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.

Kyle would take a .025 advantage at the tree, and hold that lead right through to the finish line where both competitors would run just .010 off their Dial wins, with Kyle coming out on top for the Win and the NHRA Jr Dragster Wally Trophy.

The Highlight race of the weekend would come in the form of the first Annual Abruzzi Transmissions All-Stars event, which took the top sixteen box and no box racers from the Series and put them into a free specialty race that boasted a Purse of $1200 to the Finalists.  The first three rounds of the four round race were run Saturday, however with an impending midnight curfew the final would be put off until Sunday morning.

However, the wait for the final round would be well worth it as No Box ladder winner Bob Richards and his Black 64 corvette, would look to take on Top Quick 16 seed Tom Bene and his 6 second Nitrous assisted Dragster.  Richards had fought his way through three tough rounds defeating a strong run from Ryan Boniferro, than beating Street Eliminator Points Leader Darrel Fraser, before running into Top No Box Seed Andrew Stirk. The No Box Final produced a set of great lights; however, it would Richards who would nail the dial in running a 10.09 on a 10.09 to send Stirk packing.

Tom Bene’s trek to the Abruzzi All-Star final would by racing the last competitor to finalize a spot in the race, K.C Kovac. After a tight battle against Kovac, Bene would eliminate the Legendary “Ribet” entry of Claude Losier before defeating Jay Snell in the “Caledonia Kid” Anglia entry in close match-up.

The Sunday morning match-up would see both racers need to dial their cars carefully with Richards dialing his 130 MPH Corvette in at a 10.08 while Bene dialed his 195 MPH Dragster in at a 7.00.   With a 60 MPH spread at the top end, both drivers would be looking to gain any advantage they could at the tree. The Corvette would leave first with a .034 while Bene’s Dragster followed with a slightly better .021. However it would be the Dial in’s that would hold the key to victory for Richards as his 10.095 ET would put him ahead of Bene’s 7.029  by a mere .0018 of a second (two inches) and carry him to the Inaugural Abruzzi All-Star Victory.

Other weekend winners include:

SATURDAY AUGUST 30^th RESULTS

DSEAutomotive.ca Super Bike/Sled

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Derek Dwyer	10.55	.075	10.396
Win	Pete Stewart	9.72	.071	9.660

 

 

 

HeadsUpRacer.com Quick 16 Presented by Lowdown Hot Rods

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Pete Maduri	7.65	BROKE
Win	Steve Ferstl	7.83	.261	8.039

 

 

 

Performance Improvements Street Eliminator

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Roger Demers	13.30	.059	13.275
Win	Wayne Kennedy	13.50	.047	13.486

 

 

 

 

Ian Hill Racing/ATI Performance Products Modified

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Alex Lepp	11.01	.051	11.005
Win	Andrew Stirk	10.00	.033	10.004

 

 

 

Renegade Race Fuels Super Pro

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Bob Richards	10.04	.003	10.10
Win	Boomer Duquette	8.36	.026	8.40

 

 

 

Corriveau Concrete Forming Supplies Jr Dragster Final

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Emily Ramundo	7.97	.096	7.989
Win	Kyle Mccallum	8.97	.071	8.980

 

 

 

Abruzzi Transmission and Converters ALL-STAR RACE

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Tom Bene	7.00	.021	7.029
Win	Bob Richards	10.08	.034	10.095

 

 

 

SUNDAY AUGUST 31^st RESULTS

DSEAutomotive.ca Super Bike/Sled

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Pete Stewart	9.62	.091	9.644
Win	Ray Philp	9.98	.010	10.057

 

 

 

HeadsUpRacer.com Quick 16 Presented by Lowdown Hot Rods

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Kyle Harris	6.99	.012	7.083
Win	Mike Newman	8.35	.031	8.401

 

 

 

Performance Improvements Street Eliminator

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Brian Hampson	15.95	-.036	16.134
Win	Roger Demers	13.20	.145	13.096

 

 

 

Ian Hill Racing/ATI Performance Products Modified

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Bob Richards	10.09	.107	10.095
Win	Bob Perkins	9.45	.042	9.464

 

 

 

Renegade Race Fuels Super Pro

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Bob Jennings	7.64	-.013	11.241
Win	Chris Vanbaalen	10.78	.031	10.797

 

 

 

Corriveau Concrete Forming Supplies Jr Dragster

	Name	Dial In	Reaction Time	ET
	Christina Johnson	8.01	.076	8.063
Win	Maddison Zonta	9.07	.071	9.075

 

 

 

 

The final event in the DSE Sportsman Racing Series for the 2014 season will be the 3^rd Annual DSE Championship Finals on September 13-14^th at Toronto Motorsports which will feature the NHRA National Dragster Challenge race on Saturday where Main event winners in Super Pro, Super Bike/Sled, Street Eliminator, Modified, Quick 16 and Super Gas will all be taking home authentic NHRA Wally Trophy’s for the win. In-addition one of the winners will also be taking home a certificate for a set of Goodyear Racing Slicks courtesy of Competition Tire in Niagara Falls Ontario.

More information on the DSE Sportsman Racing Series can be found at www.sportsmanracingseries.ca

Photo Credit Stacee Kenington