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Greetings race fans This past weekend Tiemersma Motorsports visited Mosport Speedway for its first of two shows. Mother nature however decided not to co-operate with racing. After waiting till 10:30 pm the race had to be cancelled on acount of rain. The night was not a loss as far as Tiemersma Motorsports was concerned though. After two races of mediocre handling, we were able to pinpoint the problem and the #7 Wayfreight super late model was back in winning form. This weekend is an off weekend for Tiemersma Motorsports, so we plan on scaling the car once again followed by a major "check over" of the car before making our way to Sauble Speedway on July 26th. Thanks again for stopping by Mike Hello Everyone I hope that everyone is having a great summer. Although the weather has been a little dodgy the first few weeks of the OSCAAR schedule, the past few have been beautiful. This past weekend Tiemersma Motorsports returned to Sunset Speedway for the 2nd and final visit. We arrived early in the day for practice and just could not seem to get the handle on the car. After finishing 3rd in both heat races we found a bad shock and replaced it for the feature to come. Then when we lined up 8th on the grid and by lap 2 we got turned and had to restart at the back of the field. The car was a bit better but the feature would then go green the rest of the way and we steadily climbed back up to 7th. Not the stellar day we had hoped for but we plan on giving the car a good work over this week in preparation for Mosport this coming Saturday. With nine more races to go on the OSCAAR schedule, there is lots of time left for Tiemersma Motorsports to mount a charge in the defense of our 2007 championship. Thank you again for all the support, we hope to see you at the track and please feel free to stop into the Tiemersma Motorsports pit area. Thank you, Hello Folks Sorry it has been a while since I updated the site. Tiemersma Motorsports enjoyed another 4th place finish at Sunset Speedway during its first of two stops at the Barrie area bulling. Practice started early for the OSCAAR Super Late models so Derrick and the crew were able to get lots of practice time in order to sort our the car before the heats began in the evening. In Derricks first heat he would line up on the pole and not look back, collecting Tiemersma Motorsports first checkered flag of the 2008 season. In the second heat Derrick would line up 7th and climb up to 3rd by the end of the heat, collecting some valuable point for the season. It was however becoming apparent to both Derrick and the team that the set up of the #7 Wayfreight car was not as good as would of hoped for the evening. So before the feature lined up Derrick and the crew made some suspension changes we hoped would help during the feature. At the start of the feature Derrick w ould line up 2nd beside the #49 and would stay in the 2nd position until just after lap 35 when the #88 of TJ Woolsey made a move under the #7. After a late race caution it was obvious to the team that our changes to the car were not helping Derrick as he fought to bring the car to the finish of the race. During the dying laps of the race Derrick was passed on the last corner of the race to finish 4th. Not exactly how Tiemersma Motorsports wanted to end the race, but with the car handling the way it was, 4th was a good night. Congratulations to Rob Clarke and the #49 crew for getting back to their winning ways. Tiemersma Motorsports will be in action this Saturday June 28th at Flamboro Speedway. Welcome race fans Finally the 2008 OSCAAR season is under way. Tiemersma Motorsports traveled to Kawartha Speedway this Friday to defend its 2007 championship title. On this hot Friday Tiemersma Motorsports were challenged by two different issues with the car during practice. One being an oil leak that caused us to miss the first practice and a second suspension failure on the left front corner of the car that maid the 2nd practice session to make us wonder what else the car had in store for us. Once we had the oil leak under control and the suspension repaired the 3rd practice session rewarded us with a good running car that was ready for the or one and only heat race. During the heat race Derrick would line up 7th, but was able to move up quickly as it was soon evident that Derrick and the #70 car of Jeff Hanley were the class of the field. At the finish line Derrick would end up 2nd to the #70 car, but Derrick was very happy with how the car was handling and was ready for the featu re race. For the feature race Derrick would start 8th, and would quickly move up a few positions during the first few laps in a fast paced race. The first caution would come out at lap 3 for the spinning #00. At the restart Derrick would restart 7th and would lose a position in the next few laps as he got shuffled back as the pack battled for positions but would bounce back and start gaining positions after a 2nd caution for the #19 who lost a motor. After this restart the race pace increases as the race went 30+ laps without a caution. During this time Derrick