We finally got word that Quaker State will be back with us again in 2025 for the 52nd season since 1974. I am very proud to have this logo on my car for the past 5 plus decades.
we have another paint scheme for 2025, a little different but similar and should be liked by our fans. I appreciate all my marketing managers do for me to make racing, the sport that I love, possible. I will be posting more on our other sponsors very soon. Thanks you for visiting our site and God bless you all.
Category Archives: 2024
2025 Race Program Well Underway
Here is an update of our 2025 race program. We started in late October by stripping the Late Model, not as much as last year but close. All the mechanical work is done. we had to send the engine out for an oil leak from a cracked timing cover. That was done plus new valve springs. We will replace all the body panels but the roof, as well the windshield is badly marked. The new windshields are not as tough as they were in the past years.
The driveline is all in and we are now working on installing the body panels. The roof, front and rear bumper covers were all painted.
We have some news to report soon on our sponsor support and our plans for 2025 to help us get closer to our goal of 1000 consecutive nights. My crew have been fantastic, as to our sponsors who have pretty well all come back for 2025, but with more help for us this coming year. I will be doing a sponsor recap soon.
Thank you for visiting our site and may God richly bless you all.
2025 Race Program Update
We started working on our 2025 race program in October and have made great strides getting the work done by our team. We do all the work ourselves, with the exception of the engine that had to be sent to R&D Performance for a constant oil leak. The root cause was a cracked timing cover. It has been replaced, including new valve springs, pilot bushing, spark plugs and exhaust gaskets. We are currently working on the body getting it installed. The roof, front and rear bumper covers and trunk were all painted and ready to install.
We have been blessed to have most all our sponsors come back. We have an announcement to make soon regarding our goal to reach 1000 consecutive nights. I’ll giver you a hint……we can’t do it with one car, there is not enough races in the Pro Late Model class to get to 25 nights a season. We need 25 to reach 1000 consecutive in 3 1/2 years. Our career average in 56 years is 24.2 nights per year. We need at least 25 to reach 1000 while I’m still young. 🙂
More soon. Thank you for visiting our site and may God bless you all.
2024 Was A Milestone Year For Gary Elliott Motorsports….Thank You Lord
As we prepare for the coming season we want to take a look back at 2024. We had 3 personal milestones, a few Canadian and World records.
1) Quaker State & Gary Elliott Motorsports 51 seasons since 1974
2) 905 consecutive nights since June 5th 1987
3) 48 seasons of 100% attendance of 56 competed
4) 3000 total races entered since 1969
None of these records could have been possible without God’s intervention. Providing me with a dedicated family, sponsors and crew.
Our goal now is to reach 1000 consecutive nights. Its going to require 25 nights a year for the next 4 years. It won’t be easy, but we are 90% there and
it seems like a natural goal to strive for.
We have an announcement coming soon and will post here and on Facebook when the time is close.
God bless you all and thank you for visiting our site.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year To All My Family & Friends
Hoping all my family, friends, fans, competitors and sponsors had a great Christmas and have a blessed 2025. Buttons has been doing much better recently. She’s had so many ups and downs the fast few months but she’s doing well…..God answers prayers.
It’s been a while since I posted but I will start up again. It’s always tough getting sponsors to commit and stay with my team, it’s always the work of a low budget team.
I looks like we will run the Maritime Pro Stock Tour and a few invitationals to help us get more nights.
We have reached a huge milestone of 905 consecutive nights since June 5th 1987. The goal is to reach 1000 consecutive but a few thigs need to happen to do that. I will start season 57 for me at 78 years young. I need to get 95 more nights in and hopefully still have good health, good sponsors, committed crew (I do have a great crew) and the passion to get there. I pray that God will get me all three. I have 1348 total nights since 1969, over 56 years. That’s an average of 24.07 nights per year. Unfortunately due to Covid and tracks not running we only have 61 nights raced in the past 5 years, averaging 12 nights per year. If we get 15-16 per year, including Ontario, we need six more years maybe more, that puts me at 84. To help reduce that many years I have purchased a second car to run another series to add a few more nights, hoping to get 25 per year over the next 4 years. I really want to 1000 in a row, that I am sure will be recognized in all racing.
Grass roots is what I am, I can’t likely win any races in the big series, but we van have fun. I will be posting news on the second car in about 6 weeks.
Thanks for visiting our site, and God bless you all.
