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Varne S eedwa Memorial Race

18 May 2013 Race VOL. ONE ISSUE #1

Corporal Matthew James David Dinning.Service Number: N21405994 Rank: Corporal

Born: Mar 15, 1983 Richmond Hill, Ontario

Enlisted: May 29, 2003 Discharged: Deceased

Served In: Afghanistan

Service: CF (Canadian Forces)

Regiment: Military Police Branch

Training: CFB Petawawa

Service Details :

30 Apr 2004 - Completed his QL3 MP Crs. 4 May 2004 - Posted to 2 MP Platoon, Petawawa, ON. 1 Feb 2006 - Deployed to TF

Afghanistan - Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Service Notes: Cpl Dinning's first posting was to CFB Petawawa in May 2004, where he was employed as a Patrolman. Almost from

his first day, he continually requested an overseas tour, as that was his primary motivation for CF service. As such, he

was subsequently posted to 2 MP P latoon on 11 July 2005, where he immediately jumped into tactical MP

employment. At the same time, he volunteered for Close Protection training, which was successfully completed in

December 2005. He was deployed to Afghanistan in February 2006.

Pre/Post War: Corporal Dinning grew up in the small Southwestern town of Wingham, Ontario where he a ttended High School. He

was a member of the local hockey team, the Wingham Junior I ronmen. He also urged the school to create a rugby

team, who later toured Wales and England in 2001. After high school, he enrolled in a police program at college, with

a view to becoming a military police officer. His father, an Ontario Provincial Police also volunteered in Kosovo where

he helped train police officers. Honouring A Fallen Hero: Richmond Hill Council approved the naming of a parkette on

Kerrybrook Drive in Richmond Hill as Matthew Dinning Memorial Parkette

Deceased: 04/22/2006 at Gumbad, Afghanistan

Cemetery: Wingham Cemetery, Wingham ON

Obituary: While serving his country in Afghanistan on Saturday, April 22, 2006, Corporal Matthew David James Dinning of

Wingham, age 23 years. Beloved son of Lincoln and Laurie Dinning of Wingham. Dear brother of Brendon Dinning.

Special friend of Tanya and Taylor Lowerison of Petawawa. Lovingly remembered by his grandparents Jim and Rhelda

Stockall of Richmond Hill and Eileen Dinning of Aurora. Nephew of David and Sandy Stockall and Kent a nd Lori

Dinning of Aurora. Predeceased by his grandfather Sidney Dinning.

Most of you reading this newsletter are familiar with the work of Canadian Heroes Racing but with Facebook and the share button, this may be the first time youve

heard of us. Canadian Heroes Racing honours the memory of our fallen armed forces personnel by dedicating a race in their name. Canada has the Highway of Her

processional whenever a member of the armed forces is repatriated to Canada. Bridges are lined with Canadians paying the final tribute to a brave soul now at rest.

Canadian Heroes Racing wishes to ensure these memories are not forgotten and in doing so, memorializes a fallen member at each of the eight races we are participa

in throughout 2013. We believe the areas closest to the tracks we race should be the centrepoint for a fallen hero close to it. This gives the area the opportunity to

bond with the family of the fallen once again to show Lest We Forget lives here. The first memorial race was for Corporal Matthew James Dinning from Wingham

Ontario held on 18 May 2013.

Honour The Memory...

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Canadian Heroes Racing strives to ensure the memory of the fallen is not

forgotten. Each race, Canadian Heroes has the hood of the 45 car wrapped

with a picture of the of the fallen armed forces member. Below is the hood

from the 18 May 2013 race in Varney Ontario. Corporal Dinnings picture

and information are forever memorialized.

A memorial race is done with permission of the family and their full

participation. We do not perform any memorial races unless the family

grants permission for us to do so. This is important to us in Canadian

Heroes Racing.

At the start of every Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup (LOSC) races, Canadian

Heroes presents that family to the spectators. During this introduction, we

review the bravery of the fallen armed forces member we are

memorializing. And acknowledge the remaining family. We ensure that at

the start of the LOSC race, the mother of the fallen starts the race with our

Canadian flag.

At the conclusion of the race, we removed the hood from the car, present it

to the fallen heroes family and arrange for the hood to be transported to

their home.

The Master Corporal hails from Midwestern Ontario

(Listowel) and chose his calling in the Canadian Armed

Forces as a Material Technician. Currently posted in St.

Hubert Quebec where he brings the 45 car from each race

to Ontario. Johnathan expects to be posted to Toronto

this summer thereby eliminating the drive to the races

here in Ontario then back, a grueling journey at best.

Johnathan is a rookie driver in the LOSC but not in racing.

Johnathan hails from a racing family where his father built,raced and was in the racing world for a number of years.

As is the case, the bug caught Johnathan and he has

followed in this esteemed family tradition and is now

building cars while actively serving in the armed forces.

THE CAR

What We Do Each Race.

The Driver

MASTER CORPORAL JOHNATHAN

SCHWEMLER.

Master Corporal Johnathan Schwemler

Driver of the 45 Canadian Heroes car.

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The race provided the following highlights:

The opportunity for a community to come together one more time to show whave not forgotten our heroes and Corporal Matthew Dinning

This race had more than its share of rookies!! (Driver, Team Manager, Pit Cretc.). All who pulled it together to be a huge success and a competitive race

The 45 Car qualified sixth prior to the race beginning (racing results from theLOSC are on the last page).

