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BITS JUNE 27/2022*Did not take long after the Annual Luskville Dragway Poker Tournament was listed to get na  me's rolling in starting with Arnie Malcolm, Darryl Jensen, Brock Godmaire,
Mr. Sequin, Trevor Tandy, and Troy Davis. There will only be room for so many so get on the list if you want
to be part of this HUGE event. This is something that has been very popular over
the years but was cancelled during the last two years because of Covid, but WE
ARE BACK. We will have room for two tables and will have poker size cards for
all you "old guys" LOL. Event will take place at 9pm Friday Night
after gamblers race and kids fun time.*Jason Webster was happy with how the wrap turned out on the Auto T  rim
Design Dodge, and was also pleased with how the test session went on Saturday.
The Trans was overhauled by Ogilvie Auto & Fleet/FTI division and it worked
flawlessly. After a not to rewarding debut at I car the little dodge is now a
different color and and new Transmission with all FTI parts in it. After only a
few hits Jason loaded it up and said I'm ready for the second stop on the tour
next weekend at Luskville Dragway. Everyone would like too thank Mike Ogilvie
and his employees who bend over backwards to get it done, Randy B even delivered
the tranny to Ottawa so it could be installed for this weekends test and tune.*Drag racing has always been family traditions and that continues too this day and the visit to Luskville Dragway by  a
family from Cornwall was a perfect example of that. Two Brothers driving very
fast dodge challengers where brought to the track by the father back in the 80s
when we took over, and they said at the gate when they come in they make it a
tradition to once or twice a summer to return to where they got their feet wet,
and their introduction to drag racing. The Bros. where joined by a number of
dodge high performance cars this particular night, including a former semi pro
1970 Cuda that a gentleman had removed the roll bars and turned it back into a
street car. The cruise nights have not been great numbers wise as there is just
a whole lot of other things going on these days now that covid is behind us, but
some parts of every cruise night always has a great story. Another great story
was the LARGE turnout of Motorcycles testing and tuning for next Fridays big
$1000. to win Fab 2L Shootout. The group also included Larry Lepine Jr. who was
back with his full tilt drag bike which ended the night with THREE back to back
to back dead on ETS. |
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TOUCHES DOWN AT LUSKVILLE DRAGWAY THIS CANADA DAY WEEKEND: JUNE 27/22 Its that time  of
year, our first "Really Big" race so too speak, as Canada's richest drag racing
series comes to Luskville Dragway for its first of three stops this season. The
Canadian Bracket Super Tour will make three stops at Luskville and all will be
on long weekends, and all three will be different in many ways. This coming
weekend will see people allowed to come in park, and register as early as
Thursday something we can only do at Luskville Dragway. Friday will se the day
kick off at 12 noon and a gamblers race time shots for Super Pro and Semi Pro.
The eliminations of the Gamblers race will be followed by a fun day and fund
raiser for the Jr. Dragster Class, with man y
games, activities and even and dunk tank. The Jr. Dragster Drivers will be
working the fun day in an effort to show the kids that nothing comes free LOL.
Friday night will see the return of our annual Poker Tournament something that
was put on hold because of covid. Saturday will see big money and points for the
super tour competitors in Super Pro and Semi Pro and Jrs and Saturday Night will
see the Autovation Inc BMW cruise night. Sunday will have things wrap up with
another full day of racing for all three class's that ran on Saturday. The Tour
will return once again on the Long Weekend in August "41st Annual Bracket
Bonanza" and back again on the Long weekend in Sept for the Fall Bracket
Nationals. Heading into the second race of the season Dave Rennie of Ottawa
leads Super Pro with his Vega Door Car, and Francois Rondeau leads Semi Pro with
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BITS JUNE 20/2022 *The second Super Tour Race of the season is fast approaching and if I-Car was a indicator we should be in for a Huge turnout. We will have lots to say about the event over the next little while but lets hope we get the weather to cooperate with us. Gates will be open on Thursday for Parking and registration, registration which includes everyone signing the insurance waiver must happen once you have entered and parked unless you have done so at the gates. This like the signs along the return road are done because it is what we are told has to be done in order to be in line with our insurance companies rules. Please respect that. 1. There will be a gamblers race for Super Pro and Semi Pro 2. There will be a Canada Day Party at the restaurant area, which will include games and fund raisers for the Jrs. 3. Poker Tournament starts at 9 p.m., if you don't have your name on the list get it on. 4. Time Trials will start at 9 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday with two shots each before eliminations 5. There is a cruise night Saturday Night so please put your cars in the trailers or out of the way beside your trailer to make as much room as possible. 6. Angers fun party will happen Saturday Night in the band stand area of the restaurant. *Fathers day for the past two years has been our day to reflect on The Carling Ave Days, when you raced at Luskville Dragway and hung out at the Donut on Carling Ave. You might have even run the odd challenge on the street, not going to lie did it myself. But Most all that hung out on Carling would be at Luskville Dragway on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, back then we only raced Sunday's. So now we open our arms and our gates to the Carling ave. crowd once a year, in order keep a piece of history in place. The rodder's are offered free admission all they have to do is show up with their ride. And this year. *After much convincing by the younger Malcolm's we have finally created a "Twitter" .png){kind=logo}
account which in all honesty is much overdo. So we hope everyone will help us
get it out there and get as many people as possible following us on @Luskvilledrags.
