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JIM GRANT

Born: Unkown

Nickname: "Jimmy G"

Hometown: Frederickton, NB

Profession: Owner - ODD

Began Running: Early 70's

Retired: Early 90's

 

Future Plans: "There's always the Past Champions provisional"

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JIM GRANT

TEAM ONTARIO IS A TEAM OF 3 BROTHERS; THE SONS OF VETERAN ONTARIO DRIVER, JIM GRANT.

 

JIM RAN SUCCESSFULLY OVER 3 DECADES, WINNING OVER 200 FEATURE AND HEAT VICTORIES THROUGHOUT ONTARIO AND THE NORTHEASTERN USA.  HE IS UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THE BEST TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE SPORT, AND IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF DEMOLITION DERBY IN ONTARIO.

 

DURING JIM'S CAREER AS A DRIVER HE RAN AGAINST SOME OF THE BEST DRIVERS CANADA OR THE USA HAD TO OFFER, SUCH AS KEN "ZAPPY" ZAMPALONI, RON "BOSS HOG" HODGES, WOODY SEGUIN AND SCOTT "CRAZY IT" SEGUIN.

 

JIM NOW WORKS WITH HIS 3 SONS, DOUG, JAMIE AND KYLE, AS THEY BUILD AND COMPETE IN VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT ONTARIO.

 

DOUG (#192), THE ELDEST BY ALMOST 10 YEARS, BEGAN RUNNING AT 18 (1993).  AFTER A PRETTY ROUGH FIRST OUTING IN OAKWOOD HE MANAGED A 2nd PLACE FINISH AT HIS 2nd EVER COMPETITION.  HE TOOK BOTH HEAT AND FEATURE IN HIS THIRD OUTING IN BOBCAYGEON (1995).  AFTER COMPETING OCCASIONALLY FOR A FEW YEARS HE QUIT THE SPORT TO BEGIN HIS CAREER.  IN 2003 HE RETURNED AS A REGULAR DRIVER IN THE PRO-MODIFIED SERIES.  MOST RECENTLY DOUG COMPETED IN THE USHRA MONSTER JAM EVENT AT THE ROGERS CENTER, FINISHING IN 3rd PLACE.

 

JAMES (OR JAMIE, #193) WAS THE NEXT TO STRAP ON THE HELMET, COMPETING IN HIS FIRST EVENT IN 2003 (ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE SAME EVENT THAT MARKED DOUG'S RETURN TO THE SPORT), WHERE HE JUST MISSED A SHOT A THE FEATURE HEAT THROUGH THE CONSOLATION.  JAMIE CURRENTLY COMPETES IN A VARIETY OF CLASSES, INCLUDING PRO, V6 AND 4 CYLINDER.  HE RECENTLY WON BOTH THE FIGURE 8 AND DEMO AT THE 2007 FENELON FAIR, AS WELL AS A 4th PLACE FINISH IN LAKEFIELD'S PRO-MOD FEATURE.  JAMIE IS CURRENTLY FINISHING UP HIS DEGREE IN MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT SIR STANFORD FLEMING.

 

KYLE (#194) IS THE YOUNGEST OF THE BROTHERS, BUT PERHAPS THE ONE THAT TAKES AFTER JIM THE MOST....AT LEAST ON THE TRACK.  KYLE RAN HIS FIRST EVENT IN 2006, WHICH WAS A STRAIGHT STOCK DEMO IN KINMOUNT.  WITH THE HELP OF OLDER BROTHER DOUG, KYLE TOOK THE 1st PLACE POSITION (DOUG FINISHED IN 2nd), ALONG WITH SOME BRAGGING RIGHTS.  THE FOLLOWING YEAR KYLE PARTICIPATED IN THE SAME EVENT IN KINMOUNT, AND FINISHED IN THE 2nd PLACE POSITION.  NOT A BAD START.

 

2008 SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING TIME FOR THE TEAM....

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