Top Dragster driver bests large field at TMP’s Cayuga Dragway
by Bruce Melenbacher
CAYUGA, ONTARIO (May 23, 2010) - In the first Quick 32 Sportsman Series event presented by NAPA Auto Parts of 2010, Paolo Giust bested a large field to win in his Top Dragster.
“This has been an awesome day,” said Giust, who is from Osgoode, Ontario. “We were having some starter problems earlier, but the car was deadly consistent. It has been a great day.”
The event was round one of the 2010 series, held at the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario.Giust won the Quick 32 Sportsman Series final round over the Top Sportsman car of Steve Corriveau of Smithville, Ontario, 7.019 at 184.75 mph over the 7.707, 173.32 run of Corriveau. Both drivers recorded identical 0.036 reaction times for the final round.
Giust won the Top Dragster final in his 2009 Race Tech entry over Jim Rubino of Buffalo, New York, in his Bos dragster with a 6.97-second pass over Rubino’s 7.017. Corriveau defeated 2002 Cavalier driver Bill Wilson of Ingersoll, Ontario, 7.536 to 7.360 by virtue of Corriveau’s 7.51 dial-in against Wilson’s 7.360 dial-in.