We are saddened and shocked to report the news of Paul McIlroy's sudden death. The racing family lost a good friend and a very colorful and talented racer. Paul was killed in a single vehicle accident on Wednesday night. Our condolences and prayers go to his parents Mr. and Mrs. McIlroy, wife Tina, their families, and friends. Ken, Paul's father, was more than a dad to his son, they were best friends. Ken was a champion in his day at Sauble Speedway and passed on his skill and talent to his son. They were proud of each other. Paul visited our pits quite often, as recently as last week end just to say hi and ask how things were going. Paul offered help to many race teams. After taking a break from driving he began crewing for his friend #31 Kevin Gallant. All of us in the racing community will miss Paul very much. It's almost impossible to think of him not being with us. The impact he's made will make it as though he has never be gone. Thank you Paul for everything you did, for not being afraid to speak up and always offering to give advice to make us better. We will miss you friend. Paul's passing must be a reminder to us all, that no matter what happens on the race track, the most important aspect of what we do is the people we race, wreck and rub fenders with every time we go to a race track. My prayer is that God will embrace Paul's family and friends and help us all to realize how fragile our lives are, but more importantly, how precious we are in Your site Lord.

    It was 25 years ago today that racing lost a great friend, Gene Karley. The Hobby club were approached by Mrs. Karley and her children, including racing CVM veteran John Karley, to run a memorial race in honour of Gene. Jim Collison was the first winner of the 7 year memorial. In this picture is Gene's wife Lillian, and children from left to right Wendy, Matt, Lisa, Donna and John. Gene was an awesome racer, usually #25, in his later years racing, winning many features in his 30 year career that spanned from 1946 to 1976. He passed away July 29th 1985.

    Imagine looking in your mirror and seeing this. Wow, I wouldn't be able to move over, there would be no place to go. The good news is there was no yellow in this heat race, but some excitement for sure. This week we have double points, not sure why it's not double features, but it's an opportunity to gain some ground on two of the cars behind me in this Franks picture. This would be a good finish for this coming week end. Sunday we head to Sauble for their "Beat The Heat" 150 lap Invitational. Did I say 150 laps, in the heat? I need water.

    With the 2010 season past the half way mark, Shawn Chenoweth continued adding to his already awesome first half with another feature win on Saturday night. During the post race interview he admited his car was not the fastest, and that Jason, or Paul would have won the race had they not ran into bad luck. The same was true about our run. We finished 2nd but our car was maybe a top 5 at best. We got a break with the others having bad luck, and we'll take it. We need to get our car back to where it was a few nights ago, and that won't be too hard. This Saturday is double points, and though winning the points is almost out of reach now, we still can try to improve our Late Model best with a top 2 or 3 in the standings.

    Trevor Monaghan will drive his Canadian Hero's sponsored #13 in his most prestigious race ever, this Saturday afternoon in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Toronto Indy. The beautiful #13 is dedicated to the memory of our fallen soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for freedom....the race will be televised live this Saturday. We wish Trevor and his team a very succesful event. God bless our troops.