was able to mount an offensive and bring the #7 though the field and climb up to the 4th position before the next caution around lap 40 for a spinning #03 and #89. At this point however the #7 Wayfreight was all but used up from battle through the field and Derrick was unable to mount an attack at the #70 of Jeff Hanley. Derrick would cross the line 4th on the bumper of the #70. So the first race in the books and all of us at Tiemersma Motorsports are happy with the winter changes to the car and are looking forward to our next race this weekend at Sunset Speedway. In Other Tiemersma Motorsports news we would like to report the second race win for Gerrit Tiemersma in his first year of go-kart racing at Goodwood raceway Hello Patiently waiting race fans...race season is only a few weeks away Well the votes are in and tallied in Inside Track Motorsport News reader’s choice awards. I (Derrick Tiemersma) was able to finish 2nd in the voting for “Stock Car driver of the year” to the Nascar Canadian Tire series champ Andrew Ranger. Congratulations to Andrew, his team and crew. This nomination alone was a great honor to myself and my crew at Tiemersma Motorsports, I would like to thank the employee’s of ITMN for nominating me and I would like to give a big thank YOU the fans for voting for us. Derrick In Sponsorship news It is with great pleasure that Tiemersma Motorsports would like to announce a partnership between itself and GUNK Canada ( www.gunk.ca ) for the 2008 race season. Gunk makes over 300 automotive products under many well-known and well-respected names, including Solder Seal®, Gunk®, Liquid Wrench®, Engine Brite®, Puncture Seal™ and Tite Seal™ to name a few. We look forward to our partnership with GUNK in the coming season and hope to bring their product to the forefront in the highly competitive OSCAAR racing series. There will be news in the next week and pictures of the car as we start into full racing set-up mode as all the components of the car have come together. Thank you Hello Race Fans AS some people may have noticed, Tiemersma Motorsports has started a young driver development program. There are pictures of Steve Tiemersma's sons race Kart on the picture page. We will be keeping people informed of his progress this summer. Meanwhile Derrick and the #7 crew took delievery of the Speedy Auto Machine engine last week and have since been busy installing it in the #7 OSCAAR. Although the engine has not changed in dimensions, the car has. This has been proving rather difficult for the routing of some of the oil lines, so the process has been slowed considerably. I will make sure to post more information about the engine installation later this week. Thank you Hello Race Fans It has been a bit since I updated the site, and I have been getting some e-mail's asking what is going on at Tiemersma Motorsports. The month of March started off with the car making a trip to the Canadian Motorsports Expo, where it was on display in the OSCAAR booth. When the weekend was over it was time to focus time on both hauler and the generator for the trailer. The middle of the month brought Tiemersma Motorsports yearly pilgrimage to Bristol Motor Speedway, fun times were had by all. The only bad thing ablout going to Bristol every year is that you suddenly have an urge to be back at the track. If only the weather would cooperate. This week has meant back to business for us back at the shop. With some back ordered parts showing up we were able to finish the suspension, as well we were able to fill and bleed the brake system. for the rest of the week there will be a few more suspension parts to fit while we wait for the Speed Auto Machine engine to arrive in the next week. In other Tiemersma Motorsports news, we are happy to report that the shop will be growing by another race car (Kart) this summer, as Gerrit (Steve's Son) will be getting behind the wheel of a kart this summer. I would also like to report that there is a few more things for sale on the Classifieds page Thank you It is with great pleasure that I and Tiemersma Motorsports would like to announce the return of all our sponsors and associate sponsors for the 2008 racing season. We look forward to defending our 2007 Oscaar Championship and without the primary support of Wayfreight and associate support from Castrol, Wix, Dana, Gates, Clevite, Victor Reinz, CRC chemicals, Bosch and Speedy Auto Machine it would just not be possible. We would also like to thank Inside Track for nominating us in the Canadian racer of the year category for the reader’s choice awards. Preparation for the 2008 season is well underway and we are all looking forward to another exciting season of Oscaar competition. To keep up to date with all the happenings at Tiemersma Motorsports please visit us at our website www.tiemersmamotorsports.com. Thank you for all your support Derrick Tiemersma Hello Race Fans Things are by no means slow at the Tiemersma Motorsports shop during the month of January. Derrick, the crew and I are busy building a new body for the #7 Wayfreight super late model in time for the Canadian Motorsports Expo (Feb 29th-Mar 2nd) at