Team: Sideways Motorsports

Drivers: Brad Melendy (IROC); Michael Neary (Dodge Challenger)

Co-drivers: Andy Proudfoot; Kate Melendy

Vehicles: 1986 Chevrolet IROC Z28 race car; Dodge Challenger

Country: Canada

Sideways Motorsports lives up to name in dramatic fashion

The family of Brad Melendy are local racing heroes in Gander and central Newfoundland. His team, Sideways Motorsports, were special guests at Targa Newfoundland this fall. They put on a show for residents in Gander, Glenwood, and Appleton in a 1986 Chevrolet IROC Z28 race car and a late model Dodge Challenger and lived up to the team name by getting both cars sideways with screeching tires and the trumpeting roar of powerful V8s.

Targa veterans Brad and co-driver Andy Proudfoot ran the IROC, while Michael Neary drove the Challenger with Brad’s daughter Kate doing the navigating. Brad also came to the aid of some Targa teams this year by mending their broken cars at his shop in Gander.

Melendy races stock cars on tracks throughout the Atlantic Provinces. He and wife Amy also organize the annual Fly Your Car In Gander charity autocross event and BGC Gander Demolition Derby.

l to r: Andy Proudfoot, Michael Neary, Brad Melendy, Kate Melendy