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  • A.J. Emms Scores Top-Five at Peterborough’s Autumn Colours Classic

    PETERBOROUGH, Ontario — Despite being involved in an early race incident, A.J. Emms made his way back to the front to score a top-five finish in the OSCAAR Modified Autumn Colours Classic feature at Peterborough Speedway. Emms started off the weekend by finishing sixth in his Friday night heat, followed by a third in his Saturday…

  • A.J. Emms Scores Podium Finish at Frostoberfest

    HAMILTON, Ontario — Keeping out of trouble throughout the 50-lap Frostoberfest feature paid off for A.J. Emms en route to a podium finish. Emm showed speed in qualifying, finishing second in the first heat, followed by a third in the second qualifier. Starting sixth for the feature, he remained there through the first five laps, despite…

  • A.J. Emms Scores Top-10 Finish at Sunset Speedway’s Velocity 250

    INNISFIL, Ontario — A.J Emms would battle hard throughout the 50-lap OSCAAR Modified Velocity 250 feature at Sunset Speedway en route to a top-10 finish. Emms started off the weekend by placing seventh in the first heat, followed by a runner-up in the second qualifier. Starting 13th for the feature on Sunday, he would escape the…

  • A.J. Emms Ready to Chase After Victory at Velocity 250

    INNISFIL, Ontario — When the OSCAAR Modifieds take to Sunset Speedway this weekend for the Velocity 250, one of the drivers in the field hoping to take home the win will be A.J. Emms. “To win at the Velocity would really mean a lot to our whole team being that it’s both a big event and…

  • A.J. Emms Scores Second Podium Finish of 2018 Campaign

    PETERBOROUGH, Ontario — Battling upfront throughout the 40-lap feature on Saturday night, A.J. Emms scored his second podium finish of the season. Emms was quick from the start of the night, making his way through the field in his first heat to score a runner-up finish. He then used a front row starting in the second…

  • A.J. Emms Rebounds with Top-Five at Flamboro Speedway

    HAMILTON, Ontario —- After seeing his night end early a couple weeks ago, A.J. Emms came back stronger this past weekend with a top-five finish at Flamboro Speedway. Emms was fast from the start of the night, finishing second and third in his qualifying heats. Starting the feature from the outside of the front row, he would…

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About A.J Emms

Hometown: Orillia, Ontario

Years racing: 25

D.O.B.: July 14th 1993

Occupation: Principal

Undergraduate Degree at Nipissing University Physical and Health Education; Graduate of the Lakehead University Education Program

Crew: Jeff, Jayne, Cassie, Ryan, Josh, Marcus

Racing Resume

-5 time Go Karting Champion (Simcoe, Toronto, Kawartha-Durham Kart Clubs)

– Over 50 plus wins in go karting

– Canadian National Go Kart Champion (2007)

– Participated in and completed the Mosport Bridgestone racing academy

– Hurricane Midget Rookie of the year

– Three-time 2nd place finisher in Hurricane Midgets points

– Several Hurricane Midget wins (10+)

– 2014 Outlaw Modified Champion

– 2019 OSCAAR Modified Champion

– Current Record Holder for OSCAAR Modified Career Starts, Top-Five’s and Top-10’s

– 2013: 5 Can Am Midget Starts, highlighted by 17th to 7th place run at Barrie Speedway (Several top 10 finishes)

– 2013: 4 Pro 4 (Outlaw) Modified Starts; 1 win, 1 second place finish, 1 fourth place finish and 1 DNF

– 2013: Raced in the World Series at Thompson International Speedway in Connecticut in a Pro 4 modified. Caught up in an accident while running second.

– 2014 Outlaw Modified Champion

– 7 Feature wins out of 12 races in the Outlaw Modified Racing Series

– Winner of the U.S/ Canadian Showdown at Full Throttle Speedway sweeping the night winning all 3 Feature races

–2015: 6th in OSCAAR Modified Points, highlighted by a third place finish at Delaware Speedway

–2016: 2nd in OSCAAR Modified Points, highlighted by a victory in the Autumn Colours Classic at Peterborough Speedway

– 2017: 2nd in OSCAAR Modified Points, highlighted by a victory at Sauble Speedway

– 2018: 11th in OSCAAR Modified Points following a partial schedule, highlighted by a runner-up at Jukasa Motor Speedway with a heat win at Peterborough Speedway

– 2019 OSCAAR Modified Championship with three OSCAAR feature victories, seven heat wins and 10 feature top-five’s, plus the 2019 Rick Woolner Memorial Champion. Made his debut in the ROC Modified Series at Jukasa Motor Speedway

– 2020: Three top-six’s in a shortened four race schedule, including a feature victory at Sunset Speedway.

– 2021: 4th in OSCAAR Modified Points following four top-five’s and six top-10’s, including a victory at Sunset Speedway after starting tail of the field and a heat win at Peterborough Speedway’s Autumn Colours Classic

– 2022: 4th in OSCAAR Modified Points following nine straight podiums and eight heat wins

– 2023: Three OSCAAR Modified victories with an average finish of 2.86 on a partial schedule and a third-place finish at the OSCAAR Hot Rod Series Autumn Colours Classic

– 2024: Ran seven OSCAAR Modified events with an average finish of third, including a victory at Full Throttle Motor Speedway; Three top-10’s in three Race of Champions Asphalt Sportsman Modified races with a career-best eighth at Spencer Speedway 

  • 2025: Ran four Modified races at Sunset Speedway including a victory and three top-five’s with an average finish of third; Ran four races with both the Race of Champions Tour-Type Modifieds and Sportsman Modifieds in New York

Career OSCAAR Victories

  1. 2016 Autumn Colours Classic
  2. 2017 Sauble Speedway
  3. 2019 Delaware Speedway (June)
  4. 2019 Flamboro Speedway (July)
  5. 2019 Flamboro Speedway (August)
  6. 2020 Sunset Speedway (September)
  7. 2021 Sunset Speedway (July)
  8. 2023 Full Throttle Motor Speedway (July)
  9. 2023 Peterborough Speedway (August)
  10. 2023 Sauble Speedway (August)
  11. 2024 Full Throttle Motor Speedway (July)