STRONGCO Pulls a "Heavy" in 2013

STRONGCO back with us in 2013

Strongco, your local Volvo Heavy Equipment Dealer will be back as a Title Rights Sponsor for our August 14th Night. So if you are looking for service, new, or used equipment, please feel free to drop in and see them at their Ottawa location - 54 Iber Road and don't forget to let them know you are there because of their committment to Capital City Speedway.

Strong People.
Strong Brands.
Strong Commitments.

Strongco Corporation is one of Canada's largest multiline mobile equipment dealers and operates in the North East United States, through Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc. Strongco sells, rents and services equipment used in sectors such as construction, infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, utilities, municipalities, waste management and forestry. Strongco has approximately 600 employees servicing customers from 26 branches in Canada and 5 in the United States. Strongco represents leading equipment manufacturers with globally recognized brands, including Volvo Construction Equipment, Case Construction, Manitowoc Crane, Terex Cedarapids, Ponsse, Powerscreen, Skyjack, Fassi, Allied, Taylor, ESCO, Dressta, Sennebogen, Takeuchi, Link-Belt and Kawasaki. Strongco is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SQP.

This is what empowers the Strongco commitment:

OUR VISION:

We will earn our role as a vital partner to our customers.
By providing first class equipment, outstanding support, and unrivaled service, Strongco will be recognized as the partner of choice in the markets we serve.

Customer loyalty will be earned everyday at Strongco. Each of us is committed to the machines we sell, the jobs they do and the people who use them.

OUR MISSION:

Our mission will be realized with:
People We will attract, coach and retain the people that will be the most respected in our industry.
Customers We will build long-term customer relationships by a relentless and measureable commitment to our vision.
Brands Strongco will partner with, and represent, the world's finest manufacturers and build meaningful markets for them.

Shareholders We will increase shareholder value through increasing profitability and growth.

OUR VALUES:

• SAFETY Our people's safety is our first and foremost value; we will not compromise safe practices under any circumstances.
• INTEGRITY Our relationships and actions are guided by integrity, honesty, responsibility, and professionalism. We believe earned trust is priceless.
• CUSTOMER FOCUSED Our Customers are our priorty and we will demonstrate dedication to promptly satisfying their needs We will act with a sense of urgency.
• OPEN AND HONEST COMMUNICATION We believe that open and honest communication supports a culture that ensures we will do the best for our employees and our customers.
• TEAMWORK AND RESPECT We actively and willingly support each other in achieving individual, group, and Company goals. Our words and actions even in difficult situations, are appropriate and respectful of others.
• ATTITUDE A winning attitude is a choice we all make. It begins when we enjoy the work we do, and apply ourselves to it with energy and enthusiasm every day.
• PERSONAL GROWTH We recognize that personal growth and development creates a win-win-win for our employees, our customers and Strongco. We regard it as essential for every member of our team.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT If there is a better way to do things, we will find it. That is our commitment. We encourage input, welcome change and new perspectives. Feedback is fuel, whether it comes from employees or customers.
• ACCOUNTABILITY Each of us will act as if this is our Company. Its health is in our hands, in our actions - every day. We will do what is right for our company. knowing that each of us is empowered to build a stronger Strongco.

2013 Drag Schedule Now Posted.

Things are taking shape now for our 2013 Drag Season as the 2013 schedule has now been released. New in 2013 is our Saturday Shootout Points Championship. There are 7  dates, and all of these will be dial in competitions. The Championship will be based on your best 5 nights. This means that if you compete in all 7 you will be able to drop 2 of your worst nights, scoring your best 5. If you only make 5, all 5 will count for your final point totals. We are looking at having 4 classes - Juniors, Street Car, Bikes and an Open Class ( Semi and Super Pro )with no delay box use. If we can get enough cars registered for each class, we will run all of them in the series. Registration Fees and Payouts are under review now and will ultimately be decided based on car count. More cars equals more money.

We will be announcing our Drag Meeting in the next week or so, so you can have a say in how we do this. Registration Forms will be made available that night.Higher entry fee with higher payouts or lower entry fee with lower payouts. We would like to keep the costs to race reasonable so everyone can compete on a limited race budget. Buy backs at this point will be limited to only a 1st round loss. Please make sure that you attend this Drag meeting as everything will be on the table and open for discussion.

