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• Disc 1 - BC Nationals & Pro Mod Challenge (running time 1 hr 36mins) (NEW view trailer)
  
• Disc 2 - National Open & BC Oldtime Drags (1 hr 41 mins) (NEW view trailer)
  
• Disc 3 - Night of Fire & All Ford Drags (1 hr 43 mins) (NEW view trailer)
  
• Disc 4 - Apr. 20-22 & Sept. 28-30 Brackets, TnT, etc. & All Bike Drags (feature cars & Top Fuel only) (1 hr 30 mins) (NEW view trailer) CAUTION 'F Word' Alert....you have been warned

Happy New Years Eve Everybody!

We gotta tradition round here come this particular night. Hard to believe the first HH 'Spectacular' was 1999. As we move more into video than ever before, it was obvious if this was to continue we had to try and take it to the next level.

So here you have it...surprise, surprise. A bunch of never-before-seen video!

And we begin with a couple of clips we know'll get hit on. Potential 'Wicked' sponsors take note. That's right, here are the first ever clips from Wicked:

A 'first attempt' intro you'll never see on the final project....Some actual edited pieces, and a few shots I know won't get to the final cut...but you'll get the idea. The first hour or so will be pre 2000. The portion from which these scenes all come from. Note the video will cover through 2006.

Wicked Street of the West Teaser 1

Wicked Street of the West Teaser 2

The 2007 D7 National Open banquet video HH did this year.

The Brady Kalivoda interview from Nuthin But Nitro. The closest thing to a collectors video HH has ever made. Long story, don't ask.

And a music video that's part of the first ever HH southwest drag video - The 2007 Div. 7 Bracket Finals at Las Vegas. The clip here is mostly of the late Saturday night sessions of Pro and Super Pro.

Happy New Year everybody!
- LP

December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas everybody. Am trying my best to get back to the many e-mail greetings and special orders that have come into HH the last few days. Here we are Xmas Eve, and I know I didn't get back to anywhere near all of them. And all those cards. Thank you! Some of the custom cards that came in this year were just awesome! I save every one and file them away each year.

The schedule around here is as crazy today as any day last August. A good thing in so many ways that makes me so thankful of what I have. An awesome family. So many good friends. And a job that's a dream come true.

We're going into 2008 strong. A good sign after a basically rotten 2007. Our season begins in mere weeks when HH will be at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the PSCA Season Opener Jan 25, 26, 27. There was once a plan to try and have Wicked done for that weekend, but I doubt it'll happen.

I'm not really taking any time off. The work I have is too cool. A hand out for Shawn Cowie...promo video for John Evanchuck...Stick Super Stock and Top Sportsman guys wanting videos...a couple of posters...some other print work. ...A surprise D7 Bracket Finals video that'll be for sale real soon. A surprise cause it turned out a lot cooler than I thought it would. Bit of a redo on the MRP site, and maybe this one too...Ya right, when I got nuthin' more important ta do! Wicked? Ya I know. Workin on it.

But for right now I sincerely wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I've got some ideas for a New Years Eve posting, but not sure there's time to pull it off.

Take it easy the next few days, drive safe and drive sober eh!

Bingle Jells!
-Larry Pfister

Canadian Boxing Day sale flyers available to view NOW! Quick, as some may be pulled at any time.

Updated schedule and Sportsman category information for seventh annual Nitro Blastoff Preseason Test Session Jan. 18-20 at The Strip at LVMS

LAS VEGAS – Officials for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway today released a final run schedule and Sportsman racer information for the seventh annual Nitro Blast-Off Preseason Test Session which will take place Jan. 18-20, 2008, at America’s Greatest Drag Strip.

"The biggest change for 2008 is that the event will now be a three-day test session instead of four days" said Chris Blair, LVMS’ Vice President of Racing Operations. "In addition, the event will now start one hour earlier and conclude one hour later each day. This was done to accommodate racers and crew chiefs who enjoy Las Vegas Motor Speedway's superior racing surface and excellent atmospheric conditions on the best prepared track in the industry."

Through the years, the Las Vegas test has been the proving ground for technical and safety developments, the debut of new teams and the opportunity for drivers to obtain professional competition licenses.

Sportsman Teams
Open to any Lucas Oil Sportsman team or any NHRA E.T. category. Cost to test is $150 (car and driver) for a weekend run card or $60 for a single day of testing. No pre-registration necessary.

Professional and Semi-Professional Teams
Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Mod, Pro Stock Bike, Pro Street, Outlaw 10.5 and Nostalgia classes. Cost to test is $300 (car and driver) and is valid for entire weekend. No pre-registration necessary.

Top Fuel Dragster and Nitro Funny Car Teams
No charge for teams who pre-register prior to Friday, January 11, 2008. Please Contact Mysti Haynes at (702) 632-8213 or e-mail: mhaynes@lvms.com for additional information.

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008
Credential sales and pit parking – 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 18-Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008
Credential sales and tech inspection – 7 a.m.
Sportsman and E.T. time trials – 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Professional and Semi-Professional time trials – 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Speedzone calendars now available so you can ogle Hemis, Alky Cars and Doorslammers all year long!

