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Dejong Motorsports 2006 DVD

Oct 7-8 Lanier Speedway ,Georgia

UPDATE 2: From Lanier National Speedway's website, Paul finished 11th of 28 cars in the A-Main of the Legends Nationals! Stay tuned..... UPDATE: From Lanier Speedway's website , Paul has won one of his qualifying races! Paul has travelled to Lanier Speedway in Georgia to compete in the INEX US Nationals this weekend. Over 229 cars are racing to get a spot in the A main Saturday night. Paul has a guaranteed starting spot in the A main thanks to a win in a Canadian Regional qualifier in Ottawa on Sept 9th. Stay tune more news and results and maybe a picture too!

Sept 21st Barrie Speedway

Mother nature took it's toll this weekend with the Ontario Legends Series race getting cancelled due to rain.

Sept 16th Kawartha Speedway

Saturday Sept 16th the Giant Tiger race team was at Kawartha speedway again for a second visit. After a good first practice the car developed a vibration that unfortunately took longer than expected to repair causing us to miss our first heat race. Paul had to start last in the second heat and made his way up to a 5th place finish. Starting spots for the feature are determined by your 1st and 2nd heat place finishes and since we missed our 1st heat , Paul again was forced to start last. After moving up to the top 10 Paul had contact twice with the 58 car causing Paul to spin and have to start last on 2 separate occasions. Paul managed a 10th place finish after a disappointing day.

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.

Good Luck Randy

Recently another member of the Giant Tiger Race team was deployed overseas to serve his country. Randy has been a part of the GT team for over 2 years now and has been a great contributor to the team. The Giant Tiger Race team and friends and family wish Randy all the best on a safe and successful tour in Afghanistan. We will celebrate his return in Febuary 2007.

Short Video of lap 1 at Mosport

Giant Tiger Racing at the Ottawa Ex

Come to the Giant Tiger Stage area and see the Giant Tiger Cascar Sportsman showcar on display.

August 12 Mosport Speedway

After extensive work at the shop since Peterborough, the team travelled to the very fast Mosport oval and ran on the same program as the Cascar Super Series. We installed new springs on the car and a new setup which resulted in a well handling race car right away. Practice was short but the car felt good. We only ran one heat race and after we started 5th, we had a great 2nd place finish. That lined us up 4th for the feature and the car was fast from the start. We finished in 3rd for our first podium finish in the Ontario Legends Series. The car was good enough that we were even a threat for 2nd but time ran out and the tires got a little too hot. It was an excellent result after some hard work by the crew. Our next race will be at the 4/10th flat track at St.Eustache on Sat. Aug 26th.

July 22 2006 Peterborough Speedway

The 2nd of two nights in a row at the old 1/3 mile Peterborough speedway. The car was loose in practice and got worse as the night went on. The team adjusted the car all night long with no success. Finishes in the heats of 8th and 9th places were follwed by a 13th place finish in the feature. We would have to find out what was wrong with the car before the next race. It was a disapointing race for us.

July 21 2006 Kawartha

The Dejong motorsports team has been busy the last few weeks with a number of out of town shows. Friday July 21'st we were at Kawartha Downs in Peterborough. It is a lightning fast track, and the car was good in practice. We finished fifth in one heat, and third in the second one. The feature was a caution filled event, and we started 5th. By half way we were in third, but got shuffled back to sixth on the re-start. We were able to gain one more spot before the end, and earned a good fifth place finish.

July 5th Capital City Speedway

Sorry for the late post folks. As per CCS rules , Paul had to start at the back for all 3 races again tonight. One car was lost in a practice crash to lower the car count by one. Paul finshed 2nd in the first heat. A huge wreck left only 5 cars on the track to finish the second heat in which Paul finsihed 2nd again. #20 Frank Johnson was able to repair his car to start the feature . With only 6 cars starting the feature Frank and Paul put on quite a show going door to door for 18 laps with Frank edging out Paul for first place.

More Race Photo's

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June 7th Capital City Speedway 2 Race Wins!!

Our 3rd race of the year , 2nd at Capital City Speedway proved to be a very good night for the Giant Tiger race team. Starting at the back for both heats and the feature , Paul finished 4th in the first heat after a very rough race. In the second heat Paul made his way through traffic and won the race , the first checkered flag for the new Legends car!! In the feature , Paul again started in the back and quickly moved up to 3rd place. After many laps fighting for second place and with two laps to go , Paul looked to go inside on the 32 car into turn 3, then dove to the high side and passed both cars to take the white flag in the lead. The first Feature win for the Giant Tiger Legends car came next. Paul has one a race in every class of car he has run at CCS and it was the first win at CCS since 1999 , the last year of running full time in the Cascar Division.

May 27 Peterborough Speedway

Saturday May 27th was our first trip to Peterborough Speedway with the Giant Tiger Legends car to race in a Tribospec/Sunoco Ontario Legend Series event. An excellent turn out of 19 Legends raced on the very fast 1/3 banked oval. Paul practiced all day in the hot sun so we were unsure how the car would react once the sun went down. Paul finished 7th in the first heat and 4th in the second. Paul started near the back in the 25 lap feature race and made his way up to 8th before getting caught up in a spin. Starting from the rear again , Paul charged through the field to finish the race in an impressive 6th place.

Giant Tiger Returns as an Associate Sponsor!

We are pleased to announce that Giant Tiger has signed on as an assiociate sponsor of Dejong Motorsports for 2006. We are happy to be able to continue our association with Giant Tiger and their corporate logo will be seen on all our race vehicles for 2006.

First Race of the Year

Photos courtesy of Buzz Haze Our first race of the year was on May 10th , opening night at Capital City Speedway. It was Paul's first real race in the new #16 Legends car. The first 2 heats went fairly well and Paul got to experience what a Legend car feels like getting hit from behind and spun out! Good to get that over with early! The feature went fairly well as Paul led for a good number of laps before the tires gave away and Paul settled for 2nd place. Not a bad finish considering it was the first race on 18 race old tires. Weather permitting we are planning to race May 27th at Peterborough Speedway.