08/19/2026
What a great weekend! It started off heading to a friend’s cottage near the Haliburton race site for some testing for Megan in her AXH Thursday. We put on our freshly rebuilt gear foot that a water pump impeller failed in at the Franklin race. Turnouts the new design seals didn’t seal. After we received the new seals we suspected they might not be very good, but had little choice but to give them a try.… so the hunt is on for a better seal and we’re using a borrowed foot again.
Friday Andrew and Megan headed over to the race site early, met up with Graham and the boys with the second trailer to claim good pit spaces and setup. Andrew took advantage of the early day and brought his mountain bike to hit some trails on the other side of the lake. Then by early afternoon everyone was setup and enjoying themselves with the other racers and hit the village for some shopping/food.
Saturday the weather was perfect for racing… you couldn’t get any better, light breeze, little ripple on the water, lots of people watching, and great action. First up was Cameron in ASH. It’s been a battle this season between Hannah Muir and Cam for top spot in the points. Hannah was in the lead on Friday by 269 points. A first is 400, so pretty close.
First heat Cameron had a great start and took the lead early and pulled away. Seeing some of his fastest turns of the season. Second heat was back a bit but had far more speed and carried it well on the outside getting by the others after a battle for a lap and a half. Once out front he pulled away and got a comfortable lead.
Cam wins…Hannah second. 1300 points for Cam, 1469 for Hannah, now 169 points behind in the championship
Top 3 were Fralick, Muir, Coroghly
Next up was Andrew in OSY 400, he’s had a dominant season, winning every event. With 4 races left, he already has the Championship wrapped up. But the competition is getting closer, some are faster at times. However speed isn’t everything, you have to get the start and be legal, you have to rail those corners, and you have to finish. Potts, Everitt, Shaver, Luksep, Bergsma, are all basically identical in speed, and just a fraction behind Andrew. Their battling and place swapping and occasional errors have made Andrew’s consistency look more dominant than it is. He was a little early to the start in the first heat, giving a couple others at the line an advantage, but traffic in the first turn got Andrew out front first since he was on the inside and clear. In the second heat Andrew was his usual self with a good start and leading shortly after the start. Top 3 were, Fralick, Everitt, Shaver
The final Fralick of the day was Megan in AXH. She’s been in a pretty tight battle with Knox and Coroghly for 2nd-3rd-4th in the Championship. Stevenson seems to be stretching his lead in first. Only 319 points between 2nd and 4th. Current placing is Coroghly, Fralick, Knox. Megan has been trying hard to hold her 3rd place standing and maybe catch 2nd.
First heat is up… A nice pack coming to the start line and Megan nails the start on the inside. By the first turn she is pulling away and the others are battling behind her which helps her extend her lead. Megan wins the first heat!
Heat two, the pressure builds and she’s cracked before, getting bad starts trying to get a repeat. They come down to the start as a tight pack again, again Megan is on the inside and nails it. It’s a repeat, she’s pulling away from the pack and leading the race. But! Oh no, not a “but”… LOL. On lap 2 she tags a turn buoy!! She was running a little tight to the markers, racing hard, and a wave directed her too close to the buoy and she nailed it. LOL. She continued though without incident (they are soft and pop easily) and finished in first, but was DQ’d for the infraction. So close to her first overall win. The first heat win gave her enough points to finish 3rd and on the podium still. Her driving was terrific except for that little error. Many people commented on how well she drove, and also many jabs in fun about the error (second buoy this year). Usually she brushes this stuff off… but this one affected her for a bit until she was back to her usual self. Top 3 were Knox, Stevenson, Fralick.
Saturday night the gang went to dinner to celebrate a great day at the Maple Avenue Tap & Grill
Sunday we were back at it with another terrific day weather wise. Megan was the first race of the day today, and she was eager to give it another go. A little coaching and pep talk and she was off. The boats came down to the start in a solid pack again… Megan on the inside again. It’s a repeat of yesterday!! WOW. Leading wire to wire in style pulling away as the others battled. But it’s announced that the first 3 boats in the lead pack jumped the start gun! Ooops! It’s not the end of the world though as the 3 that jumped are most the kids in the points race. Pressure is on for the second heat, a good result can salvage the race. Coming to the start Stevenson is way out front, like 5 seconds!? Then the pack behind. Is he jumping? Are they late? Hard to tell from where we are. It’s called a good start! I guess the jumping in heat 1 put fear in most the racers and they hung back, way back, haha. It was a terrific race though with Knox, Fralick, Coroghly battling the whole race. Since several jumpers in the first heat, Megan made it to a 3rd result overall again. Top 3 were Stevenson, Knox, Fralick. But the kids she’s been battling with swapped spots around… she’s dropped to 4th in the Championship with 2 races left, but only by 138 points. And it’s still anyone’s chance for 2-3-4. With only 181 points between them all now!! Redwood NY will determine it all! Always exciting when it’s down to the wire.
Next up was Cam in ASH. With his win yesterday, he’s only 169 points behind Muir in first place. A win and a little luck could put him in 1st. Muir is a tough customer though.
Heat one everyone was early and off the throttle at the line. From shore we couldn’t tell if there were jumpers or not but we were hoping we were good. Cam battled for a bit but again showed speed and smarts and got out front again. Heat two Hannah had a mechanical problem and wasn’t able to get on plane. Cam back on the start, but made up time fast. First overall again, and this puts Cam first in the Championship! However not the way we wanted to end the great battles we’ve had with Hannah this year.
Top 3 were Fralick, Coroghly, Powers
Last Fralick of the weekend is Andrew. Good starts kept him in front for all heats and a first overall. Undefeated this season thus far and the Championship clinched… he’s going to pass on the final races in Redwood NY as it’s a bad luck race site for him. Haha. He’ll enjoy watching.
Overall the weekend was amazing. All Fralick’s on the podium in all 6 of their races, and 4 first places! It’s been a long time since that has happened! And Megan sooooo close to her first overall win! The kids racing these days are amazing and shows the future is going to be full of tight racing action. The JH and AXH classes were the most entertaining of the weekend with many races full of action and tight-tight racing.
Haliburton is a terrific site, my favourite. A terrific track, great town, and fun time. The race supports the Haliburton Hospital. We look forward to it next year! And looking forward to the exciting final races in Redwood NY. See you there?
Thanks again to our supporters!!
Megan #26 AXH
Mountain Trout House Marina
Carquest Canada Trenton
Quinte West Automotive
Hanthorn Automotive Ltd
Action photo by: Jay Callaghan
Cameron #18 ASH
Canada RV
Jet-Unit
Youngstown
AMSOIL Racing
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Andrew #4 OSY400
Ponton Canada - Canada RV
Hydro-Turf
Youngstown Gloves
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