Hyde pleased with 2012 season, no big changes for 2013
STRATFORD, ON – Other than not catching fellow racer Michael Hinbest in a pair of final rounds in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series 
presented by NAPA Auto Parts, Top Sportsman driver Spencer Hyde said he was pleased with his 2012 year of racing.
Everything went pretty well, said the driver of the Hyde Racing 1968 Camaro which placed fourth in points last year. It would have been nice to catch Mike but it just didn’t happen.
Hyde was referring to a pair of final runs where he was eliminated by the Top Dragster of Hinbest. The finalists of both Top Sportsman and Top Dragster are paired against each other for an event showdown, with the winner declared the champion.
Hyde, of Stratford, Ontario, qualified well for all Quick 32 Sportsman Series events last year in a car capable of 6.5-second, 210 mph passes down the quarter mile, and his best showings were capturing two Top Sportsman finals, at the Cayuga Dragway and at the Grand Bend Motorplex.
Hyde, a college student during the off-season, drives the family race car, owned by Peter and Lisa Hyde, who are also a big part of the team’s endeavours. The team is truly a family activity, as Spencer’s sister Sydnie competes in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series with her Top Dragster entry. Ron Hyde is the team’s crew chief with Jack Hyde, Murray Hyde and Peter Hyde the remainder of the crew. Not only did Hyde want to thank these people for their work and dedication, he also wanted to give a special thanks to Carl Spiering and ERD (Engine Research & Development).
The Camaro is a Jerry Bickle Race Cars product, powered by a massive 762-cubic inch ERD-prepared engine backed up with a Coan Engineering Mega Glide transmission. Sponsorship is provided by NAPA Auto Parts, Ideal Supply, Hyde Construction, Transit Petroleum, Hyde Electric, Dordan Mechanical, Raedon Excavating, Ronnoco Sales, NA Engineering Associates, Wilhelm Concrete, Steve Smith Construction, Sutton Group (Paul Graham) and Orr Insurance, Coors Light (Jeff Carr), Ramseyer Earthworks, Schultz Plumbing, Remex Trucking, iLOOKABOUT, and the Tim Horton’s at Ontario and Erie in Stratford.
For 2013, Hyde said the team has no big changes in store.
We’re pretty well keeping everything the same, he noted. We freshened up the engine and we’ll be ready to go opening day after I get some seat time in late April.
Hyde and his Camaro will take to the track for the Quick 32 Sportsman Series season opener May 10-11 at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin Michigan, the first of six races for the series in 2013.
