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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.

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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.

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.”

STRATFORD, ONTARIO – The K&K Race Team won the inaugural Quick 32 Sportsman Championship Point Award Series in 2009 and the Champions are anxious to defend their title in 2010.
 
With a very successful initial season, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts will continue to be one of Canada’s most competitive drag racing series.  There will be more teams and quicker fields, but the guys at K&K are up to the challenge.
 
Consistency was the key for the K&K Team and their Dodge Stratus in 2009 and they are looking for more of the same in 2010.
 
“We had a pretty good season but we definitely had a few breaks last year,” said team driver Kevin Wicke. “This year will be a much tougher Championship Point Award Series chase, and there will be more quality teams in the points.”

SHAWVILLE, QUEBEC (March 24, 2010) – After a trip to the Grand Bend Motorplex last year, Bill Moloughney wanted to step up his racing and decided to join up with the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts.
 
“I decided I wanted to run with the big boys,” said Moloughney, who will race in the Series’ Top Dragster class. 
 
“I bought the dragster last year, and raced locally around here,” he continued. “But Jamie Bridge (another Quick 32 Sportsman Series competitor) talked about this, and I decided I wanted to be in with the competition.”

Auto parts giant returns to drag race series with multi-year sponsorship
 
LISTOWEL, ONTARIO (February 12, 2010) – The Quick 32 Sportsman Series is pleased to announce the primary sponsor involvement of NAPA Auto Parts in this popular six-race drag racing series.
NAPA Auto Parts was the title sponsor for the Series in its inaugural year of 2009, and will be on board once again for a multi-year agreement.
 
“The Quick 32 Sportsman Series has proven itself to be a popular race series,” noted Tim MacDonald, President and CEO of Ideal Supply based in Listowel, Ontario, and the largest NAPA Associate in Canada. “We appreciate the work that is done by so many to create a strong racing program for the Series and are excited to be part of the upcoming season. Ideal Supply and NAPA Auto Parts want to partner with the teams and do what we can to help grow racing.”

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