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DRAG RACERS BANQUET MOVED TO NOV.21st 2009
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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE BANQUET, GET THEM EARLY THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST EVER
JET CARS UNDER THE LIGHTS SATURDAY NIGHT, FINAL BENSON TOUR EVENT THIS WEEKEND, JET CARS AGAIN ON SUNDAY, THIS IS THE LAST BIG RACE OF THE SEASON DON'T MISS A MINUTE OF THE ACTION: BE THERE.
FINISH THE YEAR WITH A BANG" $10,000. TO WIN SUPER PRO ON MULLIGAN SUNDAY SEPT 6th. AUG 29/09
With the racing season coming to a close fast and furiously we have decided too had a bit of a different twist to the last race of the year at Luskville Dragway and the last race in the Benson Tour Series. First of all for the first time in this events history the Sunday Portion of the race will see Super Pro Drivers running for $10,000 to win just like they do at the Bracket Bonanza. Secondly the Sunday portion of the weekend will be done as a Mulligan Sunday for the Super Pro Drivers. Our Mulligan race back in May of each year is with out question one of our most successful and most exciting events of the year, so a decision was made on this in order that we could go ahead with the $10,000. to win concept for Sunday. Like the May race drivers will have a choice of buying a Mulligan win they enter the event and keeping that fact under wraps until they need to use it, drivers will still have the chance of buying back in one time in either the first or second round. We will be doing this only for the Super Pro Class this year so we can get a feeling of whether it is successful or not and then include semi pro in the years ahead. The season has come and gone very quickly and for many the end of the racing season has come way to fast, this will however give those that wish a second life on the very last official race of the season.
RLD NOSTALGIA DAY WILL MOVE TO SEPT 19TH, RAIN CANCELS SATURDAY'S RACING: AUG 28/09
 Well what do you know, the weather man is completely wrong once again but this time in a bad way as they have made the Sunday Weather forecast even worse now. Heading off to Russell Adams wedding last night we really thought we would probably loose Saturday but Sunday Looked good, but wouldn't you know it this morning that has change also. So with that as a back dropped we will definitely move the RLD Nostalgia Day to Sept 19th where we we have it, because of the bad forecast now for this Sunday. We will wait and see on tomorrow but it really doesn't look good at this time, we will be at the track today for those that still want too come out and visit with our special quest, and for racers who where planning on coming to stay over night for tomorrow. We have been fairly lucky with the race's this season even though the weather has sucked most of the time, but this weekend looks like it will be a causality of the weather. Last night most tracks in Southern Ontario and as close as Peterborough all cancelled their racing activities and many of them have had a worse season than we have. Next Weekend is the Fall Bracket Finals and Jet Car show under the lights Saturday night. It will be the final race in three of our points series so should make for a exciting weekend of racing in the Benson Auto Parts Track Series, 99RACE Series and the Benson Show Me the Money Tour Series.

Bill Jenkins' Race Cars ,A Look Back at Grumpy Jenkins' Bad-Ass Chevy's and Mopar's

Yes Bowtie Chevy fans, Da Grump used to race Mopar's. His Super Stock and Factory Experimental Dodges were just as fierce as his Chevy's. Actually, Bill probably could have made a six-cylinder Rambler American into a fast race car. Back in the '60s, what gave Bill his unique edge was the fact that he was a degreed mechanical engineer and took a scientific approach to drag racing. It didn't take long before hundreds of drag racing Chevrolet cars wearing the familiar "Jenkins Competition" logo were setting national records at NHRA, AHRA, and IHRA drag strips all over America.

Here's a list of Bill Jenkins' race cars. Click on the Highlighted Cars to see the Pen & Ink versions.

