The third annual installment of the ever-growing Hindle Canadian Fastest Streetbike Shootout at Grand Bend Motorplex brought out some of the most impressive street legal machinery from Ontario and Michigan to battle for a chance at the $1000 winner's purse.

The first round of qualifying gave racers a chance to guage the track surface. Several monster wheelies showed them that the track was definitely there and would take anything they could throw at it.

Ronnie Mitchell (Belleville, MI) laid the smack down with an opening round 7.82 at a blazing 189.63 MPH on his turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa. The flawless pass was the first ever 7-second run recorded on Canadian turf. He was followed by Richard Peppler (Listowel, ON), who represented for Canada with a personal best 8.153-seconds at 185.72 MPH on his RCC Turbos 'Busa. Also qualifying in the 8-second zone were Lonnie Angel (8.99/156) and Jody Jendon (8.99/162).

Grand Bend Motorplex points racers Paul Crane, Cory Lacroix and Stephen Pfeil all made the field, Crane the quickest of the three at 9.11/153. Cycle Max, a sponsor of the event, was represented by Jeff Bloor, whose Hindle-equipped and nitrous-fed ZX-12 ran a best-ever 9.36 and clocked an impressive 157.20 MPH trap speed.

Mitchell made quick work of the competition in eliminations to earn a berth in the finals. He defeated the Racer's Choice Suzuki Bandit of Craig Mark in round one and beat Angel in round two before earning the bye in the semis.

On the other side of the ladder, Peppler ran another personal best 8.07 (note: the following weekend he ran a 7.85 in Michigan to become the first Canadian in the 7's on a streetbike) in round one and the got past Mike Hailslip's nitrous'd ZX12 in the semis, setting up an all-turbo, Canada vs. USA final round.

Mitchell was on his game and wouldn't be swayed, leaving Peppler at the tree and running a new Canadian Streetbike Shootout record at 7.794/189. Peppler slowed from his earlier pace with an 8.22/185 to earn runner-up for the third year in a row.

Special thanks to all our our sponsors, the racers who came out and to the Grand Bend Motorplex management and staff for an incredible day of racing!