2nd Overall In Spencer Lewis Power Rankings

News
Jan 262010

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The Spencer Lewis Ontario Asphalt Short Track Power Rankings 2009 Awards were handed out on Friday evening January 22, 2010 at the Canadian Motorsports Expo, Toronto. Brandon Watson walked away with 2nd place overall among the 10 drivers  from various tracks and series, picked as the best in Ontario for 2009.

Watson received the award on the merits of a stellar season that saw race action in Limited Late Model, Late Model and Super Late Model divisions. Several wins were added to Brandon’s resume along with 2nd place in the Kawartha Speedway Championship.

Among the most impressive performances in 2009 included leading laps and taking 3rd at the Inaugural ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, September 19th. That will remain in Brandon’s memory as the most exciting and memorable racing experience to date. For Ontario race fans the triple header at Peterborough Speedway’s Autumn Colours Classic will stand out as one of the most impressive performances ever by a stock car driver. Brandon now holds the distinction of the being the first ever driver to race in a Limited Late Model, Late Model and Super Late Model during a single Autumn Colours event. Not likely to ever be surpassed, he collected two wins and a 2nd in the three divisions October 10th and 11th. Well done Brandon!

Late Model For Sale

News
Jan 252010

00007531.jpg#9 Late Model For Sale. Top running car in 2009 with several wins. Call Mike McColl @ 519-652-3311

FLORIDA BOUND

News, Photo Posts
Jan 142010

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Well it was a short rest from the 2009 season and so begins 2010.  Brandon is off to the World Series of Racing in New Symrna, Florida, beginning February 5, 2010, to February 12, 2010, with a new car and a new look.

But first, Brandon is stopping off at Denver, North Carolina, as Brandon been selected as one of five Canadian Scholarship Winners of Race 101, a one year program designed to further the careers of young stock car racers.  He will be working with Tony Blanchard, a successful crew chief whom is best known for his work with Joey Logano and Joe Gibbs racing in the USAR Pro Cup Series.  Brandon will be attending the Press Conference scheduled for January 29, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. in Charlotte, North Carolina.  The conference will be streamed live at Race101.net.

Then it is off to New Symrna, Florida for 7 nights of racing.  Brandon would like to thank the following sponsors for making the Florida trip possible:     Shear Metal Products; Logel’s Auto Parts; Spira Fire Protection; McColl Racing Enterprises; Ken McKinnon Construction;

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2-1-1 Punch In Triple Header At Peterborough Speedway's Autumn Colours

News
Oct 142009

Brandon Watson and Team 9 pick up a 2nd in OSCAAR, 1st in Late Model and 1st in Limited Late Model during the Autumn Colours weekend at Peterborough Speedway.

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3rd At New Hampshire!

Race Reports
Sep 202009

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Race Story From – www.acttour.com

Eddie MacDonald Takes Inaugural ACT Invitational Checkers

Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA won the Inaugural ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. MacDonald came from the 19th starting position and took the lead on lap 36 from young Brandon Watson from Stayner, ON. Watson hung with MacDonald, not more than a car length away and eventually took the lead again on the lap 41 restart. MacDonald would eventually take the lead again for good.

“It was awesome to win the first ACT race here. I’m sure there will be more but winning the first one is special. There were still a lot of fans in the grandstands from after the truck race,” said MacDonald who scored his second win of the weekend after taking the East Series race at NHMS on Friday.

After MacDonald took the lead for the last time the battle of the race became for second. Nick Sweet of Barre, VT and Joey Laquerre from Montpelier, VT caught Watson for second. The three ran under a blanket for the final 7 laps with Sweet getting the advantage and Watson fell back to third after Laquerre momentarily lost the handle. Watson then had to hold off Patrick Laperle from St-Denis, QC for third at the line by a bumper. Laperle had to settle for fourth followed by John Donahue of Graniteville, VT taking fifth. Laquerre held on for sixth followed by Brad Leighton, Brian Hoar, Bruce Thomas, and Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. came home tenth.

Joey Doiron of Berwick, ME got the initial jump on lap one and led by three car lengths over pole sitter Bruce Thomas of Groton, CT by the time they were in turn 2. Doiron then pulled out to a comfortable lead for the first 20 laps before the handling on his car appeared to fade. Thomas was right there to take over followed closely by Ontario’s Brandon Watson. Watson and Thomas battled through lap traffic as the field remained under green for the first 31 laps. That ended when Eric Chase spun in turn two. Watson took the lead on the restart until MacDonald took over the lead after coming from his 19th starting position.

The Inaugural ACT Invitational at New Hampshire was completed in 38 minutes and 32 seconds with only 2 cautions. The lead was swapped five times among four drivers.

The Série ACT Castrol drivers will be back in action tomorrow at St-Eustache Speedway in St-Eustache, QC for a 300 lap to cap off their season. The American Canadian Late Model Tour will finish off their season at Oxford Plains Speedway on Sunday, October 11. Next Sunday, September 27 most of these drivers will show up for the 47th Annual Chittenden Milk Bowl at Thunder Road International Speedbowl.

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