50th Celebration Announcement #5
January 8, 2007

50th Celebration of the Canadian Rally Championship
Saturday, January 13 – Sunday, January 14, 2007
DoubleTree International Plaza Hotel
655 Dixon Rd
Toronto, Ontario

Deadline for Ordering Banquet Tickets

The deadline for ordering banquet tickets has been extended until Tuesday, January 9, 2007.

Sponsorship of the 50th Celebration Announced

The organizing committee of the 50th Celebration is pleased to announce, in addition to our previously announced sponsors that Hyundai Auto Canada has announced their participation as a gold level sponsor.  Castrol has announced their participation as a silver level sponsor and Nissan Canada is sponsoring a table at the Celebration:

Subaru Canada Inc.Gold Level
Hyundai Auto CanadaGold Level
Audi Canada Inc.Silver Level
CastrolSilver Level
Jones Brown InsuranceBronze Level
Volkswagen Canada Inc.Bronze Level
Yokohama Tire Canada Inc.Bronze Level
Peterborough Motor Sport ClubBronze Level
Rally Sport OntarioBronze Level
Anonymous BenefactorBronze Level
Nissan Canada Inc.Table
Rallysport.caDisplay
CSC Racing Products Inc.Display

Several other companies and individuals are also sponsoring the Celebration by providing goods and services: Indel Controls, Multi Pub, Filbitron, Mark Ockwell.

Schedule

Fri., Jan. 1218:00-22:00Registration for Celebration attendees (all passes and banquet tickets)
18:00Rally Cars Through the Decades display opens

Sat., Jan. 1308:00-9:00Registration of Club AGM Delegates (symposium room entrance)
08:00-18:00Registration for Celebration attendees
09:15-11:002006 CARS Annual General Meeting
09:00-18:00a) Rally Drive In presented by Castrol (continuous showing of past films, championship television videos)
b) 6 Decades of Rallying presented by Audi Canada (memorabilia and displays)
c) Hospitality Room presented by a Friend of the Sport
11:15-12:45Symposium #1 –Early Years presented by Volkswagen Canada
14:00-15:30Symposium #2 -Transition to Stage Rallies presented by Jones Brown
16:00-17:30Symposium #3 –Rally Stars presented by Peterborough Motor Sports Club
18:15Reception and Cocktails
19:1550th Anniversary Dinner –Tom Burgess (keynote speaker), Presentation of 50th Canadian Rally Championship Trophies, Presentation of 50 years of Champions

Sun., Jan. 1408:00-13:00Registration for Celebration attendees
09:00-15:00a) Rally Drive In presented by Castrol
b) 6 Decades of Rallying presented by Audi Canada
c) Hospitality Room presented by a Friend of the Sport
09:00-10:30Symposium #4 –Targa Newfoundland presented by Yokohama Tire Canada
10:45-12:15Symposium #5 - Special Rally Events presented by RallySport Ontario
13:30-15:00Symposium #6 –The Future and Town Hall Meeting
15:00Closing of Celebration

Symposium #1The Early Years presented by Volkswagen Canada

This symposium will be chaired by Peter Gulliver of PMSC and will feature Robin Edwardes and David Charters on the panel.  David is an author whose book, due out in the coming months, is about CASC and the early days of motorsport in Canada, including rallying.  Robin has been involved in rallying for almost five decades and participated in many of the major rallies of the
60s and 70s.  The symposium will explore the beginning of rally in Canada and the start of the CRC in 1957.

Symposium #2The Transition to Stage Rallies presented by Jones Brown

Chaired by Doug Woods, this symposium will have Tom Burgess, George Dewar and Randy Black on the panel.  This panel will outline how the championship changed from navigational format rallies to stage rallies as well as describing the process followed by regions across the country.