Our car is finally ready for the biggest race of the year, in fact since 2017 I haven’t been in this prestigious race. 250 laps at the biggest fastest track likely in Canada.
Over 30 cars are registered and the grandstands will be filled with 10,000 fans.
It’s going to be over 85 degrees on Saturday, making for a very hot day anywhere on the facility but mostly in the race car.
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Gary Elliott
7 Days After Wreck We Are Close To Ready
We put lots of hours in this week to get our car finished and ready to race again.
In this picture we have the engine and suspension back in the car.
There was a lot to do but my crew were amazing spending July 10th, July 12th, 14th and will come again this Tuesday. Special thanks to Shannon, Bob, Chris, Jack, Tyler, Alex and Buttons for all their help.
I thank God for my crew and all I have they are very dedicated and care that we keep our streak going, and maintain a top 10 in the point standings in the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour.
I will post more pictures of the repair process as long as my Message Board will let me. I keep getting a “Hmm, this page isn’t available” when I try to update on Diary of a Season 2022. Some days it works fine. Thanks for your patience.
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Quaker State Team Suffers Worst Wreck Since 2012
Our 7th race of 2022 and the 6th of the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour ended in a disaster for our race team.
We had a good day going for us and wanted to race to the end and hopefully get a top 10 finish.
With 5 to go we were wrecked badly when another car made it 3 wide going into a very narrow turn one.
I was hit hard and knocked into the car on the outside resulting in both of us slamming the wall between turn one and two.
The full story is up on Diary Of A Season 2022 with pictures to tell the story.
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East Coast International Pro Stock Race #6
We will race our 7th race and the 6th of the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour this Saturday.
We are currently 8th in points with 7 more events to go in this series.
Our diecast has been approved and should be here by late November early December.
I will post the actual diecast this coming week.
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Quaker State Team Finishes 11th….First Time At Oyster Bed Speedway
Our first trip to PEI and Oyster Bed Speedway was a draining but decent trip. The rain made it so frustrating. We did finally get to the track but missed most practice sessions.
The feature was frustrating as well but we managed an 11th of 18 cars. I know we can do better next time we return on July 30th.
The full story will be updated on Diary of a Season 2022 hopefully now. I have been having issues trying to update on my Message Board. An error comes up saying “this page isn’t available” but 4 hours later it’s okay.
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Oyster Bed Speedway July 2nd…..First Time Ever To PEI
We will compete in our 6th race of 2022. This event is part of the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour, the 4th of 12 scheduled races this year. It will be a milestone for us. The first time ever to visit PEI and obviously the first time on Oyster Bed Speedway. This will be our 47th different track to compete on in our 54 seasons racing.
This track in a smaller oval, high banked and very fast. Similar to Petty International Raceway.
I am very much looking forward to racing at this smooth fast facility.
Happy Canada Day to all of you. Have a great safe holiday and thanks for visiting our site.
Top 10 At Scotia Speedworld…..Quaker State Team Now 9th In Points
We had another competitive run at Scotia Speedworld this past weekend in the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour. It’s taken 2 years to learn the tracks, the car and coaching and teaching our pit crew. My crew have been very good to me and have learned so much in the short time they have been with my team.
We didn’t finish on the lead lap, but we did have a strong run passing and battling with cars all race. The full story is on Diary of a Season 2022. You can read the story on our Message Board. Click on the Message Board link on the left side and then click on General Chat to see all the posts and topics since 2008.
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We Finish 12th at Petty International Raceway….On The Lead Lap!!!!!!!!!
I’ve been racing in the Maritimes for 3 years now and June 18th was the first 150 lap race we finished on the lead lap. My crew were excellent again. We maintain the car every week and so far have had no serious mechanical failures in any of our races due to lack of maintenance.
We were all very happy and especially with my daughter Shirley there to be with her Dad (me) for Fathers Day weekend.
The full story is on our Message Board under Diary of a Season 2022.
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First Invitational……4th Race Of 2022……Weather Permitting
We worked on the car this week fixing a few issues, radio’s, brakes and carburetor.
Hopefully all these issues are corrected for this weekends first invitational of 2022 at Petty International Speedway.
The weather looks unstable with rain showing for the next week, but the weather man has been wrong before.
Looking forward to this weekend, my daughter Shirley is flying in from Ontario to watch her Dad race and spend Fathers Day with me.
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads, God bless you all and enjoy your special day.
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Frustrating Day With Radio Communication
We had a terrible day trying to get our radio’s to work, but the static and interference only got worse as the day went on. Radio’s are such an important part of racing in this very fast series, or any Pro Late Model series. I don’t use mirrors and rely on good feedback from my spotter, but I need to hear him or I can’t race with confidence. Tyler Hallahan is our spotter and never tells me what to do, just what’s going on around me, and he does a great job. The failed radio communication gave us our worst outing this year.
The full story with pictures are on Diary Of A Season 2022, easy to access through the Message Board.
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