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Canada West Doorslammer web site is here West Coast Pro Mod web site is here.
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.
Final Qualifying 1. Fred Hahn 6.191 229.35
2 Mike Ashley 6.208 226.54
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)
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 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 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 (W) Mitch Stott (Radiac Abrasives *'63 Camaro) 0.062 6.224 226.77 Final Round (W) Al Billes (SMP *'53 Corvette) 0.074 6.243 226.24
March/April archives are here. All other months are in the right column. |
Check out the West Coast Pro Mod web site for all their series news
2004 April 2004 archives are here
2003 Archives February 2003 Doorslammer Zone
Your favorite West Coast and Canadian Pro Mod and Doorslammers web sites: Trevor Lowe Al Billes John Scialpi Pat Stoken
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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.
lap
to assure they would be in the field. 
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. 
