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100 MILE AN
HOUR STREET CAR CLUB STARTS THIS WEEKEND AT LUSKVILLE DRAGWAY: AUG 28/08 We
thought that this weekend would be the perfect weekend to launch our new 100
Mile An Hour Street Car club. With two cruise night opportunities ( both
Friday Night and Saturday Night) for the street car scene that calls
Luskville Dragway home to get in on being a member and the weather man
calling for great weather we should have lots of first time members. How do
you become a member, well all you have to do is run a 100 mile an hour pass
in a legal street car and we present you with tow member's decals to apply
to your street car for everyone to see. No more needing to convince anyone
else just how fast your street car is, these decals will assure everyone
that you are a legitimate 100 mile an hour street car. Now before you jump
the guns and say everyone can do that, trust me, not everyone can run that
fast as we are talking about a quarter mile pass with a timing system print
out saying so, then and only then do you qualify. |
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BENSON TOUR STOPS FOR THE
LAST TIME THIS SEASON, THIS WEEKEND: AUG 26/08 Well boys and girls the regular program racing season is fast coming to a close with this weekends Benson Auto Parts stop at Luskville Dragway we are but one race away from the end of the racing season for Super Pro and Semi Pro. Yes in a summer that has not been, bad weather most every weekend it seems to have gone by rather fast. When we did get to race it was good racing, but we where never able to put a string of good weekends together, so lets hope that the next two races we have, this weekend at Luskville Dragway and two weeks later at Shannonville Motorsports Park are blessed with good weather. It would be nice to finish up the season on a high note so we can have some good things to think about over the winter months instead of thinking about all the bad weather we had. When we did get to race the racing was good, it was just the weather that was bad and bad it was as every major event was rained on at some point or the other, most of the times we prevailed, like the Bracket Bonanza where we did not finish until Monday, but finish we did. The season will always be remember for the year the payout structure changed, as with the blessing of all drivers the end of top heavy payouts came to a close and more money was distributed down the line making the 16th place guy a lot more happier than in years past. So lets go out with a bang, hopefully everyone will come out and support this weekends show as well as the last race on the tour in Shannonville Sept 13-14 so we can end the season with a lot of noise, sending a message to everyone. |
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RLD
INDUSTRIES NOSTALGIA RACE THE BEST EVER: AUG 26/08 Since
the event was introduced three years ago the RLD Industries Nostalgia Day
race has become bigger and better every year. And this season was no
different, other than we had perfect weather and that showed as the largest
spectator crowd in the events history showed up to see the best yet. This
year saw some new cars that had traveled from Southern Ontario to take part
in the special weekend, including the 55 Chevy of Roger Welland who wowed
the fans with his wheels in the air runs out of his standard transmission
Chevy. The event was also a special match race madness event between
Canada's two fastest A Gassers, Gone Berserk and the James Boys. This was as
exciting as one would expect as
 the first shot went to
the James Boys even though Gone Berserk got the hole shot. The second go
round went to Gone Berserk even though it looked the James Boys had more
power. In the final everyone believed that Gone Berserk would be a Goner,
but that was not the case as Paul Dunbar's James Boys made a all over the
track run, reminiscent of yesteryears giving the win and the Match Race to
the Gone Berserk Team. This event brought many old timers who don't visit
the track on a regular basis and if all of the comments we had where true
there is not question this was a very special day for many, especially those
that come from the old days of racing. With next year being Luskville
Dragway's 40th year of existence plans are already underway to make it
bigger and better. Thanks again to Larry Denis and his support in keeping
our past alive and remembered by all. |
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OTTAWA GREENBELT CONSTRUCTION WEEKEND MARATHON MAKES
EVERYONE A WINNER: AUG 26/08 A marathon it was but it was one of the best weekends of racing that Luskville has seen in many years, the weather was great and the racing was even better, and to top it off the weather was A OK. Things kicked off on Friday Night with the Friday Super Pro Shootout under the lights, Super Pro was the class of one Grant Honeywell of Wakefield Quebec who set his sights  on