Listen and you will hear the brief story of a nitro race team well deserved to be inducted into the NHRA Division Six Hall of Fame. A story I had never heard before. A story that many more Northwest drag racers will hear for the very first time. A story some will hear for the first time in a long time. The story of Krohn, Parmenter and Rue.

A word of thanks
To the number of people who recently told me they are turning down many requests from 'friends' to copy HH videos for them. HH is a one man company that gets by on the support of friends like this. Our video sales have not been great the past few years, but I keep on hoping they will get better. And to those who want to steal my stuff, all I can say is if you sincerely can't afford what I charge, then do what you have to do. If you're just a cheap prick, then do everybody a favor and put a few bucks cash in an envelope with no return address and send it off to the address on our video page. The more piracy, the more chance that you may see your last ever HH video...and it's not like a ton of other people are doing what I do. So again, to those who say no, I thank you very, very much. Don't ever feel bad about lookin' em in the face and telling 'em off.

Braid is back
Well sorta...Back in circulation, not back into racing. Having had many people ask me over the years what ever happened to the former Pro Street kingpin, HH recently got a call from him, and we promised to pass along his contact info for anybody wanting to check out his new business - GB's Diamond & Design Jewelry, 229 Newport Drive, in the Newport Village Shopping Centre, Port Moody B.C. Ph: 604-461-7625.

"I've got no desire to ever go drag racing again" he told us. "Maybe pick up a cool ride down the road, but right now it's all business". I told him work on 'Wicked' is still ongoing and HH was gonna "make him famous all over again" to which he just laughed. So if yur out lookin' for some cool jeweler "I can make anything" he said, drop by or give him a call.

D6 Awards Banquet
With D7 Director Mike Rice on hand as mast of ceremonies, and D6 Director Jonathan Adams standing in for the official photos, the 2007 NHRA Division Six awards banquet went off without a hitch.

Held in a new room for this ceremony at the Double Tree Inn SeaTac, the evening began with the National Open portion that saw all the champions here to accept their big gold Wallys, all but Pro champion Curtis Munson. At the end of that, an HH video of the series was shown just before dinner was served.

After the meal we went into the Summit ET awards where Mike Shannon, who was not here, was named winner of the Mel Bresaw Memorial ET Racer of the Year. Shannon also won Super Gas and Super Pro in the National Open Series.

Winner of the 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts JDRL Western Conference Finals in Denver this past July 31, Rochelle Pappel, was here to accept the Don Rhyne Memorial Junior Dragster Driver of the Year.

Then as the Pomona ET finalists were announced we learned a few interesting tidbits. Super Pro ROC champ Tim Schroedl of Bremerton drives his car to the track, bolts on slicks, races, then takes them off to drive home...Pro winner Ken Stevens from Springfield, Ore had an unfortunate accident in the lanes at the finals when a competitor rear-ended him. He brushed it off and continued in competition...but perhaps the toughest deal of them all was Bike winner Mark Cant. Racing the season without electronics, and facing the prospect of running against a field who do at Pomona, Canty tested them at Woodburn's final race of the year. It was there he had an accident that resulted in 13 broken bones, but despite all that he showed up to compete at Pomona a week or so later!

Woodburn Track Manager Gene Bergstrom accepted the National Dragster 'Be a Winner Be a Member' award for the division, then went on to proudly announce that his facility not only had the most winners in the Division, but the nation as well. He also accepted the track's 13th Team Championship in the 30 year history of the ET event, then added the fact they had been runner up eight other times! Bergstrom also told a brief history of the event back when Frank Hall was the DD. To end that portion current DD Adams 'mentioned' that he was a year old when the series began.

Finally the Team Spirit Award went to a group of folks who have come to epitomize this award, the people from Madras Oregon.

The ET awards ended with a wonderful video courtesy of George and Karen Adams on nwdragracing.com.

Before we got into the Lucas Series Champions a number of special awards were announced. Sportsman Driver of the Year went to Jody Lang, who was not here. National Dragster Contributor of the Year went to perennial winners the New Crew of Firebird Raceway in Boise Idaho. Scott New accepted and took the opportunity to tell of the major work going on at Firebird that will see paved pit parking for over 600 cars come the Lucas Series opener April 25, 26, 27, 2008.

The Track awards were next with Bremerton winning Summit Track of the Year, the Eagle Motorplex in Ashcroft capturing Most Improved and Mission Raceway Park repeating their 2007 win as the Lucas Series Track of the Year.

Into the crew chief awards, Stan Leerkamp won for Sportsman Crew Chief and Steve & Patty Federlin claimed the Alcohol award.

Alky Dragster driver Shawn Cowie, from Richmond BC, won the Rod Hoerner Memorial Rookie of the Year, Lucas Oil took Sponsor of the Year, while the Gracious Lady Award went to a shocked Val Manfred - who most of you know as the lady who literally bounces on the starting line watching her husband Tom compete in Super Street.

Just before the Lucas awards yet another video was played, a Lucas champions piece by Ryan Warter.

