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IN THIS ISSUE October / November 2021 I Volume 25, Issue 06

INSIDE News 18 Qwick Super Stocks

Nagy and Tiemersma earn wins OSCAAR Modifieds & Hot Rods 20

Andy Kamrath earns a pair of wins 22 Canadian Vintage Modifieds

Six winners highlight late-season action 24 Pinty’s Knights of Thunder

Jordan Poirier on championship charge 26 Roy Ross Memorial

I.M.C.A. Canada event expands to two days 76 Lucky Dog Racing Canada

Series runs penultimate 2021 event at SMP 78 Canadian Rally Championship

Mailloux and Poirier earn first win at Défi 82 Ontario Gassers, Altereds & Dragsters

St. Thomas Raceway Park hosts Round 2 Canadian Drag Racing 84

Schroeder wins Drag Week again INSIDE Features 10 NASCAR Pinty’s Series

Quebec racers shine in NPS action 14 Pinty’s Hot List

Lichty crowned King of the Wings 16 APC United Late Model Series

Series sees four winners in four races 60 Unusual Suspects

New blood in contention for IndyCar title 64 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières

Historic event returns with SPC headliner 68 CASC Ontario Region

Series returns to Calabogie Motorsports Park 70 Toyo Tires F1600 Championship

BGR battle Britain West for series supremacy 72 FEL Sports Car Shampionship

Multimatic dominating inaugural season 74 The Road Racers of Atlantic Canada

2021 season wraps up at AMP 80 Canada Heads Up Streetcar Shootout

Class championship battles heating up

INSIDE Opinions 04 The Inside Line

Greg MacPherson: It’s Coming Around Shifting Gears 08

James Neilson: My Home Track 56 Technically Speaking

Larry Holt: Memories of Mosport 86 This, That & the Other

Ernie Saxton: Superstar Racing Experience 88 Get a Grip

Mary Bignotti Mendez: The Drama of Indy 90 Looking Back

Dave Mathers: Tony Novotny

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SPECIAL Feature 27 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

Celebrating the iconic track’s 60th anniversary

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Inside Qwick Wick Victory Lane Honouring the latest Canadian race winners Monthly Results Coast-to-coast Canadian short track results

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THE INSIDE LINE

By Greg MacPherson

IT’S COMING AROUND

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park celebrated its 60th anniversary season in 2021. In this issue, we celebrate the history of the track originally known as Mosport, and the people who contributed to its legend. Photo Courtesy of CTMP

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s this issue goes to press, the 2021 Canadian racing season is in heading into its Fall portion. Because of the pandemic, this has been the second ‘strange’ summer in a row. But all things considered, the situation seems to be improving.

With most Canadian tracks and series now running their regular schedules in front of near-capacity crowds, it already seems like a distant memory when facilities sat silent or operated in front of little or no fans.

Yes, you still see masks and safety protocols in place. And there are regional hot spots where provincial regulations are reinstituting ‘circuit breakers’ to get a handle on case counts and hospitalization rates that are too high.

But for the most part, it feels closer to normal than it has in a long time, at least in southern Ontario, where we were locked down longer and harder than anywhere else, in terms of racing activities.

That’s not to say that the pain is all behind us, though. NASCAR recently unveiled the 2022 racing schedule for its major touring series. To say it was disappointing to see that the Camping World Truck Series won’t be back at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park until 2023, at the earliest, was a huge understatement.

It seems illogical to think that the Canada-US border won’t be fully open to vehicle traffic by next Labour Day. But it’s still closed now, and NASCAR craves stability and predictability. They could be reluctant to be put in the position, again, where they need to 4 Inside Track Motorsport News

move a race mid-season.

As well – and this is just conjecture on my part – there could be an issue with the vaccination rates in the regions of the US where most of the NASCAR drivers and team members reside.

At present, just 51 percent of North Carolina residents are fully vaccinated. While Canadian officials have made exceptions permitting some unvaccinated NBA players to play in Canada, they might not be willing to extend that same courtesy to NASCAR racers and crew members if almost half of them don’t have their shots.

As for the F1, IndyCar and IMSA races set for Canada in 2022, their schedules (tentative and announced) indicate they’ll be coming to Montreal, Toronto and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, respectively, next summer. Let’s hope that is the case!

Speaking of CTMP, this issue features a special section on the legendary Canadian racing facility.

This season was the sixtieth anniversary celebration for the track formerly known as Mosport, and we pay tribute to this special place in these pages.

In addition to the history of the track and some of the series and events that have appeared there over the decades, we also feature some of the individuals who were part of building the infrastructure and legend of ‘Canada’s Home of Motorsports.’

Thank you to those who contributed to the piece and supported it with their congratulatory ads.

MOTORAMA IS A GO As many of you know, the same team that publishes Inside Track Motorsport News also produces the Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo, every March, in Toronto. Well, every March when there isn’t a pandemic.

Our 2020 show was shut down a day early when COVID-19 was first taking hold.

And of course, there was no show this past March (2021) when it was still raging.

And until recently, we were doubtful we’d be able to put on the 2022 show, either.

The province of Ontario still had strict limits on attendance capacities at indoor event facilities that effectively barred any public attendees from entering the building, after you let 1,000 exhibitors and staff inside. This made the show a non-starter.

But all that started to change, in September, when dropping case counts and hospitalization rates – coupled with no hikes in cases as kids went back to school and 30,000 mostly un-masked, fully vaccinated Blue Jays fans sat shoulder-to-shoulder in Rogers Centre – led the province to begin to give fair treatment to shows like ours.

In light of the province’s change of heart, we’re able to proceed with Motorama!

It’s not to say that everything will feel like normal again. As of now, exhibitors and attendees will have to wear masks and show proof of vaccination to be at the show. And we’ll have to do contact tracing for ticket buyers and maintain social distancing inside the building.

Those aren’t our rules, and we hope they’re not in place come March. But they’re the rules as of now and we’re eager to get back in business after almost two years being dormant. We hope to see you March 11, 12 & 13, 2022 at The International Centre!

So far, reaction to the return of Motorama has been extremely positive. For news and information about how you can be part of it, visit MotoramaShow.com.

And finally, a short note about next issue.

It will include a wrap-up of the Canadian racing season and championships, as well as the Fall Specials. Thank you for reading our magazine, and for visiting InsideTrackNews. com and our social media feeds. IT

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CHEVROLET URBAN CHALLENGE After a one-year hiatus, the world-famous Circuit Trois-Rivières played host to motorsports again, including the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, Super Production Challenge and the Chevrolet Urban Challenge (pictured), which featured DIRT Modifieds powered by a V8 Chevrolet engine. The field for the Chevrolet Urban Challenge featured an eclectic mix of past and present racing stars, including three-time NASCAR Pinty’s Series champion Andrew Ranger, Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee Ron Fellows and current NASCAR Camping World Trucks racer Raphaël Lessard. The feature race was won by Francois Bellemare, ahead of Yan Bussiere in second and Ranger in third. For more on the 2021 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, turn to pages 9 and 58. Photo by Paolo Pedicelli

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I OPINION

SHIFTING

GEARS

By James Neilson

MY HOME TRACK

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s we celebrate Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s 60th anniversary, I am reminded of how I came to discover the historic 3.957 km track originally known as Mosport (a portmanteau of ‘motor’ and ‘sport’).

I’m a lifelong Toronto native. Don’t hold that against me. I know the reputation Torontonians have around the province and if it’s any consolation, my Canadian family all hail from northern Ontario, Kirkland Lake to be exact. As an aside, I met my wife in Toronto, but her family are from Iroquois Falls, not far from Kirkland Lake. Small world.

Now back to Mosport. Growing up, I became obsessed with racing through Formula 1 and IndyCar broadcasts on television first before discovering Group C in Europe and IMSA GTP in North America.

By the mid-90s I was an avid follower of the sport, first attending Honda Indy events as a spectator with high school friends, then working the pit suites, which were catered by the same company that catered the Rogers Centre (the Skydome), where I worked at the time. The video game industry was well into its second boom period by then as well, the first coming in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the rise of Atari’s line of home consoles, among others.

In 1993, a company called Papyrus Design Group released IndyCar Racing, a simulation of the 1993 PPG IndyCar Series. A sequel was released 2 years later and for about two years after that, using the game’s Microsoft Paint style editor, I would meticulously recreate the then-current liveries for every team.

I kept waiting for another sequel, but it never materialised. Instead, Papyrus Design Group released Grand Prix Legends in 1998. The focus of the game was the 1967 Formula 1 World Championship.

When I got the game, I was blown away by its detail and even more intrigued by a track in the game called, you guessed it, Mosport.

I had no idea at the time that I would spend the next 20 years going to the track, and I’m sure I would have discovered it anyways, but that was my first exposure to it, and I still look fondly back on those games to this day.

In the present day, I’m grateful I can look back with so many fond memories of visiting Mosport, including watching lap records fall and NASCAR’s first visit to the track, bumping into Hollywood stars like Patrick Dempsey at the urinal, chatting with Dr. Dan Panoz through a haze of cigar smoke and catching Gil De Ferran after he snuck away from prying eyes for a smoke break in between practice sessions.

Inside Track Motorsport News always has a booth at major Canadian Tire Motorsport Park events, and in the early days of working at Inside Track, I would often hitch a ride with the late Rob Morton to work events like the Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix. I’ll miss not being able to have the chance to take another ride with him and chat about soccer, among other things. Rob and my dad were both from Scotland and talking to him, even though he was my boss, always made me feel like I was home.

And home is what Canadian Tire Motorsport Park has become. from a chance encounter in a 1998 video game to an important of my career, I am proud I can call a track of Mosport’s quality ‘my home track.’ IT 8 Inside Track Motorsport News

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Story by Davey Segal / NASCAR with files from Inside Track t had been a long two years away from Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (GP3R) for Alex Tagliani. The two-time winner at GP3R entered the August 15 Guardian Angels 60 with high hopes given his history at the venue, especially after the series’ absence last year due to COVID-19. And he delivered.

The driver of the No. 18 Chevrolet took the lead on Lap 18 and never looked back. He only relinquished the top spot once, after a Lap 30 restart, before regaining it and earning his tenth career NASCAR Pinty’s Series victory. It wasn’t all easy for Tagliani, though. He had to survive a restart with four laps remaining, and a hard charge from Kevin Lacroix and J.F. Dumoulin, to secure the checkered flag.

After Lacroix was passed by J.F. for second, he made contact with L.P. Dumoulin, down the stretch, battling for third. This allowed rookie Treyten Lapcevich to scoot by and into fourth, while Lacroix came home third and L.P in fifth.

D.J. Kennington, Simon Dion-Viens, L.P. Montour, Luc Lesage and Dexter Stacey rounded out the top 10 finishers on the 1.53-mile street course.

“The team did really well,” said Tagliani. “We started the weekend with some question marks. We didn’t know what was happening with our engine. The team changed pretty much everything on Saturday night. And finally, for Sunday, we were back to where we needed to

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be with the engine side of things and the car was really strong.

“So we got into the lead at some point and then was a really good fight with the 74 (Kevin Lacroix). Kevin was strong also, so it kept me on my toes pushing really hard. Finally, we won the race. So, three out of the last four years there we took second place, so we have a pretty good average there. It’s a track that always been good to us.”

Tagliani left the GP3R leading the NASCAR Pinty’s Series points.

On August 28, the NASCAR Pinty’s Series returned to race at Mirabel, QC’s Circuit ICAR for the first time since 2017. But at the end of the race, it was a familiar face in Victory Lane.

Kevin Lacroix earned his first victory of the season and second in a row at the 0.994-mile tarmac road course, leading 73 of the 83 laps en route earning to the La Fernandiere 75 trophy. At the end, he survived ‘green/white/checkered’ restart, holding off Andrew Ranger and L.P. Dumoulin.

While running inside the top five, Marc-Antoine Camirand’s car stalled on track, bringing out the yellow flag after green flag run that lasted more than 30 laps. On the ensuing overtime restart, J.F. Laberge’s front end was destroyed, meaning it would take double OT to settle things.

Regardless of the delays, Lacroix had little trouble, easily clearing

eventual second-place finisher Ranger for the lead, and later the win.

The result was Lacroix’s third top-five in four races in the 2021 season and his third win in four career starts at ICAR. He joined Ranger as the only repeat winners, at the track, over the eight races held there since 2011.

Coming home behind Lacroix and Ranger was Dumoulin and Alex Tagliani, with Alex Guenette rounding out the top five. DJ Kennington and Dexter Stacey finished sixth and seventh, respectively, their best results of the season, with Matthew Scannell, Luc Lesage and Brett Taylor completing the top 10 finishers.

The race was slowed four times, including a Lap 37 slowdown for wet tires, as the track dampened.

“The car felt really good in practice and qualifying,” said Lacroix. “We started second after Andrew qualified on pole but I was feeling confident that my car was better than his on the long run. I took the lead around Lap 10 on entry into Corner 1. I had a very good exit on the last corner, so I was able to dive in at the Corner 1 braking zone.

“So a clean pass there and then (Alex) Tagliani did the same with Ranger and was following very close behind me. I was a little bit afraid that it was faster than me. But as soon as it started raining, I was happy because I’ve won a few times in the rain and I’m confident when it’s raining.

From there, I pulled away and got like a seven-second lead before the late caution.”

Lacroix continued, “Everything was reset at that point, with two to go. That was a little bit stressful but I saw them fighting in my rear-view mirror and that gave me the opportunity to extend my lead and breathe on the last lap.”

The NASCAR Pinty’s Series was in action as the headline event during the traditional NASCAR Truck Series race weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP).

Due to the continuing border closure, the Trucks were kept away for the second year in a row.

The Olymel Grand Prix of Ontario (GPO), was a 30-lap sprint-style race, on the Saturday of the Labour Day long weekend. Two-time series champion L.P. Dumoulin earned his first victory of the season in the race after leading the final 10 laps and surviving a restart with six laps to go.

The win was the fourth of Dumoulin’s career at the Bowmanville, Ontario venue and the first since 2018.

With the victory, he climbed to within one of Kevin Lacroix and J.R. Fitzpatrick in terms of the most victories, all-time, at the legendary 10-turn road course.

Dumoulin grabbed the lead from Gary Klutt, who paced the opening 20 circuits from the pole, with 10 laps remaining and held off a hard-charging Marc-Antione Camirand for the victory. The result was Dumoulin’s third consecutive top-five result of the season. The only relative blemish on his 2021 record was a sixth-place result in the season opener at Sunset Speedway. With the victory, Dumoulin jumped to the top of the series’ standings.

Camirand finished second for the third time in his 11race career at CTMP. Treyten Lapcevich also earned his best finish this year, in third, with Alex Tagliani and Klutt rounding out the top five. DJ Kennington, Andrew Ranger,

(Top) JF Dumoulin, Alex Tagliani and Kevin Lacroix on the GP3R podium. (Middle) Lacroix leads Ranger at ICAR. (Right) Lacroix celebrates in victory lane.

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Gary Klutt No. 59) and CTMP Race 1 winner LP Dumoulin (No. 47). (Middle, L-R) Camirand, Dumoulin and Lapcevich on the CTNMP podium. (Left) Camirand leads Tagliani in CTMP Race 2.

Photos by Steve Traczyk and Tim McGill

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Dexter Stacey, Brett Taylor and Matthew Scannell completed the top 10 finishers.

“Gary (Klutt) was very fast, but we had a good car,” said Dumoulin, in the post-race press conference. “We had a good battle with Gary. I could have probably provoked something with him earlier, but I was trying to be very respectful to him, as well. We’re racing again tomorrow and I’ve always had good history racing with Gary.

“At one point, I think my tires got too little pressure and that didn’t help us on the last restart. We didn’t have the speed during the caution. I tried to keep them up but everything was cooling down. But it worked out. Thinking about championship, I think it’s still too early, but it feels good to be fighting for it right now.”

The next day, the NASCAR Pinty’s Series was back in action at CTMP for its traditional 51-lap race, the Clarington 200.

And while he’d been close on several occasions, it had been 20 races since Marc-Antione Camirand put his No. 22 machine in Victory Lane in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series.

But thanks to a late charge and pass on teammate Alex Tagliani, the St. Leonard d’Aston, QC native earned his second-ever series victory in the Clarington 200, one day after finishing runner-up at CTMP. It was his Camirand’s first-ever win on a road course.

The race-winning move came with five laps remaining, in Turn 5, as Camirand dove underneath Tagliani and cleared the No. 18 exiting the turn. It was smooth sailing from there, as he took the checkered flag just under one full second in front of Tagliani.

After leading the most laps, Tagliani came home second for his fifth top-five of the season, with rookie Kyle Marcelli earning his best career finish of third.

Kevin Lacroix started on the pole and led the opening 14 laps before finishing fourth, a welcome result after a transmission issue hindered them on Saturday, Andrew Ranger came home in fifth after starting in the rear.

Gary Klutt, Matthew Scannell, Brett Taylor, Dexter Stacey and Alex Guenette completed the top 10. Saturday’s winner, L.P. Dumoulin, came home 11th, his worst result of the campaign. Tagliani left the CTMP doubleheader with an eight point lead over Lacroix, who passed Dumoulin for second.

“It feels so good to finally be back in the winners’ circle,” said Camirand. “We had been having hard luck for some time now, and I knew we were able to achieve great results here, where we’ve had success in the past. I am so happy and relieved that all our hard work finally pays off.

“We almost won and finished second, yesterday, after a good battle with L.P. (Dumoulin). The car was feeling good for the race. The strategy was really good. Randy Steckly got me in for fuel on Lap 10. And after a few more laps, we got new tires and the track position was really perfect for us.”

Camirand continued, “After that, I was following Alex (Tagliani) and he was pushing hard on older tires. I backed off a bit and he made a little mistake with a back marker. I put my nose in at Corner 3 and it paid off.

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MIKE LICHTY (Innerkip, ON) ISMA Supermodifieds The King of the Wings event featuring winged SuperModifieds began at New York’s Oswego Speedway in 2009. In August, for the third time in the ten-year existence of the prestigious co-sanctioned ISMA / MSS race, Canadian Mike Lichty earned the big prize.

The Innerkip, ON racer started on the outside of the front row for the King of the Wings – Jack Murphy Memorial, following a re-draw for position. Lichty battled early and throughout the 60-lap race,

King of the Wings event winner Mike Lichty (No. 84). Photo by Jim Feeney

with Ohio’s Trend Stephens, who had won the event in 2016.

Stephens led from Lap 7 but Lichty stayed glued to his ‘bumper’ until mid-distance when Stephens fell off the pace with a broken rocker arm. From there until the end of the race, Lichty held off challenges from Mike Muldoon, who finished second.

In Victory Lane, Lichty joked that he wasn’t a fan of starting up front, because it took a longer run to get to the front and checked out.” – With files from Carol D. Haynes IT

MAT WILLIAMSON (St. Catharines, ON) DIRTcar Mat Williamson, the 2019 Super DIRTcar Series BigBlock Modified Champion from St. Catharines, ON enjoyed a hot streak during the mid-portion of the season. A regular competitor at Ransomville and Merrittville, ‘Money’ Mat won his fifth and sixth Modified features at Ransomville, on August 20 and 27.

On Aug. 20, just five laps into the 30-lap feature, Williamson took the lead and never looked back. A week later, at the ‘Big R,’ Williamson and championship rival Erick Rudolph wasted little time moving forward, after the drop of the green flag.

Near mid-distance, Williamson chased down leader Ryan Susice and passed him en route to his sixth Modified win of the season, at Ransomville.

The following night, at Merrittville Speedway, Williamson kept his momentum rolling when he won the 358 Modified feature at the Thorold, Ontario track.

He started 11th on the grid in the 35-lap feature but quickly advanced through the field.

Running second, the race leader tangled with a lapped driver and was taken out of contention, putting ‘Money’ Mat out front. From there, Williamson cruised to the win.

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Mat Williamson earned a pair of wins at Ransomville. Photo by Nitroman Media

Back at Ransomville, on September 3, Williamson finished fourth in the season finale and ended up tied with Erick Rudolph, atop the Modified division points. The two were declared co-champions.

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After taking wins in both of his qualifying heat races, Spencer-Walt lined up eighth for the feature and wasted little time making his way toward the front. Just six laps into the main, he was running second. He took the lead just four laps later.

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JACOB DYKSTRA (Port Colborne, ON) Pinty’s Action Sprint Tour Nick Sheridan broke Jacob Dykstra’s Pinty’s Action Sprint Tour (AST) winning streak on August 6 at Merrittville Speedway. But it didn’t take long for Dykstra to return to his winning ways.

Back at Merrittville, on August 14, Jacob Dykstra went on a tear Dykstra dominated en route to the mid-season, winning several checkered flag, extending his series races in a row. Photo by Rick Young points lead in the process.

Dykstra headed back to Victory Lane, on August 22, when the AST made its first-ever visit to Cornwall Motor Speedway. He started on the outside of the front row for the 25-lap feature, took the lead from the ‘get-go,’ and never looked back.

The Pinty’s AST headed to Brighton Speedway on the Labour Day weekend for a pair of races. Dykstra continued his hot streak by winning both features there, taking his latest consecutive win streak to four in three short weeks.

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Kyle Steckly (right) with London Recreational Racing’s Mike Schmidt, after Steckly stunned everyone by winning in his first-ever start with the APC Series. Photo by Dave Franks

COMPETITION IS HIGH WITH FOUR WINNERS IN FOUR RACES Story by Jamie Maudsley With files from Greg MacPherson n August 14, Sunset Speedway played host to the APC Late Model Series. The banked, third-mile oval is located just south of Barrie, ON. Past series champion Brandon Watson headed to the event having won the first two races of the season and leading the points. Following qualifying and an inversion of the top ten fastest time trailers, Jordan Sims started on the pole, with Ryan Kimball to his outside. Jake Sheridan and Dale Shaw were behind them, with Jo Lawrence and J.R. Fitzpatrick filling Row 3.

Kimball and Sims ran the first three laps of the 100-lap race side-by-side. A quick caution gave Kimball the top spot for the restart.

Early movers included Pete Shepherd III climbing from eighth to fifth, and Watson moving up four spots to 11th by the second caution.

By Lap 20, Shaw was past Sims and Kimball, and into the lead, with Shepherd following him into second. From there, Sims and Kimball faded. Meanwhile, Jordan Howse was up to fifth, after starting ninth. At halfway, Shaw was comfortably ahead of Shepherd, with Fitzpatrick, Sheridan, Howse and Lawrence strung out behind.

Following a caution on Lap 59, Shepherd challenged Shaw for the lead, but that opened the door for Howse and Fitzpatrick to get by.

Petey eventually recovered to third, but he had nothing for Shaw and Howse. On Lap 82, Howse made his move, taking command from Shaw. Shaw was unable to mount a challenge through the final 18lap green-flag run.

It was Howse’s first career APC Series win. Shepherd, Lawrence, Sheridan and Fitzpatrick were the other top-five finishers.

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A rainout on the August long weekend setup a doubleheader for the APC Series racers, on August 21 at Sauble Speedway. Entering the Twin-75s, Brandon Watson and Pete Shepherd were tied atop the standings. Rain once again impacted the series, scrubbing qualifying. Therefore, the starting order was based on the point standings and an inversion draw. That put Mat Box on the pole, with Jordan Sims on the outside of the front row. Jake Sheridan, Andrew Gresel, J.R. Fitzpatrick and Jo Lawrence filled Rows 2 and 3. Treyten Lapcevich, Dale Shaw, Shepherd and Watson were next.

Box led the first two laps before Sheridan found his way to the front on Lap 3. On a restart, Sheridan opened up a gap on Gresel and Sims, before another yellow emerged. Meanwhile, Shaw and Lapcevich were on the move, climbing to fourth and fifth, respectively.

Following another restart, Sheridan took off again, leaving Gresel and Sims in his wake. Lapcevich passed Shaw, soon after, to take fourth, but that battle continued to rage.

With 16 to go, Shaw had recently re-taken fourth from Lapcevich.

The pair made contact entering Turn 1, while lapping a slower car, sending Shaw into the fence and to the pits for repairs.

Up front, however, it was all Sheridan, as he maintained control until the checkered flag at the end of 75 laps to earn his first career APC Series race. Gresel came home second, a half-second behind.

Sims, Kimball and Lapcevich rounded out the top-five finishers.

The support classes took to the track as the APC Series teams made tweaks and repairs. Soon after, they returned to the track for their second 75-lap feature at The Beach.

Hometown driver Josh Stade was on the pole, with Ryan Kimball joining him on the front row, following the inversion. Sims and Shaw were next, ahead of Gresel and Sheridan.

Kimball led early, with Sims tucked in line, in second. Sheridan, Stade and Gresel followed. Sheridan moved to second on Lap 10.

On a restart, Kimball chose the outside lane, giving the bottom

grove to Sheridan who made short work of ‘Flying Ryan.’ Sheridan jetted into the lead on lap 15, with his sights set on earning his second win of the night.

On the next restart (Lap 20), the championship chase was turned upside down as Lapcevich was turned by Shepherd off Turn 4.

Entering the second event, Shepherd chased Watson, the points leader, by just one marker, with Lapcevich four points behind. The duo would have to fight from the back of the field to salvage what they could in the last 55 laps.

Kimball got a great start on the high-side and powered back into the lead on the restart, but he couldn’t shake Sheridan and Gresel.

Another big winner on the restart was Fitzpatrick who found his way through to fourth after starting 10th.

During a Lap 46 restart, Sheridan was able to re-take the lead from the outside lane. As Gresel was also trying to get past Kimball, the hood on his car flapped up in front of his windshield. Gresel tried to continue, but finally a yellow was called.

The crowd was entertained by the ‘Sheridan vs. Kimball’ restarts.

But one of them – after the race’s fifth caution – put an end to that show. Following another successful restart by Sheridan, Kimball got mixed up with Sims off Turn 4, putting both of them into the grass and to the back of the field.

Back under green, Sheridan took control again, but with less than one lap at speed, Shaw and Stade tangled off Turn four, resulting in both going to the back.

Next up to challenge Sheridan was Jo Lawrence, the defending series champion. They raced door-to-door for a time, before Lawrence took the lead. The chaos continued when Sheridan and Shae Gemmell tangled in Turn 4, on Lap 56.

The running order was Matt Pritiko, Lawrence, Watson, Lapcevich, and Danny Benedict.

Pritiko had a perfect restart, while Watson got under Lawrence, for second. Lawrence was eventually ‘freight-trained’ back to fifth.

With less than 10 to go, Watson arrived on Pritiko’s bumper and started applying pressure, eventually getting under him and into the top spot with four laps remaining.

Watson went on to take his third victory of the season, boosting his points lead in the process. Pritiko held for second, ahead of Lapcevich, Benedict and Lawrence.

Second-generation racer Kyle Steckly made his APC Model Series debut in the September 4 London Recreational Racing 100 at Flamboro Speedway. After enjoying success at Flamboro, he convinced his father, four-time NASCAR Pinty’s Series champion Scott Steckly, to let him try his hand in the APC Series, at his hometrack.

The Milverton, ON youngster was quick out of the box, pacing the field by over 1/10th of a second in practice, before heading into the qualifying session. He carried that momentum into qualifying when he set the fastest time (14.931 seconds).

Lining up for the feature, following the inversion draw, Ryan Kimball and Jake Sheridan were on the front row. J.R. Fitzpatrick and Jo Lawrence were next, in front of Pete Shepherd, Brandon Watson, Matt Pritiko and Steckly. Treyten Lapcevich started last after his car was qualified by Lane Zardo as Treyten was busy, earlier in the day, racing in the Pinty’s Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Kimball led early and looked strong. Following a caution, on Lap 22, he led Watson, Pritiko, Steckly and Sims. Watson and Kimball traded the top spot a few times, before Watson was able to clear him.

A 50-lap green flag run came to an end on Lap 72 when Fitzpat-

(Top) Steckly (24) made a masterful move on points leader Brandon Watson (9) in the late-going to take the lead on a late-race restart.

(Left) Jordan Howse won his first career APC Series race at Sunset Speedway on August 14. (Right) Jake Sheridan was another first-time APC Series winner when he took the first 75-lap feature on August 21 at The Beach. Brandon Watson won the other feature that night.

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rick came to a stop on the front stretch, bunching up the field with 28 to go in the London Recreational Racing 100. Watson led Pritiko, Steckly, Sims, and Lapcevich.

While Pritiko and Watson started banging doors for the lead, Steckly pounced to the low line and passed both of them on the exit of Turn 2, to take the lead. Lapcevich, who started last, flew through the gap, as well, to take second.

From there, Steckly put a comfortable space between himself and his pursuers, while avoiding lapped traffic in front of him. You wouldn’t have known it was his first time competing in the province’s top stock car oval racing series.

Kyle Steckly won the London Recreational 100, in front of Lapcevich and Watson. Connor James posted his career-best finish in the series, in fourth, ahead of Shepherd.

“It was a great night and debut here in the APC Series,” said Steckly, after the race. “I knew there’s a lot of good competition. We just wanted to come out, learn, and get experience… and see how they run the series. I definitely wasn’t expecting to come out with the win.

“The car was great all day. We were first in practice, first in qualifying, and came through the field in the race. There’s definitely some aggressive driving, but it was a lot of fun. We made our way to the front, a hole opened for the lead, and I took it and led from there.”

Asked how he got the opportunity to race in the series and his winning move, Steckly continued, “I’ve been trying to convince my dad, basically, all season long. I finally got him to budge here at my home track. It was a good place to make my first start.

“As for the pass, I was there when that caution came out and I was just riding third there for a while. I honestly kind of wanted to just keep going green because third was good… third was great!

“And then when the caution came out, I though it was going to get kind of wild. But it honestly wasn’t too bad. A hole opened. I took it and (Brandon) Watson kind of pinched me a little bit, but I kept my nose in there. I got pretty loose, but we made her stick and came out with the lead.” IT InsideTrackNews.com 17

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QWICK WICK SUPER STOCK SERIES Nagy and Tiemersma Take Victories at Peterborough and Flamboro Stories by Jamie Maudsley he United Racing Series’ Qwick Wick Super Stock Series rolled into Peterborough Speedway for its second race of the season on August 7. An impressive total of 32 Super Stocks were on hand to qualify for the 26 starting spots.

Things were made tougher for many of the teams that had never competed at Peterborough before when rain appeared just prior to practice. Back underway, drivers were given eight laps to post their qualifying times and to get a handle on the highbanked, one-third-mile oval.

Newmarket, ON racer Gerrit Tiemersma recorded the fastest time in qualifying with a lap of 14.755 seconds, edging Peterborough home track driver Anthony DiBello, who timed in at 14.832 seconds. Lane Zardo was third ahead of Jason Parker and Bailey Jacobs.

With the top 18 locked into the feature by time trials, that meant 14 cars had to fight for the final four starting spots via the 15-lap ‘Last Chance’ qualifying race.

Rob Richards started on pole and led every lap of that chase. Joining him in heading to the Main were Ray Morneau, Justin Collison and Todd Davenport.

Following an inversion draw, Tiemersma and Carson Nagy started the Feature on the front row, ahead of Matthew Bentley and Nic Ramsay. Zardo and Parker were on Row 3.

Tiemersma led the first 11 laps until Nagy muscled him out of the way on lap 12. Zardo was also on the move, climbing from sixth to third in a hurry. He passed Tiemersma, for second, five laps later.

At mid-distance, the order was Nagy, Zardo, DiBello, Bentley and Tiemersma in the top-five. Soon after, DiBello and Bentley passed Zardo. Soon after, DiBello and Bentley came together, putting DiBello to the back and Bentley out of the race.

Back under green, Nagy led the rest of the way and came home ahead of Zardo and Tiemersma. Ramsay and Ethan Constable completed the top-five.

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(Top) Carson Nagy muscled his way into the lead on Lap 12 of the Qwick Wick Super Stock feature at Peterborough, and never looked back. (Above) Gerritt Tiemersma (17) held off Lane Zardo (36), on Labour Day at Flamboro Speedway, to score his first career Qwick Wick Super Series win.

Photos by Jim Clarke and Peter Anderson

already heating up.

Lane Zardo was fastest during practice, lapping quicker than Peterborough winner Carson Nagy. Zardo continued that trend, during qualifying, when he posted a lap of 16.495 seconds which ended up the top time of the session. Behind him were Nagy, Trevor Collver, Baker and Gerrit Tiemersma.

Following the inversion, Nic Ramsay sat on the pole for the 50-lap main event, with Justin Collision alongside him. Next on the grid were Tiemersma, Zardo, Nagy and Constable.

Ramsay led the opening seven laps before Tiemersma made the pass for the lead in turn two, bringing Zardo with him to second.

That duo took off, leaving Ramsay in their

wake, to hold off Nagy, and Constable.

By the halfway mark, Tiemersma and Zardo had opened a half track lead on third, as Ramsay continued to fend off challengers, for third, this time from Constable, who had moved past Nagy on lap 23.

On lap 31, Constable buried his car to the inside of Ramsay, in Turn 3, which started the backslide for Ramsay, who also lost spots to Nagy, Collver, Morneau, and others.

Following some jockeying, the race ran ‘green to checkered’ without a caution flag appearing. Tiemersma claimed his first-ever Quick Wick Super Stock victory, narrowly edging Zardo, with Ethan Constable joining them on the podium. Nagy and Morneau rounded out the top-five. IT

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Andy Kamrath won OSCAAR Modified races at Sunset and Sauble in the month of August. Photo by Ashley McCubbin

OSCAAR MODIFIEDS Kamrath Wins a Pair With files from Ashley McCubbin he OSCAAR Modifeds took to Sunset Speedway on August 8. Division standout Andy Kamrath started on the pole and led the entire way en route to the win.

Kamrath started on the pole ahead of Norman Newman, T.J. Edwards, Marshall Schrenk, Coltin Everingham, Kelly Balson and Steve Trendell. In the early going, Kamrath led Newman and Edwards. There was plenty of jockeying for position further back in the field but at the finish, Kamrath took the checkered flag, at Lap 25, with Edwards in tow. Kelly Balson, Newman and Dale Reinhart rounded out the top-five finishers.

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CMHF ANNOUNCES 16 INDUCTEES In September, the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (CMHF) announced that 16 individuals will be added as new members.

Ten will be inducted in the Competitors / Motorsport Builders / Team Members / Significant Contributors category, with six more to be honoured in the Media category.

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Heat wins went to Edwards, Marshall Schrenk, Kamrath and Reinhart. Due to impending weather and the amount of time it took to clean the track after a wreck in the fifth heat, the rest of the qualifying heats were cancelled.

SAUBLE SPEEDWAY Two weeks later, on August 21, the OSCAAR Modifieds were back in action at Sauble Speedway. Andy Kamrath proved he could come through the field to win – in addition to starting and staying out front – in the Family Funland 40.

In contrast to his ‘wire-to-wire’ win at Commenting on this year’s nomination and selection process, CMHF chair Dr. Hugh Scully said, “We are very proud to announce this year’s ‘class’ of new inductees. We were very pleased with the quality of the many nominations submitted.

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“I have had the great pleasure of congratulating each of the future inductees, either personally, or by speaking with members of their families. On behalf of the CMHF, we applaud the contributions of the new members to motorsport in Canada.

And we look forward to welcoming them to the Hall. As well, on behalf of the Board, I am happy to name Marco Signoretti as our 2021 ‘Rising Star’ award recipient. His

Sunset, earlier in August, Kamrath started outside of the top 10 in this event and carved his way to the lead and the win.

With heats and qualifying cancelled by rain, the field was lined up by points and an eight-car inversion for the start of the 40-lap feature. Norman Newman started pole, with Kamrath in 12th for the initial green flag.

Mid-way, Newman led Kamrath, Jason Keen, Coltin Everingham and T.J. Edwards.

On a restart, Kamrath got a good jump and took the top spot. He would hold the top spot the rest of the way to capture the win at ‘The Beach.’ Edwards finished second, ahead of Newman, Jason Keen and A.J. Emms. IT name will be added to the Hall’s group of talented young Canadian drivers.”

The new members are: COMPETITORS / BUILDERS / TEAM MEMBERS / SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS: John Bondar, Patrick Carpentier, Bertrand Godin, Brian Graham, John Graham, Colin Hine, Kandy Mitton, Howie Scannell, Glenn Styres and Bill Zardo Sr. MEDIA: Philippe Brasseur, Clare Dear, Gerry Frechette, James (Jim) Martyn, Frank Orr and Allan de la Plante.

The CMHF Induction Gala is scheduled to take place during the Canadian International Autoshow (CIAS), in February 2022, in Toronto. The 15-member inductee class of 2020 will also be recognized at that ceremony, as the CIAS didn’t take place in February 2021 due to the pandemic. IT – With files from the CMHF

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OSCAAR HOT RODS Fetterly Wins His First With files from Ashley McCubbin ith cars going around left, right, and everywhere, Kyle Fetterly managed to keep himself near the front of the field and out of trouble on August 8 when the OSCAAR Hot Rods paid a visit to Sunset Speedway. In the end, he earned his first career series victory.