1. 1961 Chevy 409 Biscayne Old Reliable I - Owned by Dave Stickler, wrenched by Bill Jenkins. Ran in OS/S - Optional Super Stock
2. 1962 Chevy 409 Biscayne Old Reliable II - Owned by Dave Stickler, wrenched by Bill Jenkins. Ran in A/Stock, Super stock, and FX - Factory Experimental.
3. 1962 Chevy 409 Impala Old Reliable III - Owned by Dave Stickler, wrenched by Bill Jenkins. Ran in FX - Factory Experimental.
4. 1961 Z11 427 Chevy Impala "Old Reliable IV" - Owned by Dave Stickler, wrenched by Bill Jenkins. Ran in FX - Factory Experimental.
5. 1964 Hemi Dodge "The Dodge Boys" - Owned by Dave Stickler, wrenched by Bill Jenkins. Ran in A/FX - A/Factory Experimental.
6. 1965 Hemi Plymouth "The Black Arrow" - Owned by Doc Burgess, wrenched by Bill Jenkins. Ran in FX - Factory Experimental and S/S - Super Stock.
7. 1966 Chevy II Grumpy's Toy I - Ran in A/Stock Class.
8. 1966 Chevy II Grumpy's Toy II- Ran in Super Stock/C Class.
9. 1967 Camaro Grumpy's Toy III - Ran in Super Stock/C, Super Stock/D, B/Gas, and Modified Production.
10. 1968 Camaro Grunpy's Toy IV - Ran in Pro/Stock.
11. 1968 Chevy II Grumpy's Toy V - Ran in Super Stock/D.
12. 1969 Camaro Grumpy's Toy VI - Ran in Super Stock and Pro/Stock.
13. 1970 Camaro Grumpy's Toy VII - Built for show and promotion only.
14. 1970 Camaro Grumpy's Toy VIII - Ran in Pro/Stock 1970 - 1971.
15. 1972 Vega Grumpy's Toy IX - Ran in Pro/Stock 1972.
16. 1972 Vega Grumpy's Toy X - Ran in Pro/Stock 1973.
17. 1974 Vega Grumpy's Toy XI - Ran in Pro/Stock 1974 - 1975.
18. 1975 Monza Grumpy's Toy XII - Ran in Pro/Stock 1975 - 1976.
19. 1977 Monza Grumpy's Toy XIII - Ran in Pro/Stock 1977.
20. 1978 Monza Grumpy's Toy XIV - Ran in Pro/Stock 1978 - 1979.
21. 1980 Camaro Grumpy's Toy XV - Ran in Pro/Stock 1980 - 1981.
22. 1981 Camaro Grumpy's Toy XVI - Ran in Pro/Stock 1981 - 1982.
23. 1983 Camaro Grumpy's Toy XVII - Ran in Pro/Stock 1983.
YOUR THOUGHTS REQUIRED ON THIS SUBJECT FOR 2009: AUG. 24/09
 In an on going effort to try and make changes in our sport for the betterment of it your thoughts are welcomed on something I have been playing with for a while now. As many of you who know me know I have been a door car person all of my life, and with that being said It really troubles me that we are loosing are door car drivers one at a time. With the assumption that it is much easier and much cheaper to campaign a dragster, and that the facts show that with that happening they seem to be doing most of the winning at big dollar bracket races as well as regular day programs. A few years ago we tried running separate door car and open wheeled class's but it just didn't work as their was not enough cars to financially do it. There is no question that if I was looking at returning to driving and wanted the best chance at winning, in all likely hood I would buy a dragster, and so have many others who have done so already. All one has to do is look a the drivers today who compete and win in a dragster, and many of them drove door cars not that long ago. I firmly believe we need to do something about this and one of the ideas I have been bouncing around is a program for door cars that would give them a purse to run for after the third round of any of our events. The class would be open to any Super Pro or Semi Pro car that enters the event, after the third round we would then allow any of those "Door Cars" that have been beaten to return to competition in what would much similar to a consolation race in stock car racing. It would be based on a small entree fee called an insurance premium say of $20.00 which would go directly into the purse, the purse would also have additional money which would come from the track or advertisers. I really believe we need to do something for the door car class to give a driver a reason for wanting to continue driving these cars, and giving the fans the ability to see a wide variety of race cars. We are really looking at trying this out on the Saturday of this years Mr. Transmission Fall Bracket Nationals. One of the things that must be pointed out this is a class that would ONLY be open to those that are competing in the Full Program.
