Team Canada Ready for Latin American Championship While their counterparts are getting ready for winter a group of Canadian motorcycle road racers are preparing for their final races of 2010 in the Latin American Championships to be held in The Dominican Republic November 13th and 14th. The Canadian team is taking part by way of invitation from the ULM (Union Latino-Americano Motovelocidad) which represents the Latin-American motorcyclists to the FIM and by Multemedia Acelerando (acelerandotv.com). Event organizer Diego Campos who was in Canada for the Parts Canada Championship race in 2009 at Calabogie voiced his enthusiasm for the team from the true north. “We are very excited to have representation from Canada, Canadian riders have proven to be great competition for our local riders, including Andrew Nelson who took home first place in the 600cc class at round one.” Said Campos. Canada’s team is compiled of; Andrew Nelson (2nd in 2010 Parts Canada Superbike Championship), and Jean Francois Cyr and while Parts Canada competitor Franklyn Dominguez spearheaded this program, he will be racing alongside his Canadian counterparts under the Dominican flag. In addition to his team representation Dominguez will also ride in the D-R National championships where he is leading the Superbike championship chase. Team Canada is sponsored in this endeavor by Seamont Brokerage of Montreal and Pirelli Tires. In addition to the Canadian Superbike team there are others who will compete in the D-R championships they include, Sylvain Dery, Brian Kamp, Joey McRae and Raymond Gauthier. This group will compete in the Pre-Expert class, and Paul Hollister, Samantha Goyer and Vanessa Gareau-Dominguez who are competing in the Amateur class. Gareau-Dominguez is in second place in this class just five points behind the leader. Other countries that will field teams for this four round championship include; Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. Pre entered riders include AMA Pro competitors Fernando Amantini and Marco Martinez. The championship will be decided by a four race format, two rounds running on the Saturday and two on Sunday (World Superbike format) and the champion determined by aggregate points. All four races to be held at the Mobil Oils sponsored Autodromo Mobil 1 track in Santo Domingo. The event, officially billed as Campeonato Latinoamericano de Motovelocidad and hosted by Multemedia Acelerando TV, will have a large delegation of ULM and FIM representatives in attendance. Canadian riders will ride under license from the Canadian FIM affiliate the Canadian Motorcycle Association. Media coverage for the team is provided by Inside Motorcycles and there will be daily updates and photos from the Dominican races on insidemotorcycles.com as well as a complete write up in an upcoming issue of Inside Motorcycles Magazine.