Profile:

Name: Mike Melwicks
Grad: 1992

Mouat Stats:

Team Involvement: 2 years
Accolades: No wins during the Mouat years. Although Mike got involved with Sprint cars in 1994, and has owned and operated his own team for the past two years. They recently won the Skagit Speedway Track Championship for 2000, and set a record for wins, taking 10 out of 14 races. Mike has also succeeded in getting a partial ride in 2001, which means that the driving and mechanical duties will double.

Mouat Highlights:

Mike, really got into Mouat's drag racing program at the beginning, "We were racing our own cars at the time, and had just started stripping and preparing the Jeep." Mike raced his brother's Nova (Up in Smoke) and his friend's parents Oldsmobile. "I Think everything was a Highlight when I was at Mouat. But as far as Mechanics, everytime we had shop class we knew we would have a good time while we learned. Even when we did a complete motor pull on a Chevy van."

Team Experiences:

"Well I can honestly say that being involved with the racing program at Mouat taught me that anybody could break into most any type of Motorsports if they wanted to!! It was not as easy as going down the track and going for it though we knew we had to be well organized and prepared for what we wanted to do. And that has helped me very much in my personal career."

Hobbies:

"Well of course racing keeps me very busy, my Crew Chief and I often get invited to go racing with the World of Outlaws down in the Southern States. This is a nice change of pace for us, it really helps us get the inside track on racing without spending a ton of money."

Post-Secondary Training:

Mike attended UCFV for a year taking some business courses. Then he took an Air Brake course, so that he could apply for his Class 1 license. "You never know when you will need that, especially if you are involved with a BIG race car team."

Current Career:

Mike presently works for Can-Am West Carriers Inc., in Abbotsford. "I'm presently in Sales and Logistics position within the company. This job allows me to go racing on the weekends which is perfect."

Mike Melwicks


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