I finally got to meet Jim this past summer at Scotia Speedworld. The race was in Jim’s honor, the Jim Hallahan 250. What a beautiful person he was.
I was fortunate as a teenager to watch Jim race the #33 at Pinecrest Speedway. He was a top runner always chasing the checker flag and winning many races. Jim left Ontario to race in the Maritimes and is a member of the Maritime Stock Car Hall Of Fame.
Jim’s grandson Tyler pitted for me this year, making all 8 races, taking the roll of spotter and doing an excellent job.
I will post pictures of Jim’s history in Diary Of A Season 2020 soon.
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Work Getting Done For 2021
The boys came over on Saturday, Bob, Tyler, Chris and Tyler’s friend Shawn. We got a lot done on the body putting panels back on.
Here is the finished look after Saturday. More pictures on Diary of a Season 2020.
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1997 Hobby Chev Coupe
In 1997 we painted our car all white, with a few changes like the checker up the side of the car.
We had 9 wins that year including 2 features. We also won Best Appearing Car.
We ran 26 nights and finished 6th in the overall points.
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Close Call At Petty International Raceway July 18th
Over the years I have been very fortunate to avoid wrecks, either by being lucky, good anticipation or watching far enough ahead and seeing things as they develop. I thank God for wisdom to race and make it through races without getting beat up….that’s one victory most conscientious racers look for. Only one person can win, but many can race and avoiding wrecks not only moves you up in the race standings but saves $$$$$.
We have spotters, but even with good spotters some situations are in the drivers hands only. Things happen fast and we need to try and get out of the way as safe as possible.
In Diary of a Season 2020, on our Message Board I record all the races, recalling an overall review of the race. This wreck was July 18th.
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2019 Was Our Most Recent Best Appearing Car……Troyer Mod
Here is our most spectacular looking car. This Modified won Best Appearing Car 3 times in 2019.
At the Rick Woolner Memorial in July of 2019, at the Ironman 72 at Sunset Speedway and then at the year end OSCAAR Modified banquet.
I posted all the winners since our first car in 1969, on Diary of a Season 2020.
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Our First Best Appearing Car In The Hobby Division
We won the Best Appearing car award came in 1985. It was my second year of the OARC, Hobby Division, now known as the CVM. It was also our second time winning this award, the first being 1969 in the Mini Stock.
1985 was our 17th year, and the first season running #9, my second favorite number.
The car was painted like Bill Elliott’s Coors car. Ironically we would win Best Appearing Car with #9 not #36. Over the next 35 season we would win the award 18 more times.
I will post a list of all the winners of that award in Diary of a Season 2020 soon.
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First Time At Petty International Raceway
Here is a picture by Tanya Everett from the July 4th race PIR. It took me lots of laps to get this track figured out. By the 4th time racing on it in the Mike Stevens Memorial we were getting better.
More updates soon. Our front and rear bumper covers are being painted and we will install them and the rest of the body panel hopefully this coming week.
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Center For Speed Shediac………On The Edge
Our car is coming along good. Just had the transmission repaired and installed. We were able to install it with the shifter rods still attached making it a lot easier and faster.
This picture was taken by Ernest Pothier at Center For Speedway in Shediac New Brunswick. A fun track that I was able to learn quick. We finished 8th in this feature.
If you look close at both the inside wheels they are half on the edge of the track. Its a 8″ drop off the edge of the pavement. I had to do that to gain any time on the veteran Shawn Pierce.
More updates soon as we wait for all the body panels to be completed at PYE Chevrolet.
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