Little did he know that his wife Susan was secretly plotting to bring the party to the track. She organized the friends and family and of course the cake while letting OSCAAR folks  in on the birthday. Rudy’s fellow drivers signed a photo of his car and presented it as a special memento at the driver’s meeting. It is a rare event to have a driver race on his birthday, so with the help of Rudy’s family and the OSCAAR gang, celebrations took place at one of Rudy’s favourite spots – the race track.

“It was a surprise and a bit embarrassing at first” said Rudy, “But I did turn 59 and I’m proud of it. I can still go racing and when I get in that car I feel like I’m 18.” For several years, Rudy’s driver profile has held the OSCAAR racing comment ‘A great sport for older people to compete with younger people’. He still believes strongly in that statement and thinks there is room today for competition between the generations. Although maybe a little too close for comfort between Uncle and Nephew, Sunset fans witnessed such a battle between the Watsons.

Rudy is part of a group of veteran drivers such as Mike Bricknell and Dave Taylor. He appreciates the fact that racing allows for different age groups to keep involved and active. Plenty of examples exist in all race series with Mark Martin being the prime example in NASCAR.

Other sports  lead to shorter ‘shelf life’ for participants and Rudy experienced this with baseball. He had to retire from his favourite sport at the age of 36 and then sat around bored for a year. It was his wife Susan that dragged him out to Peterborough Speedway and after watching a few races Rudy had found himself a new hobby and sport. He has been racing ever since. Susan and Rudy were really keen on racing to the point that that Rudy even raced on the night of their wedding! The wedding was during the day and then racing in the evening, followed by a big party with friends and family on Sunday.

While his first racing was done at Peterborough, Rudy joined several other drivers in forming their own series – OSCAAR – which raced at Mosport initially. This was a big moment for racers at that time to get organized and race according to their own set of rules. Rudy looks back with pride at being involved with the start of OSCAAR. Another highlite was Rudy’s 75 lap OSCAAR feature race win in 1998 along with several other feature race wins over the years. When the Super Lates raced under the Flexmore Series banner, Rudy picked up a 2nd in a 200 lap race at Peterborough.

The series went through starts and stops through the nineties and at the turn of the millenium, structural problems in the OSCAAR series led Rudy and others to start a separate series called OSLR. These were challenging days for Super Late Model racing in the province as OSCAAR languished with a dozen teams and OSLR started to surge in growth only to meet an early demise when Kawartha Speedway shut down for a year in 2003. Despite the end of OSLR, Rudy looks back with pride that he played a role in raising significant sponsorship dollars and in bringing drivers like Jeff Hanley and Mike Beyore from Late Model to OSLR. Later this would help increase car numbers in OSCAAR.

“It was Kim and Dave who saved the OSCAAR series and kept it going” Rudy acknowledged, “Combine that with Kawartha Speedway shutting down in ’03 and OSLR folding, the drivers joined back together. ” Since 2003 Super Late Model racing in Ontario has exclusively been under OSCAAR.

From 2003 to 2009 Rudy raced anywhere from 3 to 8 races a year. Along the way he picked up a couple of heat race wins but his next feature race win has remained elusive. He had plans to race most of the races in 2009 but bad luck intervened in August at Peterborough when he and two other drivers spun due to oil on the track. Rudy got the worst of it and hit the wall hard; his neck still hurts to this day. His new Outlaw car was too badly damaged to race again. Later in the season Rudy’s brother Bob raced in an older car of Rudy’s. Bob thought the car was working well so Rudy got some help from Jeff Hanley with the set-up and has the #04 running well this year.

The 2010 OSCAAR season marks a special goal for Rudy who looks ahead to compete full-time for the first time in OSCAAR. Rudy and Susan have five children who kept them busy with family life for many years. For Rudy family was the priority and that meant racing had to be done part-time. Now with the children grown up and a wedding for his son scheduled on a non-race weekend, this year’s race schedule is all open for Rudy. He has high hopes to make it to every race and finish every race. Along with that goal he would really like to achieve a top five in points and win a feature race.

After two races into the season, Rudy has already settled into 7th place in the points. At Sunset Speedway on May 30th, he marked one of his best feature performances ever when he raced up to 4th and kept with the lead pack for many laps. A malfunction in power steering turned the race into a serious physical challenge, yet Rudy persevered until some racing contact resulted in a spin and he re-started at the back. Nonetheless he finished the race and picked up 9th place. The Kawartha race result was a repectable 7th but Rudy figured out post-race that a shock bind was causing the car to bounce and he did not achieve the same speed as at Sunset. He is pleased with his 2010 season start and looks ahead to better races yet.

