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MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME ROARS INTO PEI 

 

Maritime Motorsport Hall of Fame representatives met on PEI recently to drum up interest and support.  From left to right: Winona MacLean, Ernie MacLean, Judy

Profitt (holding the Hall of Fame bear), Ron Hughes, and new Island Director, Scott Sinclair.

 

Expectation was high and the excitement electric when representatives for the Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame held an information meeting in PEI recently.

Ernie and Winona MacLean, Ron Hughes and Judy Profitt came to the Northwinds Motel in Brackley Beach to bring information and drum up support for the Hall of Fame.  The MacLeans, former owners of the River Glade Speedway outside Moncton, have been toiling for four years to make this project a reality.  Hughes is well known on the Island for his long history in track racing; Profitt is the

membership co-ordinator.

 

The goal of the non-profit organization is to honour the pioneers in any area of motorsports: motorcycles, Karts, circle track, drag racing, and even powerboats and snowmobiles. A 10,000 square-foot building to house the Hall of Fame is in the works. A major grant was received in the fall of 2007; completion of the facility is scheduled for Christmas, 2008.

  

The committee came to PEI looking for two Directors to join this exciting project.  Scott Sinclair of Kingston, PEI, signed on as one.  Sinclair comes from a background of drag racing and motocross.  Clarence and Ray Foster, owners of Spoke Wheel Car Museum in Dunstaffenage, were the first Islanders inducted into the Hall of Fame.

 

For more information, contact MMHOF at www.MaritimeMotorsportHallofFame.com,

phone 1-866-355-8206, or Admin@MaritimeMotorsportHallofFame.com

 

 

 

NEWS FLASH

VACATIONLAND CHOSEN ONE OF TOP IN NORTH AMERICA

 

Tom Nicholls is familiar to Island and visiting bikers as the owner of Vacationland, host campsite for Island Rally held every Labour Day weekend. 

We all know what a great host Tom is through personal experience.

 

Now folks all over North America are getting the word as well.  Vacationland RV Park, as it is officially know, was recently named one of the top 300 RV parks in North America in the Trailer Life Campground Directory.

 

No small potatoes this.  The three hundred are chosen from more than 12,000 parks considered.  He says their commitment to constantly updating and improving is key.  For example this year outdoor fitness classes are going to be introduced (as a world class weight lifting champ he knows about that!) And now the park, located in Brackley Beach, can be found through GPS devices.

 

 

MOTO FOR THE CURE MEMORIAL TO MOM

 

Joel Sawler loves motocross.  So, when the 14-year old lost his Mom to cancer, he wanted to do something to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society, as well as to be a memorial to his mom.  That's how Moto for the Cure came to be.

 

Organized by Sawler, with help from friends and the PEI Motocross Association, Moto for the Cure was held on August 13 of this year, at the PEI Mudrooters Track in DeSable. There were 85 riders participating, and nearly 300 spectators onsite.

 

At day's end, when all monies had been counted, the event had raised $4,374.00. The committee met after the event, and decided to donate a chair to the Oncology Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. With the help of the QEH Foundation and the staff of the Oncology Department, that has happened. (The chair costs $485.60, so they donated $500.00 to the QEH Foundation in memory of Michelle Sawler, with the remaining balance being donated to The Canadian Cancer Society.)

 

"The Moto for the Cure Committee would like to thank everyone who helped out in any way to help make this a success," says PEIMXA  President, Scott Barlow. "According to Joe Sawler, he would like to make this an annual event."

 

Congratulations to Joe Sawler and the PEI Motocross Association for their terrific effort in this wonderful cause!

 

Strongman Tom Nicholls. Maximum muscle, all the way

In our last issue, we reported that Tom Nicholls, owner of Vacationland RV Park (host campground for Island Rally), and an avid biker himself, exhibits maximum muscle through the extreme sport of Powerlifting. Tom has garnered many awards in his chosen sport, and, like fine wine, he just keeps improving with age.

The strapping strongman returned home from the Canadian national power lifting championships, held in Chilliwack, British Columbia, a multiple winner. As a result of competing in the 125 kg Masters Mens category, where he bench pressed 245 kg (539 lbs), hoisted 330 kg (726 lbs) in the squat, and dead-lifted 340.5 kg (750.5 lbs) - thereby setting a new Canada record, with a total of 915 kg (2,013 lbs!) - Nicholls won his 10th consecutive victory. "I was coming off an injury, and hadn't trained for four weeks," he explains, "so I had to pull it together quickly. I still managed to set a deadlift record. I felt I could have lifted more, but you learn to listen to your body. You don't recover as quickly, and you say, 'Be smart. Walk away." Nicholls can still proudly point to the fact that he's lifted more than any person in Canada .Especially notable is his Master Lifter title, which is calculated mathematically by comparing the weight of the competitor vs. the weight lifted. Nicholls has held the title of Master lifter male, since 2003. He currently holds several records in his weight class. This was his second time to the Masters.

Most exciting is that in the fall of this year, he will be representing Canada for the second time, this year to be held in Texas. "The way I've trained, if I wasn't  lifting as much as I was five years ago, it would be one thing," he says. "But I'm lifting more."

"There's got to be a downside somewhere," he muses. "I just haven't found it yet.

"Over 40 and still going strong - that's strongman Tom Nicholls. Maximum muscle, all the way.

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