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Please note that Larry Pfister is no longer the webmaster for Mission Raceway Park. Any questions regarding that site must now be directed to the track office.

ADVERTISERS PLEASE NOTE
HH will not be accepting any new or renewing any old advertising until our future course is set. Because of the way 2009 went we extended all ads a few months beyond their original end date and will continue to do so for those still owed time. HUGE thanks to all those local companies who supported this site by advertising. This site is not going away, but until we can determine exactly what we will be doing we do not want to commit to anything new.

HH the Hits Video ready for immediate shipping in DVD and BLU-RAY!
That's right folks, the latest, greatest HH video is now available for your enjoyment. For the first time you can order either a regular DVD or for those of you with a Blu-Ray deck hooked up to that big flatscreen and surround sound system, prepare for an HH video experience you have never, ever had before! YES, BLU-RAY is available right now!

I'm not totally certain, but after quick searches on Google, Amazon and Ebay could not find another drag racing Blu-Ray. I'm not saying they aren't out there, but if this is not the first drag racing BRD, it's one of the very, very few currently available.

As for what you'll see, a good bit of it has been online for some time, but a lot of it has never before been available to the public. It's broken down into sections for wheelies, burnouts, squirrly passes and much more. There are a few wrecks, but not a lot. If you want carnage, this may not be for you, but if you love the sport and want to see how cool it still is, then this is two hours of solid entertainment HH style.

The two hour video also includes roughly an hour of Nitro Nostalgia Funny Cars and a few other nitro nostalgia rides such as front-motored injected dragsters, and Fuel Altereds! Ya, it's nitro time at HH and this video delivers! You'll see some cool interviews, some of our most popular music videos, in-car HD footage that'll leave you wanting more, and our trademark slow motion that in HD is truly spectacular.

Watch trailer and order here.

Sunday February 7, 2010

Western Canadian Silly Season in full swing
The usual boring February has not come about in 2010. It's generally a time when most are sitting around waiting for the rain or snow to stop or a trip south for the fortunate few able to do it. Not so this year as the second month of a new decade is still young and lots of big news has the locals reading online about a slew of big time happenings.

What the heck did we do before the Internet? Could you image waiting for some print rag to release news a month or so from now that a local NHRA strip is hosting a bunch of AHRA events?!? That sound you hear in the mountain skies is Bill Phillips firing one up...a blown Hemi-in-Heaven I mean.

It could be called the best kept non-secret in recent years around here, for despite the rumors along with a lot of people knowing about this for a long time, nobody spilled the beans until it was official. Now it's time for the fun to really begin. What the heck'll NHRA do? Threaten to pull the sanction perhaps? In a division with three major tracks (Medford, Acton and Spokane) either in limbo or rather tenuous operating positions? Spokane is particularly interesting as this is the home of the AHRA and the former last surviving bastion of this once great sanctioning body.

The AHRA has not even held a race yet, but already has as many western Canadian events or 'sanctions' as NHRA. Can two sanctioning bodies live side-by-side like this? Make that three in Alberta with that IHRA place up in the provincial capital. Racers may run of decal space.

One of the first considerations is insurance. This position was explained to HH recently by Eagle Motorplex Manager Joe Sye (photo below) who said drag racing in the U.S. has a number of insurance companies to choose from so when one is already in place it's a major problem to bring in another. Apparently this has been the major stumbling block with NHRA, ADRL, AHRA, and anybody else who has tried to do the double deal. This is not the case in Canada where Sye says there is but one insurance company, making that problem moot.

While this is rather shocking news, it's not a surprise by any stretch as ever since the Ashcroft facility (along with a bunch more) was dropped from the Bracket Final rotation, track officials have been livid...and had no problem expressing their feelings to anybody who asked. It's a very, very tense situation as everybody waits to see not only how it plays out, but how much of the 'play' we mere mortals will actually get to hear.

I suggest NHRA buy up a ton of ad space that will show on TV...oh, that's gonna get me in trouble. Only kidding friends.

The date for this big new race in B.C. is August 14/15, and amazingly enough there are not many other races close to Eagle goin down that weekend. Bremerton has a $4000 race Sunday that includes the BC Super Shifters and the Super Comp group, and other than a few smaller regular races, this event has no real competition in the height of summer anywhere close to Ashcroft.

