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2 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Tim Miller
Local drag racing fans will be able to experience a bevy of quarter-mile exhibits Sunday, including 60 race cars, during Dragstrip Memories at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Now in its 12th year, Dragstrip Memories has been a large and popular show presented by Rob Potter and Tony Hayes. But this year’s event will be the last, with the two organizers moving on.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Tim Miller
Most of us have accumulated materials over the years that end up in boxes or piled up in unused corners of our basements. “I’ll get around to sorting it all,” we say to ourselves. But life goes on and the pile gets larger. Then comes the day when we must take steps to deal with all this dated and mostly unwanted material. Since the early 1980s, I have amassed a great deal of auto racing material. Before the digital age, news, upcoming events and schedules were distributed in hard copy.
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4 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Tim Miller
The Wood Brothers and Ford have a strong relationship that goes back to the early days of NASCAR racing. The series’ most veteran team is celebrating 75 years of racing, and to help observe this milestone, a retro paint scheme on its No. 21 Mustang was presented — one which honours one of the defining moments in Indianapolis 500 history, in which the Wood Brothers played a significant role.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Tim Miller
Since 1903, Cadillac has produced cars; large, powerful, luxury cars that have a worldwide reputation. The brand was known as the “Standard of the World.” And the idea of Cadillac in organized racing competition seems somewhat far-fetched. But for the past 20 years, Cadillac has been a player in certain forms of racing with its CTS-V sedan in Sports Car Club of America and Pirelli World Challenge and continues in IMSA Michelin and IMSA WeatherTech competition.
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1 month ago |
thespec.com | Tim Miller
He started racing on Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition grounds in 1958 with a six-cylinder, 1936 Chevy. And Don Deagle plans to race his Mini-Stock at Ohsweken Speedway this coming season. During those decades of oval track racing, he has raced Sportsman-class cars, Super Modifieds and Big Rig Semi Trucks. “I love racing,” said Deagle, 87. “I have raced just about anything.
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