PAST NEWS FOR DEC 2001

St. Pierre Racing to return in 2002
 Dec. 15, 2001
Richard St. Pierre will return to the drag racing wars in 2002 behind the wheel of another dragster, as he has purchased the Spitzer chassis that Mike Doyle had for sale. St. Pierre who was a standout in his rookie season of semi pro, moved to the Super Pro ranks the following year in a Neils & Park rear engine dragster. Unfortunately that car was destroyed in a top end crash at Esta Safety Park Dragway, in Cicero, New York at the end of the 2001 season. The race car and its safety equipment did its job, and Richard escaped with no injuries, but the car was left un repairable. Plans are in full swing to be ready for the beginning of the new season for this Smith Falls Ontario based team. Richard and his wife have been a welcome addition to the drag racing scene, and where introduced to the sport do to the fact that there son Ian St. Pierre competes in Super Pro, with a 23 altered drag car.

RLD INDUSTRIES / CERMAKROME
RENEWS FOR 2002:      Dec 3, 2001

Luskville Dragway is very happy to announce that RLD Industries / Cermakrome Exhaust Coatings  will be back with another year of advertising support in 2002. Larry Denis of RLD pointed out that this is definitely our target market, car enthusiasts and racers. RLD offers a variety of products and services used by the racer, street rodder, pro street car buff or anyone who use's a exhaust system. Their Cermakrome exhaust product, which coats headers or entire exhausts systems does not only make your headers look good, but actually allows you to save more horsepower through less heat loss. Many racers at Luskville Dragway use this product including all the cars on the ADM Motorsports team. Larry Denis not only supports the track with his financial support, but also gives away hundreds of great looking RLD tee shirts through out the racing season.


Jr. Dragster Association
A Canadian Jr. Dragster Association has been formed and announced out of Peterborough Ont. It will be utilized for the promotion and bettering of the Jr. Dragster class. We at Luskville Dragway think this is a good idea and fully support anything that will make any form of our sport better. We have added their web site url to our list of associations in the links portion of our web site. For more info contact Joe Scollard at 705-745-6979 or Steven Freeburn 705-745-2599.

Randy's Performance and Cumberland Auto Parts for 2002

 With the season barely a month old news is already coming out for the new season in 2002. Randy’s Performance and Cumberland Auto Parts have both renewed for 2002 marking a continued support of Luskville Dragway for the past many years.
Cumberland Auto Parts spokesperson Mike Doyle confirmed that not only would Cumberland be back as a backer of their weekend, but would also take the title rights to a Jr. Dragster Points championship series that will see the Jrs. Compete for a season ending Championship. This is good news for the Jrs. As they have been without a point’s series for the past couple of years do to the small number of cars in this area. The series will only be run on the big weekends and will include the Show Me the Money Tour events. Mike Doyle will also return for another year of competition behind the wheel of the Snap On Tools Dragster in 2002, and look for some few very noticeable changes in the car.
Randy Urslak who we earlier reported had sold his trusty Nova, is still without a ride as of this write up, everyone involved with drag racing in this area certainly hopes and expects however to see Randy back in 2002, look for maybe something with an open cockpit style in mind. Randy’s Performance Automotive will at this time however, confirm that they will be back as the title rights holder of the Bill Gaw Memorial Weekend in July for the third straight year. This event is too celebrate one of Luskville Dragway’s very biggest supporters in years past, and a gentleman who Randy began his Automotive career with, the late Bill Gaw, of Bills Competition Engines. Bill was always one of the first people to renew his advertising agreements and support for Luskville Dragway during all the years of his operations, and Randy has kept that trend alive by being the first to renew his advertising with the track every year since Bills passing.
 This along with the three-year extension of the advertising agreement with SpeedStyle, for the right side scoreboard at the track, has set the standards very high in the early goings, for another big year of advertising support for Luskville Dragway.