the Toronto Congress Center. This week marked the end of building panels. Now we have removed the body again so we have better access to the chassis. While the body is off again...Ken, Simon and I are busy installing the suspension, the brake system, and the fuel system. Next on the agenda is fitting the "dummy" engine in order for us to build and locate new oil lines for the "dry oil sump" system in the car. We do not however expect the engine to be ready for the show. The 2007 championship winning power plant is scheduled for assembly in the next week or two at Speedy Auto Machine. As things sit we are still waiting for a few parts but the bulk of the assembly can be performed. On a side note there is still 6 weeks to get you votes in for Derrick in the Canadian Stock Car Driver of the year award at Inside Track Motorsports News www.insidetracknews.com/ Hello Folks This season it would seem that Inside Track Motorsport News has nominated Derrick for "Canadian Stock Car driver of the year" So please stop by and fill out the form at: http://insidetracknews.blogspot.com/2008/01/inside-track-readers-choice-voting-is.html Please vote for Derrick and please fill out the rest of the form for all the other racers nominated. Thank you Hello Race Fans I hope that everyones holiday season went off with out a hitch. We at Tiemersma Motorsports were busy with family over the holidays, but were also able to make time to go to the race shop so we could make preperations to the #7 OSCAAR super late model for next season. Over the holidays Derrick planned to build body panels to replace a few of the damaged ones form last season. However after a few panels, it became obvious that building a new body would be easier than repairing the old one. So over the holidays we have been building and fitting all new panels for the #7. Now the work going into the #7 is not only skin deep. While at Jeff Hanley's shop, we had quiet a few suspension upgrades added to the car. We also are building new brake lines as well I have been asked to build a new wiring harness for the car and install an updated ignition system into the car. I will have some new pics up this week. Thank you Hello Race Fans Since my last update Tiemersma Motorsports has been busy. November 17th was the Oscaar Annual banquet. During the dinner Derrick received the trophies for both rookie of the year and for the 2007 championship. Also on hand was Rick Way, who received a replica of the 2007 championship ring from Derrick and the folks from Oscaar. Everyone at the banquet had a great time as we danced and partied into the night. Back at the shop we have taken our chassis to Jeff Hanley’s in order to have multiple updates done the front and rear suspension. This weekend we will be picking it back up in order to start building and installing new body panels on the #7 Wayfreight super late model. Also on the schedule for this winter is a new wiring harness and new ignition system. Although the old system never failed us, we did however find some issues that have facilitated the replacement of the system. I will update things as they come along. More recently Tiemersma Motorsports has been in the news again. The current issue of Inside Track Motorsports News can be found on shelves with the #7 Wayfreight on the cover. Inside there is an extensive Oscaar year in review which includes interviews and reports on Derrick and the rest of the 10 ten in the 2007 Oscaar points. Please check back for updates, I will post more news after we pick up the car this weekend. Thank You Hello Everyone Things have been busy at Tiemersma Motorsports since I talked last. In the last update I talked about us taking the #7 OSCAAR to Aurora Automotive to dyno the car. Since then we have come back to the shop to Strip the car down in order to send it away to Jeff Hanley in order to get some of the chassis repaired and have some updates done at the same time. I have posted some pic's on the Pictures page, and updated the classifieds. We have also joined the FaceBook phenomeno at www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6207569369&ref=mf So if your in the area stop in to see some older archive photo's of Tiemersma Motorsports Thank You Well even though the season has just ended, Tiemersma Motorsports is busy getting ready for the 2008 season. This weekend we traveled to Aurora automotive in order to use their chassis dyno in order to evaluate the Speed Auto Machine engine, and to test some engine modifications for the 2008 season. I have posted some photo's of the car on the dyno on our pictures page. While testing we discovered some very helpful information for the 2008 season. The use of the Aurora Automotive chassis dyno was a great asset in determining both helpful and detrimental changes to the car. We would like to extend our thanks to Jeff and Paul for letting Tiemersma Motorsports use the dyno this weekend, and a thank you to Matt for taking time off his weekend to come by and tune the Speedy Auto Machine power plant. If you are interested in a professional and confidential dyno, please contact Jeff or Paul at Aurora Automotive. They are