Successful Day with Sponsor Ends With Successful Finish at Flamboro

On July 12^th, we had the #37 Pennzoil Chevrolet at Skyway Jack’s in Streetsville. David and the crew had a great time meeting the customers and giving the kids a chance to sit in the race car.

Skyway Jack’s Restaurant in Streetsville has been a sponsor of the David Elliott Racing Team for 10 years and the crew always enjoy putting the car on display at the restaurant because of the great people we get to see and the awesome breakfast Bill and his staff cook up for us!

By mid-afternoon it was time for the team to pack up and head over to Flamboro Speedway for round two of the Grisdale Triple Crown Series. These 50-lap races are always competitive and the team was confident after a dominating win the last time David raced, two weeks ago.

The car was quick in practice and started fourth in the third qualifying heat. David quickly moved into second place and radioed that he wanted to stay in the runner-up spot and hope for a good inversion for the feature race. David’s finished qualified him in the sixth position, but when the first nine cars were inverted, the #37 Pennzoil Chevrolet ended up starting in the fourth position for the feature race.

Right off the start, David began moving forward. He jumped into third place with the #82 of Jason Shaw on his rear bumper. Recognizing that this was a long race and that his car tended to get better the longer it ran, David gave the faster #82 the outside lane and tucked back into line behind Shaw.

Early problems for Shane Gowan (#10) and Rob McDonnell (#72) moved Shaw into the lead and David into the second position. The #27 of Mark Burbridge was glued to the bumper of the #37 for much of a long green-flag run, but David began to open up about a car-length separation when the caution came out for the second time.

The front three kept their positions through a series of cautions for minor incidents. After the last caution, David got a great restart and put some heavy pressure on the leader, Shaw. On the white flag lap, Shaw got out of shape coming out of turn two, but David didn’t want to risk spinning the leader, so he eased out of the throttle and followed the #82 across the finish line.

The team considered this a very successful day…meeting with fans at one of our long-time sponsor’s locations and a second-place finish in a Grisdale 50-lap race.

The David Elliott Racing Team will be taking next weekend off, but we’ll be back at Flamboro Speedway on July 26^th for Gary Elliott’s 40^th Anniversary Celebration.