We are looking at doing a number of things to the track this year to improve the existing facility. We have come a long way in one year and we will continue to make CCS better every year. We hope to make Capital City Dragway your Drag Strip destination for good times with good people.

Stay tuned for more Drag Strip News.

SFL Metal Works Brings Back its "Metal" in 2013

SFL Metal Works Brings Back its "Metal" in 2013

 

 

 

Capital City Speedway is pleased to announce that SFL Metal Works will be back in 2013 as the Four for Fun Title Sponsor. Julio Pasinetti, the owner of SFL, has been a long time supporter, driver and builder of CCS and we are very happy to see him back with us again in 2013.

SFL Metal Works is a metal fabrication facility where Julio can make you just about anything you are looking for. If it has to do with metal and welding, he is your man. I have used SFL Metal Works in the past and I can vouch for the quality of work that SFL puts out.

SFL Metal Works also is your place, if you are looking for race car fabrication work done. Julio can install that roll cage for you, along with any chassis work you need done.

New this year for SFL Metal Works is chassis set ups. One of the keys in winning at CCS, or any track for that matter, is the car has to be set up right. Julio has been doing chassis set ups for many years. I didn't want to say for how long because it is a really long time. Julio has now
opened his doors for Racers who are looking to gain an edge on their competition by having their cars set up the right way. Just ask last year's mini stock champion Chris MacDonald. Chris will attest he could not have done it without the help of SFL Metal Works and Julio. Julio worked on that car to make it a front running car, as well as the # 56 Thunder Car of Jessica Pasinetti and the # 7 Thunder of Greg Ogilvie. Now you can have that winning set up for your Four for Fun car, your Mini Stock car or your Thunder Car. Having the right set up is crucial to being competitive and even more if you are looking to win races.

Do you want to win, or be more competitive, then you need to put the final piece in you race puzzle and give Julio a call.

Rumour has it that we may see another Thunder Car come out of that shop for next year. Stay tuned.

SFL Metal Works is located at 20 Bexley Place in Bells Corners. Julio can be reached at 613-726-0990

West Carleton Automotive “Engines” back in 2013

West Carleton Automotive “Engines” back in 2013

 

Capital City Speedway is pleased to announce that West Carleton Automotive and Hinton Automotive will be back with us in 2013. Verne Hinton and the gang over there have been supporters of CCS for a very long time now, and we are grateful for their support. If you are looking for a new 602 crate motor or a rebuild on your current 602, Verne has all of the required tools and expertise to make that happen. West Carleton has the capability to seal your rebuilt 602. Verne also has different 602 packages available from engine only to an order with motor, carburetor, dyno and break in of the motor.

West Carleton Automotive has been building performance engines for all types of racing and street use for over thirty years. With their state of the art equipment, they are able to perform all of the steps required to machine and build race winning engines. With the help of their Super flow dynamometer, they can perform engine break ins, tuning and test power levels.

If you are looking for engine parts for your Thunder Car motor rule upgrade, or any other Performance Part for your stock car or drag racing program, you need to give Verne a call. They can order any part you are looking for. They can have it next day in most cases. From engine parts to chassis parts, wheels, & exhaust... whatever you are looking for, they have it or can get it.

 

 PARTS, SERVICE, ENGINE REBUILDING, ENGINE SALES, ENGINE TUNING.

West Carleton and Hinton Automotive Can Do It All.

Come and see us at our new location in the Hinton Automotive Building at 129 Walgreen Rd, just off Carp Rd one block south of Hwy 417 or call at 613-836-2120 for West Carleton Automotive or 613-831-7918 for Hinton Automotive.

If you are looking for parts, and or service of your race car or personal car, please give West Carleton or Hinton Automotive a call.

