Bravehearts get Big Cheque!

For the fourth year in a row the North Wellington Bravehearts - Special Olympics Sports Group have been the recipient of a big cheque from Hillbilly Racing, a group of dedicated Stock 4 Drivers at Varney Motor Speedway.

Hillbilly racing works all race season long at Varney Motor Speedway, selling Hillbilly merchandise and Raffle tickets to raise money and awareness  for our area’s  Special Olympic Athletes.

They would like to thank this year’s sponsors, Trepx Solutions Inc., Peter Mogensen Chainsaw Carving, I.C. Flowers, TH Custom Auto, The Dollhouse Elora, Women on Wheels, Bruce Moran #91, Rona Durham, TW Robarts Photos,  as well as this year’s participating “Hillbillies”, #3 Jason Tolton,   #8 Jacob Robb, #9 Tessa Cremasco, #19 Dennis Cremasco, # 35 Tim Tolton, #51 Clark Hartman, #55 Dave Grey...

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The origins of the term "hillbilly" are obscure. According to Anthony Harkins in Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon, the term first appeared in print in a 1900 New York Journal article, with the definition: "a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.

The Appalachian region was largely settled in the 1700s by the Scotch-Irish, the majority of whom originated in the lowlands of Scotland. Harkins believes the most credible theory of the term's origin is that it derives from the linkage of two older Scottish expressions, "hill-folk" and "billie"...

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