FRASERVILLE, ON - After a long winter of tweaking this and twisting that, drivers from Kawartha Speedway will join their counterparts from Brighton Speedway Park for an annual display of racing machines – Tuesday, April 14th to Saturday, April 18th at Northumberland Mall in Cobourg. Kawartha general manager and promoter Derek Lynch says the drivers look forward to these events just as much as the fans.
“They’ve been cooped-up all winter too,” explained Lynch. “It’s a passion for everyone involved in the sport. The fans enjoy the chance to see the equipment and pick-up schedules for the new season. While the drivers aren’t there through the entire show, most of them will wander in at some point and do a little ‘bench racing’ with the fans.”
Fresh from appearances at the Fast and Furious Motorsports Expo at the Cobourg Arena, Kawartha’s 2008 Thunder Car champion Willie Reyns and Norm Mayhew, who finished 8th in Late Model points at the popular 3/8th of a mile oval will have their cars on display. Reyns recently unveiled his new colours and sponsors at the recent show.
“We’re happy to have Boundy Roofing, Appleman Carstar and Canadian Industrial Services back on the car,” said Reyns. “For 2009, we’ll also welcome new partners including Cobourg Development Services and Acme Electric to the team. Our sponsors are an important part of what we do every week and we’re thrilled to have them part of our program.”
Mayhew is hoping a change of colours may also lead to a change of luck. The 28 year-old owner/operator of Mayhew Graphics detailed his red racer during the Fast and Furious Show, adding vinyl decals in stages during the 2 day event.
“When the car was black, we had more on-track incidents than any other time in my career,” said Mayhew. “I’m hoping the red car will make things a little better. Doing our graphics at the Cobourg Arena show gave people a good idea of what we’ll be doing this season and showed what we’re able to do as a company for prospective clients.”
Stormin’ Norman’s 2009 sponsors include Northumberland County Moving Company, Mowat Pit Wagons, Only Solutions, Cobourg Auto Collision and Mayhew Graphics. It will be the second straight year he has represented Kawartha Speedway at the mall show while Reyns, who is currently developing a web-site www.reynsracing87.com will be making his first appearance.
Kawartha Speedway hosts an open practice session starting at 2:00 Friday, May 22nd. The green flag drops on the 2009 racing season as the OSCAAR Outlaw Super Late Models join a night of late model, thunder car and mini stock action Friday, May 29th. Highlights of the year include the American-Canadian Tour Summer Sizzler Sunday, July 12th and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season finale Saturday, September 26th. The full schedule is available now at www.kawarthaspeedway.com.
Photo attachments: (by Jim Clarke – Clarke Motorsports Communications)
1). Kawartha’s 2008 Thunder Car champion Willie Reyns brought his personal hardware collection to his display at the recent Fast and Furious show.
2). Stormin’ Norman Mayhew will have his Kawartha Speedway Late Model displayed at Northumberland Mall for the second consecutive year.
Prepared by: Jim Clarke – Clarke Motorsports Communications