Kyle Fetterly won the first heat, while Hall of Fame racer ‘Stompin’ Tom Walters and Trevor Thompson won the others.

In the feature, Cole Weber started on the pole, in front of Fetterly. Jesse Kennedy was the big mover, early on, and took the lead from Weber on Lap 16. Walters followed him through, to take second. But during a restart, contact between Kennedy and Walters sent Kennedy spinning. He collected several others, including Weber and Book.

Walters left the track after being instructed to go to the back, by race officials, handing the top spot to Fetterly, ahead of Monette, Thompson and Amanda Balson.

After several attempts to restart the race, Fetterly held the top spot. He would go on to take the victory ahead of Tyler Hawn and Kennedy.

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BOOK DOMINATES ON THE DIRT The OSCAAR Hot Rods made their annual visit to Brighton Speedway, to race on the dirt, on August 14. Steve Book demonstrated his experience on the surface and dominated en route to the win.

In the feature, Nick Clarke started in P1, followed by Ryan Cowan, Steve Mayhew, Jeremy McLean, Amanda Balson, Book and Tyler Hawn. Clarke held the early lead while Book climbed quickly to third. Hawn and Balson looped it in Turn 4, early on.

On the restart, Brandon Crumbie took the lead, ahead of Clarke and Book... until Clarke spun after giving it too much gas off Turn 4.

Still early in the race, Book took the lead from Crumbie on Lap 5. From there, he would stretch out his lead, eventually winning a full straightaway in front of Crumbie, Jesse Kennedy, Hawn and Ryan Cowan.

Heat races at Brighton were won by Jesse Kennedy and Tyler Hawn.

HAWN EXCELS AT THE BEACH Tyler Hawn took the lead late in the August 21 OSCAAR Hot Rod race at Sauble Speedway and went on to take the victory.

(Clockwise from top) OSCAAR Hot Rod winners Kyle Fetterly, Tyler Hawn and Steve Book.

Photos by Ashley McCubbin and Jime Clarke

Rain cancelled heats and qualifying, causing the field to be set by points and an eight-car inversion.

Rob Bromley started on the pole, with Hawn lining up seventh in the field. Bromley broke out to the early lead, ahead of Gary Hannah, Jeremy McLean and Ryan Cowan.

Bromley looked set to take the win as the field was strung out in the late going. But a caution bunched the field and Bromley’s car shut off coming to the green for the restart.

This put Hawn at the front of the field, where he would stay to the end, coming home in front of Steve Book and Billy Alderson Jr.

HAWN DOMINATES AT PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY Tyler Hawn moved to the front early and drove away from the field on August 29 at Peterborough Speedway, to record his second OSCAAR Hot Rod win in a row.

Sean Walker led the field to the feature green flag, with Hawn in fifth. It took Hawn just five laps to move into the top spot.

A dozen laps in, Hawn continued to lead Steve Book and Jaeger McMaster, with McMaster powering to second a lap later.

And that’s the way they would finish.

Heat wins went to Dave Waite, Book, Hawn and McMaster. With the win, Hawn extended his points lead, to nine markers, over Book. IT InsideTrackNews.com 21

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CANADIAN VINTAGE MODIFIEDS Marshall, Murdoch, Podd, Morphy, Riopelle and Arsenault Earns Wins Stories by Jon Morrison n July 24, the Young Drivers Canadian Vintage Mods (CVMs) were back in action at Flamboro Speedway. Fourteen CVMs were on track to qualify for the Twin 25-lap features.

In Race No. 1, Quintin Murdoch (No. 7) passed Mike Westwood (No. 33), on the high-side, five laps into the feature, and would never look back. It was the first win of the season for the 15-year-old. Jerrid Morphy finished second, ahead of T.J. Marshall.

In Race No. 2, Mike Podd (No. 5) scored his second feature win of the 2021 season after nailing the Lap 7 restart, from the outside of the front row, to get around leader Ricky Willigar. Podd led the rest of the way to become the club’s first multi-race winner of the season. Based on Morphy’s second and third-place finishes, he was declared the overall winner of the night.

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JULY 31, 2021 A total of 15 CVMs were on track July 31 at Flamboro for another pair of feature races. T.J. Marshall (No. 15) was the man to beat in Race No. 1, earning his second feature win of the summer. He held off Joe Arsenault (No. 17) and Jeremy Riopelle (No. 8) through some furious late-race action and a ‘green / white / checkered’ finish.

For the second week in a row, rain held up the start of the second CVM feature. Quintin Murdoch (No. 7) started on the pole alongside Morphy and grabbed the early lead.

Late in the race, Arsenault took second from Morphy, and that’s how they’d finish, behind Murdoch. Jake Gilbert suffered a broken wrist and arm during a crash.

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Joe Arsenault won the 30-lap Young Drivers Canadian Vintage Modified feature at Flamboro Speedway on September 4. Photo by Peter Anderson

AUGUST 14, 2021 Following a week off, 15 CVMs returned to Flamboro on August 14 for another double-feature race night. Following an action-packed first race, Mike Podd (No. 5) was able to earn his third Main win of the season, as he came home in front of T.J. Marshall and Ricky Willigar. Bob Gilbert finished fifth in his return to the club.

In the second race of the night, Jerrid Morphy (No. 18) and T.J. Marshall were on the front row for a late-race restart, but got ‘single-file’ quickly, with Morphy out front.

They would finish that way, with Mike Podd taking third.

AUGUST 28, 2021 August 28 was Memorial Night at Flamboro Speedway. A dozen CVMs were on-track to compete. Following spirited heat race wins by Mike Westwood (No. 19) and Mike Podd (No. 5), Jeremy Riopelle (No. 18)

came out on top in the lone feature race of the evening after taking the lead prior to halfway. T.J. Marshall (No. 15) and Bob Gilbert (No. 03) were second and third, respectively.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 Although originally slated to be a Twin-20 feature night at Flamboro, on September 4, the decision was made to change to a single, 30-lap A Main.

Following several cautions, the battle for the lead featured Quintin Murdoch (No. 7) and Joe Arsenault (No. 17). But Murdoch got loose in Turns 1 & 2 and slid up the track, letting Arsenault slip underneath and into the lead.

Prior to halfway, T.J. Marshall was all over Arsenault, until contact between the two resulted in Marshall losing a tire, thus ending his hopes for victory. From there, Arsenault came home in front of Ricky Willigar (No. 8) and Murdoch. IT

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PINTY’S KNIGHTS OF THUNDER Poirier Leads the Standings in the First Half of the Series’ Inaugural Season With Files from Tommy Goudge he new-for-2021 Pinty’s Knights of thunder Sprint 360 Sprint Car Series (KoT) hit the halfway mark of its inaugural season at the end of August. Three events were held in August, at Merrittville Speedway, Southern Ontario Motor Speedway and Brighton Speedway. A second event at Merrittvile in August was rained out.

After six rounds, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, QC’s Jordan Poirier sits atop the standings with 495 points on the back of four wins and top five finishes in all six rounds that comprised the first half of the KoT season.

Poirier started off the inaugural KoT season with four straight wins before Beachville, ON’s D.J. Christie ended Poirier’s winning streak, winning the August 6 event at Merrittville Speedway and earning a spot on the Inside Track Pinty’s Hot List last issue. Christie sits ninth in the overall standings with 369 points, one win and four top ten finishes.

At the end of August, Fenwick, ON’s Jim Huppunen became just the third driver to visit the KoT’s victory lane, winning at Brighton Speedway on August 21. It was also the first win for the veteran Sprint Car driver at Brighton Speedway.

Huppunen started on the pole and led the entire race with Ryan Turner close behind

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ACTION SPRINT TOUR Like the Knights of Thunder (KoT), the Action Sprint Tour (AST) reached the halfway mark of its 2021 season at the end of August. And like the KoT, the main storylines of the first half of the season were one driver dominating the series thanks to a long winning streak to start the year and the battle for second heating up as the series heads into the second half of its season.

Port Colborne, ON’s Jacob Dykstra kicked off his season with three straight wins, earning one at the Merrittville season opener and following it up with two straight victories at Humberstone Speedway to close out July.

Mount Brydges, ON’s Nick Sheridan ended Dykstra’s three-race winning streak on August 6 at Merrittville Speedway, edging the championship leader to the stripe by 1.756 seconds.

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Jordan Poirier (above, No. 28) and Jacob Dykstra (below, No. 5D) lead the Pinty’s Knights of Thunder 360 Sprint Car series and Action Sprint Tour, respectively. Photos by Alex and Helen Bruce

and sometimes side by side. Previous race winners Poirier and Christie ran into trouble at different times at Brighton, but recovered to finish fifth and seventh, respectively. Huppunen’s margin of victory over Turner was just 0.102 seconds.

Thanks to his four straight victories to start the season, Poirier has a comfortable first of two events at Merrittville Speedway on the August 13-14 weekend, Dykstra got back to his winning ways in race 2, driving into the lead on lap 8 and taking the win over Brett Stratford, who started the 25-lap A-Main on the front row.

The series closed out the first half of its season with back-toback races at Brockville Ontario Speedway and Cornwall Motor Speedway on August 21 and 22, respectively. Rain scuppered the Brockville round, but the next night, Dykstra collected his fifth win of the season in Cornwall.

As the series enters the second half of

38-point lead over second place Huppunen in the overall standings, who is locked in a battle for second place with Brighton sparring mate Turner.

Five top five and six top ten finished have vaulted Turner into third in the standings, just four points behind Brighton winner Huppunen. IT

its season, Dykstra leads the title hunt with 506 points, 57 ahead of Waterloo, ON’s Allan Downey (449 points) in second in the overall standings. Downey has yet to visit victory lane but has finished in the top ten in every race. Merrittville Race 2 winner Sheridan is just 8 points behind Downey in third with 441 points thanks to his one win and three top five finishes. IT

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ROY ROSS MEMORIAL I.M.C.A. Canada’s Biggest Event Expands to Two Days at EIR Stories by Robert K. Rooney his year, I.M.C.A. Canada’s most prestigious race, which is run in memory of Calgary competitor Roy Ross, was expanded to a doubleheader – the Roy Ross Memorial Goldbrick 2/47 Challenge – held on the July 23-24 weekend at Edmonton International Raceway in Wetaskiwin, AB. At the end of night 1’s Roy Ross Gold Brick Silverstar Challenge, B.J. Clark of Grande Prairie, AB was on top of the podium despite a late charge by another Grande Prairie driver, Jamie Kryzsik. Tyler Knowles was third. Clark’s No. 59 didn’t time in especially well, 12th of the 18 cars taking time, and wasn’t a factor in either heat race. The silver lining was that the I.M.C.A. grid calculation put him on pole and the EIR quarter-mile is tight enough that a leader who doesn’t make mistakes is extremely hard to get around. Kryzsik spent 38 laps trying to find a path around Clark before taking the lead with the finish in sight. On lap 47, the pair split a slower car in the final turn. Kryzsik went high, tagged the wall and finished second with one wheel missing.

Clark went low and won. Tyler Knowles was third followed by Justin McTavish and Jason Bujold.

Last year’s winner, Chad Malone, was the quickest qualifier and won a heat but was never a factor in the main. Other heats were

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P&R TRUCK CENTRE DAFFODIL CUP No track in Western Canada has a richer racing history than Westshore Motorsports Park in Victoria, formerly known as Western Speedway. One of the facility’s biggest races has always been the Daffodil Cup. Some of the Pacific Northwest’s bestknown drivers have put their names on the cup, among them Eldon Rasmussen, Billy Foster and Art Pollard.

This year’s P&R Truck Centre Daffodil Cup on August 20-21 was the 59th edition, which began in 1961. Although the race was sanctioned by the Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association, pandemic restrictions kept most of the normally strong American contingent on their side of the border. Only Randy DuBois of Bellevue, WA was on hand to represent the US. Before the racing even began, a solemn celebration of life was held in front of the 26 Inside Track Motorsport News

For 2021, the annual Roy Ross Memorial was expanded to a doubleheader event. Photo by Perry Nelson

won by Bujold, Mike Reeve, former Roy Ross winner Barry McTavish, Justin McTavish and Knowles.

The Roy Ross Memorial 47 on night 2 saw things work out much better for Malone, who won, not as well for Clark, who ended up fifth, and far worse for Kryzsik, who got together with another car seven laps into his first heat race and did enough damage that all he could do was load up for the long drive back to Grand Prairie, AB. Local regular Alex Krause was the quickest qualifier and won a heat. Other heat race winners were Barry McTavish, Mike Clark, Colby McTavish, Chase Guidolin grandstand for well-known Island racer Neil Montgomery. Montgomery died unexpectedly on March 29 at the age of 75.

Known to the racing community as ‘Chief,’ Montgomery raced in the early years of Western Speedway and then played a vital part in the success of his sons Trevor and Jeff, winners of the Daffodil Cup three and six times, respectively.

When the 30-lap feature for the first night of the P&R Truck Centre Daffodil Cup was over, Aaron Willison of Surrey had completed a dominant evening. Not only did Willison wheel the No. 14A winged sprint car to a six-second victory over second-place Richie Larson of Prince George he set fast time in qualifying and won his heat race. The other heat went to DuBois, who was fourth in the main. Kyle Vantreight of Victoria, BC took the Trophy Dash. Ron Larson of Quesnel, BC took

and Cameron Grover. Malone didn’t make a promising start to his evening, fighting an ill-handling car in qualifying and both heats.

As with the previous night, early tribulations resulted in pole position and Malone led all 47 laps. Barry McTavish started third and was runner-up by Lap 5.

While McTavish stalked Malone, Knowles was up from fourth to third and keeping a close eye on McTavish. With five to go, Knowles made the pass and scored his second podium of the weekend. Combined with his qualifying and heat race results, Knowles came out of the Roy Ross doubleheader with more points than anyone else. IT third in the main. Just to keep himself occupied, Willison also ran the Wilroc Lites race for non-winged sprint cars, winning the main, his heat and qualifying first.

Night 2 of the Daffodil Cup wasn’t quite as successful for Willison as Ryan Orchard of Sidney, BC managed to win by 1.7 seconds for the win in the 30-lapper.

Ron Larson, who won his heat, was third.

Brad Aumen took fourth in his debut in the Daffodil Cup, a race his father Scott won five times. DuBois was fifth and also won his heat and the Trophy Dash. Willison did qualify fastest and also won the Wilroc Lites race again, timing-in first there, too.

The cumulative points puts Aaron Willison’s name on the Daffodil Cup. Orchard’s total left him second and Brandon Carlson was third. Venturing north of the 49th worked out pretty well for DuBois, who took over the NSRA points lead. IT

CTMP TURNS 60 CANADA'S HOME OF MOTORSPORT SINCE 1961

INSIDE MOSPORT / CTMP TRACK HISTORY CANADIAN GP YEARS CAN-AM SPORTS CARS HARVEY HUDES NASCAR VARAC VINTAGE GP USAC THE SPEEDWAY HARVEY HUDES MYLES BRANDT RON FELLOWS DON PANOZ AND MORE!

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HISTORY FROM WALTER’S PLACE TO CDN. TIRE MOTOSPORT PARK

Story by J. Wally Nesbitt ho could have predicted that the 450-acre plot of scrub farmland known locally as ‘Walter’s Place’ would, 60 years later, be recognized and remembered as the still-thriving home of car and motorcycle racing, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP)?

Over the past six decades, the daunting, high-speed, four-kilometre circuit has hosted the best that the motorsport world could offer, from Formula 1, USAC IndyCar and Stock Cars, Can-Am, Trans Am, Formula 5000 and Atlantics, world endurance sports cars, to regional car and motorcycle racing.

The list of participating drivers has been equally as amazing. Such international stars as Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Bruce McLaren, Mario Andretti, Richard Petty, A.J. Foyt, Niki Lauda and James Hunt have all turned laps in anger at the Bowmanville, ON-area circuit. Couple that with more current racing personalities such as James Weaver, Allan McNish, Jan Magnussen, Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya and of course the ‘Canadian Contingent,’ Gilles Villeneuve, Jacques Villeneuve (Senior and Junior), Ludwig Heimrath, Eppie Wietzes, Scott Goodyear, Paul Tracy, Ron Fellows, Scott Maxwell and a host of other homegrown heroes, and you get an idea of the attraction and fascination that the facility provides for competition.

The history of the venue what would eventually become known as Mosport, and more recently, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, began

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through a desire for a permanent and custom-designed motoring facility. And to set the record straight once and for all, the name ‘Mosport’ is a portmanteau of “Motor’ and ‘Sport,’ and is properly pronounced ‘MOE-sport.’

In 1958, after years of racing on flat and uninspiring abandoned airport circuits, a group from the British Empire Motor Club (BEMC) started the search for, not only property, but also operating capital for a new venue. Settling on the parcel of land north of Bowmanville, ON, debentures were sold to allow for the start of construction. Several track layouts were considered, including one that featured 20 turns in a 3.2-kilometre configuration. However, track designer Alan Bunting eventually came up with a ten-turn, four-kilometre circuit, the layout determined by using the natural contours of the property. The only change to the original plan came courtesy of a suggestion from Stirling Moss, who suggested that the planned ‘Carousel’ in Turn 5 be changed to reflect the current shape of twin 90-degree turns connected by a short straight.

For his suggestion, the Turn 5 complex was branded as Moss Corner. Other named turns at CTMP include Clayton Corner (turn 2), Quebec Corner (turn 3) and Whites Corner (turn 9), with the back straightaway dedicated to Mario Andretti.

So successful was Bunting’s original design that the basic track configuration has not been altered in 60 years. Although the racing surface and runoff areas have been widened, and with the notorious

Turn 7 ‘Hump’ shaved down in 1997, the track remains the same as it did when Sam Burd guided his Triumph TR3 to victory in the Trafalgar Light Car Club’s sports car class on June 3, 1961.

One week later, the legendary Ludwig Heimrath piloted his Porsche RS60 to the win in the BEMC Spring Trophy Races, but these inaugural events were simply the warmup act for Mosport’s first professional event, the Player’s 200 for sports cars.

An unexpected massive crowd of over 40,000 race fans packed into the new motorsport facility for the late June event, a race that saw Stirling Moss aboard his 2.5-litre, Coventry-Climax Lotus 19 take both ends of the twin 40-lap features.

Moss set a lap record of 1 minute, 40 seconds flat and proclaimed that no one would ever go lower than 1:30 at the new track. Moss was predictably proven wrong as the lap record, set in 2008 by Dindo Capello in an Audi R10, stands at a mind-numbing 1:04.094 seconds with an average speed of 222.254 km/h.

Sportscars would be the mainstay of professional racing at Mosport for several years, the honours shared between the Player’s 200 and Pepsi-Cola Canadian Grand Prix events. In 1962, the first stock car event (the Peterborough International for USAC Stock Cars) was staged on the road course, with victory in the two-heat contest claimed by American Paul Goldsmith in a Pontiac over Roger Ward in a similar car.

Unfortunately, the race was not well attended and the USAC Stock Cars would not return until 1966, when Sal Trovella claimed the Kawartha 250 trophy in a Plymouth.

Like many motorsport ventures, financial woes were a perpetual problem and in 1962 the track went into voluntary receivership.

With the receiver’s (National Trust) endorsement, the 1963 season was allowed to proceed with sportscar racing leading the financial recovery efforts. Holding status quo, in 1966 Camtrack Motor Racing Ltd., a sister corporation to Camtrack Publishing, purchased the Mosport assets from National Trust and put their accountant, Harvey Hudes, and lawyer Bernie Kamin in charge. Both of the these men would be influential in the long term success of the facility.

That same year also saw the first appearance of the original Can-Am cars, albeit still marketed as the Pepsi Canadian Grand Prix, on the Mosport grounds. Mark Donohue aboard a Lola T70-Chevy mercifully accepted the checkered flag to conclude a carnage-filled 85-lap race.

The following year, 1967, was the country’s centennial and Mosport celebrated by incorporating two new events, the Telegram Trophy for USAC IndyCars and the Formula 1 Player’s Grand Prix.

Bobby Unser was proclaimed the victor in the rain-shortened IndyCar event, while ‘Black Jack’ Brabham guided his Brabham-Repco Formula 1 car to the win over teammate Denny Hulme and All American Racing team founder Dan Gurney.

For the next six years, the schedule would remain relatively static, with Can-Am, Formula 1 and IndyCars headlining the list of major events. In 1974, the Formula 5000 series would be added to the racing roster, joining the Canadian and North American Formula Atlantic tours. The same season also saw the business aspect of Mosport change as ‘Mosport Park Corporation’ went public with stock shares sold to finance track improvements.

The finances were desperately needed in the spring of 1975 as fire destroyed the wooden garages, claiming maintenance equipment and eight Formula Fords belonging to John Powell’s Mosport Driving School.

The SCCA Trans Am Series replaced the dissolved Can-Am Cup in 1976, with Canadian Ludwig Heimrath picking up the popular race

(Opposite page) Mosport track construction in Bowmanville, ON in June of 1961. (Top) Cars lapping the track in June of 1961. (Middle) Sir Stirling Moss (in white overalls) won the first major event at the track, the Player’s 200 doubleheader in June of 1961. (Above) The Formula 1 World Championship field on the grid at the 1967 Canadian GP at Mosport.

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(Top, left) The Player’s GM series was a staple of 1980s Mosport events. (Above) Inthe early 2000s, the American Le Mans Series set rlap records.

(Top, right) The current ownership group made a raft of updates to the track recently, including a new media centre. Photos Courtesy of CTMP

win. Ron Fellows would also succeed on his home track, scoring his first Trans Am victory in 1989 and repeating the accomplishment again in 2014. One year later (1977), the era for Formula 1 at Mosport came to an end with the Canadian Grand Prix moving to its current home in Montreal. In 1982, IMSA sportscars made their debut appearance at Mosport with the six-hour Camel GT. The prototype sportscars, under differing sanctioning bodies, remain a fixture on the CTMP calendar to this day.

The Canadian Superbike Series added Mosport to the schedule in 1985 with Reuben McMurter taking the win, but the Superbikes would not return on a regular basis until 1994.

Mosport added another racing track in 1989 with the opening of the half-mile Mosport Speedway. The oval would host regular Saturday night racing while also featuring a vast array of touring stock car series before eventually closing in 2013.

Massive changes were in store for Mosport starting in 1996 due to the passing of president Harvey Hudes following a long illness.

Control of the venue was passed onto Hudes’ business partner Bernard Kamin before International Motorsports Group (IMSG), under the guidance of Andy Evans, assumed the lease.

In 1998, Panoz Motorsports fronted by American Le Mans Series (ALMS) founder Dr. Don Panoz took over the lease from IMSG and late in the year completed the purchase of the re-branded Mosport International Raceway.

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was created as well.

The 2007 season saw the return of stock cars to the track with the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (formerly CASCAR, now Pinty’s Series) making their road course debut with future champion Andrew Ranger claiming the opening race win.

After celebrating its Golden Anniversary in 2010, the next year saw new owners for the venerable venue with Canadian Motorsport Ventures, a group that included Carlo Fidani, Al Broughton and Ron Fellows coming into control of the operation.

With secure and substantial financial backing, extensive modifications were made to the newly re-named Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. A new double-lane access tunnel was constructed under turns 9/10, paddock and spectator areas were graded and improved and in 2013 and a spectacular new Event and Media centre was opened on the outside of Turn 10.

On track, 2013 also marked the first appearance of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series north of the border. Future NASCAR Cup Series Champion Chase Elliott won that inaugural event, an honour he shares with fellow NASCAR stars Ryan Blaney (2014), Erik Jones (2015), John Hunter Nemechek (2016), Austin Cindric (2017), Justin Haley (2018) and Brett Moffit (2019). Canadian drivers such as Alex Tagliani, Raphael Lessard, Stewart Friesen, D.J. Kennington, Jason White and Gary Klutt have also raced in the event on their home track.

The COVID-19 pandemic stopped racing activities at the CTMP venue in 2020 and for most of 2021, but hopes are high for a fulltime return to motorsport action in the coming years. IT

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THE CANADIAN

GRAND PRIX RACING HISTORY WAS MADE DURING CANADA’S CENTENARY Story by J. Wally Nesbitt he current incarnation of Formula 1 machinery is acknowledged as the most technically sophisticated discipline of motorsports, but it wasn’t always that way. Mosport hosted the Formula 1 World Championship on eight occasions beginning in 1967 in an era when racing engineers and designers were only just beginning to explore and understand the aerodynamics of a race car and the majority of the teams were utilizing the standard and reliable Ford Cosworth, eight-cylinder powerplant. In 1967, the body styles of the vehicles were relatively uniform in overall appearance, but they were quickly destined to become more exotic in both shape and construction.

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1967 PLAYER’S GRAND PRIX OF CANADA Mosport’s debut Formula 1 race was run on August 27 with 19 cars, including Canada’s Eppie Wietzes (Lotus 49) and Al Pease (Eagle-Climax) in the field.

Having turned 1:22.4-second lap in qualifying, Scotland’s Jim Clark started on pole and pushed his No. 3 Lotus-Ford into the early race lead, trailed by Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme in a pair of Brabham-Repcos. Wet weather caused the electronics in Clark’s Lotus to die on lap 67 and he retired, a fate shared by Wietzes. When Hulme was forced to pit for dry and clean racing goggles, Brabham assumed the lead and held on to take the lap 90 checkered flag.

Hulme maintained his runner-up position, with Dan Gurney (No. 10 Eagle-Westlake) completing the podium finishers.

1969 PLAYER’S GRAND PRIX OF CANADA Alternating the location of the Canadian Formula 1 date with Le Circuit Mont Tremblant, the series returned to Mosport for a September 20 date. This time, there were 20 cars on the grid, including rides for Canadians Pease (No. 69 Eagle), John Cordts (No. 26 Brabham) and Bill Brack (No. 16 BRM). Unfortunately, none of the local drivers would see the checkered flag.

The 90-lap race was won from the pole by Jacky Ickx, the Belgian driver surviving turn 2 contact on lap 33 with the No. 17 Matra of Jackie Stewart. Brabham could not duplicate the success from his previous Mosport appearance, settling for a runner-up result after 90 laps, crossing the stripe five seconds in front of the No. 2 LotusFord of Jochen Rindt.

Surprisingly, on this warm and sunny race day, only seven of the original starters would be rolling at the checkered flag.

1971 PLAYER’S GRAND PRIX OF CANADA The decidedly unpredictable mid-September weather was once again a factor as 27 Grand Prix cars took the green flag behind the pole sitting No.11 Tyrrell 003 of Jackie Stewart. In wet conditions, Sweden’s Ronnie Peterson in the No. 17 March leapt past Stewart, but once at the front, spun, returning the position to Stewart. With 32 Inside Track Motorsport News

Jackie Stewart won two consecutive Canadian Grands Prix at Mosport, in 1971 and 1972, respectively. Photo Courtesy of CTMP

Peterson and Formula 1 newcomer Mark Donohue (No. 10 McLaren-Ford) in tow, The ‘Mod Scot’ paced the ever-diminishing field until fog drew the red and ultimately the checkered flag on Lap 64 (of 90 scheduled).

Toronto, ON’s George Eaton piloted his No. 28 BRM to a 15th place result, albeit five laps back of the race leader.

1972 LABATT 50 GRAND PRIX of CANADA September 24 was foggy, and the conditions delaying the start of the 80-lap weekend feature. Shortly before 3:00 pm, the green flag was thrown and Ronnie Peterson powered his March ahead of front row starters Peter Revson and Denny Hulme to assume the lead. Sliding wide in the hairpin turn on lap 4, Peterson relinquished top spot to Jackie Stewart in his Tyrrell, the ‘Wee Scot’ holding on to score his second consecutive win at Mosport. Nearing half-distance, Peterson collided with Graham Hill and was disqualified for being pushed backwards along pit lane, allowing Revson to take over the runner-up position. Denis Hulme benefited from an incident between Clay Regazzoni and Skip Barber to earn third spot on the podium.

1973 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX The unpredictable Mosport weather played an even more bizarre role in the 1973 edition of the Canadian Grand Prix.

On a full wet circuit, the race was started from the grid with pole sitter Ronnie Peterson leading the field into turn 1 aboard the No. 2 Lotus 72. On lap 19, with Niki Lauda on point, rain caused most of the drivers to head for the pits for a change of tires. Still in the age of manual lap scoring, the exact running order became muddled, with the scoring becoming even more confused when the pace car was ordered onto the track as a result of a collision between Jody Scheckter and Francois Cevert. Instead of picking up the true race leader Jean-Pierre Beltoise, the pace car slipped into place ahead

The Canadian Walter Wolf Racing won the final Canadian GP at Mosport in 1977, which was also the Ferrari debut of Gilles Villeneuve. Photos Courtesy of CTMP

of the Williams of Howden Ganley, who was actually running in ninth spot at the time. The confusion was further enhanced with additional pit stops and when the checkered flag flew, there was an active debate in the winner’s circle over whether it was Emerson Fittipaldi, Peter Revson or Jackie Oliver who was the actual victor.

Hours of scrutinizing laps charts finally led to the decision that Revson was indeed the first to see checkers, followed by Fittipaldi, Oliver and Beltoise.

1974 LABATT 50 GRAND PRIX OF CANADA Mosport enjoyed a welcome change in 1974, with pleasant, but cool temperatures and a new electronic scoring system designed to eliminate the previous year’s issues. Thirty cars were entered for the event, but under regulations only 25 would be allowed to start. However, using a promoter’s option, the beautifully angular No. 50 Team Canada Brabham BT-44 to be driven by Canadian Eppie Wietzes was granted the 26th starting spot.

Four drivers, Niki Lauda (Ferrari), Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari), Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell) were in contention for the season championship, and in the penultimate round on the 1974 calendar, the race turned into a battle among the best. Both Scheckter and Lauda were eliminated through ontrack incidents, leaving Fittipaldi to take the checkered flag. The win moved the Brazilian into a tie in the season point tally with race runner-up Regazzoni. Third place went to Mosport favourite Ronnie Peterson, while local hero Wietzes retired his Brabham on lap 33 with a broken transmission.

1975 GRAND ‘PHREE’ Upon receiving notice from the Formula 1 Constructors Association (FOCA) that appearance costs would be escalated for the 1975 edition, Mosport balked over the price. When FOCA President Bernie Ecclestone refused to capitulate, the Grand Prix date was cancelled, although the event would run, free of admission for the spectators with races for the Canadian Bulova Sedan and Formula Ford series, and the visiting SCCA Gold Cup Super Vee tour.

1976 LABATT GRAND PRIX OF CANADA With tempers and finances apparently at ease between Mosport and FOCA, the Formula 1 teams returned to Canada on a beautiful October 3 day with an estimated weekend crowd of 85,000 fans on

hand to watch 80 laps of Grand Prix competition.

Still angry about his disqualification from the earlier British Grand Prix, James Hunt was out for vengeance, pushing his No. 11 McLaren-Ford to the pole position, lapping the Mosport track fourtenths of a second faster than Ronnie Peterson in his March.

However, at the green light, Peterson out-accelerated Hunt into turn 1 and held the lead for eight laps. Not to be denied, Hunt reclaimed top spot with a pass in Moss Corner and then cruised to the checkered flag. In a remarkable show of endurance, Patrick Depailler (No. 4 Tyrrell) survived many laps of having gasoline sprayed into his face due to a cut fuel line to claim the runner-up position ahead of the No. 5 Lotus of Mario Andretti.

1977 LABATT GRAND PRIX OF CANADA The 1977 Formula 1 would prove to be bittersweet event for Mosport. On the positive side, Jody Scheckter driving the Wolf WR-1 car of naturalized Canadian team owner Walter Wolf started the 80-lap race from ninth place on the grid, but drove through the field – and some on-track mayhem – to secure the win over Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell P34) and McLaren’s Jochen Mass.

The race also marked the Ferrari debut of Canadian racing icon Gilles Villeneuve and the departure of Niki Lauda who had already clinched the season championship.

The 1977 event also marked the final time Formula 1 would be seen at Mosport.

The race itself developed into a two-car dice between Mario Andretti and his No. 5 Lotus and the No. 1 McLaren of James Hunt.

With Hunt on point, the leading duo prepared to lap Hunt’s teammate and third-place runner Jochen Mass. The two McLaren’s made contact in turn 3, the shunt effectively ending Hunt’s challenge. While trying to stop the enraged driver from crossing the track, Safety Marshal Ernie Strong received a punch in the nose for his efforts and Hunt eventually received a substantial fine.

Now apparently in control of the race and with laps counting down, Andretti noticed a change in the tone of his engine, and with three laps remaining his Ford powerplant exploded, covering turn 9 with a coating of oil. Five cars either spun or crashed, including Villeneuve’s Ferrari that had been circulating in eighth place at the time.

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CAN-AM ICONIC SERIES A STAPLE OF THE EARLY YEARS AT MOSPORT Story by Tim Miller n the world of road racing, the original Can-Am Series was the most flamboyant and exciting racing ever to appear on road circuits, and Mosport was a popular venue for the class. With virtually no restrictions for body development or engine size, these powerful and fast cars commanded a lot of respect from both the drivers and fans.

Known officially as the Canadian-American Challenge Cup, the cars fell under the Group 7 classification umbrella and had ties to the United States Road Racing Championship started in 1966. With high-horsepower Chevrolet or Oldsmobile V8 engines stuffed in light custom-made chassis, the Can-Am cars pioneered cutting-edge technology at the time, including wings, ground effects and turbocharging. Constructors such as Lola, Chaparral, McLaren and Porsche were dominant in the series’ early years and in the late 1960s CanAm cars were quicker than Formula 1 cars of the time.

There were many Formula 1 drivers who tried their hand at the no-holds barred cars. Dan Gurney, Phil Hill, Jacky Ickx, Jackie Oliver and Patrick Tambay all drove too part in Canas well as such road racing notables as Mark Donahue, Denny Hulme, Jim Hall and Bruce McLaren.

It was Donahue in a Roger Penske-owned Chevy-powered Lola that won the first Can-Am race at Mosport in September of 1966. The 85-lap race was an eventful one, with a big first-lap incident that took out several teams. Of the 30 cars entered, only 11 finished. Driving a Chaparral, 1961 Formula 1 World Champion Phil Hill took second and Chuck Parsons in a McLaren was third.

This first race was the third of six Can-Am races for 1966. John Surtees won the opener at Mont-Tremblant. The other races were held in the US. The only 1968 Canadian race was in Edmonton, AB but Mosport was the site of the season opener in 1969 right through to the 1974 season.

From 1967 until 1974, the race followed a standard format at Mosport of 200 miles for the Labatt’s Blue Trophy. McLaren dominated the period with three wins by Denny Hulme and a fourth by Bruce McLaren. These two drivers had the series to themselves until 1971 when Porsche fielded its killer 917/30 cars with a claimed 1500 horsepower. After winning most of the races the German maker pulled out after 1973 and the other manufacturers did the same, citing spiraling costs and the energy crisis.

The series was dropped after 1974, but it wouldn’t last long.

The Can-Am name was powerful and the SCCA introduced the second series in 1977 with full-fendered cars based on the defunct Formula 5000 Series open-wheel cars. Now using almost off-theshelf race cars such as the Chevy-powered Lola, March and Frisbee, this second iteration was popular, but the cars and speeds were somewhat subdued from the series’ first years. From 1977, Mosport held 12 Can-Am races, with two events each year from 1981 until the finale in 1986.

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(Above) Many drivers took the checkered flag during Can-Am events at Mosport, including multiple F1 World Champions. Photos Courtesy of CTMP

The Carl Haas Chevy-Lola took the first four races thanks to the efforts of Formula 1 drivers Patrick Tambay (1977, 1980), Alan Jones (1978) and Jacky Ickx (1979). Paul Newman’s Chevy-March team won the next two in 1981 with Teo Fabi at the wheel and then Al Unser Jr. took two wins in 1982 with his Galles Racing Chevy-Frisbee.

Canadian entries took their share of the next eight races, including Jacques Villeneuve Sr. in June of 1983, Horst Kroll in 1985 and 1986 and Paul Tracy for the track’s last Can-Am race in September of 1986. All were driving Chevy-powered Frisbees. IT

MOBIL 1 SPORTSCAR

GRAND PRIX FROM THE PLAYER’S 200 TO THE NOW MOBIL 1 SPORTSCAR GP

Story by J. Wally Nesbitt ince the day that Mosport first swung open its gates, sportscar racing has been the staple that has kept track visitors coming back. The first two professional races (1961) were won by Lotus 19-Climax vehicles, driven by Stirling Moss and Canadian Peter Ryan, respectively. Continuing the vehicular lineage, Ferraris, Chaparrals, and Lolas have all graced the Mosport Winner’s Circle over the years.

