August 11th Peterborough Speedway

The crew arrived at Peterborough Speedway 4 hours early in order to try to fix the car in the parking lot on another very hot day. After major front end repairs the car was taken out in hot laps, and it actually drove fairly well, even though the frame is bent. We started at the back of the first heat, and moved up to seventh at the finish but the car was very loose. After an adjustment to tighten it up, Paul started on the outside of the front row, but fell back to 8th at the finish. More adjustments were made to try to improve the car for the feature. Starting 13th, Paul was up to 10th on lap 4 when it all went wrong again ! Paul had to swerve hard to avoid the # 02 car and he spun out into the grass. The caution came out for Paul's spin and then the # 7 car of Matt Marshall crashed into the # 33 car and rolled several times end over end, and over the wall into the spectator fence. He was knocked unconscious, and the car was destroyed, but he walked away in a few minutes. They say it was the worst crash in quite a few years, and our team wishes Matt a speedy recovery from what appeared to be only minor injuries. The car was not handling well after the restart, and Paul finished near the back of the pack. The team will try to repair the car in order to race it on Wed. Aug 15th at Capital City Speedway, and Jeff will also return behind the wheel of the # 18 car for a two car assault.

Aug 10th Kawartha Speedway

The team headed to Kawartha Speedway this hot Friday night. The #16 car would draw a last place start on this fast 3/8 mile oval in the first heat. A great start would see Paul get to 4th place on lap 2, only to see the position evaporate as Paul spun the car entering turn 2. We finished 10th in the heat. The 2nd heat saw Paul start on the pole, and he lead every lap en route to his first heat win in the Ontario Legends Series! It was a slippery race due to an oil down in the late model race. Paul started the feature in 13th place and was running 7th on th last lap when disaster struck. Paul crashed into the # 21 car very hard, while trying to get around two other spinning cars. We received major front end damage, and had to be towed to the pits resulting in a 17th place finish.The crew had to work for two hours to get the damaged car back in the trailer.More work would be required in order to race Sat. night in Peterborough.

Aug 8 Capital City Speedway

Wed night was the first of three races planned in 4 nights for the Giant Tiger team. Jeff took the night off, and Paul would drive the older car which allowed the new car to be ready for the weekend. It was like re-uniting with an old friend, as Paul charged from 10th starting place to a second place finish in the first heat. The car was great, and we followed it up with wins in the 2nd heat and the feature ! That made it two feature wins in a row for Paul in two different cars. It was also the first night for our new associate sponsor , TZ Hair Salon in Petawawa. Welcome aboard and thanks to Darrel and Theresa. The car # was adjusted to reflect Paul's familiar # 16, but it will return to #18 when Jeff retakes the wheel on Aug 15th at Capital City.