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August 18, 2003 (updated) (All photos courtesy Shane Power, Lasting Images 2003) First time Doorslammer competitor Dean Petersen wins at Port Alberni.
Wangler (above) had a small on track mishap in the shut down area and was unable to make first round and Chris Lamb broke as well leaving 11 cars to battle in out in eliminations. All the racers and spectator had a great time and all involved said they look forward to going back in 2004.
In the Pro class, Howard Hilborn
driving his 27 T defeated Terry Shulfiita in his 71 Chevelle. Modified
saw Mark Nameth in his 5.0 litre Mustang take out Brian Nesbitt driving
his 71 Chevy Pick-up. In Street class, Ken Irving defeated Leanne
Baum. Over 225 competitors made laps down the 1/4 mile. A couple other
notable runs
August 16, 2003 Thunder in the Valley Port Alberni.
Also on hand for exhibition passes are Leon Aines in his alcohol Funny Car who ran 218mph Dave O'Hara and Wayne Eastcott in their TF Harleys and Hugh Ridley in his Alcohol Dragster.
June 8, 2003 Division 5 Brainerd, Minn. Here are the winners in the sportsman classes . COMP ELIMINATOR Doug Engels, Watertown, S.D., Dragster, D/ED, 8.656, 109.90 def. Bill Riemenapp, Lacrosse, Wis., '99 Firebird, C/EA, 8.368, 160.79 SUPER STOCK Ricky Ray, Savannah, Mo., '98 Firebird, SS/BS, 9.153, 137.51 def. Chad Guilford, Highlands Ranch, Colo., '84 Cougar, GT/EA, 10.055, 133.07 STOCK ELIMINATOR Craig Meseroll, Cloquet, Minn., '74 Dart, F/SA, 11.400, 114.90 def. Johnny Diekema, Wilton, Iowa, '70 Nova, B/S, 10.697, 119.28 SUPER COMP Milton Gedo, Lakewood, Colo., Dragster, 8.899, 162.20 def. Mitch Mustard, Arvada, Colo., Dragster, 8.875, 174.32 SUPER GAS Chris Bishop, Grand Rapids, Minn., '79 Malibu, 9.901, 143.80 def. Scott Cowles, Fremont, Neb., '78 Chevy , 9.871, 138.34 SUPER STREET Mike Anderson, St. Joseph, Minn., '65 Nova, 10.864, 133.28 def. Bob Forsythe, Winnipeg, Man.,'71 Demon, 10.843, 128.48 SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE Tom Gilligan, Fremont, Neb., '79 Kawasaki, 9.408,
128.95 def. Cary Hoover, Andover, Minn., '75 Kawasaki, 8.868, 146.70
Division 2 event was rained out and rescheduled for July 4-5th. Division 1 from US-31. SUPER STOCK SUPER GAS SUPER COMP STOCK ELIMINATOR SUPER STREET
June 6, 2003 Div 5 Brainerd Lucas Oil Rag Racing results: (all results courtesy dragracecentral ) The first rounds of qualifying at Brainerd Int'l Raceway were cut short by rain today. The Grand Casino/Coca Cola Championships, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, will continue Saturday and Sunday as scheduled. Some competitors in Super Stock and Stock were able to get one shot at the track before officials were forced to call it a day but the majority of cars were still being checked by the NHRA tech department. Here is qualifying after Friday: Super Stock Stock Eliminator Div 2 results fron Silver Dollar, Georgia The opening day of racing at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series
event, being held at Silver Dollar Raceway, was postponed Friday due
to rain. Results from US 31 Delmar Delaware Friday: Comp: 1 19 G/D Michele Costa, Freehold NJ, Dragster-VW 9.065 9.73 -0.665 Super Stock: 1 1574 GT/BA Frank Maiolo, Mt. Vernon NY, '85 Camaro 9.703 10.95
-1.247 Stock: 1 1788 J/SA Bruce Noland, Leesburg VA, '72 Camaro 11.510 12.75 -1.240