Even the thundering crowd favourite Can-Am cars, such as McLarens, Shadows and Porsches are identified as Group 7 Sports Cars.

And the list of international competitors is as equally impressive with such legendary drivers as Masten Gregory, Bruce McLaren, Jim Hall, Mark Donohue, Dan Gurney and Denny Hulme taking home Mosport winner’s trophies.

The sportscar scene began a subtle shift in the late 1970s as the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) became the preferred sanctioning body, bringing their lineup of GT and eventually prototype cars to the fray. Filling a gap in the 1976 and 1977 Mosport schedules were visits from the FIA World Championship tour, with Jacky Ickx aboard his Porsche 936/20 taking the first win, the duos of Heimrath and Miller (Porsche 934/5) and the BMW 320i of Villeneuve and Cheever earning class wins in 1977.

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halted by the Tullius/Bill Adam Jaguar XJR5 in 1983. Porsches regained their prowess for the next two races, with the dominating 956 and 962c cars earning endurance class victories.

In 1989, IMSA’s focus shifted to the slightly more production-based GTO entries, and Mosport fans saw cars such as Steve Millen’s Nissan 300ZXTT, Pete Halsmer’s Mazda RX7 and another Nissan, piloted by Canadian Jeremy Dale, rise to the top of the podium.

By 1995, the prototype examples of sports car racers came to the front. Riley & Scott Mk.3-Fords were an early race-winning favourite, but again a streak was interrupted with a popular win by Canadian legends Ron Fellows and teammate Rob Morgan. Aboard a Remo Ferri-owned Ferrari 333SP, Fellows snatched the pole position for the 1997 Mosport SportsCar Festival and then Morgan inherited the point when the race leader ran out of fuel with two laps remaining. It was the first win for a Ferrari at Mosport since 1964.

In 1999, the sanctioning organization became Don Panoz’s American Le Mans Series (ALMS), and appropriately it was a Panoz-Ford LMP driven by Jan Magnussen and Johnny O’Connell who would earn the race victory.

But starting in 2000, it appeared certain that only the drivers of the Audi R series cars would enjoy race-winning potential. Only backto-back wins in 2004 and 2005 by Dyson Racing’s Lola-MG could halt the Audi domination.

International racers such as Alan NcNish, Dindo Capello, Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and Marco Werner would find success at Mosport aboard the Ingolstadt-manufactured cars.

It was in the 2008 that an Audi R10 TDI driven by Rinaldo Capello lapped the Mosport circuit in a time of 1 minute, 4.094 seconds (222.254 kph) to set a lap record that stands to this day. That model was diesel powered and observers noticed the (lack of) engine noise from the car, the only noticeable sound was that of the air rushing past the bodywork.

With the eventual withdrawal of the Audis from ALMS competition, the door was opened for other manufacturers to work their magic in the pursuit of Mosport’s Mobil 1 Sports Car Grand Prix race victories.

The Penske Racing Porsche Spyder captured the overall and LMP2 race win in 2007, although an Audi R10 did take the LMP1 class victory, second overall. In 2009, the win went to the Patron-Highcroft Acura ARX effort, but then Greg Pickett’s Muscle Milk cars ran up a four-race win streak in a Porsche Spyder (2010), an Aston Martin (2011) and a pair of Honda HPDs (2012 and 2013) vehicles. Over the next few years, and back under IMSA sanctioning, wins went to OAK Racing’s Morgan LMP2, Wayne Taylor’s Cadillac DPi, two in a row for the Action Express Racing Cadillacs, and a win from the CORE Autosport Oreca. In the final race before the global pandemic temporarily halted racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, it was the Team Joest Mazda driven by Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez capturing the prototype victory. The Mazda Racing effort is currently run by Markham, ON’s Multimatic Motorsports.

One integral part of the ALMS and IMSA events is the multi-class racing aspect.

Branded as Le Mans Prototype (LMP1, formerly LMP900), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2, formerly LMP675), Le Mans Prototype 3 (LMP3, formerly Prototype Challenge), GT Le Mans (GTLM, formerly GT Sport) and GT Daytona (GTD, formerly GT), the various prototype vehicles may look similar in appearance but are designated with power and technological limitations in mind. The GTLM cars, although based on production models, are full-blooded, technologically advanced race cars and the GTD cars are extensively modified production models.

This variety of classes has opened the door for a new cast of Canadian racing drivers to partake in the endurance racing at CTMP. Arguably, most notable of those is Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame inductee Ron Fellows. Aboard his familiar yellow Corvette, Fellows and teammate Johnny O’Connell earned GTS class wins in both 2002 and 2003.

Other Canadians finding a seat and enjoying varied levels of success at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park sportscar events include Kyle Marcelli (PC class winner in 2013), Bill Adam, Tony Burgess, Jeremy Dale, Michael Valiante, Scott Maxwell, John Graham, Kuno Wittmer, Misha Goikhberg, Chris Cumming, Cameron Cassels and most recently Zacharie Robichon, Scott Hargrove and Dalton Kellett.

It has not just been drivers who have enjoyed track time at CTMP in premiere sports car competition. Teams such as Sylvain Tremblay’s Speedsource Lolas and Mazdas, the Barrie, ON-based AIM Autosport effort (AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus), the previously named Multimatic Motorsports Mazda effort and the Pfaff Racing Porsche GTD team have garnered local interest and have given the fans someone special to cheer for.

Although the pandemic has caused an unwelcome hiatus from international sportscar competition in Canada, based on the impressive history to date, it won’t be long before CTMP is back on the IMSA racing calendar and the challenge will resume. IT

(Opposite page) IMSA has been a staple of recent major international sportscar events at CTMP. (Top) The first major event for the track was a sportscar race in 1961. (Middle) Current CTMP co-owner Ron Fellows has long, winning history at the track. (Above) In the 1990s, IMSA brought its iconic GTO cars to the track. Photos Courtesy of CTMP

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SILVERADO 250 ALWAYS FEATURES LATE-RACE FIREWORKS Story by Greg MacPherson n the fall of 2012 – after six years of running – it was announced that the NASCAR Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series would no longer be appearing at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

But not long after, NASCAR announced that the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series would have a race at the recently renovated and renamed Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Prior to then, the track was known as Mosport.

In addition to letting Canadian racing fans continue to have a major touring series event on their own home soil, it also gave Canadian racers an opportunity to secure Canadian sponsorship and participate, the same way so many had done in the Montreal Nationwide events.

On the Labour Day weekend of 2013, more than 70,000 campers and spectators filled CTMP and watched young Chase Elliott – the son of Hall of Fame NASCAR driver Bill Elliott – win the inaugural Chevrolet Silverado 250.

Chase Elliott is one of many NASCAR young guns who have competed and won Truck Series races at CTMP over the years.

In his case, he went on to become the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion.

That first race, on Labour Day 2013, set the tone for many subsequent Truck Series races at CTMP, in that several of them featured contact on the last lap, hot tempers after the race, and pumped up fans enjoying the show. Elliott and Ty Dillon were side-by-side through much of the final lap around the legendary 10-turn road course until Dillon gained the edge heading into the final two turns. On the entry to Turn 10, Dillon rammed into the right-rear of Dillon’s Chevy, sending him hard into the tire wall.

Elliott celebrated in Victory Lane, explaining, “We only have so many shots to win these things. I really hate to win them like that, I really do. That’s not how I race.”

In addition to being the Canadian debut for the Truck Series, it was also the tour’s first appearance on a road course in 13 years.

The NASCAR Pinty’s Series – Canada’s national stock car championship – was also part of that initial Truck Series card and has been a fixture of the three-day racing schedule every year since, that the Trucks have come north.

In the years since, current NASCAR stars Ryan Blaney (2014), Erik Jones (2015), John Hunter Nemechek (2016), Austin Cindric (2017), Justin Haley (2018) and Brett Moffitt (2019) have all gone to Victory Lane following the Chevy Silverado 250.

In the case of Nemechek’s win (in 2016), he emulated Chase Elliott’s 2013 bonk on Dillon, entering the final turn, tagging Cole Custer into the tire wall. But Custer somehow managed to keep his momentum pointed towards the Finish Line and the pair continued on the grass, banging up against the outside wall, as they passed underneath the flagstand.

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(Top) The start of the first NASCAR Trucks race in 2013.

(Above) The finish in 2016 with John Hunter Nemechek (l) besting Cole Custer (r) across the line to win by a fender. Photos by Ed Gatner

In the cloud of dust and grass, Nemechek managed to finish first.

Moments later, Nemechek was out of his truck and back under the flagstand asking for the checkered flag… when he was football tackled by Custer.

They mixed it up a bit, the following year, when Cindric didn’t wait for Turn 10, instead opting to punt leader Kaz Grala through the turn and off the track in Turn 5A, on the final lap.

And the post-race antics haven’t been limited to the racers. In 2013, Max Papis was slapped by the girlfriend of competitor Mike Skeen, moments after talking to the media about his crash with Skeen, moments after the incident between Elliott and Dillon.

So between all of the great racing, late-race drama and the inclusion of several Canadians competing in each Chevrolet Silverado 250, you can see why it’s such a popular event for Canadian racing fans.

Unfortunately, the pandemic forced the cancellation of the race in 2020 and 2021. And with the ongoing closure of the Canada-US border at the time NASCAR was set to release it’s 2022 Truck Series schedule, the sanctioning body announced that they won’t be back at CTMP until 2023 at the earliest. IT

VARAC VINTAGE

GRAND PRIX CTMP AND VARAC HAVE A RICH SHARED HISTORY

Story by Jeremy Sale he Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) and Mosport go back a long way…Well, VARAC doesn’t go back 60 years with CTMP, mostly because the cars we race now were brand new back then! But the Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada has had a great relationship with this wonderful track going back many years and many successful Vintage Festivals.

The very first vintage-only race was in 1977 at Shannonville Motorsport Park (SMP), when VARAC teamed up with The British Automobile Racing Club – Ontario Region (BARC-OC). That ten-lap vintage race was on the schedule of SMP’s very first race weekend.

Only ten cars entered, including such exotica as a 1956 Lotus Eleven Le Mans, 1953 Ferrari 375MM, Lotus 6, 1948 MG TC, Lotus Elite, Fiat Abarth Zagato, an Alfa Romeo, Sadler Formula Junior and a 1932 Morgan Trike. From that modest beginning the club and the annual vintage festival grew in popularity. The VARAC Vintage Grand Prix (VVGP) has now been held at Mosport, now Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), for many years and is a very popular opportunity for hundreds of vintage racers and their cars to lap the challenging Grand Prix circuit.

The VVGP has become a truly international event, attracting entries from all over the world, even Australia! Grand Marshalls for the event have included Stirling Moss, Brian Redman, Ludwig Heimrath, Bob Tullius and the ever-young Gary Magwood, who said, “For me, the weekend has become my only motorsport pilgrimage every year.

Catching up with the drivers and fans, from what I consider to be the best years of racing, the 1960s and 1970s, is always a pleasure! “ Each year, a different race group is selected to be a feature by

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VARAC, and thus vintage race fans have enjoyed races and demonstration laps by Formula 1, Can-Am, Trans Am, Formula 5000, Formula Junior and Formula Vee, the Monoposto Championship, the MG Vintage Racers Focus Event, as well as Sports Racers, Formula Ford, Production Sports Cars and the list goes on.

FORMULA 1 MASTERS In 2017 the Masters Historic Formula 1 drivers had the chance to race at this iconic track. The group was on a North American tour and happened to be at the Montreal Grand Prix as a support race. Naturally, they wanted to put Mosport on their bucket list and VARAC was happy to arrange this, giving fans the chance to see iconic Formula 1 cars, including the Ferrari raced by Canada’s own Gilles Villeneuve. That very same weekend VARAC also hosted the Canadian round of the 2017 Diamond Jubilee Formula Junior World Tour. This tour encompassed races in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa at famous tracks like Monza, Brands Hatch, Zandvoort and yes, Mosport!

Rothmans Porsche David Deacon founded one of the most iconic Canadian road racing championships, the Rothmans Porsche Challenge Cup Series that operated between 1986 and 1991. This was the first Porsche single mark racing series in the world. The series attracted drivers like Richard Spénard, Claude Bourbonnais, Paul Tracy, Scott Goodyear, Bill Adam, Scott Maxwell, Kees Nierop and veterans like Ludwig Heimrath.

Deacon surely had no idea these cars would still be racing with

VARAC 45 years later! Deacon was general manager of the Porsche Division of Volkswagen Canada in the 1980s and decided that the best way to sell the 944 was with this series. He went over to Germany and got Volkswagen Canada and Porsche Germany to agree to let him do it. He told them he had some sponsorship and could make the series happen.

“I didn’t have sponsorship, but I had a good friend in Michael Ney at Rothmans Canada. We announced our series at a press conference in November of 1985. The Player’s GM Series was announced at the Toronto Auto Show in February 1986, so we were first.”

Some of the Player’s GM Series cars are also still raced regularly by VARAC members.

Volvo To celebrate its 40th Anniversary in 2019, VARAC decided to feature Volvos. Local Volvo racers Peter Lambrinos, Leon Lok and Ian Lok went to work and contacted their counterparts in the US and discovered they were more then happy to come and race with VARAC at an iconic and challenging racetrack like Mosport.

The feature was met with huge enthusiasm by both American and Canadian racers and proved popular with fans of the Swedish cars. Apparently, the US drivers were so pleased VARAC was featured in their newsletter.

“Oh Canada! The Canadians really know how to throw a party and call it a racing weekend,” said club member Jim Perry in the newsletter. “Volvo Nationals was privileged to be a part of VARAC’s 40th Anniversary. The whole approach to vintage racing is everything is said with a smile! The friendliness of all the Canadians makes one feel like family. Can’t wait to be with my Canadian Volvo fraternity again.” Nice, eh?

At the end of it all, local hot shoe Ian Lok did Canada proud and put on a show of how to run Mosport, taking the top podium place with his 1968 122S. MG vs. Triumph In 2014, VARAC featured the eagerly anticipated MG vs. Triumph race, which started as a ferocious battle with the MGBs of VARAC’s Gary Allen, Richard Navin and Joe Lightfoot all chasing the ex-Group 44 Inc. Paul Newman Triumph TR6 of Bill Warner.

Starting from 15th position, Lightfoot leaped up to third by Lap 2 and then second on Lap 3, with Navin starting 14th and Allen starting 11th joining up for a terrific fight at the front of the field.

Warner had his hands full, the three local MGB drivers having the advantage of many more laps at Mosport, but he was still leading going into Turn 3 when a big plume of smoke from the TR6 and a quick spin put an end to the battle. Turned out the TR6 broke a rod bolt and the rod and piston punched a couple of holes in the block.

“The car was running great,” said Warner afterwards. “As has been said in the past, the engine runs best just before it blows!

The course is very challenging and the locals, led by Gary Allen, had me everywhere except the straight, where the torque of the TR6 overwhelmed the MGBs. All in all, it was a great experience at a wonderful track!

So VARAC does go back a long way…at least the cars its members race do! Back when Mosport hosted Formula 1 the cars VARAC members race today were the newest models. The track is still as challenging as it was then, and the vintage and classic cars are just as much fun. Here’s to another 60 years!” IT

(Top) In 2016, Can-Am cars rumbled back to life as part of that year’s edition of the VARAC Vintage Grand Prix. (Middle) David Deacon’s creation, The Rothmans Porsche Cup, lives on during VARAC events at CTMP. (Above) Iconic racing legends have been Grand Marshalls of VARAC Vintage Grands Prix, including Gary Magwood (left) and Briand Redman (right). Photos by Richard Coburn and Tim McGill

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MOSPORT USAC INDYCARS AND STOCK CARS IN THE 1960s AND 1970s Story by Tim Miller he highlight of Mosport’s 1967 season was the hosting of the first ever Formula 1 Grand Prix in Canada, but the track brought more open-wheel racing to the circuit in Canada’s Centennial year with twin 100-mile races for the USAC IndyCars with their first visit to Canada.

After the demise of the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association (AAA) in 1955, the United States Auto Club (USAC) took the reins and was the sanction for many forms of motorsport, including the top-tier Indianapolis-style IndyCars.

The weekend of June 16-17 in 1967 was a rainy one, the race was halted on the Saturday due to the weather and close to 40,000 fans ready to watch IndyCars in only their second road race ever would have to wait until July 1.

Known as the Telegram Trophy Race, USAC officials decided to run two 100-mile, 40-lap heats on the road circuit. Several drivers, including Mario Andretti, had not qualified in June, so started the race according to their USAC points at the back of the 22-car grid.

With soggy weather once again in the forecast, over 50,000 fans watched Bobby Unser start on the pole for the first 40-lap heat. Unser followed Lloyd Ruby for the first 15 laps, but Ruby cut a tire and even a late-race charge by Roger McCluskey could not stop Unser from winning.

But rain appeared imminent, and quickly the teams refuelled and installed fresh tires and lined-up according to their first-race finish. This put Unser on the pole with McCluskey beside him. On the second lap the rain came, and the yellow flag was displayed for the drivers. For the next four laps the cars cruised around until the race was called on Lap 6 with Unser once again given the victory followed

by McCluskey, then Gordon Johncock, Lloyd Ruby and Al Unser. The race was not one of USAC’s finest moments, but it was agreed by all that the right call was made to stop the race.

IndyCars returned to Canada later that year with a two-heat format at Quebec’s Le Circuit Mont Tremblant. Mario Andretti won both races.

In 1977, IndyCars returned to Mosport for the 75-lap Molson Diamond Indy. Pole-sitter Al Unser led the 19-car pack for the first 23 laps and diced with Danny Ongais for the lead until Lap 39 when A.J. Foyt took the lead in his Coyote/Foyt and led for 37 laps to place first, followed by Gary Bettenhausen and Tom Sneva. Only eight cars were running at the finish. One of those was BC native Ed Crombie who placed seventh in his Eagle/Foyt.

The IndyCars were not the first USAC racers at Mosport. The track entertained several USAC stock car races, starting in 1962 with a pair of 50-lap 125-mile events. Champ car regular Rodger Ward won a race and NASCAR great Paul Goldsmith the other. Both were in Pontiacs.

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USAC Stock Cars and IndyCars were staples of the early years at Mosport. Photos Courtesy of CTMP and Tim Miller

retaining the same race format. A pair of regular USAC drivers, Don White of Iowa and Sal Tovella of Chicago, won the races. Billy Foster of BC, who qualified for the Indianapolis 500 in 1965, placed second in the second 50-lapper with his 1966 Dodge.

The entry list read like a racing who’s who for the 1967 Kawartha 250 with Norm Nelson (1966 USAC stocker champion), the Unser brothers (Al and Bobby), Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Gary Bettenhausen and Parnelli Jones. All were competing for the Bardahl Trophy, a three-foot high gold-plated award designed by well-known Canadian jeweller Birks of Canada. There was also a $25,000 purse.

Mario Andretti and Parnelli Jones ran away from the field in the first heat as most cars suffered tire woes. Andretti won the first heat with Jones second and Al Unser third. Jones fought with Don White and Andretti in the second race, but Andretti succumbed to a laterace charge by Unser to finish fourth behind Jones, White and Unser.

The stock cars returned in 1968 with their tire issues behind them as drivers were clocked at 135-140 mph on the circuit. Rodger McCluskey won the first 50-lapper in his Plymouth and Al Unser returned to the winner’s circle in the second race. It was the final time the big Detroit iron competed on the road circuit. IT

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25 YEARS OF LEFT TURNS AT CTMP’S HISTORIC SHORT TRACK Story by J. Wally Nesbitt ooking to build on its reputation as ‘Canada’s Home of Motorsports’, in 1988 track president Harvey Hudes decided to add another racing discipline to the Mosport line up. In the fall of the year ground was broken on what would eventually become Mosport, and later Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Speedway.

Located west of the main road course, the oval measured a halfmile in length (at mid-line) and boasted 800-foot-long straightaways.

The track was 70 feet wide on the straights and ninety feet across the six-degree banked corners. An aerial view shows that the paperclip was not exactly symmetrical, with turns one and four rather tight while corners two and three were comparable sweepers. Two grandstands capable of seating up to 6,500 fans lined the front straight (west) side, at the top linked by a broadcast and timing booth.

Originally conceived as a clay track, the inaugural event, a combined World of Outlaws/ USAC Midget Sprint Car weekend, was cancelled due to poor track conditions. With the surface not well-packed and fist-sized rocks lying buried just beneath the surface, the track management had no option but to cancel the event and to pave the circuit in the summer of 1989.

On September 16, 38 USAC Midgets and Sprint Car teams and drivers returned to the Mosport oval, the line up consisting of such notables as Rich Vogler, Bob Frey and 1988 Silver Crown Rookie of the Year Gene Lee Gibson.

Gibson was later crowned Mosport Speedway’s inaugural feature race winner while Wayne Hammond and Gary Fedewa took home trophies in the twin Sprint car races. With this initial venture behind them, Speedway General Manager Dave Cook hired Paul Heffernan to oversee a regular Saturday night program. Subsequent race directors included Wayne Ferguson, Brian Bassett and Glenn Butt.

Over almost a quarter century of racing, the Saturday night program included such classes as (OSCAAR) Super Late Models, (Limited) Late Models, Sportsman (Challenger), Open Wheeled Modifieds, Street Stocks, Thunder Cars, and 6 or Less (Pure Stock).

Where Mosport Speedway truly shone was in their guest line ups.

Southern Ontario touring series such as the CASCAR (later NASCAR Pinty’s Series), OSCAAR and OSLR Super Late Models, ALSTAR Late Models, Ontario Sportsman Series, Canadian Vintage Modifieds, Ontario Legends, Ontario Pro Challenge and Hurricane Midgets were also regular visitors to the circuit. Internationally, Mosport Speedway fans were treated to 11 races (between 1990-1994) for the (ACT) American-Canadian Tour (seven of which were won by the legendary Junior Hanley) and six appearances (1991-1994) for the International Supermodified Association (ISMA). Mosport feature winners for these massive sprint cars include the likes of Gary Morton, Doug Didero, Joe Gosek, Bentley Warren and Pat Abold.

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ACT was one of the big touring series that regularly appeared at Mosport Speedway. Junior Hanley won this race in 1993. Photo by Dave Franks

Crew Chief for NASCAR Pinty’s Series driver Kevin Lacroix, Thomson was a four-winner on the CASCAR tour and the Mo-Speed race champion in the inaugural NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event (2007) and once again in 2010. The final race for the NASCAR tour at the Speedway came in 2013 when Pete Shepherd III beat fourtime series champion Scott Steckly to the checkered flag.

By then unfortunately, due to dwindling car counts and diminishing crowds, the writing was on the wall for the Speedway at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. From a business point of view, the prospect and financial benefits of another road course overpowered the costs of operating the oval so the decision was made to close the Speedway to make room for what would become the CTMP Driver Development Track.

On June 12, 2013, in a hastily called meeting before track staff and competitors, Speedway Director Glenn Butt announced that the half-mile oval would close its gates following the racing action on July 27. Sadly, the history of Mosport/ CTMP Speedway ended the way it began. With heavy demolition equipment at the standby, literally lining the outfield along the back straight walls, rain ultimately cancelled the final night of stock car action, the fans quietly filing out of the track while staff grabbed pieces of the racing surface for mementos. Today, parts of the Speedway surface remain if one knows where to look.

Taking to the new DDT, running counter to the oval direction, what is the now the first corner was the previous third turn, with the short chute leading into what is, and was, turn two on both circuits being the 800 foot-long backstraight. Many competitors running the DDT track have questioned the need for such a wide second corner and are surprised when they are told the origins of the configuration.

Although in existence for less than 24 years, Mosport/ CTMP Speedway left a proud legacy in Southern Ontario short track racing history. Like so many other racing facilities, the Speedway may have been lost to progress, but not to memory. IT

THE HUDES

LEGACY HARVEY HUDES LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR MOSPORT

(Above) Harvey Hudes, General Manager of Mosport for 30 years, in a Porsche 928 during a parade lap at the track in the 1980s. Photo Courtesy of J. Wally Nesbitt

Story by J. Wally Nesbitt and Nelson Hudes o those who have been to Mosport Park which opened in 1961 (now known as Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) and seen the many different forms of racing around the famous international motorsport facility, the place is a unique Canadian treasure that they will forever adore. Unfortunately, things were not always rosy at ‘The Happy Track’ as financial worries plagued the early years with the track going into voluntary receivership at the end of the 1962 season. To protect the debenture and shareholders while also accommodating creditors, the receiver, National Trust, agreed that racing could continue as usual, as it did until the end of 1965.

Recognizing the need for a change, in 1966 Cantrack Publishing created a sister organization, Cantrack Motor Racing Ltd., and purchased the assets from National Trust. An uneasy alliance was formed between Cantrack and the ‘Motor Racing Partnership Group’ (the hands-on race organizers) with Cantrack’s business accountant Harvey Hudes and lawyer Bernie Kamin eventually granted control over the track’s operations. In 1972, Hudes and Kamin completed the outright purchase of the facility. with Hudes continuing his role as General Manager (which he began in 1966 when he got involved with the facility) and then taking on the role as President. All in all, Hudes held the title of General Manager for 30 years while he

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served 24 of those as president.

During his tenure at the helm of the ‘Happy Track’, Hudes brought on board the SCCA Can Am and Trans Am Series, brought Formula 1 to Canada and introduced Canadian racing fans to the international FIA Endurance Racing Series.

“Harvey loved the Can-Am cars the most,” noted his son Nelson Hudes. “It was his favourite series and he loved that they made the ground shake. He felt the same way about the IMSA World Sports Cars when they came to Mosport in the early 1990s. The ground shook again for Harvey when these cars roared to action, and he was delighted because it brought back great memories of the CanAm cars that he loved so much.

“With the Can-Am series on the schedule every year, and Formula 1 coming to Mosport in 1967, it really put the track on the world stage. Keeping the track viable allowed for the creation of a feeder-system for Canadian drivers, a place where a lot of racers got a start. In the mid-1980s, there was the Rothmans Porsche Challenge Series (later known as the Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup Series) The Player’s/GM Motorsport Series, the Export A Formula 2000 Series, the Becker’s/Canon Formula 1600 Series, and the Honda/Michelin Challenge Series. So, there were plenty of places where local drivers could shine and be noticed internationally.”

(Above) Harvey Hudes smiles as he goes for a jog across Mosport’s pit lane.

Photo Courtesy of J. Wally Nesbitt

A mentor to many of the country’s up and coming racers, it was Harvey’s advice to such notables as Ron Fellows and Scott Goodyear that helped propel them to epic heights of success.

Backing Hudes in the Mosport boardroom was a strong group of business professionals, with Kamin (Executive VP), Barry Morton (Controller), James Clayton (Director), F. David Stone (Marketing Manager) and Track Manager Myles Brandt sharing input while being diligent to their individual responsibilities.

Brought on board in 1982 as a Marketing Assistant to do Public Relations and promotions, Nelson started out by coordinating interviews and appearances for race drivers with the media prior to and during race weekends. Throughout his career at Mosport, he also helped organize all the company’s high profile press conferences leading into major race weekends working with the likes of Al Unser Jr., Michael Andretti, and even Hollywood star Robert Carradine who starred in Revenge of The Nerds movie and who was also was a race car driver when time permitted. Nelson also planned a major press conference for Canadian music legend Gordon Lightfoot who sponsored John Graham in a Can-Am Race.

By the end of his first season, Nelson switched gears and spent his time “hustling for sponsorship for the track.” This included selling billboard space, as well as ads in the official souvenir event programs, and selling VIP Entertainment Packages to sponsors on race weekends, anything and everything that could keep funds rolling in.”

Nelson continues in his PR role to this day with his Hudes Communications International PR firm (hudescommunications.com).

Mosport Park benefited from some invaluable track sponsors throughout Harvey’s reign, with companies such as Imperial Tobacco (Player’s), Philip Morris (Rothmans), Molson and Labatt Breweries and Pepsi-Cola keeping the wolves at bay. However, for Harvey Hudes, it was sometimes a personal struggle between the Race Promoter and Bean-Counter hats.

“My father was always very cautious about spending money, he only spent it when he needed to,” recalled Nelson. “First and foremost, he was an accountant, but he also realized that he needed to keep the fans satisfied. His concept was that the race was a big happening, an important event, and we need that spirit to catch on, but the track was also a business and that he had to watch his pennies so that it could survive and stay in business.

Although the father and son put the business aspect of Mosport Park above pleasure, they both enjoyed laughs, sometimes at the expense of their motorsport colleagues.

An email to Nelson from David Berman (who marketed and managed many of the Canadian racing series) reflects Harvey’s sense of humour in a battle of marketing rivals.

“There was this race series competitor of ours, I forget what his name was. His client was Texaco Havoline. My clients were Esso Protec and Shell,” stated Berman. “‘Your father used to wear that 48 Inside Track Motorsport News

f***ing Havoline shirt every time I had a meeting with him.’ I mentioned how much it bothered me. Of course, he knew, which was why he wore it. He told me if I could fit into it I could have it. So, I went on a massive diet for two months.

“I was finally able to wear a size medium for the first time in my life.

As the next race at Mosport approached, I told Harvey to get ready to say goodbye to the f***ing shirt because I was going to own it and burn it.

“He had all his crew in his office for that big occasion. I got there and put on the shirt, and of course it didn’t fit! They said the look on my face was priceless. Then they all cracked up and eventually told me that it wasn’t Harvey’s shirt they gave me. Instead, it was a size small and they had changed the label in it. A classic Mosport story.”

Nelson also revealed a story of his own about a lap around the Mosport track in 1985 in a street automobile, with none other than Sir Stirling Moss as his chauffeur.

“Stirling was driving, F. David Stone was beside him in the front seat while F. David’s wife, Janice, and I were in the back,” recalled Nelson. “We got to Moss Corner and Stirling Moss actually spun the car. He just lost it and spun. He said that he didn’t do it on purpose, but all of us in the car chuckled and knew that he did.”

Through the profitable days and the struggles, from the happy times and the gloomy, Harvey Hudes’ contribution to Mosport Park laid the groundwork for the world class venue that Canadian Tire Motorsport Park has become today. Although Nelson Hudes has not been to the track since 1997, he still possesses great memories from his years at ‘Canada’s Home of Motorsports.’

As for Harvey Hudes, his remarkable involvement and contributions were recognized with his 1996 induction into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. IT

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MYLES

BRANDT CTMP PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER HAS SEEN IT ALL Interview by J. Wally Nesbitt arely into his teens, Myles Brandt took a job at Mosport cleaning up after the 1970 Strawberry Fields music festival. And he never really left. Described by track owner Harvey Hudes as ‘Mosport’s Most Valuable Asset’ and current track co-owner Ron Fellows as ‘invaluable,’ Brandt has played a vital role in the continuing development of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park facility.

From maintenance worker to current President and General Manager, over the past 50 years, Brandt has witnessed incredible changes in the sport and has seen the greats of international motorsport, the teams, the drivers and a wide range of racing series competing at the ‘Home of Canadian Motorsport.’

But he has also never forgotten the fact that motorsport is not just sport, but entertainment, as he along with the track ownership continues to strive to enhance the racing experience for the fans.

While still working to keep the 2021 schedule on track despite pandemic restrictions, Brandt made time to answer some questions regarding his tenure at the venue.

ITMN: To begin, I’d like to know about your timeline as you went from groundskeeper to Track President and General Manager.

Brandt: After Strawberry Fields, the track was looking for people to help clean up the debris and I was one of the many local people who were hired to help.

Then I continued to work under Brian Howells part-time until 1976, when Brian decided to leave the track and Harvey offered me the job as track manager (Brandt was 18 years old at the time). I continued as track manager until 1997 when Andy Evans offered me the job as President, which continued with Don Panoz and to the present ownership.

ITMN: Was everything you learned through hands-on training?

Who helped you through your apprenticeship?

Brandt: Yes, all hands-on training. However, I had lots of help from my father, who was a builder and a farmer, and I was also able to learn a lot from many of the contractors with regards to operations.

On the business side I could not have had a better teacher than Harvey Hudes.

ITMN: You have worked for Harvey, Bernie Kamin, Andy Evans, Don Panoz and now Carlo Fidani and Ron and Lynda Fellows. What were your responsibilities under each group?

Brandt: During the Harvey Hudes and Bernie Kamin era, I was responsible for the on-track operations. Once Don purchased the track in 1998, my responsibilities changed to full business and operations of the facility, which continues today.

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ITMN: How have the demands changed regarding camping/ washrooms/concessions/added entertainment?

Brandt: Things have changed that spectators now do want more than just on-track racing action and many of them are looking for more entertainment throughout the weekend, better facilities along with multiple food options.

ITMN: Drivers and teams/track safety & services: do they expect more than previously?

Brandt: Obviously, with us having what we feel is the best track, drivers and teams do expect to have a safe, clean and modern facility. We have the best medical/safety team along with what are considered the best corner workers in North America at CTMP, and we continue to provide them with the tools to their job.

ITMN: The business aspect – always an important issue – is the return on investment the driving aspect of decision making on your schedule?

Brandt: We are fortunate with the ownership group we have that we are able to always do what is the right thing for the facility and our guests as well as looking at the return on investment.

ITMN: Is there anything else that you’d like to see racing at CTMP? Photo by Richard Coburn Brandt: As far as the racing goes, I would really like to see another major event at the track in the future and as far as facility improvement goes, I would like to see permanent video screens in multiple locations around the track.

ITMN: The Grand Prix track is booked every day. Is there room for more competitive/entertainment events?

Brandt: Yes, the Grand Prix track is fully booked, but we continue to look at other events that may not necessarily be automotive racing. These types of events could be similar to the Drive Festival coming up in September 2021, along with other events such as cycling and music, etc.

ITMN: Would the DDT ever be opened to road racing competition?

Brandt: The answer to that is yes. The track was built with competition in mind, which is why we included a full pit lane to the facility when we were building the track.

ITMN: Finally, you’ve experienced a lot in your time at the track.

Do you have a favourite memory or two that you’d like to share?

Brandt: Obviously, there are many memories. One that does come to mind is when we were able to host the first NASCAR Truck Race Weekend. We had made many improvements to the facility in a very short time to accomplish this, so it was very gratifying to see the green flag with virtually no issues. IT

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As a result, many of the cars raced at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park since its inception in 1961 can be seen on track at VARAC events throughout the year, preserving the history of the cars that made Canadian Tire Motorsport Park what it is today.

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RON

FELLOWS RACING LEGEND MAKING WAVES ON TRACK AND OFF

Ron Fellows (right) has numerous wins at CTMP, including a Trans Am win in 2014 (above). Photos by Ryan Dupont and Steve Traczyk

Story by J. Wally Nesbitt espite some early obstacles that seemed destined to derail a potential motorsports career, Ron Fellows has endured and rebounded to become one of Canada’s most celebrated racing personalities. Over his 25 year professional racing career, the Mississauga, ON resident has earned 20 victories in the SCCA Trans Am Series, a total of 25 wins in the American Le Mans Series (including four at Mosport), three wins on the SCCA World Challenge tour, and a pair of NASCAR Truck Series and four NASCAR XFinity Series checkered flags. Fellows has three class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, an overall victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona, a pair of checkered flags from the 12 Hours of Sebring, and he earned the 2002 ALMS GTS title plus 2003 and 2004 ALMS GTS co-championships to go along with his four consecutive ‘Most Popular Driver’ awards.

Off the track, the 61-year-old operates a successful Performance Driving School in Nevada, is the co-owner (with Carlo Fidani and his wife Lynda) of Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and is the Vice President of the ‘Groupe de développement sportif’ (GDS), the new FIA-sanctioned National Sporting Authority in Canada.

Fellows has also been recognized for his contributions to the sport with his 2012 induction into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame and is the recipient of the prestigious Order of Canada Award from the Governor-General. And to think that all of these accomplishments may have never happened.

“I did some karting, then got into (Formula) 1600s, but I bought a 1600 at the wrong time. In 1982 the focus was on Formula 2000

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and I couldn’t afford to do that, so I had a relatively decent F1600 that was only good for club racing,” explained Fellows. “I carried on with my regular job working for a gas company, digging trench. In 1986, Richard Spenard suggested I look at the new Player’s/GM Series. You could buy a race-ready car for 18 grand, drive it to the track, race it and then, hopefully, drive it home. When I saw that those races paid six grand to win, it was ‘I’m in, I think we can do this!’”

