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From press release
A wide variety of drag racing machines will be on display in the Quarter-Mile Corral at this weekend's eighth annual Canadian Motorsports Expo. The show runs February 7, 8 & 9 in Hall 5 of Toronto's International Centre.
Several teams that compete in the popular Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike and Sled Series will be on hand at the CME with their race vehicles.
The Quick 32 Sportsman Series, presented by NAPA Auto Parts, will be represented by both the Top Dragster and Top Sportsman classes that make up the series.
From Buffalo, New York, Dan Flanigan will display his Top Sportsman 2013 Chevy Camaro (top right). The NOCO Energy Corporation Camaro features a 680-cubic inch nitrous-injected engine underneath the swoopy G-Force Race Cars product.
On hand with his Top Dragster will be Lyle Williams of Strathroy, Ontario. This 2012 Race Tech car (middle right) competes with a 526-cubic inch Veney Hemi between the chassis rails with a Kobelco Supercharger on top.
Representing the PBSS, presented by Wiseco Performance Products, will be popular series racer Jessica Touroukis (bottom right) and her 2002 Arctic Cat Thundercat snowmobile. Touroukis, from Innisfil, Ontario, rides for the Psycho Princess team with her sled, which is powered by a 1000-cc engine.
Also on display representing various other drag race series will be:
• Bill Kraft - Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series
• John Wisman - Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series
• Ian Hill - Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series
• Lui Ramundo - DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series - Super Pro/Quick 16
• Pete Stewart - DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series - Bike
• Emily Ramundo - DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series - Jr Dragster
• Nicole Meloche - Ontario Street Car Association - OSCA
• JP Calandra - Ontario Street Car Association - OSCA
• Simon Moroz - Ontario Street Car Association - OSCA
Aside from these racing machines at the CME, drag racing will be center stage for a panel discussion about the sport, with the top names in Canadian drag racing taking part.
Hosting the panel, which is to take place on the CME's Inside Track Stage from 3:45 to 4:45 on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 9), will be moderator Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations of the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series.
Joining Mehlenbacher will be Andrew Stirk of DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series, Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series driver Victoria Smith, Dan Flanigan, driver of the NOCO Sponsored Top Sportsman entry in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, nitro-burning Nostalgia Funny Car racer Rick Kopp, and Rob Reeves of Edmonton's Castrol Raceway.
A wide variety of drag racing machines will be on display in the Quarter-Mile Corral at this weekend's eighth annual Canadian Motorsports Expo. The show runs February 7, 8 & 9 in Hall 5 of Toronto's International Centre.
Several teams that compete in the popular Quick 32 Sportsman Series and the Pro Bike and Sled Series will be on hand at the CME with their race vehicles.
The Quick 32 Sportsman Series, presented by NAPA Auto Parts, will be represented by both the Top Dragster and Top Sportsman classes that make up the series.
From Buffalo, New York, Dan Flanigan will display his Top Sportsman 2013 Chevy Camaro (top right). The NOCO Energy Corporation Camaro features a 680-cubic inch nitrous-injected engine underneath the swoopy G-Force Race Cars product.
On hand with his Top Dragster will be Lyle Williams of Strathroy, Ontario. This 2012 Race Tech car (middle right) competes with a 526-cubic inch Veney Hemi between the chassis rails with a Kobelco Supercharger on top.
Representing the PBSS, presented by Wiseco Performance Products, will be popular series racer Jessica Touroukis (bottom right) and her 2002 Arctic Cat Thundercat snowmobile. Touroukis, from Innisfil, Ontario, rides for the Psycho Princess team with her sled, which is powered by a 1000-cc engine.
Also on display representing various other drag race series will be:
• Bill Kraft - Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series
• John Wisman - Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series
• Ian Hill - Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series
• Lui Ramundo - DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series - Super Pro/Quick 16
• Pete Stewart - DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series - Bike
• Emily Ramundo - DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series - Jr Dragster
• Nicole Meloche - Ontario Street Car Association - OSCA
• JP Calandra - Ontario Street Car Association - OSCA
• Simon Moroz - Ontario Street Car Association - OSCA
Aside from these racing machines at the CME, drag racing will be center stage for a panel discussion about the sport, with the top names in Canadian drag racing taking part.
Hosting the panel, which is to take place on the CME's Inside Track Stage from 3:45 to 4:45 on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 9), will be moderator Bruce Mehlenbacher, Director of Operations of the Pro Modified Racing Association, the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series.
Joining Mehlenbacher will be Andrew Stirk of DSE Automotive Sportsman Racing Series, Can-Am Stock Super Stock Series driver Victoria Smith, Dan Flanigan, driver of the NOCO Sponsored Top Sportsman entry in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, nitro-burning Nostalgia Funny Car racer Rick Kopp, and Rob Reeves of Edmonton's Castrol Raceway.