Response from racers has been very positive, spectators will obviously love it, sponsors have got to be looking at it, so what could go wrong? When all this started up a while back it was 'suggested' that HH post something about the AHRA. I flat refused because I knew nothing about them, and basically said when they stage a few races, I would take another look at them.

Just one look at their website makes me wonder. While there are a number of press releases about races and tracks signing on, there is nothing about any sponsors. Not one. Their sponsor page is 'under construction'. I'm sure they will come, but to tout so many major happenings and not have even one sponsor announcement on their website I simply have to wonder how deep their pockets are. Shades of that group back in 2001 (ADRA I believe), who had all kinds of big names involved, money, sponsors, tracks, races, TV contract, etc. who lasted two events before they went under in spectacular fashion. I dunno folks, it all sounds fantastic, but until this group actually has a good number of half decent events under their belt, I'll do little more than sit back and observe.

The other things that could directly affect HH is the fact that this is apparently a televised race, that if so, would mean no other video cams on the starting line. And that the AHRA has an official photography company doing all their events also means no freelancers selling in the Eagle pits, legit media only please. Trust me folks, I am a really, really bad spectator, so if I can't make a living in once place, I have to go somewhere I can. Hey, for some of us it's a business, not a part time hobby/job.

Isn't it all so silly, but definitely fun? All these unanswered questions, huge expectations, potential for mudslinging like we have rarely seen around here, totally unprecedented possibilities. Then again, if you think it's silly now, just wait, cause this is gonna get good. Then ad in all the fun MRP stuff such as the Richardson Driving School, Friday night burnout contests and those persistent rumors that the Pastime TV show may film here, and you have the silliest season we've had in a very long time.

Wednesday February 3, 2010

NHRA NORTHWEST DIVISION CHASSIS INSPECTION SCHEDULE- 2010

1- Feb. 6th- Saturday- Wilsonville OR- Jackson Automotive- Steve Jackson- 503-682-2165

2- Feb. 20th- Saturday- Kent WA- Kent Performance- Dennis Boley- 253-446-6594

3- Feb. 27th- Saturday- Billings MT- JB Automotive- Dennis McKnire- 406-670-5704

Feb. 28th- Sunday- Great Falls MT- TBD- Ken Kraus- 406-727-8915

4- March 13th- Saturday- Boise ID- Boise Roadster Show- Scott New- 208-938-8986

5- March 13th- Saturday- Port Orchard WA- Grey Chevrolet- Dennis Boley- 253-446-6594

6- March 27th- Saturday- Woodburn OR- Woodburn Dragstrip- Elvon Kaufman- 503-982-4461

7- March 27th- Saturday- Calgary AB- Unlimited Performance- Andy Scheu- 403-243-4949

8- March 27th- Saturday- Yakima WA- Renegade Raceway- Troy Adams- 509-877-7888

9- April 3rd- Saturday- Missoula MT- Jones Contracting- Rich Potvin- 406-560-5119

10- April 10th- Saturday- Edmonton AB- Y Welding- Wade Sjostrom- 780-477-7354

11- April 17th- Saturday- Medicine Hat AB- Flint Energy- Jim Burden- 403-526-1044

Vote for your division's Sportsman Racer Advisory Council representatives

Cool videos:

York US 30 circa 1970 with sound

Don Garlits hit during cacklefest at the NHRA reunion 2007

yee freekin ha

ya ok

save

Sunday January 31, 2010

LIVE Las Vegas PSCA & Testing video stream ----- PSCA final qualifying - records runs in Pro Street and Outlaw!

Thursday January 28, 2010

Thanks for all the video orders over the past 24 hours, we've almost sold out the initial run. A small fix to the closing credits and those who got the early discs will always know they got the first copies. As for the future, there are at least a half dozen feature videos just sitting there awaiting edit time...and for those wondering because of poor sales of Vol 1, I highly doubt it will be Wicked 2. I am leaning more towards a history of Pro Mods in the west as HH has footage going back almost two decades that includes some amazing never-before-seen video of the popular doorslammers. Once a decision is made in the next few weeks it will be announced here.