UPDATE: Was discussed at track with drivers all loved the idea, and we tired it this weekend and everyone loved it, Gianni Cantusci was the first winner ever of Top ET as he took home $360. after loosing in the 3rd round of super pro then moving into Top ET as he had bought the insurance prior too eliminations in super pro. The long weekend in Sept will be the next race and we are extremely pleased to announce that Party Mart has signed on as the title rights holder too Top ET for that race and that Reparis Unlimited of Kingston will also be a presenter which means the pot already starts at $600. so it will in all likley hood be $1000. to win TOP ET on Saturday of this event.
DAY ONE OF OTTAWA GREENBELT CONSTRUCTION GOES TO SILKIER & ADAMS: AUG 22/09
Well the weather didn't look all that good, and it rained almost everywhere around us, but not at Luskville Dragway as day one of the Ottawa Greenbelt Construction Weekend went into the books in style. Dave Silkier didn't take long to make himself comfortable with his new spot on the ADM Motorsports Drag Racing Team as he put his Undercover Chassis Dragster into victory lane for the first time this season. Watching teammates Derek Malcolm and Troy Davis both win a number of events this year added even more incentive to do well, and do well he did. Hammering the tree all day Dave made his way to the finals where he met first time finalist Bill Moloughney and proceeded to capture his first trophy of the year. Russell Adams was the lone semifinalist in Super Pro but Russell's Dad upped him on that accord in Semi Pro as Veteran campaigner John Adams took home the win in this class. John met and defeated Joe Doyle in the finals of this class too back up his previous weeks win at Shannonville Motorsports Park Dragway. Tyler Pike was the Jr. Dragster winner over Steve Clarmo. All in all the day was a good one even though a number of drivers decided to stay home after checking what turned out to be a completely wrong weather forecast, day two will feature even better weather, more cars and more prize money as the winner of Super Pro will take home $2500.
UPDATE: Weather is great, many more cars have come through the gate and Paulo Guist and Bill Moloughney are in a battle for the number one qualifying spot in Super Pro, Bill went 4:76 and now Paulo just went 4:70, its going to get better as Bill and Tom Orr play with the nitrous set up on Bills Car. UPDATE: Bill Moloughney just went 4.695 for the number one spot, we are going to do this right from the track this weekend. Well low qualifier is settled now we head into day two of eliminations and the King of the Track Championship. Super Pro Door cars have risen too the cause, with the introduction of TOP ET on this day, they put four door cars into the semi finals of Super Pro where Bill Smith of Kingston and Last years king of the track Dale Gauthier both door car drivers went on to the finals where Smith became a $2500. winner . On the Semi Pro side of things veteran racer Pat Kohl said he was determined to win the Wally, and that he almost did as he did win Semi Pro and put himself in place to become the first Semi Pro Driver to win the King of the Track. However that was not to be as Bill Smith who had been like a machine all weekend took the win and the title for 2009. This was a great weekend of racing, weather man was pretty cooperative and the drivers showed their support for Ottawa Greenbelt Construction Day for Sure. For Bill Smith the win was very good as his last big win at Luskville Dragway had to go un celebrated as a jet car crash following the win took all the attention away of what should have been an exciting time for this team also, Congratulations Bill. By the way Bill Smith is the owner of Repairs Unlimited and he quickly stepped forward and added $250. to the Top ET pot for the long weekend in Sept.
 
