On Wednesday Feb 23rd Louie and I got a lot done on the car. I had a fairy aggressive list of things to do on this day and we worked well together getting it all done, and prepared the engine for David to come after his work and set the timing.
Here David, in his non mechanic attire, adjusts the timing for a short break in period that will be done on the weekend.
All that is left to do on our car is mount the body, and install the rear bumper. Hoping we get enough crew to finish this task so the car is ready to head to Creative Edge for lettering.
Thank you Louie for a great day Wed, and to David for coming after his long work day to get the engine fired up and set…..more news soon.
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Crew Working Hard To Get Car Ready For Motorama Custom Car Show
We have been busy since mid November working on the Late Model getting it ready, not only for Motorama Custom Car Show, but for the race season as well. The things we have accomplished so far will give us a race ready Pro Late Model by late March.
Special thanks to all my crew, especially Louie who has lead the charge in helping me get the car ready for this show.
Randall, Stephen, Lloyd and Lucy have been a great help as well.
Special thanks to Josh Watson, of Watson’s Garage, for getting the painting done on schedule. We also had our engine fixed at Stefco Engines, and we got that in last weekend. David is coming over tonight to set the timing and help with the break in of the engine.
Our plans are to have the body on for February 26th, this coming weekend, and then load it to head to Creative Edge for his masterful touch.
Thanks to all my sponsors for their awesome support, as well as my crew.
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So Thankful For All Those Who Helped Make It Happen
I am very thankful to God, for His graciousness to me, giving me a beautiful family and great friends. I thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for His love and mercy in my life on this planet. I am truly blessed.
Over the years my family, friends and sponsors have made it possible for me to have such an awesome racing career. It’s been a great journey. Our two Championships and 39 feature wins to date are still awesome achievements for my team.
I want to thank my family, Nonie, David and Shirley for their constant support over the years. My current crew, Lloyd, Louie, Stephen, Doug, Randall and Paul have been incredible this year. In the past many men, and sponsors, since 1969, have given me the opportunity to race hard for 1226 race nights and make the past 777 events without a miss. We hope to hit 800 consecutive starts this year, or early 2018….God willing.
We also have 3 other goals to reach. We are sitting on 39 different tracks raced, 39 feature wins and 39 seasons of 100% attendance. Reaching 40 in all those would be a milestone for our legacy. 2017 should be an awesome season for our team. I look forward the start of our season, and the exciting schedule we have planned, it will be released soon.
Right now we are planning to go into the Motorama Car Show in mid March. Our team has been working hard on for the show the past 2 months.
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Inducted into the “Flamboro Speedway Hall of Fame”
I am more than honored and very proud to have been nominated and voted into the Flamboro Speedway Hall of Fame 2017 group. There were 6 of us inducted besides me including Bill Grisdale, Harold Brown, Bob Beck, Dave McKee and Scott Lyons. I watched Harold Brown race, worked for Bill Grisdale, just got into the Hobby’s when Bob Beck was leaving, we raced at least once, and I did race with both Dave McKee and Scott Lyons.
This is the second Hall of Fame to be inducted, the first was the Hobby Hall of Fame in 1997 with Roger Downey and Ray Hughes.
We have much more to announce soon and will be doing that later this week, news that will include our sponsors, crew and schedule. GEM will have a busy schedule in 2017, more on that soon.
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Lincoln Welders Back For Season #14
We are proud to announce that Lincoln Welders is back with us for the 2017 race season and committed to 2018 as well. Special thanks to Lincoln for supplying us with the welder we are using to rebuild both our cars for the coming season.
Here Buttons displays our new Lincoln welder. 
Thank you so much to all our sponsors, we appreciate your support for us and look forward to being an ambassador for your awesome products and services.
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Body Complete….Now To Finish The Chassis Updates
We finished the body and have it sitting ready to go to Josh Watson for paint. We got a lot done on the weekend.
Now to install new calipers, finishing welding the front bumper, then make a new rear bumper, as well as some other minor repairs to shock and spring mounts on the right rear.
The engine will be ready to go back in by the 2nd week of February. Once the drive line is in place we will install the body. I am hoping we get that done by 3rd week of February. Then the car will go to Creative Edge for lettering. Lots to do and time isn’t on our side, but we have got a good start.
We have our application for Motorama Car Show in March.
Special thanks to Louie and Stephen for the work this weekend.
Lloyd and I are heading to Brockville with the Modified for a show with Quaker State. I will post about that later this week.
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Quaker State Back For 2017 & 2018 Our 44th & 45th Seasons Together
I am proud, honored and excited to announce that Quaker State will be back with Gary Elliott Motorsports for the 2017 and 2018 season.
This awesome driver sponsor partnership is the longest in racing history.
Thank you to Quaker State for your tremendous amazing support.
I look forward to being a great ambassador for Quaker State, and all my sponsors during our 49th race season, our 44th with Quaker State.
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Happy New Year…May God Bless You In All Ways
Wishing all my racing family and friends a blessed, healthy and safe 2017. Make this a year of loving others as you love yourself. Mend fences, encourage those who are struggling, and if ever someone comes on your heart, call them right away, for no reason other than to see how they are and tell them you were thinkig of them……PS….make sure you care for you to…….Jesus loves you
Body Is Finished….Chassis, Breaks, Driveline Next
Special thanks to Louie and Randall for coming over on the 28th of December to finish the body. We will be sending the body to Josh Watson for paint in a few weeks.
We will remove the body next, and then the driveline. Way ahead of last year now and very happy. My crew have been incredible, God is good for sending me these encouraging friends. We will have a great team this year with Louie, Lloyd, Randall, Stephen, Paul and Doug…..more to come soon.
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Merry Christmas Everyone
Wishing all our fans and families a very Merry Christmas and safe holiday.