Hawn Motorsports

2019 Event #2 Post-race Report

May22

by Dan Little on 2019/05/22

Hawn Motorsports attended Spring Velocity at Sunset Speedway this past weekend. This marked event #2 on our busy season schedule.

In traditional fashion Sunset’s Pit area was jammed. With nearly a hundred cars in attendance including APC Series Pro Late Models, OSCAAR Modifieds & Hot Rods, Can-Am Midgets, OSCAAR Pro Sprints and more. The buzz and the excitement surrounding the event was excellent! For many Spring Velocity is their first trip to the track each season. It really is a weekend of “let’s see what happens” for many teams. It adds such an exciting element of unpredictability for the fans and frustrating heart ache for many drivers and teams.

Day One action included our #2 Hot Rod finding victory lane in it’s first heat of the event. After only 5 laps in the first practice session our team knew we had a car very capable of taking home the win, in the Hot Rod feature on Day Two. Tyler Hawn and his #2 found their new “nemesis” in the Hot Rod series in Heat #2. Champions need someone to continually challenge them. The #26 Mustang (gorgeous addition to the series) of Dalen Marten looks to be just that, for Tyler. The #26 will have to learn however, that Tyler Hawn is a gentleman…with the driving ability to end your night should you not remain highly respectful on the track. He will race to win when he must.
Daniel Hawn and his #42 Can-Am Midget made their official debut in the series on Day One of Velocity. Running as high as 5th in a 12-car field, the #42 team had recovered very well from the disappointing result in the season opener at Flamboro. The #42 showed great speed, improved handling and is most definitely a consistent mid pack car. In one’s Rookie Season, it is not typical to have a mid pack car by event #2. This displays the quality of Hawn Motorsports built rides and our dedication to technical growth and improvement.

Saturday evening the United APC Pro Late Model 100 lap race gave the Hawn Motorsports team time to relax and take in our passion. The race was great start to finish. Clean, fast and full of excellent passes, saves and side by side action. Hats off to the APC Pro Late Model series for putting on a great show.

Day two of Velocity……. sucked lol. Mother Nature gave us hope all morning and then with the OSCAAR Mods, Hot Rods and Pro Sprints lined up and ready for their features, she gave it to us. Strong damaging gusts of wind and brief but heavy rains sent teams scurrying for car covers and shelter. I noticed something when this happened. Rub, wreck, fight, curse and talk smack about each other, is the name of the game in racing. But when faced with a common enemy this community comes together quickly and in direct support of each other. Number or name on the door be damned. It was great to see.

We would like to thank everyone who made last weekend possible for our team. Thank you to the crew of the #2 and #42 (Iain Bass, Adam Hagen) for your time and dedication. Thank you to family and friends who visited us in the pits and track side. We love you all.

Thank you to Dan Little Jr. Photography and MACPHOTO for your time and skills. Thank you to Motorhome Escapes Canada for our amazing accommodations. Thank you to The Home Depot Barrie for providing us a Honda 6200W generator to keep us powered up all weekend. And of course, we want to send out a special thank you to all our 2019 Partners. Without your support none of this would be possible. We sincerely appreciate you all!

Electric Motor Coil Company
Fox’s Bakery & Deli
Knightworks Design
Specialized Upholstery & Glass
Watson’s Garage
Top Shops Auto Body Supply
Legal Assist
MB&K Plumbing
DH Performance & Sound
Wix Filters

Hawn Motorsports 2019 Season Event #2 Pre-race Report

May15

by Dan Little on 2019/05/15

One brand new car and two completely re-designed rides from 2018 and two series championships to defend, Hawn Motorsports can’t wait to let the crowd at Velocity take in the beauty of our #2 Hot Rod completed by Watson’s Garage and the incredible new wraps on our #42 Can-Am and #2 Pro Sprint by Knightworks Design. This event is always a memorable one for our team and we look forward to creating even more memories this coming weekend.

