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2019 CanAm Classic racing divisions revealed

By Wesley Coburn

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: A Border Collie jumps over a fence in the flyball quarter finals in the main arena on the first day of Crufts dog show at the NEC on March 6, 2014 in Birmingham, England. Said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event, features thousands of dogs, with competitors travelling from countries across the globe to take part. Crufts, which was first held in 1891 and sees thousands of dogs vie for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: A Border Collie jumps over a fence in the flyball quarter finals in the main arena on the first day of Crufts dog show at the NEC on March 6, 2014 in Birmingham, England. Said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event, features thousands of dogs, with competitors travelling from countries across the globe to take part. Crufts, which was first held in 1891 and sees thousands of dogs vie for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) /
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The 2019 CanAm Classic flyball tournament is this weekend in Indianapolis, and we’ve got the breakdown of the divisions.

The 2019 CanAm Classic flyball tournament is this weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Dog O’Day has the full breakdown of the divisions.

The CanAm Classic, now in its 11th year, is essentially the Daytona 500 or Super Bowl of flyball, a team relay sport that is the canine version of drag racing. It is run by NAFA, the more common acronym for the North American Flyball Association.

By our count, there are 71 clubs from the US and Canada represented this year, with 176 teams competing. The club with the most teams is Skidmarkz with eight.

(For more on the basics of flyball, see our primer.)

Each class – Regular, Open and Multibreed (no Veteran class racing is scheduled) groups similar teams into a division by their best qualifying seed times, while they try to go as close to the breakout time as possible within snapping it.

Friday’s Multibreed 1 (breakout time 0.00) will feature Happily Evfur After’s The End (19.40 seconds), Fur in a Blur’s Jet Stream (19.50), the Dixie Flyers’ WingNuts (20.70) and the Alaska Dogs Gone Wild’s Running Wild (22.50).

Open 1 (0.00) features Skidmarkz’ Rump Shakers (15.80 seconds), PSF’s Next of Kin (16.00), All Revd Up’s Afterburner (16.80)  and Animal Inn’s Jinx and E-Z Goin’s Dirt Diggers (both 17.00).

Open 2 (16.60) contains Revolution Flyball’s Splinter Cell (17.60), Clean Break’s Bingeworthy (17.80), Quick Silver’s Dan’s Fans (18.20), the Canine Dirt Diggers’ Quicksand (18.50) and Skidmarkz’ Back Draft (18.60).

Open 3 (17.60) holds Outrun’s Fast Friends (18.60), Turn N Burn (All Revd 18.70), New River Rapids’ Without a Paddle (18.75), Battalion (Revolution 18.80), Cyclone (Blur) and InTune Sportsdogs’ ITS a Family Affair, both at 18.90.

In Open 4 (18.80) are the Alamo Racing Canines’ These Paws Were Made for Flying (19.80), Rabid Fire’s Hydrophobiacs (19.80), the Lone Star Ruffnecks’ Big Rats and the Music City Road Dogs’ jam Session (both 19.90) and the New River Express Train Wreck and the Weston Whirlwinds’ Thunder (both 20.00).

Open 5 (19.30) has Ruck N Roll from Ready Set Ruckus (20.30), the Rocket City Racers’ Cosmic Strays (20.50), Aisle Seat (Dixie (20.60), Heads or Tails’ Heads Up! (20.70), and the Happy Hurdlers’ Hop and Carolina Overdrive’s Too Tough to Tame both at 21.00.

Open 6 (20.00) has the BC Boomerangs’ CANINE AIRWAYS and Skidmarkz’ Tail Wind (both 21.00), Two-Lane Highway’s Prison Break, the Pacific Pups’ Surf’s Up and the Droolin’ Dragsters (all 21.50)

Open 7 (20.50) contains Bitches Be Crazy’s Off the Chain (21.50), Turbo Paws’ Downforce (21.60), Flash Freeze (ADGW 21.70), Zero Gravity (22.00) and the NOR’EASTERS (Boomerangs 22.30).

Open 8 (21.60), the final Open division of the day, groups together Extreme Insanity’s Piper’s Pit (22.60), the KIWIS (Boomerangs 22.70), the Friday FarmDogs (NRR 23.50), Boston Bash (Two-Lane 23.90) and Go Dog Go’s Fear the Beard (23.99).

Regular 1 (0.00 seconds) contains Gale Force (Blur 16.90), the Rubber Room Rockets from DogGoneFast (17.40), Born to be Wild (ADGW 17.80), Up the Creek (NRR) and Pedal to the Metal (Outrun) both at 18.20.

In Regular 2 (17.90) are Lithium Liftoff (DogGoneFast), Don’t Mess with Texas (Alamo) and the Omaha Speedracers’ OSR Whammy (all 18.90), Fur Fun’s Fun and Games (19.00) and Powertrain (Turbo Paws 19.20).

Regular 3 (19.20) has the Rockin Flyball Gang’s Loco Motion (20.20), Backstage Pass (Music City), Blue Ridge Blast’s Unplugged (both 20.30), No Speed Limit’s Light Speed (20.50) and BASH (Boomerangs) and the Ball Driven Bandits’ F.A.B.S. (both 20.60).

The top team in Regular 4 (20.00) are the Pyromaniacs (Rabid Fire 21.00), but the BC Boomerangs have two teams running in the COBBERS (21.10) and NO WORRIES (22.80). There are also the CanAm Virgins from Rapid Intens-A-Flyrs (22.20) and Long Island Road Rage’s Nonstop (23.00).

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