Scotty Richardson Drag School coming to Mission?
According to a post on the Team Mission forum, interest is building towards a group of racers bringing the sportsman racing star's gig to MRP. No idea what actually has to be done as the posting makes it sounds like all that has to happen is a bunch of pre-entries. No word yet from officials - who would be making the final decision, not the racers or Richardson.

Western Alky Nostalgia Floppers split off to new group
It was very apparent in 2009 that roughly half of the racers competing in the International Blown Alcohol Association were not thrilled about having to slow their cars down to keep the group competitive. Flip the page to 2010 and those racers have solved that issue by creating a new organization that will feature more performance - a win-win situation in our view. For more check out the drag racers with one of the longest urls in the world today.
http://rockymountainnostalgiafunnycars.com

Medford seeks new track operator

Eagle Motorplex Spring Fling March 6 at Aldergrove Legion

I got trashed recently for not posting more on the big wins at the 2009 Street Car Super Nationals by Canadians Dan Vogt in Pro Street and Dale Moznik in Outlaw 10.5. Ya, my bad, but it came at a time when I was unable to do much here. Now it's really old news, but not too old for me to post a link to a nice race summary on YouTube. PS: The first PSCA race of the year goes this weekend at THE STRIP at LVMS along with a pro test session.


Congrats to veteran drag photographer, journalist, and historian Phil Elliott for an engagement to his lady Donna. They have set a date of April 10 for the big day.

I know I probably missed some stuff, but let's end it with this little gem:

Vigilante justice at it's finest

Tuesday January 26, 2010

HH contracted to produce 2010 Mission Raceway Park Schedule and Poster
We're happy to announce that Horsepower Heaven has once again been contracted to produce the 2010 MRP poster and fold-out schedule. Work has already started on both items with a planned delivery date of mid-February. We've got some awesome photos to use that will ensure the MRP print works stands out in a very busy local crowd.

Sunday January 17, 2010

HH Hits video update
Editing is complete, the regular DVD will be available to order sometime this coming week, with the Blu-Ray to follow soon.

Pacific Raceways 2010 Schedule includes new UNLIMITED ProMod/ProStreet class PRINTABLE SCHEDULE
The new drag race schedule for Seattle's Pacific Raceways has been posted and includes a few new door car classes including what is termed 'Unlimited' Pro Street/Pro Mod and Outlaw 10.5. Rumor is there will be basically no rules, true heads-up, run-whatcha-brung drag racing. This kind of racing is always best when it first goes on for if it continues in that manner the biggest wallet always wins.

Between races here and Mission the fast door folks are already voicing concern about too many races instead of not enough. Though no races overlap between the tracks, a number of them are back-to-back weekends which could put some bank accounts in jeopardy. Obviously there could be worse problems, so I'll shut up and let the racers speak here.

A legend passes.

Tuesday January 12, 2010

The Strip launches 2010 drag racing season with Nitro Blast-off Preseason Test Session and PSCA January 29

Drag Race Canada annual vote for Canuck Drivers of the Year. VOTE NOW for the western racers who made the cut

BCCCA 2010 elections see no changes
Club voting at this past Sunday's Annual General Meeting resulted in no changes to the 2010 British Columbia Custom Car Association Executive. The list is here. Brian Nawyn now enters his fifth year as President and told HH there will be few changes. "Our racing program is going to remain basically the same for exhibition cars. We are going to try the Nostalgia Funny Cars again at the National Open hopefully with more success and more cars."

He went on to explain a new part of the MOPAC Friday Night Street Legal events - burnout contests! "Early in the year we can't run very late because of the dew factor, so when we stop we'll start with the burnout contests and do the same thing at the street legals at the end of the year. Each winner of the burnout contests over the season will come back at the last street legal to decide an overall champion."

Word on their website is that former bike drag racer 'Terrible' Tom Tourand is the new Webmaster. That's good news as we know Tommy, he's a good guy and will do the job well.

LoweDown Racing reunion tour
After a two year break from racing (while we awaited our crew chief Dave Lowe to recover from cancer), the team headed down to the Las Vegas for the Street Car Nationals once again. There this famous two-time championship '57 Chevy proved it only looked old.

