Thunder in the Pines 200 Lap Enduro ?

CCS will have the "Thunder in the Pines 200" on Sunday October 20th starting at 2 pm. In order for this to go ahead I need 50 Pre Registered and Pre Paid entries. You can Pre register by fax 613-727-4399 or by email - todd@gowproperties.ca. Payment can be made by cheque, cash or email transfer. Based on the drivers that want to see this happen, it should be a go, so register your car(s) ASAP so we can confirm the event.

 

If we are to do this it needs to be a great enduro with lots of cars, so reserve your spot today.

 

Entry #1 - Todd Gow in the # 67.

Banquet Tickets Now Available

The Capital City Speedway Banquet will be held October 26th at the Travelodge Hotel ( The Talisman ) located on Carling Ave.  Cocktails at 5:30 Dinner at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $ 55.00 and are now available for purchase.

Please call us at 613-723-7223 to book your seats, or tables today. Cheque, cash or email transfers are acceptable forms of payment. Tables will seat 10.

Thank you to Everyone for a great Summer Slam

Putting our events together for Summer Slam and for every event all summer takes a lot of help from a number of different people. I could not make this happen by myself, and I want to send a Thank You  to all of those individuals who come out and give us a hand each and every week. There are too many names to mention each one, but to all of those people who helped us make it through another season. THANK YOU.

A big THANK YOU to all of our fans who came out during the year and for Summer Slam. We could not do what we do without your continuing support. Each and every year, we try to make your experience at the Speedway more enjoyable and entertaining, and hopefully next year, we can give you and even better show.

I would like to send out a special Thank You to Trevor Hartwick from Stittsville Trailers and Hot Equipment rentals for bringing down his equipment and staff to set up and take down the demolition ring. It is with support like this that CCS can put on these events for all of you. Thanks to Dave Watchorn for all of his help with this event as well.

Summer Slam has been our season ending race for three years now and weather has played a part in the last two. Last year, the event was rescheduled for Sunday which saw a drop in our fan count for the day, and with that in mind we decided to go this year on the Saturday. The weather wasn't promising but we certainly had an opportunity to get in all in. Well, we were almost right. We missed out on the Thunder Car feature and the Mini Stock feature as well. The enduro proceeded in the rain, and I was quite impressed with our fans who stayed all the way through the enduro. I am glad you did because this was one of the best enduro's I have seen.

The twin Late Model features saw us get through the first one with Ken Baird taking the checkered flag, and getting in just over half of the second one before the raing started to come. Steve Munro was leading that race at the time and was declared the winner of the second feature. Stev Munro took home the overall point total for the day with that finish and was declared our Summer Slam Champion. With these points added onto his yearly total also makes Steve Munro our 2013 Points Champion. Shawn Kennedy was a very close second in points.

The Vintage Modifieds saw Paul Billings in victory circle for the first time this year, with Denzil Billings Jr taking the Perkins Lumber Championship for 2013. The Vinatge Modifieds were a great addition to our show this year and we look forward to having them back with us in 2014.

Four for Fun saw Brendan Scott take home the points Championship and Mike Atwell take home the Summer Slam feature win. Brendan will have to move up to Mini Stock next year and a great addition he will be to that class in 2014.

Legends again saw a less than stellar turnout for cars, but still put on a great show with Matt Haufe taking home the feature win and the points championship for 2013. Brad Haufe took home the Semi Pro win and Steve Yendall taking the Masters win.

Casey Cavanagh will be our 2013 Mini Stock Champion. Casey said it has taken him 13 years to actually win a Championship, and I say good things come to those who wait. Nolan Gould finished a close second.

Thunder Car saw a lengthy season long points battle between Todd Musker and Greg Ogilvie, and at  the end of the season Todd Musker will once again be our Thunder Car Champion. We will be looking at this class over the winter to see about increasing our car count for 2014. There are a number of cars around and we are going to see if we can get them out for next year.

Congratulations to all of our competitors this year for making 2013 a great season. Thank you for being a part of CCS and for your contributions to keeping CCS open. We could not operate without you and for that - THANK YOU.

A THANK YOU to all of our 2013 track Sponsors. Please support them when you are looking for a specific service. CCS could not operate without their advertising dollars, and if you want to see the track continue to operate, please use them and let them know you are supporting them because they support CCS.

