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TRACK: APRIL 26/09*RIGHT NOW THE WEATHER MAN SAYS WE SHOULD BE OK SO TESTING IS STILL ON FOR TODAY AT 12:00 GATES OPEN AT 10:00 AM THIS MORNING.
*Hey guys we need race cars for a display at the Sunoco Gas Station, corner of Hazeldean and Carp Rd Friday DAY May 8th. This promo will be to promote opening night at the speedway and we will give us an opportunity to meet many new people many who may or may not have ever been too Capital City Speedway. This is also a great opportunity for anyone with a advertiser on the side of their car to give them some added value by being on display someplace new and exciting.
*Right now the weather man looks like he is going to rain on our parade Sunday, in the event that this weekend's test and tune is rained out we will open next Saturday as scheduled for Pre Season Test and Tune. The track will also be available for next week private bookings as well, the same for the following week prior to opening night, we have some spots booked so call early if you want a good spot. If you are unsure about Sunday here is my cell number CALL before you come down, we should have a better idea by Sunday Morning and will post something on the web site so check first thing Sunday Morning. 613-715-1029
One of the things
you have heard us talk about and you are going to here about it a lot more,
is the tremendous support we have from the advertising community in this
area when it comes to the stock car track. And one of those companies is not
one of your automotive traditional type of business's, no Brew Bye You is
anything but that as it is a brew your own wine company located at 780
Baseline Road right at Fisher Ave. Dave Walker the owner of Brew Bye You has
been a staunch supporter from the day we took over the track back in the
fall of 2005, and that support will continue again this year for the fourth year in a row. Dave is someone you will find also supporting the track each
and every week, as he is a very good supporter of the track as a spectator
as well, cheering on his favorite drivers all season long. Now we know that
stock car folks are considered to be beer drinking individuals, but there is
also no question that there is a lot more people today drinking wine, and in
particular making their own wine which is where Brew Bye You comes in just
like the name says. So here again is another one of those perfect cases
where you the supporters of stock car racing in our area can support those
that support us, and with only one of these type of companies involved with
Capital City Speedway it should make your decision very very easy at where
you go when it comes to this.Bleeker Stereo and
TV has been a
fixture around the Ottawa area for a long time, and so has Capital City
Speedway. So it is only a natural that these two long running Ottawa
Business's should have a advertising and marketing relationship that has
gone on for a long time. Rob Bleeker the second generation family member is
with out question what we call a car guy, as he has always had performance
minded cars over his years, and has always had a love of
Motorsports.
Back in the mid 90's Bleeker Stereo and TV adorned one of the strongest
running Cascar's to ever come out of this area, in fact the car with Al Long
behind the wheel won the track points championship for ADM Motorsports in
its first year of existence. So with that as a back drop we are very pleased
to announce that Bleeker Stereo and TV will once again be part of the
marketing family at Capital City Speedway for the fourth year in a row. Bleeker Stereo and TV have flourished and grown in an area of Big Box
takeovers of the market place, and they have done that by price and service,
and speaking from experience they out do everyone on both. Again this is a
company that we as stock car people can certainly show our support for those
that support us, and demographically we are big TV and other entertainment
buying people, so keep that in mind the next time you are in a need for
products and service's they supply, Bleeker Stereo and TV.
You have heard us
mention natural fits over the years if you have been reading these news
pages, well this one is as natural a fit as you can get. Amp Energy Drink is
now the official Energy Drink of CCS. Replacing Monster will be a monster
job for sure but there is no questions that AMP will certainly do what it
takes to that and more. Amp is of course the Main Advertiser on the side of
Dale Earnhardt's race car and has made a significant impact in the Energy
Drink market by doing so. Dale Earnhardt is with out question one of the
most popular Nascar drivers of all time and has a following like no one
else. This alone gives us the upper hand in turning the page and moving to
Amp as the official energy drink of Capital City Speedway. Look for special
promotions through the year surrounding Amp as we do our best to get
everyone to try it, which is all we believe it will take to make them
supporters. We are extremely excited about the new addition of Amp as a
advertiser with us and we hope that you the supporter of Capital City will
become a supporter of AMP energy drink also, See you at the races.*We have known about this happening for a while now but wanted to wait until it was completely official, but the INNEX Legend National Qualifier for Capital City Speedway will be part of the Sept 12th. Monster Jam event as it has for the past three years. This event allows a number of racers who compete at Capital City Speedway an opportunity to qualify for the Nationals that will take place later this year in the US. A number of our drivers like Kevin Foisy and Frank Johnston as examples have in the past done just that have winning their spots from the Qualifier at CCS. This is a big event for the Legend drivers and the weekend is a big event for Capital City Speedway, so they two go hand in hand. We are also looking for an advertiser to sign on to make the payouts MUCH larger for this event as it also has the ability to attract many drivers from out of town for the same reason. With the larg
e
number of Legends in this area INNEX has since we switched to that
sanctioning body for these cars agreed that Capital City Speedway is a
leader when it comes to the legends as the growth of this class has shown
locally, and for that we will once again be anointed with a National
Qualifier. If you or your company would like to be involved as a title
rights holder to this portion of the Bill Osborne Chevrolet Monster Jam Four
please do call.*Un like the previous story, this one comes as a total surprise as Brent Cowan announced this week that there will be a driver change in the #44 ACT Late Model for 2009. Matt Moffitt no stranger to a late model will take over the driving duties for the up coming season leaving Dave Baldwin sitting on the side lines for now. We will have more on this announcement in the next week or so surrounding a major advertising package also. There has been a lot of excitement and activity with the ACT Late Models as everyone positions them selves for a run at the championship which would of course put them on the Lowden New Hampshire Nascar Race List this Sept 19th. I firmly believe we will see a wild season of Late Model racing as never before has so much been at stake.
