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September 2001Web Site Update
Presidents Report
Marshaling Story
Golden Pines Rally
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Editorial Exhaust
On the Internet, they say thatcontent is king. The same holdstrue for the Link newsletter. It issupposed to reflect the interests andideas of the Motorsport Club ofOttawa.
We, in MCO, have such a hugevariety of outlets available tomembers interested in racingincluding road racing, ovalskarting, rally, marshals and crew.
The Link provides a voice for thoseexperiences. But to do so, it mustget content from the membersPlease, take the time out fromworking on the car, and let yourfriends and acquaintances know
about your efforts.
The recent issues have been shorterthan in previous months. In the lastyear (this is the first issue of mysecond year as editor), I have notrefused any submissions. The Linkis shorter now because I amreceiving fewer submissions. Lesscontent = less pages.
While I know this plea does not fall
on deaf ears, I know that racing canbe all consuming on our schedulesI suffer from a lack of time myselfHowever, it can be equallyrewarding to jot down a few notesabout your trials and tribulations, asit is to be at the track. Link articlesalso count towards worker points.
I look forward to being the one ofthe mediums by which the MCOmembers can talk with each other.
Cover photos by Doug Wong
Motorsport Club of Ottawa
Founded 1949
Founding Member CASC 1951
Incorporated 1953
2001 MCO Executive
Presidentand
Ontario Race Organizing Rep.Ron Woltman
H: (613) 592-0141W: (819) 997-6988
Vice-PresidentJ.R. Fortin
pager: (613) 760-8418W: (613) 734-8556
Past PresidentRob Microys
H: (613) [email protected]
Directors
Public RelationsBasil ChiuH: (613) 830-1561W: (819) 953-7251
KartingAdam Mortimer
H: (613) [email protected]
RaceJeremy Hamilton
H: (613) [email protected]
Solo-IIChris Holmsten
RallyJim Morrow
H: (613) [email protected]
MembershipPatrick Weightman
(613) [email protected]
TreasurerRobert Benson
H: (613) [email protected]
SecretaryChris Capowski
H: (613) 228-1180W: (613) 526-5202
Hotline(613) 788-0525
Website
www.mco.orgmaintained by Rob Microys
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General MeetingsLouis's Steakhouse1682 Cyrville Rd., Ottawa, ON
FirstTuesday of every monthAll are welcome
M.C.O.P.O. Box 65006,
Merivale Postal OutletNepean, ON K2G 5Y3
The LINK is the official publication of theM o t o r s p o r t C l u b o f O t t a w a . T h eopinions expressed in the LINK do notnecessarily reflect those of the LINK
Editorial Staff or the Club's Executive.Though all efforts are made to ensure thatfacts stated in the ar t icles herein areaccurate, the individual contributorsshou ld check t he accuracy o f t he i r articles prior to submission.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:18th day of every month.
ADVERTISING RATESMembers are welcome to submitclassified advertisements for non-
commercial purposes free ofcharge.
Members may also submit businesscard-sized advertisements for theirbusinesses free of charge. Thesewill be published space permitting.
(MCO Executive Continued)
LINK Editor
[email protected] MuiseH: (613) 241-9983W: (613) 763-6981
Ontario Race Committee RepCindy Armstrong(613) 489-2725
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2001 Calendar of Events
MCO GENERAL MEETINGSFirstTuesday of every month, 8:00 pmLouis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road
MCO EXECUTIVE MEETINGSThird Tuesday of every month, 7:00 pmLouis' Steakhouse, 1682 Cyrville Road
2001 Solo-I Schedule
April 28 Solo I School SMP - FabiApril 29 Solo I School SMP - NelsonMay 18 Lapping 1 Mosport DDTMay 19 Event 1 Mosport DDTMay 20 Event 2 Mosport DDTJune 9 Event 3 SMP - FabiJune 10 Event 4 SMP - NelsonJune 22 Lapping 2 CayugaJune 23 Event 5 CayugaJune 24 Event 6 CayugaJuly 14 Event 7 Mosport DDTJuly 15 Event 8 Mosport DDT
August 11 Event 9 SMP - ProAugust 12 Event 10 SMP - NelsonAugust 24 Lapping 3 CayugaAugust 25 Event 11 CayugaAugust 26 Event 12 CayugaSeptember 13 Event 13 SMP - ProSeptember 14 Event 14 SMP - FabiNovember 3 Solo Banquet Ramada Hotel, T.O.