Summer Slam is a GO

Summer Slam is a green light for today. All of the weather stations are telling us the same thing. Less than 1mm of rain today and at best a 50% chance. That means no rain and only a sprinkle at best to me.

So grab an extra coat and your umbrella and head on out to see the best show this year. If you bring your umbrella it will not rain,so throw it in the car. It is usually a little cooler out at the track so throw in an extra blanket or coat to make sure you are comfortable.

We have over 50 cars registered in the enduro now, so come out and see the biggest enduro in years.

I hope to see you at the races.

Weather Update ??

At this point we do not know what is going to happen weather wise tomorrow. It appears to be all over the map, and hour to hour. We will get a better idea later tonight and into the morning. We will make a call about Saturday as early as we can to let everyone know

Lets hope it does not interfere, but if it does we will be running Sunday with the same schedule.

I hope to see you at the races.

Summer Slam is Coming !!!

For some reason Summer Slam has seemed to come fast this year. It seems like we just opened the gates for our Opening Night. That usually is the way of summer. Here one minute and gone the next. Summer Slam is our season ending race, and I for one seem to be wanting more, but I guess it all has to end at some point.

We will be having a fundraiser on Saturday for our friend Shawn Kerr who was recently injured in an industrial accident. Shawn Kerr and Dave Stinson were our 2011 Thunder Car Championship team. More recently, Shawn Kerr has moved from Thunder Cars to become one of our biggest Drag Strip supporters and competitors. Donations will be collected during Summer Slam for the Kerr Family.

The Ottawa 67's Organization had such a  great time with us on our "Back to School Night" they have decided they want to be a part of Summer Slam as well. The 67's Street Team will be with us on Saturday along with Riley Raccoon. They will also bring some give aways with them. They have also decided to help out the Kerr Family by offering 67's tickets for sale. Tickets will be available for a cost of $ 15.00 with a portion of each sale being donated to the Kerr Family. The hockey night will be for Friday September 27th. Arrangements can made for a different night.

We will also have our regular giveaways:

Matco Tools will be raffling away a $ 4500. Tool Box. Tickets are $ 5.00 each. 3 for $ 10.00

Scott MacIssac will be there and you can win your chance to qualify for a chance to win a Free trip to Pocono next year to see the NASCAR race.

Kids can win a new electric scooter compliments of Rideau Auctions and Paul's Quality Autos.

Win some 67's giveaways and Capital City Speedway giveaways.

Come on out and watch the biggest show of the year. Racing starts a 3:00 pm.

I hope to see you at the races.

RegisterToday for Enduro and Demo Derby

Here's some more information to explain both the enduro and demo derby pre-registrations this weekend. I am pre-registering cars and crews for BOTH events.

Enduro Entry Fee
• Pre-registered (on Dave’s list before Friday night at midnight) - $50 a car (fee includes one crew member)
• On Saturday (not pre-registered) - $75 a car (fee includes one crew member)

Demo Derby Entry Fee
• Pre-registered (on Dave’s list before Friday night at midnight) - $50 a car (fee includes one crew member)
• On Saturday (not pre-registered) - $75 a car (fee includes one crew member)

Notes:
- Please pay all entry fees (pre-registered or not) at the pit gate.
- All cars must be signed into the pits by 2:30 p.m. before the show starts
- Any enduro car or derby heat race car that is still running and wants to enter the derby feature at the end of the day will pay an additional $10 “last chance” entry fee to a designated derby official ONLY as you enter the derby ring. You only pay the last chance fee once you know your car is running and ready to smash up. Bring an extra $10 bill with you.
- Please prep all eligible 4-6 enduro cars to the “mini-smash” demo derby rules ahead of time to make it easy to enter the derby.

To pre-register your car and crew, contact Dave Watchorn with the following information: Name of Driver, Name of Crew Chief, Car #/Class (4, 6 or 8 cylinder), Contact #, List of Sponsors

“Dentman” Dave Watchorn
Volunteer Enduro/Demo Derby organizer/helper
e-mail: dw.tsg@sympatico.ca
cell/text: 613-799-6264
work voicemail: 613-489-2759

Monster Truck Rides added to Summer Slam

 

 

 

Soul Collector has been added to the Saturday September 7th show. Soul Collector is a Monster Truck but what is different about this truck is that it has 6 seats in it. Soul Collector will be taking kids for a ride through the bush at a cost of $ 15.00 per child. Rides will start at 2:00 and go on throughout the day and into the early evening. This is one of the very few times this opportunity will happen, so make sure you come on out and go for a ride.