Laurie Dinning donned a red fire suit, helmet and was taken for a ride (litein a two seater car on the track. The culmination was the doughnuts at th

end of the ride. When asked by the track announcer after exiting the vehicle

she was planning to enter a car into Varney next year, Mrs. Dinning gave the

positive answer of I dont think so!

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RACING HIGHLIGHTS

In the above photograph to the right, youll see Laurie

Dinning (first on left) and Lincoln Dinning (far right) who

are the parents of Corporal Matthew Dinning. Beside

Lincoln is Major Hanrahan the Commanding Officer of

the Unit 2 Military Police Regiment from Toronto. With

them are members of the Unit 2 Military Police that

came to Varney to pay their respects. The CFB Borden

Military Police Academy sent students accompanied by

Master Corporal Steven Joliffe. The pride of the Military

Police was truly shown this night to remember their

fallen comrade.

In addition to these military members, Lisa Thompson

the MPP for Huron-Bruce came to pay her respects and

support the memory of Corporal Dinning. Memorial

Races bring out a host of people from the military and

civilians wanting to pay respect to the family.

Canadian Heroes Racing truly believes the Highway of

Heroes gives Canada a chance to pay respect but the

races give the home towns of the fallen heroes their

chance to show their heroes as well. Varney Speedway

was full to capacity on this first race of the season and

the crowds ensured they welcomed the Dinning family

showing them the love of the community to a family

that has lost so much.

HEROES FALLBUT WILL NOT BE

FORGOTTEN.

The reasonthe pridethe honour

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The Race Results(Varney, ON) Sophomore driver Jake The Juicebox Ott (#60) of Ayr stole the lead from defending

Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup champion Shawn McGlynn (#81) of Kitchener, with 30 laps to go at Varney

Speedway Motorplex on Saturday night and held on to capture his first career with in the tours

2013 season opener.

The afternoon started with qualifying and McGlynn was able to post the fastest time, turning the -

mile high-banked oval in a track record time of 13.526 seconds, a full half of a second quicker than

the existing track record. Tim The Intimidator Tolten (#3) of Guelph, qualified second at his home

track, with Josh Wood (#66) of London, and Ott also bettering the previous time trial mark. Amanda

Connolly (#16) of Aurora, rounded out the top-five.

The top-five qualifiers all met on the front stretch to draw their starting positions during the Lucas

Oil Fast Five draw, and everything shook out with Connolly on the pole, and Tolton joining her on

the front row. Connolly led early before a lap 13 yellow flag slowed the field, and restarted the front

duo in the same order on the restart. Contract ensued during the battle for the lead and the yellowflew again, with more contact under yellow. It knocked both cars from the event.

This turned the lead over to McGlynn who was forced to race Dan Prudhomme (#96) of Thamesford,

for the top spot, and on lap 15 Prudhomme seized command, while all eyes were on freshman driver

Paul Fothergill (#33) of Dorchester, who had moved from ninth on the grid to second and was on the

hunt for the lead. Fothergill passed McGlynn and then was able to get Prudhomme on a subsequent

restart to show the way at lap 54. McGlynn was still on the charge and on lap 63 tapped Forthergill

before he and Ott drove past. Wood was also able to get past before Fothergill got into the back of

him and turned him around sending both of them to the back.

Ott was on the charge, and passed the second and third-place cars on the outside before setting the

sights on the leader, McGlynn. On the next restart, Jake continued to run well on the high side and

moved to the head of the pack.

He would survive a pair of restarts in the late going to nail down is first Lucas Oil Sportsman Cup feature win, holding off McGlynn and Prudhomme, who finished third.

In victory lane Ott spoke about his maiden voyage to Lucas Oil Victory Lane, The car was good in the beginning, and we really wanted to pace ourselves and have lots left

at the end, but the pace was very fast. We might have made our night when we were able to takes second and third on the outside. On the restart I was trying to hang

back and get a good run, and then we got a good jump. He wasnt able to run the outside as well as we were. We worked hard and are a lot smarter about our own

program after the offseason, and this is a great way to start the year.

McGlynn admitted that he had a second-place car, Jake ran me hard into turn three on that last restart and was able to get us. We were spinning the tires late in the

trace, and got a few lucky breaks to get up to the front, but werent able to pass anyone under green. This is still a good way to start the season, and were proud of

setting a new track record in qualifying.

After taking a year off from the tour, Prudhommes return to the series resulted in a solid finish, We were on old tires and our car was still really good. We got into the

lead and if it had stayed green at that point we were in great shape, but we were never as good after we lost the lead. We unloaded fast and have a competitive car, and

while I wasnt really a fan of this place early in the night, Im beginning to like it now. The 45 car had pit problems and was unable to get back to the track

Doug Cathcart (#48) of Ottawa, stayed out of trouble and posted a solid fourth-place, while Chad McGlynn (#18) of Kitchener, rounded out the top-five.

Race #1 Results Varney Speedway 1. Ott, 2. S. McGlynn, 3. Prudhomme, 4. Cathcart, 5. C. McGlynn.

Standings after 1 of 8 events 1. McGlynn (104 points), 2. Ott (103), 3. Prudhomme (97), 4. Wood (95), 5. Cathcart (94).