B.O.S Run What Ya Brung (12 to 14 Sept 2008)

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2008_0814Image0150RICK @ the RACES ( 12 to 14 Sept 2008)

Web Site Update

www.rickatteraces.com

This weekend we reached over 3000 hits on the recorder and the latest person to sign the guest book was Paul from Grantham ,UK. ( hometown of the notorious former prime minister Maggie Thatcher) Paul is the man behind the web site www.briscaf1stoxpics.co.uk

Thanks Paul, I hope to catch you next Saturday at the BriSCA F1 W/F at Foxhall .

My forthcoming house move and prearranged trip to the UK haven’t left much time to devote to the site, but there are few new photo’s in most sections.

Weekly Report

Once again the weather has been the major factor in the racing world, as well as the world in general. My daughter Carla, who visited me from Texas during the Labor Day Weekend is now in the thick of Hurricane  weather. The coastal city of Galveston was badly affected and she’s been helping out at a shelter for evacuees that was set up in Austin.

Nearer to home, a day of rain put the blocks on Friday (12 Sept) combined LUCAS OIL CANADIAN DIRT SERIES and 358 SUPERDIRT CAR SERIES at the Brockville Ontario Speedway. This was the third attempt to get the CDS event in the books and with no make up date, the current points leader David Hebert became 2008 Champion.

Due to my busy schedule, I gave the 358 SUPER DIRTCAR SERIES at Autodrome Drummond a miss on Saturday and chose to stay local.

Instead of being up in Quebec and seeing Danny O’Brien win his second 358 SDS race of year, I was at the ( now much dryer) Brockville Ontario Speedway for their Run What Ya Brung show.2008_0814Image0094 2008_0814Image0095 2008_0814Image0092

Sharing the program were rookies, street stox , Vintage Stox and the DIRT Sportsman which had two features .

At the beginning of the year I had a good chat with long time, Modified driver Mark Hitchcock , who told me of his intentions to quit at the end of the year, saying that this would be his last season in racing. This Saturday was his final night, and a bunch of his fellow drivers got together for a photo shoot with him before the racing commenced.1409a 1409b

As I said, the weather played a big part in everyone’s plans this weekend and two drivers made unexpected visits to the BOS. Brian McDonald had been down at the Oshweken Speedway with his Sprint Car for the ‘Nationals’ . When rain put an end to that show, he made a quick dash up the 401 to race the Lasalle Team’s Modified.

Chris Raabe was another one that was supposed to be somewhere else. He’s been following the DIRT Sportsman Series and ended up making a grand tour around Lake Ontario running from the rain outs. The round at the Ransomville Speedway NY was effected on Friday night, then the Genessee Speedway at Batavia NY canceled their show early on Saturday.

1409eThe Raabe Team chased back up across the border to win both features at the BOS.

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2008_0814Image0156Jason Power was the Vintage winner

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The Run What Ya Brung show was once again won by Stephane Lafrance in his stunning projectile that laps the circuit quicker than anything else. ( even Sprint Cars). 2008_0814Image0151 2008_0814Image0114

1409fSteph won the show last year with the same machine.

Brockville turned out to be my only event this week as the Cornwall Motor Speedway also lost their Sunday show to rain.2008_0814Image0142

That brings me onto my next bit.

The uncle of Brockville winner Stephane Lafrance is Roger Aubin who will be accompanying me to the UK for the BriSCA F1 World Final. ( Roger’s wife , Marie is sister to Steph’s mum, Hughette)

In a few hours time we will be flying out of Ottawa bound for Gatwick Airport ( South of London). We hope to attend four different tracks during our visit, and It’s reassuring to know that UK events rarely cancel for bad weather. If it rains the cars put on suitable tires, and as for the race fans, we either choose to get wet or watch from beneath an umbrella !