"Back to School" was the Best so Far

As the season continued from the start to near completion, the show keeps getting better and better each week, and last week was no exception. What a great night it was, both off and on the track. Thanks go to the Ottawa 67's organization for bringing out Riley and some free tickets and other gifts for our fans. Thunder Cat wanted to pass along his apologies for beating Rily in the Golf Cart race. Well not really, but did mention that he would give Riley another chance next year if he did want to take him on again. Thunder is now two for two beating "The Dawg" from 101.9 FM and now Riley. I think Thunder is now getting a little over confident in his racing abilities. He said he would race any and all other mascots and show them how it is done. I think we have created a racing Monster Mascot.

Thanks to all of the fans that came out on Wednesday as it was our biggest attendance night of the year. Lets keep that going and have an even bigger night September 7th for Summer Slam.

It was a great night of racing for all but one race stood out for the Late Model Team of Al Dickie. The Sparks Street Mall sponsored car, driven by Paul DeJong, finally made it to the winners circle. The # 88 Team has struggled this year but finally put all of the pieces together for their first win of the year. Paul started outside pole and jumped into the lead and never looked back. I don't think I have ever seen a happier group in the winners circle.

Well maybe one group. That would be the team of Neil Leblond who took home his first ever Feature win at CCS. Neil has been working hard all season getting his set up right for CCS and learning the track. It all came together for Neil and he showed why he will be  a force to be reckoned with again. Neil and his # 88 looked strong all night long and congratulations to him and his team. It was a good night for the cars with # 88.

Brandon looked great again with his little Honda and was back again in the winners circle. Brandon has clinched the Four For Fun Championship and look for him next year in a even bigger mini stock field. By winning the Championship, he must move up a class to Mini Stock next year or retire. I think he is having too much fun to retire, so look for him in Mini Stock next year.

Jason Moss showed that he can compete in Mini Stock after winning the Four For Fun class last year. Jason had to move up this year, and he has showed us he has what it takes, taking his second feature win of the season.

Kevin Foisy took home his triple crown wins for the night with another commanding performance by him. The Legends car count was up for the night with Bob Broad and Nate Plantz coming in to up te numbers. Bob and Nate are welcome additions to the track and we hope to see them back next week again.

Joey Evans made it two in a row Feature wins for the Dirt Sportsman cars, and Dana Aikens wins the point series.

Bl Hawes took home the feature win in Karts and ass well took home The Dinardo's Kart Championship.

Thanks agan to everyone who made it out an we hope to see all of you again this Saturday fr Sumr Slam. Racing starts at 3:00 pm.

Big Show this Wednesday - Don't Miss It.

Join us this Wednesday for what will be one of our biggest Wednesday Nights all season. Yes, unfortunately for some it is our "Back To School Night", and for some it could not arrive fast enough. Regardless of your perspective, it will be a great night to be at the track. Not only do we have our five regular classes, we will also have the Dinardo's Karts and the last appearance of the Dirt Sportsman this year.

Remember, children 12 and under get in for free this week. We will have the Ottawa 67's mascot - Riley Raccoon on hand, as well the Ottawa 67's organization will be giving us some free tickets to give away during the night. You may win a set of tickets for their opening night or a pre season game.

Thunder Cat wasn't happy about sharing the spotlight wth Riley and has challenged Riley to a golf cart race around the track. Will Riley accept the challenge and take on Thunder Cat?  Come on out and see what happens and cheer on your favorite mascot.

Win a bike compliments of Rideau Auctions and Pauls Quaity Autos. With your free admission, your child will receive a ticket for our bike draw.

With the purchase of an adult admission ticket - get $ 5.00 off your next oil change at Mr. Lube.

Enter a free draw to win a trip for 2  to the Pocono Nascar race next year compliments of Scott MacIssac.

