That is '81 in the picture
And that would be the first year of Cascar at Barrie wouldnt it ?
I was referring to the first year that Barrie was a CASCAR sanctioned track running a weekly CASCAR series.
The years 1995, 1996 and 1997 have lots of gaps in my records and I'd really like to fill these in if anyone has anything concrete. Dave Lewis also told me he has a championship trophy from 1995. I have Alan Inglis as the likely winnder of the 1997 Late Model title and Chris Morrow in the Challengers. The rest is missing although I think that there may well be a title in that era for Brian Malcolm that would make him a 5 time champ, his other title years were 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1994 all in the Sportsman class.
CASCAR was formed in 1981 by Tony Novotny and Al Blight but history always forgets Al. The first year was the Number 7 Lights Series (a brand of Rothmans) and it was a Late Model series that kind of evolved to more Super Late Models as guys like Biederman started to compete. In 1982 Rothmans used another brand, Craven A as the Series title sponsor. The next year the tobacco money went away and so did the series. At Barrie in 81 and 82, Don Hawn won his first two Barrie titles in Ted Watson's #2. He was also the co-champion in the No 7 Lights series in 1981 with Larry Lemay.
The return of CASCAR to Barrie for weekly racing was 1992 with Dilley taking title, followed by Reynolds in 1993 (his 5th counting 1974 with the others in 1983, 1985 and 1991). Micks won in 1994 the same year that a very young Gord Shephard won the Pure Stock title (a full size V8 class not the 4 cyl Pure Stocks that have been arround since 2001.)
No I didn't remember all of this, I had to look it up :).
I thiinnk this year 20+ regulars can be expected from what I am hearing...could be the mecca for short track llm racing!
I am not an encyclopedia of Barrie History as Dave or Rod but I do know that Gord has a picture of when he won the pure stock championship & I believe it says 1995. I do know for sure that the year he won it was Kevin Bell in thunder & Brain Malcolm in challenger, Gord has a picture of the three of them with there championship trophies & jackets. The 1994 year Gord won the pure stock championship but the series started mid season & I don't think they offically counted him champion. BTW he was 14 years old that year he won.
Ok now that I think about it I may be wrong in the years, Gord bought a house so all the old stuff isn't around to check. But for sure it was the year Malcolm won.LOL