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Sept. 30, 2004

O'Reilly Nationals AMS Pro Mod results

Danny Rowe gets his second win in three rounds....... Laguna Hills Danny Rowe has come into form in the last five races in the AMS Pro Mod series. After failing to qualify for the first four events of the season Danny has earned more points in the last five races than any other competitor in the series. He now sits in third place in the standings and has a chance for second place heading into the final event, a 16 car field at Las Vegas. His win this past weekend came from the #8 spot in the field and included An .001 rt in round one against #1 qualifier Fred Hahn in round one. He had the holeshot on all three of his competitors and had low et (the two quickest et's actually) of elimination's (6.230) in his final round defeat of Tommy Gray. Rowe's teammate has almost clicnched the title as he leads by over three rounds over Canadian Al Billes. A five round final race does give Billes a chance, but he certainly needs alot of luck. WCPM competitors Kirk Kuhns and Dennis Radford both made the field and faced each other in the first round. Kuhns blown Viper took the first round race despite Radford's .036 advantage at the starting line. Kuhn's lost to in the semis in a very close 6.24 to 6.27.

Final Qualifying

1) Mike Ashley 1,843 (1 Win)
2) Al Billes 1,526 (3 Wins)
3) Danny Rowe 1,313 (2 Wins)
) Zach Barklage 1,119
5) Fred Hahn 1,036
6) Mike Castellana 1,015 (2 Wins)
7) Von Smith 928
8) Mike Janis 620
9) Ed Hoover 617
10) Mitch Stott 615
11) Jim Halsey 513 (1 Win)
12) Tommy Gray Jr. 508
13) Shannon Jenkins 412
14) Richie Stevens Jr. 311
15) Harold Martin 308

How points are earned

Winner 400
Runner Up 300
Semis 200
First Round Loser 100

Qualifying points are awarded as follows: 8pts for #1, 7 pts for #2 through to 1 pt for #8 qualifier.

Sept. 28, 2004

The Canada West Doorslammers season final race results are here. And what a weekend it was!!! A weekend gallery is here.

August 31, 2004 West Coast Pro Mod results from Mission are here. Canada West Doorslammer results are here.

August 28, 2004

Friday testing at MRP for the 'three part' Door car Shootout (West Coast Pro Mods, Canada west Doorslammers and Pro Street) included Rob and Randy Vischer, Joe Delehay and Keith Korecki out making test laps in Pro Mod, Bob Marshall out for the first time in his new Pro Stock style Grand Am, Grant Howell out making a bunch of laps in the 37 Chevy and newcomer Greg Anderson (from Wash) out for the first time in his Nova. In Pro Street, Rash Dhaliwal, Glen Braid, Ken Sihota, and Brian Lane all made hits, as well a new Firebird out of Washington (Jeremy something I believe) will debut his cool ride. Randy Parker and the clan are out testing the alky flopper as well and Walt Austin his lending a hand in the tuning end as Randy has struggled this season. They picked a good one to assist that is for sure. A Friday gallery is here for Pro Mod and CWDS. Another gallery with the Pro Street and others including buddy Gary and Nadine Fedyk's ultra cool Ford Wagon is here.

In Norwalk Ohio only one session of pro qualifying including the Pro Mods was run as the weather socked in and was called. Rick Distefano is #1 with an opening 6.269, Carl Spiering is #12 with a 6.358 and Dennis Radford is #16 with 6.463. Glen Kerunsky and John Scialpi are just outside the field with 6.46's as well.

Here are the West Coast Competitors after Friday. Saturday morning has rain and the schedule will probably be dropped down to only one session (if they are lucky).