2001 Road Racing Schedule
April 20-22 Spring Fling SMPApril 27 Test Day MosportApril 28, 29 BARC - Event 1 MosportMay 11 Test Day Mosport
May 12, 13 BARC - Event 2 MosportJune 2, 3 CRDA Event 3 SMPJune 30, July 1, 2 VARAC Festival MosportJuly 6 Test Day SMPJuly 7, 8 MCO - Event 4 SMPJuly 21, 22 DAC - Event 5 SMP
August 10 Test Day MosportAugust 11, 12 BARC - Event 6 MosportAugust 31 Test Day MosportSeptember 1, 2 CRDA - Event 7 MosportSeptember 14 Test Day MosportSeptember 15, 16 BEMC - Event 8 MosportSeptember 28 Test Day MosportSeptember 29, 30 Celebration - Event 9 Mosport
Up Coming EventsGolden Pine Rally - September 15. See page 10 for ad.
Annual General Meeting - November 6th. Louis' Steakhouse, 8:00pm All members should plan to attend.
MCO Awards Banquet - December 8 more details in October Link & MCO web site
MCO Solo-II Schedule
April 22 Event #1April 29 Performance School #1May 13 Event #2June 3 Event #3June 17 Event #4July 14 Performance School #2July 15 Event #5July 29 Event #6
August 26 Event #7September 9 Event #8September 23 Event #9October 7 Event #10
All Events are at Jetform Park
Dear Link,
On behalf of the Ottawa Citroen Club, I would like to thank Motorsport Club of Ottawa for your support of our recent Rdezvous 2001 event, held August 10-12, in Winchester. Dur
the course of the weekend, we welcomed over 75 people, aaround 20 Citroen automobiles, including DS, Sport Maser2CV, and even a 1953 Traction Avant. Participants came frMontreal, Toronto, Belleville, Quebec City, Boston, and of couOttawa.
Your gracious loan of a set traffic cones helped us to organize First Annual Citroen Olympic games on Sunday morning. Tcones were used in the spectacular culmination of the gamesslalom in which the blindfolded drivers were assisted by sighnavigators. Such games are a regular part of Citroen gatheriin Europe, but we believe this was a first for a North Americmeeting. Our competitors, who ranged in age from 22 to were unanimous that the games were an excellent addition to oschedule.
Special thanks to Dave Jones, for his help in getting access to cones, and to Pat Weightman for his help in returning them.
All for now,Bob McLeodRendezvous Co-organizerOttawa Citroen Club
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FROM THEPRESIDENT'S
CHAIRElection night is nigh!
MCO's Annual General Meeting(AGM) is nearly upon us. This isYOUR opportunity to wield
unprecedented democratic power byhaving the right to review andapprove/disapprove the actions oftheir executive; propose positivechanges to the by-laws; nominatequalified individuals for office; 'even'stand for office yourself and find waysto give back to your Club. And, ofcourse, in the purest exercise ofdemocracy -- VOTE! Lets mark thedate, Tuesday, November 6, 2001 onour calendars.
There are innumerable places anindividual can contribute to a club.But, one of the most responsible is toensure we enjoy a quorum for the voteby being in attendance in November.(See notice elsewhere in LINK).
