This Saturday we return to Scotia Speedworld for the Nova Truck Centers 150. We are currently 11th in the points after 3 nights.
Low car count will hurt us gain points but we will do our best to improve, starting tomorrow.
More to follow once I get pictures next week.
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Gary Elliott
Not A Good Finish But We Had A Great Run At Oyster Bed Speedway…….
ON Saturday June 17th we headed to PEI to race in the SLM Series event #2. We only plan on running twice in this 6 race series. After our strong finish on June 10th at Riverside International Speedway we wanted to see how the car would be at the short fast oval in PEI, Oyster Bed Speedway.
We weren’t disappointed. The car was quick right from the start. After the final practice session we were 12th of 26 cars.
We started outside pole for the second heat with some young rockets and finished 3rd, our best heat finish in 3 1/2 years in the Maritimes.
Because this was our first race in this series we could not start in our qualified position and would take 17th position for the 150 lap feature.
Luck wasn’t with us for this race as we got boxed behind the 15th place car on the inside lane. By the time every car behind us got by we found ourselves last on lap 20 with the leaders coming fast.
I was able to pass cars moving up to 19th but again got caught in traffic and soon the leaders would fly by me and eventually more cars.
We ran hard all race but struggled getting by cars that were quick, but we did moving up to 13th.
By lap 125 we were down 3 laps and only 11 cars were on the lead lap, a consequence that happens on a short track with lots of cars.
We did have something to cheer about when on lap 125 we followed the top 2 cars (finally getting out of traffic) for about 10 laps not falling off. The 3rd place car was not gaining on us either. Laps times for this run were very impressive for us with times fast than the leader and only 5 cars with a better lap at that point. Unfortunately being down any laps hurt, but the good news for us was that if we could keep on the lead lap our car did not drop off like most. We ended up 15th.
I will take that as a positive for us for sure.
This track is a combination of Peterborough and Sauble Speedways, short, high banked and fast. We will return here in late July for a 150 lap in the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour scheduled race.
Thanks to my crew who worked hard, Shannon Riley, Bob Landry, Chris White and Jack Lynds.
we also than our precious sponsors featured on the right side of our front page of this website.
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Update On My Site
I recently had to change my website provider and eliminate some things that I wished I could have kept but couldn’t. One was the Message Board where I kept all my stats and race updates.
I do have a new page called 54 Years of Stats and that will be updated completely soon to include all of 2022.
My issue was with the Message Board system that was outdate and would not allow me to add updates any longer. I will be adding them on this page. So far there are 4 nights completed. Those will be put it one post that I might be able to add to every race night. That will be coming soon.
Thank you for your patience and support
God bless you all 
Best Race Night Ever At Riverside International Speedway
UPDATE…..MY website has been redone somewhat with changes for the better. My Message Board is gone but that was where most of my issues were. I did save my stats and you can see them on left side menu board. Thanks to Stephen Hayman for helping me with my site, making things easier and much cheaper than my last provider.
Thanks also to all of you for being patient.
Race #3
We had our best race at Riverside International Speedway on June 10th finishing 10th in the feature but also on the lead lap of 150.
The East Coast International Pro Stock Tour race director put a proposal in the rules that if cars wanted to use either blue AFCO shocks or QA-1 they would get a weight break of 50 pounds from 2750 to 2700. They also added to that if a team wanted to run no “bump stops” a further break of 25 pounds and 1/2% more left side was also added.
Since we don’t have a Gale Force machine to take shocks apart with bump stops, and needed to ask other teams for help, plus couldn’t really afford one, the decision was easy for me.
I removed my existing QU-1 shocks with bump stops in them, and put them in the bottom of my trailer shelf. I bought 2 new shocks and a LF 200 rate spring and a 250 RF rated spring.
Once we got the car to stop hitting the track surface we were on our way. I loved racing the car, it was stable and I was very happy with the car, a set up now that I do understand and will have no problem fixing any loose or tight situations when racing.
I will be updating each week now that the site is fixed.