May 25, 2003 Ashcroft National open is here in Sportsman Zone May 19, 2003 Woodburn Opener and Calgary Opener. Final Sportsman results from Englishtown and 3 Div. races half way down this page. New track records in TAD and TAFC at Woodburn WOODBURN DRAGSTRIP, Woodburn, Ore. (May 18)--Mitch Myers and Bucky Austin set track records in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, at the 30th annual Baxter Auto Parts Season Opener. Myers ran 5.392, then posted a 5.422 to upend Kim Parker in the Chicago-style final. The old track record was a 5.417 by Duane Shields. Parker ran a best of 5.505, while Joey Severance (5.506), Steve Federlin (5.545) and Mike Austin (5.634) all made good runs on Sunday. In TAFC, Bucky Austin ran 5.707 in the Chicago-style final to beat John Knox who left before the Tree came on. Austin's run eclipsed the 5.718 mark held by Pat Austin. Other winners included Joe Sorensen (Stock/Super Stock); Dan Benham (Super Comp); Don McClure (Super Gas); Roberta Van Scoyk (Super Street); Shane Molinari (Super Pro); Bill Prince (Pro); Jerry Surant Jr. (Sportsman); Nick Kroske (Motorcycle); Benjamin Hilton (Jr. Lightning); and Sadie Floyd (Jr. Thunder). Report Courtesy of: May 19, 2003 RACE CITY RACE REPORT- (Just a note that the Racing for Kids team was the victim of cancellation in Spokane, Wa. due to weather conditions - not sure of alternate date for Lilac Funny Car Race) Calgary- Spring Ignitor- TAD - 1st rd. N. Sitko, Edmonton: 7.17 @ 193mph def S. Dion, Edm. = No Time. 2nd round Sitko, 6.48 @ 212mph def. Dion 13.85 @ 59.48 mph under 40 degree temperatures and the threat of snow all day. Track temp. was below 50 as well. It was frigid! TA/FC - 1st rd. R. Bateman, Calgary -SHOWDOWN 99 Pont., 8.53 @ 124.15 mph def K. Therres, Humbolt, Sask. EATMORE 97 Olds., 11.64 @ 73.56 mph 2nd rd. Bateman, 6.55 @ 221.90 mph def Therres, 7.67 @ 169.01 mph Courtesy Bob Meek: Racing for Kids TAD team. Sportsman results from all four NHRA events this past weekend are here (courtesy NHRA and Drag Race Central); Div 7 Bakersfield: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR SUPER STOCK STOCK ELIMINATOR SUPER COMP SUPER GAS SUPER STREET SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE SUPER ELIMINATOR Div 4. Baton Rouge: COMP ELIMINATOR SUPER STOCK STOCK ELIMINATOR SUPER COMP SUPER GAS SUPER STREET SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE TOP SPORTSMAN Div 3 Indianapolis: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR SUPER STOCK STOCK ELIMINATOR SUPER COMP SUPER GAS SUPER STREET TOP SPORTSMAN NHRA National Event Englishtown: Comp Eliminator (W) Billy Griffin F/AA 8.63 0.252 8.136 -0.494 Super Stock (W) Tom Sheehan GT/HA 10.28 0.022 10.250 -0.030 Stock (W) Al Vanis N/SA 12.31 0.012 12.478 0.168
(W) John Bruzzo S/C 8.90 0.016 8.905 0.005 Super Gas (W) Jim Smulligan S/G 9.90 0.021 9.900 0.000 Super Street (W) Don Garbinski S/ST 10.90 0.007 10.916 0.016 April 15, 2003 The Lucas Oil event from Boise Idaho is here. Finals are done at Houston Houston proved to be an event with a number of similarities to a couple other nationals this year. The heavy hitters keep on winning. In Comp. Eliminator, Mike Trumble win in his first outing of the year to defeat Brian self who was in his first National final but in his second final of the year at Houston. He won in Comp at Houston to start the year. Both cars took heavy cic's all weekend and ended up with permanent ones effective Monday. Super Stock was a classic match-up of two hitters in the class. Kevin Helms took on Div. 7 standout Jimmy DeFrank and got the home state win for the fans. Kevin cut an .006 light and won the double break out race, Stock was another star filled final with Peter Biondo and Jeff Hefler duking it out. This time the home town boy did not make good as Biondo got the win over a red lighting Hefler. They two also matched up last year with the same result. Super Comp had Roger Warren going to the final round for the first time since the 1984 Cajun's. He got the win in a double break out over Lonnie Grim. In Super Gas, Houston multi-time winner Tommy Phillips had a perfect light and a smaller break out in the double break final against Jeff Franklin. He went 8.898 to miss the perfect run by only 2/1000ths.