As MCO's moves proudly into its'53rd year, we continue to grow andevolve. We are active on many,diverse fronts. That includes autoracing, Solo 1 & 2, karting, rallying,race organization, summer and winterschools, an informative and interactiveweb site, an award-winningnewsletter, individuals active in allfacets of the sport and, well you getthe idea.
Where do I fit in? Anywhere! It isyour right - but more importantly -your responsibility - to exercise yourdemocratic right. Consider runningfor the executive. It's fun, veryrewarding and believe me, you willmeet some good colleagues and learna bunch to boot. JOIN IN.
While on the note of electoralnatterings, I have accepted to act asChair for the CASC AGM nominatingcommittee. In that capacity, I am alsoseeking committed, energetic andinterested individuals who may wishto stand and serve at the regionallevel. Further detail is available onthe CASC website, but if you arekeen, please see me personally.
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Website Reportby Rob Microys
The following recent additions havebeen made to the website.
On-Line Discussion Forums:
The new on-line discussion forumallows members and non-members tocommunicate via a web basedinterface. This is an evolution (orsome might think a de-evolution) ofour current email based list serverfunctionality provided by Anjura.
The current system requires you toregister by sending an email to theemail server, then all messages sent [email protected] get sent to all thepeople that registered for the service.
The new system simply requires youto have web access, but you'll nolonger be tied to a computer at whichyou can access your email account.Simply hurl the following URL in toany browser
http://www.mco.org/forum
There is also a link to the forumsavailable from the main website. Byaccessing the URL above, the browserputs you in to the online forum listing.As a non-registered user, you can
browse the topics, and read themessages. In order to reply and postmessages, you must register with thewebsite. It is free, and only requiresyou to enter a very small amount ofmandatory information. Theinformation remains in control of
MCO website administrator, and is notdistributed.
The forums that are currentlyavailable, which categorize themessages in to topics include ageneral discussion area, competitionspecific areas based on discipline(Solo II, Solo I, Rally, Karting, Road
Racing) and it also includes a WantAds/For Sale area for those peoplewho are looking to buy or sell things.This should allow club members toopenly communicate more effectively- I hope that more people will use thisservice over the previous email list.Both services will remain up, until atime at which the lesser used servicewill likely be turned off.
Racer/Team Bios on MCO Website:
If any race teams would like to have a
biography of their team, MCO isoffering to put up photos, andinformation for any team wishing tohave a little space of their own on theweb. Pass along images and copy toyour friendly neighborhoodwebmaster, and we'll spin it up foryou!
If you want any questions, commentsor other queries with respect to thecontent on our website, don't hesitateto contact me, Rob Microys, by emailat [email protected] or by phone,
(613) 822-7204.
March 2001September 2001
2001 MCO Awards Banquet
Tentative Date: Saturday December 8th
Tickets on sale soon!Details on the location and final notice of
date and timewill be in the October issue of the Link,
as well as on the MCO web site
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Main Street Racing Press Release
ProTruck#2 - Rebuiltand Racing Again
DATE: Sunday, August 20th,2001
The ProTruck #2's was off andracing after an intense effort bythe Main Street Racing Team afterlast race's contact with the Wall.The extra care showed as the Pro-Truck driven by Kenny Bairdworked its way from 7th to nosinginto 1st in the first half of the fea-ture. While Ken was working ongetting into first, Tim Kirby's #10bumped and spun Ken's truck,sending Ken to the back of thepack for causing a caution. Kenworked his way back through thepack to seventh again. And thistime, close contact in Corner Oneloosened some of the new bodypanels enough that Ken had to goto the pits for repairs. Ah, well,that's racing. Tim Kirby won therace, followed by Gilles Seguinand Dave Riopelle, after DannyYeas had led for most of the race,losing his position in the very lastlap.
Everything was back in order forSaturday's Autodrome St. Eus-
tache in Montreal Cummins Rac-ing Event with ProTrucks andCASCAR. Ken Baird and SteveYendall were the only Ottawadrivers in the ProTruck Series
Races. CASCAR had more Otta-wa drivers, with Carp's SteveMunro and Ottawa's Al Long bat-tling it out for first with Al Longgetting the win.