Rudy has several businesses all linked together at the Ajax location. Ajax Muffler is the flagship company that has been going for 30+ years. As the business evolved to cover complete automotive services on all makes and models, Ajax Automotive Services was born. As a sideline business, R.O. Auto Sales is an on-site used car business with 5 to 6 cars on the lot at any time. Since Rudy  has no external sponsors but funds the racing effort on his own, all of his businesses are proudly displayed on the race car. R.O. Auto Sales is the primary contributor toward his racing program. So if you’re in the area and are looking for a good used car or need car repair done, drop by or give Rudy a call: Ajax Muffler, 220 Bayly Street East, Ajax tele# 905-683-0650. You could walk away with a car and feel good about helping an OSCAAR driver with his racing costs!

Currently Rudy works the shop floor and still likes to work on the cars while his son manages the office. Golf is a huge passion with Rudy hitting the links early in the morning on a regular basis. Then he’ll spend several hours in the Ajax shop and will regularly put in up to 20 hours per week of work on his Super Late Model. Rudy won’t be slowing down any time soon!

Rudy quickly acknowledged the people that have helped him over the years, in particular Bob and Doug. He really appreciated the contributions from Jr Hanley and more recently from Jeff Hanley. Without a doubt Rudy’s biggest supporter over all this time has been his wife Susan, the lucky gal who gets a big kiss from the birthday boy. Good luck to Rudy in 2010 from all of us in OSCAAR!

By Don McLeod

But the unfortunate incident of getting caught up in a wreck and leaving Sunset with a badly damaged race car was almost too much to bear. Fortunately for John, many friends stepped forward to offer help. Despite arriving home at 4am on holiday Monday, by the end of the day his #2 Outlaw was stripped down, loaded on the jig and ready for repairs.

Sandy and I dropped by John’s shop to get an update on the progress. John thought it might be interesting for OSCAAR fans to get a look at what it takes to repair a wrecked race car. It would be impossible to open up his shop to everyone, but with today’s internet he knew that photos would help fans see the work in progress.

The work actually began at Sunset Speedway as soon as the tow truck pulled the car into the pits. It took a couple of hours to get the car ready for loading on the trailer, then another two hours to drive home.

The guys put in a long day on Monday and  got the car stripped, motor removed and the whole group worked in unison to lift the chassis onto the jig. The jig was necessary to do proper repair work on the front clip where most of the damage was done. The bent tubing was cut off and placed outside with the rest of the pile.

As of late afternoon Friday, the front clip had new tubing installed. John was going to work into the night attempting to complete repairs to the front clip. While we were there, Greg dropped by to help and over the next few days several other crew members stand ready to jump in and help. John also really appreciated the calls from fellow drivers and timely shock repairs by John Fletcher.

“I count 7 days until the race at Kawartha. Not all of those days are available, but whenever we can we’ll work on the car and plan to be ready for Kawartha.” John looked us in the eye, ” Is that crazy?” We sure don’t think so but certainly admire John and his crew for their hard work and dedication to racing. We thanked John and wished him all the best as he prepares his car for racing at Kawartha Speedway on Friday June 4th. And here is a call to all race fans who attend Kawartha – be sure to give John Owen a big cheer when you see him on the track, because now you know how much effort it took to get there!

By Don McLeod

Pictured here in photos of race action at Kawartha and Sunset Speedways, the 7 and 22 Outlaw cars often went nose-to-tail in race action that bore similar results in the points. The 2009 battle went right down to the wire with the outcome determined on the final lap of the final race. After the dust settled it was Glenn Watson taking his 2nd consecutive OSCAAR Championship. The difference was only 37 points which reflected how close these two Champions were.

In three years for Tiemersma and four years for Watson, neither of them has missed a race. They both have served as OSCAAR Board members and spent many hours helping the OSCAAR series. But most important of all has been the support from their crew. Both the 7 and 22 teams have several hard working, dedicated and skilled members who made an enormous contribution to the Championship performances.