All of this, and lets not forget about all of the excitng stock car racing action that will take place this Wednesday Night. There will be no better place to be this Wednesday except for Capital City Speedway. The sign of excitement.

I hope to see you at the races.

Interstate Batteries Night was Electric

Another great night of racing is in he books, and thanks to Interstate Batteries for making it all possible. We could not make this all happen without our nightly sponsors and Interstate Batteries has made this night possible for the last two years. If you are looking for any type of battery, please make sure it is an Interstate. You can visit them at  the All Battery Center located at 171 McFarlane Road, Nepean, Ontario or call them at 613-798-9700.

Mother Nature gave us another excellent night for racing and our drivers did not disappoint. We had some great bumper to bumper racing all night long, a a great intermission show with the Wicked Garage Car Show Series on hand. Over 50 cars took to the track and put on a great display of some of the nicest cars in Ottawa. Thanks to Larry Way and Wicked Garage for their help in making this happen once again.

Late Models saw Shawn Kennedy take the checkered flag, and the points lead after Steve Munro spun leader Ken Baird close to the end of the race, sending them both to the back of the pack. This was the break Shawn needed after running third for most of the race. Shawn took over the pole on the restart an raced his way to the win.

Thunder saw the biggest car count of the season with Greg Ogilvie taking the win after another close battle with Todd Musker.

Legends saw an improved car count with Matt Haufe taking another win and a larger points lead in that class.

Mini Stock saw a great car count and saw another week of great racing. Casy Cavanagh made it back to the winners circle just ahead of Nolan Gould.

Andrew Thompson captured the checkered flag for his first win ever. Andrew has been working hard to make his car better every week and it finally paid off.

Join us this Wednesday for what will be one of our biggest weeks all year.

I hope to see you at the races.

Strongco and Fan Appreciation NIght - Tomorrow Night

Things just keep getting better at Capital City Speedway, and tomorrow night will be another one of those great nights. Strongco Heavy Equipment Sales and Service is our Title Sponsor of what will be one of those nights you will not want to miss. Check out all of the things going on tomorrow night.

Buy a ticket to get in tomorrow and get a chance to qualify for our free give away of a trip to the NASCAR Pocono 500 next year August 3rd to 5th. We have  a few qualifiers now with a maximum number of qualifiers of 43. We will draw 2 more qualifiers tomorrow night

Bring the kids out and get a free ticket to win a bike courtesy of Rideau Actions and Pauls Quality Auto's. Thanks to Paul Yendall and Hunter McQuaid.

Buy a ticket to get in and receive back $ 5.00 off your next oil change at Mr. Lube.

Buy a raffle ticket to win a $ 4500.00 tool box from Matco Tools.

Don't forget to buy your 50/50 ticket from Liz and maybe you will be going home with a few hundred more dollars than when you came.

Fan Appreciation Night is this Wednesday Night. Come on out and see the cars and your favorite driver up close and personal. You will be able to go down on the track at intermission and  see all of our cars and meet all of our drivers. You will be allowed to smooze with them for 15 minutes before the feature races get under way.

Lets not forget the Vintage Modifieds are with us as well. If you haven't seen them here before, then you need to make a point to catch them this time. They put on a great race and see how we used to race years ago.

Mother Nature has promised us a great race night. It will get a little cooler tomorrow night so make sure you throw in that extra jacket or sweater to keep you warm and cozy. We want all of our guests to have fun and be comfortable. Throw them in the back seat as you may go and get them at any time.

Remember, Capital City Speedway is fun for the whole family, so make sure you bring them with you tomorrow night.

I hope to see you at the races.

Karson Kartage Night was BIG !

What looked like another race night that was going to be rained out turned out to be one that we were able to squeek in before the rain came. I am glad we tried it to get it in because it was a great race night and we had our largest Enduro turnout of the season.

The Late Model class saw some bumps and bruises with a couple of cars into each other after 23 laps of great racing. The Sparks Street Mall sponsored car of Al Dickie, driven by Paul Dejong finally got things going with that car and Paul lead most of the race before young gun Justin Holtom manged to get by. Paul ended up getting into the back of him in corner # 1 and Justin ended up in the wall with Paul right behind him. This left us with a green white checkered finish with Ken Baird back in the winners circle.

