…thanks to Paul Costley of Inscape Graphic for this promo
It’s so good to see my son coming out of retirement to race with the CVM Saturday Oct 3rd.
David has many accomplishments in both the CVM and Pro Late Models.
The first driver in the 55 year history of the CVM to win 3 consecutive Championships 2000-2001-2002.
He has 14 titles and 60 plus feature wins in his awesome career….so proud of my son.
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Have fun racing with the new improved CVM and good luck
Category Archives: 2020
136 Laps Non Stop….The Longest Ever In 52 Years
What a run we had at Riverside International Speedway on September 26th. The 150 lap race was filled with the top Pro Late Models in the Maritimes.
It was our 7th race of this Covid season and our best night out.
I set a personal record racing 136 laps non stop….and yes that was an achievement but exhausting. The yellow came out with 14 laps to go.
The full story will be on Diary of a Season 2020 soon.
Still waiting for some track photo’s but I hope to have it all done by Tuesday night.
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Riverside International Speedway September 26th
We return to Riverside International Speedway this weekend for the Toromont 150. This will be our 7th race for 2020 with one more to go, next Sunday at Center For Speed in Shediac.
Riverside is a beautiful track, much different than the others but similar to Bristol and Sunset Speedway. Much smaller than Bristol and bigger and faster than Sunset, but similar design.
Looking forward to the return, the last time we were here was 2017, we also raced RIS in 2016. In 1984 the Hobby Club had an East Coast Tour that included Riverside Speedway.
Hoping for a safe clean race for everyone.
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God Kept Me Safe…..Mike Stevens Memorial @ Petty Raceway….Good Run
Our first ever Mike Stevens Memorial was a good run for us, though almost a disaster….thanking my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for keeping me safe and having His Angels guard over me and all the racers, staff, fans and families.
Thanks to Brian Birt for this photo.
On about lap 78 I felt a loud clunk followed by something smashing through the hood. I stopped in turn 4 thinking I lost something in the engine, pulleys, pump or some driveline part. Check the hood close and you can see on the left side, not far from the drivers side windshield, a piece sticking up about 4″ tall and 3″ wide….the size of a chunk of lead. While sitting there the car was idling fine and all the gauges were showing no issues.
I headed to the pits and our crew checked everything over, made some repairs, taped the hood down (it was bad) and sent me out.
The full story and pictures of how serious this freak mishap could have been, will be on the Message Board soon. Go to the Message Board, click on General Chat and then on Dairy of a Season 2020. I should have the full story up by tomorrow….we are working on the car tonight.
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7th Annual Mike Stevens Memorial Petty International Speedway Sept 19th
This will be our fourth trip to Petty in 2020 and our first Mike Stevens Memorial race. Mike died in a very unfortunate incident in 2013. He was a great racer, loved by everyone and we are truly honored to be in this race.
I did some testing on Tuesday after Kerry and Aidan came over Monday to work on the car. The results were positive, no slipping of the clutch after replace the pressure plate. Quite certain the pressure plate was tired but I am so glad it’s fixed.
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Scotia Speedworld Pre Race Intro
The track had an out of car driver intro for Saturday. Normally this is an exciting time for drivers, getting to relax a little, wish other racers good luck and focus on what’s coming. It wasn’t that way for me, fans cheered and clapped for all the drivers including me, I felt bad knowing I would be pulling off on lap 2.
Clutches took us out again….2 weeks in a row, but a different part this time….the pressure plate….different and more expensive.
We got the new part put installed on Monday, Kerry and Adrian came over during the day. I booked practice at Scotia for Tuesday to make sure it’s fixed. I am praying we got this fixed, it’s so frustrating not being able to race our car.
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Clutch Issues Again Mess Up Debut At Scotia Speedworld
It was a busy crazy week and I didn’t get a chance to update this front page until now.
Our first visit to Scotia Speedworld, the closest track to my house was disappointing. After all the work my crew and I did during the week and last weekend at 660, it seemed only fair that we would have had that issue beat….but we had to do it all again at Scotia.
From the first set of hot laps I knew we were in trouble with the clutch slipping. I couldn’t go much more or they would get burnt out.
The full story will be on Diary of a Season 2020 soon.
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Speedway 660….Tough Night For Us
We had a very disappointing night at Speedway 660. Did not make the feature due to damaged clutch discs needing replacement. We worked on them for hours, over 3 and almost made it.
Special thanks to my crew Tyler Hallahan, Chris White and Kerry Fry for getting incredible exhausted and filthy dirty working on the car with less clearance than that of the Polar Express when it entered the tunnel.
Shannon Riley and Jeff DeCoste also worked hard, and we got some good help from Dean Wallage and the owner of the 2 car, Brad.
The full story on Diary of a Season 2020 soon.
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