In the final weekend of the 1989 Player’s/GM season and with the championship on the line, Fellows found himself upside down in Mosport’s first turn. Following a quick trip to the chiropractor and some extensive repairs to his No. 43 Camaro, Fellows retuned to the track on Sunday morning and won the season finale to secure the Player’s/GM title. Topping that achievement, in the afternoon’s feature Trans Am event, Fellows slipped behind the wheel of the No. 4 Roush-prepared Mustang and, battling through pain from a broken rib, took the lead of the race on Lap 37 and outlasted challenges from his teammate Dorsey Schroeder to score his debut series victory.

“It is safe to say the contacts I made through winning in the Player’s/GM series helped immensely in getting sponsorship to continue racing in the US,” said Fellows.

Although admittedly “fixated on open-wheel car,” Fellows found his size (6’2” and 190 lbs) was not exactly conducive to fitting comfortably in a single seater. A conversation with Mosport track owner Harvey Hudes set Fellows onto a new and ultimately successful direction.

“He said, ‘listen, you don’t have the money to do that kind of racing.

Go sports car racing. There’s Trans Am and IMSA, and there are

manufacturers out there who will hire you if you’re good.’ That turned out to be pretty good advice.”

And, as the story goes, the rest is history. Fellows credited his experience on the CTMP circuit as a huge factor in his racing success.

“It’s been said by many people that if you can be fast at Mosport, if you can learn to win here, you can be fast and can win anywhere. This is a track for the purist racing driver,” extolled Fellows. “In 2017, I had a really nice conversation with Emerson Fittipaldi. He hadn’t been to the track since 1977 and he got very emotional with his memories of racing here. He described it as “a fantastic circuit” and said the same thing that basically, if you’re fast here, you’re fast everywhere.”

Fellows’ dissection of the track continued, “Canada has produced a disproportional number of really good drivers and this is the track that helped them learn their craft. I remember going to Road Atlanta for the first time and was warned that the track was ‘oh-so intimidating’. I raced the track and thought, ‘this is nice, but it’s no CTMP.’” With so many fond racing memories from his career, Fellows admitted that racing and winning at home sets the bar high when trying to determine a favourite.

I have so many firsts here. My first Trans Am win in 1989. My first prototype win in Remo Ferri’s Ferrari 333 SP. It was magic driving that car. Winning in the Corvette at home was also so special. And the fans here add a huge touch to those emotions. On the pace laps you see the signs with your name on them around the track, people come up to you in the paddock, everyone is so enthusiastic about their Canadian guys.

“But I think my biggest sense of pride came when Carlo, Lynda and I stood on the front straight in 2013 to watch the green flag at the

first Chevy Silverado 250 Truck race. There was over a year of planning to make it happen, and to see it all come together was special.”

With such a long list of accomplishments, Fellows advises that the changes to the CTMP venue are not done yet.

“We’re good now, but we will be even better in the future.” IT

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DR. DON

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SCIENCE AND MOTORSPORT INNOVATOR SAVED MOSPORT Story by J. Wally Nesbitt n the world of medicine, Don Panoz is undoubtedly most respected for his role in the creation, development and marketing of the ‘transdermal patch’, most notably the nicotine patch to aid in smoking cessation. In the world of motorsports, Panoz’s international contributions are equally as impressive.

Funding his son Danny’s upstart company, Panoz Auto Development, in 1989, Dr. Panoz quickly expanded his automotive empire.

Within ten years, he founded Panoz Motorsports, purchased the Road Atlanta facility, signed a long-term lease for Sebring International Raceway, leased and then purchasing what was to become Mosport International Raceway and created the American Le Mans Series.

“In the fall of 1997, I was at General Motors and the talk was that they wanted to send a Corvette to Le Mans and start a Corvette Racing team for competition in North America,” revealed Ron Fellows.

“I thought, ‘Okay I get Le Mans,’ but sports car racing in North America was in a bit of a mess back then with two series and two very different rule books, so where could we race a Corvette?

“Then I was told of a guy named Panoz who was going to create a European-style endurance racing series for the US called the American Le Mans Series. The big bosses at GM were sure that this guy could make it happen, which he did in 1999.”

Fellows then went on to earn 30 victories in the ALMS Corvette Racing program, including two Photo by Steve Traczyk wins at Mosport.

In 2012, the ALMS merged with the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series and started the season under the IMSA banner and the name of the Tudor (later WeatherTech) United SportsCar Championship.

Always sensitive to the history of a particular racing venue, the entrepreneurial Panoz also recognized the necessity of facility upgrades and with the deed to Mosport in hand as of March 1998, immediately set out to raise the physical standards of the track.

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areas in turns two, four and five were enlarged. The Grand Prix track was widened to FIA standards in 2000 and soon the lower paddock was paved. Under Panoz’s watch, a new Driver Development Track and a karting-specific circuit were also constructed.

But it was the attention to the fans needs and wants where Panoz’s impact was most felt. The ALMS motto of ‘For the Fans’ was emphasized with the on-going improvements to the circuit.

“Don immediately upgraded washroom and shower facilities,” explained CTMP President and General Manager Myles Brandt.

“His series brought multiple video screens to the facilities for all of the events, and he also brought the grid walk and opened the paddock up to fans. By doing the upgrades to the circuit, it allowed for us to have a major sportscar weekend, which was the start of the rebirth of the larger crowds that still exist today.”

A fan friendly venue and an annual appearance of the premiere sportscar racing series on the continent drew praise from all concerned, although on very rare occasions, some drivers and teams felt threatened by the highspeed circuit.

The American Le Mans Series made their first Mosport appearance in 1999 with Jan Magnussen and Johnny O’Connell guiding their Panoz-Ford LMP to the overall victory. The following year, the reign of the Audis began as Alan McNish and Rinaldo ‘Dindo’ Capello took the outright victory aboard their silver No. 77 Audi R8.

The contributions laid out by Don Panoz continue to this day as the ALMS and later IMSA sport cars are a mainstay on the CTMP schedule, and his contributions to the track were the basis for the improvements that have been made by the current ownership partners.

“From my perspective, the most important contribution Don made to Mosport was that he allowed us to completely upgrade the GP Track to the FIA standards at that time, which was needed for us to host major events,” concluded Myles Brandt. “As the saying goes, he left Mosport in a much better place then he found it.” IT

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(Above) Photo taken by Larry at the then-Mosport Park in 1972 during the Labatt’s Blue Trophy Can-Am event. Photo Courtesy of Larry Holt

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ot a normal ‘Technically Speaking’ because I was specifically asked to share my memories of Mosport (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park), as this issue of ITMN is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the track that played such a seminal role in shaping my life and career.

Forgive me for not referring to this hallowed ground as CTMP throughout my piece; this is not any kind of disrespect towards my favourite store, the worst thing about living in the UK is no Canadian Tire, nor the ownership group that have rejuvenated the old girl, I just can’t break old habits.

I won’t start at my personal chronological beginning because that would be way too conventional, and I already wrote a piece outlining those very early days as a spectator, sneaking in the back way to Moss corner to watch the 1971 Can-Am, and being truly in the middle of it with the Ferrari team at the 1972 Grand Prix (“Memories,” ITMN 19.07, August 2015). Instead, what I propose, and let’s see if it makes the edit (you’ll know if you’re reading this), is to jump around and utilize a more stream of consciousness approach, with a hint of ‘Gonzo,’ in that I shall try an invoke the ‘moment’ from a first-person narrative, like I was there (which I was). Hunter S. Thompson was the inventor of the genre and, ironically, one of his greatest works, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, was spawned from a race report (if you don’t believe me, look it up).

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business of Multimatic. The key relationships were with Alcoa and Ford via an engineering program in which we developed a good deal of the AIV (Aluminum Intensive Vehicle), an all-aluminum Ford Taurus SHO (actually a Mercury Sable body shape…long story). Alcoa wanted to go racing, I wanted to go racing, and Ford was willing to help after we had delivered big on the engineering project. The circumstances were that the Canadian racing scene was in decline. The historically strong Canadian F2000 series had ended and my driving instructor at the CASC race licence weekend, Scott Maxwell, was out of work.

He has no recollection of how amazing I was behind the wheel of my company car! Who in the hell would take their company car to a twoday track program to get their race licence? An opportunity to jam Canada’s best driving talent into our Ford Taurus SHO sports class entry (disappointingly not allowed to be all aluminum). First time out (that’s a historic Ford racing reference, a bit cheekily utilized), Scott dominated the day despite a bad fuel call requiring a late splash.

Loads of screaming on the radio. Portent of things to come over the next 30 years. Mosport, a poignant location to birth our nascent motor racing organization.

July 2015, IMSA Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge (CTSC).

The second ever race for our in-house developed Shelby Mustang GT350R-Cs. I would have called them GT350Rs like Carroll (Shelby) did back in the day, but the marketing geniuses at Ford decided to have a road car called that and so we added the “C” to designate these were the competition version, almost too much to spew out during an interview! Strong debut at the Glen at the previous CTSC race but it rained, we hadn’t tested in the wet and the lads couldn’t

see out of the windshields because of fogging. Did that make us look stupid? Yep. Rocked-up at Mosport and Billy Johnson put his and Scotty’s No. 15 car on the pole, livered in white with British Racing Green stripes, Canadian racing colours, evoking the image of the original Comstock Racing GT350R. Set a new lap record in the process. Jade Buford lined up right beside him in the No. 158 car, white with blue stripes, co-driven by a 16-year-old up-and-coming Austin Cindric (not so much up-and-coming anymore, fully up there). Cars were proper quick and set a new race lap record. But ultimately, we ended up with ‘one with the checker and one on the wrecker’ courtesy of a spectacular closing stint drive by young Austin Cindric for the win and Scott getting tipped into a massive crash by an overzealous wanker. Youngest driver to ever win a CTSC race, a pole, a lap record and a fastest race lap. That day underlined the excellence of the new Shelby and what Sean Mason and his team had done to turn it into a highly competitive ‘C’ version. It went on to take the 2016 drivers, manufacturers and teams’ championship.

June 1999, the third round of American Le Mans Series’ inaugural season. Our first seriously grownup international race running the Lola B98-10 LMP1 car, part of the ever-growing partnership that was developing with the historic British race car manufacturer at that time. This later led to our LMP675 class win at Le Mans with the B2K-40, for which we designed and built the chassis. The actual race result was pretty mediocre, but the week leading up to it was a truly memorable moment in Multimatic’s Mosport history. The car had come with a Martin Birrane (owner of Lola) recommended team manager, and his chosen driver, Danny Sullivan. Danny was coming out of retirement to try some sports car racing with us. Despite heavy pressure from the European side of our endeavour, Sean and I were sticking with our preferred form of motivation, a 5.0 litre pushrod Ford V8 built by Lozano Brothers in Texas. Same motor as used by Dyson Racing in their Rileys. Our thinking being that they ran pretty good, we had a theoretically better car and so with the same engine we should have an edge. So, we stayed with what we knew from our Mustang GTS tube frame program (that was the same engine but carbureted and installed at the other end of the car).

Later in the year we lost the argument and ended up with something a lot more sophisticated which turned out to be complete pile of shit.

It would need a chapter of a book to explain the associated trials and tribulations of that engine program, it’s kind of funny in retrospect.

Multimatic Motorsports rocked-up on the preceding Monday to test our new weapon, that had more horsepower and downforce than Mason and I could wrap our heads around. Not many of the other teams had arrived yet and so we had a lot of clear running. Scott was on it right off the truck and got into a 1-minute, 11-second lap after a couple of runs. Seven years earlier in our inaugural season with the Taurus a low 1:40 was smoking chicken…I was a bit scared for our brave little friend. We were within a hair of the outright lap record, set by a Porsche GTP car some years earlier. How cool would that be, setting the track record at home! We were friggin’ excited and Sean had a higher caliber bullet up his sleeve for the Wednesday open practice/press day where we were going to shake out our final race configuration. Benny Lozano had built a 5.2-litre piece for the race that was making another 20hp. We took the Lola back to the shop and strapped it in with big hopes of becoming famous, at least locally. Best we did was a low 1:12. WTF? Track was little off but no matter what we tried, including installing some very awkward looking dive planes to try and get rid of the understeer, the thing just wouldn’t go quicker. Danny then spent the afternoon taking journalists around as well as his girl who deemed it “pretty

(Top) Larry and his son, Andrew (now 30 years old and working for Multimatic), on the podium of the company’s very first race at Mosport in 1992. (Middle) At Mosport in July 2015, Multimatic earned its first win with the in-house developed Shelby Mustang GT350R-Cs in just the second event for the car. (Above) In 1999 at Mosport, the third round of the 1999 ALMS season, Multimatic competed in its first true international race, running a Lola B98-10 LMP1 car. Photos Courtesy of Larry Holt

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(Left) At just 14 years old, Larry worked for the Millbank Racing team on its Lola T212 Group Six sports racer at 1974 BF Goodrich Sundown Six Hour Endurance Race at Mosport. (Above) A framed photo of the legendary James Hunt, seen being driven by Larry’s dad, taken by Larry during the 1977 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport.

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dangerous.” It turned out she wasn’t the only one. Come Thursday, BMW factory driver Joe Winkelhock announced the track unsafe for racing top level LMP cars. To be fair, he was probably right, this being the pre-upgrade Mosport. The only substantial change that had been made in around that time was the pit exit, which I thought was an amazing nod to safety, doing away with the pit lane exit flag marshal. But the rest was as it always was, no real runoff and lots of hard stuff in close proximity to the grass-verged bumpy racing surface. Jo had a very personal reason to be vocal, his brother Manfred having died in a wreck at the bottom of Corner 2 back in 1985. Lots of driver meetings, lots of demands, Danny was voted the spokesman (elder statesman thing), Charly Lamm withdrew the BMW team, others made the same noises. Guys like Maxwell, Leitzinger and Weaver didn’t understand the fuss having raced on these kinds of farm tracks for years. But Europe had changed, the European drivers had changed and the cars were stupid quick. However, when push came to shove the rest of us raced because we were racers. I had to chase around for a second driver because Danny had made a stand on behalf of the drivers and pledged not to race unless major changes were made. They weren’t.

Finally got Kenny Wilden in with Scott, which was super ironic as they were archenemies in showroom stock racing. He was immediately quick as he was now competing in Formula Atlantic. Scott qualified seventh amongst an amazing field of 16 top LMP machinery, ahead of all the Ferrari 333SPs. We were fully credible but frustrated because everybody felt that there was more in the car, enough for pole I figured (we qualified almost two seconds slower than our practice time). The race was a bit of a comedown as we lost the starter motor, couldn’t get it running in the pit and the rest is a bit vague, I had to Google our finishing spot: P9.

The 1974 Dominion to Independence Day Sprints, BF Goodrich Sundown Six Hour Endurance Race. Larry Holt in the pit lane, an enthusiastic 14-year-old with a toolbox. Sadly, the most technically qualified guy on the Millbank Racing team, the rest being drivers and enthusiasts. Running a Lola T212 Group Six sports racer against a gaggle of fast cars with fenders. I had mastered changing ratios 58 Inside Track Motorsport News

in the Hewland FT200 and setting camber and toe (not knowing the correct settings, just knowing which nuts to turn…and most importantly, tighten). But the fuel system on the Cosworth FVC was a mystery to us all. Lucas mechanical black magic. We were boxed between Mo Carter’s Camaro and Ludwig Heimrath’s Porsche RSR, two of the top contenders. We had the car to be but weren’t. I don’t have a full recollection of the race other than the little car wouldn’t run and I’m pretty sure we didn’t do a lap. I’ve been trying to find a race summary on the internet but haven’t come up with anything, not even an entry list. It was 47 years ago and I was a young teenager, so it’s all a little vague, but I am sure that I really shouldn’t have been working on the stuff that they were letting me mess with. I do have two very strong memories of that evening. The problem was deemed to be a pressure relief valve which I took apart. For sure I wouldn’t have known what the hell to do with it, the proof of that being that we never did get going. The second is that we ran the battery down and I was sent to ask Ludwig if we could borrow one of his spares, knowing that he used the same racing piece in the Porsche. My first ever encounter with the great German-Canadian driver. A guy who I deeply respected, raced against 20 years later, and ultimately became good friends with. He told me to “fuck off.” I shed some real tears when he died earlier this year. A hard, hard racer.

Final quick one. 1977 Grand Prix of Canada. I was back to spectating, but Dad was working for Hans Pfaff Porsche and lined up his 924 demonstrator second on the front straight, behind the boss’ 911, which carried pole-sitter Mario Andretti. Holt Senior’s cargo being the second-place qualifier, James Hunt. Told me later he stank like a bad hangover. We now know that was probably true. The attached picture is of a little framed momentum that I have hanging on my wall to this day, took the picture myself with Dad’s Leica, and the autograph is on the back of one of his business cards.

So, five strong Larry Holt encounters with CTMP/Mosport. Multimatic Motorsports has won a lot of races in the past 30 years of competition (anniversary next year), some really big stuff, but those at home have always been the coolest for me…and I’m very proud that there have been many. IT

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(Clockwise from top) Alex Palou and Pat O’Ward are looking to dethrone former champions Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon.

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YOUTH RACING TO THE TOP DURING 2021 INDYCAR SEASON Story by Mary Bignotti Mendez I Photos Courtesy of IndyCar

he 2021 NTT IndyCar Series title fight will likely be decided at the season finale in Long Beach this year. While there have been 15 consecutive seasons down to the final race (since 2006) to decide who will seize the Astor Challenge Cup trophy and the US $1 M, this year the champion could be someone new.

The last four seasons, Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon have traded titles. Newgarden started off the 2021 NTT IndyCar season with a bang, literally, when he spun on the first lap that involved five other drivers at Barber Motorsports Park. He finished 23rd.

Newgarden was in position to win at Detroit No. 2 after leading 67 laps but struggling with worn red (softer) tires relegated him to second. Then at Road America, where he led 32 laps, he had a transmission issue on the final restart, just two laps from the end.

He sank through the field like an anchor to finish 21st. Finally, the Penske driver’s first win for the entire team came at Mid-Ohio from the pole, after three second-place finishes (St. Pete, Texas No. 2, and Detroit No. 2). He remains in fourth with a 75-point deficit to the points leader.

“Obviously, it’s disappointing for all of us,” said Newgarden at Road America, after losing the lead two races in a row. “We had a great car, a rocket ship. We were surviving the yellows and the fuel game.

It just wasn’t meant to be, again. We have fast cars. It’s just not working out right now.”

Following Nashville, Dixon ranks 2nd, 42 points behind, achieving one win this season at Texas No. 1. Usually, the New Zealander comes on strong by season’s end. His new Ganassi teammate, Alex Palou, now in his sophomore season, took the lead in the title fight by winning the opening race at Barber. The Spaniard sat second in the standings to Dixon following Texas No. 1. But double points at the Indianapolis 500 reclassified him first until he fell to second again after Detroit No. 2. Palou’s win at Road America padded his sizeable lead (earned 410 points through Nashville).

“We’ve been close at the Indy road course, Detroit, and Indy 500,” said Palou, as he reflected on his Indy 500 runner-up result. “I didn’t expect that a second place would hurt that much until I crossed the finish line. We had the fastest car. As soon as Helio passed me, I was able to get him back. But after three or four laps, he was behind me, able to pass me, and I couldn’t really do anything. In traffic, you’re not P2 anymore, you’re like P8 in a pack and it’s not easy to pass.”

“I need to ask Helio if he was going all out the last 15 laps or if he was waiting for the last four to overtake me. If he was waiting, then that was experience. If he was just going all out, he had better timing.

I’m super proud that we are doing well on ovals because I have no previous experience. We’re just learning lap by lap. It’s the beauty about racing. When it hurts, it’s good because you know there’s something better. When you win, it’s the most satisfying thing.”

Marcus Ericsson, in his second season at Ganassi Racing, earned his maiden IndyCar series victory at Detroit No. 1 and won the inaugural Nashville street course, overcoming an avoidable contact penalty that relegated him to last. He remains fifth overall, 79 points behind teammate Palou, with 270 points possible in the five remaining races.

“I’m trying to figure out how I won the race after being up in the sky, thinking my race was over,” said Ericsson, about flying up over Sebastien Bourdais’ rear wing. “In IndyCar, anything can happen.

It shows that you can never give up. You must keep pushing all the time, keep believing. It’s a difficult car to drive. The races are tough because they are long and you have tire wear, you have different strategies with the fuelling and refuelling, and the car is never planted to the ground. You always need to fight the car in some way with InsideTrackNews.com 61

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All four title contenders have visited victory lane in 2021, and the series looks like the title will be clinched at the season finale for the 16th consecutive season.

understeer, oversteer. That really makes it a series that’s tough and never straightforward. You always need to push to the limit. If you have a strong team, anything’s possible.”

With three title contenders in the top five, the championship appears Ganassi’s to lose.

Pato O’Ward won the second of each of the double header events at Texas and Detroit. Although he is 48 points behind in third, he could dash Palou’s title hopes if he continues to win races. The Mexican, driving for Arrow McLaren SP, has been offered n Formula 1 incentive to win this year’s title by Zak Brown. While details haven’t been revealed, it may be at the very least a Formula 1 test. O’Ward’s further success could advance his team into the top three, joining Penske and Ganassi as Andretti languishes.

There has been only one victory in 11 races from the four Andretti Autosport drivers. Colton Herta won at St. Petersburg, but the American is only eighth in the standings, after contact with six laps to go at Nashville, having led the most laps with 39. The highest Alexander Rossi has finished is fifth, Ryan Hunter-Reay fourth and Canadian James Hinchcliffe third.

“We’ve had a couple of places that were good tracks for the team last year that didn’t necessarily roll off strong for us this year,” said Hinchcliff, who may be looking for a seat elsewhere next season. “It’s no secret it’s been a bit of a struggle across the board, but specifically on our car as well.

“We feel on top of the challenges that we’ve had, we’ve just had a ton of bad luck, which sucks. And that’s everything down to traffic and sessions and being back in pit lane where you have one bad qualifying, and it seems to snowball from there. We need to start 62 Inside Track Motorsport News

and keep putting down good performances, keep that momentum going, and we’ll see what happens for next year. It’s tough to have a bad year when you’re in a contract situation. We must put all those distractions out of our head and just focus on the job. Hopefully, it all comes together.”

Rinus VeeKay, driving for Ed Carpenter Racing, earned his maiden IndyCar victory at the Indianapolis Grand Prix. Part-timer Helio Castroneves won the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 driving for Meyer Shank Racing in the team’s fifth attempt and second full IndyCar season.

Worth watching is the battle for Rookie of the Year involving several drivers who are far more accomplished than that title would suggest. Jimmy Johnson is a seven-time NASCAR Cup champion while Scott McLaughlin is a triple titlist from the Australian V8 Supercars and Romain Grosjean has 179 Formula 1 starts. Only McLaughlin is competing in the full season while the other two contemplate adding ovals, especially next year’s Indianapolis 500. Currently, McLaughlin leads with 206 points, earning his highest finish of second at Texas No. 1. Grosjean has 166 points and achieved his best finish of second at the IMS road course. Jimmy Johnson has 61 points with his top finish at the first race in 19th (Barber).

As we watch the final races of the season, it could be desperation time for those trying to renew their contracts or become hired by another team. Unlike recent years, there could be real life musical chairs with an unprecedented number of drivers on the move. Expect elbows out making the racing all that much more exciting. Survival mode could result in little respect for the title contenders. The champion might just be someone unexpected. IT

TROIS-RIVIÈRES REPORT

2021 Super Production class champion Olivier Bedard (No. 96).

Photo by Paolo Pedicelli

SUPER PRODUCTION CHALLENGE RETURNS TO TROIS-RIVIÈRES IN END-OF SEASON ACTION Story by J. Wally Nesbitt ugust was a busy month for the Super Production Challenge (SPC) as the tour completed eight races at three different venues in a period of just 22 days.

Making appearances at Calabogie Motorsports Park and the Grand Prix Trois-Rivières (GP3R), the SPC series crowned their champions with a season ending doubleheader event at Circuit ICAR. Over the course of the 13-race SPC calendar, a total of 58 drivers scored points across three class championship battles.

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SUPER PRODUCTION For 2021, three-time Micra Cup and 2019 Toyo Tires Formula 1600 champion Olivier Bedard got behind the wheel of the No. 96 Nissan 370Z to vie for the Super Production class title.

On occasion Bedard benefitted from the mechanical misfortune of others, but overall, his abundant natural talent coupled with a well-prepared mount carried the Terrebonne, QC driver to a total of nine victories (including six in August) and 12 podium finishes in 13 starts this year. These results allowed the 24-year-old driver to easily 64 Inside Track Motorsport News

secure the class title.

“It wasn’t as easy as it might have looked,” admitted Bedard. “I had only been to Shannonville once before, and that was in a Formula 1600 car, so it was a new learning experience. And in the second race at GP3R, I ran out of brakes with about four minutes left. I coasted around for the last three laps but still managed a top five.

“Where we were really strong was at ICAR. We did all of our testing there, so the car was perfect. I believe it was our consistency that won us the championship this year. It was making the most at the tracks we were good at and taking what we could when we were not so good. That made the difference,” concluded Bedard.

In the talent-deep Super Production class, although Bedard dominated there was an abundance of close competition behind him Marc Heroux (No. 24 Camaro) finished in a comfortable second place, with the No. 11 BMW driving duo of Hochgezchurz and Wojciechowski completing the tip three in the standings. In the battle for fourth place, Jimmy Briere (No. 12 Hyundai) edged out C.A. Bilodeau (No. 44 Mustang) and the multi-driver RySpec Racing Honda effort, the gap between the three teams a mere 26 points.

PRODUCTION It seemed that to be successful in the Production class championship chase, you needed to have a Mini Cooper at your disposal as five of the top seven points finishers, including the top three, were aboard Cooper cars.

Carrying early season success into the month of August, Sylvain Laporte truly hit his stride, riding a record of six wins and a pair of runner-up results in the final eight races to outpoint Nelson Chan and be declared the 2021 Production Class champion.

“This year, it all came together for us. The car was always raceready, we were fast every time we rolled off of the trailer. And I personally trained hard this year. With (wife and fellow Production class racer) Crystel (Charest) at the track with me, she was able to help me clear my head and let me focus on the job to do.”

While Chan (No. 45) and Yannick Lupien (No. 34) provided Laporte with plenty of opposition, there were another dozen drivers who were in race contention throughout the season. Laporte’s most memorable race came on the final weekend at Circuit ICAR when the No. 50 Mini Cooper Challenge car was embroiled on a heated battle with former racing champions Nick Wittmer and Alain Lauziere.

“I got the pole, but with the inversion, I started in sixth spot, while Nick and Alain were in front of me,” recalled the Blainville, QC driver.

“All I could think of was ‘I want to catch those guys.’ I was able to get them by half distance and then it started to rain. With Nick about a half-second behind me, I just focused on driving smoothly and held on to win. I already had the championship locked up, so I was able to go out and enjoy myself. That race was fun.”

Production and Compact class champions Sylvain Laporte (below) and Mathieu Legris (bottom). Photos by Paolo Pedicelli

COMPACT Although underrepresented on the starting grid, the Compact class provided an entertaining championship chase with the father and son driving tandem of Yves and Mathieu Legris (No. 23 Toyota Echo) and Rookie of the Year Marc-Andre Bourdages and Patrik Wittmer in Honda Fits enjoying a three-way scrap for the title.

Although Wittmer and the Legris’ both won four races apiece in August, Mathieu Legris’s three wins in a row to close out the season, combined with Wittmer failing to start the finale, allowed the striking orange and black No. 23 Echo to be rolled into ICAR’s victory lane as the 2021 Compact class champion.

“It was a very competitive season,” noted Mathieu Legris. “There were not many cars in our class and with the power-to-weight ratio it kept everybody close. We knew that we couldn’t have a bad weekend.

“When Patrik couldn’t start the last race because of car damage, we knew the championship was ours, but we didn’t want to take anything for granted, so we still went out to race hard. Marc-Andre and I were having a pretty good fight and we were both dealing with traffic, but he missed a braking zone, I got past him and that let us win our third race in a row.”

Plans are already underway for the 2022 season and SPC series president Dominic St-Jean sees two primary objectives for the upcoming campaign.

“We are very pleased with our car count, but I would like to see more entries, especially from Ontario. I think with some effort we could see upwards of 40 cars at every race next year,” noted StJean. “We are specifically looking to build the numbers in the Compact class because it is such an attractive entry-level option.

“Our other goal is to secure five race weekends but keep them limited to one per month. That would eliminate much of the stress for the teams, families, and our crew as well. Talks are underway with track and teams and I am excited to see what 2022 will bring us.” IT InsideTrackNews.com 65

TROIS-RIVIÈRES REPORT

Benoit Bergeron took the overall and GTS2 class Race 1 win in his No. 27 Ferrari 488 at GP3R. Photo by Paolo Pedicelli

CANADIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP GETS SEASON UNDERWAY AT TROIS-RIVIÈRES Story by J. Wally Nesbitt ontinuing a tradition that began in 2008, the Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) made the annual trek to Le Circuit Trois-Rivières for a doubleheader date during the 2021 Grand Prix Trois-Rivières (GP3R).

Unsurprisingly, the No. 27 GTS2 class Ferrari 488 of Benoit Bergeron set the early standard in practice and qualifying, eventually translating his overall pole position into a flag-to-flag victory in the Friday evening contest.

“It’s only my second race here at Trois-Rivières,” said Bergeron.

“We came here with a great car and great team, I’m really happy to get this win.”

Unfortunately, a fuel-feed issue with two laps remaining in the 40-minute timed race would see the No. 27 Ferrari retire from Saturday’s event, handing the GTS2 class and overall win to a surprised Martin Harvey and his No. 8 Porsche GT3 Cup mount.

Also, on track for both the GP3R contests were GTS1 and TCR class vehicles. In GTS1, both ends of the weekend race wars were

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claimed by former CTCC champion, Michel Sallenbach. Aboard his familiar No. 46 Mini Coupe JCW, the ever-smiling Sallenbach managed to keep the No. 21 Honda Civic Si of Samuel Laquerre in his mirrors for a two-race, combined 63 laps of the tight GP3R course.

“I know Samuel very well as we raced in the series many years ago together,” said Sallenbach. “It was nice to race with him again.”

There was definitely a sibling rivalry in the TCR class battle, as the Kwok brothers, former CTCC champions Gary and Tom, went head-to-head in matching M&S Racing Honda Civic FK7s.

Tom Kwok would claim the opening race win, leading Gary Kwok to the checkered flag by 4.027 seconds. Tom Kwok would again be fronting the TCR class field in the Saturday finale, but eventually succumbed to pressure from his brother and relinquished top spot just past the race’s halfway mark. With the end of the race approaching, Tom Kwok’s No. 55 Honda developed mechanical issues, allowing both L.P. Montour (No. 45 Volkswagen) and Jocelyn Hebert (No. 89 Honda) to move around Tom Kwok’s slowing car to claim the second and third steps of the TCR class podium. IT

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Story by J. Wally Nesbitt full contingent of Pirelli Tire GT Sprints and Toyo Tires F1600 competitors trekked to the Madawaska Highlands over the August 21-22 weekend for a CASC-OR tripleheader date with Calabogie Motorsports Park.

Unseasonably hot weather made the 5.05-km Calabogie long track slippery for drivers and this, coupled with a localized rain shower late Sunday afternoon, added to the challenges.

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GT SPRINTS The first 25-minute contest of the weekend for the GT Sprints was a combined affair with all classes (GT1 to GT5) vying for position.

Running ‘clean and green’ for ten laps, it was the blazing blue No. 120 Camaro piloted by Misha Goikhberg who set the early pace, outdistancing the No. 178 Mustang of Mike Cavanagh by 19.671 seconds to claim the overall and GT1 class honours. Nine GT1 cars were a part of the 28-car field for the weekend’s opening round.

In GT2, Edward Caranci (No. 24 Chevy Pickup) pipped the No. 23 BMW M3 of Patrick Cyr on the final lap to secure the class victory, with Norm Beaudry (No. 529 Porsche) and Marek Petruczynik (No. 54 BMW 330i) engaged in a similar battle for the top step in GT3, with Beaudry eventually coming out on top. Larry Caruso (No. 35 Ariel Atom) was the class of the GT4 division, while Kevin Glass bested eight fellow GT5 rivals for the race win aboard his No. 83 Honda.

The GT fields were split for Sunday’s twin bill. First up were the GT3/4/5 teams with a dozen cars taking to the track.

The race was led to the green by Larry Caruso in his Ariel Atom, but by the second lap, Ron Tomlinson pushed his GT3 BMW into top spot. After relinquishing the overall lead to the No. 529 Porsche of Norm Beaudry on lap 8, Tomlinson reclaimed the point on the final lap to score the class win. Caruso held on for GT4 honours, crossing the stripe in third place overall, with Steven Leitao (No. 335 Honda) one position behind, best in the GT5 division.

In the final of the GT3/4/5 appearances, a light rain drizzle turned into a downpour on the third lap resulting in mass exodus from the track, both voluntary and otherwise.

Apparently unperturbed, Megan Tomlinson snatched the point and then cruised away from the remaining pack, the No. 122 GT-5 class Honda Civic taking the checkered flag 41.420 seconds in front of race runner-up Michael MaGahern (No. 37 GT-5 Miata). Thomas Holland (No. 72 BMW) braved the conditions to take the GT4 class win, finishing in fourth spot overall.

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drive of Misha Goikhberg as the Woodbridge, ON resident cruised to the GT1 class victory, taking the checkered flag 19.149 seconds in front of Mike Cavanagh at the conclusion of the shortened six-lap race. Again, it was Caranci and Cyr at the front of the GT2 class competitors, Caranci’s pickup edging his challenger by a mere 0.437 seconds at the line.

Returning to a wet, but drying, circuit for the GT1/2 weekend finale, Cavanagh seemed to have the win in hand only to be overtaken by local driver Marc Steenbakkers’ No. 168 Camaro with two laps to go and holding on to a 2.887-second advantage at the stripe.

Goikhberg, opting to preserve his mount, was third in GT1, almost a half-minute behind the winner.

Patrick Cyr exacted a small amount of revenge in the final contest, as he fended off repeated challenges from Daria Khachi’s No. 199 BMW M3 to claim the GT2 class victory by a margin of 1.952 seconds. Caranci was off the pace in the wet, but maintained a position within the top three, albeit almost 40 seconds behind the top finishers. IT

(Below) Misha Goikhberg earned a pair of wins in the No. 120 Camaro. (Far left) Ron Tomlinson won the GT3 class portion of race 1 over the doubleheader weekend.

(Left) Patrick Cyr won in GT2 action in the weekend finale. Photos by Tim McGill (below) and Howard Cohen (far left and left)

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Story by J. Wally Nesbitt he mid-point of the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship calendar saw the drivers tackle the scenic circuit of Calabogie Motorsports Park for a tripleheader date on the August 21-22 weekend.

In what turned out to be a battle of series giants, the Brian Graham Racing (BGR) team bested the Britain West Motorsports (BWM) effort, but just barely, with the margin between first and second places over the three races a combined total of 1.262 seconds.

In the weekend’s opening round, which doubled as the annual Al Craighead Memorial event, BGR’s Jake Polito (No. 4 Piper-Honda) wrestled top spot away from the BWM No. 64 Mygale-Honda of Nick Gilkes on the penultimate lap to secure the win, the first F1600 victory of his career.

“We weren’t very good in Friday practice, but the guys figured something out to get me some more grip,” explained Polito. “I wasn’t as fast as I’d hope in qualifying, but in race pace I could stick with the leaders. When a hole opening, I knew that was my shot and took it.

It feels cool to know my name will be put on a trophy that is such a testament to Al (Craighead)’s influence in the sport and will be with this series for a long time to come.”

The 22-minute contest was slowed for a two-lap, full-course caution to recover the No. 42 of Keith Lobban who was a victim of contact damage on the second tour. In the ensuing four-lap shootout, a six-car breakaway pack was created, with placings only decided by the checkered flag.

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The top six, Polito, Gilkes, Jonathan Woolridge (No. 2), Jake Cowden (No. 66), Connor Wagland (No. 23) and Sam Baker (No. 51) passed under the checkered flag covered by a 3.624-second blanket.

Not satisfied with his third pace result in the first round, Jonathan Woolridge rebounded in the middle stanza, passing Connor Wagland (No. 23 Piper-Honda) and then Gilkes within two laps of the start to grab the point. With Gilkes never more than a car length behind, Woolridge set the fastest race lap and was able to edge out his rival by just 0.272 seconds for the win.

Woolridge continued his momentum in the final race, again recording the fastest race lap, and again needing that performance to once again wrestle top spot away from Gilkes.

As in the previous round, the two front-runners raced in lockstep to the finish, with a gap of just 0.458 seconds at the checkered flag.

Completing the podium finishers was series rookie Jake Cowden (No. 66 BWM Mygale-Honda), who snatched third place away from Polito on the final lap.

