Quick 32, PMRA head for St. Thomas

The next event in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts will be the Diamond Days presented by Roffelsen Jewellers at the St. Thomas Dragway in Sparta, Ontario, July 11-12.

This will be the third event in the six-race Quick 32 Sportsman Series tour, and the first time the series has competed at the track. The event will also host round three in the Pro Modified Racing Association tour.

Season-opener winner T.J. Schippling of Shakespeare, Ontario, leads the Quick 32 Championship Point Award Series Standings at present with his Top Dragster, followed by Top Sportsman racer Darrin Grubb of Pine River, Ont., and his Cavalier.

Next is the Dodge Stratus of Kevin Wicke of Stratford, Ontario, while Jamie Bridge of Napanee, Ontario is fourth with his dragster, and Spencer Hyde (shown) of Stratford, Ont., is fifth with his dragster.
  
Hamilton, Ontario’s Bruce Boland leads the PMRA Championship Point Award Series Standings, followed by Ike Maier of Tottenham, Ontario, and Mark Nielsen of Brantford, Ontario. [7/6/2009]

Yuhasz raises a little hell in Michigan

The Supercharged Warriors helped Northern Michigan Dragway celebrate its 40th anniversary on June 27. Tom Ledford is owner of the eighth-mile track in Kaleva, Mich.

Records were set and re-set during the weekend. “Mean” Gene Vogt’s “Nasty II” took the top qualifier spot and broke “Racin’” Jason Icenhower’s record with a 4.694 at 150.03 mph. Not to be outdone, Icenhower’s “Dixie Hustler” Corvette came back in the second round to run a 4.68 and reclaim the MPH record at 155.15.

But Vogt wasn’t through either. With his son Jeromy in the car for his maiden run with the Warriors, the team set a new Elapsed Time record with a 4.64 at 152.39 mph. It was a pretty impressive beginning for a driver new to the organization.

The final round paired Icenhower against the “HellRaiser” ’23 T bucket altered of Jared Yuhasz. The win went to Yuhasz with a .033 RT coupled with a 4.82 at 146 mph.  (Bob Wenzelburger photos) [7/6/2009]