Gary Elliott Motorsports

WE had our race on display at another sponsors location of Saturday the 14th. There was no racing for us and we were glad to support Truro Mazda.
Like Canadian Tire they were very happy we could bring the car, so Buttons and I made the short trip and had a great day.
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God bless you all

This past weekends race was rained out and rescheduled for October 12th. Unfortunately we are in Ontario. We lost 2 races to rain this year, the other one is rescheduled for October 5th but again, we will be in Ontario. We are currently 8th in points. Because we were at the rainout in June, we will get last place points and that would still keep us in 8th, but if the October 12th race goes we will likely drop to 11th. Can’t help that though.
I am having a raffle currently on Facebook for some apparel and other items. Check it out, half the spots are gone but still 45 left. Here is a picture of the draw prizes including a Diecast car…..you can send a message to my email garyelliottmotorsports@gmail.com if interested…or Facebook 🙂
Here is the current standings:
1st….Jarrett Butcher………..1419
2nd….Austin MacDonald….1392
3rd….Gage Gilby……………..1380
4th….Mike Rodgers………….1363
5th….Ryan VanOirschot……1308
6th….Jordan Veinotte……….1297
7th….Stephen Lively………….1276
8th….Gary Elliott………………1259
08….Nicholas Naugle………..1183.
88….Russell Smith…………….1110
0….Sam Rogers…………………1099
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We supported the 60th Anniversary for River Glade Speedway in New Brunswick like we had scheduled but most cars on the list did not show up. Only 6 of us graced the River Glade Rebuild.
The track had been closed for 14 years or more and excitement was in the air with this 3 day event. Night one was Pro Late Models. The gates opened at 10 am and races started at 6. On a Thursday night that may have scared some from coming but they had months notice.
The last time I was here was in 1984 in our Hobby car and we won a heat race. I wanted so bad to maybe take my first checker in the Maritimes since coming here in 20220, but it wasn’t meant to be.
We did time trials, then a heat race. We finished 4th in both. I decided to change the gears for more RPM, but only had enough to get another 70 RPM and could have used about 100.
There was a driver intro and the national anthem. We would start 3rd in this race.
On the green I felt right away the throttle not going all the way to the floor. No matter what I did in that first lap[ could not get the throttle wide open. I had to pull over and let the field go by.
I got lapped but to our surprise we were able to pass 2 cars to put us 4th, they were also a lap down. When the 30-lap caution came out I pitted and Shannon came over right away and then Bob.
The track was lining up the cars for the restart as we were trying to find out why the throttle would not open…..then Bob found a large stone jammed in the linkage acting as a stopper.
Once removed I headed back to the track and just got there as the field got the green.
It took about 10 laps to catch the 2 cars I passed earlier but I was so far behind the leaders they caught me again with one to go. My spotter said “the yellow is out” so I was happy because I would be on the lead lap and have a chance for a top three…..I let off the gas as the leasers were coming and then the spotter said ..”no that was the white”, but I had already slowed down enough for the leader to pass me.
Not sure where we finished, nothing has been posted yet, I would think 4th.
Our next race is September 7th at Riverside Speedway.
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Thanks to Tanya Everett for the photo.

Thank you Scotia Speedworld and the East Coast Internatiinal Pro Stock Tour for recognizing our 900th Consecutive night.
I appreciate the interview by Tim Terry and time taken to get pictures with my crew…..and all my buddies racing in the Summer Clash 250. It’s a milestone that took 37 years to reach.
Thanks to all my sponsors especially Quaker State who is sharing this amazing journey.
Also very thankful to my kids David Elliott, Shirley Tiemersma, all my crew over the years and the crew this year.
Shannon Riley ,Bob Landry, Chris White, Jack Lynds, Robert Sanford, Emily Sanford and Ray Doucette……and my precious Buttons who’s been through this since 2012 ❤️
All the drivers in the race received a 900 Consecutive Night hat courtesy of Quaker State…I still have many left.
Thanks to Ashton Reekie for this photo.
I thank God for allowing this to happen.🙏❤️

Race#7
20 Cars
Robbie MacEwen wins
#898 Consecutive
Heat-6th
Feature- 20th crashed
Our visit to Oyster Bed Speedway in PEI was one I was really looking forward too. I love this little track and seem to run not too bad here. Our crew were fantastic, making many changes to get us better but we couldn’t get below 13:693. Most fast cars were in the 4’s and 5’s.
Jack was amazing again both spotting and making changes on the car with me. Bobby, Emily and Ray all did their part, especially in the feature when we were handling so bad, right front the start pretty well. I came in on the competition yellow, but was down one lap. The crew took air out of the LR tire to help the car turn better and I went back out.
We got the lucky dog. The cars were doubling up when I went back out and to my shock I couldn’t drive the car it was so loose I was almost spinning out at 30 mph. It was then I realized my RR tire was going down. I messaged to my crew, as we were still going around under the yellow “I have a RR flat tire”. I headed back into the pits and they changed it getting me back out before the restart. We had 4 practice tires we were allowed to use in case of a flat. I marked their depth before we put on the new tires. The best tire was a 5 in depth. It was our RF spare. I went back out and made the restart before the green. However the car still would not turn. The race went green until another yellow when a car needed towing, and again we were down a lap.
I went into the pits and asked them to check the rear stagger. It was less than 3″…not enough variance, should be 3 to 3 1/4″. The spare we put on was only 85 1/2″ and needed to be bogger to give us the stagger we needed. They rotated the tires on the outside because the the RF tire was bigger and that would give us what we needed.
I returned again to the track with 121 laps remaining. But it wasn’t to be this time, our night would end with a bad crash on lap 121 restart when the field got together going into turn one. I couldn’t stop and the track was completely blocked. I hit #11 Jordan Veinotte very hard on the RF, doing lots of damage to the car. Congrats to PEI’s Robbie MacEwen on his win, his 2nd Tour race in his career.
Here are some of the parts we know we need so far:
RF-spindle
RF–strut
Front steel bumper’
Front nose
Braces for the front bumper
Body braes
We have started work on the car and should have it ready by Thursday. Lots of dollars and hours again for this repair.
Our next race is back to Oyster Bed Speedway next Saturday August 3rd. My Ontario crew chief Jim Hulzinga and his wife Marie will be there.
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God bless you all