In the F1600-B class, Connor Clubine continued to set the standard, winning the opening round before a DNF in Race 2 sidelined his streak of successes. Local racer Henry Knox (No. 11 Van Diemen-Ford) was the beneficiary, earning the top placing of F1600-B. In the last race for the open-wheelers of the weekend, not only did Connor Clubine rebound, but he rebounded with a vengeance, guiding his Britain West Motorsports RF-91 Van Diemen-Ford to the class win, taking the checkered flag in fifth spot overall.

CANADIAN TIRE MOTORSPORT PARK After a short, two-week break the Toyo Tires F1600 Championship competitors were back on track, this time for a tripleheader date at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The BGR and BWM rivalry was renewed, but this time the Baker Racing effort and independent Connor Wagland (No. 23) were also involved.

In the Saturday opener, Nick Gilkes (No. 64 Mygale-Honda) snatched the point from pole sitter Sam Baker and his No. 51 Spectrum-Honda on the opening lap, running out the 15-lap race at the front of the 22-car field to secure his second career F1600 victory.

Gilkes’ Britain West teammate Jake Cowden was awarded a runner-up result when Jonathan Woolridge was penalized two positions for improper gridding while Baker completed the podium finishers.

Four drivers took turns leading the opening ten laps of the middle round, with Woolridge (No. 2 BGR Piper-Honda) edging past Sam Baker just prior to a full-course caution for a Turn 3 incident between Jack Polito and Cowden. The race was concluded under yellow, with Woolridge getting the win over Baker and Gilkes.

A five-car wreck just past the starter’s stand in the Sunday finale shortened the contest to a mere nine minutes of green flag racing.

Going green with Jack Polito (No. 4 Piper-Honda) on point, a Lap 6 spin relegated the No. 4 to a sixth-place result and handing top spot to the BWM duo of Gilkes and Cowden. On the last lap, rookie Cowden was able to edge past his teammate to score his debut Toyo Tires F1600 series victory.

(Left) Connor Clubine continued his domination of the F1600-B class at Calabogie and CTMP. (Top) Sam Baker (No. 51) and Nick Gilkes (No. 64) lead the F1600 field into Tunr 1 at CTMP. (Above) Jonathan Woolridge and Jake Polito earned checkered flags in Calabogie and CTMP action. Photos by Richard Coburn

“Our plan was for Nick and I to work together, not battle too much, and work away from the field,” recalled Cowden. “The plan worked out and then we were free to race for the win. We were side-by-side going into Turn 8, but I found the grip and was able to sneak around him.”

A gap of 0.235 seconds separated the BWM teammates at the line, with former series champion Dean Baker (No. 52 Spectrum-Honda) clinching the final step on the podium.

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CANADA INAUGURAL SEASON HEADS TO FINALE AFTER PENULTIMATE EVENT AT CTMP

Story by J. Wally Nesbitt he FEL Motorsports Sports Car Championship Canada (SCCC) and the EMZone Radical Cup Canada (RCC) tours rolled into Canadian Tire Motorsport Park over the Labour Day weekend for their penultimate event on the 2021 calendar. Twin 40-minute contests were on the docket for both series, with changeable weather and track conditions making the individual race wins especially rewarding.

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FEL MOTORSPORTS SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIP Two fresh faces joined the SCCC event for Rounds 9 and 10, with defending Toyo Tires F1600 Series champion Mac Clark getting behind the wheel of the Blanchet Motorsports No. 84 TC Class Audi RS 3 and 2020 Canadian Touring Car Championship TCR Class champion Zachary Vanier in a second Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT4 entry. Also returning to the SCCC fray was Marco Cirone, still recovering from a devastating Turn 2 crash earlier this season.

Marco Signoretti continued his domination of the GT4 class, taking back-to-back wins, although Vanier sett the fastest race lap in Round 2 on his way to a runner-up result.

“It’s my first time in a GT4 car and what an amazing experience,” said Vanier. “This car has a lot of horses, a lot of torque, but it is heavier than anything I’ve driven before. The car is really well balanced, but you really notice the weight transition when you’re cornering.”

In the TC Canada Class, the FIA- sanctioned Balance of Performance may have been a little too effective, as drivers were forced to wait for a mistake from others to gain ground.

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In Saturday’s opening 40-minute race, Travis Hill (No. 26 TWOth Racing Audi) was able to sneak past Bob Attrell’s No. 88 Hyundai Elantra on Lap 8 (of 29) to assume the top spot and then led an eight-car train until the race’s mid-point, when the top three of Hill, Attrell and Cirone’s No. 82 Mark Motors Audi broke away, running in lockstep to the checkered flag.

“These guys are incredible racers,” said Hill. “I knew they’d take any opportunity to get past me. I knew that I had to run a perfect race.”

“The team owner had a little talk with the driver and said that if he didn’t podium today, he may be out of a ride next year,” joked team owner Bob Attrell. “That little bit of inspiration seemed to work!”

Round 2 was similar in fashion with Cirone, Hill and Attrell grabbing the top three positions in the running order on the opening lap and holding station to the checkered flag, the trio separated by just 0.575 seconds at the stripe.

Mac Clark recorded a top-five result in Race 2 and was pleased with his SCCC debut.

“I’ve raced F1600s and Formula 4s in the US, but nothing really

prepared me for racing a powerful, full-sized car,” admitted the 17-year-old. “But it was a lot of fun, a great new experience and I certainly learned a lot.”

EMZONE RADICAL CUP CANADA Quebec Karting Champion Charles Robin made his first venture to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in his first career start in a Radical SR3 sports car over the Labour Day weekend event.

Whether it was a lack of fear, or simply a matter of extreme talent, the 20-year-old driver of the No. 105 Radical raced to backto-back victories, in each case edging out defending Radical Cup Canada Champion Austin Riley (No. 20).

Dominating the Pro 1340 division, both wins were flag-to-flag victories for the Quebec driver.

On a damp but drying Sunday morning track, Riley clawed back a four-second disadvantage, but ultimately came up 0.334 seconds short of the top spot. In the battle for the final step of the podium, Alan Shaw (No. 99) and Robert Burgess (No. 77) took turns over the other, Shaw claiming third place in Saturday’s contest, Burgess returning the favour in the Sunday finale.

Bruce McIntyre brought his No. 67 Platinum class Radical SR-8 to the event, and although the fastest car in the field, fell to a spin in the first contest, finishing in 12th place overall before crashing out in spectacular fashion in the notorious Turn 4 in Race 2.

Estimated to have impacted the tire wall at 176 kph, luckily McIntyre was able to walk away from the incident with only car damage. IT

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ATLANTIC CANADA 2021 SEASON WRAPS UP AT ATLANTIC MOTORSPORT PARK

Story and Photos by Jenn Earle he August and September rounds wrapped up the regular season for the Carson Exports TRAC Series at Atlantic Motorsport Park. Despite still having restrictions in place for COVID-19, the paddock was abuzz and there was lots of great competition.

In August, the hot action led to some breakouts in brackets, particularly with GT4 competitors. This two-day event included time attack and lapping, as well as musical entertainment on Saturday night. In the Sensory Motorsport Race 1 (GT1/2/3), Matthew Trivett in his No. 92 BMW M3 was hot on the tail of Leigh Pettipas in the No. 06 Pro Stock, coming in just one second behind him. Ryan Jewels put in a strong showing in the No. 149 Honda CRX in his first race in GT3 class.

In the GT4/5/6 race, it was a the GT4 battles were close between Brian Gay in the No. 51 VW GTI, Steve Phillips in the No. 28 BMW M-Couple, Joel Nelson in the No. 87 Honda Del Sol and Andrew Mitchell in the No. 78 Mazda Miata.

Class winners in Sensory Motorsport Race 1 were Pettipas in Pro Stock, Trivett in GT1, Jewells in GT3, Gay in GT4, Cal Vandaalen in GT5 in his No. 31 Mazda Miata and Ryan Burrill in GT6 in the No. 27 Mazda Miata.

In the first KMM Mechanical (GT1/2/3) race, Aaron Pettipas took a win in the No. 06 Pro Stock, followed by William Trivett in the No. 92 BMW. In the GT4/5/6 race, Paul Gray in the No. 51 VW GTI was nipping at the heels of Daniel Dugdale in the No. 149

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Honda CRX, with Dugdale edging out Gray for a win with just a 0.233-second margin.

Class winners were Aaron Pettipas in Pro Stock, William Trivett in GT1, Dugdale in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5 and Burrill in GT6.

On Sunday, the racers were back on track with the second half of the Sensory and KMM sprint series.

In the Sensory Race 2 (GT1/2/3), Leigh Pettipas battled with Matthew Trivett, ultimately taking the top spot on the podium. Devon Thorpe joined the GT3 ranks in his No. 24 Ecotec-swapped Mazda Miata. In the GT4/5/6 race, breakouts and lap penalties shook up the GT4 battle, with Steve Phillips grabbing top spot.

Class winners were Leigh Pettipas in Pro Stock, Matthew Trivett in GT1, Phillips in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5 and Burrill in GT6.

In the second KMM Mechanical (GT1/2/3) race, the other half of the Pettipas team took another victory, with Aaron on top of the podium. In GT4/5/6, Paul Gray grabbed the top spot, while Brian Partridge in the No. 78 Mazda Miata and Mike Brown in the No. 18 Honda CRX battled it out to round out the podium, with Partridge edging out Brown for the second spot.

Class winners were Aaron Pettipas in Pro Stock, William Trivett in GT1, Gray in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5 and Burrill in GT6.

The final race of the weekend was the Vantage-sponsored onehour enduro. The Pettipas brothers grabbed a win, while the GT4 competitors battled fiercely for the next several spots on the grid, with Dugdale and his teammate Nick Roussakov finding themselves

Despite heavy COVID-related restrictions, the 2021 TRAC season went off without a hitch, with good car counts in the Pro Stock and GT1 to GT6 classes. All that’s left for the TRAC competitors this year is to battle it out for Jack Canfield Memorial supremacy in October.

in GT3 due to their very quick lap times in the No. 149 Honda CRX. Class winners were Pettipas/Pettipas in Pro Stock, Trivett/Trivett in GT1, Thorpe in GT3, Gay/Gray in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5 and Colin Naulls in GT6 in the No. 53 VW GTI. The September round was another two-day event with time attack and lapping.

In Sensory Race 1 (GT1/2/3), Devon Thorpe held the lead until he had to pull in due to mechanical difficulties, with Stacy Chapman grabbing the win in the No. 12 Porsche 914-6.

The GT4/5/6 race saw tight battles between Ben Brown in the No. 18 Honda CRX and Steve Phillips, with Phillips almost getting by, but settling for P2 after losing some momentum in Turn 7.

Class winners were Stephen Lockhart in the No. 04 Pro Stock, Stacy Chapman in GT3, Ben Brown in GT4, Steve Spudik in GT5 in the No. 57 Hyundai Tiburon and Burrill in GT6.

Next was KMM Mechanical Race No. 1 (GT1 to GT6 combined), with tight battles among GT4 competitors Gray, Partridge and new racer, Andy Clement in the No. 98 BMW, who walked away with a third-place overall finish. Class winners were rookie racer Craig Hatto in Pro Stock in the No. 50, Gray in GT4, Shane Spudik in GT5 in the No. 57 Hyundai Tiburon and Mike MacDougall in GT6 in the No. 1 VW Golf.

On Sunday, the day started with Sensory Race No. 2 (GT1/2/3)

and Thorpe leading the pack, but quickly being beat by the raw horsepower of the Pro Stock cars. The overall winner was Mike McCrea in the No. 45 Pro Stock, followed by his son Chris McCrea in the No. 50.

In the GT4/5/6 race, Ben Brown missed the start and Phillips and Nelson set out to battle for the GT4 victory. A safety car came out and bunched up the field, with Phillips and Nelson sprinting to the finish. Phillips came out on top, followed by Nelson and Mitchell. Class winners were Mike McCrea in Pro Stock, Chapman in GT3, Phillips in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5, and Gay in GT6 in the No. 53 VW GTI. The final sprint race of the year was the KMM Mechanical Race No. 2. Mike Brown suffered a mechanical failure mid-race on the No. 18 CRX, putting him out of contention in the GT4 battle. Rookie Clement had another strong finish, with a second overall and a GT4 class win. Class winners were Mike McCrea in Pro Stock, Clement in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5 and Philip Tuff in GT6 in the No. 47 VW GTI. The last race of the year was the Vantage-sponsored one-hour enduro, which was another tight battle to the finish between Phillips and Nelson, with C. McCrea and Hatto taking third overall. Class winners were Chris McCrea/Hatto in Pro Stock, Thorpe/Ben Easson in GT3 in the No. 24 Miata, Phillips in GT4, Vandaalen in GT5 and Zack Miller and Philip Tuff in GT6 in the No. 47.

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Ultraray’s No. 224 Killer Kermit Porsche (above) finished second in GT1 and the No. 406 Daze of Thunder GMC truck (below) won in GT3. Photos by Howard Cohen

LUCKY DOG RACING CANADA Series Runs Penultimate Event of 2021 at Shannonville Story by J. Wally Nesbitt oming off a six-week break, the Lucky Dog Racing Canada competitors invaded Shannonville Motorsports Park on the July 31-August 1 weekend for another doubleheader event of endurance racing.

While there may be certain trends appearing in overall race results, rivalries are getting stronger and with just one race weekend remaining on the 2021 Lucky Dog schedule (October 2-3) at the tire-eating Calabogie circuit, no class championship is completely assured.

In the opening round at Shannonville, it was the GT1 Calabogie-winning No. 66 Chump Monkey Racing Honda effort leading a four-car train to the checkered flag, with UltraRay’s No. 224 Killer Kermit Porsche, White Wheels Wacing No. 124 and the No. 635 RySpec Honda crossing the stripe separated by less than two minutes after seven hours of competition.

“That was definitely a race to remember,” said Chump Monkey’s Anthony Staughton.

“And it really demonstrates the depth of talent in this GT1 field. We’re outgunned by the Porsches and a lot of the other cars in class.

Our car is about 2800 pounds and only about 208 horsepower. Our team has been racing together for four or five years now.

We all have a good, proven mindset going into a race, but what equalizes things for us is our consistent on-track performance and solid, quick pit stops.”

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UltraRay No. 668 Red Mantis Porsche 944 entry holding onto top spot, with teammate Killer Kermit and Chump Monkey in second and third places respectively, albeit with both cars three laps behind.

“There is no way we should have won that race,” said UltraRay’s Jon Dunski. “We had brake issues all weekend and went into Sunday’s race knowing that we couldn’t use the brakes, we just didn’t have ‘em. We were all told over and over to ‘not use them’ and, somehow, we lasted. And in the Kermit car, those guys were restricted to 5,000 rpm because it had a broken valve spring.”

With two races to go and riding a perfect four-for-four GT-2 record, the Chasing Car Racing Honda Prelude is maintaining a comfortable 31-point gap (100-69) over their season-long rivals, the No 822 DriveTeq (Marilyn) BMW entry.

At Shannonville, it was the seven other

GT2 class entries who were doing the chasing, as the No. 85 orange and black Honda took class wins in each of the endurance contests with the No. 822 DriveTeq team recording second and third place finishes.

Explaining his team’s dominance, Ian King noted, “The difference this year is that the car is more stable and reliable. We upgraded the suspension and made it more driveable over the long haul. We had mechanical issues last year that we’ve resolved, so now we can focus on getting the car set up to where we need it.”

The Daze of Thunder No. 406 green and yellow GMC pickup put another notch in the GT3 win column on Saturday but saw their three-race wining streak snapped in the Sunday finale as they were forced to settle for a runner-up result, taking the checkered flag two laps behind the class-winning No. 95 Lapped Traffic Toyota Celica. IT

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Multiple retirements resulted in a winning margin of almost 9 minutes for the duo of Jérôme Mailloux and co-driver Philippe Poirier. Photo Courtesy of Carsrally.ca

CANADIAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP Mailloux and Poirier Earn First Win at Rallye Défi Story Courtesy of Carsrally.ca eld on September 9-11 in and around Montpellier, QC’s Outaouais region, the 2021 edition of the Rallye Défi Petite Nation brought together 28 teams, 20 of which were entered in the Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) presented by Subaru, the second round of the 2021 CRC season.

At the end of the two days of racing and 21 competitive stages that consisted of multiple leaderboard changes, victory was claimed by Quebec driver Jérôme Mailloux and co-driver Philippe Poirier in a Subaru WRX STI, maintained by two-time championship winning Test Racing. This was the very first Canadian Rally Championship win for the duo, who finished with a lead of almost 9 minutes ahead of second place brothers André and René Leblanc in a Four Star Motorsports Subaru WRX STI. The gaps on the final results sheet reflected the multiple retirements that took place on the gravel and asphalt roads in the Petite Nation region.

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leaders after winning the Rallye International Baie-des-Chaleurs early this summer, Joël Levac and co-driver Laurence-Fanny L’Estage, were leading after the first ten stages before driveshaft problems in their WRC Mini forced them to retire. This opened the door to the lead and the eventual victory for Mailloux and Poirier.

Levac and L’Estage were not the only top team to exit the competition early. Olivier Martel, Sébastien Clark, and American Chris Greenhouse all retired with mechanical issues while Alexandre Garceau was the victim of a crash.

After also climbing onto the podium at the last Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs, Mailloux/Poirier and the Leblanc brothers found themselves in the top two spots ahead of Francis Belley and Dany Mallette, 2-Wheel-Drive (2WD) class winners in their Ford Fiesta.

The team, who were not originally expected to finish so strongly, no doubt also benefited from the problems amongst the 4-WheelDrive (4WD) class teams. They often battle for top five finishes but drove a perfect rally

and led their category early on before conceding to Greenhouse and then reclaiming it during the second half of the event.

Belley/Mallette led in their category and in the overall standings ahead of Albertan Wim Van der Poel and co-driver Bryan Lord, also in a 2WD Ford Fiesta.

Ontarian Jonathan Drake and his Quebec co-driver Jonathan Desgroseilliers rounded out the top five and also found themselves on the podium in the 4WD Open class in their Subaru WRX STI. In sixth place overall and completing the 2WD class podium in their VW Golf were novices Hans Larose and Alexandre Pesant, who were also a pleasant surprise at this event. They finished ahead of Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson in the overall standings (in a 2WD Ford Fiesta) as well as 4WD Production class winners Vincent Trudel and Christopher Trudel in their Subaru.

In the 2WD Production class, victory went to Ontarians Jim Stevens and Brandon Pace in their Suzuki. In total, 17 of the 28 teams completed the rally. IT

With Files From Ian Hill Racing he Canada Heads Up Streetcar Shoutout Series (CHU) reached the midway point of its 2021 season with an August 14-15 event at St. Thomas Raceway Park in St. Thomas, ON. The event was a chance for many race teams to gain much needed traction in their respective class title battles on the way to the season Championship finale, which will also be held at St. Thomas.

“I think we should have called this event the ‘my car is broke nationals’ due to so many entries going down because of breakage,” said CHU founder Ian Hill. “No less than four teams worked well past midnight after qualifying to get their hot rods ready for race day. That’s dedication!”

The Super Street class saw No. 9 Qualifier Frankie Doldo take out No. 7 qualifier Wade Stevens and his LE Chassis Chevelle. Ed Szram (195 points) maintained his number one spot on the points list by getting through round 1 and sits 14 points in front Doldo (95 points) in the season standings.

Tyler Kranendonk’s came from the No. 2 spot on the EZ Street qualifying chart to take the win from No. 1 qualifier Paul Silva and with it, moved to the top of the class championship. Silva set the stage early, getting

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down the track each round while many struggled to find traction. Kranendonk finally put together a smooth, fast run in the final round of qualifying, then struggled again with the track early on Sunday before sorting it out to take the win.

Kranendonk (106 points) leads Silva (99 points) in the EZ streets standings by 7 points.

“Tyler’s efforts this year have been fantastic,” added Hill.

The Street275 class mid-season point chase is also heating up. While points leader Jeff Biro struggled to qualify, ultimately nabbing the No. 7 spot, he recovered and made it to the finals where he was bested by James Watson. Watson is rounding into form at the right time, qualifying No. 3 the event prior before earning the No. 1 qualifying spot at St. Thomas. Jason Gallant sits second in the class standings, and maintained his steady season pace, qualifying No. 4 and making it to the semis. Biro (101 points) leads Gallant (83 points) by 18 points with two rounds to go.

The Stock Wheel-Base Bike class was dominated once again by championship leader Damian Tong, who qualified No. 2 on his way to winning the event. Tong has 114 points, 17 ahead of second Nick Kempers, who sits in second place in the class standings with 97 points.

In other action, Jesse Vanbetleham earned another win in the new-for-2021 KOTZ Bike class.

Vanbetleham (90 points) now has a very comfortable 42-point lead of in the class ahead of Brant Rossi (48 points) in second place.

In the Crazy8s class, Mike Pereira qualified in the No. 1 spot and took out No. 3 qualifier Murray Lonbary in the final to move up to fourth in the season standings with 62 points. Lonbary (118 points) maintained his top spot in the points over Landon Swain and Allan O’Neil, who both have 84 points.

“The Crazy8s, which now has 15 different racers entered and ten registered for the points championship is one of our fastest growing classes,” said Hill.

John Stornelli (5.50), Jeremy Sicurella (6.0) and first-time winner Jeff Gilbert (6.50) all earned index class wins. All three index classes have tight points chases going on right now, with 5.50 class leader Frank Marchee sitting on 46 points, seven ahead of class runner-up Ralph Aulacino (39 points). Mike Thompson also has a seven-point lead in the 6.0 index class with 84 points, ahead of Sicurella in second place with 77 points. Jay Lightheart leads the 6.50 index class with 105 points, three ahead of Gilbert on 102.

“Congratulations to our BLASTALLequipment. com index race day winners,” added Hill.

In Junior Dragster competition, Cole Ferri has big points lead with 102 points, while the battle for second is close, with Kami Scott in second on 61 points, one ahead of both Kate Gingerich and Maya James, who are tied with 60 points apiece. IT

Street275 class winner James Watson (top), Crazy8 class winner Mike Pereira (middle) and 6.50 index class winner Jeff Gilbert (above). It was the first CHU win for Gilbert. Photos by Blake Farnan

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(Above) Randy Caddell laid down some solid exhibition runs in his ‘Nitro Maniac’ Nostalgia Funny Car. (Below, left) George Watson made a few passes in the original ‘James Boys’ Willys. (Below, right) JAR Racing’s John Reid had one of four AA/Gas cars in action at St. Thomas. Photos by Kenny Kroeker

ONTARIO GASSERS, ALTEREDS & DRAGSTERS St. Thomas Raceway Park Hosts Round 2 Story by Pat Cheatley n mid-August, St. Thomas Raceway Park played host to the second Ontario Gassers, Altereds and Dragsters (OGAD) event of the season. Rain clouds skirted around the track all day as the hot, humid air hung heavy over the asphalt. In the staging lanes, vintage torque and horsepower lined up for qualifying passes.

Racers planned their indexes according to the day’s conditions and track prep, the latter was perfectly done, as usual, by the St. Thomas crew. The day saw a few wrecks, although the involved drivers were uninjured, and the crew performed quick cleanups to

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keep the show rolling.

The event fielded 29 racers, competing in four classes: Gasser, Open Wheel, AA gas, and Exhibition Class. Stew Froese was ‘king of the hill’ in his ‘34 Altered T, while Dave Opie came home runner-up in his ‘48 Austin pick-up. In Gasser action, Ken Paddle secured the runner-up spot, in his ‘51 Crosley, while the Pierinelli family came out on top in the Open Wheel class, in their front engine dragster, piloted by their son Gio. The day also saw some great heads-up AA/Gas cars driven by John Reid, Grant Kimber, Larry Morton and Joe Hishon. The four-car AA/Gas shootout made some ex-

citing passes and put on a spectacular show for those in attendance.

Randy Caddell and his ‘Nitro Maniac’ Nostalgia Funny Car came out to play and laid down some great exhibition runs, while treating the fans to an awesome nitro experience.

Jason Hardie of the ‘Celtic Thunder Bird’ nitro team was fortunate to see some seat time in Randy’s car and went down track with a thunderous, smoky burnout.

On hand for the day were both ‘The James Boys’ Willys, who made a special appearance for the event. George Watson brought the original car and made a few cool hits with it. IT

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SCHROEDER WINS DRAG WEEK AGAIN Canadian Dominates with New C7 Corvette Story by Greg MacPherson ollowing a one-year hiatus, Drag Week returned in September with an intense schedule. And for the second time in his career, Canadian David Schroeder came out on top, this time in his new 2019 C7 Corvette. Starting September 12 at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, the tour visited Summit Motorsports Park (Norwalk, Ohio), Lucas Oil Raceway (Indianapolis, Indiana) and Byron Raceway (Byron, Illinois), before heading back to US 131 for the September 17 finale.

With the win, Schroeder recovered the honour of owning the title of ‘Fastest Streetcar in America.’ Drag Week is a gruelling test of men and machines given that in addition to five races in five days, the drag cars must also drive (with a trailer, in tow) from track to track, on public roads and highways.

Being able to master the tracks – and the roads between them – is a major part of the Drag Week test. This year, the off-track portion was 1,125 miles, in all. A total of 341 cars in several different classes were at the US 131 opener. At the end of the week, just 292 were still in competition.

Schroeder averaged a time of 6.793 seconds at 198.08 mph throughout the five days of racing to earn the Overall title and dominate the 14-car Unlimited division.

Discussing the win, Schroeder was still on Cloud 9. “We’re pretty excited; we’re still recovering. We won in ’17, came in second in ’18, and we broke during Test Day in ’19. And then Drag Week didn’t happen last year.”

In terms of challenges en route to the title, Schroeder said some electrical gremlins that prevented the converter from locking up, automatically, were the main ones.

“I had to manually flip a switch somewhere past the eighth-mile mark. At Indy, I couldn’t flip the switch because it’s not the biggest button and you’re ripping down the track.

So that day, we did the 6.75 (secs.) at 175 because we had the wrong gear ratio in the back of the car.

“So, it was going out the back-end at 8,500 with the converter locked up. And without the converter, it was just buzzing too high. Unfortunately, I lifted. And my instincts are that as soon as I lift, I open the chutes.

So, they blossomed before the quarter mile.

But through the eighth, it was en route for another 6.50 (second run).”

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For the second time in his career, David Schroeder was the Overall winner at Drag Week.

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The only other issue was at Byron (Race #4) when we stuck the tire. We thought the track wasn’t as good, so we turned the power down a bit. But that was the wrong move, and we didn’t put enough power to it, so it stuck. And then when it shifted, it got unhappy, and I had to peddle it and that was the 7.41 (second run).”

But all in all, it was an impressive outing for what was a very new car for Schroeder and company.

“It was a used Pro Mod (a Jerry Bickle car) that we started working on in January,” Schroeder continued. “It was setup for a big, blown Hemi. We had a do a lot of work with moving bars around for motor plates, header clearance and putting gear vendors in it, and then all the usual streetcar stuff.

“We took it out of the garage for the first time on the Wednesday before Drag Week.

We drove around the block with it, put it in the trailer and headed to the States.”

For power, Schroeder Ens Racing took the 872 cubic-inch Reher Morrison motor out of their ’66 Corvette. It has four stages of Monte Smith nitrous on it. Winnipeg’s Ken Murray did the machining work and tightened up the clearances, to get oil pressure at idle. It features an Isky Cam. “In the last three Drag Weeks that we’ve finished, we’ve put like 3,600 miles of

stress-free driving, valvetrain-wise. And that was always our challenge in the early years.

We’ve got the Rossler 400 transmission and a Neale Chance lockup converter, and the Gear Vendors, of course.

“This year was cool because it was the first time, we really used the lockup on the street a lot. We’d click the overdrive and the RPM dropped 300-400. Then we’d lockup the converter and we’d be thumping along at 1,800 RPM doing 60 miles per hour. So, it was just barely working and just happy.”

In the end, a broken alternator – leaving Schroeder without a spare to finish the week – was the only major cause for concern during an otherwise smooth week. Otherwise, the team had to make a trip to the hardware store for some fasteners for the valve covers, as well as doing some impromptu bodywork modifications to let the car turn on its taller 28” front street tires.

Looking ahead to 2022, Schroeder is planning on taking part in an event organized by his friend and Drag Week legend Tom Bailey (in February, in Florida), before taking part in an NHRA National event and some others, Stateside, before defending his Drag Week title. Schroeder would like to thank his cousin John Ens, Ken Murray, Calvin Hancox, Fred Mattis, Paul Gagnon and Tom Wargna for their efforts and contributions. IT

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By Ernie Saxton

SUPERSTAR RACING EXPERIENCE

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hat’s next for the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX)? Many are suggesting tracks that could replace the tracks that were on the schedule this year. To me that would not be fair to those tracks that were willing to take a chance on the new promotion, featuring superstar drivers in one-make cars inspired by the old International Race of Champions (IROC).

However, I would like to see more races added. Perhaps they could do a couple more and spread them out rather than one week after another. Stewart has said he would like to include a road course, but I hope not. He would also like to make some driver changes. The 2021 roster included big names like Stewart, Bobby Labonte, Bill Elliott and Canada’s Paul Tracy, to name a few.

“The point was to have fun and hope that other people had fun watching us have fun, and I think that’s what happened,” said Stewart.

Even if the results don’t matter, the sixrace exhibition series did yeoman’s work in making everyone believe it did.

There was a championship fund, drivers were paid per race, and the full-time stars each played a role right out of a professional wrestling angle.

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George Pyne refers to his television show as “motorsports entertainment” and fully embraced the three-ring circus Superstar Racing Experience became. Like any good professional wrestling style show, Superstar Racing Experience made new stars, too.

“We’re not trying to be a serious racing series,” said Evernham. “We want to be something that people watch on TV or come to a race and have a good time.”

In short, Superstar Racing Experience owns its identity, and isn’t trying to be anything other than carnival fun with motorsports as its foundation. Sitting here in the afterglow, or aftermath of the inaugural season, there isn’t much Pyne, Stewart and Evernham did wrong. I watched them all and enjoyed each one. It will be interesting to see what 2022 SRX offers.

READERS’ THOUGHTS I recently received feedback on one of my NASCAR columns from a reader, and I couldn’t have said it better myself, so here’s what he wrote.

“I agree with all your articles on what’s wrong with NASCAR,” wrote Rich Stevens.

“Sunday at Indy sinks to a new low. Besides the fact that large race cars don’t belong on road courses, we have the new trend of adding barriers to keep the Cup cars on track.

Then we have idiots that don’t know how to secure the barriers to the racing surface, ruining many cars and hungry drivers’ hopes when they hit those barriers. The NASCAR brass confuses adding excitement with adding destruction.

“They’ve gone way past requiring teams to pay for a year’s membership racing on tracks that no real racing people want just to earn points for their absurd playoff system.

Larson, Johnson, Hamlin, Harvick and others will quit NASCAR just to return to a fair and fun racing system at outlaw tracks or IndyCar. NASCAR has driven out many short tracks that trained Cup drivers and lost many fans and smaller teams. I have been a fan for 57 years, but they have lost me.”

I hear from readers of my work like Mr. Stevens quite often. This should give the folks at NASCAR something to think about.

Feel free to send your thoughts to me at esaxton144@aol.com.

BOB JENKINS I was always impressed when I had the opportunity to spend time with Bob Jenkins.

The veteran radio and television broadcaster and a former “Voice of the 500” who was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2019, died on August 9 at age 73 after a valiant fight with cancer.

The voice of the Liberty, IN native was heard globally over five decades on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network, serving several positions, including chief announcer from 1990 through 1998. Jenkins was one of only four people to serve as television play-by-play announcer in ABC’s 54-year history of broadcasting the Indianapolis 500.

With an easygoing, friendly style that mirrored his personality, the beloved and respected Jenkins anchored NTT IndyCar Series races on television and was a frequent contributor to the public address system at IMS. Jenkins also was a frequent master of ceremonies at Indy 500-related functions, including the Indianapolis 500 Victory Celebration.

ROBIN MILLER To me and many others, Robin Miller was a wordsmith who presented his information in an entertaining manner and always said what he had on his mind. The following came from Indianapolis Motor Speedway and we felt we would share it with you.

Robin Miller, a lifelong motorsports fan who became one of the sports most recognized and influential media personalities, died August 25 in Indianapolis. He was 71

A native of his beloved Southport, IN, Miller rose to prominence as an Indianapolis Star sports writer, parlaying his love of many sports into more than 50 years of communication that defined his life.

Known predominantly as a writer and columnist covering the Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar series, Miller became a television personality first with ESPN, then SPEED and most recently NBC. He also had long stints at all of Indianapolis’ TV affiliates over the years.

Miller’s journalism career began at The Indianapolis Star in 1968, and he never retired from writing about auto racing. His stories and columns were featured in Autoweek, Car and Driver, Sports Illustrated and RACER, among other notable publications and websites, and for years he hosted shows on Indianapolis radio stations as he was a master storyteller.

Lastly, I have taken on a new challenge – writing a book. At 80 years old I feel the need to share some of my 63 years of involvement in the business of motorsports as an announcer, public relations person, sponsorship marketing person and more. I must say it is proving to be quite a challenge. If I don’t get it all under control I could be on my way to a 10,000-page book. IT

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THE DRAMA OF INDIANAPOLIS

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he 105th running of the greatest spectacle in racing, the world-famous Indianapolis 500, had the largest crowd since the pandemic despite reduced attendance.

It provided the stage for plenty of drama with the race climaxing in a tremendously popular fairytale ending for Helio Castroneves, who finally joined the exclusive fourtime winner’s club of A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears.

With 35 entries for 33 positions on the grid, it meant two drivers and their teams would be going home. Filling the last row on the second and final day of qualifying delivered extremely tense circumstances.

Although the session was 75 minutes long, allowing for multiple four-lap, ten-mile attempts, the five remaining drivers were in a sudden death battle for the last three spots.

Where often hundredths or even thousandths of a second count, drivers needed about two hours for their engine to cool down to put out enough power for a faster second attempt. That tiny power loss would be a disadvantage. Using a spec chassis with the same Firestone tires and either a Chevy or Honda engine, drivers knew they realistically had only one shot.

So, when Will Power drifted high and smacked the outside wall in Turn 2 on the last lap of his run, he didn’t lift. He took quite a risk that his car would hold together through the final two turns where he encountered 5G’s. Power knew that first run had to count. The Aussie couldn’t live with the idea of failing to make the race. After all, he was driving for Roger Penske’s team who

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now owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

“The run started going loose everywhere,” explained Power, the 2014 Indy 500 winner who ranks second in career IndyCar poles, five behind Mario Andretti’s 67. “I held onto it out of Turn 2, hit the wall, and I took a chance by holding it wide open, hoping the rear toe wasn’t too bad. I knew I couldn’t lift. The team has put a massive amount of effort into this race. It’s a big relief to get in. This place throws everything at you. It’s more nerve wracking than going for pole.

Definitely, I lost a bit of sleep!”

I still remember the shock of both Penske cars failing to qualify for the 1995 Indy 500.

Had the team accepted Emerson Fittipaldi’s earlier Saturday run, he likely would have made the field, but the team waved off that run after three laps and returned on Sunday with a slower speed, only to be bumped in the final 12 minutes. The Brazilian and his teammate, Al Unser Jr., struggled to find speed all month, even with Unser changing chassis.

Bobby Rahal failed to qualify in 1993, using the team’s own chassis. James Hinchcliffe missed the field in 2018 due to a loose wheel sensor causing a vibration. But no one from the worldwide audience who watched can forget the series of missteps that the Arrow McLaren SP team took resulting in Fernando Alonso being bumped in the final minutes of qualifying in 2019. The shock wave was palpable.

This year’s race could have gone caution-free if not for pitting issues. A number of drivers had braking failures, likely from team

creativity around the rules to remove drag from the braking systems. If so, it backfired.

Drivers couldn’t get enough pressure in their brakes to slow right before the speed limit zone. The resulting first caution was ill-timed for both Scott Dixon and Alexander Rossi, who became non-contenders as they fell a lap down, having to enter a closed pit for emergency fuel. Then, there was Graham Rahal’s pit stop where his left rear tire was not tightened. It separated from the car, causing him to spin into the outside Turn 2 wall on Lap 119.

In contrast to all this drama, the race resulted in a magical ending for Castroneves, who finally achieved his fourth victory, 12 years since his last in 2009 (and 30 years since Rick Mears earned his fourth Indy 500 in 1991). No longer with Team Penske, Castroneves joined the Honda-powered Meyer Shank Racing team for a limited 2021 season. Experience certainly paid off because Castroneves not only had a car that could work its way through traffic, but he also ran the higher line, rubbering in the surface during the race so that he could make an outside pass when it counted, neutralizing Alex Palou’s faster car.

