Another big winner on Sunday was North Carolina native Jay Turner who bested a field of the best Canadian Nitro Harley competitors in the business to bring home his fourth Ironman of the season.

Turner qualified second on the charts on Saturday and followed that path to meet up with fellow Nitro Jam competitor and No. 1 qualifier Steve Dorn who both made the long haul to Edmonton to compete at Castrol Raceway.

In the final Turner ran a 4.374, 163.18 in the eighth-mile, besting Dorn who ran a 4.693, 141.68 in the runner-up effort. Turner also defeated Ken Kent and Ron Houniet on his way to the victory. Dorn looked like the bike to beat in the early going, consistently firing off one great elapsed time after another, but he couldn’t put it together in the end.

It is great to come all the way up here to Edmonton and get a win,” Turner said. “Anytime we get to race it is exciting, but to get to race against a group of great competitors like this and win is incredible. And after all that, to meet up with Steve in the final and beat him it makes the win even more special. We look forward to taking this trophy back home with us.”

In Top Fuel Bobby Lagana completed the weekend sweep with a pair of wins over Bruce Litton both Saturday and Sunday to continue his dominance of the class.

After downing Mike Strasburg in round one, Lagana faced off with Litton and easily cruised to a victory with a 3.308, 244.83 in the final to pick up the win. Litton, for the second night in a row, smoked the tires immediately off the line.

In the consolation round Kyle Wurtzel picked up his first career Nitro Jam win over Strasburg.

Sunday’s other Nitro Jam shootout was contested in Nostalgia Fuel Altered as Ron Maroney in “Nanook” swept the category with a win over Tom Padilla’s “Nasty Benjamin” for the second night in a row. Maroney ran a 4.405, 173.27 in the final to Padilla’s 4.562, 148.05.

In the consolation pairing Randy Bradford recorded his first Nitro Jam round win over Jason Richey.

Rounding out Sunday’s professional winners was Wayne Hoffer in the West Coast Pro Modified Association who recorded a win over Vern Mills in the final. Hoffer made a nice, clean pass in the final, recording a 4.335, 171.47, while Mills’ machine made a hard right across the centerline right out of the gates to finish without a time.

The Rocky Mountain Funny Car class was also scheduled to complete their runs on Sunday, but the shortened eighth-mile distance forced the two finalists to complete their finals at a later date. The drivers remaining in competition were Ron Sekura and Eddy Plaizier.

After a full day of racing, the sportsman cars closed out the weekend with champions crowned in 10 different classes.

In Top Sportsman Darryn O’Conner (St. John, B.C.) drove his ’04 Chevrolet Cavalier to a victory over Gerry Rolheiser with a 4.802, 144.27. In Top Dragster Scott Hearn (Sherwood Park, Alb.) defeated former Junior Dragster competitor Natasha Cherchuk with a 4.819, 143.17 winning pass.

In the Stock categories Sheldon Erfle (Saskatoon, Sk.) piloted his ’56 Bel Air to a win over Jared Erichsen with a 7.682, 88.41 winning pass, while Stock winner Mark Faul (Tacoma, Wash.) drove his Chevelle to a win over Tom Skjonsberg with a 7.353, 89.78.

Rod winners included Mike Pople (Calgary, Alb.) in Quick Rod who ran a 5.808, 132.82 to defeat Mike Shannon, Chad Barclay (Kelowna, B.C.) in Super Rod who ran a 6.583, 109.98 to defeat Mike Shannon and Tony Osredkar (Drayton Valley, Alb.) in Hot Rod who ran a 7.115, 100.18 to defeat Jacob Slinger.

Wrapping up Sunday’s winners were Dan Coss in No Box who defeated Mitch Peach with a 6.554, 103.28, John Melnyk in Box who defeated Garnet Rose with a 6.252, 108.61 and Kaitlyn Crooks in Junior Dragster who defeated Brayden Ochitwa with a 7.887, 81.67.

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