SPORTSMAN RACING 

In front of a packed house throughout the course of the weekend, sportsman racers finished up under the sweltering conditions on Sunday as well and experienced similar results with several drivers running quicker than expected.

In the fastest sportsman category Ed Smith (LaSalle, Ont.), who earlier in the day was named Best Engineered for the weekend, bested John Pizzo in the Top Dragster final. Smith ran a 7.495, 158.52 in the win. In Top Sportsman Bill Wilson (Ingersoll, Ont.) ran a 7.307, 188.38 behind the wheel of his 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier to defeat Howard Michael.

By far the most interesting pairing of the afternoon came in the Stock final as father-son duo Craig and Bob Marshall of Columbus, Ohio met in the finals driving identical Mopar powered 1973 Darts. And in this matchup it was actually the son coming away the winner as Craig crossed the line with an 11.151, 114.59.

In Super Stock Peter D'Agnolo (Rochester, N.Y.) drove his '67 Camaro to a win over Thomas Fletcher using a 9.477, 128.08 in the final.

In the Rod categories Barry Ryan (Howell, Mich.) ran a 8.929, 157.89 to defeat Kathy Fisher in Quick Rod, Dave Klomps (Brucefield, Ont.) ran a 10.059, 142.40 in a win over John Cira in Super Rod and Andrew Stirk (Orangeville, Ont.) ran a 10.918, 134.12 in a win over Scott Jahren in Hot Rod.

Other sportsman winners included Peter Thomson (Burlinton, Ont.) who defeated Chris Fox in Harley Destroyers, Dave Elrod (Harrod, Ohio) who defeated Bill Riddle in the Box ET finals, Will Steckly (Milverton, Ont.) who defeated John Lewis in the No Box finals, Sarah Grennan (Sarnia, Ont.) who defeated Gillian Bishop in the 13-18 Junior Dragster category and Luke Schwemler (Ahmsterburg, Ont.) who defeated Jesse Searson in the 8-12 Junior Dragster category.

Next up for the Nitro Jam tour is a stop in Martin, Mich. for the Northern Nitro Jam at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park the weekend of August 12-13.

TOP FUEL DRAGSTER DAY TWO Bobby Lagana Jr., Scarsdale, N.Y., 5.041 seconds, 267.96 mph def. Bruce Litton, Indianapolis, Ind., broke.
PROSTALGIA FUNNY CAR DAY TWO Tim Boychuk, Edmonton, Alb., '77 Firebird, 5.863, 236.63 def. Peter Gallen, Broomall, Pa., '74 Vega, 5.959, 240.64.
FUEL ALTERED DAY TWO Ron W. Maroney, Chandler, Ariz., '23 roadster, 6.386, 226.13 def. Tom Padilla, Arlington, Wash., '23 roadster, 6.343, 217.81.
NITRO HARLEY DAY TWO Jay Turner, Julian, N.C., 8.060, 200.35 def. Steve Dorn, Milwaukie, Ore., foul.
PRO MOD INVITATIONAL Jack Grainy, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., '67 Camaro, 6.117, 233.56 def. Eric Latino, Whitby, Ont., '69 Camaro, 6.117, 240.00.
TOP DRAGSTER Ed Smith, LaSalle, Ont., dragster, 7.495, 158.52 def. John Pizzo, Windsor, Ont., dragster, 18.929, 46.42.
TOP SPORTSMAN Bill Wilson, Ingersoll, Ont., '02 Cavalier, 7.307, 188.38 def. Howard Michael, Newport, Mich., '97 Probe, 7.402, 177.11.
SUPER STOCK Pete D'Agnolo, Rochester, N.Y., '67 Camaro, PEA-1, 9.477, 128.08 def. Thomas Fletcher, Churchville, N.Y., '80 Starfire, GT/CA, 10.155, 123.73.
STOCK ELIMINATOR Craig Marshall, Columbus, Ohio, '73 Dart, E/SA, 11.151, 114.59 def. Bob Marshall, Columbus, Ohio, '73 Dart, H/CM, 10.873, 114.30.
QUICK ROD Barry Ryan, Howell, Mich., dragster, 8.929, 157.89 def. Kathy Fisher, Lima, Ohio, dragster, foul.
SUPER ROD Dave Klomps, Brucefield, Ont., '02 Corvette, 10.059, 142.40 def. John Cira, Rochester, N.Y., '68 Nova, 10.141, 138.80.
HOT ROD Andrew Stirk, Orangeville, Ont., '89 Mustang, 10.918, 134.12 def. Scott Jahren, Tonawanda, N.Y., '73 Nova, 10.950, 130.30.
HARLEY DESTROYERS Peter Thomson, Burlington, Ont., Harley, 9.500, 139.29 def. Chris Fox, Owen Sound, Ont., Harley, 9.572, 143.02.
ET RUNOFF Dave Elrod, Harrod, Ohio, dragster, 7.146, 184.09 def. Will Steckly, Milverton, Ont., '80 Charger, 9.040, 149.95.
BOX ET Dave Elrod, Harrod, Ohio, dragster, 7.203, 164.41 def. Bill Riddle, Fowlerville, Mich., dragster, foul.
NO BOX ET Will Steckly, Milverton, Ont., '80 Charger, 9.108, 131.95 def. John Lewis, Windsor, Ont., '72 Nova, 11.028, 120.41.
JR. DRAGSTER RUNOFF Amanda Grennan, Sarnia, Ont., dragster, 7.930, 81.18 def. Luke Schwemler, Ahmsterburg, Ont., dragster, 8.922, 71.61.
13-18 JUNIORS Sarah Grennan, Sarnia, Ont., dragster, 7.939, 79.95 def. Gillian Bishop, Petrolia, Ont., dragster, 7.938, 81.93.
8-12 JUNIORS Luke Schwemler, Ahmsterburg, Ont., dragster, 9.002, 68.42 def. Jesse Searson, Watford, Ont., dragster, 20.402, 21.83.

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