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Pro Bike rider and defending PBSS champion Ted Glinny picked up his second PBSS win of the season at the Canadian Nitro Nationals, defeating Dan Cryderman in the final round. Glinny, of Milton, Ont., rode to an 8.578, 144.67 winning pass over Pro Bike rider Cryderman, of Thamesville, Ont., with an 8.033, 155.73. Glinny rides a Kawasaki and Cryderman a Suzuki.

Semi-finalists in this round of the PBSS, which is presented by Wiseco Performance Products, were former PBSS champion Pro Biker Randy Hope of London, Ont., and the Pro Sled entry of Bill Anderson of Seaforth, Ont.

Also held at Cayuga over the weekend were the final rounds in the postponed South Coast Community Weekend event. Winning the PMRA final was Di Lecce, over Rob Atchison of London, Ont. The Ingersoll, Ontario-based Top Sportsman entry of Wilson and Gray with Rob Gray at the wheel won the Quick 32 Sportsman Series final over the Top Dragster of Lance Orr, of Shawville, Quebec, and Pro Bike rider Dave Vandereyken of Acton, Ont., powered his Suzuki to his first PBSS win over Cryderman in the final.

Leading in Championship Point Award Series in the PMRA is Di Lecce, with Jack Grainy of Basom, New York second, followed by Hawker, Boland, and Atchison. Top five in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series are Wicke, Spencer Hyde of Stratford, Ont., Wilson and Gray, Simmons Salemi, and Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ont. And the top five in the PBSS are Cryderman, Glinny, Vandereyken, Marty Kuiack of Milton, Ont., and John Orfanidis of Toronto, Ont.

Todd Paton  (Brad Turk photo)

Scott Palmer  (Brad Turk photo)

Fans packed the stands to see Canadian standout Todd Paton run his family-owned Tim Horton’s sponsored Top Fuel car and the pride of Edmonton, Alberta, Todd Lesenko run the CN-sponsored Funny car owned by Chuck and Del Worsham. Paton’s opponent in Top Fuel was Scott Palmer and to add a little but more nitro to the show, longtime match racers Jack Wyatt and Dale Creasy brought the Funny Car total to 4.