New Points Based Incentive Programs and bigger Dailey payouts on tap for 2015

WOODBRIDGE, ON – Competitors in the DSE Sportsman Series Super Pro Category will be running under a new Sponsorship banner in 2015 as Canadian based Vinyl Window Designs Ltd. has joined the series as a marketing partner, class title sponsor and Event Title sponsor for the Inaugural Southern Ontario Nationals during this upcoming season.

Based out of Woodbridge Ontario, Vinyl Window Designs (VWD) is an industry leader in the manufacturing of Windows for home renovations, new construction homes, and custom-built homes.

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Twelve Race, Six weekend Schedule set to hit Ontario Tracks in 2015

BRAMPTON, ON – The popular Canadian Sportsman Drag Racing Series will return to operate in its 4th Championship season in 2015 running a Twelve Race, Six weekend tour that will see the series making stops at both Toronto Motorsports Park and St Thomas Raceway Park this summer.

The 2015 Season will kick off with the first three event weekends taking place at Toronto Motorsports Park with the 4th annual DSE Season Opener on June 6th & 7th, followed by the Inaugural Southern Ontario Nationals June 20th & 21st, and the 4th Annual Summer Nationals July 25th & 26th. August will see the series shift to historic St Thomas Raceway Park for the 3rd Annual Sportsman Nationals August 15th & 16th before returning to Toronto Motorsports Park for the final two event weekends with the 5th Annual Labour Day Championships on September 5th & 6th and the 4th Annual DSE Championship Finals September 19th and 20th.

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CAYUGA, ON –  The sixth and final event weekend of the DSE Sportsman racing took place September 13^th and 14^th at Toronto Motorsports Park, and with NHRA Nationals Dragster Wally trophies along with valuable points for those competing in the Points Series, the stakes could not have been any higher for competitors.

Saturday’s racing schedule was set to run points race number eleven for the Series as well as the NHRA National Dragster Challenge, however un-seasonably cold temperatures and heavy morning rain made the racing surface impossible to dry and be safe to race on.

With Saturday’s rainout, the National Dragster race shifted to Sunday for all categories including Stefko Racing Engines Super Gas. In the Super Gas class, Wayne Sipos lead the charge into Eliminations as the Number 1 Qualifier and worked his way into the final round where he would meet up with Super Gas newcomer Chris Vanbaalen.  Sipos would run closer to the 6.40 index in that final round; however, it would be VanBaalens better reaction that would get him there first for the win and the NHRA Wally.

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BRAMPTON, ON – Plenty will be on the line this weekend as DSE Sportsman Series competitors head to Toronto Motorsports Park for the 3rd Annual DSE Championship finals with both Season Points titles and NHRA Wally’s courtesy of the National Dragster Challenge up for grabs during the final event of the 2014 season.

Point’s chases are tight in most of the categories, with only a few rounds separating some of the top racers in the DSE Bracket Classes. However, the pressure will certainly be on as points racers vie for position in order to get their share of the $23,000 plus dollars in cash and prizes that are offered in the DSE Year End Championship.

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CAYUGA, ON –  The 3^rd Annual Canadian Funny Car Championships saw a record number of racers make the trek to Toronto Motorsports Park , with over 225 of the best Sportsman racers converging on the facility for a fantastic two days of racing, crowning multiple first time DSE Sportsman Series Winners as well as an Inaugural Abruzzi Transmissions All-Star Race Champion.

The Corriveau Concrete forming Supplies Jr Dragster competitors had one last shot an NHRA Jr Wally on Saturday to make up for the Rained out Jr Wally event from Saturday August 16^th.  Twenty-two Jr pilots would take to the track vying for the NHRA hardware, and after four tough rounds of competition, the final would see 2013 Points Champion and former NHRA Jr Wally Winner Emily Ramundo looking to take on Kyle Mccallum who was in search of his first NHRA Jr Wally Trophy.

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BRAMPTON, ON – The top 16 Point’s racers from the DSE Sportsman Racing Series are preparing for a big Labour Day weekend Showdown at Toronto Motorsports Park as they look to hit the track Saturday August 30th  for the First ever Abruzzi Transmissions and Converters All-Star Race during the 3rd Annual Canadian Funny Car Championships.

