David ElliottDavid Elliott
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Welcome to Elliott Racing

    2012 is shaping up to be one of our most exciting seasons ever. First, we will be show casing our team of sponsors at the newly renovated Sunset Speedway. The combination of excellent facility, great fans and some of the most exciting Stock Car drivers in Ontario, will high light our 44th year racing.......Our grand son Gehrig make his debut in Stock Car racing in the Mini Stock class at Sunset Speedway.......Lauren will continue one more year in Go-Karts at Flamboro Speedway before she makes her move to oval racing in 2013.......We are so thankful to announce Quaker State will be back for an incredible 39th season. This ishte longest driver sponsor relationship in history. Other sponsors returning are, Lincoln Welding for the 10th year, JDS Insurance for their 8th season, the Auto Spa for a sixth year, Timber Green and Grind Stone Landcaping for the 5th season, Embroidme, Jim Sweers, Flamboro Machine Shop, Uptown Sports, Rheem Canada, Float & Flag, Millenium and Creative Edge. We are very proud to announce the following partners will be with us in 2012 to be part of our very valuable current team of sponsors. They include Scripture Union Canada, Open Doors, VP Fuels, Elliott Contractign and Positive Step Dance Academy. We will update any changes as they come in.....also in 2012, Bob Pereira will once again be our Crew Chief returning for a second season. We are fortunate to have Steve Bradt, Ryan and Justin Elliott, Eric and Shannon Uprichard all part of our crew as well as Shirley Elliott, JJ Halliday and Jason Green. Gehrig and Lauren Halliday are also crewing for our Late Model when they can, and Gehrig will Lauren with the Go-Cart and Lauren with the Mini. Shirley will Crew Chief both Gehrig and Laurens racing........Our schedule is out and we are scheduled for 30 races and 12 to 15 shows for our 44th season in Stock Car racing. We hope you will not only come out and support our racing but also our sponsors. Thank you, we look forward to seeing you at the races or shows we do.

Tony Tiemersma Wins Feature

Sunset Speedway
Sunset Speedway
Controversial Feature Goes To Tony Tiemersma
    It was a night that needed 300 feet of racing to make it perfect for fans and two racers, but would end in disaster when Mike Bentley #51 and Chris Morrow #11, running 1st and 2nd, side by side for much of the race, got together coming off turn four on the final lap. The tangle sent Chris hard into the wall, and Mike Bentley crossing the line with the checker flag waving. Unfortunately for Mike, he was considered an accident car and did not get the win. In an effort to get a winner for the fans, the track went back a lap, and gave the win to Kevin Cornelious #17, who was running third on the white flag lap. So much confusion followed the race as drivers protested the finish. Sunset officials decided to review the race and make a decision on Tuesday. That decision resulted in the race being left as the cars crossed the line at the checker. With Mike Bentley being sent to the back, the second car across was #7 Tony Tiemersma who would take the win and the trophy...the trophy will have to wait because Kevin still has it in his possession. Kevin limped across the line in 4th and will keep that spot, though his car was also beat up from hitting #11 Chris Morrow. The good news is that Chris is okay, and it surely was hard tough racing. More on that on our message board........our web site had crashed and was down for a few days. I will get the race report logged on Diary Of A Season 2012 by Thursday night. Thanks for your patience.


 

Feature Winner Kevin Cornelious #17

Dan Craik Photo
Dan Craik Photo
Kevin Cornelious & Mike Bentley Battle Close In Heat Action At Sunset Speedway
    This picture taken during the first heat race shows Kevin Cornelious #17 and Mike Bentley #51 racing hard. These two would have different results as the night progressed. Mike demolished his car in the feature after getting into our transmission oil, and slamming hard into the turn three wall. Kevin would celebrate in victory lane with his crew after winning the first feature of 2012. Congratulations to Kevin and his team on a very impressive main event win....the full story of this race is on Diary Of A Season 2012.


 

Gehrtg Getting Laps

Eric Uprichard Photo
Eric Uprichard Photo
Gehrig Learns Patience In His Debut At Sunset Speedway....He Also Learned Disappointment
    It's been a frustrating start for Gehrig this year. His debut at Sunset ended in disappointment when a stuck throttle parked him for the feature. He was understanding about it, not getting upset, although I was feeling real bad for him because there is nothing worse than sitting in the pits when you planned all week to race. It was the right call to park him. The throttle was only part of the problem as an engine miss could not be detected etiher. This car might as well be a UFO, we are lost with every aspect of it. Even some of those with knowledge, who tried to help, really didn't know why the car had a miss or why the throttle would not return. Back in my Hobby days we use to have problems but at least 10 teams would try to get us fixed up. We don't the car, or any of the people that know four cylinders....I knew I should have started him in OSCAAR......our Late Model is getting closer, lots of parts ordered and now all the cosmetic and welding done. We have abuot 20 hours in the car already. The good news is we did not hurt the chassis, however everything else bolted to the chassis was either crushed, busted, broken, twisted, bent or lucky.....we still made out better than Mike Bentley. It is good no one was hurt, Mike from slamming the wall, and me from all the scattering parts trying to get at me in the car. Our wreck is on youtube through Sunset Speedway.


 

Mike Bentley #51

Sue Chisholm Photo
Sue Chisholm Photo
Mike Bentley's Beautful Late Model Crushed....He Was Not
    A high speed imapct with the turn three wall crushed the front end of Mike Bentley's #51 Late Model. Dave Bentley, Mike's Dad surveys the incredible damage. The good news is that Mike is okay, though sore. He will be out this week end, but not likely in this car. Mike got caught in the oil from our transmission that suffered a violent explosion half way down the back chute. We're not sure exactly what happened but the damage under our car, to our floor, and many support bars under neath sure makes you glad we have safe built race cars. Our drive shaft was twisted and smashed in two pieces, the transmission looks like a grenade when off inside of it, the starter who busted from flying debris, and one drive shaft hoop was tore off and the second ripped but still in place. We have a lot to do but no damage compared to Mike. I gave Mike a hug after the races letting him know I was glad he was okay. Our car will be ready this week, more pictures will follow as we progress.


 

First Win 2012

Eric Uprichard Photo
Eric Uprichard Photo
Heat Win Sunset Speedway
    When the checker flag came out we were very happy. I understand we can make too much out of a win at times, but this was a great win for us at our new home track, plus getting the victory dosen't come easy. Winning this race made a lot of people happy, my family, crew, fans and of course me. Special thanks to Bob, Steve, Ryan, Justin and Eric, and all our sponsors. It's a team effort and this one was well celebrated.