The Top Sportsman team of Chaos Racing with driver Phil Sampson – Number One and Champions for 2011
GRANTON, ONTARIO (November 16, 2011) – The Chaos Racing Team was hoping to finish in the top five in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts Championship Point Award Series Standings for 2011, but the Top Sportsman entry ran well all year to with the championship.
“This has been a fantastic season,” noted team driver Phil Sampson. “We had started out going for a top five finish, but obviously we went all the way.”
Headed up by Phil and Bud Sampson, the team fields a Jerry Bickel Race Cars 2002 Chevy Cavalier, powered by a 572-cubic inch Reher-Morrison Racing Engines running racing fuel through a large 1200-cfm Holley. Behind the big engine is a Powerglide two-speed from the shops of Hutch’s Transmission.
The team ran a consist and steady season, qualifying in the upper half of the 16-car fields for most events, and posting times in the low seven-second range with speeds of 185-190 mph.
Exciting and fast-paced final race expected at Cayuga Dragway
Event and title championships to be determined for Quick 32 Sportsman Series September 9-11
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (September 9, 2011) – Although Phil Sampson leads the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts Championship Point Award Series Standings going into the sixth and final race of the 2011 season, there is a lot of postponed eliminations to take place before a final winner is declared for the season.
This final race will be held September 9-11 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park, but the final elimination of race four must be determined, and three rounds of eliminations must be held before the points race is back in order for this sixth race.
The final round from race four, held at the Grand Bend Motorplex August 4 must be finalized, with Top Sportsman driver Kevin Wicke of Stratford, Ontario, pitted against Top Dragster driver Jeff Moser of Bamberg, Ontario.
Consistency and good set-up keys to Quick 32 Sportsman Series leader
Top Sportsman driver Phil Sampson leads series going into next drag racing event, the Teamsters “Thunder by the Beach” at Grand Bend Motorplex
GRANTON, ONTARIO August 31, 2011) – Phil Sampson believes when a winning combination is found, don’t mess with it.
Presently leading the Championship Point Award Series Standings in the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts, the driver of the Chaos Racing Team said they found the combination last season and have continued with the same set-up for 2011.
“We haven’t really made any changes from last season,” noted Sampson, who drives a Top Sportsman 2002 Chevy Cavalier with a 572-cubic inch Reher-Morrison Racing Engines powerplant in a Jerry Bickel Race Cars product. “We put together a good tune up from last year and have left it alone. So far so good.”
Quick 32 Sportsman Series, PMRA and Pro Bike & Sled Series leaders hope to increase their leads at upcoming Canadian Nitro Nationals
Sampson, Montesano,and Hope lead going into TMP’s Cayuga Dragway July 1-3 event
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (June 20, 2011) – Vito Montesano of the Pro Modified Racing Association, Phil Sampson of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series, and the Pro Bike & Sled Series’ Randy Hope are ready to increase their respective leads in the three drag race series when they return to the track for round three at the Canadian Nitro Nationals July 1-3 at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park.
Montesano, of Maple, Ontario, leads the PMRA Championship Point Award Series presented by Magnum Auto Parts and Patio Passport, followed by Bruce Boland of Hamilton, Ontario, and Eric Latino of Whitby, Ontario. Round one in the PMRA Pro Modifieds went to Boland, and Latino won the second event.
