We had our first of two busy race periods in our 2015 race schedule. Lloyd Lariviere and I met at Jason Legges shop on Thursday July 23rd, worked on getting our Modified ready, and any final work on the Late Model. The schedule had us racing 3 times and doing 2 shows in six nights. It was a busy run for sure, but not my first, and not likely my last. We raced Friday night at Full Thrttle Motor Speedway, taking a 5th and 4th in the two 20 lap features. Then on Saturday we raced our OSCCAR Mod finishing 3rd in both heats and 5th in the feature. On Tuesday we spent the early afternoon 11 till 4 at the Quaker State Quik Lube in Owen Sound and then later that night from 5:30 till 9:15 on Sauble Beach promoting the “Dash for Cash” show on Wednesday night at Sauble Speedway, which was our final race event and we finished 6th in both heats and 7th in the 50 lap feature. The full story of the races will be on Diary of a Season 2015 hopefully early next week becasue I leave tomorrow for Cookstown to spend the day with my family and then head to Peterborough for the next OSCAAR show…….It was a hectice week but Lloyd and I had fun and faired okay on the track.
Gary Elliott
Quaker State Car Goes To Church
I took our Quaker State Late Model to church Sunday, in Port Perry. There were about 100 people, a great barbecue with many kids getting their pictures taken with me and in the car.
Thanks to the great people of Victory Christian Centre for their love and hospitality.
Special Thanks To Cliff Hodgkinson For Letting Me Drive His Pro 4 Modified…Dressed In GEM Attire Got My #36, My Name & Quaker State On It
Tomorrow night I will be driving a Pro 4 Modified for Cliff Hodgkinson at Flamboro Speedway. I drove for his father Dave 2 years ago and had a lot of fun in the wild fast Modified. Special thanks to Cliff for letting me do up the Mod in my number and with Quaker State on it.
Hats off to the Flamboro Pro 4’s and the Cliff’s Outlaw Pro 4’s for working together to increase car count…just what race facilities need. So expect 16 to 20 cars.
Pit gates open at 3, races start at 6:30, with LOSC doing time trials at 5:30.
Hope to see many of my friends and fans at Flamboro.
“hey Cliff, I’m not too keen about no roof. Can I have one by the Sauble Speedway race on July 25th”…..I know….”shhhh, just drive it” lol
David Wins Late Model Feature Leads Flamboro Points
Very proud of my son David for the season he is having running his Quaker State Late Model at Flamboro Speedway. David is off the next 5 weeks, no Late Models and will return mid August to concentrate on winning his 8th career Championship.
Congrats to David and his team on another excellent season.
Thanks to Derek Smith of Race Pulse for this picture
Modified Not Happy At Delaware Speedway Friday July 10th
Our team took a hit in the points with our worst run in the Modifieds since joining the series. We could not get the handling for the big half mile track. We thought we were going the right way after the first set of hot laps when our car was tight in the middle, but with changes to help make it turn, we went from one symptom to the total opposite, and getting worse each time out. Our 14th place finish was discouraging, especially after coming off a second at Full Throttle Motor Speedway.
We will get it right for Sauble Speedway on July 25th, our next OSCAAR Modified race. Thanks to Scott Wiley for trying to guide us through texts.
The full story of our Friday and Saturday night race will be completed on Diary of a Season 2015 by Tuesday night.
Thank you for visiting our site.
……Special thanks to Ashley McCubbin for this photo.
Delaware Feature Win In 2013….We Want To Do It Again This Week In The OSCAAR Mod
Double header weekend coming up. Race #4 in the OSCAAR Mod tour will be Friday at Delware Speedway, then we head to Sauble Speedway Saturday for their Mid Season LLM Invitational.