In addition to taking the 2009 Championship, Glenn Watson collected a 35 lap feature win at Kawartha Speedway, won 5 heat races, led 50 feature race laps and made it to all 10 race events. While the feature race wins were hard to get, Watson picked up five 2nd place finishes among nine top 5′s. There was only one low finish with a 15th at Peterborough Speedway due to a blown motor. But that only set the stage for another Championship performance as Watson and his crew worked over-time switching motors to get their 22 Outlaw out to the final race.

The 2008 race season witnessed a similar dual between Watson and Tiemersma with #22 edging out #7 by 57 points for the Championship. Watson’s 3 feature wins over Tiemersma’s single played a big role in the outcome. However both teams can be very proud of excellent race seasons. When Autumn Colours was done, there was a big gathering in victory lane for Watson’s first Championship where he was quick to thank all the crew and family that helped along the way.

The 2007 season was Watson’s  sophomore year of challenges yet he still managed a respectable 4th in the standings. Looking back to 2006 was an excellent start in OSCAAR for Watson who picked up Rookie of the Year honours and 2nd in the points.

Derrick Tiemersma and Team 7 had a very good 2009 season in OSCAAR. Highlites included the feature race win at Peterborough Speedway on August 7th, which was also Tiemersma’s first ever OSCAAR win at Peterborough.  Tiemersma made it to all 10 events, picked up 3 heat race wins, 8 top fives and led 65 laps. It was while leading laps at Mosport that Tiemersma experienced the low point of the season, getting spun and then wrecked. Finishing 12th certainly had an effect on the year-end outcome. But Tiemersma and the crew worked hard to get ready for the next race and kept their driver in the hunt.

Tiemersma achieved the perfect trifecta of Rookie of the Year, Don Biederman Memorial Winner and Championship all in his amazing Rookie season of 2007. The magnitude of this achievement grows when you consider that Tiemersma competed among 6 Rookies and finished the season with a solid lead of 110 over five-time Champion Rob Clarke. The odds are better at winning the lottery than predicting when another OSCAAR competitor will repeat Tiemersma’s 2007 performance.

Glenn Watson and Derrick Tiemersma along with Teams 22 and 7 will be back to battle for the 2010 Championship. Which way will the trophy go? Watson hopes to hang on for a triple crown while Tiemersma is hungry to get that trophy back. They know that this season will present their biggest challenge yet with many other drivers and teams stepping up to the plate. Best of luck guys! As always, we will have a blast watching and cheering you on!

By Don McLeod

The highlight of 2009 came at the Annual Banquet where Gallant picked up the 2009 Rookie Of The Year Award. It must have been hard to believe that he had come so far in such a short time, but one thing for certain is that Charlie and the entire 40P Team were having a blast! Hamming it up at the Banquet in his fur hat and taking it all in stride when his wife Margaret laid claim to the Rookie jacket, Gallant is living proof of how to enjoy racing both from the competitive and social side.

Looking back to his first OSCAAR event which took place at Flamboro Speedway, October 5, 2008, Gallant went through the trials of learning the new car. Brake problems led to a spin where the 40P luckily avoided the wall. But that led to a DNF and back to the shop for Gallant. They fixed the brake problem and finished the season with their first top ten, placing 9th at the 2008 Autumn Colours Classic.

It was good for the team to get a couple of races in before they launched full-time and initially their  hard work paid off. At the first feature race of 2009 in Barrie on June 13th, Gallant started on the pole and led for 9 laps. But the tough bull-ring claimed Gallant with some inside-wall contact, eventually placing him in 14th. The next race at Sunset was worse yet with a season low 16th place, again the product of fierce action on the track.

Mosport Speedway offered a great rebound for the 40P Team when Gallant picked up his first top five with 5th in the feature. That was followed up with a solid 6th at Peterborough two weeks later. But after a very challenging weekend at Autumn Colours Classic led to a 12th in the OSCAAR feature and a badly wrecked Late Model, the 40P Team went back to the shop and contemplated hanging it up for the season.

At the last minute, Gallant and his crew agreed to give it one more shot and go to the season-ending OSCAAR event at Flamboro. They pulled together a set of tires from different teams at the track. To his delight, Gallant discovered that the 40P car liked the cold Autumn air and was working very well. This led to a season high performance with Gallant’s first ever OSCAAR heat race win and career high 2nd in the feature race.

