Top Dragster driver and 2012 Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts champion Mike Hinbest.
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the 2012 title winning team of michael hinbest & katie ward
he Hinbest Racing Team of Michael Hinbest and Katie Ward won the Quick 32 Sportsman
Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts Champi- onship in 2012, the first Top Dragster team to win the title since the series’ inception four seasons ago. The team amassed 1094 points. Powered by a 540 cubic inch ERD super-
charged engine, the Mike Bos dragster qualified for all six 2012 events as Hinbest and Ward shared the driving duties. Both drivers reside in Or- angeville, Ontario. The car races in the mid six-sec- ond range with speeds over 200 mph in quarter- mile competition. Hinbest started racing in 2006, Ward in 2010. Ward drove the drag-
ster in the opening round of 2012, held at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports
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Park. She qualified fourth and went to the semi- final round, as did Hinbest at the next race, held at Martin, Michigan. Hinbest qualified fourth with the car once
again, at the Nitro Nationals at Cayuga, and went the max, defeating Top Dragster driver Bill Moloughney of Shawville, Quebec in the TD final and then eliminating Top Sportsman driver Spencer Hyde of Stratford, Ontario in the event final for the team’s first win. In the next race, at Grand Bend, Hinbest quali-
fied fourth but was out in the first round, while Ward qualified seventh at the next event and went to the second round before getting eliminated. With Hinbest qualifying number three for the
season final at Grand Bend, once again the team went the distance, winning the TD final over Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ontario and once again meet- ing up with, and beating, Top Sportsman driver Hyde for the event final. Crew chief for the car is Roy Hinbest. Other
team members include Robert Hinbest, Stephen Hinbest, and Kailynn Hinbest. Michael started racing in 2006, and Katie in 2010. Sponsorship is provided: by NAPA Auto Parts,
Ideal Supply, Tire Discounter Group, The Cana- dian Automotive Institute, and Roy’s Service Centre. Associate Sponsors include Quaker State, Porta-cool, Fire Ball Coatings, NGK Spark Plugs, NAPA Brake and Chassis Products, Per- matex, Fast Eddies Race Wear, and RSC Auto- motive Sales Consulting. •
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