Sounds like the Mini-Stocks atCapital City, with Dave Watchornand Martin Walter. They seem tohave running first and seconddown to a fine art. This past Wed-nesday saw Dave win. These guysare a treat to watch. The Mini-Stocks have great cars this yearand one of the most popular seriesfor drivers and fans alike. And,talking about popular drivers, theProStock driver Earl Wylie, hisengine blew up big time. Well,last we heard form Earl, he was al-ready planning where to get thenext motor and how to be readyfor Wednesday Night Racing.
Last Wednesday at Capital CitySpeedway definitely was a FanEvent for Action, but a bit hard onthe pocket books of the Drivers.This week, August 15th, is regularracing with the ProTruck, Mini-legends, Mini-stocks, Hobbystockand Four for Fun, for those thatwant a less expensive taste of rac-ing. The next week, August 22nd,Race Vehicles be out and shiningfor Fan Appreciation Day at Capi-tal City Speedway.
Special thanks to the Crew at MainStreet Racing for all the excellentwork to get the ProTruck out therefor the Races. Colin, Pam andChris Lewis spent more time in the
garage than home last week, andLeo Constantinou brought greatpizza and great good humour tothe scene. Best Wishes to himthese days - he and his most pa-tient spouse are expecting theirfirst born any day now; Makeshim run for that cell phone when itrings.
Main Street Racings Sponsors thisyear are CARQUEST, Class 8Collision, Shell Oil Thermoshell,G. W. Roofing, Bernhard TurboTrans, R.V.S. Hydraulics, KemcoRadiator, Extreme Signs, IrishRose ATV Nature Trails, CustomWelding, and Barry Horricks.Again, Thanks to An ExcellentCrew - Colin Lewis is the CarChief and Chief Mechanic, RobJackson is Backup Driver andCrewman, Jeff Brown and ChrisLewis are Crewmen and Leo Con-stantinou is the Race Cars PartsProfessional. Pam Lewis, ChrisDolman and Bev Millar are theTeam Assistants.
CONTACT: Main Street [email protected](613) 489-0980 - Box 37, NorthGower, Ottawa, ON, K0A 2T0
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How to Identify Rally Feverby Jean MacGillivray
Interest in rallying at MCO continues togrow by yumps and bounds, and I knowof several homes where there's noshortage of rally talk. I thought it mighthelp to identify some of the moresignificant signs that your rallymeister isin the throes of rally fever.
You know rally fever is high when... you take HIS car on vacation because ithas the rally computer and you have todo an odo check for an upcoming rally
you ALWAYS have to eject a rally tapefrom the VCR before inserting your own
you have one calendar dedicated only torally events
he convinces you to sell your BMW andget a Subaru Impreza
he considers the proper way throughcorners to be sideways
he refers to old snow tires as "graveltires"
he considers a bash plate to be anappropriate upgrade
he speaks with reverence of "big lights" he searches out back roads to test theyumps. He insists that you come along toshare the fun.
he always takes the long way home fromwork...on gravel roads
you're waiting for him to say he needs aroll cage and a five-point harness
he's gone for 12 hours at a time checkingout new rally routes
he spends hours at the computer workingout checkpoints, times, etc.
he realizes the weekend's over and hehasn't spent any of it with you
he finally convinces you to rally withhim and he wants you to drive
you agree to drive 3 hours each way toattend an event hosted by another club
he tells you about all the interesting newpeople he's met...they all rally he considers a lifestyle that doesn'tinclude rallying to be unendurable
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March 2001September 2001
MCO: The First Fifty Years
Only $35 for this important book!Plannning for a delivery of 300 numbered copies. It is a hard-covered coffee table style bookrecounting the long history of motorsopts in Ottawa and the regions. With 150 pages, everything
and everyone is included. Don't miss out on your copies!