Thunder Car owner and driver, Todd Musker, was back again in the winners circle extending his lead in his quest for a repeat of the Thunder Championship. Security Connection's # 03 with Chris MacDonlad behind the wheel seemed to find the right set up on that car. Chris ended up with a second place finish - his best finish so far this season. What car will be out tomorrow? Come on out and see who will step it up this week.

Legends saw Matt Haufe take the checkered for the second week in a row. Legends car count has been up and down this year for some reason, but new in today that Steve Yendall has put his newly rebuilt motor back in and will be with us this week.

Mini Stock saw some great battles all night long and a few chills and spills thrown in for good measure. Nolan Gould made it to the finish line first for his first feature win of the season, with a gaggle of cars hot on his tail. The mini stock class has had some of the best racing this season and expect no less this week. See who take the checkered flag this week, and make sure you are there to cheer on your favorite driver.

Mike Atwill made it back to the winners circle after a few week sweep by Brandon Scott. Pops MacDonald saw some speed and look for him to step it up again this week. It will be interesting to see if anyone has brought something different to the table to get by Mr. Scott this week.

Our enduro was the best so far this year with over 35 cars entered. It was an entertaining show and plenty of cars left after the 100 laps. Due to holidays we were not bale to produce the final, but we will have those later this week. Sorry for the delay.

Racing is on Tonight

We are going to try to get the races in tonight. There will be a shower or two shortly, but we do expect it to stop around 6 pm. This will give us enough time to dry the track and get the races in. We cannot promise anything, other than we are not going to cancel the races tonight, unless we get rained on heavily after 7:15 . We have had enough rain outs this year, and we do not want another one. Don't put off today and maybe come out next week. Come on out and watch live stock car racing at the place of excitement. Capital City Speedway. Capital City Speedway offers the best rain out policy in the business.

Head on out tonight and see some great racing along with a 100 lap enduro. Capital City Speedway is always the best bang for your entertainment dollar.

I hope to see you at the races tonight.

Dymon Storage Night had something for everyone.

Dymon Self Storage Night had something for everyone. We had a great line up of cars, a CHEO Fundraiser, a Bicycle give away, draws for our NASCAR trip to Pocono, Dirt Sportsmans and a great night weather wise. We also had a great turnout of fans to watch it all. Thanks to everyone for making it such a great night.


The Late Model race was won by Steve Munro who made it back into victory circle this week. It has been several weeks for Steve and it was good to see him back. The race for top spot got a little closer with a good night by Sean Kennedy. Ken Baird is still in top spot but now only leads Sean Kennedy by 1 point. The next few weeks could be the determining factor in the Late Model Championship race. Will Ken Baird stay in top spot, or will Sean Kennedy who has had some strong races lately finally take over the lead? Come on out next week and cheer on your favorite.

Thunder car saw Greg Ogilvie and Todd Musker battle it out again this week for the win. Todd had an early lead only to see Greg Ogilvie catch him with two laps left to go. Greg took over the top spot, but only by inches going into the final corner. Todd Musker stayed outside and kept the pedal down to stay close to Greg. The two got tangled up coming out of four for the checkered flag, sliding across the finish line and into the infield. Todd Musker crossed the line first giving him the win.

Legends saw a small car count this week with Matt Haufe taking the checkered flag again this week. That makes two in a row for Matt and puts him in top spot for the Championship.

Mini Stock saw the return of Kyle Baker after his fire last week, and he must have done something right to fix it as he won the feature race. Casey Cavanagh and Nolan Gould battled behind him for most of the race but could not catch Kyle.

Four for Fun action saw Brendon Scott take the winner again in that class. Brendon Scott has won a number of features this year and seems unstoppable in his quest for the Championship. We keep loading him up with weight, but he keeps taking it to the front and staying there.

The Dirt Sportsman were on hand with us with a lighter than expected turnout. That did not stop them from putting on a great show. Joey Evans got his first win of the season with a strong run in the feature. We will see them again August 28th, and we are expecting a better turnout for that race.

Thanks to all of the fans who bought a ticket for our Golf Ball toss for CHEO. We managed to raise
over $ 700.00 for CHEO.

Join us next WeEdnesday for Karson Kartage Night and all of our regular classes along with a 100 Lap Enduro.

I hope to see you at the races.