September 3rd, 2010
South Buxton Raceway promoters have announced plans for the sixth annual Canadian Fall Shootout on Saturday, Sept. 25.
There will be three classes of competition - the UMP Modifieds and Late Models as well as Sport Stocks as a support class.
September 2nd, 2010
Gregg Haskell, driver of the RH21 car in the Dover Sanitation UMP Late Models, is this week’s guest on Pit Pass on Country 92.9 FM/630 AM CFCO.
This Saturday is the fourth annual Rick Haskell Memorial race, named in honour of the former track worker who passed away in 2007.
The Haskell family is heavily involved at South Buxton Raceway this season.
Rick’s wife Deb and their daughter Kirsten work in the ticket office.
Sons Gregg and Jason (RH94) drive in the Late Model class while son Patrick, a former driver, is the flagman.
The Late Models will race for the Rick Haskell Memorial Trophy, which was won by Joe Field in 2007, Andrew Reaume in 2008 and Dale Glassford in 2009.
Gregg will join host George Brooks on Pit Pass, which airs Friday at 6:40 p.m. and Saturday at 10:40 a.m.
August 28th, 2010
Eric Vanderiviere holds the Country 92.9 Guitar Trophy after his fifth feature win of the season in the Sport Stocks. (James MacDonald Photos; click on photos for larger views.)
Eric Vanderiviere won the coveted guitar trophy while Brad Authier moved to the top of the charts on Country 92.9 FM/630 AM CFCO Night At The Races on Saturday.
Vanderiviere inherited the lead with three laps to go in the Windride Transportation Sport Stocks feature when Chatham’s Louis Clements broke. Vanderiviere led the rest of the way for his track leading fifth feature win of the season.
Vanderiviere also won the coveted Country 92.9 Guitar Trophy for his feature win, which ironically Clements won last year.
Chatham’s Brad Authier won his fourth Dover Sanitation UMP Late Model feature of the year moved to the top of the points standings, thanks to Dale Glassford’s absence.
A pair of Leamington-area drivers performed a duet on Country Night At The Races, as Leamington’s Joel Dick in the Schinkels Gourmet Meats UMP Modifieds and Cottam’s Rob Quick in the Four Seasons Driver Education Comp 4s both won their respective feature and pursuit races.
Simpson’s Fence and All Canadian Tools & Industrial Supplies were co-sponsors of Saturday’s races.
Please go to Track Stats for Saturday’s official results. Click on Multimedia and Photos for James MacDonald’s photographs from Saturday and the 2010 season.
August 27th, 2010
Ted Simpson climbs into his Mark Martin No. 01 U.S. Army Monte Carlo at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend. (Click on photos for larger view).
His Simpsons Fence is a co-sponsor of Saturday’s races at South Buxton
When Ted Simpson watches the cars go around South Buxton Raceway’s three-eighth mile dirt oval on Saturday night, he can smile knowing he is one-up on the local drivers.
Last weekend, Simpson took a little 60-lap joyride on NASCAR’s biggest track - the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.
Simpson, owner of Simpsons Fence in Chatham and Tecumseh, is a long-time race fan who always wanted to experience the thrill of driving an actual NASCAR stock car on a NASCAR track.
He whet his appetite at Las Vegas Speedway in 2002 in the passenger seat of a Richard Petty Experience car, but it left him wanting more.
