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MILOT, ADAMS, WILSON AND THE WEATHER MAN ALL BIG WINNERS THIS PAST SUNDAY:
MAY 26/08 Well folks what a great way to finish off the month of May, great weather, a great turnout of race cars and some of the best racing anyone has seen in a long, long time. Yes even though opening day at the beginning of the month was a total rain out, old man winter has really turned things around and made up for that start with some pretty nice weather lately. Things kick off again this weekend wit a huge turnout for the West Carleton Auto Cruise Night on the Saturday night portion of the weekend, and prior to that the afternoon was quite busy with the corvette club of Ottawa and many others testing. Rolling things over into Sunday though the weather was just spectacular and so was the racing and the number of Super Pro and Semi Pro cars that turned out. Heading into the Semi Finals of Semi Pro cagey old veteran John Adams showed just why he is considered one of the best semi pro drivers out there as he made his winning run and advanced to the finals where he would meet another veteran driver Pat Kohl. Both of these drivers where out for the very first time this year but did not  show
any rust what so ever as they made there way to the final round where Adams
prevailed and took home the $400. first place money. The Jr. Dragster saw
the finals boil down to two first time this season competitors also, with
Tiffany Way and
Jacob Wilson coming to the line for the final run, and here Wilson prevailed
with his first win of the 2008 summer.Super Pro once again had a great turnout of cars, and if things continue to grow the way they are these drivers will soon be running for $1500. to win instead of $1000. just a real good turnout of cars. And not only was there a great turnout, but there was a great mixture of cars also, in particular with all the talk of dragster take over's. Yes Door Cars, Dragsters and Roadsters made up the final 8 spots this weekend and the racing was nothing less than GREAT. Quarter Finalists saw one dragster and 3 door cars, Derek Malcolm, Bill Smith, Jamie Petric, and Franco Cantusci Jr. the semis was taken by Bob Burton (door car) and Kyle Jessup (dragster) and the finals saw a dragster and a street roadster come to the line for the $1000. Gary Milot driving the beautiful orange roadster defeated Rob Lacroix and his rear engine dragster making Gary the second super pro winner of 2008 and moving him up in the Benson Auto Parts Super Series 2008 points chase. |
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YOUNG'S
SPEED SHOP CONTINUES THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT OF LOCAL MOTORSPORTS: MAY 26/08 When
it comes to supporting Motorsports in the Ottawa area, no one can brag for
doing so much, for so long as Wayne Young the owner of Young's Speed Shop on
Gladstone Ave. in Ottawa. I personally met Wayne over 37 years ago when I
first came to Ottawa and started looking at where to find out info on racing
in this area, and buying speed equipment for what back then was my street
car weekend drag car. And Wayne Young and Young's Speed Shop which is to
this day still located at its same location at 496 Gladstone Ave. as it was
when I started going there took care of all my requirements. Yes for as long
as I have been involved in racing Young's Speed Shop has been a name that
has been synonymous in supporting almost any aspect of Motorsports in this
area. There really is no one that I have ever met that puts as much time,
money and loyalty into keeping racing in the for front than Wayne Young and
Young's Speed Shop. So with that all being said we are extremely pleased to
announce that Young's Speed Shop will continue to advertise at Luskville
Dragway through out the 2008 season, something Wayne has been doing with us
since 1980. So if your in the need of any type of speed equipment, truck or
car accessories or for that matter just information on what is going on in
this are with racing, drop into Young's Speed Shop, 496 Gladstone Ave.
Ottawa and you will be well taken care of very well. |
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BITS
FROM THE PITS: MAY 19/08 *There has  been a lot of
banter going around the message boards about the lack of product at W.O.
Stinsons, the official fuel supplier of Luskville Dragway, and the Benson
Auto Parts Tour. Let me make it very clear this is very, very untrue, and no
racer has had to go with out fuel including ADM Motorsports who use
Stinson's Products exclusively in their race cars. There was some confusion
over the leaded fuel issue and the impending amendments but that has all
been straightened out also. John Armstrong the Motorsports Marketing
director of Stinson's take's the racing in this area very seriously and has
gone out of his way to make sure that NO RACER went with out fuel. However
one cannot stop the mouths that yap behind closed doors on these message
boards but let the records be straight, STINSON'S has fuel.* |
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MULLIGAN WEEKEND A HUGE SUCCESS DESPITE THE UNCOOPERATIVE WEATHER MAN: MAY
19/08 With Opening Day 2008 being rained, and the falling weekend being a no racing weekend, things where pushed back two weeks before anyone could even think about going racing. So as we headed into the long weekend and a scheduled two day event hopes where high that the weather man would cooperate with us for a some NHRA compe  tition.