1 6695 Rick DiStefano, Calgary AB, *'53 Corvette 6.269 227.46 227.46

12 1057 Carl Spiering, Jordan Station ON, *'63 Corvette 6.358 222.03 222.03

16 294 Dennis Radford, Baker City OR, '01 Viper 6.463 223.28 223.28

------------ Not Qualified ------------

17 671 Glen Kerunsky, Calgary AB, *'57 Bel Air 6.466 220.40 220.40
18 1257 John Scialpi, West Covina CA, *'57 Bel Air 6.469 217.81 217.81

August 25, 2004

Memphis Mid South National's

AMS Pro Mod results

Final Qualifying

August 20, 2004

Canadian Glen Kernusky goes to his second final round...........of the year, unfortunately he did not come away with the win. Mike Janis runs his second low 6.20 of elimination's to take a 1/10th of a second win over the Canadian. This was the second time Glen had come for the bottom half of the field to make the final round of an IHRA National event. At the first event of the year, Glen was #16 qualifier but went through the top half of the field to get the win. Here he was the #14 qualifier and took on the "Iceman" in round one and ran his quickest lap since the 20% rule, a solid 6.286 to Jenkin's loose and early shut off 12 second et. In round two, Kerunsky faced Paul Athey and got another relative easy win, 6.30 to 6.95, when Athey got close to the wall and clicked it early. In the semi finals, He faced fellow Calgarian Rick Distefano, who was running very quick, but hurt an engine in the second round, after running 6.227 (the second quickest of elimination's). The team made an engine swap, but Rick pulled the trigger way too early and red lit away his chance. Glen ran a 6.294 and got lane choice over Janis who also ran a 6.294 in his semi final win over Fred Hahn. The final round was close off the starting line until the 330 clock where the Janis HP started to pull ahead and steadily moved in front of Kerunsky until a 6.226 (low ET of elimination's) to 6.321 came up on the scoreboards. Janis's win moved him into 1st place in the standings, ahead of Harold Martin who was a first round fodder at Martin. Rick Distefano, sits in 6th place in the standings but is only one round out of 3rd place.

Point Standings

1. Mike Janis 588
2. Harold Martin 531
3. Mike Castellana 435
4. Quain Stott 423
5. Al Billes 420
6. Rick DiStefano 418
7. Mitch Stott 393
8. Shannon Jenkins 376
9. Billy Harper 362
10. Glen Kerunsky 334

Here was final qualiying after three rounds in Pro Mod:

1. Mike Castellana 6.196 227.65
2. Carl Spiering 6.206 227.00
3. Shannon Jenkins 6.211 224.32
4. Mike Janis 6.215 228.15
5. Mitch Stott 6.219 228.42
6. Tony Pontieri 6.220 226.81
7. Rick DiStefano 6.225 227.84
8. Al Billes 6.239 227.50
9. Fred Hahn 6.260 229.86
10. Quain Stott 6.274 228.69
11. Paul Athey 6.292 226.54
12. Billy Harper 6.296 224.92
13. Harold Martin 6.296 221.42
14. Glen Kerunsky 6.301 225.07
15. Pat Moore 6.304 223.47
16. Pat Musi 6.307 213.13

Pro Stock

Final Qualifying

1. John Montecalvo Citgo Cavalier 6.474 214.86
2. Steve Spiess Spiess Construction Cavalier 6.474 214.42
3. Robert Patrick Purvis Mustang 6.481 213.94
4. John Nobile Nobile Trucking ZX2 6.508 213.74
5. Mike Bell Pegram West Builders ZX2 6.511 212.93
6. Tony Gillig ASSC Racing Mustang 6.511 212.90
7. Rick Jones Quarter Max Stratus 6.512 213.67
8. Frank Gugliotta Thodos Motorsports Escort 6.518 214.76
9. Richard Penland Penland M'Sports Mustang 6.532 212.66
10. Dwayne Rice Cavalier 6.534 212.09
11. Kenny Benso Benso, Inc. Cavalier 6.540 212.66
12. Ron Miller Cavalier 6.541 212.49
13. Carl Baker Summit Racing Cougar 6.541 212.33
14. Larry O'Brien Bear's Performance Stratus 6.542 212.79
15. Elijah Morton Carolina South Mustang 6.543 213.30
16. Ed Machacek Cavalier 6.544 211.13

Point standings

1. John Montecalvo 658
2. John Nobile 573
3. Elijah Morton 572
4. Brian Gahm 569
5. Rick Jones 531
6. Pete Berner 452
7. Frank Gugliotta 446
8. Robert Patrick 408
9. Steve Spiess 360
10. Tony Gillig 334

August 3, 2004

August 3, 2004 Canadians cannot capitalize at third home event.

