Sunday, September 10, 2006

Sept 9th Capital City Speedway

The # 16 Giant Tiger car was in action for the second time in 3 nights. Paul started 5th in his qualifier and moved up to second with 3 or 4 laps to go. While passing # 37 Rob Degeer,on the outside for the win, Rob slid high and we were forced to avoid an accident with him. Paul recovered to finish second.. In the feature race, Paul started on the outside of the front row, and took the lead on the first lap. Four laps later and a re-start had the #24 Andy Warbutton pass us for the lead. Three laps later Paul paid him back with a fantastic pass on the outside to regain the lead We survived another restart, and led 21 0f the 25 laps on route to our second feature win in three nights! What a week, and Sat's win guarantees the GT team a spot in the US nationals in Lanier Georgia in October. This was our biggest win, in the biggest race of the year. The team celebrated on the track, and we dedicated the win to all Canadian Forces Pers. serving overseas. This was a tough week in Petawawa, and we wanted to honour all members, and especially Randy from our team, and a good friend Mike who was seriously injured last week . Our next races are in Kawartha this Sat Sep 16th, and in Barrie on Sun Sep 24th. watch for updates

Sept 6th Capital City Speedway

The GT team raced Wed night in order to prepare for Sat's upcoming Canadian Regional Event. After a sixth and a second place finish in the heats, Paul started last in the feature. At about half way, Paul was passing for the lead, when contact was made with the #32 car who then spun out. Paul was sent to the back for being involved. In the next twelve laps we made it back up to second place and with one lap to go the yellow flag flew again. Paul restarted on the outside row and got a great start, passing Hossco racing for the win! We only lead the last lap but that's the one that we wanted. The Giant Tiger car in victory lane was great.

Aug 26th Autodrome St. Eustache

The Giant Tiger race team travelled to Quebec for the first Legends race outside of Ontario for this series. Paul has plenty of experience on this track, and it showed early . Starting sixth, Paul moved up to second place in 3 or 4 laps. From there he hounded # 24 Andy Warbutton, while being chased by points leader # 55 Steve Navratil. Paul tried to pass for the win on the last lap but just missed it, and dropped back to third. The second heat saw the # 55 leading, Paul second again, and # 24 third. All 3 cars raced closely lap after lap and finished in that order. We started the feature in fourth, and after three wild starts dropped back to sixth. Paul gained his way back up to fourth, and finished right on the heels of the winner. It was a good night for the team.