MOTORAMA REWIND

was busier than ever before, with incredible short track, road racing, drag racing and other vehicles, most of which are set to take to the tracks in the coming weeks.

The amazing Fast Eddie Night of Champions also gets lots of coverage in Motorama Rewind. This unique event is truly special and is one of our favourite parts about doing the show.

It’s a pleasure to work on it with our partners at Fast Eddie. And having 120+ champions in one place, at one time, is always something to get excited about.

We hope you enjoy Motorama Rewind , and we look forward to doing it all over again next March.

Another special editorial piece that we’re working on is the Canadian Racing Guide (CRG) issue of Inside Track , which is done in conjunction with our first issue of the year.

The issue includes more than 100 Canadian and international racing schedules, intended to help you plan your ‘chasing racing’ schedule for the summer.

As many of you know, our company also puts on the annual Motorama Custom Car & Motorsports Expo Presented by eBay Motors . And given how many people showed up, I imagine many of you were there at the most recent show, March 10-12 at The International Centre across from Toronto’s Pearson Airport.

If we use the 2019 ‘pre-COVID’ show as a barometer of when things were ‘normal,’ then we’re happy to report that it felt like old times, again.

The turnout by the racing community was incredible. Tracks, series, vendors, race car owners, fans… it was just amazing. Thank you all for coming out and being part of it.

One of our goals is to have Motorama serve as the official kick-off to the racing season, in these parts. And it really did feel like that with people getting back together after a long winter, and getting excited about the racing season that is almost upon us.

Looking ahead to 2024, Motorama is set to take place March 8, 9 & 10, at the same venue, of course. As always, we’ll work to make it even bigger and better.

Things should start to ramp up in a few months, including the launch of an all-new MotoramaShow.com website, that will be better able to serve videos, photo galleries and news, throughout the year.

And we’re planning to get out to races and shows, during the summer, promoting Motorama and Inside Track . Again, things are feeling much more normal again, these days.

But before we turn the page completely on this year’s show, we thought we’d do some expanded coverage, in Inside Track Motorsport News , to celebrate the racing content that took place in March. Motorama Rewind is a 16-page special section in this issue, doing just that.

It includes news and information related to many of the tracks and series that were in attendance, as exhibitors, with firsthand accounts from the promoters and managers. We also look at some new partnerships and companies that were launched at the show. Motorama Rewind also features many of the racing vehicles that were on display in the Racers’ Corral area of the show, in the Kenny U-Pull bannered pages of the special section.

The Racers’ Corral at this year’s show

By the time you read this, links to the CRG will be prominently displayed on the InsideTrackNews.com website.

Be sure to bookmark it as we’ll be updating it regularly throughout the season as schedules are updated, as well as swapping in new features and galleries.

THANK YOU, ERNIE!

Finally, I would like to thank and recognize long-time contributor Ernie Saxton, who is retiring as a contributor to Inside Track , after two and a half decades. Ernie’s columns focussed on NASCAR, which has undergone many changes over the years. All the while, Ernie has documented the news and analyzed the impact for our readers.

In his writing, it was evident that Ernie is a fan of NASCAR – enjoying the sport – but he never acted as a shill or a cheerleader.

His love of NASCAR meant that he felt an obligation to tell the truth about what he saw and perceived, whether it was positive or negative. Ernie, on behalf of all of us, I would like to publicly thank you for your efforts and contributions to Inside Track , and we wish you all the best in the future. IT