April 5, 2003
Sunday April 6,2003 Sunday finals in sportman classes Jeff Lane looking very strong in Super Stock. The Lang Bros. dominate Stock. Mary Ann Method right with the Langs.
In Stock, the North West
dominated the competition, with three of the four competitors hailing
from the great NW. Toby Lang was on one side of the Ladder and Jody
on the other they where they sliced and diced their way through every
competitor until they met in the final. There, they have rt's within
one thousand of each other, and ran it through the top end, and in
a double breakout, Toby got the
Here all all the final round results from the "Summit Nationals" at "The Strip". Competition Eliminator -- David Rampy, Roadster, 7.445, 176.24 def. Dean Carter, Dragster, 7.197, 184.14. Super Stock -- Jeff Lane, Pontiac Grand Am, 9.144, 147.49 def. Dan Fletcher, Chevy Camaro, 10.486, 120.76. Stock Eliminator -- Toby Lang, Chevelle, 11.920, 108.36 def. Jody Lang, Chevy Malibu, 12.877, 101.44. Super Comp -- Brent Cannon, Dragster, 9.052, 163.83 def. Guy Aguayo, Dragster, foul. Super Gas -- Todd Stewart, Chevy Corvette, 10.047, 142.16 def. Gregory
Carrillo, Roadster, Saturday April 5, 2003.... ......was not a great day for Division six in the Super classes,
as the only two competitors left in Super Comp were eliminated in
the fourth round. Mike Henderson got Friday Aprl 4, 2003 In Comp qualifying was highlighted by Calgary's Jirka Kaplan in AA/AM. Jirka's blown Altered ripped down the 1/4 mile with a best of 6.55 (.730 under) at over 205 mph. Jirka will be at the Mission Divisional event trying to be the first ever to run a sub 6.50 pass in a Comp class other than Pro Mod. To make the field, you had to run better than .473 under. No Pro Mods were in the field this weekend, and the best A/ND pass came from Wayne Ramay with a .694 under 7.176. In Super Stock, the turbo charged SS/DX owned and driven by John Gallina went an incredible 8.229 (1.511 under). Michael Ogburn made a great high elevation pass of a 8.954 (1.296 under). Both these top qualifiers will be at Mission divisional race in May with goals to set world standards in both classes. Gallina will try for for the first ever sub 7 second pass in Stock history. He ran 8.02 at Mission last year. Ogburn will be trying for the first ever 8.50 pass by a Super Stock Hemi. 48 cars will run in eliminations. Stock saw 99 cars qualify for eliminations, led by Sara Norseworthy in her F/TruckSA. She went a 1.343 under 12.597. The B/SA of Clark Holroyd went a 1.287 under 10.55 to nail down the number 2 spot. A/S Ford hitter Robert Pond was third with a 10.312, and A/SA "first in the nines" Bobby DeArmond was #6 with a 10.376. Go to Drag Race Central or NHRA.com for all the details.
Updated march 31, 2003 10:00 am Monday. Word on Larry Winters is that he is in fact in ICU at Tucson. He has some swelling around the brain due to a pretty hard hit and concussion. More when I hear. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. It does not appear to be to real serious though! I hate this stuff. But anyone that does not think Drag Racing has any risk involved is mistaken. Like any high speed sport, or almost anything you do, the risks are there. The trade off is that drag racing of the most exciting, fun and safe motorsports you can partake in. March 31, 2003 South Western International Raceway Finals Racing was not completed until close to 9:00 pm Sunday due to high winds, and a major synthetic oil down in the early rounds. As well, when most of the classes were down to the final few rounds Larry Winter crashed his Super Eliminator (7.90) dragster (thankfully, he was just sent to the hospital for observation) just past the finish line on a winning run, and that made for another one hour delay. Add all this to the fact that the usual first round of eliminations for the larger (64+ cars), that is normally run on Saturday's, did not happen. You know the rest of the story, it made for a very long weekend of racing and a sad one with the crash and tragic death of Division six sportsman racer Don Rhyne. Here is the final report and final round results courtesy NHRA Field Marketing. Go to Drag Race Central for all the round by round results. Joe Mozeris grabbed the win in Comp. Eliminator over Wayne Ramay
