The Canadian-swing of the IHRA tour was good to Bruce Litton's Lucas Oil Top Fuel team. Litton was
pleased after having a win at the first Canadian stop, the Rocky Mountain Nationals in Edmonton,
Alb. Just two weeks later Litton found himself again in the final round, surrounded by more Lucas
Oil fans at the Mopar Canadian Nationals in Grand Bend, Ont. This marked his fifth final round out
of six races completed so far on the IHRA tour.
"Canada has been good to us!" told Litton. "We enjoy racing here. The fans are great and it's
wonderful to see their support of the Lucas Oil products as well as the race team. It's nice to
compete at a facility that Lucas Oil supports, too. One lane of the Grand Bend Motorplex is
sponsored by Lucas Oil, which happened to be the lane I made most of my runs in.
"I feel very blessed to represent Lucas Oil in Canada. The fans here show great support and we were
happy to make it to the final round for our fans here. They stuck it out through the wet weather
and cheered us on. Their support of Lucas Oil and our Top Fuel team is greatly appreciated. I also
want to thank them for their support of Karsyn Bell and Riley Hospital and or helping us raise
awareness of childhood cancer."
On Friday night Litton took home Last Man Standing honors, which is also becoming a regular
occurrence for the Indianapolis-based team. After fighting rain and tricky track conditions during
Saturday's qualifying, Litton remained number two with a 4.810. Sunday's weather was much more
agreeable, although track conditions still appeared testy. Litton had the quickest elapsed time in
round one with a 4.873 to take out Tim Cullinan, then again dominated in round two, taking out
Canada's own Tim Boychuk. In a repeat of the Spring Nationals, Litton faced off against Del Cox Jr.
in the final round. Cox pulled out his best run of the day to take the win. However, Litton
retained his points lead, with 68 points between him and Cox who holds second.
"This has been a phenomenal year for our team. All the guys on my crew work really hard and know
how get the job done. Five finals in six races is pretty incredible. I couldn't ask for a better
team or better sponsors. The support of Lucas Oil and United Trailers is vital to our team. Their
dedication to our team, the sport of drag racing, and their customers is very impressive. We're
proud to have them on board. I wouldn't want to be in this Championship fight without them."
