RICK @ the RACES
RICK @ the RACES (27 to 31 AUG)
Wed 27 Aug Capital City Speedway , Ottawa
Sun 31 Aug Cornwall Motor Speedway
With it being the Labour Day Holday Weekend, you’ll probably be expecting plenty of coverage from a whole bunch of races. Well, that’s not the case as this week I have only two events to report on.
On Wednesday (27 Aug) I was at the final mid-week show of the season at Ottawa’s Capital City Speedway.
To round off the year, the remaining events will be on Friday’s (19/26 Sept) and on Saturday Aug 6 for a staging of the ACT LATE MODEL SERIES.
This Wednesday’s show sponsored by Local Heros , a Stittsville Sports Bar and Eatery had a good turn out of cars and fans. It was good to see my friend Erin Joyce # 33 back in action with her Legend car after engine problems have kept her away for a few weeks.
She led the feature for a while before succumbing to the might of regular winner Kevin Foisy.
My night at Capital City Speedway was made even more enjoyable working with ‘Trophy Girls’ Kayla and Vicky from ‘Local Heros’.
They joined me in Victory Lane and performed their duties with excellence.
Thunder Car winner was Ken Fisher,
Mini Stock was Doug Mold,
4 for Fun was Cody Dunham
and Tim Dorning won the Late Model Feature.
I wasn’t so disappointed about having to work late this past Friday (29 Aug) when I found out later that my intended destination was canceled because of rain. The final points night at Autodrome Edelweiss was ‘washed out’ , so Laurent Ladouceur became the 2008 track champion for the Modifieds.
On Saturday ( 30 Aug) , there were no racing plans on my agenda.
My destination was the Pierre Trudeau Airport in Dorval ( Montreal) to meet my daughter Carla. She was flying in from Austin, Texas for the Labour Day Weekend. With my forthcoming move from Maxville to Long Sault ( close to the Cornwall Motor Speedway), we thought it would be a good time for her to pay a visit. ( She still has piles of her things in the house that needed sorting ! )
While we were dining at East Side Marios on Cote Vertu in Montreal, my buddies were at my usual Saturday night choices of the Brockville Ontario Speedway or the Mohawk International Raceway. Early Sunday morning e-mails informed me that Bill Gill won at the BOS and John Lazore won at the MIR.
While Carla was sorting through her stuff , I spent Sunday evening at the Cornwall Motor Speedway where the 358 SUPER DIRTCAR Series was taking place. 
There were forty seven Modifieds in the pits and it turned out to be a cracker of a show with Danny O’Brien taking the 100 lapper.
Not only was there a 358 Modified SDS race up for grabs, but the Pro Stocks were engaged in a Series race too. Long Distance traveler Pete Stefanski from the Buffalo area of New York took this one.
Instead of my normal Labour Day Weekend trip to the Rolling Wheels Raceway ( Elbridge NY) for Mondays Big Block ADVANCE AUTOPARTS SUPER DIRTCAR race , Carla and I loaded up my Chevy with her ‘keepsakes’ and set off for Combermere Ontario.
This picturesque little town on the banks of Lake Kamaneskeg, and close to Barrys Bay was the first place we lived after moving to Canada from the UK in 1994. The reason for our trip was to meet up with Pat, ( Carla’s Mum) who was up from Maryland with her partner visiting relatives. We had prearranged this, so we could trans-ship Carla’s belongings into their car for the journey back to the USA.
So now you can see why I only have two race reports this week. Next week should be a lot busier with a full agenda planned for Saturday and Sunday.