Faces of disappointment!! '08 National rains out!!

The Niagara motorcycle raceways' Canadian speedway national was rained out on Saturday 19th July! Following prolonged steady rain the referee Ian March called the event off at 6 pm. With approximatley 20 riders expected to attend, the call was made as late in the day as possible.(The W.C.M.C. board of directors meets on Monday 21st July to decide on the use of the remaining dates to run the rainned out events.)

Unfortunatly this did not help the American riders that made the 5 hour trip from the Binghampton area. Jason and his father Gene Bonsigniore, Mike Buman, Katlin Davies, Shawn McConnell and Shaun Harmatiuk,amongst others, made the long trip and were greeted with southern Ontarios finest rain. Shawn "Mad dog" Mcconnel had won the East USA Genesee County Fair Norm Robinson Championship‏, the previous night in Batavia and was ready for some Canadian action, before heading back to race at Owego on Sunday night. Despite the fact that only 2 Californian riders made the long trip up, spirits were high in the Welland motorcycle clubhouse after the races were called off. The U.S. guests are pictured above relaxing and watching the '07 races on the clubs big screen tv. L-R. Shawn McConnell. Gene Bonsignore, Jason Bonsignore, Shaun Harmatiuk and Mike Buman.

Photo by Chelsea Harris.