Today is David’s birthday. When he was 10 years old I told him we were going down town Toronto to meet a friend of mine who was going to give me something for the race car. We stood opposite Maple Leaf Gardens for a long time and I said “maybe he’s not going to show”. […]
Author Archives: Gary Elliott
2018
Top Qualifier At Velocity With 2 Wins….Feature Not So Good….David Get’s 3rd In Both Late Model Features…..We Finish 4th In Points
It was a crazy weekend for us. I will post the full story on Diary of a Season 2018. We picked up 2 wins in the heat races, exciting wins, but the car had severe mechanical issues in the feature. David meanwhile tried his best to get us a top 3 in Flamboro Late Model […]
Sunday September 16th Buttons and I headed north east to Gormley for the annual Charity Classic Custom Car, Truck & Bike show. This event was hosted by the Highway 11 Cruisers and was packed all day. In this pic, the police from Smokey & The Bandit pulled Buttons over for speeding. It was very hot […]
David had a good but frustrating night. His lap times were the fastest all year getting down in the 15:1’s. Losing brakes in the first 30 lap feature hurt us but he still picked up 4th and runner up in the second. The full story will be on Diary of a Season 2017 soon. Thanks to Derek Smith for this photo. […]
David and the team returned from Jukasa Speedway with a good run, no damage, no issues only some cosmetic touch ups and routine maintenance. Pretty good job with a 10 year old car…..and finished 19th….awesome. The full story will be on Dairy of a Season 2018 by tonight. Saturday September 8th back to Flamboro Speedway for Memorial Night […]
What a great night for my Late Model team. The boys worked hard to bring our car home in the top 20. Racing against most newer cars, David, Jim, Gehrig, Ed, Jim Sweers, Pete, and Kenny worked hard getting us an impressive finish. David qualified 35th fastest, had to run the consi with 15 cars […]
What a great night for our Late Model team. David drove his heart out to finish in the top 20, scoring 19th of the 45 cars that attempted to make this show. This picture is with David in the middle of US competitor in the #14 Carson Hocevar, a 15 year old from Georgia, with […]
2018
Canadian Short Track Nationals at Jukasa Sept 2nd…….200 Laps Featuring The Best Drivers In Ontario, Maritimes, As We As US and Alberta……OSCAAR Modified Double Header at Sauble Speedway September 1st -2nd
David will be competing in the Canadian Short Track Nationals on Sunday September 2nd at Jukasa Speedway, formerly Cayuga Speedway. He will have with him Jim Hulzinga, , Ed Askin, Gehrig Halliday, Jim Sweers and Pete Snook. This will be David’s first time on the big 5/8ths oval. I ran on it last year and did pretty good, getting […]
What a disappointment to lose August 25th. A night where both the Late Model, driven by David, and the Modified, driven by me, was cancelled due to yet another rain out. That was the 4th rain out, and no chance to get them back. The picture above is from 1986 in the Hobby club at Flamboro […]
We had a very good run in the Late Model at the Gold Rush, Thank you Lord for keeping all the drivers, crews, fans and staff safe and giving us a strong performance. Thanks to John Casale for allowing the Pro Late Models to run the Gold Rush this year, it was an awesome pay […]
After our feature win, we had many fans come over to congratulate us an get an autograph card, some kids sat in the car. It was a great night for all of us. The full story is completed now on Diary of a Season 2018….click on Message Board and then General Chat and you will […]
It surely was a great night of racing for our team. I have not yet posted the race because I have been waiting for pictures and just got them tonight so I will do my Diary of a Season 2018 up date tomorrow. Meanwhile this was my 122nd race win and 19th feature win since […]