Hey there everyone...my name is Vickie...real original nick name eh? lol
Anyway, I also grew up at Delaware Speedway....the best part was my Dad was Hoppy the Clown as Trevor already knows! It was great knowing your Dad was the clown of the track but our Mom always had us keep quiet as she didn't want everyone to know lol. She used to score keep so we had to sit up top of the grandstands in front of her so she could keep an eye on us lol.
These days I am again sitting at the top of the grandstands, just not directly on the start line.
Used to absolutely love Jimmy Fenwick when I was a kid and now living in Sarnia it is kinda funny. Actually met his wife who used to work at a daycare my son went too.
I'll try to dig up some pics of my Dad and some of the old cars we used to see every week! Anyone remember Whacky Webster and those amazing popcicles at the end of the races lol!!
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Hey...thanks for swinging by Vickie. Love to hook up sometime to go over some of that old stuff.
Now we just have to get Jan in on the game!
Do you guys remember the time that a car ( I think it was Don Riley in a limited stock) took out one of the posts that the infield tower stood on (near were you pull onto pit road now from the pits) and nearly toppled the whole building?!!!! Also I remember Jim Van Patter doing several rolls down the front stretch one time in a silver/red #76. I can't remember if it was a limited or a street stock. It was a ford body but I can't remember what model it was.
Hi everyone...I have been on here many times and thought I would introduce myself. Most may already know me. Started racing in 69' with this being our 41st consecutive season of Stock Car racing in Ontario. Got the bug as a fan when I was 5 years old and made my first visit to a race track surface in a 55 Chev 2 door hardtop....you won't like this part...in a demo derby. That was July 29th 1967. After 2 years of demo's we went to Mini Stocks, then Hobby's and now Late Models.
I ran Delaware a bunch of times since 1972 with a few victories in heats and a few runner ups in the feature...no feature win. My most memorable Late Model finish was in 2007 in the APC 300 when we finished 13th and amazingly on the lead lap....and it was 150 laps, the most I'd run at that time. We did finish 11th on a regular night in 08'..no top 10 yet.
My home track is Flamboro, has been for decades. In the past few years we've visited Delaware to run some of the specials on Friday ngihts. My biggest fear was wrecking and not making Flamboro the next day. So, we got a huge blessing with another primary sponsor (Freedom Village) and bought a good used Late Model, mostly for Delaware. Our friend Jeff Lancaster drives our second Late Model on Saturday nights at Flamboro. We needed to get a number that would work at both tracks. My favourtire number has always been #9, although my favourite driver was #36 Glen Schurr a Super Modified driver from the CNE days in Toronto. My favourite Late Model driver in those days was #9 Vic Parsons. I was a huge hockey fan with Andy Bathagte being my favourite hockey player, so much so that the New York Rangers have been my team for ever. Anyway I got the #9 for Flamboro and also for Delaware so it works where we don't have to add a number on the car for either track.
My son David and I will run Delaware for the entire 2009 schedule. I'm hoping for a top 5 feature finish, then a top 3 and you know the rest. We competed against the best Delaware drivers many times at other tracks in Ontario, now we'll be one of the boys here...well, after people get to know us. The Delaware fans are quite knowledgeable and very enthusiastic. We were called outsiders when we'd come three times a year, soon we'll be family.
You can visit our web site www.elliottracingteam.com there's lots of history for you to read including pictures of all our race cars from the very first Demo race....we have a message board as well.
Glad to be part of Delaware, the most improved track in Ontario.
Hi, my name is Dale Hilborn, driver of the 81 truck at Delaware.