I could have done without Castroneves calling out Paul Tracy about his 2002 controversial second victory on live TV. That suggests to me that all this time the Brazilian is still trying to convince himself he was the real winner.

“PT, I know you’ve been talking that second win. I’m sorry, but that was my win,” stated Castroneves in his live NBC post-race interview on the raised IMS victory platform.

While Tracy remained professional, he did say as NBC’s colour analyst, “The youngsters were playing checkers all day, but this guy (Castroneves) was playing chess. The younger guys wanted to be in the lead, but the vets laid back and waited it out.”

The winner’s celebration seemed almost longer than the race. NBC’s live telecast followed Castroneves climbing the fence with his entire team, running down the track and inviting fans in the stands to climb as well. It certainly was a feel-good moment, a happy and very popular ending to an exciting race. IT

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I OPINION

LOOKING BACK

By Dave Mathers

TONY NOVOTNY T

ony Novotny, the creator of CASCAR, was born in Chatham in 1940. In the early Sixties, he opened a Speedshop there, called T&M Performance.

I first met Tony in the tech lanes at St. Thomas Dragway, in 1965, where he was racing a ‘64 Dodge Polara 383.

He later told me that when he pulled up to tech, he would always go to the lane I wasn’t running, as he felt I was too tough teching the cars. That little tidbit will come up again later!

In the mid Seventies, Tony moved his operation to Kitchener, where he teamed up with Gary Witter’s widow, selling wheels and tires. Females were not allowed in the pits, back then, so he took over tire sales at Delaware Speedway. He was already selling Hoosier tires, in Chatham, to South Buxton and Windsor racers.

The business grew, and Tony was approached to take on McCreary tires, too, which he did. He was now selling Hoosiers, McCrearys, fuel cells, roll cages and building his own wheels.

Much of his business came about following the sad passage of Ken Silk. Carl Lave had purchased the lease for Delaware, at the end of 1976, from Jack Greedy. And he and Bill Prince ran it for two years before offering the lease to Tony.

Novotny took over in 1979. He called me, soon after, saying, “I want you to work for me.”

“Announcer,” I asked?

“Nope … Tech Director,” he said.

I asked him why, and he said, “Because you were the toughest and fairest tech guy I ever met in drag racing.”

“Deal,” I said. Next, I hired two friends; Jerry Wilcox to tech the Street Stocks and Brian ‘B.J.’ Thomas to do the Rat Racers.

Tony made a deal with John Casale to run the same rules at Flamboro and Delaware with a $750 bonus to the winner of both Late Model features on a weekend. Our tech team handled both tracks.

Novotny worked with Delaware owner Nick Spivak to upgrade the facility. Nick’s cement mixers would often return to the yard with partial loads on board. Instead of dumping the unused contents, they would pour the excess into moulds that Tony had 90 Inside Track Motorsport News

Tony Novotny founded CASCAR in 1981. Photo by Dave Franks

built. This was how the ‘armco’ retaining walls were slowly replaced with safer concrete barriers.

In 1981, Tony spearheaded the creation of CASCAR. He took a page out of his drag racing history and created something that was unheard of, at the time, in local stock car racing… a rulebook!

The move triggered plenty of reaction and comments. Randy Slack called him “Tony Two Barrel.” Junior Hanley famously called him the ‘Ayatollah’!

But Tony persisted and the series began to expand. He noticed how many Canadians were at Florida’s Speedweeks, every February, and made a deal with New Smyrna Speedway to have CASCAR run down there.

Ben Doktor, the owner of Calgary’s Race City facility, saw the CASCAR cars and asked Tony for a date for his track.

The series expanded out west and was soon a truly national series. Tony was successful in keeping the series’ costs in check by selling the tires, fuel, bodies, shocks, etc., at a reduced rate.

Television coverage followed and CASCAR became known across Canada and even into the U.S. At its peak. Chrysler, Ford and General Motors were all heavily engaged in CASCAR. At one point, Tony sold the sanctioning body but ended returning and taking it over again. It wasn’t always easy and Tony has gotten quite emotional talking about some of

his friends and supporters who stuck by him during the tough times.

After fending off a challenge by the upstart ISA, Tony’s wife Linda made an appointment for them to speak with NASCAR’s Bill France, Jr. about a possible sale. Tony relates the story of the meeting at NASCAR HQ, in Daytona.

He thought NASCAR’s bosses wouldn’t know who he was, but he couldn’t have been more wrong. Bill France Jr. knew exactly who he was, what he had done, and stated that Tony had done some things that Bill wished NASCAR had done!

It was powerful and positive recognition of a job well done. A deal was reached for NASCAR to transition CASCAR to what is now the NASCAR Pinty’s Series. NASCAR has run Canada’s national stock car championship since 2007.

Tony continued with his Performance Fiberglass business, located in front of Delaware Speedway. Performance Fibreglass built bodies for CASCAR and other racing series on both sides of the border. They also produced a wide range of other fiberglass products, including the GT40 bodies used in the movie Ford vs. Ferrari.

Tony finally retired in January 2019, selling the business, which is still operating.

Asked if he had any regrets, Tony said, “Nope. And I would do it all again with very few changes.”

Quite a legacy for Hall of Fame visionary. IT

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PETTY RACEWAY On July 31 – after rebuilding a motor – Rob Poirier of Irishtown, NB – returned to Victory Lane at River Glade, NB’s Petty Raceway for a third time this season. He made a late-race charge to pass Ryan McKnight (Sussex, NB) en route to the win.

SPEEDWAY 660 Alexandra O’Blenis won the Firecracker Sportsman 150 at Geary, NB’s Speedway 660 on July 31.

Photo Courtesy of TimsCorner.ca

Photo by Michelle Roy

HUMBERSTONE SPEEDWAY Ken Sargent celebrates his July 30 Street Stock win at Humberstone Speedway with Terry Vince. The event was part of the All-Canadian Championships.

MERRITTVILLE SPEEDWAY Fred Carleton took the July 31 Modified feature win at Thorold, Ontario’s Merrittville Speedway. He was joined for the celebratory photo by track promoter Don Spiece.

Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce

Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce

BROCKVILLE ONTARIO SPEEDWAY Kyle Dingwall made a last lap pass to win the 50-lap Ogilvie’s Triple Crown feature for the 358 Modifieds on August 1 at Brockville Ontario Speedway. It was Dingwall’s first Triple Crown race victory since 2016.

ONTARIO SPORTSMAN SERIES After just failing to qualify for the Qwick Wick Super Stock Series feature on August 7 at Peterborough Speedway, home track regular Tyler Bouillon was invited to join the Ontario Sportsman Series. He made the most of the opportunity with a win in the 50-lap feature.

Photo by Rick Young

Photo by Melissa Smits / OneNine Marketing

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PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY Ryan Oosterholt continued his unbeaten streak at Peterborough Speedway when he picked up the Mini Stock feature victory at the track on August 7. As of that date, he’d won every Bone Stock and Mini Stock heat and feature he competed in so far in 2021.

FLAMBORO SPEEDWAY Pro Late Model Rookie Kyle Steckly continued to shine, on August 7, winning the second round of the prestigious Grisdale Triple Crown at Flamboro Speedway, in dominant fashion.

Shae Gemmell finished second, ahead of Shawn Chenoweth.

Photo by Melissa Smits / OneNine Marketing

Photo by Peter Anderson

SPEEDWAY MIRAMICHI On August 7, Speedway Miramichi hosted the Crash for Cash Demolition race. Lionel Breau came out tops in the field of 51 to earn the $2,000 payday at the New Brunswick track.

FLAMBORO SPEEDWAY Despite being challenged throughout the first Mini Stock feature, on August 7 at Flamboro Speedway, Karl Sault was able to hold off all rivals on his way to the checkered flag. Shawn Taylor won the second feature for the class.

Photo by Denver Matchett

Photo by Peter Anderson

AUTODROME GRANBY Luke Whitteker went to Victory Lane following the 358 Modified feature at Autodrome Granby on August 6. The race was special as the cars were permitted to use ‘sail panels’ on the rear of their cars, something that isn’t usually permitted at the track.

HUMBERSTONE SPEEDWAY On August 8, Big Block / Small Block Modified Challenge feature winner Scott Wood was joined in victory lane by Tony Spiteri of Pinty’s / Olymel. The special event was the conclusion of the Pinty’s All Canadian Championships at the Port Colborne, Ontario dirt oval.

Photo by Rick Young

Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce

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SUNSET SPEEDWAY Matt Boyes dominated the August 7 Pure Stock main at Sunset Speedway, south of Barrie, Ontario. He finished ahead of John Bird and Austyn Jennett.

SUNSET SPEEDWAY Travis Hallyburton guided his World War II fighter-styled Pro Late Model to Victory Lane at Sunset Speedway on August 7. He led wire-to-wire and came home in front of Jordan Howse and Gord Shepherd.

Photo by Ashley McCubbin

Photo by Ashley McCubbin

ONTARIO MODIFIED RACING SERIES Chad Strawn was the main to beat on August 14 at Peterborough Speedway. The Ontario Modified Racing Series won the 25-lap feature, making up for a late-race miscue that cost him a victory the previous time the series visited the high-banked, one-third-mile oval.

ONTARIO LEGENDS SERIES Matt Haufe has always seemed to do well at Peterborough Speedway. The Ontario Legends Series racer from Stittsville, Ontario reinforced that trend on August 14 after starting on the outside of the third row and powering to the win in the 25-lap race.

Photo by Jim Clarke / Clarke Motorsports Comm

Photo by Jim Clarke / Clarke Motorsports Comm

PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY Ryan Edwards-Kiss jumped to the lead of the 20-lap Mini Stock feature, on August 14 at Peterborough Speedway, and never looked back. With the win, he ended Ryan Oosterholt’s consecutive win streak at the track.

PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY Just moments after the start of the August 14 Late Model feature at Peterborough Speedway, Bryan Mercer took charge and led the rest of the way to the win. In Victory Lane, he dedicated the win to his father, Ron, who passed away in 2018.

Photo by Jim Clarke / Clarke Motorsports Comm

Photo by Jim Clarke / Clarke Motorsports Comm

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BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY Shawn Gregory was on a mission to take his third consecutive Canadian Modified main event win on August 14 at Brighton Speedway. He came home in front of Doug O’Blenis and Nathan Rinaldi in the 25-lap race.

CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY Corey Wheeler came out on top following the 40-lap 358 Modified feature at Cornwall Motor Speedway on Sunday, August 15.

Photo Courtesy of Brighton Speedway

Photo by Rick Young

DINOSAUR DOWNS SPEEDWAY The IMCA Canada tour visited Drumheller, AB’s Dinosaur Downs Speedway on August 15. (L-R) IMCA Canada president Bruce Hampton president of IMCA Canada with race winners Deven Deven Visser, Chad Roode, Karey Stular and Garth Dushanek.

MERRITTVILLE SPEEDWAY August 21 was the 70th anniversary celebration for Merrittville Speedway. Mat Williamson won the prestigious Jerry Winger Memorial, successfully defending his title in the 50-lap 358 Modified feature.

Photo by Carol Douglas

Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce

MERRITTVILLE SPEEDWAY Prior to the start of racing on August 21 at Merrittville, the track honoured four individuals with induction onto the track’s Wall of Fame. (L-R) Congratulations to Glenn Baker, Pete Bicknell, Gary Moreash and Tim Breadman for their contributions and achievements!

PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY Marlie Owen earned her first Super Stock feature win of the season on August 21 at Peterborough Speedway. The popular driver took the lead on Lap 3 and never looked back.

Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce

Photo by Melissa Smits / One Nine Marketing

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FLAMBORO SPEEDWAY Carson Nagy was all smiled in Flamboro Speedway’s Qwick Wick Victory Lane after winning the August 21 Super Stock feature.

SUNSET SPEEDWAY After coming close to victory several times earlier in the season, Josh Bullen managed to close the deal on August 14 by winning the Mini Stock feature at Sunset Speedway.

Photo by Peter Anderson

Photo by Steve Traczyk

HUMBERSTONE SPEEDWAY On August 29 Humberstone Speedway paid tribute to former owner, the late Pete Cosco. Tyler Willard won the Modified feature race and was joined in Victory Lane by Linda Cosco, Pete’s widow.

LITTLE MIDDLETON SPEEDWAY Shakierra Maracle won the Beginners Class feature on August 24 at Little Middleton Speedway, near Tillsonburg, ON. The popular class has an average of 18 young racers in the field each week.

Photo by Alex & Helen Bruce

Photo by Steve Traczyk

LITTLE MIDDLETON SPEEDWAY Sklar Evans put together a perfect night, on August 24 at Little Middleton Speedway, winning both of his heats and the Feature. Melville Dos Santos and Brennan Hagar were second and third, respectively.

LITTLE MIDDLETON SPEEDWAY Despite a cracked chassis that caused her to throw sparks and dig into the dirt track, Holly Porter came out on top in the Open class feature at Little Middleton Speedway, on August 24. Tom Pellizzari and Brent Smith won earlier heat races.

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Photo by Steve Traczyk

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insler’s valve has less pressure rise (less slope) as more fuel is bypassed through it than any other valve because of its large efficient-flowing pintle and seat.

As the flow is decreased, the pressure decreases. Ideally, this would form one slightly slanted straight line (see graph), but friction in the valve makes the closing pressures slightly less than the opening ones at any given flow. The result is called a hysteresis loop.

Pressure Relief Valves (PRV) have a diaphragm assembly with a pintle or ball, with spring(s) above it to force it down onto the seat. Fuel pressure from the pump must rise to the pressure set point to exert enough force on the diaphragm to lift the sealing device off the seat, allowing fuel to pass through the valve, back to the fuel tank. To bypass more fuel, the spring(s) must be compressed slightly more to open the valve a bit further, causing a rise in pressure.

TIGHTEST LOOP Kinsler’s valve has the tightest loop of any valve they have tested. The closing pressures are just .2 (2/10) psi lower than the opening pressures. Kinsler’s swivel pintle valve is self-centering as it closes.

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(Above) Kinsler K-140 pressure relief valve.

(Left) Valve pressure graph showing poor, good and excellent flow conditions.

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VACUUM – BOOST REFERENCE If you connect the 3AN side-of-the-tower breather port below the throttles in the intake manifold, the PRV will lower the fuel pressure when it sees vacuum. If it sees boost, the PRV will raise the fuel pressure.

This broadens the useable range of the injectors.

FILTRATION REQUIRED It is critical that any PRV has a maximum of 10-micron filtration (.39 thousandths of an inch particles) to it, as any dirt that gets between the valve and the seat will prevent the valve from closing fully. Much better would be Kinsler’s 10/3 filter developed for NASCAR Cup cars. It has a premium top layer of 10-micron paper to

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I RESULTS

AGASSIZ SPEEDWAY

August 8, 2021 STREET STOCK: 1. No. X Paul Tourond, 2. No. 55 Murray Jones, 3. No. 43 Steven Van Meel, 4. No. 66 Troy Cheyne, 5. No. 38 Bill Schouter // HEATS: 1. No. 66 T. Cheyne, 2. No. X P. Tourond.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 88 Brandal Cholette, 2. No. 8 Joey Silas, 3. No. 22 Austin Bennett, 4. No. 83 Dayton Sargeant, 5. No. 71 Mark McFadden // HEAT: No. 8 J. Silas.

HORNETS: 1. No. 88 Al Silvester, 2. No. 11 Angelo Gallo, 3. No. 13 Nigel Raman, 4. No. 47 Aaron Wyatt, 5. No. 44 Mike Peters // HEATS: 1. No. 89 G. Richards, 2. No. 88 A. Silverster, 3. No. 89 G. Richards 4. No. 88 A. Silvester.

MIDGETS: 1. No. 11 Troy Globe, 2. No. 15 Aaron Fell, 3.

No. 7 Ron Jones, 4. No. 9s Sawyer Lund, 5. No. 03 Brady Rodgers // HEATS: No. 11 T. Globe (2).

August 14, 2021 STREET STOCK: 1. No. 67 Billy Coles, 2. No. 27 Kale Woodske, 3. No. X Paul Tourond, 4. No. 43 Steven Van Meel, 5. No. 78 Lorne Quewezance // FAST Q: No. X P. Tourond- 15.030s.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 76 Bailey Wright, 2. No. 19 Dillon Gordon, 3. No. 71 Mark McFadyen, 4. No. 91 Tyler Thomas // HEAT: No. 71 M. McFadyen.

HORNETS: 1. No. 11 Angelo Gallo, 2. No. 18 Dillon Kaiser, 3. No. 24 Andrew Bodnar Jr., 4. No. 03 Dennis Kristoff, 5. No. 25 Finn Dallman // HEATS: 1. No. 25 F. Dallman, 2. No. 15 J. Ruhl.

MIDGETS: 1. No. 11 Troy Globe, 2. No. 77 Levi Klatt, 3.

No. 03 Bradie Rogers, 4. No. 9a Jeremiah Franklin, 5.

No. 27 Johnny Ramone // HEAT: No. 11 T. Globe.

August 28, 2021 STREET STOCK: 1. No. 76 Paul Tourond, 2. No. 27 Kale Woodske, 3. No. 93 Brent Rohrer, 4. No. 26 Chris Thimer, 5. No. 38 Bill Schouten // HEATS: 1. No. 93 B. Rohrer, 2. No. 38 B. Schouten.

HORNETS: 1. No. 11 Angelo Gallo, 2. No. 88 Al Sylvester, 3. No. 18 Dillon Kaiser, 4. No. 15 Jayden Ruhl, 5. No. 42 Holden Hamel // HEAT: No. 11 A. Gallo.

MIDGETS: 1. No. 11 Troy Globe, 2. No. 9s Sawyer Lind, 3.

No. 15 Aaron Fall, 4. No. 77 Levin Klatt, 5. No. 03 Bradie Rogers // HEAT: No. 11 T. Globe.

BRIGHTON SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 CANADIAN MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 1 Shawn Gregory, 2. No. 69 Julian Phillips, 3. No. 32 Doug O’Blenis, 4. No. 29 Rich Sanders, 5. No. 5 Wally Alderdice // HEATS: 1 No. 69 J. Phillips, 2. No. 39 J. Mutton.

LATE MODEL: 1. No. 57 Charlie Sandercock, 2. No. 87 Andrew Hennessy, 3. No. 311 Sam Pannacchio, 4. No. 46 Brandon Mowat, 5. No. 89 Austin King // HEATS: 1.

No. 46 B. Mowat, 2. No. 87 A, Hennessy.

THUNDER STOCK: 1. No. 53 Wade Purchase, 2. No. 03 Justin Ramsay, 3. No. 0 Tyler French, 4. No. 26 Kraig Handley, 5. No. 92 Adam Turner // HEATS: 1. No. 92 A. Turner, 2. No. 26 K. Handley, 3. No. 85 A. Reid.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 16 Dawson Evans, 2. No. 25 Lawrence Evenden, 3. No. 12 Caleb Severin, 4. No. 96 Cole Abrams, 5. No. 11b Bailey Ferrill // HEATS: 1. No. 13 J. Dempster, 2. No. 7 A. Rinaldi.

COMP 4: 1. No. 43 Devon Kippen, 2. No. 15 Josh Bogaard, 3. No. 08 Josh French, 4. No. 24 Travis Fox Connor, 5. No. 4 Chris Tufford // HEATS: 1. No. 43 D. Kippen, 2. No. 44 T. Bailey.

STINGERS: 1. No. 93 Jordan Pickell, 2. No. 18 Carter Rhodes, 3. No. 95 Chris Lammle, 4. No. 87 Dawson Beaudre, 5. No. 11 Will Dorie // HEATS: 1 No. 79 R. Jenner, 2. No. 18 C. Rhodes.

August 14, 2021 CANADIAN MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 1 Shawn Gregory, 2. No. 32 Doug O’Blenis, 3. No. 3 Nathan Rinaldi, 4. No. 39 Jonah Mutton, 5. No. 29 Rich Sanders.

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Charlie Sandercock earned wins at the beginning and end of August at Brighton. Photo by Rod Henderson THUNDER STOCK: 1. No. 0 Tyler French, 2. No. 3 Justin Ramsay, 3. No. 92 Adam Turner, 4. No. 17 Jeff Humphry, 5. No. 72 Doug Anderson.

NORTHEAST LATE MODEL ALLIANCE: 1. No. 87 Andrew Hennesy, 2. No. 57 Charlie Sandercock, 3. No. 92 Adam Turner, 4. No. 5 Steve Baldwin, 5. No. 12 Kyle Sopaz.

OSCAAR HOT RODS: 1. No. 47 Steve Book, 2. No. 88 Brandon McCrumby, 3. No. 10k Jesse Kennedy, 4. No. 2 Tyler Hawn, 5. No. 13 Ryan Cowan // HEATS: 1. No. 10k J. Kennedy, 2. No. 2 T. Hawn.

EASTERN ONTARIO VINTAGE STOCK CAR CLUB: 1. No. 01 Brandon Gregory, 2. No. j7 Josh Powers, 3. No. 84 Steve Billings, 4. No. r75 Randy Gaudet, 5. No. 42 Pat Charland.

August 21, 2021 KINIGHTS of THUNDER SPRINT CARS: 1. No. 14h Jim Huppunen, 2. No. 91 Ryan Turner, 3. No. 88h Josh Hansen, 4. No. 68 Aaron Turkey, 5. No. 28 Jordan Poirier // HEATS: 1 No. 84 T. Rand, 2. No. 90 T. Cunningham.

CANADIAN MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 39 Jonah Mutton, 2. No. 32 Doug O’Blenis, 3. No. 1 Shawn Gregory, 4. No. 29 Rich Sanders, 5. No. 51 Mike Freeman // HEATS: 1. No. 32 D. O’Blenis, 2. No. 1 S. Gregory.

LATE MODEL: 1. No. 55 Brad Rayner, 2. No. 46 Brandon Mowat, 3. No. 87 Andrew Hennessy, 4. No. 57 Charlie Sandercock, 5. No. 01 Eli Mayhew // HEATS: 1. No. 46 B. Mowat, 2. No. 57 C. Sandercock.

THUNDER STOCK: 1. No. 72 Doug Anderson, 2. No. 40 Ron Wadforth, 3. No. 03 Justin Ramsay, 4. No. 17 Jeff Humphry, 5. No. 88 Patrick Easton // HEATS: 1. No. 03 J. Ramsay, 2. No. 40 R. Wadforth, 3. No. 85 A. Reid.

COMP 4; 1. No. 97 Kyle Gregory, 2. No. 44 Tommy Bailey, 3. No. 42jr Andrew Fletcher, 4. No. 15 Josh Bogaard, 5. No. 24 Travis Fox Connor // HEATS: 1. No. 43 D. Kippen, 2. No. 08 J. French.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 11w Mike Whyte, 2. No. 25 Lawrence Evenden, 3. No. 96 Cole Abrams, 4. No. 16 Dawson Evans, 5. No. 7 Anthony Rinaldi // HEATS: 1.

No. 12 C. Severin, 2. No. 7 A. Rinaldi.

STINGERS: 1. No. 18 Carter Rhodes, 2. No. 95 Chris Lammle, 3. No. 67j Josh Witney, 4. No. 93 Jorden Pickell, 5. No. 07 Megan Golden // HEATS: 1. No. 18 C. Rhodes, 2. No. 95 C. Lammle, 3. No. 93 J. Pickell.

August 28, 2021 LATE MODEL: 1. No. 57 Charlie Sandercock, 2. No. 46 Brandon Mowat, 3. No. 87 Andrew Hennessy, 4. No. 311 Sam Pennacchio, 5. No. 89 Austin King.

CANADIAN MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 32 Doug O’Blenis, 2. No. 5 Wally Alderdice, 3. No. 1 Shawn Gregory, 4. No. 29 Rich Sanders, 5. No. 26 Bob Green.

THUNDER STOCK: 1. No. 03 Justin Ramsay, 2. No. 72 Doug Anderson, 3. No. 26 Kraig Handley, 4. No. 17 Jeff Humphry, 5. No. 1 Brock Gregory.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 7 Anthony Rinaldi, 2. No. 96 Cole Abrams, 3. No. 11 Mike Whyte, 4. No. 16 Dawson Evans, 5. No. 14m Matthew Moore.

COMP 4: 1. No. 08 Josh French, 2. No. 15 Josh Bogaard, 3. No. 97 Kyle Gregory, 4. No. 44 Tommy Bailey, 5. No. 43 Devon Kippen.

VANTASTICS: 1. No. 19 Del MacGregor, 2. No. 3 Kevin Carruthers, 3. No. 121 Hunter Triemstra, 4. No. 55 Tristan LeClair, 5. No. 179 Derek Anderson.

SCHOOL BUSES: 1. No. 75 Frank Flieler, 2. No. 77 Bernie Rhebergen, 3. No. 55 Paul Quick, 4. No. 28 Del MacGregor, 5. No. 53 Mike Workman.

BROCKVILLE SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. Brian McDonald, 2. Lee Ladouceur, 3.

Ryan Arbuthnot, 4. Johnathan Ferguson, 5. Kyle Dingwall // HEATS: 1. B. McDonald, 2. L. Ladouceur.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Bobby Herrington, 2. Jarrett Herbison, 3. Jessica Power, 4. Gabriel Cyr, 5. Ricky Thompson // HEATS: 1. J. Power, 2. J. Herbison, 3. B. Herrington.

NOVICE SPORTSMAN: 1. Tristan Ladouceur, 2. Greg Brinklow, 3. Justin Cyr, 4. Jordan Wood, 5. Mario Dupuis // HEATS: 1. M. Dupuis, 2. B. Moore.

CRATE SPRINTS: 1. Matt Billings, 2. Bryan Cloutier, 3.

Dave McKnight, 4. Rick Wilson, 5. Ryan Poole // HEATS: 1. R. Wilson, 2. M. Billings.

STREET STOCK: 1. Brock Cullen, 2. Sylvain Gauthier, 3.

Todd Raabe, 4. Shawn Hodge, 5. Gilles Mongeon // HEATS: 1. B. Cullen, 2. S. Gauthier.

MINI STOCK: 1. Hayden Brown, 2. Jarrod Galway, 3. Dan Cook, 4. Tyson Slinger, 5. Matt Boal // HEATS: 1. H. Brown, 2. D. Cook.

VINTAGE (1): 1. Randy Gaudet, 2. Josh Powers, 3. Steve Billings, 4. Brandon Gregory, 5. Chad Lackie // (2): 1. Josh Powers, 2. Randy Gaudet, 3. Steve Billings, 4. Tim Hegarty, 5. Chad Lackie // HEATS: 1. R. Gaudet, 2. D. Billings.

August 14, 2021 MODIFIEDS: (1): 1. Tristan Draper, 2. Kyle Dingwall, 3.

Ryan Arbuthnot, 4. Chris Raabe, 5. Dylan Evoy // (2): 1.

Tristan Draper, 2. Ryan Arbuthnot, 3. Brain McDonald, 4. Gage Morin, 5. Kyle Dingwall // HEATS: 1. T. Draper, 2. J. Banks.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Jarrett Herbison, 2. Jessica Power, 3.

Dylan Kirkland, 4. Dan Ferguson, 5. Dominic Merkley // HEATS: 1. J. Kirkland, 2. J. Herbison, 3. R. Thompson.

NOVICE SPORTSMAN: 1. Justin Cyr, 2. Noah Mamo, 3.

Brennan Moore, 4. Greg Brinklow, 5. Jordan Wood // HEATS: 1. N. Mamo, 2. J. Cyr. STREET STOCK: 1. Tood Raabe, 2. Brock Cullen, 3. Brett Horner, 4. Shawn Hodge, 5. Keith Riddell // HEAT: T. Raabe.

MINI STOCK: (1): 1. Hayden Brown, 2. Frank Belair, 3.

Jamie Larocque, 4. Tyson Slinger, 5. Matt Boal // (2):1.

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Hayden Brown, 2. Pierre Picard, 3. Matt Boal, 4. Jamie Larocque, 5. Jarrod Galway // HEATS: 1. H. Brown, 2.

M. Boal.

August 28, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. Ryan Arbuthnot, 2. Kyle Dingwall, 3.

Johnathan Ferguson, 4. Dylan Evoy, 5. Danny O’Brien // HEATS: 1. R. Arbuthnot, 2. C. Miller.

SPORTSMAN: (1): 1. Bobby Herrington, 2. Ricky Thompson, 3. Jarrett Herbison, 4. Jessica Power, 5. Dale Gifford // (2): 1. Bobby Herrington, 2. William Racine, 3.

Jarrett Herbison, 4. Cedric Gauvreau, 5. Dylan Kirkland // HEATS: 1. T. Stewart, 2. B. Herrington, 3. D. Kirkland.

NOVICE SPORTSMAN: 1. Justin Cyr, 2. Brennan Moore, 3. Greg Brinklow, 4. Tim McColman, 5. Cole Perry // HEATS: 1. J. Cyry, 2. C. Perry.

STREET STOCK: 1. Todd Raabe, 2. Brock Cullen, 3. Peter Raabe, 4. Sylvain Gauthier, 5. Brett Horner // HEATS: 1.

T. Raabe, 2. B. Cullen.

MINI STOCK: 1. Hayden Brown, 2. Dan Cook, 3. Michael Tremblay, 4. Jarrod Galway, 5. Tyson Slinger // HEATS: 1. J. Galway, 2. H. Brown.

CRATE SPRINTS: 1. Ryan Poole, 2. Lee Ladouceur, 3.

Kalen Draper, 4. Matt Billings, 5. Rick Wilson // HEAT: M. Billings // 2021 Track Champion: Matt Billings.

CORNWALL MOTOR SPEEDWAY

August 8, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 66 Kyle Dingwall, 2. No. 38 Luke Whitteker, 3. No. 01 Chris Raabe, 4. No. 88 Lee Ladouceur, 5. No. 18j Louis Jackson Jr. // HEATS: 1. No. 0 S. Pecore, 2. No. 151k B. McDonald, 3. No. 01 C. Raabe.

SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 35r William Racine, 2. No. 41 Samual Charland, 3. No. 77e Ryan Stabler, 4. No. 1r Ricky Thompson, 5. No. 94 Gabriel Cyr // HEATS: 1.

No. 30 B. Kelsey, 2. No. 38j J. Herbison, 3. No. 41 S. Charland, 4. No. 82 D. Forgues.

PRO STOCK: 1. No. 338 Pascal Payeur, 2. No. 7 Bruno Richard, 3. No. 11a Dave Seguin, 4. No. 48 Jocelyn Roy, 5. No. 29 Dany Voghel // HEATS: 1. No. 33 B. Cyr, 2.

No. 6 S. Lebrun, 3. No. 72 B. Richard.

ROOKIE STOCK: 1. No. 49 Alexis Charbonneau, 2. No. 25 Pierre Picard, 3. No. 21 Marc-Andre Voyer, 4. No. 27 Thomas McDonald, 5. No. 7L Justin Leroux // HEATS: 1.

No. 25 P. Picard, 2. No. 22j J. Jodoin.

August 15, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 47s Corey Wheeler, 2. No. 31 Lance Willix, 3. No. 66x Corey Terrance, 4. No. 18j Louis Jackson Jr., 5. No. 13 Kevin Hamel // HEATS: 1. No. M16 G. Morin, 2. No. 38L L. Whitteker, 3. No. 31 L. Weller.

SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 77e Ryan Stabler, 2. No. 94 Gabriel Cyr, 3. No. 7 Cody McPherson, 4. No. 41 Samual Charland, 5. No. 85 Tyler Givogue // HEATS: 1. No. 04 S. McGill, 2. No. 1 J. Lalancette, 3. No. 41 S. Charland, 4.

No. 1x R. Delormier, 5. No. 88c CD Beauchamp // LCQ: 1. No. 88s F. Swamp, 2. No. 35r W. Racine.

NOVICE SPORTSMAN: (1): 1. No. 92t Tristan Ladouceur, 2. No. 96 Eric Loyer, 3. No. 707 Greg Brinklow, 4. No. 22dx Xavier Delormier, 5. No. 23 Cole Perry // (2): 1.

No. 88j Justin Cyr, 2. No. 92t Tristan Ladouceur, 3. No. 96 Eric Loyer, 4. No. 707 Greg Brinklow, 5. No. 09t Tim McColman // HEATS: 1. No. 92t T. Ladouceur, 2. No. 96 E. Loyer.

NORTHEAST LATE MODEL ALLIANCE: 1. No. 87 Andrew Hennessy, 2. No. 57 Charlie Sandercock, 3. No. 89 Austin King, 4. No. 69 Rob Pietz, 5. No. 91 Kraig Handley // HEATS: 1. No. 92 A. Turner, 2. No. 89 A. King, 3. No. 87 A. Hennessy.

STREET STOCK: 1. No. 10 Todd Raabe, 2. No. 72 Doug Anderson, 3. No. 40 Ron Wadforth, 4. No. 1 Brock Gregory, 5. No. 9 Sylvain Gauthier // HEATS: 1. No. 0 T. French, 2. No. 53 K. Handley, 3. No. 1 B. Gregory.

August 22, 2021 ACTION SPRINT TOUR: 1. No. 5d Jacob Dykstra, 2. No. 7 Eric Gledhill, 3. No. 55 Jeffrey Weare, 4. No. 45 Nick Sheridan, 5. No. 19d Allan Downey // HEATS: 1. No. 45 N. Sheridan, 2. No. 4 J. Costa, 3. No. 49L L. Smith // B-MAIN: No. 52 M. Billings.

MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 47s Corey Wheeler, 2. No. 38 Luke Whitteker, 3. No. 01 Chris Rabbe, 4. No. 66c Carey Terrance, 5. No. 13 Kevin Hamel // HEATS: 1. No. 66x C. Terrance, 2. No. 13 K. Hamel, 3. No. 47s C. Wheeler.

SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 41 Samual Charland, 2. No. 22c Cedric Gauvreau, 3. No. 35r William Racine, 4. No. 94

Andrew Ferreira won the Super Stock feature at Delaware on August 20. Photo by Dave Franks Gabriel Cyr, 5. No. 77e Ryan Stabler // HEATS: .1 No. 22c C. Gauvreau, 2. No. 1x R. Delormier, 3. No. 41 S. Charland, 4. No. 94 G. Cyr // LCQ: No. 27 G. Godard.

PRO STOCK: 1. No. 11a Dave Seguin, 2. No. 8 Marc Lalonde, 3. No. 48 Jocelyn Roy, 4. No. 6 Stephane Lebrun, 5. No. 9 Eric Jean-Louis // HEAT: No. 11a D. Seguin.

LIGHTNING SPRINTS: 1. No. 29 Stephane St-Laurent, 2.

No. 22 Tomy Moreau, 3. No. 87 Maxime Foley, 4. No. 16 Eric Sundborg, 5. No. 4 Jordan Roy // HEATS: 1. No. 17m M. Helie, 2. No. 22 T. Moreau.

DELAWARE SPEEDWAY

August 6, 2021 LATE MODEL: 1. No. 21 Matt Pritiko, 2. No. 03 Ray Morneau, 3. No. 52 Jake Sheridan, 4. No. 221 Pete Shepherd, 5. No. 51 Matt Robblee // HEATS: 1. No. 17 J. Stade, 2. No. 18 P. Freel.

BONE STOCK: 1. No. 03 Matt Langford, 2. No. 90 Mark Lamont, 3. No. 28 Kris Lawrence, 4. No. 1 Shawn Fucile, 5. No. 55 Craig Cole // HEATS: 1. No. 73 N. Clarke, 2.

No. 03 M. Langford, 3. No. 92 J. Wilms.

August 13, 2021 SUPER STOCK: 1. No. 03 Ray Morneau, 2. No. 1 Trevor Collver, 3. No. 9 Andrew Ferreira, 4. No. 17 Kenny McNicol Jr., 5. No. 7 Pete Vanderwyst // HEATS: 1. No. 4 L. Thompson, 2. No. 17 K. McNicol Jr. V8 STOCKS: 1. No. 33 Paul Fothergill, 2. No. 45 Barry Watson, 3. No. 810 Kyle Mezenberg, 4. No. 96 Steve Shaw Jr., 5. No. 23 Jeff Ferguson // HEAT: No. 810 K. Mezenberg.

BONE STOCK: 1. No. 03 Matt Langford, 2. No. 73 Jordan Morris, 3. No. 92 Jordan Wilms, 4. No. 26 Nathan Rhea, 5. No. 91 Mark Lamont // HEATS: 1. No. 71 Z. Hatch, 2. No. 77 B. Pelley.

August 20, 2021 PRO LATE MODEL: 1. Matt Pritiko, 2. Jake Sheridan, 3.

Cole Powell, 4. Darrell Lake, 5. Ray Morneau // HEATS: 1. M. Jacobs, 2. M. Robblee.

