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Zex Toronto signs on to present PRO10five for 2022

February 4, 2022

ZEX Toronto has been a staple in Ontario, Canada’s Street Car Shootout drag racing world for years. Now they have come on board to present the quickest of the Canada Heads Up- Shootout Series classes – PRO10five!

ZEX Toronto is a family owned and operated company built to serve the automotive and marine industry with rebuilt starters, alternators, brake calipers and power steering components. ZEX has now expanded their expertise to A/C compressors. The newly formed branch of Zex Toronto handles rebuilding and servicing of automotive A/C compressors and clutch assemblies. Not to stop there, ZEX also rebuilds Super Chargers and Turbo Chargers!….and if we look alittle further towrds the track ZEX also builds some wild high horsepower engines as well!

ZEX Toronto looks forward to bringing their PRO10five class entry this season and as always continues their involvement of CHU Board of Directors member Luciano Vitelli’s Super Street team.

 

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Ultimate Car & Truck Refinishing teams up with CHU for 2022

Feb 1, 2022 

 

IHRP and CHU welcome Bryon Treveld’s Ultimate Car & Truck Refinishing and Collision Center to our roster for 2022. Brian has been a repeat competitor in the Canada Heads Up – Shootout Series presented by Speedwire and Nash Competition Engines for the last few years and finished top 5 last season.

Ultimate Car & Truck Refinishing and Collision Center can be found in Sutton Ontario, just south of Lake Simcoe! Check these links to their FB page and their website for more details! Ultimate Car & Truck Refinishing and Collision Center can also be found through the series website at ianhillracing.com

Bryon is also a VP Racing Fuels dealer and is known for his extra service of delivering orders to the track as needed for his customers on CHU Race days!

Thank you Bryon and we look forward to seeing the results of your winter upgrades!

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RM Racing Lubricants adds support to the 2022 season…

January 27, 2022

Richard Matthie and his RM Racing Lubricants has become well known within the Ontario drag racing scene. He continues to promote his company through series sponsorship’s, race team full product sponsorship’s and associate level sponsorship! Watching RM Racing Lubricants one might say they are everywhere right now! We seen them sign up many new racers for 2022 in the Bike and Car scene, including 2 new pro mod teams! 

 

Rich and RM Racing Lubricants are back to support Canada Heads Up, as well as the RPM Magazine Smackdown6 event and has put support together for the Ontario vs Quebec grudge bike shootout!

RM Racing Lubricants will be back in their normal spot at TMP for all the IHRP events in 2022 right near the tech inspection area.

 

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Nash Competition Engines presents Canada Heads Up

January 25, 2022

Nick Agostino’s Nash Competition Engines will be one of the companies helping to present Canada’s fastest growing series for 2022- Canada Heads Up! 

Nash Competition Engines has a long history behind some of the quickest and fastest streetcar shootout style cars in Ontario and Nick’s move to carry on the engine shop will help maintain the quality and popularity moving forward!

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Nash Competition Engines joins CHU to bring in the new year with mighty bang!

January 25, 2022

Wow! we crack the doors to the 2022 season and find that the flood gates have opened… 

IHRP/ CHU would like to welcome Nash Competition Engines on board the CHU series as a presenting sponsor. Nash Competiton Engine has a rich history of being part of some the quickest cars in the street shootout scene on Ontario and with the move of new owner Nick Agostino, that rich performance history will continue!  


Watch for Nash Competition Engines, out of Scarborough On, horsepower coming your way in 2022!

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Speedwire returns as a Canada Heads Up Presenting supporter

January 21, 2021

Canada Heads Up and IHRP welcome back Speedwire Systems as a presenting supporter of our series. Speedwire System is a Canadian made/ Canadian quality performance switch panel manufacturer local in Toronto Ont. Speedwire Systems can be found in many of the entries at CHU events. they have systems that are custom tailored for Nitrous or Boost combos while also offering basic switch panels that perform flawlessly time after time on index and naturally aspirated dial in entries!