(photos courtesy DragRaceCanada.com)

Pro Mod------Canadians Al Billes, Rick Distefano, Glen Kerunsky and Carl Spiering all have the same thing in common this year when competing in their home country. They can't win! Billes and Kerunsky both have wins in the Hooters series this year, south of the border, and Rick has gone to the final round in Canada (Edmonton in 2004 and 2003). But the home jinx reared its ugly head for the third consecutive race. Distefano looked to be an even odds favorite heading into elimination's, when he qualified #2 with an awesome 6.174/229.08. In round one he took on Pat Moore and Moore had the starting line advantage and held off a tire shaking Distefano 6.372 to 6.376. Kerunsky went in as an alternate when Mike Lockwood could not make the call and he was defeated in a close matchup with Mike Castellana, Carl Spiering lost to event winner Mike Janis and Al Billes got outrun by Ed Hoover.

Mike Janis had a tough one in round two against point leader Harold Martin, and both cars ran great 6.21's. Janis had .07 at the tree though and won easily. He stream rolled over Ed Hoover in the semis and took on Billy Harper in the final round. The final was not close as Janis stayed in the 20's with a 6.25 and Harper shook at the top of first gear and cold only run a 6.49 in the final round.

The win moves Janis closer to Martin, and now trails his by 32 points heading into the home stretch. This is shaping up to be a close race with 5 races remaining.

Pro Stock------ Robert Patrick got his first win in his return to IHRA pro Mod this past weekend at Toronto Motorsport Park. He has run quite well in qualifying, but has struggled in elimination's with a semi final finish at Virginia, his only result out of the first round heading into this weekend. Patrick went into elimination's from the #13 spot with a 6.599 best and faced Tony Gillig round one. Patrick left first and ran his quickest lap of the weekend 6.548/212. In round two he faced Canadian Larry O'Brien and ran 6.57 to defeat O'Brien's 6.61. In the semi finals he improved on his earlier best, with a 6.547 to defeat Ron Miller's 6.603, and a trip to the final round for the first time in Pro Stock competition in a long time (eight years since his last win at Norwalk Ohio). On the other side of the ladder, John Montecalvo, Richard Penland, Pete Berner and Mike Bell running 6.51 and 6.53 in the first two rounds and clicking it early in the semis when Bell red lit. The performance seemed to favor Montecalvo based on the first two rounds, but Patrick has been pretty sharp on the tree leaving on his opponents in two of the first three rounds. In the final, Patrick again left first (.048 to a .102) and stayed out in front all the way to the finish line, as his 6.550 was quick enough to stay in front of a quicker 6.533/215 mph blast by Montecalvo

Canadian Larry O'Brien went to round two in Pro Stock

June 29, 2004 St.Louis: Gateway International Raceway. Final Pro Mod Eliminations

Danny Rowe follows up his r/u at Englishtown with a win at St.Louis.

Danny Rowe, cannon fodder in the first four events of the year in the AMS Pro Mod Series is now looking like one of the favorites, as he reaces his second final in a row, culminating with a win this past weekend at Gateway International Raceway. On a day when it was hard to celebrate with the death of Top Fuel favorite Darrell Russell, The team had to keep their cool and continue through eliminations knowing that there was a serious crash just earlier. Danny weent into eliminations with a very consistant car for the first time all season and used that advantage to run no worse than 6.22 and have no worse light than a .086 to defeat East Coast hitter Von Smith in a Ford vs Chevy Final. The win by Danny combined with the r/u a week earleir at Englishtown vaulted him into the top 6 in the standings, when only two races earlier he was not even on the radar screen.