the win and did just that, Ron Smith and his 70 Cuda was the winner of Semi
Pro. Now lets move ahead to Saturday Morning and the continuation of a rain
out race from July 27th. here Kyle Jessup continued his strong season with a
win and the $1500. that went with it, Rick Miller took his Maverick to the
winners circle in Semi Pro for the first time this season also. So that was
the end of that race and now we started the regular program which saw a very
familiar face go to the winners circle in Super Pro, yes Grant Honeywell
made it two in a row with another visit to the first place payout window. In
Semi Pro the Friday night repeat continued as Ron Smith once again took home
gold in Semi Pro. This was followed by a very good cruise night with close
to two hundred cars taking part in the late season go round. Now Sunday and
$2500. to win super Pro and another $500 to Semi Pro was up for grabs plus
the Wally for the King of the track run off between Super and Semi. The semi
pro class was taken by Daryl Jensen who would have to wait for a while to
see who his partner would be in the big dance for the Trophy. Well wait long
he did not as Dale Gauthier took the win light over Jamie Clarmo in the
Super Pro Final not only picking up $2500, Ottawa Greenbelt
"GREENBACK'S" but a chance to claim his first ever Wally. And claim it he
did as he out dueled Daryl on the tree and took the win light for the
championship. Chevy Morrow was the winner in
 Jr. Dragsters
adding to his two runner up spots for the weekend. Mike Reynolds and Kenyon
Payne where the winners of the Jr. Dragster Challenge trophies in two
previous races this weekend. All and all everyone had to be happy with the
racing, the weather and of course the money that was paid out. Super Pro ran
for $1000. $1500. $1000. and $2500 to win over the weekend and Semi ran for
three $500. and a $400. It was a marathon of racing but after a summer that
as not been everyone was glad to get this much racing in. Not the big push
is on for the final two stops on the Tour, this weekend at Luskville Dragway
and Sept 13-14 at Shannonville. |
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HINTON
AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE BLESSED WITH TWO DAYS OF SUNSHINE: AUG 18/08 What does it tell you when the headlines include the words Sun, yes we have not seen very much of it this season to say the least. However the Hinton Automotive Performance weekend was blessed with two days in a row, yes that's right two days in a row of sunshine, and it actually felt like summer. It also felt like racing season for one of the few times this year and it showed as both Saturday and Sunday saw good turnouts and great racing. Paulo Guist w  ho
was maybe getting all juiced up for his weekend coming up next Sunday took
out everyone in the super pro ranks for his first win of the season and a
huge move in the points championship. Carl Jessup was the runner up showing
everyone that this former track champ has not lost a thing, Gary Milot and
his beautiful 27 street roadster was the lone semi finalist with Derek
Malcolm and Troy Davis taking home quarter finals spots. Semi Pro was won by
Ralph Coe and his Hinton Automotive back 1964 Dodge Polara, Ralph said in
the winners circle that he did it for Vern and Cathy the owners of Hinton
who have been involved with Ralph since he started Drag Racing. Richard
Miller was the runner up with his Maverick giving him his best showing of
the season and a boost in the points championship. Just a reminder to
everyone that this up coming weekend is HUGE with racing Friday Night,
Saturday, Saturday Night and Sunday and also the Match Race Madness
Nostalgia weekend. |
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W.O. STINSON & SON ADD A TRUE RACING ENGINE
OIL TO ITS LIST OF PRODUCTS: AUG 14/08 |
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THREE DAY WEEKEND COMING UP DON'T MISS ANY OF THE ACTION AUG 18/08 In a summer that hasn't been we all should take advantage of every race day left on the schedule,  and
thanks to the many rain outs we have had this season we now have a three day
weekend coming up on us with lots of racing action. Things will kick off
with the first of 3 events involving the regular programs cars at Luskville
on Friday Night with the Friday Night Lights race. This will include both
super pro and semi pro and street cars. The Ottawa Greenbelt Weekend will
then continue on Saturday with the continuation of the Randy's Performance
Race from a rain out in July which features a $1500 to win super pro purse.