Last year we struggled at Delaware finishing 4th in our heat and 8th in the feature. Our team is hoping to improve this year. Delaware holds an advantage for built and 604 Crates, the bigger track allows the higher horse power engines to use more of their 400 plus HP. Our car has been running strong and we hope to be competitve as we look for our first Modified win……………….PS……been very hectic for me right now, so I will update my Diary of a Season after this weekend. I have been making at least one trip a week to Owen Sound to work on my cars and it’s catching up to me. It’s the way things are and I appreciate so much that Jason Legge has given me a home for my race program and museum, although that is not completely up yet………I am also in the planning stages of running an Outlaw Pro 4 Modified again, possibly twice in July………..The picture posted here, with Matt Smith, Don Mierawinski and Cheryl Smith, was significant for a few reasons, with a lot of firsts.
* our first time at Delaware in this car July 26th 2013
* our first in 5 years to the exact date
* our first ever feature win at Delaware Speedway
We hope to do it again this week in the OSCAAR Modidied. We hope to see our friends and fans at either track.
Fan Appreciation Sauble Speedway
One of my favorite times at a race event is being part of the Fan Appreciaton autograph session. It’s a fun time, we get to meet so many great fans and sign one of our autograph cards for them. All 3 classes came on the track for this one, the CVM, Thunder Cars and Late Models. Buttons joined me but hasn’t learned yet how to “paw” a card.
Thanks to our newest crew member Lloyd for supplying this picture, and many others.
Late Model Has Best Night Yet At Full Throttle Speedway
We didn’t win any races yet at Full Throttle Motor Speedway, but we had our best run this past weekend. Lloyd got his spotters initiation because there was no one else in our crew at the races. Lloyd was a huge help getting our pits prepared and the car ready for practice.
There were only 6 cars, some were missing, otherwise there should have been around 10. We finished 3rd and 4th in both features. We are still under powered with our 602 to race against these Late Models but we try harder each week and tonight we did run better than in the past.
Lloyd got better in the 2nd feature with his debut as a spotter. It’s not an easy job to do, but he learned fast.
Note:
The Thunder Car class have been cancelled from the remaining 2015 schedule.
There will be no more Thunder Car races at Full Throttle this year. Car count was the issue. They had 5 the first night, then 3. So at this point I have lost 3 race nights on my schedule and I will see if there are any places I can race to make those up.
MacMaster GMC Customer Appreciation Day June 27th…Sunset Rained Out
We had our Modified at MacMaster GMC in Orangeville on Saturday from 9:30 until it rained, around 3. Tom and Anne Walters were there as well, with his Late Model.
Lloyd Lariviere, our crew member was there with me, he came from Barrie to help me and I appreciated it very much.
It was a cold damp day but a few people came by. This is the 3rd year in a row for this event. Last year was cold and wet as well. WHERE IS THE 2015 SUMMER!!!!
Our next race is this Wednesday at Full Throttle Motor Speedway, then Saturday we are racing at Sauble Speedway.
June 27th Sunset Speedway….OSCAAR Mods & Super Late Models…Plus Legends….Last Time I Had A Fun Battle With My Friend #88 Tommy Robb…Photo Courtesy Dan Little Jr.
We are praying for no rain Saturday, but the forecast isn’t looking good. Calling for rain from the North Pole to Antartica. Last year there was a similar scare, it was to be the mother of all rain storms. People rushed out getting sand bags, rubber boots, canoes, rafts, and fishing line….well!!!….that’s how bad it was suppose to rain, and in the end there wasn’t enough rain to scare the ant population. So I just hope that tomorrow we get this one in. There are many friends coming, including my good friend and step nephew Gary Doucette. Gary will have his own section, he has done amazing work and put a tremendous effort in getting a lot of his friends to come out. He is praying, and Gary is an amazing man with an incredible life changing story…….As well, my longest continually faithful crew member Steffon Zoskey, 1981 till 1999, will be bringing a host of bikers. What a blessing Steffon was to me and still is. I don’t see him anymore, seeing him tomorrow at Sunset would be great, it’s been 2 years since his biker club came to Sunset Speedway.
This will also be the official release of the OSCAAR 25th Anniversary Souvenir Program. The book is beautiful, filled with stories and lots of pictures.
So lots to celebrate tomorrow.
…please Lord, no rain from noon till midnight…we pray. Amen.