Points standings

1) Al Billes 1,418 (3 Wins)
2) Mike Ashley 1,233 (1 Win)
3) Zach Barklage 1,017
4) Von Smith 928
5) Fred Hahn 723
6) Danny Rowe 707 (1 Win)
7) Ed Hoover 617
8) Mitch Stott 615
9) Mike Janis 516
10) Mike Castellana 507 (1 Win)
11) Rickie Smith 306
12) Scotty Cannon 207
13) Thomas Patterson 207
14) Shannon Jenkins 206
15) Jim Halsey 106
16) Chip King 102
17) Billy Harper 101

June 20, 2004 Englishtown New Jersey. Final Pro Mod eliminations

Pointas after 5 events

1) Al Billes 1,418 (3 Wins)
2) Mike Ashley 1,128 (1 Win)
3) Zach Barklage 815
4) Von Smith 622
5) Ed Hoover 617
6) Fred Hahn 616
7) Mitch Stott 615
8) Mike Castellana 507 (1 Win)
9) Danny Rowe 303
10) Mike Janis 208
11) Scotty Cannon 207
12) Thomas Patterson 207
13) Shannon Jenkins 206
14) Rickie Smith 203
15) Jim Halsey 106
16) Chip King 102

Here is how points are earned in the AMS Pro Mod series

Winner 400
Runner Up 300
Semis 200
First Round Loser 100

100 points for setting eithe et or speed record. Must back up within 1%.

#1 Qual 8
#2 Qual 7
#3 Qual 6
#4 Qual 5
#5 Qual 4
#6 Qual 3
#7 Qual 2
#8 Qual 1

May 25, 2004

AMS Pro Mods at Chicago

Race four in the ten race AMS Pro Mod series wrapped up on Sunday, and the first Nitrous winner of the year was crowned. Mike Castellana in one of two "Awesome Motorsports" Camaros ran like there was complete parity between the Nitrous and Blown cars. He qualified in the top half and had the second and third quickest ET's of elimination's. Mike in the Western Beef Camaro, qualified #3 with a 6.22 and team mate Shannon Jenkins was #7 with a 6.27 to be the only Nitrous cars to qualify. The only other nitrous car entered, was driven by West Coast standout Dennis Radford, and he ended up #14 of 22. Danny Rowe and Wayner Wayne, two other West Coast regulars also failed to qualify at Chicago.

Final Qualifying

1. Fred Hahn 6.191 229.35 2 Mike Ashley 6.208 226.54
3. M. Castellana 6.229 224.470 4. Tom Patterson 6.240 224.70
5. Z. Barklage 6.242 230.136. 0Al Billes 6.258 227.54
7. S. Jenkins 6.262 223.80000 8. Von Smith 6.269 227.23

To get the win, Castellana had to take out Canadian and two time 2004 winner Al Billes in round one and Houston event Mike Ashley in the semi finals before defeating #1 qualifier Fred Hahn. Hahn got around Von Smith in round one and Zach Barklage in the semi finals. In the final Castellana cut a great .017 light and went 6.22 to Hahn's .042 light and 6.28 for an almost tenth of a second margin of victory.

Here are the point standings following race #4 (Chicago May 23, 2004).

1) Al Billes 1,013 (2 Wins)
2) Mike Ashley 821 (1 Win)
3) Ed Hoover 617
4) Mitch Stott 615
5) Zach Barklage 614
6) Fred Hahn 516
7) Von Smith 514
8) Mike Castellana 507 (1 Win)
9) Mike Janis 208
10) Scotty Cannon 207
11) Thomas Patterson 207
12) Shannon Jenkins 102
13) Chip King 102
14) Rickie Smith 101

May 17, 2004 The Lucas Oil Canada West Doorslammer race #1 results

A CWDoorslammer Photo Gallery is here

May 16, 2004 Joe Mellof capped off a great day for the Maple Ridge racing family and a start to a defense of the title he won in 2003, as he defeated Rob Charlton in the final round. The 14 car field was lead by TCS Driver Bob Marshall in his 555 inch Ron Parr built BB Chevy. Duane Grosart, the expected #1 qualifier in his six second Blown 55 Chevy Pro Mod, got only one of four qualifying attempt in, and it was the last session on Sunday, so the team just made an easy lap to assure they would be in the field.