The Day will also have the RLD Industries 3rd Annual Nostalgia Day Drags
which will feature a Match Race Gasser Shown down between the two fastest
nostalgia Gassers in Canada. Things will then wrap up on Sunday with a
$2500. to win super pro day thanks to Ottawa Greenbelt Construction, and
also $500 to win Semi Pro. Now throw into that a full tilt cruise night
Saturday night and you get the picture, its going to be good. So yes
there is not many regular weekends left but this one and the Fall Bracket
Nationals the following weekend will give Fans a chance to catch up on their
fixes before the season comes crashing to a close. |
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THE
GASSERS ARE CO MING
"RUN FOREST RUN": AUG 12/08Back in 1969, and the early seventies I made my first trip's to Luskville Dragway as a young car nut I quite quickly became even more in love with cars and the sport of drag racing. On one of those trips I was lucky enough to have the pleasure of getting to see what back them was a big show for Luskville Dragway as four southern Ontario "GASSER'S" where present for a match race. To say it was quite a show would be an understatement as even though there was only a few hundred people there back then I really felt I was at a National Event. So yes Im looking forward to the August 23rd weekend at Luskville Dragway and the 3rd. Annual RLD Industries Nostalgia Drags 2008. As you can tell by the pictures from those days things where a little different back then, check the size of the tires they used back then, 10.5 guys could really relate to what these drivers had to content with. So when Aug 23 rd rolls around I really hope that everyone comes out to get a taste of what it was like and what it is like as the whole weekend will be jammed full of it all. Just a quick reminder that this weekend Aug 16-17 will feature a cruise night and regular day Sunday. |
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 Darien Frasso Super Pro Winner Sat. |
 Daryl Jensen Semi Pro Winner Sat. |
 Rob Graveline B/S Winner Sat. |
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 Becky Ray Super Pro Winner Sun. |
 Pat Kohl Semi Pro Winner Sun. |
 Jamie Radbourne B/S Winner Sun |
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 Kyle Reynolds Jr. Dragster Winner Sat. |
 Kenyon Payne Jr. Dragster Winner Sun. |
 A surprise visit from Weekend @ Bernie's movie star |
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WELL IT TOOK US FOUR DAYS BUT WE ALL FINALLY WON IN THE END AS WE GOT THE
COMPLETE 29TH BB IN: AUG 04/08 It was a marathon for sure but nobody gave up and in the end it all got done, and champions where crowned in all class's for the entire weekend of the 29th annual Bracket Bonanza goes in the record books. And yes it was a weekend of records, with the largest car count in the history of the event, the longest time to complete, the fastest ever e.t. as Jessie Lahaise from Montreal set that with a 4:55 charge all weekend long in competition. We even had to shut things down at one point of the weekend to remove one of the largest snapping turtles I have ever seen, after he wandered out on the track, yes it was a long ordeal but everyone won in the end. Indications of a huge turnout where evident as early as Thursday as the pits began to over flow that early in the weekend, and by Friday teams where using the camping area to park there race cars in in order to have room to move around. Friday night kicked off with a normal gamblers race which was won by Russell Adams followed by a high rollers which was won by Terry Miron. Gerry Otley took home the new title of Ottawa's Fastest Street Car as he won the final of a carry over from a previous weekend rainout. Even though the weather man called for rain none happened at the track although it was clearly seen every where around us. Again Saturday was suppose to be a wet day, so most where expecting no racing, NOT as everyone was up and at things by 9:00 am and even though we had to spend many times drying and cleaning by 10:00 pm Saturday Night the first Wally of the weekend was handed out to Darren Frasso with is first ever win at the bracket. Daryl Jensen was the semi pro winner, Rob Graveline was the bike winner and Kyle Reynolds was the Jr. Winner. Again Sunday the weather man called for showers and he wasn't wrong as a number of times things had to be shut down to dry the track before things could resume. And as we reached the point of no return at about 6:00 pm it was decided that enough was enough and we would move the remaining things to Monday for completion. Again the weather was not calling for great stuff but we felt that was our best move and it worked out well, as the sun came out, the staff completed the drying and things got back on track at about 10:00 am. After about 3 hours more of racing more champions where crowned and once again more first time ever's occurred, Becky Ray won her first ever Wally and the big payout that goes with it as she defeat Randy Urslak in the finals. Semi Pro was the takings of Pat Kohl as he defeated Joe Doyle in the finals, Jamie Radbourne won the sled bike class and Kenyon Payne was the Jr. winner. So the 29th addition goes in the record books as being the longest ever, the first ever four day event, the longest ever bar-b-que as it too was dragged out because of eliminations running into Saturday night. new winners in almost all class's and many happy faces with the new payout structure spreading the money around. Yes the only down side to the event was the spectator turnout which was the only thing that did not set a record and here we know the weather played a huge part. So with the 29th out of the way plans are under way for the 30th annual which will se a special RACE OF CHAMPIONS of all previous Bracket Bonanza Winners in Super Pro being invited for a special race with special prizes including a special 30th annual Bracket Bonanza Race of Champions Leather Jacket, we will have more on this in the near future. |
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100 MILE AN HOUR CLUB FOR STREET CARS TO
BEGIN AUGUST 29TH. Luskville Dragway has created a 100 Mile an hour club for street cars beginning August 29th, a special decal will be issued to any street car that runs over 100 miles an hour on the quarter mile. That will be followed by a much higher club later on as we try to do some little and different things for the street guys. The decal is being designed and will be something we hope most will be proud to apply to their cars. |
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