 

53 Colours "Signs On" for 2013

 

Capital City Speedway is pleased to announce that 53 Colours has Signed On for the 2013 Thunder Class Title Rights. 2012 was a special year for the Musker Family with Todd Musker taking the Thunder Car Championship. Todd Musker will be back in the Thunder Class again this year with a new ride. Todd has expanded his racing commitment for 2013 by being a car owner, chief mechanic and driver. We wish Todd the best of luck in his chase to repeat as the Thunder Car Champion.

53 Colours has been a fixture at Capital City Speedway for years now and their commitment and support for the track has been monumental in helping to keep the track operating.Without companies like 53 Colours we could not operate and I would like to thank them for their continued support. You can help them help us by using their services the next time you are in the market for anything sign related. Please give them a call the next time you need anything sign, digital imaged or lettering related.

At 53Colours, they have boom and service trucks available that give their experienced team the ability to complete any sign installation. We have handled literally hundreds of installations for hundreds of companies throughout the entire Ottawa Valley.

A well maintained sign is vital to your companies brand. Let 53 Colours safe guard your business image by repairing & maintaining your signage. Their professional maintenance staff can clean the face of your sign, replace bulbs, update or repair faulty ballasts or wiring, or simply just touch up the paint, we will do whatever it takes to ensure your sign looks as good, and runs as well as the day it was installed!

 

From the smallest labels and decals, to monstrous sized full photo quality billboards. 53 Colours does it all. You can call them at 613-253-5324 or visit them at 53colours.com

 

"Please support those who support us."

Stittsville Trailers Back in 2013

Stittsville Trailers Back in 2013

Stittsville Trailers will be back as the Mini Stock Title Rights holder for 20132. We would like to express our thanks to Orville and Trevor Hartwick for their continuing support of Capital City Speedway.

Stittsville Trailers is the one-stop shop for all your trailer, truck, hitch, accessory and service needs. Whether you represent a large commercial operation or you’re an individual consumer, you can count on receiving the personalized service you deserve.

With more than a decade of experience in the industry, they know how to help define your needs—and offer solutions that meet them exactly. What you won’t find at Stittsville Trailers are high-pressure sales tactics. Our family owned and operated business has a no commission structure.

Benefit from the expertise of our full-time team of 12: licensed mechanics, welders and experienced sales and service professionals all here to serve you.

Stittsville Trailer is located at 1634 Main Street in Stittsville and their phone number is 613-836-5555. If you are looking for a new trailer or trailer accessories, then please stop in and pay them a visit.

Drummond's Gas is "Pumped Up for 2013"

CCS is pleased to announce that Drummond's Gas will be back in 2013 as the Late Model Class Sponsor. The Drummond Family has played a huge role in keeping CCS running over the last number of years and once again they have stepped up. Drummond's Gas has been the Class Sponsor for the Late Models for years now and that tradition will be kept alive in 2013.

Drummond's Gas has a number of local gas stations, and a number of them outside the Ottawa area. Please make sure the next time you are in the market for a fill up, stop by and see the fine folks at Drummond's Gas.

Drummond's Gas will once again be on hand for all of your fuel requirements come race day this season. If you are looking for your Drag Racing fuel this year, make sure you let Russell know what you are looking for and I am sure they can get it for you as well.

AD Motorsports Signs New Sponsor for 2013

Al Dickie and AD Motorsports is pleased to announce the signing of a new major sponsor for the
# 88 Late Model for the 2013 Season. The Sparks Street Mall Association has come on board as the major sponsor of the #88 car. Al Dickie and the new looking # 88 car were down on the Sparks Street Mall for their New Years Eve celebrations promoting CCS and their new relationship with the Sparks Street Mall Association.

 Visit the Capital City Speedway Face book page and add a like to AD Motorsports announcement and you could win free tickets compliments of AD Motorsports and The Sparks Street Mall Association.

 Stay Tuned for more contests and announcements from CCS, AD Motorsports and The Sparks Street Mall Association.

 

Thanks go out to the fine Merchants and Management Team of the Sparks Street Mall for coming on board with AD Motorsports. The next time you are downtown, please drop by the Sparks Street Mall and pay them a visit.

Happy New Year to All !!!

The Gow Family would like to wish all of you

a Safe and Happy New Year.

