ASN Canada FIA

ASN Canada FIA

Abbreviation	ASN
Motto	Canada's Motor Sports Sanctioning Authority
Formation	1990
Type	Sports federation
Purpose	Motorsports
Location	Oakville, Ontario
Region served	Canada
Membership	5
Official language	English
President	Roger Peart
Affiliations	FIA CACC WCMA CASC-OR ASQ ARMS CARS
Website	http://www.asncanada.com

ASN Canada FIA (ASN) is Canada's national motorsport authority, as delegated by the FIA.

The organization was founded in 1990, after Canada's original National Sporting Authority, Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs (CASC), was expelled from the FIA. In a then-unprecedented motion, the country's sporting authority was entrusted completely to a single person, Benoit Mailloux.

The expulsion ensued after legal battles between the nation's top breweries over sponsorship rights to the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. The 1987 Canadian Grand Prix was cancelled as part of this dispute, which stemmed from FOCA's demands for increased fees for Formula One teams.

Circumstances surrounding the process were detailed in Terry Lovell's 1999 biography of Bernie Ecclestone, Bernie's Game: Inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecclestone (ISBN 1-84358-086-1); and in CASC historian David A. Charters' book, The Chequered Past: Sports Car Racing and Rallying in Canada 1951-1991 (ISBN 0-80209-093-1).

ASN Canada FIA's national-level motorsport championships currently feature the National Karting Championship, Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada, Canadian Touring Car Championship, Canadian AutoSlalom Championship and the Canadian Rally Championship.

Regional Territories

ASN Canada FIA has appointed five territories to administer amateur motor sport in Canada:

Canadian Association of Car Clubs (CACC) – British Columbia
Western Canada Motorsport Association (WCMA) – Western Canada
Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs Ontario Region (CASC-OR) – Ontario
Auto Sport Quebec (ASQ) – Quebec
Atlantic Region Motor Sports Inc. (ARMS) – Atlantic Canada

External links

Sports governing bodies of Canada (CAN)

Summer Olympic sports	Archery Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchro Water Polo Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Indoor Beach Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed & Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC-recognized sports	Auto Racing Bandy Baseball Canadian football Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Lacrosse Motorcycle racing Orienteering Roller sports Rugby union Squash

Paralympic sports	Wheelchair Sports

Other sports	Australian rules football Gaelic games Racquets Rugby League Quidditch

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