Raabe Set for Pavement Debut this Weekend at Flamboro Speedway
Harvey Hubb - July 29, 2009
Well this is the week for the debut of the 01 pavement team. The first race for the team in their 2008 Monte Carlo will be this Sunday afternoon at Flamboro Speedway in Hamilton Ontario. The car sponsored by McColman Media, Len Corcoran Excavating and Kingston RV will have the same team at the race with a couple of additions.
“We will have 3 of Peter Gibbons team with us for our races this summer and fall”, said Mike Raabe, crew chief for the 01 race team. “They have helped us set the car up at the Gibbons shop in Stouffville and Peter has been on the phone to us on a regular basis to help us find the starting point for the race. After that we will be relying on some of his team members during the race to give Chris what he wants to make the car better. It will be a steep learning curve for us, but we are up for the challenge”.
Team manager Garry McColman says of Sunday, “Our goal for the first race is to work as a team in a very different environment and learn what each of our jobs are. We just want to finish both 50 laps races and come away with the experience. Our team will have to learn from scratch on the pavement with radio’s and all, heck I am going to be Chris’s spotter, so I have been listening to the NASCAR guys trying to learn how to do that”.
The race is Sunday afternoon at Flamboro speedway, starting at 2pm, you can get all of the directions and information by going to their website,
www.flamborospeedway.ca See you at the races!
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