 

 

2012 Comes to an End

The Gow Family would like to thank all of you for your help in making 2012 a great year. It takes a lot of work to make Capital City Speedway work and we could not have kept it open without your support. Support for the track comes from a number of different people. Volunteers, advertisers, staff, drivers, car owners, friends, family and from our great fans. We need all of you to keep things going at Capital City Speedway and I hope we can count on your support to keep things going in 2013.

In 2012, we continued to make progress on a number of different areas and a number of different venues. This year we focused on the re-opening of the Drag Strip and by the support we saw over the year, we can expect even bigger car counts and support for Drag Racing at CCS in 2013. We saw an increase in our spectator count for  Stock Car racing, compared to 2011, and we saw some growth for Drifting. Hopefully, that progress will continue, and 2013 will be our best year yet. It has been a bumpy ride over the last two years, but dare I say that the road will be a smoother one moving forward? One thing I do know is that if we see continued support from our CCS supporters and grow it some more for next year, we are bound to be successful. What that means to all of us is that CCS will remain open and continue to offer a variety of motor sports activities to all.

In 2013, our energies will be directed on making the Drag Strip even better. We have a number of initiatives planned to make it more professional and functional. We are currently working with the City on some zoning issues that need to be cleaned up and once those are done, we hope to re-open the Stittsville Flea Market at CCS. We have a long way to go yet to make that happen, but we are trying hard to bring another venue to our facility. Our goal  is to continue adding days, or nights where we have something going on. This is the only way we can continue to operate this facility and keep it profitable. If we can do that, then it bodes well for all of us.

Thank you for being a part of Capital City Speedway, and we hope to see you in 2013.

Merry Christmas to All.

 

From the Gow Family to our extended family of Drivers, Advertisers, Staff and Fans - We wish all of you a safe and very Merry Christmas.

Up to Speed

Although the track is closed for the season, our work here never really is done. We have started working on several projects for the 2013 season that will keep us busy until Opening Night.

Stock Car:

We have received favourable reviews of our new Thunder Car rules. Several teams have made mention that they are happy with the new rule package and believe we will have a very competitive field in 2013. The size of that field is yet to be determined, but I hope we will see some new cars come on board as a result of those changes. We know of one at this point, but let me know of any new drivers that plan on coming out. Things can get slow from a news perspective, so if you have some news you would like to pass along, please send it over. The key to the success of the Thunder Car field will be in getting back all of last years cars, and building on that number. We hope to see all of our Thunder Cars from last year make it back in 2013.

We have been having a number of conversations with other new drivers coming out in Four for Fun and Mini Stock. Again if we can get back our 2012 cars, with some new additions, will make 2013 one of the best years yet. We will continue to work with these individuals, and any new ones to keep Stock Car Racing in Ottawa going. For us to be successful, we do need new stock car drivers, so if you were thinking about it, give me a call and we can set you on the path to being a new driver with us.

I have talked to some old CCS drivers who will be making CCS there home for 2013. I will bring you up to date when they are ready to announce their plans for 2013.

Flea Market:

We are actively working with the City to clean up some zoning issues so we can make the Flea Market a viable business in 2013. I love this concept and am very eager to see it happen this summer. I was a regular at the old one on Hazeldean road, and I think we can revive an old Ottawa tradition for some of those flea market fans, and make some new ones as well.

Drag Track:

We will be having a Fund Raiser in February to help raise money to replace our stolen wire from the track. Pam is working on the details, and once we have them we will pass them along to you. Thanks to Pam and friends for all of their work on making this happen. We have a couple of new Drag Racers that have already signed up for our new Saturday Night Shoot Out Series. One Junior and one Senior. As mentioned earlier, if we can get enough drag cars signed up we can expand on the classes offered. We will look at a Street Car class, and perhaps a Motorcycle class. Capital City Speedway is here for you and we want this to work for all of us. So talk to your friends and if you want us to expand our current classes and we can get enough drivers signed up for them, it will happen.


Drifting:

Drifting will once again be a part of CCS in 2013. We hope to see all of our drivers back from last year and we hope to see a few new faces as well. We will be working on this program in the early new year and see if we can grow this for 2013.

