It was a busy crazy week and I didn’t get a chance to update this front page until now.
Our first visit to Scotia Speedworld, the closest track to my house was disappointing. After all the work my crew and I did during the week and last weekend at 660, it seemed only fair that we would have had that issue beat….but we had to do it all again at Scotia.
From the first set of hot laps I knew we were in trouble with the clutch slipping. I couldn’t go much more or they would get burnt out.
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Category Archives: 2020
Speedway 660….Tough Night For Us
We had a very disappointing night at Speedway 660. Did not make the feature due to damaged clutch discs needing replacement. We worked on them for hours, over 3 and almost made it.
Special thanks to my crew Tyler Hallahan, Chris White and Kerry Fry for getting incredible exhausted and filthy dirty working on the car with less clearance than that of the Polar Express when it entered the tunnel.
Shannon Riley and Jeff DeCoste also worked hard, and we got some good help from Dean Wallage and the owner of the 2 car, Brad.
The full story on Diary of a Season 2020 soon.
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Speedway 660…New Track For Gary Elliott Motorsports
We will make our debut at Speedway 660 this weekend. It’s a 4 hour drive with practice Saturday during their pull program, then again Sunday prior to the full schedule of races plus the Re Max Pro Stock 250. Ontario has always called them Pro Late Models, I have always called them just Late Models. This will be a tough day with tons of very competitive cars, a new track and 250 laps. The last time I did 250 laps was Riverside International Speedway in 2016 and 2017, prior to that it was at Delaware Speedway in 2008 and 2009.
I am looking forward to the challenge on the track and getting the set up right, stagger and weight distribution wise……main thing I am working on is me, my attitude. I soon need to concentrate on having fun being in the race, instead of being discouraged if I can’t run with the pack….our goal is to finish unscathed and have a fun day.
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Best Car Set Up Yet…..Driver Still Improving
We had a good night in many ways except the score board.
* Pit crew were amazing
* Best qualifying laps for us so far this year
* I haven’t driven a Late Model this hard in 7 years.
* Loaded the car with no damage at all
The pits were full, and the grand stands were quite full….a great site to see…..it was an excellent night of racing.
Our 150 lap feature was pretty well accident free, maybe 2 spin outs….no carnage this time.
We can learn from here because the car is in good shape, I will be in good shape in another day after that work out. 🙂
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August 15th Petty International Raceway….Race #3 For Our Team
Thanks to Paul Costley at Inscapes Graphic Printing for making this advertising promo. Paul also designs my autograph cards.
If you would like to inquire about designs or ads for any advertising call George Connell at 905-825-2626 and tell them I sent you.
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Canadian Tire Show….. August 8th…. Truro Nova Scotia
We had our car on display at the Canadian Tire in Truro on Saturday August 8th. It was a great day, lots of fans came by to see the car, get an autograph card.
Our next race is this coming Saturday August 15th at Petty International Raceway.
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Kids Love The Race Car
The MASSTOWN car show brought lots of cars and fans to the event. Here these excited youngsters hold an autograph card.
Bob Landry, in the back ground, one of our 2020 crew was answering questions and talking to visitors.
Our next show will be Saturday August 8th in Truro Nova Scotia at the Canadian Tire store….11 until 3.
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Mass Town Car Show July 31st
We finally were able to get our car to a show on Friday night. We were the only oval race car there, but it was pretty well packed with classics and hot rods. Our next show will be Saturday August 8th at the Canadian Tire in Truro. Our next race will be August 15th at Petty International Raceway.
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Nevin Scott #19….We Battled For Most of The Race July 18th
“All I could see was this big Quaker State logo in my mirror” stated Nevin after the race. He held me off for many laps, and in the end after both of us pitting a few times I still couldn’t pass him but sure had fun trying.
Our next race is August 15th at Petty International Raceway.
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Good Night At Petty International Raceway July 18th….11th Place Finish
We had a good run on Saturday night at Petty International Raceway. A full field was on hand, 25 fast Pro Late Models. We started 25th and stayed out of trouble finishing 148 laps and claiming 11th place.
In this picture courtesy of “Ernest Pothier photos”, I battled all night with #19 Nevin Scott. We had some good moments compared to our first night, radios were great, crew were awesome and we had our best finish yet. A top 10 would be good in our next race.
The full story will be up on Diary of a Season 2020 very soon.
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