If you
watch Motorsports of any type you will note that there are some companies
that are always involved no matter what type of racing it is, and one of
those companies is Snap On Tools. Yes with out doubt if you are a watcher of
Motorsports then you in all likely hood have seen the Snap On Tools Logo on
more than one racing vehicle in your day. And for the past 11 years ADM
Motorsports has been very fortunate to have Snap On Tools involved with
their race team and Luskville Dragway. So when we took over the operations
of Capital City Speedway it was our total goal to bring Snap On Tools there
as well, and we did and they have never looked back. So again in 2009 Snap
On Tools will be the exclusive Tool Company of Capital City Speedway and
will also hold the title rights to a Snap On Night on August 12TH.. This is
normally one of the biggest nights of the season and usually has the drivers
entertaining one of the largest crowds of the year. Snap is a prominent
North American Company and we are very please to have them involved with us
and not only enjoy the financial involvement but also the fact that almost
every night and race day will see Snap On Trucks as part of our display at
the Speedway. Yes many of the dealers can be seen almost every night at the
speedway, displaying their trucks which have been part of this area's
landscape for many years now. And we are so thrilled to have them as part of
the Capital City Speedway Landscape each and every race night or day in
2009. Again many of the dealers deal directly with many of the drivers and
teams that compete at the speedway and obviously they have the ability to
get a great deal of feed back from each other. Yes this is truly a great
partnership and we are so glad that once again 2009 will see the very
familiar Logo, and trucks at Capital City Speedway.
APRIL 18/09Well now this has got to be a first, a tanning salon utilizing Capital City Speedway and Nascar Style Stock Car Racing to promote their product. But you know its not that far out of the realm, think about it Proctor and Gamble realized the benefits of advertising their products through the use of Stock Car Racing, as did a number of Dietary Companies (Slim Jim) so why not a Tanning Salon. And not just any salon either this is one of the best the city has to offer, Caribbean Exposure with locations in the Merivale Rd. Mall and also at 1980 Ogilvie Rd, Gloucester (Ottawa's south end). Yes we are very proud of the fact that this out of the norm (non automotive company) has decided to utilize Capital City Speedway as a marketing strategy for 2009. The Salons are very clean and very professionally run featuring complimentary deodorant, sun tanning goggles and towels. Also supplied are sample lotions for individual tanning and each room has its own stereo with a large selection of CD's or you can just bring your own. The Salons also offer a selection of beds from medium-high, turbo, super turbo including the Saturn which is a open concept high pressure stand up booth. So here again is another perfect example of where we the stock car community can show their support for those that support us, the average fan in the stands can make a difference also by doing the very same. Keep our sport alive by supporting those that support us.
AROUND THE
TRACK: APRIL 11/09*Little bird told me this week there is a good chance of a new legend car announcement in the very near future, if not prior too, then definitely when test and tune rolls around.
*Again we are closing in on Kick off Day at Broadway's, lets start the year off right with the largest one ever. A reminder to those planning on season pass's order them now so they are available for pick up on that day.
*Another sign that opening day is much closer, as you will notice the change in publishing day for our web site as we get ready for our first race on a Friday May 8th. This will have us publishing on Saturday mornings for a while so we can have the race results up with that publish.
