Maritime Racing
2013 Silly Season Tracker
We’ve got this set up a bit different than we did on the old site, but we’re still hoping to accomplish the same goals. Here you can find a quick guide of drivers we have heard of, and confirmed, moving divisions in 2013. At the bottom, we also have information on drivers and teams who have submitted information or photos to us.
Photo: Phil Barkhouse Jr is busy preparing for the 2013 season. He will return to the Sportsman ranks for the upcoming season.
Editor Note: February 3rd – We have the Pro Stock and Sportsman charts updated and will be getting to the others later in the week. If you have any changes you would like to add to these charts, or have any other 2013 news or photos, contact us by heading over to the contact page!
March 11th – Update to the Pro Stock list, will get to the Sportsman and Street Stock charts later in the week.
Division Chart
Pro Stock
| Name | From | 2013 Track/Series |
| Mike Alexander | Sportsman | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT |
| Mike Alexander will drive part time on the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour in 2013 after his first PST start last September in the Dartmouth Dodge 200. | ||
| Dylan Blenkhorn | Legends | Maritime Pro Stock Tour |
| Blenkhorn, the 2011 Scotia Speedworld and Maritime League of Legends Tour Champion will move to the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour full time in 2013. The team purchased a car and other accessories from Dan Mackay and will pilot the former #71 car in 2013. | ||
| Cole Butcher | Legends | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT |
| The young gun from Porter’s Lake, Nova Scotia, who took the 2012 Scotia Speedworld and Maritime League of Legends Tour titles, will see a partial schedule in the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour to reserve his rookie status for 2014. | ||
| Kyle Campbell | Legends | Speedway 660/MPST – PT |
| Kyle Campbell steps up to the Pro Stock ranks in 2013 and will run a mix of races at Speedway 660 and on the Pro Stock Tour. | ||
| Jeff Dillman | Sportsman | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT? |
| A three time Shriner’s Classic and two time Scotia Speedworld Sportsman champion, Jeff Dillman will move up to the Pro Stock ranks with a car formerly driven by Brad Brown. | ||
| Denver Foran | SLM/Karts | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT? |
| Alberta teen (who grew up in New Brunswick) Denver Foran is planning on making tracks on the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour in 2013. Complete program for the former AMKA champ is TBA. | ||
| Dana Hamm | Bandolero/AOW | Speedway 660 |
| Dana Hamm will make a big step in 2013 by running for the Pro Stock division Rookie of the Year at Speedway 660. Hamm, a former Bandolero champion at Speedway 660, has “big car” experience at the helm of an Atlantic Open Wheel car. | ||
| Vance Hanes | Legends | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT? |
| A source has confirmed to us that Vance Hanes is in the market for a Pro Stock car to run this season on the Pro Stock Tour. | ||
| Jerry Hayes | Sportsman | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT |
| Jerry Hayes has been busy this off-season with the acquisition of a Pro Stock from King Racing. Hayes will set his sights on the big Pro Stock races in 2013. | ||
| Alicia Mowat | Bandolero | Speedway 660 – PT |
| In 2013, Alicia Mowat will enter a Driver Development program with Lonnie Sommerville Racing. The plan includes hundreds of practice laps in a Sommerville Pro Stock before a projected debut in the final point races at Speedway 660 in August. | ||
| Glyn Nott | Sportsman | Speedway 660 |
| After finally nailing down the prestigious Sportsman championship at Speedway 660, Nott Racing will be moving up to the Pro Stock class with a former Shawn Tucker car. | ||
| Colby Smith | Sportsman | Maritime Pro Stock Tour |
| Following in the footsteps of former Scotia Speedworld Sportsman champions, Colby Smith will make his move to the Pro Stock class full-time in 2013. Smith has two Pro Stock Tour starts in his career, both coming in 2012. | ||
| Bobby White | Pro Stock | Maritime Pro Stock Tour – PT |
| Our sources indicate that the car piloted by Dylan Blenkhorn in the 2012 Dartmouth Dodge 200 has found its way into the garage of Pro Stock veteran Bobby White. Expect the Kennetcook driver to appear in select Pro Stock Tour races in 2013. | ||
SPORTSMAN
| DJ Casey | Legends | Scotia Speedworld |
| After a few select starts in 2012, the 2006 INEX Canadian Bandolero champion will move to Sportsman with a former Alpine Racing car. | ||
| Greg Fahey | Pro Stock | Big Races |
| Fahey will move from the Pro Stock class in 2012 into a Fraser prepared Sportsman car acquired in a deal with Tom Prosser. See the story on TimsCorner.ca for more. | ||
| Devin Snell | Street Stock | |
| Snell sold his Street Stock to Justin Cole at the end of the 2012 season and will look to move to Sportsman in 2013. | ||