with a 7.144 second pass at 183.59 mph. Ramay also set a record earlier
in the day running an adjusted elapsed time of 6.91 seconds breaking
the old record of 6.97 seconds. COMPETITION ELIMINATOR March 29, 2003 courtesy NHRA field marketing Top qualifiers in the three sportsman classes at Tucson are Scott
Hedlund of Anaheim, Calif., in Comp; John Gallina of Las Vegas, in
Super Stock; and Marka Gallina of Henderson, Nev., in Stock. The five
competitors (in TAD, TAFC, Comp, Super Stock and Stock) will share
the $3,500 Sealed Power Low Qualifier bonus. March 28, 2003 RACING KICKS OFF IN TUCSON TUCSON, Ariz. - In the first rounds of qualifying for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Southwestern International Raceway, Gary Carter sits on top of the Comp. Eliminator class with a pass on 7.243 seconds in his front engine dragster. Carter recorded an early season win at the CSK Nationals in Phoenix back in February and hopes to get his second here this weekend. John Gallina of Las Vegas took the top spot in Super Stock after the first day of qualifying with a run of 8.503 seconds, and is followed by Phoenix resident Kip Martin in his '64 Mustang. Number one in Stock is Marka Gallina of Henderson, Nev., while Leo Shaver is on top in Sportsman Motorcycle and the Kerker Motorcycle Series. A pair of Tucson residents will look to knock off Shaver in the motorcycle class as Tom Patterson and Tom Lannie qualified third and seventh respectively. The more than thirty pre-entered Top Alcohol Dragsters and Funny Cars get their first shot at the track tomorrow with qualifying runs at 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. Gates at Southwestern International Raceway open at 7 a.m. with racing beginning at 8 p.m. For more information call the track, (520) 762-9700. The following are Friday's qualifying results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Southwestern International Raceway: COMP ELIMINATOR 1) Dean Carter, Glendale, Ariz., ET Race, A/ND, 7.243 seconds, -0.717 (under index) 2) Vinnie Deceglie, Alta Loma, Calif., '63 Corvette, A/A, 6.806, -0.674 3) Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., '95 Cutlass, F/AA, 8.473, -0.657 4) Scott Hedlund, Anaheim, Calif., '02 Cavalier, B/SM, 8.434, -0.656 5) Rick Braun, Redlands, Calif., '01 Firebird, B/EA, 8.165, -0.605 6) Randy Jones, Monarch Beach, Calif., '03 Cavalier, D/SMA, 9.010, -0.600 7) Wayne Ramay, Simi Valley, Calif., Dragster, A/ND, 7.364, -0.596 8) Tom Huggins, Santa Paula, Calif., '02 Grand Am, B/A, 7.447, -0.573 9) Steve Wilmoth, Peoria, Ariz., '34 Chevy, C/SR, 8.976, -0.554 10) Ed Sigmon, Chatsworth, Calif., '34 Chevy, C/SR, 8.993, -0.537 SUPER STOCK 1) John Gallina, Henderson, Nev., '87 Grand National, SS/DX, 8.503 seconds, -1.347 (under index) 2) Kip Martin, Phoenix, Ariz., '64 Mustang, SS/L, 10.814, -1.166 3) Jeff Lane, N. Bend, Wash., '03 Grand Am, SS/CM, 9.181, -1.139 4) Larry Zavala, San Gabriel, Calif., '91 Calais, GT/FA, 10.428, -1.082 5) Gary McGlasson, Los Lunas, N.M., '69 Camaro, SS/HA, 10.233, -1.077 6) Jimmy DeFrank, Tarzana, Calif., '87 Camaro, GT/HA, 10.694, -1.076 7) Chuck Norton, Covina, Calif., '97 Firebird, SS/JA, 10.669, -1.051 8) Kevin Nicks, Golden, Colo., '70 Barracuda, SS/FA, 10.117, -1.033 9) Eric Bell, Chandler, Ariz., '70 Barracuda, SS/FA, 10.135, -1.015 10) Frank Grossi, Upland, Calif., '03 Grand Am, GT/BA, 9.929, -1.011 STOCK 1) Marka Gallina, Henderson, Nev., '89 Trans Am, D/FIA, 11.240 seconds, -1.520 (under index) 2) Fred Rector, Durango, Colo., '72 Nova, I/S, 11.654, -1.316 3) Ken Etter, Riverside, Calif., '77 Volare, J/SA, 11.931, -1.299 4) Darren Smith, Palmdale, Calif., '00 Dakota, CT/SA, 12.188, -1.292 5) Richard Pauley, Saugus, Calif., '68 Mustang, C/SA, 10.857, -1.283 6) Jeff Lee, Scottsdale, Ariz., '70 AMX, E/S, 11.123, -1.277 7) Lloyd MacKay, Cedar Grove, N.J., '02 Firebird, I/FIA, 13.061, -1.199 8) Keith Lynch, Mt Ayr, Iowa, '70 Camaro, C/SA, 10.947, -1.193 9) Bobby DeArmond, Gallup, N.M., '69 Camaro, A/SA, 10.546, -1.174 10) Al Corda, Elk Mound, Wis., '01 Firebird, A/FIA, 10.550, -1.170