Well he only played ball for half of the the time, as shortly after lunch on
Saturday the bright blue skies became overcast very quickly and a cold wet
mist started to fall ending any hopes of getting qualifying and an actual
event off the ground. However the determined staff did not give up
completely as once the rain stopped the track was dried and put into shape
to get most of the cruise night in. Things looked better for Sunday however
as the weather man had once again changed his forecast and sunny skies where
now in store for racing Sunday. And sunshine did greet everyone Sunday
Morning and the race teams responded with over 24 cars in Super Pro and a
great field of Semi Pro Cars as well. The 2nd Annual Precision Concrete
Mulligan Sunday was what everyone would be watching and Super Pro would be
running for $2500. to win, and Semi Pro would shoot for $500. to win. In the
Semi Pro ranks last years rookie of the year showed why he won that award in
2007 as Matt Maxium took home the $500. and the trophy as he defeated Glen
Cameron in the finals of Semi Pro. Super Pro which saw the best of the best
entered from the Ottawa and surrounding area was worth the price of
admission as the old stars and the new cars where out in numbers. With $2500
on the line Kyle Jessup and Russ Adams brought their rear engine soft tail
dragsters to the staging lanes to do battle. Adams was on his numbers and on
the tree taking the first win of the season and the big dollars that went
with it. Kyle Jessup did however come away with the points lead in the
Benson Auto Parts Super Series Luskville Dragway. Kenyon Payne was the Jr.
Dragster winner picking up where he left off in 2007. Next week will see a
test day Saturday, Cruise Night Saturday Night and a regular program on
Sunday, once again we expect to see a number of Northern cars as word is out
they are coming in order to get one test weekend in before the big kick off
to the Benson Tour in North Bay on June 21. |
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MORE NEW
CARS HEADED TO THE NORTH, THE EVOLUTION CONTINUES: MAY 19/08 We learned this weekend that more new cars have been purchased in the North Bay area continuing the very quick evolution of drag racing in the North. Roch Beaudion and Joey Villeneuve will both have new Super Pro Rides in the not to distant future. Both drivers began racing when the sport moved into North Bay 5 years ago, and both competed in Semi Pro but their desire to not only go faster but to move up the ladder also stared 5 years ago and both have realized that dream this season with the purchase of new and faster cars. |
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 Roch Beaudion will be moving to S/P with this new ride |
 Joey Villeneuve was all smiles when this new car arrived home |
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MONICA AND BRUCE GET NEW RIDE, WILL
FEEL LIKE OLD DAYS: MAY 19/08 |
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DOUBLE
HEADER WEEKEND COMING UP, CRUISE NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT: MAY 11/08 Well lets hope mother nature gives us a fighting chance this weekend to get our season under way, and under way we will with a two day big go with racing both Saturday and Sunday and a cruise night Saturday Night. And if last weekends cruise is any example look out, as almost 400 street cars invaded the track on May 10 for the first cruise night of the season and normally the Tapp Auto Cruise is one of the biggest so watch out this Saturday Night. Of course for the Super, Semi and Jrs there is two days of racing with a full schedule Saturday and Sunday, with Sunday being the 2nd. Annual Precision Concrete Mulligan Shootout with the winner going home with $2500. pretty good price money for a $50.  dollar entree fee.
Semi Pro will run for $500 to win NO MATTER how many cars are present and
more if we hit 24 cars or more, once again proving that Luskville Dragway
has the best payouts anywhere in the land. Saturday will see at the minimum
regular day purse's with $400 to win semi pro and $1000. to win Super Pro
although work is on going with a few advertisers to enhance that payout also
with NO INCREASE in entree fee's. It should be a wild weekend with a number
of out of town cars set to invade as well, including some Northern Cars who
where at Luskville Dragway this past weekend for a test and tune two day
extravaganza. So now everything is left to Mother Nature which is the case
every time we open the gates see you there. |
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TAPP AUTO CONTINUES HIS STRONG
SUPPORT OF LUSKVILLE DRAGWAY: MAY 11/08 Chris Tapp is considered thee guru when it come to making cars go fast and in particular making sport compact cars go fast something he has been able to do at ease it seems. He holds both ends of the Luskville Dragway Sport Compact records both for mile and hour and ET. Tapp Auto is where he does his work out of and as you can imagine it is a very, very busy place especially around this time of year as everyone is getting ready for spring and the racing season. And something else Chris Tapp has always done also is support Luskville Dragway with his advertising dollars, and that will happen again this year as Tapp Auto will once again present not one but two cruise nights at the Dragway in Luskville Quebec. The first Tapp Auto Cruise Night is just around the corner and will now be part of a big two day weekend May 17-18. Yes this has always been a big cruise and if the weather man cooperates it is probably going to be HUGE this season as there has not been a lot of racing yet thanks to the weather man. |
