Second Annual Sid Jeffery Memorial Set For August 17th At Ransomville
Story By: STEVE PETTY / RANSOMVILLE SPEEDWAY – RANSOMVILLE, NY – The 2nd annual Sid Jeffery Memorial will take place on Friday, August 17 and the 2018 edition will feature a big money show for the Krown Undercoating 358 Modifieds. The race will be presented by Jeffery Machine, and Performance Mfg Inc and Slack Performance.
Sid Jeffery was well known in the Ransomville community for many years as he helped out quite a few racers over the years including Jim Borget, Mike Jeffery and most recently Greg Martin. Sid owned the cars in the mid-1980’s through the 90’s that won feature races at Genesee Speedway, Tri-County, Perry Raceway, and all three tracks in the Niagara Region with triumphs at Humberstone, Merrittville and Ransomville with Mike Jeffery behind the wheel.
While Mike drove for Sid, he earned the 1988 DIRT Rookie of the Year. Current crew chief for Super DIRTcar Series driver Larry Wight and former crew chief for Billy Decker, Scott Jeffery, got his start by turning wrenches on the Mike Jeffery racers.
Sid came back in 2010 to help Greg Martin with his Sportsman career. The duo won the 2014 Ransomville Speedway Sportsman track championship as well as the RUSH Touring Series Sportsman Championships in 2014 and 2015.
Jeffery Machine is owned and operated by Sid’s son Shawn Jeffery. Jeffery Machine offers a wide range of services from general machining to prototypes. Fabrication, Fixtures, Specialty Jobs, Small Production Items, and new to the stable, Custom Trophies. Feel free to contact Jeffery Machine for a quote. Jeffery Machine is located at 3640 North Ridge Road in Lockport and can be contacted by phone at (716) 434-2710, by fax at (716) 434-2714, by email at jefferymachine@hotmail.com and online at www.jefferymachine.com
Performance Mfg Inc and Slack Performance is located at 80 Telegraph Road in Middleport and is operated by Jody Herriven and Tim Werth. Performance Manufacturing Corp. operates as a precision machine shop that specializes in product design, CNC machining, fabrication, and welding. The bulk of the company’s work centers on the design and production of go kart parts and components, as well as the Slack Go Kart Racing Chassis. We currently offer over 400 parts and products. Slack Chassis from Performance Manufacturing Corp. After two years as the exclusive American distributor of the Slack Chassis, Performance Manufacturing purchased Slack Performance Karts from Bob Slack in 2004. Performance Mfg. Inc and Slack Performance can be contacted by phone at (716) 735-3500, by fax at (716) 735-3535 or online at www.pmikartparts.com and on Facebook.
Both Jeffery Machine alongside Performance Mfg Inc and Slack Performance have also resigned to sponsor the Junior II and Junior I divisions respectively as part of the Thursday night go-kart program at the Little R! They will also be seeing the action on Sid Jeffery Memorial night from the best seats in the house, the VIP Tower, and Suites!
