Gary Elliott Motorsports is excited to annonuce that our team has committed to racing at Riverside International Speedway for the IWK 250 Parts for Trucks Maritime Pro Stock Tour on July 16th. These cars are basically Pro Late Models. The full story on how I decided to add this race in my 2016 schedule, all the plans and preparations to date are on our Message Board under Diary of a Season 2016…..get a coffee 🙂
Category Archives: 2016
Late Model Stripped As Updates & Rebuild Begins
I am happy to report that both our Late Model and Modified are well on the way to being updated and rebuilt in some areas as we prepare for 2016, our 48th race season.
Thanks to the help of Jason Legge my Late Model has been stripped down by Glen Schnurr, at Leggers Race Shop.
Glen has repaird bad or cracked welds and our car will have wide 5’s installed, a Richmond transmission and a 604 Crate engine. Our hopes are to once again be compeptitive in the Late Model class, something we haven’t been since 2012.
The Modified is currnetly at Ron Easton’s shop, Oakville Trailer. It won’t have major changes but it to will undergo safety and equipment rebuild, as well as shocks and springs with the hope of making us more consistent in the corners.
Special thanks to crew member Lloyd for helping get the Mod prepared for Oakville Trailers in Oakville.
More news on our team as progress continues.
Quaker State Back For 2016
Gary Elliott Motorsports is proud to announce that Quaker State will be back as our primary sponsor for 2016. This will be our 43rd season together, a partnership that started in 1974.
I am so blessed and proud to be running the Quaker State brand on our car again in 2016.
Late Model Program Underway By Westdale Students
I spent a few days at Westdale Secondary School in mid December. During that time, I was asked if I would like to leave the car there and have the students start to strip the car down….I said of course!
Once Christmas break was over the students got busy and here is some of their progress. They were ready to pull the engine and transmission out today. I will update more pictures as they come through. The 2016 season has officially begun.