There is still space available for sponsorship as well. For $20 you can ensure your name is in thebook by sponsoring a page of your choosing. Full or partial page ads are open.
Contact Sherissa Microys at (613) 822-7204 or e-mail [email protected]
2001 MCO Annual GeneralMeeting
Tuesday November 6th
It is vitally important for all members toattend. This is your opportunity to vote for the2002 executive (or volunteer for a position).
The AGM will immediately follow themonthly meeting, 8:00pm, Louis' Steakhouse
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Mosport Marshallingby Richard Muise
This is why everyone interested in motorracing should become a marshal.
I was on yellow flags for the AmericanLeMans Series (Sunday August 19), and itwas streaming down rain. Behind me was
a row of photographers with giganticzoom lenses, and far to my left was thelive TV feed to NBC.
But that didn't matter. Before me laycorner-5, a majestic sweeping dive downfrom corner-4 to a hairpin with a massiveelevation change that is never adequatelyvisualized from pictures. The pace car hadalready been by twice, leading the field tothe green. Even the marshal's with years,decades of experience would not guess atwhat the first lap would bring when wetalked over lunch. At the front of the packwere the "big boys", the LeMans
prototypes, LMP900's. The first rowwas the factory Audi team R8s,followed by one of the beautiful redPanoz front-engined prototypes and a
private Audi R8. The pack wasscattered irregularly behind, withmany fast cars starting at the back ofthe field due to mechanical issuesduring qualifying. Something had tohappen and quickly, as the racingorder sorted itself out. In thestreaming rain.
Because of the expectation that thissorting process may not be peaceful,all the flaggers were moved backfrom their normal positions near thewall and tire barriers. Our cornercaptain gave us the signal that the greenflag was out, and at the same time, theroar of the cars on full throttle down the
pit straight made its way across thefacility to our corner. The race PA systemannounced that all cars were cleanlythrough the first corner without incident,and gave information on the next corner
before the sound of the fast approachingpack drowned out the PA. A few morequick glances at the captain, trying to readthe status, but I received no indications
before the leaders appeared at the top of
the far hill, corner-4.
They were approaching me head-on atspeed for the first time. Great walls ofwater rose from the rear of the leadingcars, obscuring most of the trailers,including the ones that we expected would
be moving forward through the pack.Corner-5 is a hard braking zone, a hairpin
before the back straight. The braking zoneis actually up a 100-foot elevation change,and hard to the right before the second
right that is the slowest part of the course.
And before my very eyes, it happened.The Big One. Drivers not willing toconcede space on the rain drenched cornerthat narrowed too quickly. With the firstPanoz LMP900 behind it (up from third),the lead Audi #1 tried to brake late to
protect the position. There was no way itcould make the corner when it lost
traction under braking. It spun 270degrees and came directly towards ussideways with unchecked velocity. Allthree flaggers ran away from its trajectory.Behind me, I could sense the samemovement from the row of sports
photographers, scattering in all directionsbackward. The third Audi, the privateer#38 also lost control trying to avoid thefirst spin and spun into the gravel trap tothe left. The Panoz, which now inheritedthe lead also had problems with brakingand ran wide, putting 2 wheels off thetrack but continued.
I remember taking the yellow flag withme, and as the first Audi hit the wall, Iflinched, turned around and started tofuriously wave the flag. From out of themiddle of the field came the secondPanoz. It had nowhere to go, and notenough traction to either make the corneror stop. It came like a train to the wallhitting hard ten feet in front of me at anoblique angle, just missing the first Audithat was now trying to leave the gravel.
