Dean's Firehawk Page 8.

About

About myself I was born in Maniwaki, QC, Canada on February 12, 1971. My parents and I moved to Hawkesbury, ON, Canada in 1984. I eventually studied at Ottawa U. where I met my wife. In 1997, we moved to Toronto for employment reasons and have been in the GTA ever since. We now live in the suburbs of Brampton in a new development area. Lots are a tad smaller but the houses are fantastic and the crescent is nonchalant. My first track outing was in July 2004 at ST- Thomas, Ont. fully stock on all seasons tires. The Hawk performed with only a 13.78 @ 102.5. Not bad for a first time but the bug hit me and it only took me 2 months to go back again at ST-Thomas to get my best stock time of 13.47 @ 106.1. Since then, I’ve been to ST-Thomas and TMP numerous time throughout the years. 2010 was a big year for me since it’s the year I decided to dedicate the Hawk to drag racing only. Prior to that, the Hawk was my daily driver. I have always been an F-Body fan, from the first vehicle I purchased (1979 Camaro) in 1986 to an 89 white IROC-Z followed by an 83 red Formula to eventually purchase the 2000 silver Firehawk. This Firehawk was a “love at first sight”. Oct 02, 2002 was when I got it used from a dealership in Kitchener, Ontario, with only 35000 KMs on the odometer. The only missing parts where the Firehawk wheels since they where stolen off the car right at the dealership. I purchased some Trans Am stock twisties in the meantime and drove to Kitchener with my wife to pick it up. This car is a eye catcher and it didn’t take me long to notice how many people was checking it out while I drove it. Numerous mods have been completed on the Hawk since then. This machine is for drag racing only and love every second of it. I do my own mods on the car and will never do otherwise. 1/2 the fun I have with this vehicle is actually tinkering with it. The other 1/2 is a 1/4 mile at a time and seeing the hard work results on the timeslips.