Spring Velocity at Sunset Speedway is somewhat of a crown jewel in the Hawn Motorsports season schedule. The high banks at Sunset are always a hit with out of town teams and it seems to raise the competition bar higher. An intense weekend schedule of racing will see the APC Series – Pro Late Model, Can-Am Midgets, Outlaw Midgets, OSCAAR Modifieds (qualifying) and OSCAAR Hot Rods (qualifying) on Saturday beginning at 5pm. Day Two of the event will see the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Late Model, Super Stock, Mini Stock and Bone Stock divisions, as well as the Legends, OSCAAR Modifieds (feature), OSCAAR Hot Rods (feature) and a Full show by the OSCAAR Pro Sprint series.

Hawn motorsports came away from Spring velocity in 2018 with heat and feature wins in both the OSCAAR Hot Rods series as well as the OSCAAR Pro Sprint series. Highlights of that weekend include a 12-lap side by shoot out between the 07 of Dan Archibald and our #2 Hot Rod piloted by Tyler Hawn. Stuck on the outside for the full 12 lap battle, Tyler made his move in turn four on the final lap and took the weekend title! A full year later, folks are still talking about the amazing show put on by the #2. Another incredible highlight of the event was Daniel Hawn’s rear pack start in the Pro Sprint feature. The green flag dropped and as though there were a “fast mover” award Daniel rocketed the #2 Pro Sprint from 11th position to 1st in less than two laps. No easy task ever! Let alone while running outside, which is precisely what he did.

An exciting addition to Velocity weekend this year by Hawn Motorsports is the #42 Can-Am Midget car driven by Daniel Hawn. This is Daniels Rookie year in the series, and he is very excited to run at Sunset. The #42 will compete on Day One of the event with a full show. Although our #42 suffered heavy mechanical issues last weekend at Flamboro Speedway causing it to miss the heats and feature, the crew has been hard at work all week to repair the issues and be ready for Saturday!

Hawn Motorsports has been lucky to create some very new and exciting partnerships in the off season and we look forward to representing all of them at the track this weekend. Motorhome Escapes Canada will be providing our team with a luxurious 30’ RV to keep the crew comfortable and rested between races. Our pit will be powered by a 6200W generator graciously provided by Home Depot. Our team and crew will be sporting new team apparel courtesy of Knightworks Design. Our crew vehicles, trucks and race cars will be using the best filters money can buy from Wix.
New for 2019 at Hawn Motorsports, we have selected a children’s non-profit organization to support. Seasons Centre for Grieving Children which operates out of Barrie, ON provides children 25 and younger support surrounding the loss or anticipated loss of a loved one, parent or sibling. They do not charge for these services and all are welcome regardless of financial status. These essential and incredibly helpful services are provided without any government assistance and therefore rely on donations from the community to continue operating. If you would like to donate to this cause, please make your donation to the Donnie Hawn memorial Children’s Fund.

Come out this weekend to Sunset Speedway and support Hawn Motorsports while taking some incredible racing action! We will see you at the track!

We want to send out a special THANK YOU to all our 2019 Partners! Your contributions and support are vital to our team and we sincerely appreciate you all working with us!

Electric Motor Coil Company
Fox’s Bakery & Deli
Knightworks Design
Specialized Upholstery & Glass
Watson’s Garage
Legal Assist
MB&K Plumbing
Dan Little Jr. Photography
Zac Mac Photography
DH Performance & Sound
Motorhome Escapes Canada
Wix Filters
Home Depot

Hawn Motorsports 2019 Season Event #1 Report

May13

by Dan Little on 2019/05/13

Date: May 11th, 2019
Location: Flamboro Speedway
Series: Can-Am Midget

This past Saturday Daniel Hawn was set to see a two-year dream come alive, by making his first official full-time season start with the Can-Am Midgets series. Coming off a 2018 Series Championship with the OSCAAR pro Sprints, Daniel is excited to move into a series with greater technical requirements, higher top speeds and new challenges.

Our team arrived in Flamboro on Saturday having completed our ONLY practice session of the young season not but a week before at the very same track. The team was confident in the performance of the #42 during practice but was anticipating an increased number of adjustments that night, given the limited testing and adjustment period before the season start. This fact aside we were impressed with how well the car was running and handling. With a front brake bias adjustment being our only change prior to our first practice.