The Lucas champions were up next, TAD champ Thomas Bayer bringing the entire Toyo Tire team up onto the podium to accept his championship trophy. Repeat champion Brian Hough was brief in his acceptance of the Funny Car Wally, as was Comp winner Jeff Lane.

Gracious was the only way to describe Super Stock champion Alan Falcone, who made reference to the junior champions, while Stock winner Brad Plourd had the crowd in stitches with some 'comments' even HH won't put in print.

Super Comp champ Anthony Castillo, who also won in 2003, was his quiet self thanking his parents among others. He also finished three in the world, his third time in the top ten nationally.

Super Gas winner Mike Coltrin and Super Street winner Gord Boven were both here to accept as was repeat bike champ Jeff Havens. New for 2008 was a well-deserved Wally for Top Sportsman champ Randy Johnson, who as usual was here with the entire family. The first ever D6 Top Dragster champion Tom Malicki was not present.

Final award of the night was the Ernie Hall Memorial Person of the Year, which proved to be a popular one, when D6 starter Mark Lyle was very surprised when his name was read out by Rice.

The night ended with the grand finale video by Warter featuring many wild moments of 2008.

But wait there was more...DD Adams had brought in a practice tree for the first ever D6 Practice Tree Nationals. A $20 entry fee (that went to RFC) saw a big field of 'racers' that came down to an excellent final. In the right lane veteran Ed Hauter went up against 'the kid' Brad Plourd with Hauter coming out victorious .402 to a .413.

All-in-all a great night for some great champions. Also of note was an informative speech by Graham Light and news that the Acton Lucas was back on as was the Seattle race. The now complete D6 Lucas schedule is here.

Please note that HH did not mention the Open champs here as we already did that a few weeks ago.

HH Video Exclusive
GRAHAM LIGHT SPEAKS on NHRA, HD PARTNERS and SPORTSMAN DRAG RACING

Big night for B.C. at D6 Awards Banquet in Seattle

• MRP wins Lucas Track of the Year AGAIN!
• Eagle takes Most Improved!
• Mike Shannon Mel Bresaw Memorial Bracket Racer of the Year!

We're just home from an extended weekend and have tons of cool stuff to post...once I get all these video orders done.

NEW MRP VID TRAILERS NOW UP!
View, or even embed into your own site. Should get you by for the next few days as I leave for the D6 awards banquet in Seattle, not to return until next week.

Speaking of videos...

Santa Claus comes early to MRP

Attention Christmas High Def disc player buyers
The war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray may make a big move this week with the last HD-DVD holdout Warner is rumored to be going all Blu-Ray. If this happens it could just be the beginning of the end for HD-DVD. So before you go out and pay good money for those really cheap HD-DVD players be aware of the possible future. A good site to follow this is here.

HH MRP video report
Looks like my concerns about the recent four disc set of MRP videos was just me being too picky as all those who have reported back have said they play fine, no problem. Look for them to go up for online sale real soon along with extensive trailer clips for you to check before you buy.

Blair's streak comes to an end
After years of LVMS honcho Chris Blair coming to Vancouver for his annual hockey fix to see the Canucks win, his streak of about four years of seeing them do just that came to an end last night when Da Nuks lost a shootout to the Pens. "At least I got to see the 'maybe' next great one" he said via Blueberry. Fortunately he was on hand Friday night to see the Memorial Cup champs Vancouver Giants blow away the Medicine Hat Tigers in an exciting game at Pacific Coliseum that featured a rematch of the 2006 Mem Cup final. With the HH guy in tow it was a great night of junior puck and drag talk between teenie $6 cups of Molsons. Oh the rumors...oh the dirt...none of which will ever see the light of day here...well not yet anyway.

Seriously, it was great visiting with Chris away from a drag strip, but that won't last for long as HH is already booked into the first PSCA race of 2008 January 25-27, just over a month away. FYI the just announced 2008 PSCA schedule is now available on their site here.

New west coast forum site pacific1320.com

Pacific Raceways to host $50,000 Bracket Race August 2008 ?

Krohn, Parmenter and Rue announced as 2007 NHRA Division Six Hall of Fame Inductees
Based out of Kent, WA. they ran a C/Gas altered for a time and set the national record (they were at Pacific Raceways the day it opened). They also set the record in C/Fuel dragster before going on to run Top Fuel with one of the original two car teams. Though the Rue Bros. are deceased, we'll have both of the Krohn Bros. and Byron Parmenter on hand Saturday night December 15 as part of the Division Six Awards Banquet . It does not appear that Gary Parmenter (driver of the fuel car) can make it.

Spargo goes big

Hi Larry, just received my TS/CWDS '08 ride, it came all the way from Ohio. It is a Rick Jones Cavalier, built for Moser Engineering, that raced IHRAPro Ttock at the World finals @ Rockingham last month before being shipped to me. It is all Carbon fiber with all the trick Racepak and shock electronics. It weighs over 200lbs lighter than the Cutlass. We are pumped for '08 should run low 6.80's over 203 mph on carburetors. No nitrous or turbos for us.
-Terry Spargo

Coverage of Canada West Doorlammer banquet

So who was that big time southwest ten five racer recently asking about northwest races to attend next year???