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Dean
Petersen in the Petersen Racing Mustang defeat Roy Lazic in the final
round of the Canada West Doorslammer exhibition event at the "Thunder
in the Valley" event in sunny Port Alberni. Over 6000 spectators
lined the race track on Sunday (a total fan count of well over 11,
000 for the weekend) to see some great side by side action from the
7-8 second door cars. Rod Charlton was the lone semi final loser in
the 11 car field. All 13 cars entered did run the necessary 8.99 or
better to qualify, but Shane 
One
of the more unique aspects of this event was the fact they ran their
electronic timers like they did back in the 70's-80's where they run
the MPH clocks 66 feet past the finish line. This gives the the competitors
who never ever click it off right at 1320 feet, a bunch more speed.
I really liked the old way. But the insurance companies were concerned
about Top Fuel speeds, so they shortened the timing area. I liked
the old way. TF speeds could be in the 340 range. Rob Murphy ran 199
in his Daytona and Rob Charlton ran almost 190. I bet they like the
old way as well. 
included
Dave O'Hara (right) making the first ever 200 pass on Vancouver Island
on a Bike as he made the fans go crazy wheeling his Top Fuel Harley
in exhibition runs. Leon Aines ran well over 218 mph and ex-Island
resident, Hugh Ridley made 7.50 laps in his Blown Alcohol Dragster.
Ray
Grossmith 
Wayne
Darby 
Ken
Orser 
Rob
Charlton 
Chris
Lamb 
Grant
Howell 
Leon
Aines, fastest run, 218mph
Hugh
Ridley 
Rob
Murphy went 199
Roy
Lazic has his best finish
Steve
Ellis 
Layne
Wooley 
5000-6000
Spectators were on hand for day two of the biggest drag racing event
on Vancouver Island. The Canada West Doorslammers were the feature
class at the mid Island Airport facility. Duane Grosart's 55 Chevy
(left) and 12 other doorslammers are on hand for this weekends event.
Duane leads qualifying so far with a 7.52 best. Rob Murphy is #2 with
a 7.71. Rob Charlton, Roy Lazic, and John Collette (below) are all
in the 7's as well after three of four qualifying sessions. One more
in the morning before 
eliminations
at noon tomorrow. The other competitors include Layne Wooley, Joe
Mellof, Steve Ellis, Grant Howell, Dean Petersen (below), Chris Lamb,
Terry Langdan Davis and Shane Wangler
Vegas
was good to Division six competitors! Jeff Lane (left) picked
up his second Super Stock national event win of the year, as
he took his SS/CM Grand Am to the winners circle over professional
sportsman racer Dan Fletcher. With the win, Jeff takes over the top
spot in the National Super Stock standing from Peter Biondo. Another
Div. six racer Mark Faul is in fourth place after Vegas. 
win,
by breaking out the least .04 under, to Jody's .053 under his dial.
In the semis, Jody took out Div. six rival Mary Ann Method, taking
the stripe for a .008 margin. 
beat
up by Ashley Force (ya John's daughter) when she had her second
dead on et (9.05) in eliminations. She is also cutting great .0 lights.
Dick Van der Meer also lost in round four to Div.seven competitor
Kain Gallaugher. But in Stock the North west is looking good,
with Mary Ann Method, Jody Lang, brother Toby and Eric
Waldo all advanced to the fourth round. 13 competitors are left
in Stock. Super Stock has All star Jeff Lane and Mark Faul
both heading into round three of competition. 12 players are still
in the field. Comp eliminator saw the only Canadian in the field,
Jirka Kaplan, in that bitchin' AA/AM altered go into hibernation,
with a sleepy .336 light and losing to David Kramer. Even with
the bad light, Jirka was only 6 inches from getting the win as he
went .678 under to try and chase him down. That would have been a
costly CIC. 
