The Hurricane Midgets Racing Club would like to thank all of our sponsors and fans for another successful year in 2008. The Hurricane Midgets are still the best deal on wheels for high speed versus low cost. Hurricane Midgets run 440cc snowmobile motors on a sprint-style chassis and reach speeds of 100mph.
With the increase in the cost of fuel for teams to travel and heavy amounts of rain being a problem at tracks all over southern Ontario this summer the Hurricane Midgets only missed 3 race dates, unfortunately all 3 were at Peterborough Speedway. The Hurricane Midgets had a 14 race schedule that included Peterborough, Varney, Sunset, Flamboro, Grand Bend and Sauble in 2008. Thanks to all the tracks for making us welcome and putting on a great show every night, our race at Sauble Saturday June 7th was a memorable one as the weather was hot, the track was excellent, the track officials were fantastic and the fans were pumped! We had 4 different heat winners that night and 15 cars started the feature for close racing action all over the track.
This year Better Business Equipment Inc. from Port Hope, Ontario sponsored the “Copier Cup” which was a six-race series at Peterborough Speedway. Cash prizes and trophies were awarded to the top 3 drivers at the end of the series. Special thanks to Better Business Equipment Inc. for their support and congratulations to Cale Bailey 1st place, Brian Woodland 2nd place and Jack Swanston 3rd place. The final race at Peterborough Speedway was Saturday October 11th for their annual Autumn Colours Classic. That was the final Copier Cup night and the final points race for the 2008 Championship. Cale Bailey #67 took the checkers in dominating fashion over Brian Woodland #48, followed by Nathan Meneely #13 and Brent McLean #47. Eleven cars started the feature and it was a clean race with all drivers making a great effort for the final points night.
The 2008 Championship was won by Cale Bailey #67 of Port Hope, ON with 1,702 points, second place went to Brian Woodland #48 of Orangeville, ON with 1,591 points and in third place was Jack Swanston of Oakville, ON with 1,500 points. The following additional awards for the 2008 season were presented at the year-end banquet held at Tucker’s Marketplace in Burlington on November 1st: Rookie of the Year, Brent McLean #47 of Conn, ON; and Charles Priestley #15 of Brantford, ON was voted Sportsman of the Year and Most Improved Driver. The Hurricane Midgets would also like to thank Jack Swanston and Nancy Dingman for their many years of management and the time and effort they put in to everything they do for the club.
The Hurricane Midgets will have a few new faces next season as new cars are being built and old ones are changing hands. We look forward to another exciting year in 2009 and invite everyone to join us at the tracks and to visit our website at www.hurricanemidgetsracingclub.com
From Jackie Francis / Hurricane Midgets
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