set up to test most cars, including race vehicles. Their number can be found on our sponsors page (click the logo to enlarge) On a side note, I have started a facebook page for Tiemersma Motorsports. This will give you access to more pictures and some video's of us. www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6207569369&ref=mf Thank you Good Morning race fans Just a quick note for all of our fans. This coming Monday October 29th, Derrick will be interviewed on Race Time Radio at 8pm. So syop by and listen to find out what Derrick thought of his first year in Oscaar. www.racetimeradio.com Even with the 2007 over, Tiemersma Motorsports is busy. This weekend we will be taking the #7 OSCAAR to be put on a dyno before we strip the rest of the car for our planned winter projects. Check back for pictures next week. If anyone is interested in race parts or equipment, I have once again updated the classified section. Also I have posted some pictures on our pictures page of the trailoers we have for sale. Thank you This weekend was the running of the 15th annual running of the Peterborough Speedway Autumn Colors Classic. Once again Tiemersma Motorsports was hoping to take home top honors at the speedway that had been the bearer of top results to end the season. In the 2007 event Derrick was hoping to bring home the OSCAAR championship with a win if possible, while Tony was looking to shake up the Limited Late Model field and try to bring home the top honors for the Tiemersma flag. The weekend would start for us early on Friday morning when Derrick and Simon would take the #7 Wayfreight Oscaar super Late Model to Peterborough Speedway in order to get some much needed Practice. Meanwhile Tony would bring his #7 Limited Late Model to the track on Saturday Morning. Saturday was to be a day of practice and heat races, but Mother Nature had different plans. We awoke to cloudy skies and rain for most of the day. This meant that both Derrick and Tony only got ten minutes of track time for the entire day before heats were cancelled for Saturday. This would mean a long busy day on Sunday for Tiemersma Motorsports. Sunday would bring overcast skies, but no rain. Rain was not the only thing missing from Sunday however. No divisions were given practice. Most classes went into their heat races with little practice on their cars. Tony would be going into his only heat with new tires that were a question mark as far as the handling question went, while Derrick would be going out onto a track that was completely different than the track he had run on Friday night. Derrick would start his heat race from the pole but quickly found his car was not handling as well as he wanted or as good as the #61 of John Fletcher who started on the outside pole. So after two laps Derrick tucked in behind the #61 and finished the heat in the 2nd position. Tony would start his heat in the 4th position and finish in the same position, but not without pressuring the 3rd place car for half of the heat. After field inversions and draws Derrick and Tony would both start in the 10th positions in their respected classes Of all the features run on Sunday night, the Oscaar race was probably the least eventful with only three cautions. This was helped by the lack of cars on the track however. With attrition being a large factor on the car count at the 2007 finale, there were no less than 10 cars missing due to mechanical failures or severe body damage. With the #7 Wayfreight starting in the 10th position, we had two plans for the race…Win the race or win the championship. Obviously winning the race would more than secure the championship for Derrick, but with the #49 or Rob Clarke and the #22 of Glenn Watson running away with the event, and having to start mid field switched us into “win the championship” mode just past the halfway point of the race. It would seem however that’s not as easy as it sounds. At lap 40(ish) while following the #62, #61, and the #15 Derrick would have to make some quick decisions to avoid a spinning #15 of Al Shepstone. Unfortunately race control felt that Derrick had caused the spin of the #15. This would mean Derrick would have to line up in the 9th position with ten laps to go. Derrick however would bring the #7 WayFreight home in the 8th position just ahead of the #61 of John Fletcher who had a tire go down on the last lap. Of all the feature races on Sunday…Tony’s was the most eventful. Tony would take the green flag in the 10th position and make his way up to 6th by lap nine. The #7 Limited Late Model was again showing how much it loved Peterborough Speedway as Tony moved up to the 5th position by lap 10 to pressure the #47 car. On lap 19 Tony was able to get under the #47 and make the pass for the 4th position only to lose it to the #47 car on a restart on lap 25. Tony would regroup and pressure the #47 for that 4th position for the next 20 laps. Around lap 50 Tony was able to make another run on the #47 car, this time get by for good and into the 3rd position as both him and the #47 had just passed the #43 that was running in the 3rd position. After passing the #47 Tony set his sights