Race Report – Page 9

June 7, 2016

A.J. Emms Posts Fourth Place Finish at Delaware Speedway

Running up front all race long at Delaware Speedway, A.J. Emms had a solid run en route to finishing fourth.

Emms started off the night solidly, finishing fourth in his heat race qualifier to set him up to start third for the feature.

From the third spot, Emms began to make his quickly, moving up to second on Lap 3. He then chased down Brian McLean, passing him to put the No. 14 Sunshine Super Wash – Orillia, Davenport Subaru, Creecher’s Design, Klotz Canada, Artech Promotional Wear – Orillia, Bromley Automotive, and TSS Top Shops out front on Lap 7.

Emms led the next couple of laps, till he was passed by Justin Demelo and Jeff Showler, causing him to slip back to third. He ran third till right near the end when Gary McLean slipped past him for the spot.

He’d cross the line in the fourth spot to take over the points lead, six points ahead of Gary McLean.

“Overall, it was a really positive night for us,” he commented. “Coming into Delaware, we weren’t sure of what to expect with this new car. Coming to the tracks that we haven’t been to yet is really testing, honestly, because we don’t know what we’re getting to.

“Thanks to Peter Schotanus for coming to help. He was really good on a lot of helpful advice for us and steering us in the right direction, so that was really positive. The crew guys have been working really hard all work and you know what? We came out of here with a fourth place finish, learned some stuff on the racecar and next time it’ll help us get to victory lane.

“That front pack of four cars was really fast – everybody was running really good. All of my competitors ran me good and clean, so that was awesome and overall, really happy with the night.”

The OSCAAR Modifieds continue their stretch of races for June as they will invade Full Throttle Motor Speedway this weekend on Saturday June 11 for the third race of the season.

“Next weekend – I love Full Throttle,” he commented. “We had a bit of a clutch issue in the feature so I’ll have to rectify that for next week. Overall, I’m looking forward to getting to Full Throttle and seeing what I can do with this new car. I just love this place. I want to get back behind the wheel of this racecar.”

Emms and team thank Sunshine Super Wash – Orillia, Davenport Subaru, Creecher’s Design, Klotz Canada, Artech Promotional Wear – Orillia, Bromley Automotive, and TSS Top Shops – Barrie for the support.

Fans can keep up with A.J. Emms all year by visiting his website athttp://www.ajemms.com. You can also follow Emms on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/ajemms.

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By: Ashley McCubbin/AM Marketing – ashleymccubbin17@gmail.com

May 25, 2016

A.J. Emms Posts Best Career Finish of Second at Flamboro

aj009 Despite going for a spin, A.J. Emms rebounded to post a runner-up finish at Flamboro Speedway.

The Orillia, Ontario native started off the weekend on a high, winning both of his heats to set himself up for a strong starting spot for the feature.

“We unloaded Saturday not knowing what to expect going into practice,” Emms said. “After the first few laps we realized we had some fine tuning to do to get the balance where we wanted it. J.R. Fitzpatrick and Mike Westwood were a big influence in helping us doing this, and without their advice our weekend wouldn’t have been as smooth.

“Winning my first two heat races Saturday was a big moral booster to our whole team after a long winter of hard work.”

When it came time for the feature on Sunday, the speed was there, but luck had her way of playing nasty games. Contact was part of the nature of the day, and some resulted in a spin for Emms. Despite that, though, Emms stayed determined for a strong finish, which is what ended up happening.

When the checkered flag flew on the day, he’d cross the line in the second spot for his best career finish.

“After a wild feature on Sunday, I was very fortunate to come out of Flamboro with a second place finish, and was really impressed with how the car worked,” he said. “Big thank you to my crew for all their hard work all weekend.”

With a solid start to the year, Emms will head to Delaware Speedway on June 3, which was the sight of a third-place finish last season.

“With last weekend behind us, I’m really am looking forward to getting to Delaware speedway next week to see how we stack up against some of the province’s best,” Emms commented.

Fans can keep up with A.J. Emms all year by visiting his website athttp://www.ajemms.com. You can also follow Emms on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/ajemms.

By: Ashley McCubbin

October 19, 2015January 19, 2016

A.J. Emms Completes OSCAAR Season with Fourth Place Finish at ACC

PETERBOROUGH, Ontario — Staying out of trouble throughout the whole feature and running up near the front, A.J. Emms would complete his Hoosier OSCAAR Modified rookie season with a fourth place finish at the Autumn Colours Classic.

Emms started off the weekend by finishing second in his heat on Friday, followed by a sixth in his heat on Saturday. As a result, that would set him up to start eighth for the 50-lap feature on Sunday night.

Emms would manage to escape the early wreck that happened involving multiple cars, keeping himself set for a strong run in the feature. He’d fall back in the early laps, though, but was able to work his way back up to 11^th on lap 10. He would continue to un 11^th all the way till an incident happened up ahead involving the race leader and a lap car, bumping Emms up to the eighth spot.

Emms would get a good solid restart and escaped an incident up ahead of him to move up to sixth with 11 laps to go. He then avoided the contact that happened the rest of the feature, while battling hard, to cross the finish line with a fourth place finish.

“After learning a ton, and having a good season, huge thanks goes out to Allen Adams for letting me pilot the #99 Oscaar Mod, it was definitely a privilege I won’t forget,” Emms commented following the Classic. “Big thanks to all of our sponsors and crew for all of their support, without you this season wouldn’t have been possible. Looking forward to some new challenges in the 2016 racing season in a different ride.”

Keep up with ADAMS Motorsports all season long via their website at http://www.adammotorsports99.com. You can also follow Emms on twitter via http://www.twitter.com/ajemms.

Thanks to Adams Home Comfort, Barrie Auto Flea Market, Dwinnels Family Movers, Wolseley Canada, TSS Top Shops, Duckworths Fish and Chips Orillia, Wix Filters, Klotz Canada, Heritage Heating Contractors Incorporated, Hastings Home Hardware, Whitechurch Towing, Accurate Industrial Liquid Waste Ltd, Kitchen Tire 2013, Morton Metals and Orillia Trim and Door for their continued support.

Race Report by Ashley McCubbin