Vermonter Dragon Wants to Win Ottawa Race for Home Team

For Immediate Release                                           
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    OTTAWA, ON Champion Late Model stock car driver Brent Dragon is headed home to Capital City Speedway
in Ottawa, Ontario for Saturdays Toromont CAT 100.  But theres one small thing: Dragon is from Milton, Vermont,
200 miles and an international border away.  In fact, hes never even seen Capital City Speedway.  So why is
it home?
    Enter Mike and Tom Kenyon.  Through their Kenyon Racing Products company, the Kemptville, ON brothers
supplied the Port City chassis that Dragon pilots on the American-Canadian Tour (ACT).  Mike Kenyon is also
Dragons crew chief, and in fact, Kenyon Racing Products sponsors the weekly Late Model division at Capital City
Speedway.  Beyond that, Dragon, an avid big game hunter, spends much of his winter months in the Ontario woods.
    It really is like a homecoming for a lot of reasons, said Dragon, a three-time ACT Late Model Tour
championship runner-up and Airborne Speedway (Plattsburgh, NY) Track Champion.  Mike, Tom, and the rest of the
crew have been such a huge help to me this year, and Id really like to do well for them in their back yard. 
Plus, Ive done a lot of hunting in Ontario for many years, and my family has raced in Canada forever.  Its
strange that Ive never been to Capital City, but Im really looking forward to it.  Its a pretty special place
for us already.
    Dragon currently ranks sixth in ACT Late Model Tour point standings.  The Toromont CAT 100, however, will
be his first foray into the Québec/Ontario-based Série ACT Castrol.  He knows the competition will be
tough.  Youve got guys like Karl Allard, Alexandre Gingras, and Jean-François Déry that are very good racers,
said Dragon.  Ive raced a couple of times against them over the years, and there are the veterans like Claude
Leclerc and Yvon Bédard, plus Im sure there will be a lot of Ottawa-based cars.  It should be exciting.
    Nineteen year-old Spencer MacPherson, of Carleton Place, ON, is a Série ACT Castrol rookie that also
drives a Kenyon Racing Products chassis.  He won six feature events at Capital City Speedway last season.  He and
the Série ACT Castrol drivers will be joined by former Capital City Speedway Champions Rick Rump of Ottawa and Ken
Baird of North Gower, ON, Kawartha Speedway Champion Larry Jackson of Oakville, ON and popular Ontario veteran
Steve Munro of Carp.  Other top drivers expected include Martin Lacombe of Terrebonne, QC, young Brandon Watson of
Stayner, ON, and top Série ACT Castrol rookie Patrick Hamel of St-Édouard, QC.
    Capital City Speedway is located on Highway 7 in Stittsville, Ontario, ten minutes west of the city of
Ottawa.  Qualifying action for the Série ACT Castrol Toromont CAT 100 begins at 5:00pm on Saturday, August 9.  For
more information, call ACT at (802) 244-6963 or visit www.laserieactcastrol.com or www.acttour.com, or call
Capital City Speedway at (613) 244-1162 or visit www.capitalcityspeedway.ca.
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Contact: Justin St. Louis                                       
    Phone: (802) 244-6963
Email: media@acttour.com                                        Fax: (802)
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