During our practice session the #42 was running 7th fastest in a 16-car field. Laying down consistent lap times, you could tell Daniel was becoming more comfortable in his brand-new ride. Then the racing gods spoke! With a small amount of smoke from the engine area of the #42, then a larger amount of smoke and then catastrophe! Upon returning to the pit, our team discovered that a wire bundle had contacted the drive shaft on the #42. As a result, several systems were affected electrically. The #42 crew wasted no time and began repairing the wiring issues. The crew completed the wiring repairs and began assessing the rest of the damage and mess only to discover that the wires had damaged the clutch hydraulic system as well. After several hours attempting to repair the clutch, Daniel and his crew conceded they would not make the heats or feature that evening. But not for lack of trying.

The result of the visit to Flamboro last Saturday has been a great reminder to our team that the smallest of details overlooked, can end your night and make years, months or days of work feel like they were all for not! The #42 crew is busy as we speak making the repairs in preparation for Spring Velocity at Sunset Speedway this coming weekend with an extra eye on the “small things”.

A disappointing result with event #1 on the season will serve as inspiration to keep focused, keep improving, keep learning and specially to get back up, when you are knocked down!
Hawn Motorsports would like to thank the following 2019 Partners on our #42 Can-Am Midget car. Hawn Motorsports sincerely appreciates all your support!

Electric Motor Coil Company
Specialized Upholstery & Glass
Knightworks Design
Legal Assist
MB&K Plumbing
Motorhome Escapes Canada
Wix Filters

Electric Motor Coil Company Partners with Hawn Motorsports for 2019 Season

May13

by Dan Little on 2019/05/13

It is with great pleasure that we announce a Primary Partnership with EMCC on our #42 Can-Am Midget car!

EMCC is proven industry leader in the design and manufacturing of commutators and motor coils. With 3D modelling software, programmers, in-house engineers and fabricators, they can design and develop their own automated lines and machinery. This automation ability keeps cost to the customer down, speeds up turn around times and guarantees quality by reducing manual labour.

Electric Motor Coil Company provides a wide variety of services including:

Manufacturing and Re-engineering of both Coils & Commutators
Supply of complete Winding Kits
Advanced Measurement and testing Technology
Extensive range of Coil and Commutator type & size capabilities
ISO 9000 Compliant
Supply Chain Traceability
Cutting edge Process Technology and innovation
Solutions for un-planned Down Time as well as planned outages
24/7 Emergency Repair Services

Hawn Motorsports has been working hard to enter into new and exciting Partnerships this season! We want to welcome yet another excellent addition to the team. EMCC will be the Primary Partner on our #42 Can-Am Midget car, piloted by Daniel Hawn. We thank EMCC for this Partnership and their support of our team!

2019 EVENT #1 Flamboro Speedway May 11th, 2019

May09

by Dan Little on 2019/05/09

DANIEL HAWN makes it OFFICIAL in the CAN-AM MIDGET series!

For two years Daniel Hawn has waited for this moment! Hundreds of hours of research, design, fabrication, modification and preparation, have all led up to this coming Saturday at Flamboro Speedway.

His official debut in the Can-Am Midget series will take place next to a great Saturday night line up at Flamboro. Running along side the Pro Late Model, Pro Challenge, C.V.M. and Pure Stock divisions.

With only one successful practice session behind the wheel of his brand new #42 car (thanks in no part to Mother Nature) Daniel will be forced to run his second practice session, in the middle of a race. Although the lone practice session revealed the car is running well, an increased number of adjustments between heats and feature will be a guarantee under the lights at Flamboro. The Hawn Motorsports Pit Crew members are not only up to the task! They feed on challenges!

This Saturday marks the first event of a 12-race season for the Can-Am Midgets. It is Daniel’s goal to be a factor before the end of the season. If there is anyone who shortens his learning curve with intense technical research, long hours and hard work? It’s Daniel Hawn. Going from complete dominance in the OSCAAR Pro Sprint series in 2018 to Rookie status with the Can-Am Midgets will be a daunting task. But a True Champion will always find a way!