FRIDAY NIGHTS RACES CANCELLED DO TO WEATHER FORECAST: AUG 20/09
Well you cant win them all and with the weather forecast for rain Friday morning and thunder storms all afternoon it has been decided to not leave drivers in limbo and we have cancelled Friday Nights Points race under the lights. The forecast is great for the weekend so this gives us a good shot at two days of racing including the Sunday portion of the Ottawa Greenbelt event which will feature a first place prize for Super Pro of $2500. on Sunday. Gates will open at 9:00 am Saturday and time trials will start at 12:00 with the race being done prior to 6:00 when the cruise night will start. Sundays Show will have regular start times of 10:30 for time trials and 1:00 pm for eliminations.
OTTAWA GREENBELT CONSTRUCTION  PRIZE MONEY TO $2500. FOR SUPER PRO THIS WEEKEND: AUG 17/09
We have said time and time again how lucky we are to have the advertisers we do, and this week proves that point once again loud and clear. Paulo Guist the owner and operator of one of this area's largest Construction Companies, Ottawa Greenbelt Construction has stepped above and beyond support and added another whack of money to the table for the super pro cars to run for this upcoming Sunday, Ottawa Greenbelt Construction Day at Luskville Dragway. The Winner of this Sunday's Super Pro Final will win a total of $2500. and that comes with the entree fee staying at its normal $50. to get in, this is a great deal for the Super Pro Guys at Luskville Dragway who run every weekend for more money than any track in this country, and then have the luxury of having these bonus weekends put on also. We can not thank the good folks at Ottawa Greenbelt Construction for their incredible generosity with Luskville Dragway and its racers.
ONLY ONE TOUR EVENT TO GO, AS SHANNONVILLE GETS PUT SUCCESSFULLY IN THE BOOKS: AUG 17/09
Yes there should have been more cars, but the weather was great, the crowd was a packed house for Saturday and the racings was nothing less than spectacular at Shannonville Motorsports Park Dragway. This was the 5th of 6 races in the Benson Auto Parts Show Me the Money Tour, the richest drag racing series in Canada and it was rich with excitement. For seasoned veterans like John Chatwood it was a great weekend as he doubled up with a win on both Saturday and Sunday in the Sled Bike class showing he still has what it takes to win the big ones. Jamie Tupper was the big super pro winner on Saturday beating a resurgent Carl Jessup who had a good enough weekend to over take Derek Malcolm in the Benson Auto Parts Points Championship race. Tupper was driving a brand new Undercover dragster and was obvisouly happy with his new purchase. With only two days of racing left, Derek who had engine troubles on Sunday and had to park his familiar ride will have to make the Long weekend in Sept Work if he is to regain the points lead. Al Ray who was driving his 81 Camaro at his home track was the lone Semi Finalist, Kyle Jessup and Dave Siliker where quarter finalists. Semi Pro saw Dick Stanton take home top honors over Hub Frabbier of Sudbury, Ontario. The high for "Tricky Dickey" was short lived as Sunday saw Dick break a drive shaft in the first round ending his hopes of a double header. Saturdays Jr. Action was taken by Luskville Dragway regular Kenyon Payne, with U.S. racer Frank Mark Jr. taking home the Sunday Jr. Win. Super Pro Action on Sunday saw Kyle Jessup take home the $10,000. first place prize money as he out dueled Jamie Clarmo for the top honors, Clarmo who was undecided about coming was glad he did at the end of the weekend as where everyone else in attendance. The Semi Pro Class also saw a couple of Luskville Regulars take home the money as John Adams was the big winner over Mark Thompson in the finals, John had beat Fred Ellis the points leader in the semis to make his way to the finals. On a negative side of things many regular drivers where missing from the competition which saw the largest spectator crowd in the history of the track on Saturday to watch the racing. These events takes the cooperation and participation of everyone and when some racers decide to skip events like this it makes it tough on all aspects of the tour, the next event for the series is the Long weekend in Sept back at Luskville Dragway where the super pro drivers will once again be racing for the bigger dollars.
SHANNONVILLE BENSON TOUR RACE LOOKING LIKE THE BIGGEST EVER: AUG 9/09
This weekends Shannonville Tour Event will mark the fourth year that the oldest and richest drag racing series in Canada makes a stop at the Belleville, Ontario Located facility, and if all indicators are correct it will be the best one ever. The mid August Date should give us much needed better weather than previous years, although that still is up to the weather man. The interest in the event is at an all time high for this stop and this should produce more race cars than ever, and a joint effort with all involved advertisers to get the word out seems to be working as well. Look for the largest field of race cars in the tracks history as they run for the largest prize money of all time at Shannonville Motorsports Park Dragway. Gates will open Friday Night at 5:00 pm and racing is to start at 6:00 and go to 11:00. Gates will open Saturday Morning at 8:00 am with racing starting at 9:00 and the same time schedule for Sunday.
TD AND TS TO BECOME REGULAR NHRA CLASSES IN 2010: AUG 09/09
Written by CompetitionPlus  

