David "Dave" Heaslip is a retired Canadian dirt modified racing driver. Credited with more than 300 career wins he competed for 50 years against the toughest competition on either side of the St. Lawrence River.[1]
| Dave Heaslip | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Heaslip 1944 Gananoque, Ontario, Canada |
| Modified racing career | |
| Debut season | 1960 Kingston Speedway |
| Car number | 84 |
| Championships | 10 |
| Wins | 300+ |
Racing career
editDave Heaslip got his start in motorsports in 1954 when as a 9-year-old he accompanied his father Ken Heaslip to the Edgewood Speedway in Alexandria Bay, New York. The elder Heaslip fielded a car numbered "GO" for his hometown, Gananoque, Ontario. By age 15, Dave was piloting an old Pontiac coupe with the family number at the Kingston Speedway ON. He won his first feature event soon afterwards and added the Watertown Speedway on the U.S. side of the border as a regular stop.[1]
Heaslip competed successfully at the race venues of southeastern Canada and northern New York, including Brockville Speedway ON, Capital City Speedway ON, Lebanon Valley Speedway NY, Outlaw Speedway NY.[2][3] Heaslip won three track championships at each Autodrome Edelweiss QC, Cornwall Motor Speedway ON, and Frogtown International Speedway NY, and one at Can-Am Speedway NY.[4][5][6] In 2003, he competed in a BriSCA F-1 for the BriSCA World Finals at Coventry Speedway, England.[1]
Heaslip was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2007.[1][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Carey, Cap (July 12, 2007). "Veteran Heaslip thriving". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via NNY360 Archives.
- ^ "Dave Heaslip-Career Results by Series". The Third Turn. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Norm's car wins". Mercury-Advance. June 14, 1972. p. B1. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Drivers tested on slippery Frogtown Speedway oval". Massena Observer. August 23, 1988. p. 11. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ "Heaslip, Camara race for title". Watertown Daily Times. September 3, 1993. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via NNY360 Archives.
- ^ "Heaslip head Frogtown feature field". Indian Time. July 19, 1996. p. 19. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ Hill, John (May 18, 2007). "Dirt opens its doors for nine". The Post-Standard. p. 28. Retrieved October 16, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.