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Back for 2008 We could
not be happier to announce the return of one of our racers for the
2008 season. John Thomas is going to be returning to the race track
after two years of recovery from a serious motorcycle accident. John
was a regular competitor in the Masters Series in 2004 and 2005 then
in the spring of 2006, just before race season John was involved in
a serious motorcycle accident. John spent an extended period of time
in and out of the hospital recovering from his life threatening
injuries. |
John Thomas at
2005 US Nationals - Las Vegas |
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John made a brief return to racing last season for
one race, the Froster 50 and has been seen hanging out at the track from time to
time but 2008 looks to be the official year of the come back and we can not wait
to see John back at the track and racing again on a regular basis. It is easy to
spot John at the track, he is usually the guy that looks and sounds like he is
having the most fun. Welcome back John! |
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2008 Legends Racing
Meeting - Red Deer
It looks like January 19th is as good
a date as any to get together to kick off the 2008 Legend Racing
Season with a meeting at the Holiday Inn on 67st. in Red Deer at
10:00 am. I will be putting together an agenda in advance of the
meeting and will distribute the meeting agenda to everyone a few
days prior to the meeting. On the agenda will include Geoff Winter (INEX)
speaking to a number of tech and INEX related items, Wayne Miller
(Legend Cars of Alberta) will be presenting on behalf of the
dealership including the 2008 tentative schedule, sponsor news etc.
and Ron Thompson (Mac's) will be presenting on behalf of Mac's
Convenience Stores, the Chase for the Mac's Cup etc.
If there are any specific items you would like discussed please send
them along in advance so we can add them to the agenda and we can
all be prepared for the discussions. If you are going to forward an
agenda item or feel there is a problem or issue with how things are
currently being done, please be ready to offer a solution, don't
just throw things out there to see what might happen, please.
Some items that have been put forward for the agenda already
include:
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Dirt races (Yes or No)
and if so, how many, where and who is committed to going
and racing them |
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Heat Race Format -
Some have expressed interest in revising the heat race
format so that Pros, Semi-Pros and Masters each have
their own heat race. Currently we mix the groups based
on qualifying times with an invert in the first heat
race and straight up the second. |
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Payout Format - Should
we keep it as is or should all of the racers get an
equal amount at the end of the night? |
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Inversion (We went to
a 1 - 6 inversion last season, are guys happy with it?)
For those who are new, the driver who gets the fast time
in qualifying rolls a dice, whichever number comes up on
the dice is the number of positions that are inverted.
If they roll a 1 then there is no invert, if they roll a
6 then we invert the top 6. I personally thought it went
really good last season but we should discuss it. |
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Schedule |
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These meetings are only as
good as the group that attends so lets all try and make
it out to the meeting this year. Last year we had some
great discussion and voted on a number of items. Lets
kick the 2008 season off the right way with a good,
positive and constructive meeting.
Cheers and hope to see you there,
Ira Laughy |
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Legends Yahoo Chat Site
Many of the drivers, team owners, crew etc from
the Legend Cars of Alberta racing series are members of our Yahoo Chat Site. If
you are not a member and would like to be you can sign up by clicking the link
below.
Legends Chat Site Signup Link |
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| Silly Season
Update: The movement of
cars and drivers during the off season is almost as much fun to
watch as the racing is. Some of the latest moves for 2008 are:
Lane Sorenson from Saskatoon sold
the #83 to Jason Wilkie and the car will now be #5, Lane has bought
the #50 from Danny Hinds and will keep the #50. Al Brown has sold
the #6 to Aaron Friend who will change the #29, and has sold his #29
to Del Chaplette from Nisku. Del will change the number to #75.
Grant Beck who owned the #16 has sold the car to Bob Rattai from
Edmonton and the car will be now be #20. Tom Hollinshead who sold
the #99 to Mike Labrie last season has decided that he will drive
the #10 rental car for about 5 races in 2008. Gary Acheson has
bought a '37 Chev Sedan for Chris Thimer to drive has just ordered a
'37 Dodge Sedan for a to be named later driver to drive. The #32
that was driven by Trent Guest in 2006 is now the #61 and will be
driven by Harvey tams. Trent’s other racecar the #61 is also owned
by Harvey Tams and is now the #466 and will be driven by his nephew
Lorne Van Seters in 2008. All this and we are not even through ½ the
winter yet. 2008 is going to be a Big Year for Legends |
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McKean Motorsports
#15 Dave McKean and his crew chief Al
Carr will be trading in the rented #15 Legend racecar for a brand
new 34 Ford Coupe.
For the past 3 Years Dave and Al have raced the #15 Legends racecar
that was in the rental fleet of Legend Cars of Alberta. But for 2008
they will contend for the 2008 Chase for the Mac’s Cup Championship
and the Northern Championship in his own racecar. |
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Jasson Jessiman is the proud owner of
a new '34 Ford Coupe. Jason is from Luck Lake, Saskatchewan and ran
a street stock on dirt in 2007 and had watched the Legend cars race
in Saskatoon and decided he had to have one.
Jason will have Major Sponsorship from Mobil 1 and the car will be
#77. |
Back behind the wheel of Wayne Millers
#45 in 2008 will be Jarrod Schaufert. The #45 car will be Sponsored
by Dealer Direct, Carlift.ca, Pool Tables Direct, RJ Performance,
Rip Cord Adventure Products and Legend Cars of Alberta. Jarrod is
always a front runner in the Pro division and will be looking to
rebound from a year of bad luck in 2007 with a strong 2008 campaign. |
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Legend Cars of Alberta is the newest
Sub Dealer for Carlifts.ca.
The 8000lb car lifts start at $2,395.00 complete with all the
accessories. Feel free to drop by Legends and see one in action.
Some of the racers who have already bought car lifts are #38 Ira
Laughy, #31 Barry Mayer, #45 Wayne Miller & #2 Jason Johnstone.
If you are in need of a car lift or know somebody who is LOOK NO
FURTHER!! WE WILL NOT BE UNDER SOLD!! |
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