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| Scott Fraser dies in Snowmobile Accident | Championship race car driver Scott Fraser was the victim of a fatal snowmobile accident on Saturday morning.
Considered by many to be one of the best stock car racers in Canada, Fraser won four championships and countless feature races in his 12-year racing career. Scott was a second-generation driver, son of widely known Maritimes stock car racing legend Frank Fraser. Scott's brother, Frank, Jr., is also a successful racer.
Fraser, 33, from Shubenacadie, is survived by his parents Frank and Grace, brother Frank, Jr., sister-in-law Trisha, a niece and a nephew. While Scott’s family are appreciative of the outpouring of support and sympathies, they ask that their privacy be respected at this time. Their only statement comes from Frank, Sr.: “He was my best friend and my son at the same time.”
Scott and his dad worked together at the family business, Fraser & Sons Welding, renowned for producing some of the most competitive racecar chassis’ in North America.
For the past several years Scott has been driving a race car owned by retired Nova Scotia racer Rollie MacDonald. Fraser's name became widely known across Canada and in the U.S. when MacDonald fielded a car for Fraser in the U.S.-based American Speed Association (ASA) in 2000 and 2001. He took the series by storm in his first ASA race (July 2000) by qualifying second and finishing eighth. He competed in six ASA races that year, recording four top 10's and qualifying on the front row twice. It was during this time he became known as the "Shubie Shuttle."
MacDonald, en route to Nova Scotia from a trip out of the country, said: "I not only lost my race car driver but one of my best friends."
Scott's most recent full-time campaign was with the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour in 2003, winning two of 11 events and finishing third overall in final point standings. Other than those wins, Fraser visited Victory Lane on three other occasions in 2003. He finished first in a 250-lap open event and a Pro All Stars Series event at New Brunswick International Speedway (Geary, NB). His last win was 27 September, a 150-lap open event at his home track Scotia Speedworld, in a race some described as his exhibition of pure racing talent.
Ron Miller, C.E.O. Performance PR Plus Inc. (Charlotte, NC - Public Relations firm that represents NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne), said: "This is one of the more saddening times I have experienced. Not only have we lost a great race car driver but a kind and wonderful person as well. I have represented numerous drivers, and Scott was as talented as many of those in the top echelon of NASCAR right now. I extend my deepest sympathy to Scott’s family and personal friends.”
Arrangements are expected to be announced on Sunday. Online condolences can be sent to family@scottfraseronline.com. Sympathy cards can be mailed to P.O. Box 105, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, B0N 2H0.
Scott Fraser's Racing Accomplishments
2003: Five wins. Third-place overall in CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour.
2002: A rebuilding year for Scott's Atlantic CAT pro stock team and a late start but in just eight pro stock races he won six of the biggest shows on the Northeastern seaboard, including Oktoberfest at Thompson, Ct.
2001: Scott made 13 ASA starts scoring four top 10 finishes. Four late model (pro stock) starts saw two top 10 finishes.
2000: In his first career ASA race Fraser turned heads by qualifying second and finishing eighth. In total, he competed in six races and recorded four top-10s and qualified on the front row twice. His best finish was third in the Time Warner Cable 200 at The Milwaukee Mile.
1999: In February, Fraser finished third in points and won two feature events in the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. In September, he wrapped up his first International Pro Stock Challenge championship, amassing two wins and five top fives. He also competed in the MASCAR (Maritime Association for Stock Car Racers) Tour, winning two of six feature events and earning four top fives. Fraser was named the Nova Scotia Male Athlete of the Year.
1998: Won his second MASCAR championship with a 2.7 percent finishing average. Won six of 13 feature events including the annual 250-lap event at Riverside Speedway for the sixth year in a row.
1997: As a part-time competitor in MASCAR, Fraser won four of six feature events.
1996: Won 12 of 15 feature events en route to his first MASCAR championship. Led an astounding 1,005 out of a possible 1,704 laps (59 percent).
1995: Won three of seven MASCAR feature events as a part-time competitor.
1994: As a full-time MASCAR competitor Fraser won the annual 250-lap event at Riverside Speedway twice (1994, 1993).
1992: Competed simultaneously on two circuits, winning the Maritime Modified championship and was runner-up in the MASCAR Rookie of the Year standings.
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