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2006 QARA Racing Season

QARA 2006 Driver's Profiles

Thunder Car Drivers

Name: Kelly Spencer
Car # and Class: #8 Thunder
Age: 28
Team Members: Ed Lecomte
Current Race Car:
Years Racing: Rookie
How did you get involved in racing: Ed Lecomte
Most Memorable Racing Experience: 1st and only race last year in Mechanics Race
Racing Stats:

Name: Jeff Lefebvre
Car # and Class: #55 Thunder
Age: 28
Sponsors: Design flooring, Active Rental, A&W, Cottonwood River Cont.
Team Members: Mike Hager
Current Race Car: Buick Regal
Years Racing: 3 yrs Thunder, 12 yrs Crash to Pass
How did you get involved in racing: Crash to Pass
Most Memorable Racing Experience: Rolling Trevor Adelman and pulling him from his car.
Racing Stats: Crashed, crashed, crashed.
Additional Comments: We're there for the fun only!!

Name: Mike Lefebvre
Car # and Class: #65 Thunder
Age: 26
Sponsors: Design flooring, Active Rental, A&W, Cottonwood River Cont.
Team Members: Jeff Lefebvre, Mike Hager
Current Race Car: 1981 Cutlass
Years Racing: 3 yrs Thunder, 9 yrs Crash to Pass
How did you get involved in racing: Dumba** Cousin
Most embarrassing racing moment: New motor explodes after 40 laps.
Most Memorable Racing Experience: Rolling/Flipping my racing Van. Winning my 1st race.
Racing Stats: Keep showing up each year, win some, lose some.

Name: Ed Lecomte
Car # and Class: # 84 Thunder
Age: 44
Sponsors: Quesnel Iron, Premium Enterprises
Team Members: Kelly Spencer
Current Race Car: 75 Chevelle
Years Racing: 4
How did you get involved in racing: Started in Crash to Pass
Most embarrassing racing moment: First race doing 360's in every corner
Most Memorable Racing Experience: First "A" dash win in PG
Racing Stats: Strong Middle of the Pack Guy

Name: Leigh Ford
Car # and Class: #67 Thunder
Age: 47
Sponsors: BC Automotive, SS Auto, Hasse's Diagnostics, OK Tire
Team Members: Diana Renaud
Current Race Car: 1979 Malibu Classic
Years Racing: 2
How did you get involved in racing: fell down banged my head, woke up I was a race car driver.
Most Memorable Racing Experience: winning the main event in PG on may 28 2006
Racing Stats: rookie of the year in 2005
Additional Comments: I would like to see everyone running Wescar tires and eliminate radial tires for the Thunder class. They are cheaper and easier to get and makes drivers manage their tires.
Special thanks to Bob, Anna, Joe and Shelby.

Hobby Drivers

Name: Henry Peterson
Car # and Class: # 11 Hobby
Age: 50
Sponsors: Quesnel Iron
Team Members: Nick Peterson
Current Race Car:
Years Racing: 25 yrs
How did you get involved in racing: "got stupid"