SUPER STOCKS: 1. Andrew Ferreira, 2. Ray Morneau, 3. Pete Vanderwyst, 4. Ryan Dyson, 5. Nic Ramsay // HEATS: 1. D. Stewart, 2. R. Dyson.

V8 STOCKS: 1. Paul Fothergill, 2. Barry Watson, 3. Kyle Mezenberg, 4. Steve Shaw Jr., 5. Chad Clutterbuck // HEAT: B. Watson.

August 27, 2021 ONTARIO SPORTSMAN SERIES: 1. No. 18 Chad McGlynn, 2. No. 2 Todd Sheppard, 3. No. 13 Brad Collison, 4. No. 61 Brent Wheeler, 5. No. 90 David Rockwood // FAST Q: No. 18 C. McGlynn- 20.098s.

V8 STOCKS: 1. No. 45 Barry Watson, 2. No. 33 Paul Fothergill, 3. No. 810 Kyle Mezenberg, 4. No. 96 Steve Shaw Jr., 5. No. 72 Chad Clutterbuck // HEAT: No. 45 B. Watson.

BONE STOCKS: 1. No. 92 Jordan Wilms, 2. No. 73 Jo Lawrence, 3. No. 03 Matt Langford, 4. No. 26 Nathan Rhea, 5. No. 148 Connor Ellis // HEATS: 1. No. 03 M. Langford, 2. No. 92 J. Wilms.

EDMONTON INT’L RACEWAY

August 7, 2021 FUTURE STOCKS: 1. No. 16 Davin Kropinske, 2. No. 6 Acacia Graham, 3. No. 50 Skye Brenneman, 4. No. 43 Mercedes Pattison, 5. No. 15 Ainslee Russnell // HEATS: No. 16 D. Kropinske (2).

August 21, 2021 THUNDER: 1. No. 08 Don Lawrence, 2. No. 56 Josh Gitzel, 3. No. 69 Cooper Gill, 4. No. 6 Jonathan Peter, 5.

No. 1 Rodney Pahl // HEATS: 1. No. 08 D. Lawrence, 2.

No. 56 J. Gitzel.

PURE STOCK: 1. No. 82 Kevin Sakaluk, 2. No. 18 Tyler Duncan, 3. No. 67 Dan Vallee, 4. No. 84 Tanner Duncan, 5. No. 16 Haley Crandell.

FUTURE STOCKS: 1. No. 16 Davin Kropinske, 2. No. 6 Acacia Graham, 3. No. 11 Matthew Wharmsby, 4. No. 15 Ainslee Russnell, 5. No. 7 Melody McNeill // HEATS: 1. No. 6 A. Graham, 2. No. 16 D. Kropinske.

MINI CUPS: 1. No. 27 Ayden Banman, 2. No. 18 Ethan Skolarchuk, 3. No. 15 Jaida Schofield, 4. No. 44 Sebastien Beaupre, 5. No. 22 Noah Banman // HEATS: 1.

No. 22 N. Banman, 2. No. 18 E. Skolarchuk, 3. No. 22 N. Banman, 4. No. 8 C. Skolarchuk.

August 28, 2021 IMCA MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 92 Mike Clark, 2. No. 14 Justin MacTavish, 3. No. 99 Alex Krause, 4. No. 97 Chase Guidolin, 5. No. 23 Barry McTavish // HEATS: 1. No. 97 C. Guidolin, 2. No. 61 K. Stular, 3. No. 92 M. Clark, 4. No. 23 B. McTavish.

SUPER STOCK: 1. No. 51 Terry Dowler, 2. No. 96 Erica Theiring, 3. No. 2 Mike Ramm, 4. No. 47 Rodney Pahl, 5.

No. 18 Candice Pahl // HEATS: 1. No. 96 E. Theiring, 2.

No. 14 R. Hildebrandt.

THUNDER: 1. No. 08 Don Lawrence, 2. No. 34 Don Roberts, 3. No. 56 Josh Gitzel, 4. No. 69 Cooper Gill, 5.

No. 6 Jonathan Peters // HEATS: 1. No. 15 J. Clark, 2.

No. 56 J. Gitzel.

FUTURE STOCKS: 1. No. 16 Davin Kropinske, 2. No. 6 Acacia Graham, 3. No. 50 Skye Brenneman, 4. No. 15 Ainslee Russnell, 5. No. 43 Miranda Pattison // HEATS: No. 16 D. Kropinske (2).

EMO SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 50 Brady Caul, 2. No. 02 Dayton Brady, 3. No. 21 Matt DePiero, 4. No. 14 Blake Ferris, 5. No. 88 Tanner Williamson // HEATS: 1. No. 88 T. Williamson, 2. No. 99 B. Strachan.

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 16g Garrett Paull, 2. No. 59x James Lambert, 3. No. 17 Christopher Leek, 4. No. 14c Cody Ossachuk, 5. No. 99 Glen Strachan // HEATS: 1. No. 14c C. Ossachuk, 2. No. 99 G. Strachan.

STREET STOCKS: 1. No. 15r Raice Westover, 2. No. 86 Kevin Desserre, 3. No. 33 Garett Gamsby, 4. No. 54x Kellar/ Happy, 5. No. 28 Doug Derendorf // HEAT: No. 3x J. Thompson.

August 14, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 14 Blake Ferris, 2. No. 85d Jeff Davis,

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3. No. 88 Tanner Williamson, 4. No. 4c Chris Bouwman, 5. No. 44 Tyler Brown // HEATS: 1. No. 4jr C. Brown, 2.

No. 85d J. Davis.

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 70jr David Simpson, 2. No. 14c Cody Ossachuk, 3. No. 4b Brandon Rehill, 4. No. 17 Christopher Leek, 5. No. 21 Wyatt Boyum // HEATS: 1.

No. 14c C. Ossachuk, 2. No. 7-jr D. Simpson, 3. No. 26 P. Hari.

STREET STOCK: 1. No. 15r Raice Westover, 2. No. 3x Jesse Thompson, 3. No. 54x Dean Kellar, 4. No. 41 Jyllian Westover, 5. No. 24t Lyle Thompson // HEATS: 1. No. 3x J. Thompson, 2. No. 15r R. Westover.

August 20, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 4jr Cameron Brown, 2. No. 12p Brandon Pelepetz, 3. No. 4c Chris Bouwman, 4. No. 21 Matt DePiero, 5. No. 14 Blake Ferris // HEATS: 1. No. 14 B. Ferris, 2. No. 50 B. Caul.

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 70jr David Simpson, 2. No. 621 Colin Chaschuk, 3. No. 85 Jamie Davis, 4. No. 33c Cole Chernosky, 5. No. 88 Tanner Williamson // HEATS: 1. No. 70jr D. Simpson, 2. No. 4b B. Rehill, 3. No. 88 T. Williamson, 4. No. 21 W. Boyum // B-MAIN: No. 16g G. Paull.

STREET STOCKS: 1. No. 96w Darren Wolframe, 2. No. 15r Raice Westover, 3. No. 33 Garett Gamsby, 4. No. 54x Keller/ Happy, 5. No. 12 David Caruk // HEATS: 1.

No. 33 G. Gamsby, 2. No. 15r R. Westover.

August 21, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 4c Chris Bouwman, 2. No. 85d Jeff Davis, 3. No. 14 Blake Ferris, 4. No. 4jr Cameron Brown, 5. No. 21 Matt DePiero // HEATS: 1. No. 4c C. Bouwman, 2. No. t23 J. Toppozini.

MIDWEST MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 85 Jamie Davis, 2. No. 621 Colin Chaschuk, 3. No. 21 Wyatt Boyum, 4. No. 70jr David Simpson, 5. No. 3d Kevin Monteith // HEATS: 1. No. 621 C. Chaschuk, 2. No. 70jr D. Simpson, 3. No. 85 J. Davis, 4.

No. 14c C. Ossachuk // B-MAIN: No. 4b B. Rehill.

STREET STOCKS: 1. No. 15r Raice Westover, 2. No. 96w Darren Wolframe, 3. No. 33 Garett Gamsby, 4. No. 12 David Caruk, 5. No. 24 Andrew Piilo // HEATS: 1. No. 15r R. Westover, 2. No. 96w D. Wolframe.

ESTEVAN MOTOR SPEEDWAY

August 6, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 02 Kody Scholpp, 2. No. 01 Joey Galloway, 3. No. 10 Tyson Turnbull, 4. No. 29 Les McLenehan, 5. No. 21z Isaiah Geisel // HEATS: 1. No. 01 J. Galloway, 2. No. 30 T. Wagner.

SPORTS MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 7b Bailey Cousins, 2. No. 25r Leevi Runge, 3. No. 2 Kyle Scholpp, 4. No. 36 Ryan Cousins, 5. No. 77x Dylan McCoughan // HEATS: 1. No. 7b B. Cousins, 2. No. 13 J. Fichter.

STOCKS: 1. No. 17 Austin Daae, 2. No. 95 Gregg Mann, 3. No. 47 Devon Gonas, 4. No. 21c Chase Davidson, 5.

No. 12g Gary Goudy Jr. // HEATS: 1. No. 17 A. Daae, 2.

No. 17h C. Hortness.

HOBBY STOCKS: 1. No. 52L Landon Runge, 2. No. 27jr Kruz Wilson, 3. No. 15 Connor Hansen, 4. No. 98h Kayden Hjorteland, 5. No. 91t Kaiden Tuchscherer // HEATS: 1. No. 41 T. Saxon, 2. No. 12 D. Saxon.

SLINGSHOTS: 1. No. 99 Cash Saxon, 2. No. 18 Ryder Raynard, 3. No. 44j Jagger Ashworth, 4. No. 14 Kolby Fichter, 5. No. 7 Sierra Staff // HEATS: 1. No. 18 R. Raynard, 2. No. 99 C. Saxon.

August 7, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 10 Tyson Turnbull, 2. No. 02 Kody Scholpp, 3. No. 01 Joey Galloway, 4. No. 30 Tyler Wagner, 5. No. 00 Mason Big Eagle // HEATS: 1. No. 96 K. Peterson, 2. No. 10 T. Turnbull.

SPORTS MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 7b Bailey Cousins, 2. No. 2 Kyle Scholpp, 3. No. 25r Leevi Runge, 4. No. 95 Rylan Raynard, 5. No. 22 Keenan Glasser // HEATS: 1. No. 25r L. Runge, 2. No. 95 R. Raynard.

STOCKS: 1. No. 17h Chris Hortness, 2. No. 95 Gregg Mann, 3. No. 47 Devon Gonas, 4. No. 17 Austin Daae,

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Karey Stular picked up an IMCA Modified heat win at EIR on August 28. Photo by Perry Nelson 5. No. 21c Chase Davidson // HEATS: 1. No. 17 C. Hortness, 2. No. 95 G. Mann.

HOBBY STOCKS: 1. No. 27jr Kruz Wilson, 2. No. 52L Landon Runge, 3. No. 15 Connor Hansen, 4. No. 12 Dexter Saxon, 5. No. 91t Kaiden Tuchscherer // HEATS: 1. No. 96r D. Raynard, 2. No. 27jr K. Wilson.

SLINGSHOTS: 1. No. 99 Cash Saxon, 2. No. 18 Ryder Raynard, 3. No. 21e Eli Turnbull, 4. No. 7 Sierra Staff, 5. No. 33j Jacek Ashworth // HEATS: 1. No. 18 R. Raynard, 2. No. 7 S. Staff.

August 28, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 30 Tyler Wagner, 2. No. 02 Kody Scholpp, 3. No. 01 Joey Galloway, 4. No. 29 Les McLenehan, 5. No. 00 Mason Big Eagle // HEATS: 1. No. 3L D. Lisafeld, 2. No. 00 M. Big Eagle.

SPORTS MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 4b Brandon Rehill, 2. No. 2 Kyle Scholpp, 3. No. 95 Rylan Raynard, 4. No. 36 Ryan Cousins, 5. No. 25r Leevi Runge // HEATS: 1. No. 4b B. Rehill, 2. No. 2 K. Scholpp.

STOCKS: 1. No. 17-?, 2. No. 68 Jeremy Swanson, 3. No. 17h Chris Hortness, 4. No. 95 Gregg Mann, 5. No. 19 Jeremy Istace // HEATS: 1 No. 17h C. Hortness, 2. No. 68 J. Swanson.

HOBBY STOCK: 1. No. 52L Landon Runge, 2. No. 12 Dexter Saxon, 3. No. 91t Kaiden Tuchscherer, 4. No. 15 Connor Hansen, 5. No. 27jr Kruz Wilson // HEATS: No. 12 D. Saxon (2).

SLINGSHOTS: 1. No. 18 Ryder Raynard, 2. No. 99 Cash Saxon, 3. No. 2 Dane Skjerdal, 4. No. 44j Jagger Ashworth, 5. No. 51 Gage Goetz // HEATS: 1. No. 17 S. Staff, 2. No. 18 R. Raynard.

August 29, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 10e Aaron Turnbull, 2. No. 02 Kody Scholpp, 3. No. 30 Tyler Wagner, 4. No. 01 Joey Galloway, 5. No. 10 Tyson Turnbull // HEATS: 1. No. 10 T. Turnbull, 2. No. 10e A. Turnbull.

SPORT MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 95 Rylan Raynard, 2. No. 36 Ryan Cousins, 3. No. 29 Joey Galloway, 4. No. 7b Bailey Cousins, 5. No. 2 Kyle Scholpp // HEATS:1. No. 4b B. Rehill, 2. No. 25r L. Runge.

STOCKS: 1. No. 68 Jeremy Swanson, 2. No. 17h Chris Hortness, 3. No. 95 Gregg Mann, 4. No. 17 Austin Daae, 5. No. 47 Devon Gonas // HEATS: 1. No. 95 G. Mann, 2.

No. 17 A. Daae.

HOBBY STOCK: 1. No. 15 Connor Hansen, 2. No. 91t Kaiden Tuchscherer, 3. No. 27jr Kruz Wilson, 4. No. 98h Kayden Hjorteland, 5. No. 19 Quentin Skjerdal // HEATS: 1. No. 98h K. Hjorteland, 2. No. 91t K. Tuchscherer.

SLINGSHOTS: 1. No. 18 Ryder Raynard, 2. No. 99 Cash Saxon, 3. No. 7 Sierra Staff, 4. No. 3 Dane Skjerdal, 5.

No. 51 Gage Goetz // HEATS: 1. No. 18 R. Raynard, 2.

No. 99 C. Saxon.

FLAMBORO SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 ONTARIO PRO CHALLENGE: (1) 1. No. 88 Tim Norris, 2. No. 17 Mike Norris, 3. No. 16 Rick Seeley, 4. No. 37 Larry Majeury, 5. No. 43 John Dryden // (2): 1. No. 88 Tim Norris, 2. No. 17 Mike Norris, 3. No. 33 Bryan Stevanus, 4. No. 37 Larry Majeury, 5. No. 8 Peter Hattin.

LATE MODEL: 1. No. 24 Kyle Steckly, 2. No. 3 Shae Gemmell, 3. No. 89 Shawn Chenoweth, 4. No. 13 Shane Maginnis, 5. No. 2 Rick Burbridge.

MINI STOCK (1): 1. No. 81 Karl Sault, 2. No. 32 Gillian Hils, 3. No. 17 Dylan Sharpe, 4. No. 8 Dale Millard, 5. No. 59 Tyler Lewis // (2): 1. No. 76 Shawn Taylor, 2. No. 32 Gillian Hils, 3. No. 81 Karl Sault, 4. No. 8 Dale Millard, 5.

No. 59 Tyler Lewis.

PURE STOCK: (1) 1. No. 50 Kris Lawrence, 2. No. 8 Kyle Lucas, 3. No. 0 Phil Givens, 4. No. 242 Rodney Rutherford, 5. No. 73x Jordan Morris // (2): 1. No. 242 Rodney Rutherford, 2. No. 14t Scott Tonelli, 3. No. 50 Kris Lawrence, 4. No. 82 Eric Stewart, 5. No. 51 Reece Bourgeois.

August 21, 2021 CAN AM MIDGETS: 1. Brody Rickwood, 2. Darren McLennan, 3. Cory Whittam, 4. Jeff Blackburn, 5. Daniel Hawn.

CANADIAN VINTAGE MODIFIEDS (1): 1. Mike Podd, 2.

TJ Marshall, 3. Ricky Willigar, 4. Jerrid Morphy, 5. Bob Gilbert // (2): 1. Jerrid Morphy, 2. TJ Marshall, 3. Mike Podd, 4. Bob Gilbert, 5. Ricky Willigar.

SUPER STOCKS (1): 1. Justin Collison, 2. Steve Cashmore, 3. Dennis Cybalski, 4. Randy Rusnell, 5. Carson Nagy // (2): 1. Carson Nagy, 2. Justin Collison, 3. Dennis Cybalski, 4. Steve Cashmore, 5. Randy Rusnell.

MINI STOCKS: (1) 1. Gillian Hils, 2. Karl Sault, 3. Shawn Taylor, 4. Cole Quinton, 5. Kaitlyn Wallace // (2): 1.

Gillian Hils, 2. Karl Sault, 3. Shawn Taylor, 4. Cole Quinton, 5. Dale Millard.

PURE STOCKS: (1) 1. Phil Givens, 2. Matt Young, 3. Eric Stewart, 4. Rick VanKleef, 5. Mark Thorne // (2): 1. Gary Slama, 2. Phil Givens, 3. Bobby Mercer, 4. Kyle Lucas, 5.

Dale Lucas.

FULL THROTTLE MOTOR SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 THUNDER TRUCK: 1. No. 94 Mark Dixon, 2. No. 66 John Green, 3. No. 7 Alex Hamilton, 4. No. 78 Larry Hartley, 5.

No. 83 Henk Bos. MINI STOCK: 1. No. 18 Isaac Dippel, 2. No. 7 Brian Wilson, 3. No. 14 Brian Wilson Jr., 4. No. 47 Thomas Wunsch, 5. No. 91 Sandy Eccles.

ROOKIE STOCKS: 1. No. 9 Steve Hubbs, 2. No. 92 Kyle Flemming, 3. No. 16 Chantel Embros, 4. No. 6 Cooper Donaldson, 5. No. 22 Teegan Ellis.

AUGUST SHORT TRACK ROUND-UP I

August 21, 2021 JUNIOR LATE MODEL: (1): 1. No. 37 Del Freiburger, 2.

No. 73 Alyssa Brunette, 3. No. 9 Marissa Carter, 4. No. 77 Chase Steivenart, 5. No. 15 Bentley Webber // (2): 1. No. 37 Del Freiburger, 2. No. 73 Alyssa Brunette, 3.

No. 77 Chase Steivenart, 4. No. 9 Marissa Carter, 5. No. 15 Bentley Webber.

ROOKIE STOCK: (1): 1. No. 92 Kyle Flemming, 2. No. 19 Steve Hubbs, 3. No. 78 Nicole Stewart, 4. No. 16 Josh Embros // (2): 1. No. 92 Kyle Flemming, 2. No. 78 Nicole Stewart, 3. No. 19 Steve Hubbs, 4. No. 6 Cooper Donaldson.

FUN STOCK: (1): 1. No. 78 Richard Geerlinks, 2. No. 2p Michael Peterson, 3. No. 48 Connor Ellis, 4. No. 22 Teegan Ellis, 5. No. 18 Nathan Detwiler // (2): 1. No. 48 Connor Ellis, 2. No. 2p Michael Peterson, 3. No. 18 Nathan Detwiler, 4. No. 78 Richard Geerlinks, 5. No. 01 Luke Dippel.

MINI TRUCKS: (1): 1. No. 15 Kaisha Zimoch, 2. No. 49 Hayden Sim, 3. No. 29a Austin Arnel, 4. No. 43 Carson Sim, 5. No. 21 Mason Collver // (2): 1. No. 15 Kaitlyn Zimoch, 2. No. 49 Hayden Siim, 3. No. 29a Austin Arnel, 4. No. 25 McKenna Robson, 5. No. 21 Mason Collver.

STREET STOCK: (1): 1. No. 16 Lucas Dillman, 2. No. 78 Larry Hartley, 3. No. 14 Luke Bos, 4. No. 30 Jim Ferrier, 5. No. 14x Eppe Bos // (2): 1. No. 16 Lucas Dillman, 2.

No. 78 Larry Hartley, 3. No. 30 Jim Ferrier, 4. No. 15 Dave Gray, 5. No. 14x Eppe Bos. MINI STOCK: (1): 1. No. 47 Thomas Wunsch, 2. No. 18 Isaac Dippel, 3. No. 7 Brian Wilson, 4. No. 34 Chris Pendelbury, 5. No. 3 Mitch Wilkin // (2): 1. No. 3 Mitch Wilkin, 2. No. 14 Brian Wilson, 3. No. 73 Scott Schluetter, 4.

No. 7 Brian Wilson Jr., 5. No. 47 Thomas Wunsch.

August 28, 2021 JUNIOR LATE MODEL: (1): 1. No. 37 Del Freiburger, 2.

No. 7 Laila Walser, 3. No. 73 Alyssa Brunette, 4. No. 9 Marissa Carter, 5. No. 15 Bentley Webber // (2): 1. No. 37 Del Frieburger, 2. No. 7 Laila Walser, 3. No. 73 Alyssa Brunette, 4. No. 9 Marissa Carter, 5. No. 15 Bentley Webber.

MINI TRUCK: (1): 1. No. 15 Kaisha Zimoch, 2. No. 49 Hayden Sim, 3. No. 43 Carson Sim, 4. No. 21 Mason Collver, 5. No. 29 Jake Pardy // (2): 1. No. 49 Hayden Sim, 2. No. 15 Kaisha Zimoch, 3. No. 43 Carson Sim, 4.

No. 29 Jake Pardy, 5. No. 75 Tim Bourne.

ROOKIE STOCK: (1): 1. No. 16 Chantel Embros, 2. No. 92 Kyle Flemming, 3. No. 19 Steve Hubbs, 4. No. 6 Cooper Donaldson, 5. No. 4 Daphne Sullivan // (2): 1. No. 16 Chantel Embros, 2. No. 92 Kyle Flemming, 3. No. 14 Daphne Sullivan, 4. No. 19 Steve Hubbs, 5. No. 89 Chris/ Sam. VINTAGE LATE MODEL: (1): 1. No. 78 Larry Hartley, 2.

No. 18 Billy Alderson, 3. No. 70 Scott Marvin // (2): 1.

No. 18 Billy Alderson, 2. No. 78 Larry Hartley.

CRAZY TRAINS: 1. The Crayon Crew, 2. The Avengers.

GRAND BEND SPEEDWAY

August 8, 2021 PRO LATE MODELS: 1. No. 84 Jacob Ross, 2. No. 67 Kenny McNicol Jr., 3. No. 70 Gord Bennett.

4 STOCK: 1. No. 84 Trevor Critchey, 2. No. 53 Kara Martin, 3. No. 28g Cierra Graves.

MINI TRUCK: 1. No. 49 Hayden Sim, 2. No. 43 Carson Sim, 3. No. 67 Rick Baskett.

JUNIOR MINI TRUCKS: 1. No. 16 Jolene Relou, 2. No. 77 Austin MacLennan, 3. No. 51 Brayden Martin, 4. No. 73 Eden Robson, 5. No. 78 Lucas Chapman.

JUNIOR SPRINTS: 1. No. 77x Chase Cameron, 2. No. 11 Colin Klumper, 3. No. 4 Dylan Graham, 4. No. 15 Siobhan Alguire, 5. No. 01 Logan Chapman.

JUNIOR LATE MODEL: 1. No. 7 James Relou, 2. No. 15 Caleb Goertz, 3. No. 77 Chase Stievenart, 4. No. 53 Kara Martin, 5. No. 6 Will Quarrie.

August 15, 2021 PRO LATE MODELS: 1. No. 70 Steve Arrand, 2. No. 67 Jonathan Schwemler, 3. No. 84 Jacob Ross // HEAT: No. 70 S. Arrand.

4 STOCK: 1. No. 70 Jacob Ross, 2. No. 71 Zach Hatch, 3. No. 1 Bob Stewart, 4. No. 84 Trevor Critchley, 5. No. 52 Rick Vankleef // HEATS: 1. No. 83 B. Stewart, 2. No. 17 H. McNicol.

MINI TRUCKS: 1. No. 49 Hayden Sim, 2. No. 29 Austin Arnel, 3. No. 43 Carson Sim, 4. No. 15 Kaisha Zimoch, 5. No. 25 McKenna Robson // HEATS: 1. No. 21 M. Collver, 2. No. 15 K. Zimoch.

Tim Norris swept the Ontario Pro Challenge doubleheader at Flamboro on August 7. Photo by Dave Franks JUNIOR LATE MODELS: 1. No. 7 James Relou, 2. No. 2 Caleb Goertz, 3. No. 77 Chase Stievenart, 4. No. 6 Will Quarrie, 5. No. 53 Kara Martin // HEATS: 1. No. 6 W. Quarrie, 2. No. 7 J. Relou.

MINI TRUCK: 1. No. 77 Austin MacLennan, 2. No. 16 Jolene Relou, 3. No. 51 Brayden Martin, 4. No. 73 Eden Robson, 5. No. 78 Lucas Chapman // HEAT: No. 16 J. Relou.

OUTLAW SPRINTS: 1. No. 37 Norm Roy, 2. No. 92 Cody Wilds, 3. No. 93 Matt Thompson, 4. No. 77 Austin MacLennan, 5. No. 78 Adam MacLennan // HEATS: 1.

No. 77 Au. MacLennan, 2. No. 72 S. Thompson.

August 22, 2021 PRO LATE MODELS: 1. No. 70 Gord Bennett, 2. No. 84 Jacob Ross, 3. No. 67 Kenny McNicol Jr. // HEAT: No. 84 J. Ross.

4 STOCK: 1. No. 17 Hailey McNicol, 2. No. 71 Zach Hatch, 3. No. 14 Mark Lamont, 4. No. 83 Bob Stewart, 5.

No. 01 Luke Dippel // HEATS: 1 No. 01 L. Dippel, 2. No. 71 Z. Hatch.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 29 Austin Arnel, 2. No. 25 McKenna Robson, 3. No. 67 Rick Baskett, 4. No. 43 Carson Sim, 5.

No. 21 Mason Collver // HEATS: 1. No. 25 M. Robson, 2. No. 49 H. Sim. JUNIOR SPRINTS: 1. No. 77x Chase Cameron, 2. No. 4 Dylan Graham, 3. No. 15 Siobhan Alguire, 4. No. 7 Hannah Hamilton, 5. No. 6 Maxwell Lloyd // HEATS: 1.

No. 7 H. Hamilton, 2. No. 77x C. Cameron.

JUNIOR LATE MODEL: 1. No. 88 Ryder White, 2. No. 23 Brandan Magee, 3. No. 53 Kara Martin, 4. No. 73 Alyssa Brunette, 5. No. 77 Chase Stievenart // HEATS: 1. No. 73 A. Brunette, 2. No. 6 W. Quarrie.

JUNIOR MINI TRUCK: 1. No. 77 Austin MacLennan, 2.

No. 73 Eden Robson, 3. No. 73 Brayden // HEAT: No. 77 A. MacLennan.

HUMBERSTONE SPEEDWAY

August 8, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. Scott Wood, 2. Fred Carleton, 3. Mat Williamson, 4. Mike Bowman, 5. Tyler Willard // HEATS: 1.

B. Rouse, 2. G. Lindberg, 3. S. Wood // B-MAIN: J. Sharp.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Cody McPherson, 2. Brad Rouse, 3.

Luke Carleton, 4. Dave Flannigan Jr., 5. James Friesen // HEATS: 1. D. McKay, 2. B. Rouse, 3. D. Farraway.

STREET STOCKS: 1. Kraig Handley, 2. Dave Bailey, 3.

Ryan Beagle, 4. Chris Hale, 5. Blake Bomberry Jr. // HEATS: 1. D. Bailey, 2. K. Handley, 3. B. Bomberry Jr. // B-MAIN: K. Wert.

MINI STOCKS: 1. Austyn Werstroh, 2. Tyler Lafantaisie, 3.

Olivier Larocque, 4. Trevor DeBoer, 5. Anthony Kelly // HEATS: 1. K. Rothwell, 2. T. Lafantaisie, 3. A. Werstroh.

August 15, 2021 SPORTSMAN: 1. James Friesen, 2. Luke Carleton, 3.

Greg Panunte, 4. Dave Flannigan Jr., 5. Rob Knapp // HEATS: 1. D. Flannigan Jr., 2. C. Friesen, 3. J. Panunte.

STREET STOCKS: 1. Blake Bomberry Jr., 2. Christopher Hale, 3. Mike Thorne, 4. Rob Murray, 5. Jeff Larmet // HEATS: 1. M. Thorne, 2. S. Smolders, 3. J. Fontaine.

MINI STOCKS: 1. Shawn Keus, 2. Leroy Buscumb, 3. Kenny Hair, 4. Rob Hoskins, 5. Mike Sarantakos // HEATS: 1. K. Hair, 2. L. Buscumb.

MOD LITES: 1. Josh Sliter, 2. Jeffery May, 3. Tyler

Winger, 4. Chris Watson, 5. Randy Giroux // HEATS: 1.

J. May, 2. J. Sliter.

August 22, 2021 LATE MODELS: 1. Sam Pennacchio, 2. Rob Ledingham, 3. Jake Hooker, 4. Tim Gillespie, 5. Rob Pietz // HEAT: R. Pietz.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Brad Rouse, 2. Cody McPherson, 3.

James Friesen, 4. Greg Panunte, 5. Luke Carleton // HEATS: 1. B. Rouse, 2. J. Cosco, 3. J. Friesen.

STREET STOCKS: 1. Jason Fontaine, 2. Ken Sargent, 3.

Pete Reid, 4. Dave Bailey, 5. Barry Beck Jr. // HEATS: 1.

P. Reid, 2. J. Fontaine.

MINI STOCKS: 1. Tyler Lafantaisie, 2. Kenny Hair, 3.

Leroy Buscumb, 4. Mark Bazuin, 5. Mike Sarantakos // HEATS: 1. K. Hair, 2. M. Bazuin.

August 29, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. No. 777 Tyler Willard, 2. No. 96c Fred Carleton, 3. No. 37s Gary Lindberg, 4. No. 6 Mat Williamson, 5. No. 12 Chad Chevalier // HEATS: 1. No. 12 C. Chevalier, 2. No. 1xp A. Long-Wood, 3. No. 6 M. Williamson.

LATE MODEL: 1. No. 57 Charlie Sandercock, 2. No. 87 Andrew Hennessy, 3. No. 311 Sam Pennacchio, 4. No. 01 Eli Mayhew, 5. No. 92 Adam Turner // HEATS: 1. No. 69 R. Pietz, 2. No. 57 C. Sandercock.

SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 7 Cody McPherson, 2. No. 18r Brad Rouse, 3. No. 15L Adam Leslie, 4. No. 8s Justin Sharpe, 5. No. 20 Jay Mallory // HEATS: 1. No. 35g B. Grunl, 2.

No. 15L A. Leslie, 3. No. 72 J-M Friesen // CONSI: No. 108 B. Bleich Jr. STREET STOCK: 1. No. 03 Justin Ramsay, 2. No. 05 Pete Reid, 3. No. 26 Kraig Handley, 4. No. 49 Dave Bailey, 5.

No. 84rk Ryan Beagle // HEATS: 1. No. 49 D. Bailey, 2.

No. 79 C. Hale, 3. No. ij J. Fontaine.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 71w Austyn Werstroh, 2. No. 96 Tyler Lafantaisie, 3. No. 44b Leroy Buscumb, 4. No. 91 Olivier Larocque, 5. No. 5k Ken Hair // HEATS: 1. No. 96 T. Lafantaisie, 2. No. 15 F. Oliveri.

LITTLE MIDDLETON SPEEDWAY

August 10, 2021 OPEN: 1. No. 18 Gabby Darling, 2. No. 1 Holly Porter, 3.

No. 31 Allison Jackson, 4. No. 14 Paige Smith, 5. No. 19j Jarrett Nock // HEATS: 1. No. 1 H. Porter, 2. No. 5 T. Pellizzari // FAST Q: No. 34 S. Chesterman- 10.169s BOX STOCK: 1. No. 87xs Skyler Evans, 2. No. 96 Brennan Hagar, 3. No. 7s Sebastien Powless, 4. No. 69 Haydin Jamieson, 5. No. 56 Jeffrey Showler // HEATS: 1. No. 88 R. Mercer, 2. No. 68 K. Maracle // SEMIS: 1. No. 87xs S. Evans, 2. No. 96 B. Hagar.

BEGINNERS: 1. No. 17xs Brock Pitts, 2. No. 28 Chase Kennington, 3. No. 17z Zayden Miller, 4. No. 86 Riley Forth, 5. No. 67 Shakierra Maracle // HEATS: 1. No. 27 R. Verberne, 2. No. 17z Z. Miller // SEMIS: 1. No. 15g G. Huehn, 2. No. 28 C. Kennington.

August 17, 2021 OPEN: 1. No. 5 Tom Pellizzari, 2. No. 14 Paige Smith, 3.

No. 1 Holly Porter, 4. No. 18 Gabby Darling, 5. No. 19j Jarrett Nock // HEATS: 1. No. 14t T. Neal, 2. No. 1 H. Porter // FAST Q: No. 48L L Erskine- 10.059s.

BOX STOCK: 1. No. 24k Kiana Teal, 2. No. 56 Jeffrey

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Showler, 3. No. 13 Race McConnell, 4. No. 96 Brennan Hagar, 5. No. 100 Melville Dos Santos // HEATS: 1. No. 56 J. Showler, 2. No. 100 M. Dos Santos // SEMIS: 1.

No. 24k T. Keal, 2. No. 13 R. McConnell.

BEGINNERS: 1. No. 86 Riley Forth, 2. No. 15g Grayson Huehn, 3. No. 17xs Brock Pitts, 4. No. 4 C. Cannon, 5.

No. 92p Skye Giles // HEATS: 1. No. 92p S. Giles, 2. No. 28 C. Kennington // SEMIS: 1. No. 4 C. Cannon, 2. No. 15g G. Huehn.

August 24, 2021 OPEN: 1. No. 1 Holly Porter, 2. No. 48L Lance Erskine, 3.

No. 5 Tom Pellizzari, 4. No. 34 Scott Chesterman, 5. No. 18 Gabby Darling // HEATS: 1. No. 5 T. Pellizzari, 2. No. 15 B. Smith.

BOX STOCK: 1. No. 87xs Skyler Evans, 2. No. 100 Melville Dos Santos, 3. No. 96 Brennan Hagar, 4. No. 56 Jeffrey Showler, 5. No. 13 Race McConnell // HEATS: 1. No. 87xs S. Evans, 2. No. 13 R. McConnell // SEMIS: 1. No. 87xs S. Evans, 2. No. 7s S. Powless.

BEGINNERS: 1. No. 67 Shakierra Maracle, 2. No. 17xs Brock Pitts, 3. No. 15g Grayson Huehn, 4. No. 4 C&C Cannon, 5. No. 86 Riley Forth // HEATS: 1. No. 28 C. Kennington, 2. No. 4 C&C Cannon // SEMIS: 1. No. 17xs B. Pitts, 2. No. 67 S. Maracle.

MERRITTVILLE SPEEDWAY

August 6, 2021 KNIGHTS OF THUNDER SPRINTS CARS: 1. Jordan Poirier, 2. Aaron Turkey, 3. Ryan Turner, 4. Liam Martin, 5.

Jamie Turner // HEATS: 1. J. Huppunen, 2. DJ Christie, 3. R. Turner.

ACTION SPRINT TOUR: 1. Nick Sheridan, 2. Jacob Dykstra, 3. Eric Gledhill, 4. Jesse Costa, 5. Lucas Smith // HEATS: 1. L. Smith, 2. J. Dykstra, 3. J. Costa // B-MAIN: A. Stahle.

STOCKS: 1. Dave Bailey, 2. Rob Murray, 3. Mark Fawcett, 4. Logan Shwedyk, 5. Ryan Beagle // HEATS: 1. R. Beagle, 2. C. Nicholls.

4 CYLINDERS: 1. Kenny Hair, 2. Braden Keus, 3. Kyle Rothwell, 4. Tyler Lafantaisie, 5. Austyn Werstroh // HEATS: 1. R. Goulding, 2. 2. J. Moulton, 3. T. Lafantaisie.

August 7, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. Gary Lindberg, 2. Mike Bowman, 3. Scott Wood, 4. Tim Jones, 5. Fred Carleton // HEATS: 1. C. Chevalier, 2. S. Wood, 3. T. Wright.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Billy Bleich Jr., 2. Dave Flannigan Jr., 3. Justin Sharp, 4. Luke Carleton, 5. Cody McPherson // HEATS: 1. B. Bleich Jr., 2. T. Vanderzanden, 3. C. McPherson.