Soon after the last race of 2009, Gallant and his Team had the car torn apart with the goal of attending some car shows early in 2010 and getting the car race-ready for the 2010 OSCAAR schedule. Already planning to install a new body, Gallant quickly called Derrick Tiemersma about his classified ad for an Outlaw body and made the deal. Tiemersma had won a Finishline Fabricating body by placing 2nd in points for 2009. Not needing the body, it was put up for sale and now it covers the 40P car. With his motor being freshened at Stefco, Gallant will soon be ready to race.

South Shore Services is a big supporter and sponsor of the 40P car. Business owner Ed Hoare and employee Charlie Gallant form a great team at work and in racing. At work they service a wide area surrounding the south shore of Lake Simcoe, supporting other businesses through the installation and maintenance of overhead doors. They also keep very busy with their mobile welding unit. In racing, Hoare helps with race expenses, is part owner of the 40P, serves as spotter and provides a home for the 40P at the South Shore Services shop. Starting last season and extending into 2010, South Shore Services is also an OSCAAR series sponsor. Rounding out the 40P Team are crew members Randy Roberts, Ken Hunter (Farmer) and Peter Frosch. Additional sponsors that Charlie would like to recognize include Fontaine Loader Service Ltd and Bodley’s Furniture & Appliances.

One curious question about the 40P car is where does the P come from? Well apparently when Gallant’s Outlaw car arrived from Toldeo, Ohio, Margaret referred to it as the ‘Pig’ due to its rather large size. This was further witnessed when at the recent show in Oshawa, Gallant had to keep the car outside since the mall doors were too small for the Outlaw body! So the pig stuck, became a part of the car number and even has its own special place on the car.

OSCAAR would like to take this opportunity to thank Charlie Gallant and Ed Hoare along with the entire 40P Team for their contribution to the OSCAAR series. Many thanks also for helping to promote the series by attending several car shows during April. We wish you all the best in racing for 2010 and look forward to seeing you at Sunset Speedway!

By Don McLeod

Dwayne Baker has been racing for over ten years and in 2007, while competing at Barrie Speedway, he was awarded the NASCAR Whelen Champion and Provincal Champion titles.  Dwayne has also enjoyed success while competing in the Alstar series.

In limited starts in OSCAAR in 2009, the familiar silver and black #48 visited victory lane with a heat race win as well ran very competitvely in feature events. Included on the list of things to do for 2010 are that elusive first feature win in OSCAAR, to become more consistent and of course to win the Rookie of The Year title. The team knows that if they put themselves in position to win each week, sooner or later they will be celebrating in victory lane.

When the question was posed to Dwayne “Why the move to OSCAAR?” His answer was “Love the speed and the horsepower”.  Like all racers, Dwayne has discovered that once you feel the excitement of OSCAAR racing, it’s hard to go back to anything else. Will Dwayne’s 2009 OSCAAR experience give him an advantage over his fellow Rookie of The Year contenders? Fans only have a few short weeks to wait for that answer as the #48 outlaw will be ready for opening day at Sunset Speedway.

Dwayne would also like to acknowledge his dedicated sponsors for the 2010 season: Zancor Homes, Four Valley Escavating, GD Coates Susuki, Mid West Metals, Clearview Heating, B & B Towing and Jerrys Body Shop. OSCAAR wishes Dwayne and his entire team the best of luck in the upcoming season and in their quest for that first feature win.

By Dave Gainforth

Shane Gowan will be relying on his ten years of racing experience to get the newly numbered #39 Outlaw into victory lane. His racing career began in the thunder car class at Flamborough Speedway before he moved up to the late model class. Throughout Shane’s career he has won many heats and features. Shane has also been recognized for his driving style by winning Most Sportsman like Driver, Best Effort Award and Most Improved Driver. Anyone familiar with Shane and his team knows the great pride they put into their race car. That hard work paid off with the team receiving The Best Appearing Car award as well.

Shane may have a little advantage over his other rookie contenders as he has some experience at the various tracks that OSCAAR competes at. Even with that, Shane knows that he will need to learn and take his time as he adjusts to racing with the top level drivers who are in OSCAAR. The one thing that won’t change in the way Shane races is that he wants to continue to have fun and represent his sponsors in the best possible way. When asked: Why the move to OSCAAR? Shane is quick to respond “these are the fastest cars in Ontario, they look awesome, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to race against the drivers in OSCAAR.”

Shane is also quick to acknowledge the great sponsors that will fill the quarter panels of his Outlaw. Lucas Oil continues their long relationship with the team as their primary sponsor. Also, Street Soldier Clothing, Hallett Fabrication, Reclaim Ent., Partimer Signs, Grisdale Racing Enterprises and Murfin Truck and Equipment will all play an important role in the #39′s racing efforts in 2010.