The drivers didn't seem to accept that their
cars were broken, and all three carsimmediately tried to leave, but could not.(None of the drivers were hurt). The #1Audi appeared to be the best off, but hadhit the tire barrier sideways. The #38 Audiwas only stuck in the gravel trap and hadno damage, but had to be towed out. ThePanoz was a wreck. The driver tried toreverse out of the tires and back into therace, but the front wheels were no longer
pointing straight, and he was missing afair bit of bodywork. Within a minute or
so we had a number of trucks to get thecars out of the corner, clean up the mess,and attend to the drivers if they wereinjured.
It took between 7 to 10 minutes to get allthe mess cleared, the safety vehicles offthe track and the marshals back in
position. The entire time, I was stillwaving one yellow flag and holding the
second yellow out steady; my arms wereso tired.
The racing resumed and we had sometime to relax. But a few laps later, Porsche911 GT3-RS #30 lost it coming into ourcorner. The driver almost caught the slide,
but only managed to delay the trip out tothe tire barrier. He hit hard, ending hisrace with body parts all over the dirtleading up to the tires. Again, another 5+minutes of full course yellow, with awaved yellow in our corner.
That was the story of much of our day in
corner-5. We had a few more spins inthe ALMS race, but all continuedwithout contact with our well-usedwall.
The day had started in the samemanner, lots of rain, lots of clean up.
But that's not to say that the weekendwas about incidents. As marshal, youget to watch racing from the second
best location (after the driversthemselves). And there was lots ofgreat racing. Aside from ALMS,there were also races for open wheel(Star Mazda, ChampCar Lite, andFormula 1600's), Panoz GT Pro,Canada Cup. I worked at corner 8
during Saturday qualifying (it's at the endof the back 'straight'), and corner-2 duringFriday practice. Corner-8 was amazing towatch when the big prototypes topped thehill at speed.
I got to work with some great people.Marshaling is a great deal of fun, mixedwith some periods of hard work (runningwith fire extinguishers should be an eventin the next Olympics). Saturday evening,all the marshals even got their ownautograph session and some kind words
from Ron Fellows (Corvette Racing #3),who was forced to show us his Rolex (the
back was engraved with "Winner 2001Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona").
I can't encourage people enough to getinvolved in marshaling. The experiences Ihad at my first Mosport weekend will staywith me for a very very long time. It wasthe best vacation I've had this year!
"Mixed Results"photo from Panoz Motorsports (C) 2001
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Main Street Racing -Press Release
Good, Smooth Racing for Ken Bairdand the CARQUEST ProTruck #2Capital City Speedways Feature Race.
DATE: Sunday, August 20th, 2001
Wednesday Night's Feature Race withthe ProTrucks at Capital City Speed-way was good, clean racing in front ofa packed Grandstand. There were onlytwo cautions, one in the first half andone in the second, and racing finishedwithin the specified time limits. Noiseconcerns are being met by the tracklimiting the time on each race to ap-proximately one minute per lap. Thismeans the 30 Lap feature has to becompleted within the 30 minutes allot-ted. Cautions could potentially use up
a lot of race time so all were glad thecautions were slight.
Ken came in Fourth in his heat race,right behind one of our other NorthGower Drivers, Steve Yendall. Ste-phen Benoit won the Heat. The Fea-ture win went to Carp's Steve Munrowith Ken, working his way up from aninth place start, finishing in Fifth po-sition out of a field of seventeen. SteveYendall was Seventh and Matt Moffitt,our other North Gower ProTruck driv-er, was Eleventh not a usual finishing
position for this successful young driv-er. All the North Gower ProTrucksfinished with little to do to make themready for the Wednesday Night's Rac-ing except the perennial setup work to
continuously improve performance.
North Gower's CASCAR Driver, LylePerkins, did well at the Raindate Raceon Sunday, August 19th. He finishedwell and had good racing and little tofix as well. Ron Beauchamp fromOrmstown Quebec won the CASCARFeature.