STOCKS: 1. Dave Bailey, 2. Jason Fontaine, 3. Rob Murray, 4. Spencer Smolders, 5. Devon Bacher // HEATS: 1.

J. Fontaine, 2. C. Nicholls, 3. M. Fawcett.

MOD LITES: 1. Tyler Winger, 2. Jeffery May, 3. Brent Begolo, 4. Shawn Sliter, 5. Sean Iftody // HEATS: 1. T. Winger, 2. J. May. 4 CYLINDERS: 1. Austyn Werstroh, 2. Kyle Rothwell, 3.

Tyler Lafantaisie, 4. Trevor DeBoer, 5. Olivier Larocque // HEATS: 1. K. Rothwell, 2. J. Lubeck, 3. F. Oliveri.

V6: 1. Dustin Duga, 2. Josh Dmytrow, 3. John Couture, 4.

Jordan Fidler, 5. Tina Ronning // HEAT: D. Duga.

August 14, 2021 ACTION SPRINT TOUR: 1. Jacob Dykstra, 2. Brett Stratford, 3. Allan Downey, 4. Jesse Costa, 5. Steven Beckett // HEATS: 1. A. Downey, 2. D. Miller, 3. A. Stahle, 4. N. Sheridan // B-MAIN: D. Dryden.

MODIFIEDS: 1. Mike Bowman, 2. Pete Bicknell, 3. Austin Wood, 4. Todd Gordon, 5. Tim Jones // HEATS: 1. A. Wood, 2. T. Gordon, 3. T. Podwinski.

STOCKS: 1. Ryan Beagle, 2. Dave Bailey, 3. Kyle Pelrine, 4. Rob Murray, 5. Spencer Smolders // HEATS: 1. C. Nicholls, 2. D. Bailey, 3. M. Thorne.

MOD LITES: 1. Chris Watson, 2. Tyler Winger, 3. RJ Pietz, 4. Brent Begolo, 5. Jeffery May // HEATS: 1. RJ Pietz, 2. J. Sliter.

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Mat Williamson picked up Modified wins on August 21 and 28 at Merrittville. Photo by Kevin Miller 4 CYLINDERS: 1. Kyle Rothwell, 2. Anthony Kelly, 3. Austyn Werstroh, 4. Tyler Lafantaisie, 5. Trevor DeBoer // HEATS: 1. F. Olivieri, 2. K. Hair, 3. K. Rothwell.

V6: 1. Dustin Duga, 2. Josh Dmytrow, 3. Jordan Fidler, 4.

Jeff Marsh, 5. James Small // HEAT: J. Couture.

August 21, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. Mat Williamson, 2. Pete Bicknell, 3. Gary Lingberg, 4. Mike Bowman, 5. Austin Wood // HEATS: 1.

C. Chevalier, 2. M. Williamson, 3. S. Wood.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Cody McPherson, 2. Billy Bleich Jr., 3. James Friesen, 4. Luke Carleton, 5. Brad Rouse // HEATS: 1. C. McPherson, 2. D. Farraway, 3. J. Mallory.

4 CYLINDERS: 1. Tyler Lafantaisie, 2. Kenny Hair, 3.

Austyn Werstroh, 4. Anthony Kelly, 5. Kyle Rothwell // HEATS: 1. K. Hair, 2. F. Olivieri, 3. T. Lafantaisie.

August 28, 2021 MODIFIEDS: 1. Mat Williamson, 2. Gary Lindberg, 3. Trevor Wright, 4. Austin Wood, 5. Pete Bicknell // HEATS: 1.

M. Williamson, 2. S. Pierce, 3. F. Carleton.

SPORTSMAN: 1. Brad Rouse, 2. Justin Sharpe, 3. Jay Mallory, 4. Cody McPherson, 5. Brent Begolo // HEATS: 1. J. Mallory, 2. C. Friesen, 3. R. Knapp.

STOCKS: 1. Dave Bailey, 2. Mike Thorne, 3. Jason Fontaine, 4. Chris Hile, 5. Rob Murray // HEATS: 1. R. Murray, 2. J. Lampman, 3. C. Nicholls.

4 CYLINDERS: 1. Jay Moulton, 2. Kenny Hair, 3. Austyn Werstroh, 4. Tyler Lafantaisie, 5. Kyle Rothwell // HEATS: 1. D. Wurster, 2. K. Hair, 3. R. Shaw.

MOD LITES: 1. Jeffery May, 2. Brent Begolo, 3. Randy Giroux, 4. Sean Iftody, 5. Josh Sliter // HEATS: 1. J. May, 2. J. Sliter.

V6: 1. Jordan Fidler, 2. John Couture, 3. Dustin Duga, 4.

Jeff Marsh, 5. James Small // HEAT: T. Ronning.

2. D. McHattie.

ONTARIO MODIFIEDS: 1. Chad Strawn, Alex Cuzzilla, 3.

John Baker Jr., 4. Nicholas Ledson, 5. Bob Franks // HEATS: 1. C. Strawn, 2. A. Cuzzilla, 3. C. Strawn, 4. J. Baker Jr. ONTARIO LEGENDS: 1. Matt Haufe, 2. Kevin Foisy, 3.

Parker Traves, 4. Nick Ledson, 5. Adam Cuthbertson // HEATS: 1. M. Haufe, 2. P. Traves, 3. M. Haufe, 4. K. Foisy.

TRUCKS: (1) 1. Ryan Oosterholt, 2. Stacy Switzer, 3. Kyle Gordon, 4. Paul Boundy, 5. Shawn Murray // (2): 1.

Stephen Bierworth, 2. Stacy Switzer, 3. Shawn Murray, 4.

Brad Lavalle, 5. Paul Boundy // HEATS: 1. R. Oosterholt, 2. S. Bierworth.

MINI STOCK: 1. Ryan Edwards-Kiss, 2. Ember Junkin, 3.

Brock Baker, 4. Dylan Wills, 5. Dwight Lavoie // HEATS: 1. J. Lavalle, 2. Je. Kelly, 3. J. Lavalle, 4. R. Edwards-Kiss.

BONE STOCK: 1. Ryan Oosterholt, 2. Shawn Solomon, 3. Jake Kelly, 4. Isaiah Switzer, 5. Christen Lavalle // HEATS: 1. R. Oosterholt, 2. S. Finnegan, 3. R. Oosterholt, 4. S. Solomon.

August 7, 2021 SUPER STOCK TOUR: 1. Carson Nagy, 2. Lane Zardo, 3.

Gerrit Tiemersma, 4. Nic Ramsay, 5. Ethan Constable // FAST Q: G. Tiemersma- 14.755s // LCQ: Rob Richards.

ONTARIO SPORTSMAN SERIES: 1. Tyler Bouillon, 2. Chad McGlynn, 3. Kevin Gallant, 4. Kevin Trevelin, 5. James Townsend.

BONE STOCK: 1. Ryan Oosterholt, 2. Shawn Solomon, 3. Sean Kennedy, 4. Angelo Novis, 5. Connor Parkes // HEATS: 1. R. Oosterholt, 2. S. Solomon.

MINI STOCK: 1. Ryan Oosterholt, 2. Jeremy Kelly, 3. Ryan Edwards-Kiss, 4. Brad Lavalle, 5. Tyler Junkin // HEATS: 1. R. Oosterholt, 2. T. Junkin, 3. R. Oosterholt, 4. B. Lavalle.

August 21, 2021 SUPER STOCK: 1. Marlie Owen, 2. Rob Richards, 3. Bailey Jacobs, 4. Anthony DiBello, 5. Kyle Gordon // HEATS: 1.

M. Gordon, 2. A. DiBello, 3. B. Jacobs, 4. R. Richards.

LATE MODEL: 1. Dan McHattie, 2. Tim Batty, 3. Steve Powell, 4. Bryan Mercer, 5. Robert Cousineau // HEATS: 1. D. McHattie, 2. B. Mercer.

MINI STOCK: 1. Kevin Strutt, 2. Ember Junkin, 3. Brad Lavalle, 4. Brock Baker, 5. Ryan Oosterholt // HEATS: 1.

Je. Kelly, 2. R. Edwards-Kiss, 3. R. Oosterholt, 4. J. Lavalle.

BONE STOCK: 1. Steven Finnegan, 2. Shawn Solomon, 3. Ryan Oosterholt, 4. Kyle Novis, 5. Sean Kennedy // HEATS: 1. S. Solomon, 2. S. Finnegan, 3. S. Solomon, 4.

R. Oosterholt.

August 28, 2021 ONTARIO LEGENDS: 1. Matt Haufe, 2. Parker Traves, 3.

Nick Ledson, 4. Kevin Foisy, 5. Hudson Nagy // HEATS: 1. N. Ledson, 2. M. Haufe, 3. N. Ledson, 4. K. Foisy.

ONTARIO OUTLAW SUPER LATE MODELS: 1. Brandon Passer, 2. John Cadman Jr., 3. John Owen, 4. Ethan Courneyea, 5. Mike Wilkinson // HEATS: 1. D. Capirchio, 2. G. Watson, 3. D. Capirchio, 4. T. Campbell.

SUPER STOCKS: 1. Mark Gordon, 2. Anthony DiBello, 3. Bailey Jacobs, 4. Paul Boundy, 5. Brandon McFerran // HEATS: 1. B. Jacobs, 2. A. DiBello, 3. P. Boundy, 4. K. Gordon.

MINI STOCK: 1. Ryan Oosterholt, 2. Ember Junkin, 3.

Ryan Edwards-Kiss, 4. Kevin Strutt, 5. Jeremy Kelly // HEATS: 1. R. Oosterholt, 2. E. Junkin, 3. R. Oosterholt, 4.

R. Edwards-Kiss.

August 14, 2021 LATE MODEL: 1. Bryan Mercer // HEATS: 1. B. Mercer,

August 29, 2021 ONTRAIO LEGENDS: 1. Parker Traves, 2. Nick Ledson, 3.

PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY

AUGUST SHORT TRACK ROUND-UP I

August Short Track Round-Up Matt Haufe, 4. Kevin Foisy, 5. Hudson Nagy // HEATS: 1.

N. Ledson, 2. M. Haufe, 3. N. Ledson, 4. K. Foisy.

OSCAAR HOT RODS: 1. Tyler Hawn, 2. Jaeger McMaster, 3. Steve Book, 4. Dave Waite, 5. Adrian Foster // HEATS: 1. D. Waite, 2. T. Hawn, 3. J. McMaster, 4. S. Book.

OUTLAW MIDGETS- Nathan Ross Memorial: 1. Dave Bradley, 2. Larry Lawson, 3. Richard Woodland, 4. Jamie Key, 5. Lorne Van Dusen.

SARATOGA SPEEDWAY

August 28, 2021 HORNET A: 1. No. 87 Boston Larson, 2. No. 98 Nigel Neufeld, 3. No. 66 Jenn New, 4. No. 05 Sydney Levirs, 5.

No. 6 Dylan Thorpe // HEAT: No. 66 J. New. HORNET B: 1. No. 00 Bailey Fleming, 2. No. 41 Ryder Lippy, 3. No. 60 Brandon Hopp, 4. No. 93 Maria Bood, 5.

No. 79 Isaac Davis // HEATS: 1. No. 93 M. Bood, 2. No. 41 R. Lippy, 3. No. 30 S. Addison.

BOMBERS: 1. No. 24 Charlie Ackerman, 2. No. 87 Boston Larson, 3. No. 57 Ayden Sandirson, 4. No. 96 Chad Taks, 5. No. 42 Gary Marcus // HEAT: No. 9 D. Larson.

CRASH TO PASS: 1. No. 43 Erik Jessen, 2. No. 22 Brian Lowe, 3. No. 46 Jeff Monks, 4. No. 9 Troy Ordano, 5. No. 86 Richard Carey // HEAT: No. 9 T. Ordano.

SAUBLE SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 ONTARIO SUPER LATE MODEL TOUR: 1. No. 22 Glenn Watson, 2. No. 61 Dustin Jackson, 3. No. 03 Dario Caprichio, 4. No. 51 Ethan Courneyea, 5. No. 21k Kevin Errington.

INEX LEGENDS: 1. No. 60 Parker Traves, 2. No. 00 Joe Adams, 3. No. 72 Jason Legge, 4. No. 87 Nick Portt, 5.

No. 18 Nick Hamill.

UNITED 8s: 1. No. 26 Dave McMahon, 2. No. 71 Doug Wilson, 3. No. 10 Adrian Foster, 4. No. 26x Dalen Martin, 5. No. 81 Brittany Gresel.

August 14, 2021 ONTARIO SPORTSMAN SERIES: 1. No. 31 Kevin Gallant, 2. No. 15 Mike Hryniuk Jr., 3. No. 18 Chad McGlynn, 4.

No. 44 Brad Robinson, 5. No. 19 Kevin Trevellin.

COMBINED 4s: 1. No. 711 Gary Jones, 2. No. 1x John VanDyk, 3. No. 518 Steve Heard, 4. No. 63 Cole Burrows, 5. No. 08 Pat Farrow.

JUNIOR LATE MODEL: 1. No. 8 Kyle Parker, 2. No. 88 Ryder White, 3. No. 7 Laila Walser, 4. No. 51 Cole Kamrath, 5. No. 23 Brandon Magee.

August 20, 2021 APC UNITED LATE MODELS: (1): 1. No. 52 Jake Sheridan, 2. No. 81 Andrew Gresel, 3. No. 47 Jordan Sims, 4.

No. 29 Ryan Kimball, 5. No. 32 Treyton Lapcevich // (2): 1. No. 9 Brandon Watson, 2. No. 21 Matt Pritiko, 3. No. 32 Treyton Lapcevich, 4. No. 54 Danny Benedict, 5. No. 78 Jo Lawrence.

OSCAAR MODIFIEDS: 1. Andy Kamrath, 2. TJ Edwards, 3.

Norman Newman, 4. Jason Keen, 5. AJ Emms.

OSCAAR HOT RODS: 1. Tyler Hawn, 2. Steve Book, 3. Billy Alderson Jr., 4. Cole Weber, 5. Adrian Foster.

SCOTIA SPEEDWORLD

August 8, 2021 SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 94 Deven Smith, 2. No. 14 Alex Johnson, 3. No. 96 Scott O’Neill, 4. No. 25 Andrew Lively, 5. No. 85 Darren Hilchie // HEATS: 1. No. 96 S. O’Neill, 2. No. 94 D. Smith.

THUNDER/ LIGHTNING: 1. No. 145 Mike Umlah, 2. No. 158 Jamie Dillman, 3. No. 192 Dylan MacMillan, 4. No. 133 Tyler Hallahan, 5. No. 0 Jason Pickles // HEATS: 1.

No. 191 D. MacMillan, 2. No. 158 J. Dillman.

LEGENDS: 1. No. 12 Sam Rogers, 2. No. 87 Danny Chisholm, 3. No. 48 Waylon Farrell, 4. No. 03 Colton Noble, 5. No. 13 Wyatt McCulloch // HEATS: 1. No. 3 D. Dowe, 2. No. 66 O. Mahar.

BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 0 Tanton Wooldridge, 2. No. 8 Dawson Noble, 3. No. 71 Chase MacKay, 4. No. 39 Chase Livingston, 5. No. 24 Ayden Christensen // HEATS: 1. No. 71 C. MacKay, 2. No. 45 B. Pashkoski.

BEGINNER BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 14 Sam MacDonald, 2. No. 19 Landon Pierce, 3. No. 41 Brayden Wadden, 4.

No. 13 Avery Decoste, 5. No. 99 Bristol Matthews // HEAT: No. 41 B. Wadden.

Kyle Parker won the Junior Late Model feature at Sauble on August 14. Photo by Dave Franks August 13, 2021 SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 92 Pete Miller, 2. No. 14 Alex Johnson, 3. No. 94 Deven Smith, 4. No. 25 Andrew Lively, 5.

No. 85 Darren Hilchie // HEATS: 1. No. 92 P. Miller, 2.

No. 66 J. Breen.

THUNDER/ LIGHTNING: 1. No. 99 Dave Matthews, 2.

No. 158 Jamie Dillman, 3. No. 198 Steve Matthews, 4, No. 0 Jason Pickles, 5. No. 133 Tyler Hallahan // HEATS: 1. No. 158 J. Dillman, 2. No. 0 J. Pickles.

LEGENDS: 1. No. 08 Brad Eddy, 2. No. 87 Danny Chisholm, 3. No. 51 Braden Langille, 4. No. 03 Colton Noble, 5. No. 25 Gage Gilby // HEATS: 1. No. 25 G. Gilby, 2. No. 51 B. Langille.

BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 24 Ayden Christensen, 2. No. 71 Chase MacKay, 3. No. 0 Tanton Wooldridge, 4. No. 8 Dawson Noble, 5. No. 39 Chase Livingston // HEATS: 1.

No. 8 D. Noble, 2. No. 0 T. Wooldridge.

BEGINNER BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 42 Brayden Wadden, 2.

No. 14 Sam MacDonald, 3. No. 13 Avery DeCoste, 4. No. 19 Landon Pierce // HEAT: No. 41 B. Wadden.

August 14, 2021 MARITIME PRO STOCK TOUR: 1. No. 53 Cole Butcher, 2.

No. 99 Craig Slaunwhite, 3. No. 67 Dylan Blenkhorn, 4. No. 2 Ashton Tucker, 5. No. 29 Greg Proude // HEATS: 1. No. 53 C. Butcher, 2. No. 67 D. Blenkhorn, 3. No. 08 N. Naugle.

August 15, 2021 MARITIME PRO STOCK TOUR: 1. No. 99 Craig Slaunwhite, 2. No. 54 Jarrett Butcher, 3. No. 2 Ashton Tucker, 4. No. 53 Cole Butcher, 5. No. 1 Ryan Messer // HEATS: 1. No. 48 W. Farrell, 2. No. 53 C. Butcher, 3. No. 99 C. Slaunwhite.

August 20, 2021 SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 94 Deven Smith, 2. No. 10c Brady Creamer, 3. No. 85 Kenny McKenzie Jr., 4. No. 25 Andrew Lively, 5. No. 90 Wayne Miller // HEATS: 1. No. 94 D. Small, 2. No. 4 A. Boutilier, 3. No. 92 P. Miller.

THUNDER/ LIGHTNING: 1. No. 145 Travis Keefe, 2. No. 158 Jamie Dillman, 3. No. 111 Chad Sinton, 4. No. 0 Jason Pickles, 5. No. 99 Dave Matthews.

LEGENDS: 1. No. 87 Danny Chisholm, 2. No. 51 Braden Langille, 3. No. 08 Brad Eddy, 4. No. 20 Devin Wadden, 5. No. 18 Josh Langille.

BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 0 Tanton Wooldridge, 2. No. 24 Ayden Christensen, 3. No. 89 Emily Chisholm, 4. No. 45 Brett Pashkowski, 5. No. 77 Brooke Dowe.

BEGINNER BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 19 Landon Pierce, 2.

No. 41 Brayden Wadden, 3. No. 5 Ethan Hicken, 4. No. 13 Avery Decoste.

August 27, 2021 SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 94 Deven Smith, 2. No. 14 Alex Johnson, 3. No. 92 Pete Miller, 4. No. 4 Aaron Boutilier, 5. No. 90 Wayne Miller // HEATS: 1. No. 3 D. Wallage, 2. No. 25 A. Lively.

THUNDER/ LIGHTNING: 1. No. 99 Dave Matthews, 2.

No. 88 Nic Baker, 3. No. 158 Jamie Dillman, 4. No. 192 Dylan MacMillan, 5. No. 145 Travis Rowe // HEATS: 1.

No. 147 C. Matthews, 2. No. 99 D. Matthews.

LEGENDS: 1. No. 88 Nicholas Naugle, 2. No. 87 Danny Chisholm, 3. No. 03 Colton Noble, 4. No. 18 Josh Lang-

ille, 5. No. 12 Sam Rogers // HEATS: 1. No. 03 C. Noble, 2. No. 87 D. Chisholm.

BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 71 Chase MacKay, 2. No. 0 Tanton Wooldridge, 3. No. 8 Dawson Noble, 4. No. 24 Syden Christensen, 5. No. 77 Brooke Dowe // HEATS: 1. No. 8 D. Noble, 2. No. 0 T. Wooldridge.

BEGINNER BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 14 Sam MacDonald, 2. No. 19 Landon Pierce, 3. No. 41 Brayden Wadden, 4.

No. 13 Avery Decoste, 5. No. 99 Bristol Matthews // HEAT: No. 14 S. MacDonald.

SPEEDWAY 660

August 15, 2021 LATE MODEL SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 54 Clark Moore, 2.

No. 74 Alexandra O’Blenis, 3. No. 52 Destiny Enkel, 4. No. 94 Ryan Raynes, 5. No. 44s Brody Seveck.

STREET STOCK: 1. No. 68 Michael Cormier, 2. No. 55 James Matchett, 3. No. 77 Riley Goodwin, 4. No. 29m Martin Landry, 5. No. 7 Tristin Harris.

SHARP SHOOTERS: 1. No. 15 Daniel Atyco, 2. No. 57t Malcolm Suley, 3. No. 69 DJ Gillespie, 4. No. 32 Darren Wilcox, 5. No. 92 Randy Storey.

August 21, 2021 STREET STOCKS: 1. No. 99 Shawn Hyslop, 2. No. 7 Tristan Harris, 3. No. 38 Justin Cole, 4. No. 77 Riley Goodwin, 5. No. 11 Caleb Urquhart.

SHARP SHOOTERS: 1. No. 33 Matt Martin, 2. No. 75 Randy Titus, 3. No. 55 Hunter Kilfillen, 4. No. 69g Noah Gillespie, 5. No. 16 Jesse Madore.

SUNSET SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 PRO LATE MODEL: 1. No. 39 Travis Hallyburton, 2. No. 8 Jordan Howse, 3. No. 10s Gord Shepherd, 4. No. 83 Dale Shaw, 5. No. 54 Danny Benedict.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 51 Eric Yorke, 2. No. 67 Josh Bullen, 3. No. 15 Charlie Smith, 4. No. 8 Paul Bogensberger Jr., 5. No. 83 Cameron McGlashan.

BONE STOCK: 1. No. 23 Matt Boyes, 2. No. 25 John Bird, 3. No. 9 Austyn Jennett, 4. No. 26 Jacob Booth, 5. No. 17 Aundrea Lusk.

OUTLAW MIDGETS: 1. Jessica James, 2. Jody Bound, 3.

Dave Bradley, 4. Richard Woodland, 5. Wayne McKibbon // HEATS: 1. J. Bound, 2. D. Bradley, 3. J. Bound, 4. J. James.

August 8, 2021 OSCAAR MODIFIEDS: 1. Andy Kamrath, 2. TJ Edwards, 3. Kelly Balson, 4. Norman Newman, 5. Dale Reinhart // HEATS: 1. A. Kamrath, 2. TJ Edwards, 3. M. Schrenk.

OSCAAR HOT RODS: 1. Kyle Fetterly, 2. Tyler Hawn, 3.

Jesse Kennedy, 4. Rob Bromley, 5. Trevor Thompson // HEATS: 1. K. Fetterly, 2. T. Walters, 3. T. Thompson.

OSCAAR BONE STOCK INVITATIONAL: 1. Nic Ramsay, 2.

Phil Givens, 3. Gary Slama, 4. Jordan Williams, 5. Jordan Morris // HEATS: 1. P. Givens, 2. M. Peterson, 3. G. Slama.

August 14, 2021 APC UNITED LATE MODEL TOUR: 1. Jordan Howse, 2.

Dale Shaw, 3. Pete Shepherd III, 4. Jo Lawrence, 5. Jake Sheridan // FAST Q: D. Shaw- 14.361s.

SUPER STOCK: 1. No. 52 Brandon Passer, 2. No. 47

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Tom Walters, 3. No. 48 Dwayne Baker, 4. No. 8 Jason Parker, 5. No. 30 Todd Davenport.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 67 Josh Bullen, 2. No. 76 Shawn Taylor, 3. No. 18 Cole Quinton, 4. No. 6 Curtis Stewart, 5.

No. 99 Jeff Richard.

August 21, 2021 LIMITED LATE MODEL: 1. No. 31 Rick Spencer-Walt, 2.

No. 49 Miles Tyson, 3. No. 4 Alex Hastie, 4. No. 23 Paul Maltese, 5. No. 46 Billy Zardo.

SUPER STOCK: 1. No. 36 Lane Zardo, 2. No. 21 Matt Bentley, 3. No. 49 Frank Davey, 4. No. 48 Dwayne Baker, 5. No. 17 Gerrit Tiemersma.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 51 Eric Yorke, 2. No. 67 Josh Bullen, 3. No. 10 Doug Butler, 4. No. 24 Jeff LaFlamme, 5. No. 15 Charlie Smith.

BONE STOCK: 1. No. 55 Brandon Steele, 2. No. 2 Calvin Reesor, 3. No. 17 Aundrea Lusk, 4. No. 23 Matt Boyes, 5. No. 68 Jordan Owens.

WESTSHORE SPEEDWAY

August 7, 2021 BIG RIGS: 1. No. 59 Glen Creed, 2. No. 26 Jaeger Berdahl, 3. No. 11 Mike Hirst, 4. No. 91 Brady Riplinger, 5.

No. 13 Cory Riplinger // HEAT: No. 13 C. Riplinger.

OTRA: 1. No. 24 Troy Tarbuck, 2. No. 09 Tracy Cessford, 3. No. 25 George Jenson, 4. No. 34 Andrew Hawthorne, 5. No. 00 Matt Polley // HEATS: 1. No. 31 T. Clough, 2.

No. 25 G. Jenson.

HORNETS: 1. No. 61 Nolan Perry, 2. No. 66 Jenn New, 3.

No. 9 Jackson Manuel-Mills, 4. No. 16 Trent Fairclough, 5. No. 6 Dylan Thorpe // HEATS: 1. No. 66 J. New, 2.

No. 16 T. Fairclough.

BOMBERS: 1. No. 73 Cam Stanfield, 2. No. 10 Craig Matthews, 3. No. 15 Ryan Alexander, 4. No. 98 Bobby Cyr, 5.

No. 1 Dylan Ross // HEATS: 1 No. 73 C. Stanfield, 2. No. 15 R. Alexander.

August 14, 2021 LATE MODEL: (1): 1. No. 16 Rory Smith, 2. No. 14 Brandon Carlson, 3. No. 81 Jason Frost, 4. No. 15s Dave Smith, 5. No. 17 Dale Robinson // (2): 1. No. 81 Jason Frost, 2. No. 16 Rory Smith, 3. No. 4 Kyle Cottam, 4. No. 14 Brandon Carlson, 5. No. 17 Dale Robinson // HEATS: 1. No. 16 R. Smith, 2. No. 81 J. Frost.

STOCKS: 1. No. 43 Dave Reside, 2. No. 16 Brandon Moore, 3. No. 61 Nolan Perry, 4. No. 98 Brian Clutchey, 5. No. 24 Cody Young // HEATS: 1. No. 61 N. Perry, 2.

No. 71 A. McLellan.

OUTLAW 4S: 1. No. 51 Jason Day, 2. No. 96 Alex Mouner, 3. No. 72 Troy Ferguson, 4. No. 76 Taylor Pheaton // HEAT: No. 51 J. Day. August 20, 2021 NSRA SPRINTS: 1. No. 14a Aaron Willison, 2. No. 22 Richie Larson, 3. No. 12 Ron Larson, 4. No. 7d Randy DuBois, 5. No. 14c Brandon Carlson // HEATS: 1. No. 7d R. DuBois, 2. No. 14a A. Willison.

WILROC LITES: 1. No. 14 Aaron Willison, 2. No. 71 James Miller, 3. No. 16 Rhett Smith, 4. No. 11 Mike Meeres, 5. No. 46 Mike Schott // HEATS: 1. No. 14 A. Willison, 2. No. 22s G. Smith.

OLD TIMERS: 1. No. 25 George Jensen, 2. No. 54 Doug Richens, 3. No. 24 Troy Tarbuck, 4. No. 45 Gord Percival, 5. No. 93 Robin Trotter // HEATS: 1. No. 45 G. Percival, 2. No. 41 J. Morgan.

DWARF CARS: 1. No. 42 Brad Scafe, 2. No. 52 Brad Struck, 3. No. 28 Dave Wright, 4. No. 70 Jeff VonKampen, 5. No. 16c Dan Scott // HEATS: 1. No. 93 R. Windsor, 2. No. 42 B. Scafe.

August 21, 2021 NSRA SPRINTS: 1. No. 32 Ryan Orchard, 2. No. 14a Aaron Willison, 3. No. 12 Ron Larson, 4. No. 00 Brad Aumen, 5. No. 7d Randy DuBois // HEATS: 1. No. 7d R. Dubois, 2. No. 12 R. Larson.

WILROC LITES: 1. No. 14 Aaron Willison, 2. No. 71

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Lane Zardo kept the family tradition going with a win at Sunset on August 21. Photo by Steve Traczyk James Miller, 3. No. 55 Ryan Orchard, 4. No. 11 Mike Meeres, 5. No. 98 Jeff Bird // HEATS: 1. No. 71 J. Miller, 2. No. 16 R. Smith.

OLD TIMERS: 1. No. 41 Jamie Morgan, 2. No. 24 Troy Tarbuck, 3. No. 00 Matt Polley, 4. No. 04 Tracy Cessford, 5. No. 93 Robin Trotter // HEATS: 1. No. 31 T. Clough, 2. No. 41 J. Morgan.

DWARF CARS: 1. 1. No. 42 Brad Scafe, 2. No. 28 Dave Wright, 3. No. 52 Brad Struck, 4. No. 93 Riley Windsor, 5. No. 16c Dan Scott // HEATS: 1. No. 93 R. Windsor, 2. No. 28 D. Wright.

August 28, 2021 C&T Demo: 1. No. 3 Brandon Young, 2. No. 24 Cody Young, 3. No. 31 Jim Young, 4. No. 15 Forrest Leddy, 5. No. 71 Zachary Brotherston // HEATS: 1. No. 24 C. Young, 2. No. 18 C. Holfeld.

CLAIMERS: 1. No. 12 Mike Dash, 2. No. 48 Allana Jacobs, 3. No. 81 Dustin Hartwig, 4. No. 73 Desiree Veld, 5. No. 43 Lucas Dash // HEAT: No. 73 D. Veld.

BOMBERS: 1. No. 73 Cam Stanfield, 2. No. 10 Craig Matthews, 3. No. 29 Caleb Van Bree, 4. No. 5 Rick Gerhardt, 5. No. 74 Mark Zacchigna // HEATS: 1. No. 77 S. Campbell, 2. No. 29 C. Van Bree.

MF8: 1. No. 22 Riley Noyce, 2. No. 42 Sean Williams, 3.

No. 12 Mariah Stone, 4. No. 93 Rhett Szevics, 5. No. 49 Tanner Jacobs // HEATS: 1. No. 93 R. Szevics, 2. No. 09 D. Cahill.

WYANT GROUP RACEWAY

August 7, 2021 WSA SUPER LATE MODELS: 1. No. 10 Kevin Dyck, 2.

No. 55 Jim Gaunt, 3. No. 84 AJ Morrison, 4. No. 12 Matthew Shirley, 5. No. 04 Tim Kammer // HEATS: 1.

No. 8 K. Admiraal, 2. No. 10 K. Dyck // FAST Q: No. 12 M. Shirley- 14.274s.

SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 51 Sam Howlett, 2. No. 19 Aaron Anderson, 3. No. 93 Neil Schneider // HEATS: 1. No. 51 S. Howlett, 2. No. 93 N. Schneider.

STREET STOCK: 1. No. 37 Mike Kozak, 2. No. 3 Kevin MacLaggan, 3. No. 1 Scott Barrand, 4. No. 18 Mike Rea, 5. No. 86 Bryan Johnson // HEATS: 1. No. 42 Ko. MacLaggan, 2. No. 1 S. Barrand.

BANDOLERO: 1. No. 16 Jayon Ewen, 2. No. 88 Tanner Emond, 3. No. 51 Grayson Jewell, 4. No. 27 Nevaeh Stewart, 5. No. 15 Henry Neufeld // HEATS: 1. No. 88 T. Emond, 2. No. 51 G. Jewell.

August 14, 2021 PRO TRUCK: 1. No. 92 Brennan Kirton, 2. No. 23 Cole Nixey, 3. No. 2 Dusty Carrier, 4. No. 10 Rob Naismith, 5.

No. 91 Mitch Bone // HEATS: 1. No. 91 M. Bone, 2. No. 92 B. Kirton.

MINI STOCK: 1. No. 10 Lachlyn Anderson, 2. No. 6 Trent

Pitchko, 3. No. 17 Dorian Andre, 4. No. 8 Braxton Clewes // HEATS: 1. No. 6 T. Pitchko, 2. No. 10 L. Anderson.

SASK. LEGENDS: 1. No. 27 Jody Stewart, 2. No. 21 Blake Erb, 3. No. 14 Ty Stewart, 4. No. 29 Udi Saadon, 5. No. 46 Steve Lebedoff // HEATS: No. 21 B. Erb (2).

RACE-YOUR-JUNK: 1. No. 96 Colton Johnson, 2. No. 95 Hunter Goodall, 3. No. 74 Riley Freer, 4. No. 22 Chris Tetlock, 5. No. 01 Ethan Cozart // HEATS: 1. No. 95 H. Goodall, 2. No. 65 R. Kachur, 3. No. 74 R. Freer, 4. No. 54 C. Speidel.

BABY GRANDS: 1. No. 5 Dave Doschner, 2. No. 6 Rick Jondreau, 3. No. 15 Philip Baird, 4. No. 63 Sarah-Jo Paquette, 5. No. 29 Stew Lindsay // HEATS: 1. No. 5 D. Doschner, 2. No. 6 R. Jondreau // FAST Q: No. 6 R. Jondreau- 16.584s.

MINI CUPS: 1. No. 44 Sebastien Beaupre, 2. No. 76 Carson Malone, 3. No. 33 Thomas Hinse, 4. No. 15 Jaida Morgan, 5. No. 89 Fallon Baird // HEATS: 1. No. 44 S. Beaupre (2).

August 20, 2021 SUPER LATE MODELS: 1. No. 97 Jared Reddekopp, 2.

No. 55 Jim Gaunt, 3. No. 12 Matthew Shirley, 4. No. 10 Kevin Dyck, 5. No. 38 Dave Bone // HEATS: 1. No. 38 D. Bone, 2. No. 12 M. Shirley, 3. No. 10 K. Dyck, 4. No. 97 J. Reddekopp.

PRO TRUCKS: 1. No. 23 Cole Nixey, 2. No. 10 Rob Naismith, 3. No. 91 Mitch Bone, 4. No. 2 Dusty Carrier, 5.

No. 27 Mitch Stewart // HEATS: 1. No. 10 R. Naismith, 2. No. 23 C. Nixey.

MINI STOCKS: 1. No. 6 Trent Pitchko, 2. No. 10 Lachlyn Anderson, 3. No. 8 Braxton Clewes, 4. No. 17 Dorian Andre, 5. No. 19 Kelly Voss // HEATS: No. 6 T. Pitchko (2).

August 28, 2021 CANADIAN SUPER TRUCKS: 1. No. 76 Dusty O’Connell, 2. No. 44 Dean Braham, 3. No. 14 Ron Larsson, 4. No. 2 Brian Sparks, 5. No. 34 Cameron Medd // HEATS: 1. No. 2 B. Sparks, 2. No. 76 D. O’Connell, 3. No. 34 C. Medd, 4. No. 76 D. O’Connell // FAST Q: No. 76 D. O’Connell- 15.464s.

SASKATCHEWAN LEGENDS: 1. No. 21 Blake Erb, 2. No. 25 Hayden Hoogeveen, 3. No. 27 Jody Stewart, 4. No. 29 Udi Saadon, 5. No. 14x Lance Tymkow // HEATS: 1.

No. 21 B. Erb, 2. No. 27 J. Stewart // FAST Q: No. 21 B. Erb- 16.518s.

SPORTSMAN: 1. No. 51 Sam Howlett, 2. No. 19 Aaron Anderson, 3. No. 93 Neil Schneider, 4. No. 49 Shantel Kalika, 5. No. 5 Kirk Senger // HEAT: No. 5 K. Senger // FAST Q: No. 93 N. Schneider- 15.518s.

BANDOLEROS: 1. No. 16 Jaydon Ewen, 2. No. 51 Grayson Jewell, 3. No. 15 Henry Neufeld, 4. No. 27 Nevaeh Stewart, 5. No. 42 Charlee Carrier // HEATS: 1. No. 51 G. Jewell, 2. No. 16 J. Ewen. IT

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