The announcers and crowd were amazed how well the car looked and performed for its age. In the fastest Pro Street field ever there were 56 cars entered and although the old Chevy started off a little slow, qualifying 27th out of the 32 cars qualified, old faithful started to show signs of the good old days as the rounds went on. He was one of the fastest cars on Sunday as he ripped off a couple off 6.29's and if it wasn't for a driver error (where did we get him anyways) he would have had the potential to take home the win and $20,000.00.

This last minute project, came with a lot of help from my friends. Let me first thank every one of these people, because without them it couldn't have happened.

CREW
Dave Lowe - the leader, he is relentless - he will not sleep, until his car is prepared just right, absolutely no exceptions.

Bernie Duncan - the thinker, never forgets anything, and I mean anything.(keeps Dave and Trevor in check) knows more about motors than God himself.

Gary Tiechrob - the motivator, he knows more than anybody would ever need to know about a clutch (new to the team in 2006, and just a short time in Pro Mod, he has become one of the best at tuning a clutch.

Ryan Hinrichsen - the best chassis tuner in the world *the end* the most talented guy I know. He loves to compete more than anyone I know.

More CREW
Todd Pricket - crew member from the past, Tony Richardson, Al Car

Tyson Wells and Norm Wilson from Fortins fast engines in Chilliwack who both came down to Las Vegas to help us out, oh by the way congratulations on
winning the Canada West Doorslamers, not to mention they won with a V/W BUG - like who does that?

Sponsors

  • Hub International
  • Propel engineering
  • RH Race cars
  • Sterling Bridge
  • Fortins
Racing Friends help
Lyle Kennedy, - for loaning us Tires, Computer etc.
Duane Grosart - for loaning us Computer Dash etc.
Bob Betts - for all his amazing help (even though he couldn't come)
Sterling Bridge and Danny Rowe - sponsorship

RH Race cars - Ryan and his guys, Tony and Tyson, for all their hard work in putting this project together, they worked day and night with Dave for a week to have the car ready for Vegas.

 

This is bullshit - please support BCCOM in their peaceful protest
Due to our failing system, a young motorcyclist by the name of Orion Hutchinson has lost his life by a suspected drunk driver and the person responsible for this tragedy, RCMP officer Cpl Benjamin "Monty" Robinson is potentially getting away with it.

Let's show our support,

Next Rally: January 15, 2010 @ 9am (Rallies are planned in conjunction with Robinson's court appearances)
Surrey Provincial Court, 14340 57th Avenue, Surrey, BC, V3X 1B2

This is a peaceful rally. Website: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=192282664239

YOUR VOICE COUNTS!
What can you do to take action and show your displeasure with the current system? Send a letter, email or fax to the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Hon. Kash Heed and the Attorney General, Hon. Michael de Jong, who is also a rider, and call for changes to be made to our justice system.

The only way that things will change is if we let our voices be heard. Your voice counts!

MLA: Hon. Kash Heed Vancouver-Fraserview Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
E-mail: kash.heed.mla@leg.bc.ca

MLA: Hon. Michael de Jong Abbotsford West Attorney General
E-mail: mike.dejong.mla@leg.bc.ca

Sunday January 10, 2010

I would like to take this time to sincerely thank the executive and membership of the British Columbia Custom Car Association for their support and business for the past five years. Having had the opportunity to create and maintain their first website is something I'll always look back on with pride. Now that I have moved away from the area it's obvious the change had to be made. I don't know their future plans but I'm sure everything will be just fine. There are plenty of bodies around to make it even bigger and better.

Speaking of local websites, take a look at the slick redo of Paul Grants 330images.com

A good read for photographers.

Cool deal on CompPlus with a bunch of cool old dudes twisting old 'war stories'. Our favorite was the beginnings of the infamous Bill Doner.

Friday January 8, 2010

HH Hits 2007/8/9 update
Work continues on editing of this major new video production with a hoped for release date sometime next week. No, we haven't given you too many details yet, but we will soon. A one disc, two hour video, it will include all the cool stuff from the past three years including a LOT of nostalgia nitro. Our Blu-Ray system is installed and ready to test and yes it will be a legit BR disc that requires a MAJOR financial commitment to be registered, a deal that has held back many planned smaller BR videos. Beware purchasing discs not registered as they will NOT play on all players no matter what the producer or you do. More soon.

