"This was fantastic for everyone who was here," Atchison said. "All the fans and Brent and Connie Erickson, our sponsors, who were here to see it, it really meant a lot to our race
team. It's all about team unity and putting the car on the racetrack. It's mechanically flawless and the car runs great."
Atchison ran a 5.892/240.85 in the final to defeat Sickles with the Ironman on the line. He now leads Sickles by 106 points in the IHRA world championship points race.
“The eight car field makes it difficult to increase the points lead with a victory so the points title is still up for grabs and more then likely won’t be settled until Rockingham,” stated Atchison. "Last year Mark Thomas had a big lead going into the second half that we were able to overcome so anything is possible." The AC Delco Canadian Nationals victory was career number fourteen for the London, Ontario, native making him the winningest Canadian racer in IHRA history.
Steve Spiess (Manhattan, Ill.) dominated the Torco Pro Stock competition all weekend, averaging a 6.41 ET in claiming the #1 qualifying post and easily breezing through the field in his '05 Chevy Cobalt. Spiess defeated Robert Patrick (Fredericksburg, Va.) in the final to join Daniel Seamon as the only two-time Torco Pro Stock winners on the Hooters IHRA tour this season. He also extended his world championship points lead over Patrick, holding a 635-601 advantage.
"The
second round we broke a transmission and had to borrow some
parts to get it back together, but other than that I don't
think we made a gram change on the clutch or change anything
this whole day," Spiess said. "I know how seriously
Robert takes this and I am, too. I don't know how many world
championship runs we have left, so we're going to try for
this one."
CAYUGA, Ont. -- Sunday's
final results from the Fourth annual ACDelco Canadian Nationals
at Toronto Motorsports Park. The $1.1 million race is the
seventh of 12 in the 2005 Hooters IHRA
Drag Racing Series:
Top Fuel -- Doug Foley,
4.795 seconds, 299.13 mph def. Bruce Litton, 8.018 seconds,
106.52 mph.