on the #19 of Gord Shepherd, but was unable to make a clean pass as the laps counted down. At the end of the race Tony brought his #7 home in the 3rd position. So with the 15th annual autumn colors classic in the books, we cannot say that we brought home a first place feature trophy. We can how say that we brought home an Oscaar championship for Derrick and a winning effort drive for Tony, 3rd place looked like a win to most in the crowd. With the season at an end we would like to thank a lot of people who have helped Tiemersma Motorsports in the 2007 season. Rick Way, and all of his staff at Wayfreight trucking services. They have been great supporters of Derrick for years now. We feel great to bring home a championship trophy for them in 2007. Other great supporters of Tiemersma Motorsports would include: Wix Dana Filters, Gates Belts and Hoses, Victor Reinz gaskets, Clevite engine parts, CRC chemicals, Castrol Oils, BOSCH spark plugs, Speedy Auto Machine and Aurora Automotive. The final people we would like to thank is all the fans, supports and workers in the Canadian Stock car community. In Oscaar we found a great group of racers, fans, officials, and friends. We would also like to recognize the efforts of all the efforts of the other drivers in the Oscaar field for keeping us honest. You guys are a great bunch to run against. We WILL see you next season….Derrick says I am allowed one day off before getting ready for 2008. Its a boy! Derrick, the crew and I would like to send out our best wishes to Matt and Jodi Pettit in welcoming Ryan Matthew Pettit into the world tonight. Mom, Dad and baby are doing fine. This past weekend was Tiemersma Motorsports second trip to Flamboro Speedway. Hopes were riding high on not only keeping our points lead, but adding to it. During the first practice session on Saturday Derrick was happy with the handling of the car, until we checked the RPM of the engine. The Speedy Auto Machine powerplant was running very close to its limit. The choice was then made to change the rear gear to slow down the motor. During the process of changing gears we noticed that one of the gear boxes was empty, and that gear box that was empty was a rather high gear. Apon further investigation we found out just how loyal the Tiemersma crew is. During the week I had been asked what gear to put in and quickly respnded with a gear number. That gear number was way left of the mark, but the crew put it in anyway. Good job crew, bad job crew chief. Luckily no gears were in upsed down though. Moving on After the first practice Derrick would start 4th in his first heat and bring the Wayfrieght #7 home 2nd. in the second heat Derrick would start 5th and come home 2nd again behind the #20 car of Shawn Chenoweth. With two second place finishes the #7 Wayfreight would line up 6th for the feature race. During the first 5 laps Derrick would drop back to 6th behind the #61. Then on lap 10 the caution came out for a wreck involing the #14,#61, and the #49. At this point Derrick would restart 3rd and would spend the next 16 laps following the #22 of Glenn Watson up into the 2nd position as the #22 lead the way. On lap 26 the caution would fly again, this time for a flat on the #52 of Mark Gordon. While the #52 was pitting, one of the spectators noticed that Derrick also had a flat. So we had to bring Derrick into the pits under caution and out of 2nd position. After pitting Derrick would restart 7th and was able to move up to the 6th position as the laps counted down. This week we are meticulously rebuilding the #7 car once again in time for Autumn Colors this thanksgiving weekend. This weekend both Derrick and Tony will be in action again. Now for Tony's weekend This past weekend Tony was alos racing his Unsponsored #7 Limited Late Model at Flamboro Speedway. Last weekend however Toynwas racing at Kawartha Speedway when the #7's powerplant starting making some unpleasant sounds. Apon return to the shop on Friday night of last week, it was decided that the engine needed replacement. Tony and Siebe were able to pick up the new engine on Wednesday morning. That night the crews both poured onto the #7 LLM in order to install the engine and scale the car a what seemed like the same time. During the first practice session Tony's and the crews efforts were returned with a great handling car. Tony was more than pleased with the car, that would net him a 1st and a 3rd in his heats. This would give him the outside pole in the feature race for Sunday. When race time came Sunday afternoon we were happy with the car and were hoping for great things. As the green flag flew Tony would battle the #9 car for 1 or 2 laps before pulling ahead on the outside to take the lead, that he would stretch out till lap 40. Around lap 35 Tony started to notice his brake pedal getting soft and by lap 40 he had no laps left at all. The only safe thing to do was to pull the #7 pit side and retire. Bad luck this week, but we are busy getting the #7 LLM of Tony Tiemersma ready to do some racing this weekend at Peterborough Speedway. See you at the track
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