May 23^rd is circled on the calendar in the team’s shop as that will mark Shane’s OSCAAR debut and yet another chapter in his racing career. OSCAAR would like to welcome the entire #39 team and their sponsors to the series and wish them the best of luck in the 2010 racing season.

By Dave Gainforth

The first Rookie contender is Tyler Hawn. Fans are sure to recognize the familiar last name and Tyler carries on the family tradition started by his father Don. Tyler first caught the racing bug back in 2000 as he competed in the 4 cylinder class at Barrie Speedway. Tyler’s talent showed early as he finished 4^th overall in the points in his first year of racing. Along the way Tyler visited victory lane many times picking up multiple heat and feature victories.

When Don finally hung up his racing suit that opened the door for Tyler to move up to the ultra competitive limited late model class. Racing against one of the toughest weekly group of racers on the tight confines of Barrie Speedway helped Tyler to continue to earn accolades. He finished in the top ten in his first year of competition and followed that up with a top 5 the following year.

In 2010 Tyler is making a huge jump that will test all his racing abilities and experiences as the team hits the road with the Outlaws. When asked why OSCAAR? Tyler simply responds “the cars look awesome, the speed, and the experience I will gain by travelling to all the tracks in Ontario”. The Hawn Racing Team has set some lofty goals for 2010 which include a top 7 place in the final points and, of course, the Inside Track Rookie of the Year honours.

The team is busy putting the final touches on the #42 Monte Carlo Outlaw which he will debut opening night at Sunset Speedway. The team is still searching for some sponsor help, so if any business wants to jump on board and experience the thrill of Super Late Model racing this is the perfect opportunity. OSCAAR wishes Tyler and his team the best of luck in 2010 and look forward to seeing them at the track.

OSCAAR would also like to thank Inside Track News for their offer to provide sponsorship to the 2010 OSCAAR Rookie of the Year. The sponsorship will be a half page thank you ad in their OSCAAR year-in-review magazine issue along with a full page article in the same issue.

By Dave Gainforth

Runner-up Derrick Tiemersma and his Wayfreight #7 Team gave Watson a solid run for the money. It was very close at the end with only 37 points separating the top two teams of the season. TJ Woolsey missed the Mosport feature and ended up over 300 points back from Watson.

The race at Flamboro offered plenty of drama for the 22 and 7 Teams. Tiemersma had troubles in his first heat race but the team bounced back with a win in the 2nd heat. Meanwhile Watson didn’t gain much ground through his heat races and both drivers missed the qualifying draw. This led to starting positions of 7th and 8th, and plenty of fast cars ahead of them to pass on their way to the front. Watson knew the pressure was on Tiemersma who would need to finish 4 spots ahead to take over the points lead, so he stayed close to the 7 car and at the checkers it was Tiemersma in 4th and Watson in 5th. With that finish the 22 Team would claim the Championship.

” Thank you to all the people that offered help, parts and even a car!” said Glenn, “Fortunately we still had a spare motor from the 2006 race season. It was pretty much ready  to go.” The drama started at the Autumn Colours race when part way through, Watson pulled off with a blown motor. That allowed Tiemersma to gain valuable points and what looked like a healthy lead for Watson before the Classic went up in a puff of smoke – literally.

“After Autumn Colours we had a busy week”, Glenn continued, “Our primary motor dropped a valve and destroyed the piston. We will try to fix the motor over the winter. With a lot of help and hard work, the team switched motors, cleaned oil lines and bolted parts back on. Everyone pulled together and it saved our Championship run.”

The 22 Team consists of crew and family. Glenn’s wife Debbie is a regular at the track offering moral support and most importantly – food! The crew are one of the best in Ontario; they include Daryl Watson (Crew Chief), Dean Meharg, Josh Watson, Jordan Watson, Mitchell Watson, Dave James (Spotter) and Brian Mcfadden.  “I want to thank everyone on the 22 Team. Most of them have been with me for many years.” said Glenn, “We have a lot of fun together. I did make them work a little hard on a couple of occasions. But they go to it and get the job done. I really appreciate their help.”

