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entry; Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ontario. Fourth was earned by Darrin Grubb of Pine River, Ontario with his Top Sportsman car. Billy White of Wartburg, Ontario was fifth in his Top Dragster. A Top Dragster broke through in 2012 when Or-
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angeville, Ontario’s Mike Hinbest earned the title winning two of the series’ six events. It was the first time a Top Dragster competitor took the Quick 32 Sportsman Series Championship. Hinbest shared the driving duties with Katie Ward; together they amassed 1094 points. Second in the final standings was the Top Sports-
gan competing in six race dates in 2009, the K&K Racing Team from Stratford, Ontario – with Kevin Wicke driving their 2006 Dodge Stratus Top Sportsman entry – won the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts Championship Point Award Series. Placing second, and at the top of the Top Drag-
ster class, was the Lynja Motorsports Dragster of Jamie and Lynda Bridge of Napanee, Ontario. Top Sportsman driver Carl Spiering of Jordan
Station, Ontario was third, while the Top Dragster entry of Michael Kalin of Youngstown, New York was fourth. T.J. Schippling of Shakespeare, On- tario completed the top five. In 2010, Kevin Wicke and the K&K Racing
Team were once again the ones to beat and won the series title for a second consecutive year. This time, though, it was with the smallest of margins. Wicke came out on top with a slim, two-point lead over Top Dragster driver Scott Wildgust of Wart- burg, Ontario. Another Top Dragster driver, Buddy Forrest of
Rochester, NY, placed third in the standings. Fourth went to Belle River, Ontario’s Dan Aitken Jr., in his Top Sportsman entry, while fifth place went to another Top Sportsman entry, Steve Parkhurst of Belleville, Ontario. In 2011, Phil Sampson of Granton, Ontario took the title in his Chevy Cavalier Top Sportsman entry, on the strength of two Quick 32 Sportsman Series event wins. Placing second in the points was the Top Dragster entry of Jamie Bridge, from Napanee, Ontario. Third was another Top Dragster
man entry of Dan Aitken Jr. of Belle River, Ontario. Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ontario won two events in his Top Dragster, on his way to third overall. Spencer Hyde of Stratford, Ontario was fourth in
his Top Sportsman Chevy Cobalt, while Paul Martin of Breslau, Ontario returned to the Quick 32 Sportsman Series with his 1957 Chevy Top Sports- man car and secured fifth in the year-end points. Both Hinbest and Moser took two wins in 2012.
Melanie Simmons of Orillia, Ontario won an event with her Top Dragster, and Aitken won the season opener with his Mustang.
TOP SPORTSMAN DOMINANT IN 2013 Last season, the top
three in the final champi- onship points were Top Sportsman teams. Win- ning their first champi- onship was the Ingersoll, Ontario-based team of Bill Wilson and Rob Gray. The two share the driving du- ties in their bright yellow, 2002 Cavalier. They won three events in 2013, in the Bickle Race Cars prod- uct with a 706-cubic inch PAR engine. Second went to two-time
series champ Kevin Wicke, in a Dodge Stratus. Third
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Top Dragster racer melanie Simmons Salemi finished fourth in the final Quick 32 Sportsman points in 2013.
was another door-car; the Top Sportsman of Strat- ford’s Spencer Hyde. Orillia, Ontario’s Melanie Sim- mons Salemi came fourth in the final points, ahead of another Top Dragster driver, Jeff Moser of Bam- berg, Ontario. The first five years of the Quick 32 Sportsman
Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts have been very successful, with large car counts, strong fan appreciation, and the best in racing in the Top Sportsman classes. NAPA continues its support of the series in
2014, to provide solid media and logistical sup- port to help with one of the most popular drag race series running Top Sportsman and Top Drag- ster race cars. With several of the events held in conjunction
with the popular Pro Modified Racing Associa- tion (PMRA), and the Pro Bike & Sled Series (PBSS), Quick 32 Sportsman Series will continue to grow and prosper in the coming seasons, pro- viding an exciting and well-rounded package of drag racing action. •
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