Saskatchewan photographer scores cover
He's one of the most talented shooters in the country who has just scored a big goal when one of his photos from the 2009 Boise Nightfire Nationals was put on the cover of March 2010 Drag Racer magazine.

Blair Alderton, of Moose Jaw, has been photographing drag races for a number of years, but could still be described as one of the new guys. His work has been seen all over the web but this is his first inclusion in one of the major drag racing magazines.

"There’s only a handful of people that really understand what it means to make a cover of a glossy publication, and I have to say that this is my ‘first’ semi-main stream dedicated drag mag cover" he told HH. "And most of the 2009 Nightfire feature pics inside are mine too."

Not knowing his work would be on the cover, Blair sent this cool pic that we just had to post.

Congrats to Blair who will continue shooting at his home track Saskatchewan International Raceway and other events that he can get to. For more of Blair's work check out his website nitroimage.ca

Langley Burnout Contest...uh Cruise-In canceled!
The e-mails came in hot n heavy today from locals totally pissed that the annual Langley Goodtimes Cruise-In was canceled going into what would have been year 13. Officials stated a number of reasons with 'burnout' being one of them. Though they were referring to the all-volunteer staff being worn down, HH has to wonder if safety aspects are more to blame than what most will admit.

For years Friday and Saturday nights saw hundreds of tire toasters all over town driving organizers, police and much of the general public out of their minds. A few years back officials even looked at having an official burnout contest, but realized that would not work for too many reasons. Over the years the unofficial 'contest' would move from one part of town to another leaving the police scrambling to keep up with more 'criminals' than they had the manpower to deal with.

Frankly, how those crazy nights lasted this long is amazing. The fact the cruise did a lot for many charities is a huge loss, as will be the business hit to many struggling downtown Langley establishments, not to mention the participants and spectators who came out in droves. Then again there were many locals who stopped going because it simply got too big and too corporate to be as much fun as it once was.

There's a chance it may return in 2011. Hopefully it will as despite the many issues it was a great event for many people.

2009 Burnouts on Youtube --- Vancouver Sun --- Langley Times

Thursday January 7, 2010

Celebration of Life for Jason Dubs Saturday at The Strip at LVMS

LAS VEGAS - The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host a Celebration of Life for Jason Dubs on Saturday, Jan. 9 at noon. The celebration will begin at the starting line of the drag strip at noon and later move to the drivers' meeting room in the superspeedway's infield media center at 1 p.m.

Jason was involved in an accident on Nellis Blvd. in Las Vegas on Monday evening and remains in critical condition in the UMC Trauma Intensive Care Unit.

Chris Blair, LVMS' vice president of racing operations, is Jason's brother-in-law.

"The outpouring of support to our family has been tremendous and we appreciate your thoughts and prayers," Blair said. "No one really knew just how many lives had been touched by Jason here at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. We have family and friends coming in from all over the country. His brother is traveling here from England. We want to take this opportunity to assemble in one place to say 'thank you' for the love you've shown.

"Jason's biological family and his LVMS family would like to invite everyone to join us on Saturday for a celebration of the life of Jason Dubs. Friends are welcome to share stories about Jason and pay tribute to him."

Jason John Dubs, 37, is a native of Freeport, Ill. He has been member of the starting-line team and a track preparation specialist for The Strip at LVMS since 2003. Jason is regarded in the motorsports industry as one of the premiere racing track preparation specialists. Jason also works part-time at Belfab Racing in Las Vegas and has constructed a number of race cars for oval-track and drag-racing competition.

Racers and street rod participants who would like to participate in the celebration by making a parade pass down the drag strip are welcome to attend and are asked to have their cars in the staging lanes at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday January 6, 2010

Environment Canada Proposes Indefinite Exemption for Leaded Gasoline In Competition Vehicles

Spokane 'old' news, but a good read, especially some of the comments

Thursday December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas everybody. I'll be away from here and my email for a few days. Take care, have fun and hug the ones you love.