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BITS FROM THE PITS: MAY 9/08 *Well it looks like the weather man is going to cooperate this weekend and expectations are we will see lots of cars out testing and lots of street cars out for the first cruise night of the year. We know that some North cars are coming to test and we remind everyone that the track will be sprayed. *Just a reminder that the long weekend has now turned into a big weekend with racing both Saturday and Sunday with Sunday's Super and Semi Pro class's running for big dollars in the second annual Precision Concrete Mulligan Sunday. Tapp Auto Cruise night will take place on Saturday Night which in the past has always been huge. The weather man has not always been great to us on this weekend but lets hope this time is different and we can really make it like the old 2-4 weekend. *After all the banter this past winter over Trans Brake in Semi or not that everyone would be interested in the latest new release from Grand Bend Dragway. We also added a non points “Footbrake” race class on many of our weekends which allows racers in our Top, Mod and Street classes the opportunity to double enter into a fun, old fashioned race class, |
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BILL OSBORNE CHEVROLET
THE OFFICIAL GM DEALERSHIP OF LUSKVILLE DRAGWAY : MAY 9/08 When
Bill Osborne took over what was formerly called Mel Johnston Chev Olds in
Kemptville, Ontario, we in the Motorsports advertising business weren't sure
what would happen with this small town Ontario's Chevrolet Dealerships
involvement with tracks and Motorsports in this area. You see Mel Johnston
had been an avid supporter of the drag racers of this area and Luskville
Dragway, in the many years he had owned the dealership. Well as we all found
out last year not only did Bill, and the newly named Bill Osborne Chevrolet
continue to support Motorsports in this area but has increased his
involvement with Luskville Dragway and Motorsports in General in this area.
New owner Bill Osborne not only continued with the former advertising
participation, but increased it with Luskville Dragway to being the official
GM Dealership of Luskville Dragway. Bill Osborne will also continue tosupport the annual cruise night that is held each year on the Long weekend in Sept, as part of the Mr. Transmission Fall Bracket Finals, with that cruise being presented on Saturday Aug 30/2008. Bill has continued to make many of the drivers happy with great deals on new and used cars and trucks, including all of ADM Motorsports, Carl Jessup, Randy Urslak and Charlie Price just to name a few. The continued support of this advertiser and any of the advertisers is crucial on the support we show them, so the next time your thinking about a new or used car or truck give the folks at Bill Osborne Chevrolet a call, you wont be disappointed. |
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TAPP AUTO CONTINUES HIS STRONG
SUPPORT OF LUSKVILLE DRAGWAY: MAY 9/08 |
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BITS FROM THE PITS: MAY 2/08 * Once again Mother Nature won the battle and racing had to be cancelled for Luskville Dragway's opening day 2008, it is very disappointing that this has to happen but we all know that we are going to get rained on at some point. So what has been decided is that we will now run a double header on the May long weekend, giving everyone a chance to pick up the race we lost on opening day. Of course the Sunday portion of the race is already shaping up to be BIG as it is the Precision Concrete Finishing Mulligan Sunday with a $2500. to win Super Pro Purse and a $500. to win Semi Pro Purse. So now we are out looking for extra advertising support in an effort to make Saturdays Purse even bigger than a regular day show, but we will be running both Saturday and Sunday. We will also honor the Opening Day pass's that where handed out for the Saturday portion of the weekend. |
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SNAP ON TOOLS
RETURNS WITH VENGEANCE IN 2008: MAY 2/08 As they have for
the past 10 years, Snap On Tools this countries leading Automotive Tool
Supplier will use Luskville Dragway as a major marketing partner. Snap On
which is synonymous with racing will carry title rights to July 12-13 Snap
On Tools Super Weekend of Drag Racing. They will also carry title rights to
the Friday Night Street Shoot Out at Shannonville Motorsports Park portion
of the Benson Auto Parts Tour Sept 12-13-14. Snap On Tools is quite visible
at all NHRA Drag Racing events in the US and is very significant that they
have once again chosen Luskville Dragway as their marketing tool again this
season. The Snap On events going back to the very beginning 10 years ago
started a trend of breaking attendance records every summer, and with all
the enthusiasm going around this season that possibility is quite viable
again in 2008. The Snap On Tools trucks are part of our city's landscape as
if you are traveling in this area you would be hard pressed to not see one,
again showing the strength of this major cooperation. And again it is taking
our track to another level in the advertising department as we align
ourselves with Snap On Tools,
making them the exclusive Automotive Tool Company at Luskville Dragway. We
also know that many of the drivers that own their own Automotive business's
are also staunch Snap On Tools supporters and that two is very significant
for this alignment, as quite obviously this is a company that see's the term
"Support Those That Support Us" very clearly. The Snap On Tools Super
Weekend will be a two day event which will also include the AutoXtrem Street
Car Shootout", the Apple Auto Glass Cruise Night, as well as all the action
in the regular programs that take place each and every weekend at Luskville
Dragway. There will of course be a special booked in show, which this year
will feature the Ohio based Super Charged Warriors Pro Mod Circuit. |
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STITTSVILLE TRAILER SALES BECOMES OUR
NEWEST MARKETING PARTNER:
MAY 02/08 Orville Har  twick
the owner of Stittsville Trailer sales is with out question one of the
strongest supporters of Motorsports in the Ottawa area, with his own
personal love being the world of stock car racing. In fact Orville son
Trevor is one of the top running Thunder Car drivers at the speedway.
