RICK @ The RACES (15 to 18 Aug 2015)
Sat 15 Aug Brockville Ontario Speedway
Sun 16 Aug Cornwall Motor Speedway
It’s now been five weeks since I came out of the Ottawa Civic Hospital following a six day visit and a long course of transfusions. I still have no big improvements to report, and I’m getting good days and bad days, with very little energy to do much.
I was planning to stay at home all weekend resting and relaxing, but things changed .
There was no Friday night racing at the Mohawk International Raceway this week, as they took their usual break, while the county fair took place.
On Saturday, I had no plans to do anything , until about 5-30 pm when I had a phone call from my buddy, Ron Morin. Do you want a ride to the races at Brockville tonight ? , he said, and within a minute, I’d instantly changed my evening plans.
As a good friend of B.O.S promoter, Paul Kirkland, Ron always parks his truck in the center of the track, which is ideal for a ‘wounded soldier’ like myself. 
Ron and I were joined for the trip, by his son in law, Mark Radbourne, a former mini-stocks driver, and after we’d stopped for supper at the Brockville Harveys, we were at the track ten minutes before start time.
I got my camera bag and lawn chair out of the truck, and began snapping some pictures.
After the heats, Ron’s grandson # 16 Gage Morin parked up on the middle to chat with us, before heading back to the pits for intermission.
After the Modified feature, which was won by Stephane Lafrance, we made our exit.
With the quick getaway , and the luxury of a nice early finish , we were back home in Cornwall before 11-00pm “just what the doctor ordered”
My plans to stay at home on Sunday night were changed too, when I had a visit from my good friend Chanty Lesage and her son Tyrek, who were en-route home to Gatineau from her boyfriend, Rob Yetman’s place (my Pro Stock driver buddy from Albany , NY.) Her dad, Ted Lesage is the Tech Man at the Cornwall Motor Speedway, and she was dropping in at the track to see him. So I decided to go along for a couple of hours too.
I stationed my self in a chair high up on the V.I.P Pit Tower where I too a few pictures of the heat race action.
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After the heat races, I was getting a bit tired, so decided to head for home. I had a quick chat with friends in the pits and I was back at my house before 9-00 pm. In my absence, Carey Terrance won yet another Modified Feature
Thanks once again to Sylvain Lauwers for sending me the Victory Lane picture.
Finally, before signing off for this week, I want to plug a new recording by Abby Stewart, the oldest daughter of my good friend Todd Stewart, a former DIRT modified driver from Kingston, Ontario.
I’ve known the Stewart’s for quite a few years, and it’s good to see that Abby’s singing talents are getting noticed. The Video for Her latest recording, “I’m Still Faster” was shot at the Brockville Ontario Speedway.
Check this U Tube link.