Great Finish To Season…8th Overall Flamboro…10th ACC….10th in MPST Standings
I have been rally busy the past few weeks with so much going on, but here is a run down for 2024.
We celebrated 50 full seasons with Quaker State…..”1974–2024″
We raced 14 Nights……………1348 Career…our last race of 2024 was at Center for Speed in Shediac New Brunswick October 19th after our Ontario trip.
We reached 900 Consecutive Nights…..905 in a row now
We reached 3000 total races at Flamboro October 2nd 50 lap race………..3004 now
We finished 8th Overall in the Grisdale Triple Crown at Flamboro October 6th
We finished 10th of 19 cars at Peterborough Speedway on October 13th
We finished 10th in the Maritime Pro Stock Tour standing’s. We were 8th when we headed to Ontario but two races that were rained out in the tour were rescheduled while we were away.
We had a date with an Ontario sponsor on September 26th plus an event at Glendale Secondary School in Hamilton.
I would miss the October 5th race at Petty Speedway, a rain date from the June 8th race that was cancelled after being there all day for 7-8 hours. The series agreed to give us last place points for the October 5th rescheduled race.
We would also miss the final race at Riverside International Speedway on October 12th, we were in Peterborough, but had enough points that only 2 cars could pass us when they added the last place points from Petty.
This season was filled with milestones. God has provided me to continue racing by good health and dedicated sponsors.
I am in the process of working on sponsors for 2025.
I hope to run another class next year as well as my Pro Late Model as our team sets a goal of 1000 consecutive nights. We are 90% the way there and can only make it if I van race in two series for the next two to three years. It will be a challenge but I feel “1000 in a row” is a stat that I would love to hold because I love racing, and 2 cars will give us more nights to add to 905.
We start our rebuild this weekend and will add pictures to keep you updated, and as well on Facebook
God bless you all and your families.
Tire Craft 200….Scotia Speedworld September 21st
we are at Scotia Speedworld this coming Saturday. This will be our last race in the Maritimes unless one gets rained out and rescheduled. Unfortunately we will miss the October 12th race and that could hurt us in the standings if it goes, but we will be in Ontario and though it hurts to miss a race, we won’t be missing any on our streak, we can’t be in 2 places at once.
It’s been almost a month since we raced last, August 22nd. Looking forward to our return to Scotia and most of all we need a clean night of racing.
Thank you for visiting our site. God bless you all.
Truro Mazda Miata Event September 14th
WE had our race on display at another sponsors location of Saturday the 14th. There was no racing for us and we were glad to support Truro Mazda.
Like Canadian Tire they were very happy we could bring the car, so Buttons and I made the short trip and had a great day.
Thanks for visiting our site.
God bless you all
Canadian Tire Show Friday September 13th
We did our 3rd show of the year on Friday at Canadian Tire in Truro. It was a fun day, lots of customers and fans dropped by. We also had a show on Saturday at Truro Mazda on Saturday from 10 until 1 PM. Both shows were good for our sponsors, our series and of course our sport.
We have done 4 shows now in 2024 and plan to do two more in Ontario when we leave on September 24th. I will post about our next race by Friday the 20th.
Thanks for visiting our site. God bless you all.
September 7th Rained Out…Rescheduled for October 12th….We Will Be In Peterborough
This past weekends race was rained out and rescheduled for October 12th. Unfortunately we are in Ontario. We lost 2 races to rain this year, the other one is rescheduled for October 5th but again, we will be in Ontario. We are currently 8th in points. Because we were at the rainout in June, we will get last place points and that would still keep us in 8th, but if the October 12th race goes we will likely drop to 11th. Can’t help that though.
I am having a raffle currently on Facebook for some apparel and other items. Check it out, half the spots are gone but still 45 left. Here is a picture of the draw prizes including a Diecast car…..you can send a message to my email garyelliottmotorsports@gmail.com if interested…or Facebook 🙂
Here is the current standings:
1st….Jarrett Butcher………..1419
2nd….Austin MacDonald….1392
3rd….Gage Gilby……………..1380
4th….Mike Rodgers………….1363
5th….Ryan VanOirschot……1308
6th….Jordan Veinotte……….1297
7th….Stephen Lively………….1276
8th….Gary Elliott………………1259
08….Nicholas Naugle………..1183.
88….Russell Smith…………….1110
0….Sam Rogers…………………1099
Thanks for visiting our site. God bless you all.