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2022 Canada heads Up – Kick off

January 21, 2022 from the oval office of the super secret hide out of the OGW

 

As the snow and ice builds, many of us are busting knuckles on winter updates and upgrades the people behind the scenes of Canada Heads Up – Shootout series are already hard at it, getting together to make 2022 the greatest season of CHU yet!

We would like to well two new board members and a new committee chairperson.

We welcome Luciano Vitelli and Frank Cesario to our Board of Directors. Luch and Frank join our current board of Wajdy Kahlil, Dean, Louie Braccio, Stuart Gerbino and series director Ian Hill. “We look forward to Luch’s input in giving us feed back from the Heads Up competitors as well we look forward to Luch’s focus on helping us ensure our sponsors and supporter agreements are being follow through properly. Frank Cesario’s long standing involvement in all forms of drag racing will come into play as his focus will to aid our continued growth within the index/ sportsman side of things and off track social events/ items. We added two members to the board this year so we can maintain the odd number of BoD members required to reach a majority vote on such items.

CHU also welcomes our new Bike Committee chair – Mike Pereira. Mike will be working with the Bike competitors as a direct line to the Board. We look forward to Mike’s input on all bike related issues and helping us to shape our efforts for future growth of the series.

In the coming weeks we look forward to opening up our Membership for early sign up, releasing our parking plan, and gearing up for the series with our annual “Locked In” posters! – are racing with Canada Heads Up this year?… then send us a PM on FB and well get your hot rod on our list of Locked In racers!!!!

 

 

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ONTARIO GRUDGE WARS RETURNS TO TMP OCT 2

October 2, 2021

Ontario Grudge Wars @ TMP

Class                                      Entry Fee             Purse                                                    Awards

Outlaw                                $300 entry             $4000                                                    Championship Belt

Limited28s                          $300 entry             $4000                                                    Championship Belt

Street275                            $150                       $1500                                                    Championship Belt

63” Bikes                             $200                       $2000                                                    Championship Belt

Grudge Bikes                     $300                       100% plus $500                                 Championship Belt

5.50 Index                           $100                       100% (+$500 if over 8 cars)          Big Cheque

6.0 Index                             $100                       100% (+$500 if over 8 cars)          Big Cheque

6.50 Index                           $100                       100% (+$500 if over 8 cars)          Big Cheque

Jr dragster – no fee Tech Card – $500 Purse/ $50 Consi

Can/AM                               Entries fee paid at Can Am Trailer                              Championship Belt

                                                Hemi Car going most rounds –                                     Championship Belt

CJR Performance              $100

 

Gate fees – 

Racer entering Friday for Friday and Saturday:$ 70.00

Racer entering Saturday just for Saturday: $ 50.00

 

Crew/Spectator-entering Friday for Friday and Saturday: $ 50.00

Crew/Spectator-entering Saturday just for Saturday: $ 30.00

 

 

Two rounds of Testing @ 10am then eliminations

Outlaw, Limited28s, 63” Bike and Grudge Bike Ladder by Chip draw per round by OGW Tent

Street275, 5.50, 6.0, 5.50 2 rounds of Qualifying and Pro ladder by TMP Computer

Can/Am – 2 rounds of time trails and chip draw to fill Sportsman Ladder by Can Am

CJR Performance entries – Called to the lanes as a class per round.

 

Early Parking – Friday @ 6pm

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660 Sportsman Nationals – set to be single largest bracket payout weekend the province has ever seen

From the white shoe polish stock room of the super secret hideout of IHRP

August 10,2021

 

Ian Hill Racing productions is proud to announce a new partnership and offer up the release the Bracket racing world has been waiting for!