Tuesday December 22, 2009

HH Hits video update
Work on the next HH feature video is almost complete. HH The Hits 2007, 2008 & 2009 will be a full production two hour piece that will be available in both standard definition DVD and Blu-Ray HD. The standard def disc will be available in the first half of January followed by the HD disc hopefully just a couple of weeks later.

Stay tuned here for more as the release date approaches and we put together an online trailer. The Blu-Ray disc will require some testing before full release and will cost more than the standard DVD, but when you see this on your 50 inch flat screen, you'll be blown away.

2010 Eagle Motorplex dates
They will announce the info on the races within the next couple of weeks.

  • May 1&2 possible open test and tune
  • May 15&16 Zimmer Points race
  • May 21,22,23&24 Nationl Open [will be a triple header for Zimmer points]
  • May 29&30 CMDRA [open for cars to T&T]
  • June 11,12&13 Langley Loafer
  • June 26,27 Zimmer Points race
  • July 10&11 TBA
  • July 16&17 CMDRA [open to cars to T&T]
  • Aug 14&15 TBA
  • Aug 21&22 Zimmer Points race
  • {Sept 4,5&6 ET Finals Mission}
  • Sept 11&12 Zimmer Points race
  • Sept 25&26 TBA
  • Oct 9&10 ? Not sure on this date

Thursday December 17, 2009

Long Time Div 6 Racer, Rick Dingle Passes

Photo courtesy Gary Estes

Monday December 14, 2009

Just go to youtube and search Little Green Wagon...yikes! Maybe craziest one here. So all you fearless shooters who think that big 'solid' SEEment wall will save yur azz...ya ok.

American what? 1 2

Proof that forums will always be better than blogs

hahahahahahahaha

TOO cool

Glendora going Outlaw 1/8th mile racing ? ?

2009 NHRA Division Six Awards

  • Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Track of the Year Firebird Raceway
  • Summit Racing Series Track of the Year Portland Int'l Raceway
  • Most Improved Track Pacific Raceways
  • Top Alcohol Driver of the Year Shawn Cowie
  • Sportsman Driver of the Year Jon Riedel
  • Mel Bresaw Memorial ET Driver of the Year David Rastad
  • Don Rhyne Memorial Jr. Driver of the Year MeghancMolinari
  • Rod Hoerner Memorial Rookie of the Year Tom Pappas
  • Jerry Verheul Memorial Top Alcohol Crew Chief Bill Moore (Shawn Cowie's crew chief)
  • Sportsman Crew Chief of the Year Bob Ohlde (crew chief for the Dalrymple team)
  • Sponsor of the Year Lucas Oil Products
  • Janet Lang Memorial Gracious Lady Award Ruth Evanchuk
  • Ernie Hall Memorial Person of the Year Jay Livingston
  • Hall of Fame Mike Ferderer
Wednesday December 9, 2009

Race City goes AHRA
The American Hot Rod Association is pleased to announce the sanctioning of Race City Motorsports Park in Calgary Alberta . "We are extremely pleased that Art MacKenzie and Race City Motorsports Park have joined the AHRA family" stated Brad Janishewski Vice President and Director of Canada Operations. ”Race City has been a pillar in Western Canada for years. We are not only looking forward to the return of Nitro Powered cars in Calgary at the reunion tour but also a strong commitment to the western Canada Sportsmen Series" stated Janishewski. AHRA will be hosting a “Reunion Tour “ Nitro race as well as multiple Sportsmen races of which the dates will be announced in the coming days.

Another Herb McNutt Memorial guest book

Monday December 7, 2009

Stuff
With the race season over I'd like to make note of a few things I didn't see much other info posted anywhere.

Start with the loss of a Northwest drag racing little giant - Herb McNutt (photo right). A past manager from the 1960s at both Arlington and Bayview, McNutt had been all but forgotten before the nostalgia scene started growing in the late 90s. Since events such as the Van Isle Reunion in 2001, McNutt became a 'must have' honored guest at a number of major events and gatherings - a fitting tribute to the man who truly was instrumental to the early days of northwest drag racing.

I was fortunate to have been able to meet this man a number of times and appreciate his humble nature and honest surprise that so many people remembered him, respected him, wanted to hear his racing stories and very much loved him.

Herb died nearly a month ago, but you can read some info here, obit here , messages here and a video interview with him here, and finally an awesome tribute video here.

