OSCAAR: Russ Couture Excited About Midgets and Traveling

There are going to be plenty of rookies in both OSCAAR Midget divisions this year, and one of those is Russ Couture.

“I’m excited to get to learn the Midget class and just want to go out and have fun,” he commented. “Super excited to be able to tour too many different tracks to put on a great show.”

Couture stated that he has always liked the OSCAAR tour, and knew he had the jump of the opportunity to be apart of it when it was there.

“It was the perfect chance to try something different,” he commented. “I really like the idea of traveling to a different track each week and getting to know new people.”

While noting that he’s excited for every track on the schedule, he stated he’s most excited about racing at Peterborough Speedway and Full Throttle Motor Speedway.

Couture is looking forward to having fun, but also hopes to learn as much as he can quickly in hope of winning a few races this season. He notes that it’ll be a challenge, though, given that his only previous racing experience is in a Mini Stock.

“Everything is completely different,” he said. “There’s really nothing that I learned with the Mini that we can use on this car so it will be all new again. Super excited!“

Couture’s interest in racing developed at a young age through attending Mosport Raceway with his father. He would then transition to attending Barrie Speedway weekly, and noted that taking part in the King of the Hill is when he caught the racing bug.

“We bought a Honda 4 cylinder that raced at Barrie and it took off from there,” he said. “I’m very excited to be able to run with the OSCAAR midgets.”

The OSCAAR Midgets will open their season at Flamboro Speedway on May 21-22, joining the OSCAAR Outlaw Super Lates and the OSCAAR Modifieds as part of Flamboro’s big May 24 weekend. The Super Lates will run their feature on the Saturday with the Midgets and Modifieds just qualifying, with both the Midgets and Modifieds running their features on the Sunday.

Stay tuned to the OSCAAR website for more driver previews heading into the upcoming season.