We know that many of
the four-for-fun competitors have been waiting for this announcement, and
even though it had been rumored no one knew for sure if it was going to
happen again
this year, but yes it is. Crilly Chassis Works will once again build the
four-for-fun champion from 2009 a mini stock chassis (some stipulations) as
long as that individual agrees to move to the Mini Stock Class for the
following year. Ed Crilly the owner of Crilly Chassis Works has been around
Motorsports all of his life and has been doing chassis work and fabrication
for the better part of that also. Crilly does a lot of the drag racing
fabrication in this area and in 2006 expanded his marketing into the stock
car world at Capital City Speedway. This will mark the fourth year in a row
that Crilly Chassis Works has done this for the drivers in the four for fun
class at the speedway. Drivers who have already benefited from this and made
the move to Mini Stock are Debbie Davis the first year winner, Doug Mould in
year two and last years winner Cody Dunham. Cody
has already taken delivery of the new chassis and is working frantically to
be ready for opening night as obviously this is very important to everyone,
including Crilly Chassis Works and Capital City Speedway. This makes three
cars that Ed and Crilly Chassis works have build and put on to the speedway,
this has been huge for the track and the class. Doug Mould was an immediate contender in his
first year of Mini Stock thanks to his Crilly Chassis Works Car, and
finished in the top 5. Crilly cars
are some of the safest cars build anywhere as can be see quite easily when
one looks closely at anything Ed has got his hands on too. This is great news once again for the speedway, and for
the Four For Fun class who have been one of the largest class's at the track
for the past three years. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Ed
and the Crilly Chassis Works Company for their support of the speedway and
hopefully you the racers will also do so personally. Again this is a custom
fabricating shop located right in the heart of this area, supporting this
area's Motorsports overwhelmingly and deserves your support when it comes to
the products and service's they supply. For the Four for Fun they will now
have the Chassis from Crilly's which will go to the champion of the Crilly
Chassis Works Four For Fun class, as well as the draw that will take place
for the Kirkey Fabrication Custom Aluminum race seat.
This story
is more fitting heading into this year than at any other time, this being the 40th anniversary year
for Luskville Dragway. Back in
1969 Drag Racing came alive in Ottawa as Luskville Dragway was opened for
the first time and a number of Speed & Performance Shops opened up shortly
after. Two Brothers from Nepean Bruno and Gino Bottiglia who where very much
into drag racing, fast cars and any type of performance, opened what back
then was called Bruno & Gino's Performance. After Gino retired the speed
shop which had become to be a fixture in the Ottawa Performance market would
then be called Bruno's Performance. Today the business that has been family
owned and operated continues its way under the name of Bruno's Automotive,
and is run by second generation Bottiglia's, Steve and Joe with the same
passion for performance that their father and uncle did. Yes not many
companies can brag about being successful for as many years as Bruno's
Performance has, and that success continues to this day. Another thing that
also has been long and continuous has been Bruno's Automotive support for
local Motorsports and that continues again in 2009 as it has since the
beginning of Bruno & Gino's Performance back in 1970. Their love for
Motorsports as always been front and for most, from the days when the first
generation Bottiglia's drag raced until the current time where both Steve
and Joe are very much performance oriented, and both love to visit both
Luskville Dragway and Capital City Speedway. In fact quite often in the
middle of the summer if you are driving by the shop (of course stop in and
look around) you will in all likely hood see the original 1955 Chevy that
their elders drag raced or even the 1970 GTO that Bruno drove on the street
in his last days. This is a company that continues its heritage to this day,
and continues to support Capital City Speedway as well as Luskville Dragway
as we head into the 2009 racing season for the 4th year in a row.I have often said that if you are a "gear head" your a "gear head" and that if you like Motorsports then you like all types of Motorsports and that is even more evident in the stock car and drag racing world. There has always been a very significant connection between these two types of racing and I never thought much about it until we took over Capital City Speedway after running Luskville Dragway for 30 years and being a drag racer all my life. Locally many of today's older stock car people will quite often admit that they use to race at Luskville Dragway back in the early days.
Our race director the
first year of operations at the speedway, Wayne Bourdon was a perfect
example of that as he was not only a drag racer in the start but a very good
one at that. Jack Roush who everyone knows from today's Nascar Days was in
the beginning the engine guru behind the famous Gapp & Roush Pro Stock Drag
racing team, winning many National events along the way. Even today
Roush's kids still drive Mustangs on the drag racing circuit, and of course
Roush is responsible for the High Performance Mustangs that are sold out of
the dealerships that are basically drag race machines in disguise. But there
are others that many may not know about, Did you know that the King Richard
Petty was a drag racer, yes when Nascar disallowed the Hemi engine from
competition the King went Drag Racing. It was not as a successful a story as
the Roush deal as a terrible accident causing the death of a young boy and
the injury of 7 other spectat
ors
brought the Petty drag racing era to an end. Rick Hendricks and his large
car dealerships where also involved in the world of drag racing, but as a
major backer for one of the greatest pro stock drivers of all time the Late
Lee Shepherd. And yes there has been many, many more even to this day where
it is not unusual to see stock car drivers jumping in a drag car just to see
what it is all about. Last year when Burton Smith (Charlotte Motor speedway
owner) opened his new drag strip right beside the speedway a number of
Nascar greats where on hand to take part in the ceremonies and a number of
them did so by running very fast pass's in Pro Stock cars. So yes as we head
into the 2009 season we just thought it would be something a little
different to let you read about, and maybe convince stock car fans to
venture over to the drag racing world for a weekend or two, many of your
stock car greats have.*Look for Go-Karts to be part of Capital City Speedway in 2009 a
s
we have put a five race series together with the local Go-Karting
people. The series will feature 4 stroke engine Karts and will be run on the
off nights for the Late Model Cars, helping us fill that program out on
those nights. This is not totally new to the speedway but is the first time
there as been 15-20 Karter's signed up and ready to go. The events will take
place on the following nights and will fit right into the Late Model Time
Slot. The race's will go on June 5th. July 8th. July 22nd. Aug. 26th
and possibly Sept 12th.
