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(Left) Glenn Tovey took both 7.0 Index class wins at the Canada Heads Up event in mid-August. Stock Wheelbase Bike racer Damian Tong (bottom left) was the top qualifier and race winner at TMP, while Ralph Aulacino (5.50 Index) earned his first-ever CHU victory. Photos by Blake Farnan
CANADA HEADS-UP
Moros, Glassford, Devine, Rego Move to the Front, While Tovey Doubles With files from CHU n mid-August, the Canada Heads Up Shootout Series (CHU) returned to Toronto Motorsports Park (TMP) for its third race weekend of the season. Mother Nature tried her best, but the staff at TMP prevailed and managed to present a competitive track for the for the last scheduled Pro category qualifier on the Saturday night. This was after enough rain had fallen, during the day, that one of the racer’s kids was surfing at the starting line. But eventually, the sky cleared, and the race weekend began, in the early evening. Pano Moros took out Ricky Carlos in the finals of Super Street from the ‘number four’ qualifying spot. The two veterans have been battling for the points lead all season, and with the win, Moros moved to atop the points lead by half a round. Rob Orafiamma and his nitrous-powered BBC took the EZ Street win over Jeff Misra’s turbo entry, while also resetting the
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EZ Street record to 4.56 seconds. Matt Glassford qualified ‘number three’ and went out in Round 2. However, his consistency moved him into the top spot in the EZ Street points as Vince Melao went out in Round 2, dropping Melao to second in the standings. Street275 saw a new CHU winner, in Steph Malais, with his turbo Fox body Mustang. He bested Lance Bisson’s S10 turbo entry in the Final. The victory moved Malais into a tie for first in the points, alongside Sean Devine, who also went a few rounds during the weekend. KOTS Bike saw Dave Rego take out Jesse Vanbetlehem, causing the two to trade positions in the standings, with Rego leading TMP less than one round’s worth of points ahead of Vanbetlehem. In Stock Wheelbase Bike action, ‘number one’ qualifier Damian Tong took the win over Nick Kempers. CHU’s Front Wheel Drive Class, Pro24, saw Reno Mobilio take
another win, padding his comfortable lead in the standings, after three events. Ron Banks took the honoured in the 4.0 Index as Larry Sinke couldn’t make the call. Lenny Farinacci won 4.50 Index for the second race in a row, beating Dave Bogusat’s 2000 Camaro, boosting Farinacci’s lead to three rounds over Joe McCormick. Mike Gentile kept up his dominance in the 5.0 Warriors class with his win over Jack Vandewiel. 5.50 Index racer Ralph Aulacino took his first ever CHU victory, beating Sam Furfaro in the Final. Other weekend winners were: Murray Lonsbary and Ryan Fogan in the 7.90 Index; Darrin Johnston and Mike Dawe in the Low 9s division; Joe Muro and Brodie Brown in the 6.0 Index, Frank Guillaume and Nate Cooper were tops in 6.50 Index; Glenn Tovey doubled up taking both 7.0 Index wins, while Michael Leblanc and Doug Reid scored 7.50 Index honours. Cole Ferri won Sunday’s Jr. Dragster Final. IT
