Quick 32
PMRA and Quick 32 Series to Compete at Canadian Nitro Nationals
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CAYUGA, ONTARIO – One of the biggest and greatest drag racing events in Canada is now only days away, and the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series will be a major part of it.
In conjunction with the American Hot Rod Association, the Canadian Nitro Nationals will take place on the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario July 1-4, 2010.
Round two of the 2010 PMRA Series will be held on the country’s oldest operating drag strip, with four qualifiers for the Pro Modifieds before the top eight cars do battle in the eliminations.
At present Eric Latino of Port Perry, Ontario is leading the PMRA Championship Point Award Series race.
There will be two rounds of Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts racing over the weekend, with the third and fourth races of the year.
Scott Wildgust in New Top Dragster to Run Quick 32 Series
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WARTBURG, ONTARIO – After driving a Top Sportsman 1957 Chevy in Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts competition in 2009, Scott Wildgust is racing this year in a car with the engine behind him.
The team debuted a Top Dragster entry at the opening round at Cayuga last month, and with team co-owner Bill White, Wildgust is looking to a positive season of racing.
“The car has a lot more potential,” noted Wildgust, who qualified number one in two Quick 32 Sportsman Series events last year. He also qualified number three with a 6.839-second pass at the 2010 opener, this time with the new 2010 Bos dragster, and went to the semi-final round.
The Top Dragster is powered by a 400-cubic inch small block Chevy engine, courtesy of the shops of Ajax Engines. A Kobelco supercharger sits atop the engine, which is fueled with an ERD (Engine Research & Development) fuel system. A two-speed Powerglide helps get the power to the rear wheels.
Mickey Thompson Continues Involvement with PMRA and Quick 32 Series
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STOW, OHIO – The Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 
32 Sportsman Series is pleased to have the continued involvement of Mickey Thompson Tires and Wheels for 2010.
The iconic drag racing tire company is once again providing contingency awards for both the Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the PMRA.
“This is an excellent outlet for our teams to compete,” noted Carl Robinson, Motorsports Manager for Mickey Thompson. “It’s a pleasure to work with our customers in Canada.”
Top Dragsters Lead Top Sportsman Going Into Next Quick 32 Series Race
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CAYUGA, ONTARIO – Competition in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts offers a diverse range of cars and powerplants, but all cars must either race in the Top Dragster class or the Top Sportsman class.
For each Quick 32 Sportsman Series event, all the Top Dragsters (T/D) and all the Top Sportsman (T/S) cars race among themselves, and then the winning entry of each class is pitted together for an overall winner.
And to date, the Top Dragster class has the nod, with five victories in seven races to date.
Winning the first race in the series was T.J. Schippling of Shakespeare, Ontario with his dragster during the opening round at Cayuga in 2009.
Simmons ups Ante with New Engine Program for Quick 32 Series
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ORILLIA, ONTARIO – With a new ERD engine program, Melanie Simmons is hoping to be a strong player in this 
year’s Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts. “We were disappointed we didn’t qualify for a couple of races last year,” said Simmons, who drives the Top Dragster of Toyrific Racing. “But we’ve stepped up for this year.”
The 540-cubic inch Chevy engine has received a supercharger and related equipment from the shops of Carl Spiering’s Engine Research & Development (ERD) and the team is hoping the increase in power will get the LJ Red dragster down the track quicker.
“We didn’t qualify and sat out a couple of races,” Simmons explained about the team’s woes last year. “That’s why we’ve upgraded the engine.” The car was previously fueled through an Enderle Fuel Injection system.
New Engine and Increased Speeds for Grubb Racing in 2010
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Top Sportsman team on board with more power in Quick 32 Sportsman Series
PINE RIVER, ONTARIO (June 11, 2010) – With a bigger engine this season, Darrin Grubb has stepped up his team’s 
efforts in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts.
The Ontario-based Top Sportsman team has added a whole bunch of cubic inches to its 2004 Chevy Cavalier, and Grubb, who drives the Cavalier for Grubb Racing, said he has noticed a big difference.
“We’ve gone from running around 180 in the quarter to close to 195 now with the new engine,” said Grubb. “It is a nice, awesome ride.”
The team placed sixth in the Championship Point Award Series standings last season, highlighted with a Top Sportsman class victory during the June event at the Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend, Ontario.
Paolo Giust Leads Quick 32 Sportsman Series Going into Round Two
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CAYUGA, ON – Round two in the 2010 Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts will take place June 
25-27 at the Grand Bend Motorplex in Grand Bend, Ontario.
The Top Dragsters and Top Sportsman cars of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series will compete in the RPM Magazine Family PowerFest & Media Weekend at the Southern Ontario track.
The event is the first of three trips to Grand Bend for the Series.
After the opener on the Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports Park in May, Paolo Giust of Osgoode, Ontario, leads the Championship Point Award Series race with 339. The Top Dragster driver not only won the division, but took out Steve Corriveau of Fonthill, Ontario in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series final. Corriveau with his 1967 Chevy II is second at present with 315 points.
Lynja Motorsports Dragster Ready For Quick 32 Series Opener
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NAPANEE, ONTARIO – Jamie Bridge said he expects some stiffer competition for this season’s Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts tour.
The Napanee, Ontario driver was named the Series Sportsman of the Year, placed second in the Championship Point Award Series and believes the stakes will be raised for 2010.
“I think the level of competition and drivers will be much higher this year,” said the driver of the Lynja Motorsports Top Dragster. “I think it’s going to be a dogfight right to the end.”
Driving his 2008 Undercover Motorsports dragster, powered by a 565-cubic inch Engine Research & Development (ERD) engine, Bridge qualified for all six Quick 32 Sportsman Series events last year, highlighting his season with a runner-up spot in Top Dragster in June at the Grand Bend Motorplex.
Doug Morgan and Buddy Forrest Ready Battle in Quick 32 Sportsman Series
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – The dragster team of Morgan and Forrest had a successful first year in the Quick 32 
Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, and team crew chief Doug Morgan said he and driver Buddy Forrest are prepared to take the momentum into this year’s tour.
“We’re ready to rock,” said Morgan, who along with Forrest race in the series’ Top Dragster class. “We’re looking forward to it. We had a successful season last year.”
The Rochester, New York-based team competes with a Spitzer Enterprises dragster, powered by a 638-cubic inch Chevy engine using a nitrous oxide system. The power goes through a two-speed Powerglide to the rear slicks.
The team did not compete in the first event of 2009, but had a good showing for the remaining five events in the six-event tour, qualifying for all other races. Along with a runner-up spot in the Top Dragster class during the Labor Day race at Grand Bend, the team finished the season in style with an overall win during the final Quick 32 Sportsman Series race late in September at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.
Morgan said there are no major changes to the car for 2010.
Campolucci to Run GTO in Quick 32 Sportsman Series
WOODBRIDGE, ONTARIO – Since he started drag racing in 1974 with his father’s 1970 GTO, Maurizio (Maurice) 
Campolucci has always raced Pontiacs.
After a couple of years as crew chief for son Michael Angelo, Maurizio will be behind the wheel of the 2007 GTO, the owner of the world’s fastest naturally-aspirated Pontiac with a traditional engine said he will be ready for the start of the 2010 Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts.
“We should be ready for opening day,” said Campolucci, who heads up Stallion Motorsports and the 2007 GTO which took the record at the Grand Bend Motorplex last October with a 7.361-second, 184.57-mph pass. “We’ve been doing some updates to the motor, but that and the tranny are ready to drop in.”