Once again we
are very pleased to bring yet another new advertiser to the table at Capital
City Speedway, and once again an advertiser that is no stranger to Nascar in
the US. Remax one of the worlds largest realty companies has signed on as a
major player at Capital City Speedway for 2009. Purchasing the title rights
to the August 8th weekend at Capital City Speedway and tagging their name to
the Lucas Oil Ontario Sportsman Series 100 lap event that will take place their that
weekend. The REMAX 100 LATE MODEL ONTARIO SPORTSMAN race will be part of
what is shaping up to be a huge weekend August 8th. Remax as we all know is
a big player in ACRA racing in the United States so this was a natural fit
for this company here in the Ottawa area. Once again as we have done with
State Farm Insurance and with Benson Auto Parts we have set up a means of
being able to track the support for this advertiser by means of directing
business through a certain number or certain person. In the case of Remax
Realty we are hoping to direct all business through the office of J.P. Walsh
a member of the Remax Metro City Realty Office on Carling Ave.
(613-862-8620). We encourage everyone that is involved with us at the
speedway that if your looking to buy a house, or to sell a
house PLEASE think about using this company and in particular this person.
This is how the will cage the response for their involvement at the speedway
and obviously dictate their future involvement and increase in participation
with Capital City Speedway. However know matter how you look at it at it,
its great news for the Lucas Oil Ontario Sportsman Series, great news for Capital City
Speedway and if its great news for Capital City then its good news for
us all. The REMAX 100 will be the feature event on August 8th but will be
supported by the Macton Electrical 30 Lap Legend Event, The Jason's
Landscaping 50 Lap Thunder Car Event as well as Mini Stock and Four 4 Fun.
This will be a very big weekend and a big weekend for the track and it has
now been added some much need advertising support to make it an even bigger
weekend. So mark August 8th on your Calendar for the REMAX 100 Ontario Late
Model Sportsman Series at Capital City Speedway presented by Atwill Service
Centre, Macton Electrical Construction and Jason's Landscaping.
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KANATA, A DIVISION OF CHOICE HOTELS BECOMES THE OFFICIAL HOTEL FOR CCS: APR.
3/09We are extremely pleased with this next announcement, as it brings another new marketing partner on board at Capital City Speedway for the 2009 racing season. Comfort Inn, by Choice Hotels has signed on as the official Hotel Chain for Capital City Speedway, this has good news all the way around, for the track and its drivers. Not only will Comfort Inn be involved as an advertiser but by being the official Hotel of the Speedway it will bring special rates for all those booking their rooms through the special Speedway Number. We have listed below not only the link to book on line but the special code to use "LRACE" when doing so to get the special rate .
Sean Murphy the Manager for the Chain was quick to point out that they where extremely excited about their involvement with Capital City Speedway and see it being a long and lasting one.
To book online use client ID - LRACE or this link: http://www.choicehotels.ca/hotels/roomRates?hotel=CN270&srp=STD&minisrp=LRACE
Comfort Inn Ottawa West - Kanata 222 Hearst Way, Kanata, Ontario K2L 3A2
(613) 591-9239
www.choicehotels.ca/cn270
As we try very hard to pull
out all stops to make this season the biggest ever and take the speedway to
another level, we are proud to announce that Chez 106.1 has signed on to
present the ACT Race on June 13th. CHEZ has been a mainstay of the Ottawa
Radio networks for as long as most of us can remember, and has also been the
leader of Classic Rock very much demographically our audience. We hope that
with this involvement we can get our spectator crowds up to the levels we
need to get them to in order to make the track successful. Yes we have had
our moments but we need to do this on a more consistent basis and hopefully
this will be a step in the right direction. We can also tell you that we
have secured media presenters rights for are August 8th race that we will
announce at a later date, as well as the previous announcement for the same
with Monster Jam. So hopefully this will assist us in doing what we need to
do, so once again we seem to have the right things in place, but still have
to hope the weather man will cooperate this year unlike 2008.