TORONTO, Ontario — Even though Daniel Hawn is set to embark a new chapter of his racing career in partaking in The Fyre Place & Patio Shop OSCAAR Hot Rods presented by Bromley Automotive, it does not mean he is leaving behind the T.Q. Can-Am Midgets anytime soon.

“I’m not stopping that, I just think that I sold my first race car ever had and I’m never going to sell this one,” Hawn told Short Track Musings at the Motorama Custom Car and Motorsports Expo. “it will be with me forever and we’ll run as many races as we can. I’ve said this before I ran in the club, it is one of the longest-running clubs and the people who run that – Kim, Terry – they’re the best in the business. I’ve never been involved in a series that has been ran like that. Since the first day I rented a car and drove, I knew that was a place that I want to grow old in and I’ll continue to support them in any way that they need me regardless of the sponsorship or fixing cars or getting parts or whatever I need to do. I’ll make sure that I’m involved in those series until the day it dies.”

Hawn recently was busy throughout this past winter as he was one of several Midget competitors to make the trip down to Auburndale Speedway in February as part of Florida Speedweeks.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better weekend,” Hawn reflected. “We didn’t get a feature win but we worked so hard. I helped James (Stanley) prepare his car this year. He was going through a terrible time – him and his family – and I couldn’t have been – you know I want to win every race and I’m not typically the nicest guy if I don’t win, but man, when he won that race on Saturday, I couldn’t have been more excited man. I think I cried probably five times and those American guys were getting upset at us. We don’t run without the wings. We run three races a year without the wings and to go there and be on the podium each night and have a HMCW (Hawn Motorsports Chassis Works) chassis win at the biggest race of the year, I’m super proud. I couldn’t be more proud as a driver and as a chassis builder and as one of James’ best friend’s man.”

Compared to racing across Ontario with the T.Q. Can-Am Midgets, Hawn admits the racing is a little rougher in Florida.

“The wing is really the equaliser,” he explained. “I think if we were to run a wing down there we’d be probably you know five to seven-tenths faster and it’s just like when you have a wing, you’re about 3000 pounds on the track; when you don’t have the wing, you’re about 900 pounds on the track. So the setup of the car is different and each year we’re getting better because our notebooks are getting thicker and we’re gonna spend some time this year, travel down there and run with those guys and show them it’s just not a fluke. We go to win no matter where we go – with the wing, without the wing. I’ve really figured out the midgets by building them and racing them, and there’s not many chassis builders that are going out there and winning in their own cars.”

The wins have added up as HMCW won each of the events on the T.Q. Can-Am Midget tour last season except for a pair. It’s success over the past couple of years that gives the driver of the No. 2 Midget just chills thinking about.

“I didn’t think I’d travel down that road to be a chassis builder but I just want to be the best and to be the best you have to build your stuff,” he commented. “James is a prime example. That was the first car I built off of a few years of running and making some innovations and he’s a hell of a wheelman and he makes me proud every time he hits the track to see that HMCW 57 in victory lane.”

The success last season culminated in a big way for Hawn, himself, as he was crowned the 2025 T.Q. Can-Am Midget Champion with five feature wins and 10 heat wins.

“That just shows you the drive that my team has,” he commented. “We’re a small team and when I’m at the racetrack, I don’t have Tyler (Hawn) or his crew – it’s just me, James, and Darren, and those two are other Racers right? So to be able to work, it’s different working on your best friend’s car and wanting them to succeed and also want to win yourself. So I’m proud – that’s the only word that I can say – I’m extremely proud.”