Dave Watchorn and Martin Walter ofNorth Gower took one win each for theheats, and Martin got First and DaveSecond in the Feature. I wonder whatthese two neighbours talk about duringthe week trade set up notes and thenmay the best driver win? Lots of fun towatch anyway you look at it. Was niceto see Chris Dunham make them workfor their wins. He was third and sec-ond respectively in the heats, makingthe North Gower boys work just a littlebit harder.
Earl Wylie had a rather spectacularcrash on Wednesday night driving hisold hobbystock, while he waits for anengine for his Pro Stock. His throttlestuck on and he went right over thewall between corner One and Two.When the car stopped it looked like hehad neatly parked it beside the fence.Earl was ok and his hobbystock isfixed and ready to race again Wednes-day.
This Wednesday, the 22nd of August,
is Fan Appreciation Night at CapitalCity Speedway, so bring your camerasand autograph book as your favouritedrivers will be parking on the track forthe audience to come and see close up
the Cars and ProTrucks with an oppotunity to speak with the drivers anfind out a bit more about motorsporin Ottawa.
Visit http://www.mainstreetottawcom/status.html for past updates oKen Baird and Main Street Racing.
Main Street Racings Sponsors this yeaare CARQUEST, Class 8 CollisionShell Oil Thermoshell, G. W. RoofinBernhard Turbo Trans, R.V.S. Hydraulics, Kemco Radiator, ExtremSigns, Irish Rose ATV Nature TrailCustom Welding, and Barry Horricks.
Again, Thanks to An Excellent CrewColin Lewis is the Car Chief and ChieMechanic, Rob Jackson is BackuDriver and Crewman, Jeff Brown anChris Lewis are Crewmen and LeConstantinou is the Race Cars Par
Professional. CONGRATULATIONON THE BABY GIRL, LEO. PamLewis, Chris Dolman and Bev Millaare the Team Assistants.
CONTACT: Main Street [email protected](613) 489-0980 - Box 37, North Gower, Ottawa, ON, K0A 2T0
September 2001
MCO General Meetings - 1st Tuesday of every monthMCO Executive Meetings - Third Tuesday of every month
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Main Street Racing
- Press ReleaseKen Baird and the CARQUESTProTruck #2 had a fun night atCapital City Speedway's Fan Ap-preciation Day.
DATE: Friday, August 24th, 2001Fan Appreciation Night is MainStreet Racing's opportunity tomeet the fans who make Motor-sports so popular. Drivers like KenBaird talk to fans, sign autographs,and have giveaways as thanks tothe audience for making OvalTrack Racing possible in Ottawa.This Wednesday Night was no ex-ception. Matt Moffitt's team evenhad a special draw of 4 MTM Rac-ing Jackets, which at least one
North Gower Fan was very happyto win. The fans were visiting onthe track so long at intermissionthat is was lucky the ProTruckFeature was a fine example ofgreen flag racing with the newCity's time limits on Racing. NoCautions and Kemptville's KevinRamsay won the Feature Race,leaving plenty of time for the MiniStocks, the Mini Legends, Pro-Stock and HobbyStock Features.Of the North Gower Drivers, MattMoffitt finished ninth, Ken finish-
ed twelfth, Steve Yendall four-teenth having trouble with histransmission.
Mini Stocks what can anyonesay it was Dave Watchorn andthen Martin Walter, it was Martinthen Dave, it was Dave and thenMartin the saga continues. Greatfun to watch these guys duel it out,
especially now that the other driv-ers are giving them such a run fortheir money.
This coming Wednesday, August29th is the last of the WednesdayNight Races. Sundays will be thenew racing day for the Fall at Cap-ital City Speedway as the evenings
are beginning to get dark earlier.The CASCAR races are finished atCapital City Speedway for theSeason, so Lyle Perkins, our NorthGower CASCAR Driver, has hisremaining Race Events at Dela-ware Speedway and Autodrome StEustache. Ken Baird and the Car-Quest ProTruck will be headingoff to Montreal for the 150 LapProTruck Race at Autodrome StEustache. Plans are also under-way to raise the $10,000 needed totake Eastern Ontario's Canadian
ChampCar Lights to the Fall Clas-sic at the newly renovated MtTremblant Road Racetrack, Sept.22 and 23. Any prospective spon-sors can call and speak to KenBaird at 489-0008.