The challenges Watson referred to were: car spun out due to oil on the track and got into the wall at Peterborough, car spun during practice and front end got clipped at Kawartha, and the blown motor at Autumn Colours. Any one of these could have resulted in missing the Championship. But the Team battled back through each adversity and the proof is in the results. Glenn Watson was able to race in all 9 feature race events. The race finishes were 8 top 5′s and one DNF due to the blown motor. Among the top 5 finishes were five 2nd place results. There was one trip to victory lane which took place at Kawartha during the twin 35′s. It got averaged with the 3rd place result to give 2nd overall for the night. Watson also picked up 5 heat race wins and led for 50 laps.

“I would like to thank all my sponsors for their on-going support.” said Glenn, “Thanks also goes to the series sponsors and officials for all their help. It has been a great year of racing.” The 22 sponsors include: Rival Office Solutions, Race2way.ca, Huronia Landscaping, Top Shops Autobody Supply – PPG Supplier, Howard Race Engines.

Watson served on the OSCAAR Board of Directors during 2009 and is willing to serve again during 2010. Plans are full steam ahead for the 22 crew to get ready for the next race season. OSCAAR would like to take this opportunity to thank Glenn and the 22 Team for their contributions to the series and wish them all the best as they prepare for 2010.

The 2007 season was a good one for Watson who earned 4th in the points during a very competitive battle with Tiemersma, Clarke and Fletcher. But there were moments the team would rather forget like the two DNF’s that ultimately sealed their fate in the ’07 hunt.

2008 was a reversal of fortune in their favour as Team 22 kept their driver in the game all season long. When it looked like circumstances were going against them, they would rally back as their driver charged through the field to earn valuable top-five finishes and points. In the end, Watson would finish no worse than 9th.

While the ’07 campaign saw a dominant run at Flamboro, this year racing at Flamboro was a bit of a nightmare for the 22 team. Kawartha Speedway was the place to be in ’08 for Watson who pulled back-to-back wins to sweep the OSCAAR events at the famous high-banked 3/8 mle oval. A nice win at Mosport capped off the trio of wins for this season, one more than their total of 2 in ’07.

After Autumn Colours at Peterborough Speedway, Watson was reflecting on a great year of OSCAAR racing and kind words for his team. “Three years have gone by since we started in OSCAAR. It has been a long battle with lots of good competition” said Glenn, “but without my team I couldn’t have done it. Thanks goes out to all the crew for helping with the car and our wives for keeping us well fed. I really appreciate the support from Race2Way.ca/Rival Office Solutions and everyone that helped us out. Thanks also goes to all the fans and competitors for their kind words along the way.”

Racing highlites for the 2008 season include three feature race wins, 123 laps led, 3 heat race wins, 10 top five’s and 12 top ten’s out of 12 feature races. Watson has also been nominated for ‘Best Appearing Car of the Year’.

OSCAAR would like to thank Glenn and the 22 team for their strong support and participation in the series. A big thank you also goes to the 22 sponsors: Race2way.ca, Rival Office Solutions, Huronia Landscaping, Top Shops Autobody Supply – PPG Supplier, Howard Race Engines.

Reaching for a 2nd consecutive Championship was certainly in the 2008 plan for Tiemersma Motorsports. Team 7 came close but couldn’t match the good year enjoyed by Team 22. While Tiemersma had to settle for 2nd place, 157 points back from Glenn Watson, he can be proud of another great season of Super Late Model Racing. The year started out a bit off the pace from what a Championship team would expect. It reached a low point mid-way through the season when Team 7 hauled home a wrecked race car and 14th place. But they worked hard to make repairs and kept their driver in the Championship race.

The second half of the season was clearly the better half and started out with a great comeback of 2nd at Mosport Speedway. Tiemersma would match that effort with another 2nd, this time at Delaware Speedway. The high point of the year was taking their first and only win of ’08 when the Wayfreight #7 Outlaw got the checkered flag at Flamboro Speedway. As he has done on many occasions, Tiemersma was quick to acknowledge the help from his crew and support from Rick Way of Wayfreight.

Racing highlites for the 2008 season include the feature race win at Flamboro, 37 laps led, 8 heat race wins, 9 top five’s and 11 top ten’s out of 12 feature races. Tiemersma has also been nominated for ‘Sportsman Driver of the Year’.

OSCAAR would like to thank Derrick and the 7 team for their strong support and participation in the series. A big thank you also goes to the 7 sponsors: Wayfreight, Speedy Auto Machine, GUNK, WIX, Castrol, Gates, Clevite, Victor Reinz and Bosch.