Having spent the first eight races of the Sportsman Racing Series season attempting to put themselves into a qualifying spot within their category for this race, the 16 racers will be looking to take home the $1000 to win cash prize as well the coveted All-Stars Trophy that will be debuted Friday evening at the DSE Sportsman Series Registration Trailer.

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Brampton, ON –  Historic St Thomas Raceway Park located in Sparta Ontario Canada will host the DSE Sportsman Nationals presented by J&S Collision and Degroote-Hill Chevrolet-Buick GMC  this up coming weekend, as the DSE Sportsman Racing Series prepares to start the second half of their Championship season with points races number 7 and 8 slated to take place.

Entering into its second year on the schedule, the DSE Sportsman Nationals is  looking  to draw record numbers again in 2014 as Series Director Andrew Stirk hopes to build off last years successful inaugural event. “ 2013 was our first venture into Western Ontario and it proved to be a great one as we saw record numbers of participants in many of our classes including Jr Dragsters and Modified Eliminator.”  Stated Stirk.

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CAYUGA, ON –  The Predicted weather forecast for the 3^rd Annual NHRA Provincial Championships presented by Real Mortgage Associates/ SteveHayward.ca would prove to be the only negative aspect of the entire event as the best Bracket and Index Drag Racers in Southern Ontario and Western New York battled under Sunny skies for two days at Toronto Motorsports Park to take home their very own NHRA Championship with the DSE Sportsman Racing Series.

DSEAutomotive.ca  Super Bike/Sled has seen the tightest points battle out of any of the DSE Championship Classes in 2014 with four riders being separated by only a handful of rounds. Saturday’s NHRA Provincial Championship final featured two of those racers with Points Leader Derek Dwyer facing off against former Points Leader Ray Philp. Dwyer would take a slim starting advantage but would run into problems down track allowing Philps to get around him for the win and the Championship. Philp would go on to win Sunday’s racing action making him the fourth different DSE Racer this season to sweep their class for the weekend.

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Brampton, ON –   Sportsman Drag Racers all over New York, Ontario, Quebec and even Alberta will be converging on Toronto Motorsports Park this weekend as the DSE Sportsman Series holds not only its third of six events in the series, but will also host  the most prestigious NHRA Sanctioned event in Ontario, the NHRA Provincial Championships.

Designed to afford Local and Regional Sportsman Drag Racers the ability to compete for NHRA Sanctioned Championships without having to follow the Divisional or National tours, the NHRA State/Provincial Championships is single Race, Tournament Style Championship that is awarded to One Drag Racing facility in each State and Province in North America.

After hosting the Inaugural NHRA Ontario Provincial Championships in 2012, the event has returned to the DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series and Toronto Motorsports Park in 2014, and DSE and TMP officials expect this year’s edition to be biggest yet.

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CAYUGA, ON –  Great weather coupled with perfect track conditions at Toronto Motorsports Park created the ingredients  needed for a fantastic weekend of close and competitive racing as DSE Sportsman Series racers were contending for NHRA Hardware in both the Summit Racing Equipment “King of the Track” program as well as the Jr Drag Racing League Challenge. Additionally Saturday night also laid host to the 1^st Annual Mike Marshall Memorial Race, an event created to pay tribute to long time Mopar racer Mike Marshall as well as raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Hill Racing/ATI Performance Products Modified racers would be the first category to hit the track Saturday, with racers looking to take home the Saturday Main event win along with a spot in the Run-Off final for the NHRA Awards later in the day.  After 5 rounds of steller No box racing, two Chevy powered mustangs remained, first year racer Alex Lepp and his Small Block Chevy powered 1986 Mustang and the Big Block Chevy powered 1989 Mustang of Andrew Stirk. Lepp would take the head start dialed 10.94 to Stirk’s 10.00. However it would be Stirk’s starting line advantage that would allow him to push Lepp into a Breakout allowing Stirk to take the win and move into the Run-off Final

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