News & Notes

Sunset Speedway has paved its pit road....

"The pit paving project has been completed, well ahead of schedule! Crews came in on Monday looking to prepare the surface to take the asphalt. The prep went so well that the asphalt was ordered early, arriving at 3:00pm, and the whole job was done by the end of the evening. This will certainly cut down on the dust in the pits and make it easier for drivers to get on and off their pads...."

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Barrie Speedway series kicks off on Saturday:

The first round of the Tracy Daytona's three race King of the Hill series is slated for June 10 right here at Barrie Speedway. Round 2 will go August 19th with the final round set for September 2nd. The top points finisher will be awarded $500.00, second will take home $300.00 with third in points receiving $200.00. Each will also receive a plaque, all courtesy of Tracey Daytona's. Check out Tracy Daytona's at 221 Cundles Road East in Barrie

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The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour will take another shot at opening their season, this Sunday at Scotia Speedworld.

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Lucas Oil Flamboro Speedway will host the Grisdale Triple Crown Series on Saturday, with a Sunday rain date. The Lucas Oil Can-Am Midgets will also take another shot at beating the weatherman, at Flamboro, the same night.

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OSCAAR: "ASA Alloys Inc recently joined with Phil Bullen's OSCAAR team #67 as announced here May 22: "New Sponsor For Phil Bullen". At Kawartha Speedway on June 2, the very sharp looking #67 car prominently displayed the ASA Alloys Inc logo."

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The Canadian Vintage Modifieds will be at Steelback Sauble Speedway this Saturday.

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Nice to see Race City is in action.

Oval racing this weekend:June 10 Caltronics Saturday Night Stocks, featuring IMCA Modifieds, LegendsCars, Hobby Stocks and the X-Treme Sprints. Gates open at 6:00pm and racingat 7:00pm. Country 105 family night. 2 adults, 2 children, 4 hotdogs, 4 popsall for only $23.99.

... although I don't recall Matt Kenseth racing there (see their site to see what I'm talking about).

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The folks at Capital City Speedway are doing everything they can to spread the word that their track is 'back'.

*One of the things that will help us rebuild the spectator base at Capital City Speedway is promoting it every chance we get. And one of those chances is going to come along next Tues. June 13th, as along with Rick Rump and John Holtan, Brian Copp and Charlie Price we will be on display at the Scotia Bank Place with Late Model cars as people attend the George Straight concert. Country music which has for ever been associated with Stock Car racing very strong in this area it is only a natural to take this opportunity to get the word out that stock car racing is alive and well at Capital City Speedway. It will take many promotions such as this to get that word out, but we will be doing them every opportunity we get. So if you happen to be one of the lucky ones heading to the concert on Tues night of next week make sure you drop by and say hello.

That's it for a while. CASCAR will be in action with its Super Series (St. Eustache) and Western Series (Sun Valley) on Saturday night.

The news above is culled from various sites that I frequent. To be included, please us your press releases... because we can't promote your events and teams if we don't know about it. Forward blog-worthy correspondence to James Neilson and Greg MacPherson.