2013 will be a pivotal year for Capital City Speedway. If you want CCS to continue to offer a place to play, a place to enjoy watching motor sports, or just a place to be on a Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, Saturday and hopefully a Sunday, then we will need all of your support to make this happen.

Watch for our new program in 2013 - " Friends of Capital City Speedway "

We have not had a lot of changes made to our Nostalgia Room over the last two years and we hope to change that for 2013. If you have some old CCS memorabilia around and would like to donate it or lend it to us for 2013, than please let me know.

I look forward to seeing all of you at the races in 2013.

CCS Drags Saturday Night Shootout Series Coming in 2013

Capital City Drags is pleased to announce that we will have a 5 race Championship Point Series for 2013. The Saturday Night Shootout Series tentative schedule is as follows: May 25th, June 22nd, July13th, August 17th and September 14th. It will be a best of four, meaning it is ok if you miss a night or want to drop your worst night. It will be an open competition with no delay box use. You will have to buy a $ 25.00 membership for registration in this series to have your points accounted for. This series was put together for our Drag Racers and will have nightly payouts. We are looking at $50.00 buy in, 1 $ 50.00 buy back, with $ 500.00 payout per night. For this to happen we will need to have over 30 cars registered for this series, and 24 entries per event. Event payouts will be based on car counts, but we will need to see support for this to even get off the ground.

If we can get enough interest, we will look at having a seperate Street Car Class Championship Series as well.

Our Saturday Night Shootout Series will include Junior Dragsters, and they will have their own point championships. Again, depending upon the support for this class, will determine event payouts and championship payouts as well.

I hope to announce that we will have a Drag meeting sometime in January so we can get together and discuss the direction of the track and to find out where you want us to go for our weekly events and our Saturday Night Shootout Series. I look forward to seeing you all there.

2013 Rules Now Posted

It has been a while in the making, but the 2013 Rules have been posted. The new Thunder Car rules are a part of this rule package, so for the people waiting for those can now proceed with their changes for the 2013 season. We will be adding to the Thunder Car rules shortly with the new spec shock.

The changes to the Thunder Car rules have been broadened to allow the new tube chassis's and some built motor rule changes have been made to give the guys who use them, a bit more ponies, and changes to give them more tourque. We will have a higher standard weight in 2013 to help make this class a little more even from car to car. These changes will hopefully make this class more competitive this year, and hopefully we will have a higher car count.

Thunder Car News

I wanted to clarify some issues that seem to be out there in the rumour mill. The rumour is the changes we are making will make some current Thunder Cars obsolete. Well, in fact the very opposite is true. The changes we are making will make our older Thunder Cars more competitive with the new class of Thunder Car.

There seems to be a misconception about the new rule allowing Metric tube Chassis cars in the class. There is no competitive advantage with this new rule change. Both cars, original chassis cars and tube chassis cars, have the same measurements and both weigh about the same. The only advantage with a tube chassis car will come when it is time to repair the frame. This rule was made as moving forward the GM original chassis will in fact cost you more to make it race ready, and will be harder to get. By allowing the metric tube chassis car allows our prospective Thunder Car drivers to purchase a wider array of cars available on the market today. This ultimately will reduce the cost of getting involved with the Thunder car class.

We have made changes to the built motor option to make the motors closer to the horsepower and torque output of the 602 crate. The changes from a cost perspective are small to update the built motor to compete fairly with the crate motor option. If you cannot afford a new crate motor, then you can make some minor changes to your built motor and be able to compete with them. This will again bring the cost down to compete in the class.

The weight for all cars will be increased to a minimum of  3200 lbs, with penalties for performance upgrades. This means that our top runners from last year will have to add on average over 150lbs from last year. This will bring up the competitiveness of the heavier cars we had out last year.

The rules have been rewritten and are going through a final reading before being released. We should have those by the end of the week.

These changes were made to make our Thunder class more competitive for all drivers, reducing the cost for someone to get a Thunder Car, and to make the racing more enjoyable for our drivers and fans alike.

Please feel free to give me a call if you have any questions on the new rules.

Todd Gow