Ken Spira, president of Spira Fire Protection of Guelph announces a commitment to support three Ontario racers at the 44th Annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida. Racing is scheduled to begin on February 5th and conclude after nine nights of racing on February 13th.
Spira continues their third year of sponsorship in the Sunshine state for Hooker Brothers Racing from Chatham, Ontario. Driver Kirk Hooker, brother Randy and crew call Delaware Speedway their home track for asphalt where they run the Friday night series as well as Late Model specials throughout Ontario.
Shawn McWhirter from Mount Forest, Ontario will be running a full schedule during the February, Speedweeks event after sharing a ride with Justin McClellan in 2009. Shawn will be running the Limited Late Model Class as he does throughout Ontario.
New for the Spira team is support for Brandon Watson from Stayner, Ontario. Brandon is a talented teenaged driver with a large family history of racers. At just 16 years of age, Brandon has opened the eyes of many seasoned veterans with his performances at many Ontario tracks as well as in Quebec and New Hampshire. Brandon attended with twenty-seven American Canadian Tour teams a Test and Tune session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in preparation for the Inaugural ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 19, 2009. Teams from Ontario, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Quebec were all in attendance and for the majority of the drivers, the “Monster Mile” is the biggest track they’ve ever run on.
Sixteen year old Watson was among the fastest cars of the day and was very competitive in both lanes during the mock race. Brandon also received 2nd overall in the Spencer Lewis Ontario Asphalt Short Track Power Rankings among 10 of the best short track racers in Ontario on Friday January 22, 2010 at the Canadian Motorsports Expo.
Cars making up the Spira Racing team in 2010 include the #82 Late Model of Jason Shaw, #44 Late Model of Steve Laking, #38 Late Model of Kirk Hooker, #9 Late Model of Brandon Watson, #31 Limited Late Model of Shawn McWhirter, #72 Thunder Car of Randy Russnell, #82 Mini Stock of Billy Schwartzenburg, #22 Mini Stock of Wade Watson, #86 Mini Stock of Dave Hagedorn and #81 Mini Stock of Samantha Shaw.
From Spira Racing
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