Ontario’s Ken Perry was the top finishing Canadian racer at Gainesville — just missing the TAD title with a runner-up finish in the highly potent “Iceman” Dragster

Toronto-native Jeff Arend got into the fuel FC program #15 driving for Jim Dunn Racing but lost out to eventual winner Johnny Gray in round one.

Paul Noakes had a good run going at Gainesville after qualifying 7th at 5.588 secs and winning two rounds before a red-light start in the semis ended his bid in TAFC

One of the most talked about cars for sure at Gainesville was Jim Bell’s fantastic turbocharged Mustang Pro Mod from Edmonton. Hired gun driver Eric Dillard won two rounds.

Defending NHRA SC World Champion Al Kenny exited surprisingly in round two of competition.

The new racing duo of Kenny Lang and Al Billes were entered in Pro Mod — but lost out in round one.

Mark Martino tried his hand in Pro Stock with a new engine program from Bob Benza and Tom Martino but his 6.598 secs best missed the cut.

Ike Maier ran a best lap of 4.139 secs driving for John LaPorte — but that fell short of the swift 3.906 TF bump

Ontario’s Rob Carpenter entered his slick new Cobalt in Comp as a F/SMA classed car and qualified that at .513 under the index

The “Captain’s” new look Paton Racing TF dragster was driven at Gainesville by Denmark’s Stig Neergaard.

Cassie Simonton and the usually hard running KonRodz Racing TAFC was a surprising 1st round casualty.