In Elimination's, the qualifying ladder is set up so the guys closest in qualifying race each other in the first round making for very close side by side runs. Mellof defeated Marshall by 2/1000ths as both cars broke out, and Mellof was closer to his dial by that slim Margin. Grosart dialed a six in his first round race against Ray Kirton, but only got a 7.12 for his second lap of the season with the new engine combo. Kirton's 7.69 was more than enough. Terry Spargo could not handle Mike Bedsworth's .028 light despite his best et's with the nitrous Camaro. Bedsworth had his best effort in Doorslammer, and it was with an all new car for the Marysville based driver. Rob Charlton defeated engine builder Brian Kikel in Steve Buerger's 63 Corvette, as both drivers were off on their usual good lights. Hall of Famer Frank Nelson went in deep and got the red light against the newly painted 62 Belair driven by Dave Warren. Unfortunately for Warren he hurt his new big inch powerplant and did not return for round two. John Collette was easy pickings for rookie Ron Beauchoin when he and crew chief Paul forgot to activate the nitrous bottle, and in the final pairing of round one, Steve Ellis won the race but lost the war against Grant Howell as he got the win but hurt the motor and failing to make round two. The second round saw only one pairing due to the 1st round carnage, and in the lone side by side, Mike Bedsworth defeated Ray Kirton in the blown pickup with a great .017 light and 7.82 to 7.67 for Kirton. Mellof got the odd car bye run and Charlton and Beaudoin both got singles due to breakage. In the semis, Mellof had a great .019 light and defeated Bedsworth who had a game .025 light, but could not run his 7.78 number. Rob Charlton got to be the other finalist as he defeated Beaudoin after both has rt's within .004 of each other. The final round had 2003 #1 and #3 face each other, when friendly rival Joe Mellof and Rob Charlton in opposite ends of the Chevy spectrum faced each other. Charlton in the newer 2000 S-10 faced the 63 Corvette driven by Joe Mellof. Mellof got the huge hole-shot .009 - .061 and scrubbed 10 mph off at the finish line to take a 7.59 to 7.89 win light. A good start to defending his 2003 championship.

The "Lucas Oil" CWDS association would like to thank RJ Enterprises for bringing you this weekend's event. They would also like to thank all the other series sponsors including Lucas Oil, "Up in Flames" Clothing Company, Charlton Automotive, Pro Stock Performance, TCS Performance Products, Jet Tools and Equipment, Aurora Electronics, Davenport Custom Race Cars, B&B Tireland and the two latest and newest sponsors Ray Kirton Trucking and Mopac Performance.

A CWDoorslammer Photo Gallery is here.

Here is Final Qualifying for Race #1:

Cool new ditigal reader board from RacePak is in Duane Grosart's 55 Chevy.

The "Lucas Oil" Canada West Doorslammer series race #1 presented by

Race one for the CWDS series started Saturday with qualfiying at Mission Raceway Park. 16 cars are trying for the 8.70 min. bump. Unfortunately for the Super Save Gas sponsored Layne Wooley, he won't play on Sunday as he broke Saturday ending his weekend. The #1 qualifier so far is Bob Marshall driving his Pro Stock style Cutlass. He ran 7.41 @ 185. The expected #1 qualifier Duane Grosart, has yet to make a lap in his blown 55 Chevy. #2 in the field is Joe Mellof. One more session of quaolifying goes Sunday Morning before eliminations at noon.

Pictures Sunday.

May 1, 2004

The IHRA announces new Over Drive rules effective immediately. The rule drops the OD limit to 20.0%. Let's start the debate boys.

May 3, 2004 Bristol Thunder Valley Nationals Pro Mod Coverage

Semi Finals

(W) Al Billes (SMP *'53 Corvette) 0.057 6.218 226.24
(L) Fred Hahn (Summit Racing *'01 Corvette) 0.067 13.175 75.03

(W) Mitch Stott (Radiac Abrasives *'63 Camaro) 0.062 6.224 226.77
(L) Von Smith (Dr. Moon's Rage *'04 Mustang) 0.056 6.244 227.92

Final Round

(W) Al Billes (SMP *'53 Corvette) 0.074 6.243 226.24
(L) Mitch Stott (Radiac Abrasives *'63 Camaro) -0.168(R) 6.259 225.60

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