It was the old ASA series that saw the likes of Mark Martin and Dale sr among many other legends race at cayuga speedway
Mark even had a broken leg for one race I think and had to be carried from the car afterwords
It was a Bodine!! Jeff Bodine, I think...
Bodine, Wallace and Marlin ran the 2'nd time they came up.
The first time the guys came up it was Schrader, Stewart, Kenseth, Benson, Blaney & Musgrave. Stewart even jumped into an ISMA Super Modified, as they ran that weekend as well!
You must have major ulcers if you are worried what others do all the time. Ross take a deep Breath. The whole Canadian Racing world is not on your shoulder.
If the track did this as a PR stunt you don't look bad they would but jumping on a press release like this and saying it might be a rumor or pr stunt makes it look bad for racing and maybe less papers will report on Canadian Racing news and we all know how Canadian Motorsports doesn't get much time in local or major papers in Canada. So we could say that people attacking articles makes it bad for racing.
Why would this make Canadian Racing look Micky Mouse? The person that got the info might look a bit bad but the track would look bad to some for a bit but great racing in Canada would continue and the track would still hold events.
OK so the drivers you mentioned below are going to draw huge crowds to a track and bring in new fans to Canadian Racing? Nope not at all. Race fans that are already into racing in Canada would go see these great Canadian Drivers but they are not going to pay $25 - $35 a ticket to see these guys.
You seem to be missing the big picture here. They pull off this race Canadian Racing gets noticed more by US shows mentioning this race and more Canadian Fans get into seeing races at local tracks in Canada.
Why not call up the track and ask them your many questions and report back to us? Because what you are saying is really stuff you came up with and is not based on any facts. So why should someone look at what you are writing and believe any of it or people could say you are bad for racing? as you seem to be jumping all over it and making like it is impossible to pull this off.
I just don't think racing needs another rumor, that may not take shape. It makes racing here look Micky Mouse. It says, the only way we can get attention for our track is for Cup drivers to show up. That's sad, considering how many talented local drivers we have here. Give me Hanley, Watson, Walters, McHattie, Ryens, Mayhew, Baker, JR ect ect ect ANYDAY over Waltrip...
My concern is that its a PR stunt and isn't practical...
Your 100% right on this as I was there in the Pits and these were the only drivers I saw there and got pictures of.
Bodine, Wallace and Marlin ran the 2'nd time they came up.
The first time the guys came up it was Schrader, Stewart, Kenseth, Benson, Blaney & Musgrave. Stewart even jumped into an ISMA Super Modified, as they ran that weekend as well!
CASCAR Canada Day Shootout Year 2002
FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 9 17N Matt Kenseth (Charlotte, NC) DeWalt Tools Taurus 100
2 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
3 3 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 100
4 4 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
5 7 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
6 11 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 100
7 5 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 100
8 29 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Wooden Sticks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
9 28 36 Ken Schrader (Charlotte, NC) Canada Day Shootout Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
10 6 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Team Logel / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 100
11 32 20 Tony Stewart (Charlotte, NC) Home Depot Pontiac Grand Prix 100
12 15 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 100
13 12 10 Johnny Benson (Charlotte, NC) Valvoline Pontiac Grand Prix 100
14 19 77 Dave Blaney (Charlotte, NC) Jasper Engines / RBC Securities Ford Taurus 100
15 34 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 100
16 31 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 100
17 13 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 100
18 23 56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Trailers by Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
19 16 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 100
20 20 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 100
21 41 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Havoline Ford Taurus 99
22 36 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 99
23 40 82 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Tide (Procter & Gamble) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99
24 27 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99
25 30 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 99
26 42 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Interlock / Microplay Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98
27 21 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 97
28 39 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) Intrepid 97
29 44 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) BCW Wrestling / Contact Freight Inc. Ford Taurus 96
30 10 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Raceline Radio / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 96
31 37 96 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 96
32 25 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 96
33 14 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / FAG Automotive Taurus 95
34 22 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Holmar Plumbing Intrepid 95
35 35 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 94
36 2 1N Ted Musgrave, (Charlotte, NC) Mopar Parts / Chrysler Financial Intrepid 91
37 33 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 89
38 24 52 Ron Sheridan (Strathroy, ON) R Restoration Masters / United Carpet Chevrolet Monte Carlo 89
39 26 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Ford Taurus 87
40 17 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 76
41 38 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Intrepid 69
42 43 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) D&D Ent. / Trane Chevrolet Monte Carlo 68
43 8 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 34
44 18 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Ron O'Brien Remax / CANUSA / APC Chevrolet Monte Carlo 27
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.