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Opening Day…East Coast International Pro Stock Tour…
The first race of 2023 is in the books. We had a few issues to deal with and still do. The shocks are not right yet, not enough travel, but we can work on that.
We also had an electrical issue that took us out of the 150 lap feature on lap 44.
David came from Ontario for this race and helped me get things set up. He also diagnosed the issue with the wiring. I will get that fixed right away.
We finished 14th and have some work to do this week for get ready for race #2 at 660 Speedway near Fredericton New Brunswick.
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Ad For The East Coast International Pro Stock Tour
Here is an Ad for this coming season that will be in the East Coast International Pro Stock Tour
celebrating our 50th year with Quaker State.
There are so many issues now with my Message Board, but things will change soon. I will let everyone know.
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Radical Speed Sport Car Show A Huge Success For Our Team & Sponsors
We entered the Radical Speedsport car show from April 21 to April 23 and were very happy with the number of people who dropped by for pictures and well wishes for the coming season.
We have a practice day coming on May 13th then opening day on May 20th.
My schedule isn’t done yet because of a few uncertainties, but hopefully we know more soon about racing other cars throughout 2023, like a Sportsman (called Super Stock in Ontario), a Dirt Late Model and a 4 cylinder. I will know more about these opportunities soon.
I’m still have issues with posting on my Message Board but Go Daddy tells me everything is fine, so I went to my internet provider and had them give me the max speed. I hope that issue (since October) get resolved as well…..Thanks for visiting our site.
49th Annual Radical Speed Sport Moncton April 21st to 23rd
We have our car set up for display at the Coliseum in Moncton for the 49th annual Radical Speedsport show. This will be our first show of 2023 and we look forward to seeing a big crowd for this awesome show, very similar to Motorama in Ontario.
We’ve done a lot of work detailing the car for this special season with Quaker State, celebrating our 50th year together.
Special thanks to my crew and all my sponsors for their tremendous support and dedication. I also want to thank Kirk Alexander from Finish Line Vinyl for his excellent work lettering our car.
We are also very excited to announce we have added three more sponsors to our team in the past month.
Hub Well Drilling located in Murray Siding…..Nickerson Auto Salvage in Antigonish and Robby’s Towing in Sydney Nova Scotia. Special thanks to these new sponsors who will blend in perfectly with our existing sponsors.
I will post a picture from the show this weekend but I won’t access to my computer until Sunday night.
I will be positing our 2023 schedule in a week or so.
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Preparing For The Radical Speed Sport Show In Moncton…..First Time Using Hood Hinges Like This
We hopefully will have the car lettered by Kirk Alexander this weekend as we prepare for our first time shown at the Radical Speed Sport show in Moncton. This will be their 49th season of hosting car shows.
This past weekend we finished a few small details, installing 2 rear shocks, the driveshaft, hooking up the starter and adding hood pin plates.
Something new for our team is the installing of new hood hinges. I never used these before and love them. My crew member Bob Landry installed them, making it look easy and making the car look awesome.
I’m still having issues with my message board. I’ve called Go-Daddy a few times but they tell me it’s fine, and it is to look at it, but I can’t update anything because it times out. It’s possible I could have a new message board installed but I’ve been told if I do that I will lose everything currently posted on the message board and that can’t be.
I’m still trying. The other day I got on and added the word 54 inside the 53 Years of Stats and that was it, timed out on me. I’m still trying to get it working.
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2023 Race Program Getting Closer
We have been working a lot on our race program for 2023. Shannon Riley, Bob Landry, Chris White and Jack Lynds have been helping me get our car ready for an upcoming show on April 21st. I will post about that soon.
We finally got all the body installed and the chassis done, just a few small things left to do. The next job will be to have the car lettered which will be in less than 2 weeks.
Our car takes on the look of our 50th Anniversary Diecast. By the way there are still Diecast left for anyone who would like one of these world record productions, the longest driver sponsor partnership in racing history.
I am still having trouble with my Message Board, hopefully I can get that fixed, been trying several times to get things updated but the page continually times out. I’ve asked Go-Daddy for support but they say it’s fine……nope. More front page updates soon, I have a new computer now.
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