Another more recent loss was the king of the outlaw drag strip George Ray. Here's a Google with a few links.

More old-timer news comes from the Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society 2009 Induction Ceremony this past October that saw drag racers Rick Johnston and Bob Kokotailo inducted. You can visit the group's site here, but it does not appear the 2009 info has been posted yet, and I've lost some info that was sent to me, so if anybody has some links on this please let me know and I'll post.

Speaking of OLD...there's a cool 240 story here.

More recent stuff includes the Mission Raceway Park 2010 major event dates released:

May 28, 29 & 30 - Lordco BC Nationals
June 19 & 20 - West Coast Pro Mod Challenge
July 23, 24 & 25 - Canadian National Open
July 31 & August 1 - Langley Loafers BC Old Time Drags
August 21 & 22 - CMDRA All Bike Drags
August 28 & 29 - Fire, Smoke & Thunder
Sept. 3, 4 & 5 - ET Finals
Sept. 11 & 12 - Brown Bros. Mega Ford Weekend

The Canadian Motorcycle Drag Racing Association's All Bike Drag Series presented by Drag Specialties/Parts Canada featuring the Screamin' Eagle Nitro Series is pleased to announce our 2010 Western Race Schedule.

2010 CMDRA WESTERN RACE SCHEDULE
May 29-30 - Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex, Ashcroft, BC - www.eaglemotorplex.com
June 19-20 - Grand Bend Motorplex, Grand Bend, ON - www.grandbendmotorplex.com - (optional for classes that commit 4 or more bikes to attend event)
July 10-11 - Castrol Raceway, Edmonton, AB - www.castrolraceway.com
July 17-18 - Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex, Ashcroft, BC - www.eaglemotorplex.com
August 7-8 - MHDRA Drag Strip, Medicine Hat, AB - www.mhdra.com
August 21-22 - Mission Raceway Park, Mission, BC - www.missionraceway.com
September 11-12 - Castrol Raceway, Edmonton, AB - www.castrolraceway.com
September 13 - Year-end Awards Banquet, Nisku Inn, Edmonton, AB

News from Calgary is good
City Hall has voted to keep Race City around for another five years. We are cautiously optimistic that the details can be worked out with our landlord, Corporate Properties, over the next month and then planning for next season can start. (more)

Canadian leaded Fuel Update

Congratulations to the many, many track, group, and divisional champions and strong finishers from 2009. Our situation here made it impossible to keep up with them all, but the many other sites and message boards were full of information and congrats. Most of the banquets are done, but this coming weekend the annual NHRA D6 bash goes down in Seattle marking the first time HH has not provided a video in over a decade. No, it's not a good feeling, I would have loved to be there. Hopefully next year.

Speaking of NHRA etc. there's tons of behind-the-scenes stuff happening. You have all surly heard about the management issues at Spokane. The best things I hear right now is that the track should be ok, but ya never know. More news out of Montana is that the web site is down, and beyond what we know and cannot make public right now, can tell you to hang on for an official announcement shortly. Meanwhile in Medford, it's really getting interesting as this string on Mater points out. Down in Glendora some of the staff cuts included veteran shooter Richard Brady among other National Dragster staffers. I canceled my sub to Digger and have not even seen one of the new magazine-sized issues.

There's more coming here soon, but for now check out our video page as there are some new/old clips and trailers many of which you may have never seen before.

I'll also put out the request now for news and views from all of you. I'll post as often as possible. And yes, there's a new video coming. May not make it for Xmas, but it's gonna be a way cool piece that will be available in HD as well as standard definition (SD) DVD. HH The Hits 2007, 2008, 2009 will is almost complete. Look for a trailer real soon.

And how about an old link to the 2009 D6 Track of the Year - Firebird Raceway in Boise Idaho and their gettin-better-all-the-time wheelstand contest pics. And while yur at it, check out their weekly oldie pics.

As for stuff such as my views on SCSN V, IHRA, and what programs like Pinks All Out and PassTime is doing to this sport, hang on, I'll get into all that real soon.

Wednesday November 25, 2009

The HH video store has been reworked and is back online.

All my waking hours are being put into a new video. Once that's done we will move forward with some new things.