*We have told you so many times the generosity that is shown from racers, advertisers and sometimes just individuals when it comes to Luskville Dragway and in particular the future of our sport the Jr. Dragster Class. Well this weekend the statement could not have been more true, as after a few announcements explaining what would be going on for the kids on July 1st. to raise money for their points fund and awards, a gentleman who wants to stay unnamed, came to the tower and donated $1000. to the kids points championship. *Some updat  es
and reminders about Elliot Lake North Shore Challenge, the folks in the North
are hard at work getting ready for what will be the return of the biggest race
in the North on July 15,16,17 2022. Got this picture this week of the Brand New
Control Tower that is under construction and something we have been asking for
the last few years we where there, and the folks came through. Lets hope that it
carries a big company sign on it when everyone rolls in this summer. Would
remind everyone that the payouts are extremely good, and are based on our 2019
event with Super Pro running for $10,000 both Saturday and Sunday. We hope and
ask that everyone spread the word and "drag" as many family and friends as you
can to the event that is the Biggest Drag Race in Northern Ontario and is more
fun than Christmas. |
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| SPEEDY AUTO
SERVICE WEEKEND IN THE BOOKS: JUNE 20/22 The weather man has pretty much been all the talk at Luskville Dragway so far this season, and that didn't change much as we headed into our 3rd race weekend of the year. And like most of the summer so far, Friday was a mixture of clouds, sun and wind and by 5 pm some showers and stronger winds had everyone ducking for cover. So with the pits getting a good start for a Friday night, the cloudy skies prevailed for the rest of the night and the winds continued to blow through the night and right into Saturday. The weather man has been brutal to us this season as most every weekend has been crap and of course the tornado weekend was the worse. However their was a good turnout of race cars from Kingston, Belleville, Quebec City, Montreal, North Bay and of course all the regulars , setting up the looks of some good racing. However Saturday dawned dark and cloudy and looked and felt more like a November day rather than a Mid June Date. So with  the
cold weather and the incredible high winds, it was decided that we would delay
starting to 11am. not knowing that something else was looming in the background
so to speak. As we approached the 11 am start the hydro in the entire area went
down as the high winds had caused equipment failure and 16000 clients including
Luskville Dragway where with out power. This would be enough to cause anyone to
throw up their hands a quit, but that was not the case with the ADM Motorsports
Team and plenty of volunteers, as 7 generators where put to work supplying power
to run the track, much like what we do at our airport venues. Power came back
about 5 hours later and the schedule was back on track as well. The first visit to the winner circle was a nice one as Parker Sequin with his Jr. Dragster was join .jpg) ed
by his Dad Jason with his first win ever in Semi Pro. These are the kind of
stories you like to write about and this is what drag racing is all about. Super
Pro was one of those good stories also as Darryl Jensen a former Semi Pro Racer
took top spot when Troy Davis turned on the red eye in the finals. This was a
great deal for someone who had only run super pro a few times this year, but now
feels like he made the right move. The Ed Decooman Nostalgia Class presented by
J&S Collision was won by Jim Hewitt and his 1966 Chevelle. Sunday was to be warmer, and less wind hopefully, and with more cars coming through the pits for Sunday 
we where in for another good day of racing. So with the sun up, the winds down
"some what" things got underway right on time at 10am and then into eliminations
at 12 pm. First winners to be crowned was Lea Monaghan the points leader in the
Speedy Auto Service Jr. Dragster championship over Logan Anger from Montreal.
Semi Pro would boil down to Dan Sproule and first time finalist Jake Gravelle
with Jake pulling the win light in. Super pro would see Russ Adams drive all
night to get home from Numidia to find himself in the finals against Darren
Frasso. Russ cut the better light but did not lift at the stripe giving Darren
the win on a break out run for Adams. The Eddy DeCooman D&D Performance
presented by J&S Collision Nostalgia Class was won by Neil Martin. All in all a
pretty good weekend of racing and more to come in two weeks. |
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BITS JUNE 13/2022 *The Jr. Dragster Moms have some big plans for July 1st, and stuff to raise mone .jpg) y
for the Jr, Dragster Program in 2022. They will be selling 50/50 tickets but
also plan a carnival type setting for Friday afternoon after the gamblers race.