Ian Hill, Ontario’s hottest promoter in Drag Racing north of the boarder these days, has brought you Small Tire Shootout events, Canada Heads Up – Shootout Series and the recently – the Smackdown5… is set to expand his Racing Promotion into the Sportsman scene by partnering with well known dial in racer Drew Buchner. While Ian’s race promotion history dates back 9 years, this will be Drew’s first go at putting on a big event! 

“Drew contact me, shortly after i secured the GBM date to try to carry on a similar event to what had been previously cancelled due to health reasons – the Big Beaver race. I’ve known Drew for many years, having raced with him at St. Thomas Dragway for a few years in the bracket program – which at the height of my bracket racing career saw Drew and I take first and second in points in 2015 separated by two rounds at St. Thomas Dragway! After a brief conversation, we put a plan together and our partnership was secured. Both Drew and I have raced enough sportsman races we know what racers want…. consistency!” – IHRP Director Ian Hill. “Drew and I will be focussed all weekend to ensure the event is run smoothly and the racers are taken care of”.

The 660 Sportsman Nationals is all about the bracket racer! There will be no “show”, no Jets, no Pro Mods, no Wheel Standers…. what there will be is round after round of bracket racing! There are classes for bottom bulb racers, top bulb racers, racers that want to pay big dollars to enter to win big dollars and racers that want to dial in their quick entries! There are Bike and Sled classes, Stock/ Super Stock classes and Jr Dragster classes; all scheduled to fit into a 3 day weekend that is sure to knock the crap out of anything thats ever been done like this before! With an estimate of over $81,000 in payouts over the course of the 3 day event, it is sure to attract everyone from Western Ontario, Northern Ontario all the way through into Quebec! If you put shoe polish to window, you’d better be at this race! 

The 660 Sportsman Nationals, with only 3 weeks to plan and get the race scheduled and promoted, could not have happened without the help from the staff and management of Grand Bend Motorplex and some great sponsors! DSE Automotive, Twin Oaks Towing, J&S Collision, Southerntruckboxes.com, Bracket Life, Cheap Side Auto, Finishline Niagara, BLASSTALLequipment.com, Western Over Head Door, Advanced Motorsports, Performance Unlimited, EWS, Boomer and Deb, Henderson Racing, For Wheels Racing, Quest Manufacturing, hutches Transmission, Bellmont Automotive, and CMS have come together with Drew and Ian to present what is sure to be an awesome event!

 

visit ianhillracing.com for the event details

 

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Ontario’s Hutch’s Transmission to support IHRP’s summer events

from the power transfer station at the super secret hideout of the OGW

 

May 18,2021

Ian Hill Racing Productions is proud to announce the return of associate partner Hutch’s Transmission Service for the 2021 season. Hutch’s Transmission has long been a leading transmission specialty shop for both the Canadian and American performance industry markets.

With over 30 years  of experience in the high performance racing transmission industry, Hutch’s Transmission Service is a leading authority on the newest transmission technology. Owner, John Hutchinson’s aim is to create the very best and most reliable transmissions on the market today.

Hutch’s Transmission Service specializes in drag racing automatic transmissions, custom prototype work, restoration, manufacturing and design consultation. Additionally, they are the only Canadian SFI certification centre for Reid Racing Inc, JW Performance Transmissions, and ATI Performance Products.

“Using only the best parts available, we strive to build the highest quality transmissions that will reliably endure the tortures of racing. We are proud to be able to say that we have satisfied customers all around the world”. – John Hutchinson – owner.

 

Hutch’s Transmission Service joins the ever growing force that helps to back our Maxima Racing Oil’s Canada Heads Up Series powered by Speed Wire Systems and the RPM Magazine Smackdown5 powered by Maxima Racing Oil and RM Racing Lubricants. Without these great companies that continually support the series that their customers race in, we could never be where we are!

John’s customers can be found racing in Super Street, EZ Street and Street275 in the IHRP events. Their customers can also be found leading the pack in Top Sportsman, X275, Pro Mod and so many more classes throughout Canada and the USA.

 

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