Sunday September 6, 2009

Regnier, Oien, Jackman, and Bromley take wins at the NHRA Division 6 Summit ET Race of Champions on September 5, 2009. Each has earned the opportunity to race at the National Championship at Pomona in November.
by Elvon Kaufman

Super Pro winner, David Regnier, from Bend, OR strapped a .002 light on Kent, WA's Lloyd York and ran his number with a 4 to score a .006 package in the victory. York had a stellar .007 reaction time, but it was definitely Regnier's day as his 66 Nova was nearly perfect. Regnier was racing for Madras while York is a member of Pacific Raceway's contingent.

Pro was represented by two Spokane finalists. Dave Oien earned the victory with his 66 Cornet as he benefited by the red-light start from his competitor, Eric Wolfe. Wolfe's Fairlane was red by .004.

Sportsman racer, Martin Jackman, from Eagle Motorplex in British Columbia was another beneficiary of a red-light start, when Medicine Hat, Alberta racer, Ted Buzynis went red. Jackman completed his run in 12.915 seconds at 93 mph to take the victory in the all-Canadian final.

Pacific Raceway's Kevin Bromeley took the win in Bike/Sled over Woodburn Dragstrip's Roger Wolff in a double breakout finish. Bromley dialed 9.80 and ran 9.782 to Wolff who dialed 9.56 and ran 9.529.

High School was won by Josh Wilson, representing Woodburn Dragstrip over Renegade's Jesse Neveu. Wilson drove his 93 Chev pickup with a .055 reaction time, and ran 16.734 to take the win.

The Junior Lightning victory was claimed by Bremerton's Taren Smith over Spokane's Greyson Wolfe. Smith took the victory with a .054 reaction time and ran 8.039 at 77.70 mph.

Junior Thunder's Meghan Molinari, racing for Portland, was victorious over Woodburn Dragstrip's Jerold Mix. Molinari was nearly perfect, running a 9.030 on a 9.03 dial-in at 73.15 mph to Mix's breakout 11.228.

The Track Manager's Challenge was claimed by Portland International Raceway over Spokane County Raceway by a 36 to 30 margin. Woodburn Dragstrip came in third with 29 points and Firebird scored 27. The other first-day team scores were: Madras Dragstrip - 26; Bremerton Raceway - 24; Pacific Raceways - 21; Champion Raceway - 17; Eagle Motorples - 17; Mission Raceway Park - 17; Medicine Hat - 16; Renegade Raceway - 16; Coos Bay - 9; Lakeview - 7; Walla Walla Dragstrip - 6; Lewiston - 2; and Lost Creek - 1.

Thursday September 3,, 2009

MRP Saturday August 29 photos --- August 30 photos

2009 Portland National Open results and photos --- Natl Open points updated on D6 site


O’Learys amazing triple! Rich Carlson photo

Wednesday September 2, 2009

Bad Day

Epp SS/T Mustang lost in major structure fire today in Abbotsford forum story/video

Commissioners want Spokane racetrack operator out

Woodburn weather

  1. Troy Owen 7.191/191.77
  2. Bill Fitting 7.340/184.61
  3. Joel Matton 7.345/183.13

Spokane qualifying

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Photo by Rod Jeffers

AA/FC
1. Bucky Austin, 5.946, 228.15
2. Garrett Bateman, 5.998, 224.47
3. Mark Sanders, 6.061, 234.17
4. John Powers, 6.086, 232.79
5. Mike Savage, 6.305, 197.54
6. Dale Pulde, 6.312, 214.04
7. Chris Davis, 7.945, 181.98
Pro Mods
1. Joe Delehay, 6.240, 229.43
2. Dennis Radford, 6.417, 213.10
3. Dan Vogt, 6.492, 216.06
4. Ross Hogenson, 6.555, 166.68
5. Lee Smith, 6.627, 220.22
6. Rod Pearce, 6.669, 212.33
7. Tom Meheden, 6.759, 206.61
8. Perry Krinitt, 6.965, 201.85
9. Perry Thyr, 7.070, 148.35
10. Vern Mills, 9.349, 97.99
11. Tim Mann, 11.582, 76.60

Mission Open photo essay the likes of which only MISTER Paul Grant can put together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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