Good dinner and all that last night, but the thing that stood out most for me was all the clapping for people who were not there.......?  
Not just the drivers, all but TWO of the track sponsors were absent, now it may have been coincedental that they all had previous gig's elsewhere, just seemed a little odd.

The awards for the staff was a real cool way to say thanks  ;D

I would have hung around longer, our table made a healthy contribution to the charity auction, but man it went on for a while....lol we had to get going,  did they ever bust out any tunes or was it over after the last Pyrex bowl was sold? 😉

Who the hell is Brian Watt?

LOL, there is a post from last year with that title right here

http://www.canadianracingonline.com/smf/index.php?topic=6856.0

I still don't know, I thought I heard somebody thank him last night for something and figured we would see him stand up, but nope. :-

I spent more time getting ready for the banquet than I actually did AT the banquet. hahaha 😀
The auction, though a great idea, took a horrendously long time. I mean... I'm guessing I got there at the beginning of it? (20 to 9pm) and I think the music started maybe near 10:30, and by that time a lot of people had left... Crazy long, but nice to know the money went to charity. 🙂

I also liked the awards to the staff, it's about time their work was reconized. 🙂

not to anyone in particular, but i hope wes runs for points next year and gets lots of sponsors because we don't need all this bullshit heading up hwy 11 to barrie! i WILL never criticize barrie speedway again!

+100

Not just the drivers, all but TWO of the track sponsors were absent, now it may have been coincedental that they all had previous gig's elsewhere, just seemed a little odd.

Wouldn't read into that. I don't think any track has every sponsor show up. For example Coke, they would need a staff just to go to events for things they sponsor... Lucus oil guy I bet would be in the metal ward after attending his 100's banquet.