round 8 of the 2008 Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear at the Mobil1 Grand Prix of Mosport. Starting on the outside of the front row for the race will be fellow American Joel Miller with a lap literally a hair slower – 0.081 sec. – in the #20 JDC Motorsports / Mazda / K&N Air Filters Mazda. Starting third on the grid will be the winner of the last two races in a row, Irishman Peter Dempsey. His lap of 1:16.077 (116.361 mph) in the #21 Andersen Racing / LotusWorks/ Allied Building Products Mazda was just 0.187 sec. off the pole time… in fact, the first nine cars in the field were separated by less than one second.

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EDWARDS QUICKEST IN BOTH FRIDAY STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP
PRACTICE SESSIONS AT THE MOBIL1 GRAND PRIX OF MOSPORT

American John Edwards, the first two-time winner in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship with victories at Miller Motorsports Park and Portland, turned the quickest times in both the morning and afternoon sessions… though rising heat during the day slowed times for most of the front runners. Edwards, who is currently 5th in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship points battle, ran a 1:15.842 (116.722 mph) in the #7 AIM Autosport Mazda during the muggy morning under slightly overcast skies. In the afternoon, under sunny skies, he was still fastest, but with a 1:16.247 (116.102 mph).

The driver who made a major leap forward in mastering the technical Mosport track during the afternoon session was Billy Goshen, driver of the #82 Goshen Motorsports / Merv Griffin Entertainment / Global Tracking Communications Mazda. He was 8th fast in the morning with a 1:17.179 (114.700 mph), but rose to second on the time sheet in the afternoon by virtue of a lap at 1:16.577 (115.601). Also moving up, from 6th fast to 3rd with a lap of 1:16.807 (115.255 mph) was series points leader Charles Hall in the #77 Andersen Racing / Blimpie / AccentBanking.com/ Allied Building Products Mazda. Rounding out the top-5 were Tom Gladdis and Joel Miller. Gladdis, in the #5 Andersen Racing / Marrache & Co. / Allied Building Products Mazda was 4th in both sessions, turning a 1:16.865 (115.168 mph), while Miller slipped from 2nd-fast in the morning to 5th in the afternoon with a 1:17.045 (114.899 mph).

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JOHN EDWARDS QUICKEST IN FIRST STAR MAZDA CHAMPIONSHIP
PRACTICE SESSION AT THE MOBIL1 GRAND PRIX OF MOSPORT

American John Edwards, the first two-time winner in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship with victories at Miller Motorsports Park and Portland, turned the quickest time – by nearly 4/10ths of a second – in the first official practice session on Friday morning. Edwards, who is currently 5th in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship points battle, set the fast time of 1:15.842 (116.722 mph) in the #7 AIM Autosport Mazda on a muggy morning under slightly overcast skies.

Running second-fast, with a lap of 1:16.234 (116.121 mph) in the #20 JDC Motorsports / Mazda / K&N Air Filters Mazda was Joel Miller, winner of the Star Mazda Championship season-opener at Sebring. Miller, who is 3rd in the championship battle, the 2007 Skip Barber Pro Series Champion, which won him
his fully-sponsored ride in the Star Mazda Championship courtesy of the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Driver Development Ladder. Miller drives for JDC Motorsports, the team that won the 2007 Star Mazda Championship with Dane Cameron, who is now racing in the Atlantic Championship with sponsorship from the Mazda ladder.

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2007 Winner

James Davison

Track Record
Adrian Carrio 1:14.169
(2006)
 
Round 8 - Mosport
Saturday, August 23
Race Results

Pos Driver Gap
1 Peter Dempsey ---
2 Joel Miller 0.146
3 Tom Gladdis 0.955


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