We will have more details when we find out what we can actually get but there
will be things. The plans are to get a dunk tank and their will be a list of
people with a dollar figure on them to be prepared to be dunked. We are also
very pleased to add to our list of Buy Back People and business's for the Jrs.
Adding to Darryl Jensen, Anger Bros, Malcolm Carpentry, is now Roch Beaudion,
Jenny Bridge, and Eric Monaghan, we still have open
spots
for anyone that is interested. *Did not take long after the Annual Luskville Dragway Poker Tournament was listed to get names rolling in starting with Arnie Malcolm, Darryl Jensen, Brock Godmaire, Mr. Sequin, There will only be room for so many so get on the list if you want to be part of this HUGE event. This is something that has been very popular over the years but was cancelled during the last two years because of Covid, but WE ARE BACK. We will have room for two tables and will have poker size cards for all you "old guys" LOL. *Points are up and look at this, Door Cars lead both Luskville Dragway and the Super Tour as Chris Dennique comes out of may with the lead at Luskville Dragway and Dave Rennie 
leads the Super Tour with wheel standing Vega. This is just incredible news for
the Door Car guys who have fought hard for more than a decade to recover the
numbers that was at one time all door cars. In the 70s when I started drag
racing there was only door cars, but maybe one or two older dragsters and then
of course the Dragster fad took over everywhere including Luskville Dragway. but
for nearly two decades now we have been doing everything we can to bring the
door car back to the forefront on any given weekend. 15 years ago the numbers
would have been 75% dragsters and 25 % door cars, today it is 50/50 and things
have never looked better for the door car contingent.*And last this week, i would be lying if I said I was happy with how the season has gone so far, between the weather man, gas prices and post covid we are down on our weekends from over the past two seasons. The street car scene (cruise nights) is considerably down from the last two years when we where sort of the only game in town. And now that covid is over a number of tracks that did not run during the covid time are now back open and this too will also affect us. There was no car shows, no hockey, no movie theaters and not much of anything happening in 20 and 21, but Luskville Dragway was lucky enough to have a venue that did operate during the pandemic. We know that people are catching up on what they have missed for two years and we understand that, but all we hope for as we move forward with more improvements is you stick with who stuck by you, support those that support you and give you a place to race legally. |
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BE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN CANADA: JUNE 13/22 Yes it might be two months away, but its never to early to talk about what we believe will be the biggest drag racing Bracket 
event in this country. Drag Week 2022 kicks off on July 23 and doesn't end until
July 31st. This is a first of a kind type of event, and has been made possible
by the incredible support of our advertisers. Dave Rennie Autocare, Ogilvie Auto
& Fleet, Napa Auto Parts, W.O. Stinson's, Interstate Batteries, Bassi
Automatics, Mr. Transmission Sudbury, Rebel Rock 101.7, IG Wealth Management
(Tina Clarmo) Dave Gould and Mickey Renaud. The event will kick off on July 23
with the Dave Rennie AutoCare Twin $5000. races and will not stop until the
Monday August 1st Holiday and will include a total of 6 Days of Racing including
Trip $10,000 July 29-30-31. Around the racing will be a golf tournament, go cart
race, hiking in the Luskville Falls, Spa trips, and much much more. This is
something we have been thinking about for a long time, and with the support of
advertisers it was made possible. |
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BITS JUNE 6/2022 * Just want to remind all super pro, semi pro and Jr. Drag racers on the Super Tour, Friday of the Bracket Bonanza is now a full points day for all three class's. The Jrs will run for $500. Friday, $1000. Saturday and Sunday, unheard of prize money thanks to Bill Harling, Tina Clarmo and Dave Gould. Super Pro is running for $10,000. each day and Semi Pro is running for $2000. each day. The semi pro entree fee will be adjusted accordingly to the three day payout instead of the two day payout. $250. for ther weekend which includes test and tune on Thursday. We want to remind everyone once again that we have gone back to last years rules (last 6 years) with door cars being allowed to double on the dragster side. *We told you last week that Scott Wilson bought back a car that he as well as Derek Malcolm drove for ADM Motorsports a number of years ago. One of the cool things about it was the big Indian Chief logo on the side of the car that was a hit with both fans and photographers alike. Scott actually kept a copy of the logo and seriously thinking about resurrecting the "The Big Chief" when he debuts the car later this season. The undercover car is a great car and won races for ADM, and I'm sure it will for Scott as well. *With the weather man playing havoc with us for the past little while, it threw our improvement schedule all too hell, as our contractor was forced into overtime for the municipality because of busted water pipes when the hydro came back on. So equipment was moved in this past Thursday so they could take advantage of the good weather Friday, but also made for some juggling with race car trailers but all was good. Expansion of paved parking will be completed next week which will include a number of new run ways for private parking spots. We have a number of big projects on the improvement blue prints, and we will continue move forward with making our track as good as possible we only ask for your support.  *Our last post this week is a sad one as we announce the passing of Henry Kulwartin who was an avid drag racer at Luskville Dragway in the early days with many others. Henry was known for his dodges many called the "Maxi Taxi" as that is what he did most of his life for a living, drove taxi. He had a great relationship with South Bank Dodge, in fact was the personal driver for Al McDowell who owned the dealership. As we get older many of those that where part of the beginnings of Luskville Dragway are moving on to the drag strip in the sky, makes you feel old for sure. |
