We had a decent night at Flamboro Speedway on June 24th, taking a top 5 in all three races, including our first win of 2017, and my first win as a member of Jurassic Park, we capped that with a 4th in the feature…………….July 1t we head to Sauble Speedway for another OSCAAR Modified event.
The full report from June 24th will be done shortly, we have been busy fixing our trailer and the Modified, trying to make one ready for our trip, and the other faster in the corners…..thanks for visiting our site.
Category Archives: Late Model History
June 17th…Olympic Village Bike & Car For Breast Cancer
We will have our car on display tomorrow from 11 am until 2:30 at Olympic Village 1161 4th Concession. Drop by and say hello and see all the beautiful cars that will be on display.
We head to Flamboro Speedway right after for Meet the Drivers night.
Hope to see you at the races.
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We Finish 18th In APC Meineke 100
Thanks to my team, crew and sponsors for a good night running the APC Meineke 100 lap feature in front of the biggest crowd we’ve seen in a few years.
We left the track with no damage, and though we didn’t fair that well against the very fast newer chassis race cars, we had fun and did our best.
Congrats to Brandon Watson on his win.
The story of the race is now up on Diary of a Season 2017.
We have reached 782 consecutive nights now.
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Quaker State Team At Parts Source Friday June 9th
Lloyd and I will have our Quaker State Impala at the Parts Source store in Guelph for a customer appreciation barbecue Friday afternoon.
Flamboro Speedway has donated a family pass for the APC Meineke 100, this Saturday June 10th.
Drop by and say hello, and maybe win a prize.
On Saturday the rest of our crew and I will participate in the APC race, it will be our first attempt to qualify for one of their very competitive series races………thanks for visiting our site.
Opening Day…….Was Okay……Thanks Crew
Our 2017 season begins Saturday May 20th at Flamboro Speedway. This is the longest I’ve had to wait to race since my Mini Stock days at Cayuga.
This is season 49 for me and the boys and girls. We have a few goals to reach, I listed them on Diary of a Season 2017 on our Message Board.
Hope to see you at one of our races in 2017. Thank you for supporting our race team and visiting our website.
Opening Day May 20th Flamboro Speedway
Our 2017 season begins Saturday May 20th at Flamboro Speedway. This is the longest I’ve had to wait to race since my Mini Stock days at Cayuga.
This is season 49 for me and the boys and girls. We have a few goals to reach, I listed them on Diary of a Season 2017 on our Message Board.
Hope to see you at one of our races in 2017. Thank you for supporting our race team and visiting our website.
2017 Schedule
Here is our 2017 schedule.
After 7 consecutive perfect attendance seasons at Flamboro Speedway, from 2005 to 2011, we are happy to announce our 100% series will be with the Flamboro Pro Late Models. This will give us 40 seasons of perfect attendance if we complete the full season, and that’s our goal, Lord willing.
We will run 8 of 11 OSCAAR Modified events and Rob Di Venanzo will run the other 3 so we support OSCAAR’s full season. I love running the Modified and racing against the Modified drivers.
We are happy to be running 5 APC races this year. It’s a big jump to run that series. It’s much more expensive per race, but it’s also the best Late Model show in Ontario.
My sponsors will enjoy these races with usually fuller grand stands, as APC draws good crowds.
We will also be running the IWK 250 at Riverside International Speedway on July 15th, and hopefully get to race with Mark Martin.
Looking forward to a fun season with our crew and sponsors.
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Home Depot London….4th Show of 2017
Stephen, Lucy, Rob, Buttons and I headed to London early Saturday morning to do a show at the Home Depot for Quaker State.
It was a good turn out, very busy with customers in and out all the time we were there from 10am till 3pm.
Rob, our newest team member, was awesome greeting customers who came by our car.
Kids got to sit in the car and we gave away many autograph cards.
Mark Reed joins me in this picture by Stephen. Mark has been looking after me through my Quaker State sponsorship for many years. So glad he made it out.
Diary of a Season 2017 has been updated…….Please consider buying a Hoodie or T-shirt to celebrate our Road to 800, reflecting on our streak of 777 consecutive nights, hoping to hit 800 this year……Thanks for visiting our site
Practice Day Good Considering All Our Work
After completely stripping our car, and carefully putting it back together, it was a pleasant surprise to find that our first set of hot laps were fair and the second not bad.
There were a few issues with the car.
The brake pedal was travelling too far in the first session, so we put the car on jack stands and bled the brakes.
There was an oil leak, coming from the right side rocker cover, and the carb had a slight hesitation. All easy fixes for opening night May 6th.
Special thanks to Lloyd, Louie, Stephen, Rick, Laurie and Rob for coming out to help with the track duties.
They did a great job and our team has generated a ton of enthusiasm making this year look like it will be fun.
I didn’t feel any performance difference in the car and that was disappointing. Maybe if we can keep up with some of the faster cars we’ll know how much our efforts moved us forward competition wise.
We know this was just a test, but it was a good one and I am very thankful for all we did since November and how well the car worked after being rebuilt.
Good job crew…..thanks for visiting our site.
2017 Race Team Apparel
Here is the design of our new t-shirts and Hoodies.
Special thanks to Terry Dieter for his art work and Epic Race Wear for working with us to get the best price possible for our fans and friends.
T-shirts are $30 each, including HST.
Hoodies are $45 each including HST.
If you would like a t-shirt or Hoodies, please message me on fb or by email garyelliottmotorsports@gmail.com
You could also text or call me on my cell 905-928-8086
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