A solid source within the NHRA has told CompetitionPlus.com that Top Dragster and Top Sportsman will be part of the sportsman line-up at select national events in 2010. Reportedly the NHRA is high on the idea of sportsman racing at 200 miles per hour and the introduction of the two classes will run be on a schedule similar to one currently employed by Super Street, a race in each division. Top Sportsman has been contested for the last few seasons at the NHRA Southern Nationals in Commerce, Ga., on an exhibition, invitation-only basis.
 
ATWILL'S GET ONLY ONE COMING TO CANADA AND ITS ARRIVED: AUG 06/09
 Ottawa's Rick & Derek Atwill have just got home with a one of a kind drag car, well one of a kind for Canada anyway, a 2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Car picked up at the Jack Rouch shop in Michigan this past week is now home safe and sound. This is a limited addition that is strictly for drag racing purpose's and is identical too the one that Don Garlits will drive at NHRA events soon. Rick and Derek who have long been associated with Chevrolet Drag Cars and Pull trucks have had the order in for a long time for this one, and had almost given up hope when Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, but its here and its a beauty. Some of the things you notice immediately is the carbon fiber racing hood, the racing buckets, the mirrors that are replaced with a door flush cover, and many, many other things that quickly tell you this is a factory hot rod for sure. The car will go back to Michigan very shortly to be completed which will include the roll bars, the new rear end as well as other items. The engine as can be seen by the picture is not your typical street driven challenger version and is the fuel injected hemi race engine that the factory race car comes with. Atwill's where told that this is the only one coming to Canada (#16). Congratulations too Derek and Rick for this and we all look forward to some shake down runs at Luskville Dragway.

BRACKET BONANZA REPORT AUG. 3/09      CLICK HERE TO SEE BUZZ HAZE PHOTOS
BRACKET BONANZA REPORT AUG. 2/09: Its Sunday Morning and for once the weather man is right, it is raining but the radar shows us a glimmer of hope so we hang on to it and wait. Sure enough the weather breaks and the sun comes out to help with the drying process, and we are under way at 2:00 pm with time trials by 7:30 everything is done and Diamond Jim and his awesome Jet Car once again closes are show. Derek Malcolm looked to make it a double up weekend as he defeats Frank Mark (Frank red lights with a 4:99)  in the Quarters to earn a bye to the finals where he will meet either team mate Dave Siliker or former team mate Kyle Jessup. Its Jessup over Siliker for the rights to meet Malcolm in the Finals and he does not let the opportunity slip by as he wins his first ever bracket bonanza and the $10,000. that goes with it. Daryl Jensen would win the $5000. Semi Pro pot as he meets and defeats Jessica Tandy in the Finals after Jess beats here uncle Glen Tandy in the Semi's to earn that right. Jess was dead on the tree in the semi's against her uncle but was late on the tree in the finals giving Daryl Jensen the win and the big pay day. The sleds and jrs. where repeat winners from the previous days with Kenyon Payne and Jamie Radbourne making there way back to the winners circle for the second time.
BRACKET BONANZA REPORT AUG. 1/09: Saturday weather is incredible, largest spectator crowd ever for the Bracket and they are not disappointed as the racing is hot and furious. Derek Malcolm wins his second Wally and $10,000 that goes with it, Fred Ellis wins Semi Pro to add to his bank account in a season where he has been unbeatable. Kenyon Payne is your Jr. Dragster Winner and Jamie Radbourne is your Sled/Bike winner. The band entertained everyone, the bar-b-que was once again a huge hit with everyone. Tomorrow calls for rain but we will wait and see, we wont give up easily.
BRACKET BONANZA REPORT JULY 31ST: Russ Adams wins gamblers race, pits are over whelmed with race teams, Derek Malcolm and Fred Ellis will meet for race of champions. weather forecast is great
AWARDS BANQUET MOVED TO NOV. 21st. 2009:
Hampton Inn Ottawa Ontario Canada Hotel - Ottawa, ON HotelsThe Luskville Dragway, Benson Auto Parts Tour Awards Banquet will be moved out of January and back into its familiar spot in November 21st.  for the 2009 racing season. The annual show will take place at the Hampton Inn located just off the Queensway at the Lynx Ball Stadium. We hope that this meets with everyone's approval as it should with out question give everyone a certainty of better traveling weather for sure. The Hampton Inn will also allow us to have some race cars on display so if you have one that will be ready and pretty let us know as we want very much to do something different with this years affair. This will also mean that the drivers will be getting their points money much earlier than in the past few years which means they can spend that much more on their race cars before Christmas, or that much more on Christmas.

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