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NAPA AUTO PARTS CONTINUES ITS SUPPORT OF
LUSKVILLE DRAGWAY IN 2022: JUNE 6/22 Canada's
leading Auto Parts Supply company Napa Auto Parts, will once again hold the
title rights too Luskville Dragway, Presenter Rights to the tracks Points
Series, And the Bracket Bonanza 2022 . This is as about as good as it gets
at this point in the season, with only a week or so behind a devastating
tornado hitting the track to being informed by Napa's Derek Lee that Napa is
back on board, is about as good as it gets. We are closing in on 15 years of
Napa involvement with us, and there are many people to thank for this. There
is no question that advertisers play a major role in Luskville Dragway's
success, its improvements, and its future, and one never knows heading into
the off season where we will stand come the next year. And with the world
being being upside down for the past 30 Months it is a renewal
that has everyone rejoicing for sure. For 2022 we will stand tall with the
Napa Logo on the tower lane scoreboard, as well as brand names on many of
our races and series. As we have f or the past 14 years Napa
along with Luskville Dragway will present a customer appreciation day at the
track August 12-13-14. Tickets for free spectator admission will be made
available at all Napa Auto Parts Stores, Napa Auto Pro Service Centers and
Napa Auto Care shops. Customers will be allowed to bring a car load of
friends and family for a day at the races (or two days should they wish)
compliments of Napa Auto Parts. Again I want to thank all of those
involved and they know who they are, and especially Derek Lee of Napa Auto
Parts who has been a strong supporter. I can not tell you how big this is
for Luskville Dragway, with all the improvement's that have been done, and
more to come, it is
pretty clear that people are being told of what is going on at Luskville
Dragway THANK YOU. |
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| CARL SOUCY
WEEKEND IS MET WITH GREAT WEATHER AND EVEN GREATER RACING: JUNE 6/22 In our sport we often talk about the racing "gods" and when we do we are basically talking about the weather man and the weather we are dealt on any given race weekend. We become a creature of habit when racing season rolls around, we watch the forecast, if it doesn't look like what we want, we look for 
another forecast so we may get a glimmer of hope. And after a terrible start to
our racing season we where looking to the racing gods for maybe a better
forecast for our second race weekend of the season, and that's exactly what we
got. Rain went through on Thursday overnight, but cleared out to give us a nice
Friday, as race cars starting rolling in and the contractor took advantage of
the sunshine to get some work done, it was a busy spot. Saturday dawned clear,
cool and windy, but the pits had filled pretty good overnight. Time Trials got underway at 10 am and by noon we where into eliminations for day one. Frist race final was the Jr. Dragsters where Leah Monagham took the win over Parker Sequin, Semi Pro would see Dan Sproule of Sudbury tak  e
out Russ Fraser of Brockville for the gold and the $1000. Super Pro was a busy
spot as not only did we have the regular 2500. to win race but we also had to
finish the $5 grander from two weeks ago. In the $2500. race Terry Miron would
be Chris Dennique for the win and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Brandon Barker had a wounded motor in his own car first thing in the morning so
was doing double duty in brother Daniels car. But in the semis of the first race
the trans brake would fault out and cause a mad dash in the pits to get it fixed
in order to finish the second race. Well get it fixed they did and Brandon would
go on to defeat Kyle Jessup in the ADM Motorsports Corvette Roadster. This was a
good win for Brandon as he knows he will have a bill to fix the broken motor.Sunday: Round 2 Sunday and once again the weather man was calling for good weather, a  nd
this time he was a little more accurate as the sun was out in full force for day
2. Jr. Dragsters boiled down to, Annabelle Soucy and Maverick Anger with the
daughter of race sponsor Carl Soucy taking the win. Semi Pro would come down to
Stephen Ballantyne and Luskville Veteran Russ Fraser with Russ taking his
Mustang to the winners circle. Super Pro was a great field of cars with almost
40 entree's coming to the line in the First round. The split ladder would boil
down to Joel Morgan and his 81 Camaro taking on Fred Anger in the dragster.
Morgan and his blown big block was ready for anything that Fred could give him
and took his first win in a long time and the 2500. dollars that went with the
trip to the winners circle. All in all it was a good weekend, yet there was many
a missing soldier and with gas prices the way they are we an only cross our
fingers and hope that everyone supports their local drag strip and the programs
they put forth.
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