You can visit http://www.main-streetottawa.com\status.html forpast updates on Ken Baird andMain Street Racing. And there isa new site we just checked out,ht tp: / /www.sportsdata.on.ca/which has the unofficial results
from the races, sometimes thesame day. This site can provide allthe services to run sports leagues,teams and individual sports in-cluding statistics, schedules, pro-vide officials and timekeepers,order uniforms, take photographs,
present awards and cater banquets.And they are based here in Ottawaas well as locations in Huntsville,
Kingston, Kirkland Lake and Tor-onto.
Leo Constantinou could not be atthe track this past week, beingbusy with his brand new daughter,Zo, but he continues, with CAR-QUEST, to contribute all week asour Race Car Parts Professional.
You can call him at CARQUESTNepean 225-9221 most weekdaysand he will give you great adviceand assistance on your Car Partsneeds. Thanks to all Our ExcellentCrew - Colin Lewis is the CarChief and Chief Mechanic, RobJackson is Backup Driver, JeffBrown and Chris Lewis are Crew-men and Leo Constantinou is theRace Cars Parts Professional. PamLewis, Chris Dolman and BevMillar are the Team Assistants.
Main Street Racings Sponsors thisyear are CARQUEST, Class 8Collision, Shell Oil Thermoshell,G. W. Roofing, Bernhard TurboTrans, R.V.S. Hydraulics, KemcoRadiator, Extreme Signs, IrishRose ATV Nature Trails, CustomWelding, Barry Horricks andWineMakers. Ken has a newSponsor for the CARQUEST Pro-Truck WineMakers, a new Vil-lage Brew-On-Premises for Wineand Beer also located in the MainStreet Building at 2319 Communi-
ty Way, North Gower.
CONTACT: Main Street [email protected](613) 489-0980 - Box 37, NorthGower, Ottawa, ON, K0A 2T0
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For Sale:
1990 BMW E30 M3 motor with chip.Asking $4,600.
Contact: JeanMacGillivray (613) [email protected]
For Sale:
Nissan 240sx, #60 GT2 CGTCC, 1:32 at Mosport,1:12 at Shannonville. Chevy LT1 V8 (approx. 400hp6-speed, 300zx brakes, Koni shocks, Tilton pedals,Autometer gauges, etc. Spare parts include: spare bo
14 wheels, rain tires, orig. 250hp Nissan Motorsporengine, transmission, diff., etc.
Ready to race, asking $14,500 OBO.
Call Len at (613) 748-3313 or [email protected] for details
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Golden Pines RallySeptember 15, 2001
Total Distance : 223.95km
School Starts at 10:00Registration Opens at 12:30
Drivers' Meeting at 14:00First Car Leaves at 14:45
Location: The CommunityCentre in Golden Lake
Beginner and ExpertRoutebooks available
Prizes Available!
Craig Hamm (D) and Paul Acacia (N)at the start of the Midsummer's NightRally, July 28, 2001.
Here, Jean MacGillivray (D) and JimMorrow (N) take the start at the samerally.
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Main Street Racing and Automotive
Parts, Performance and Service
INTERPROVINCIAL LICENSED MECHANIC *** MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION STATIONAutomotive Take It Back Partner - We recycle your Used Oil, Antifreeze, etc.
P.O. Box 37, 2319 Community Way,North Gower, Ottawa ON K0A 2T0
Ken Baird (613) 489-0948
www.mainstreetottawa.com [email protected]
RETURN YOUR TROPHIES!
If you won trophies last year, please return them to
oneof the executive members by November 6th (AGM).
See the inside cover for contact information.