Orville's tremendous support has been shown to us over the past three years
of us operating Capital City Speedway as he has been a staunch supporter of
the speedway with his advertising dollars. Even through a devastating fire
in the fall of 2006 which destroyed their business Orville never missed a
beat with his support both financially and morally. Yes Orville Hartwick is
quite a amazing person and he runs a very amazing business as it is a
constant hustle if you ever happen to drop in which we certainly hope you
do, as Stittsville Trailer Sales has become the latest NEW advertiser to
Luskville Dragway. Orville says he has seen the great support that has been
coming from the stock car drivers because and feels that he can do great
things for the Drag Racing community as well.
The new
shop in Stittsville is a much larger venue but still offers that family
friendly atmosphere when you arrive to have work done on your trailer or
pull vehicle or to purchase a new trailer. Stittsville Trailer sales carry a
large selection of enclosed and open trailers, as well as all of the
Haulmark Race Trailers line. So remember racers, crew members and spectators
support those who support our sport and our track. |
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FULL THROTTLE REPLACING
POWERADE AS NHRA SPONSOR: MAY 2/08 In the world of heads-up professional drag racing, perhaps nothing exemplifies the dog-eat-dog nature of the sport better than words, “Go Full Throttle or Go Home!” Beginning in 2009, that’s exactly how NHRA’s top professional series will be branded, as Coca-Cola North America’s Full Throttle energy drink succeeds PowerAde as the title sponsor of NHRA’s premier professional drag racing series. It’s the first major sports marketing play for the beverage Company’s lead energy drink. The association between NHRA and Coca-Cola North America, with support from Coca-Cola Enterprises, includes a two-year partnership extension through the 2013 season, representing one of the longest running series sponsorships in Motorsports. The new series will be called the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. “It’s one of the great synergies of brand and sport,” said NHRA President Tom Compton, who orchestrated the original deal with Coca-Cola North America in 2001. “To have a title sponsor for what will be, at minimum, 12 years by the end of this current deal is a tribute to a great relationship between NHRA and Coca-Cola North America, Coca-Cola Enterprises, the PowerAde brand and beginning in 2009, the Full Throttle brand.” NHRA’s top professional series, the second most popular form of auto racing in America behind only NASCAR (source: ESPN Sports Poll), holds 24 races from February through November, all of which are broadcast by ESPN2 in HD. “When you fuse the energy of Full Throttle with the speed and intensity of NHRA professional drag racing, you’ve got a combination that’s hard to beat,” said Rafael Acevedo, senior brand manager, Energy Drinks, Coca-Cola North America. “We mean it when we say, ‘Go Full Throttle or Go Home.’ We can’t wait to unleash the power of Full Throttle and cement the relationship between NHRA drag racing, NHRA fans and the ultimate energy drink.” Full Throttle has been the official energy drink of NHRA since 2005 and currently sponsors the Full Throttle Pit Crew Championship, which awarded prize money in excess of $250,000 in 2007. Fully integrated marketing plans for Full Throttle and NHRA will include at-track activation, out-of-home media support, online presence, retail programs and sampling. |
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ck
that everyone was heart broken when they heard of their loss, however they
will be back and sooner than later as they plan on running a back up trans
am until the new car is completely ready for action. here is a brief note
from Monica herself.
Chris Tapp is
considered thee guru when it come to making cars go fast and in particular
making sport compact cars go fast something he has been able to do at ease
it seems. He holds both ends of the Luskville Dragway Sport Compact records
both for mile and hour and ET. Tapp Auto is where he does his work out of
and as you can imagine it is a very, very busy place especially around this
time of year as everyone is getting ready for spring and the racing season.
And something else Chris Tapp has always done also is support Luskville
Dragway with his advertising dollars, and that will happen again this year
as Tapp Auto will once again present not one but two cruise nights at the
Dragway in Luskville Quebec. The first Tapp Auto Cruise Night is just around
the corner and will now be part of a big two day weekend May 17-18. Yes this
has always been a big cruise and if the weather man cooperates it is
probably going to be HUGE this season as there has not been a lot of racing
yet thanks to the weather man.