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Over the years HH has been very fortunate to have been be able to work with some fabulous musicians who have helped make our production videos so successful. Here are links to those who have web sites, please visit them to see and hear some great stuff, and while you're at it feel free to thank them via e-mail for their contributions to the HH video collection. Casey Binz |
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"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who
points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could
have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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neither victory nor defeat."
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have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
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valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew
neither victory nor defeat."
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew
neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives
valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there
is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at
the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who,
at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew
neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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Tuesday
September 30, 2008
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Happy 60th Birthday to 'the kid' Gordie Bonin!
WILD HD video
action from MRP closer (video is fixed you can all view it
now)
Dale Moznik lays down a 7.07/207 in Outlaw 10.5 El Camino! Brother Roy debuts ex-Bad Bob Morrison, ex-Trevor Wilms red Pro Street Camino (now in STUNNING all black!) and runs easy mid sevens on the motor...Dhaliwal goes 6.56/204...Sihota 6.78/204!...Murray blows head gasket and calls it a year...Steve Nicholson runs a fabulous 7.58/175.46 with just one stage in his Chevy II and is ready for SCSN!
Couldn't make it to the wildest weekend we've seen at Mission in a long, long time? Now problemo...we took a video camera...It was a perfect Fall pair of days that showcased the track like few ever have before. It was a fitting end to a great 2008 season at Mission Raceway Park.
For more go to the event results page here BEFORE you see the video!
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Saturday
September 27, 2008
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SEVERANCE, RUCKMAN LEAD WINNERS AT CHAMPION RACEWAY’S LUCAS OIL SERIES RACE
EAGLE POINT, Ore. – Racers in 13 categories took to the strip today at Champion Raceway in the OnlineAuction.com Northwest Challenge, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which is the last of six events slated in NHRA’s Northwest division. In the end, Top Alcohol Dragster driver Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., increased his lead in the division point standings with a win while Top Alcohol Funny Car pilot Terry Ruckman, Grand Junction, Colo., helped his own cause in the Pacific division standings by scoring the win.
Severance, who consistently made 5.4-second passes all weekend, beat Medford’s Mike Austin, who slowed to a 7.638-second lap at 117.82 mph, in the first round. In the final, he squared off against the event’s No. 1 qualifier Shawn Cowie of Richmond, B.C. Severance ran 5.414 seconds at 261.93 mph to Cowie’s 5.428-second, 264.18 mph pass. This is Severance’s second win of the season to go with two runner-up finishes.
Ruckman carried his No. 1 qualifying effort all the way to the winner’s circle. He made his best lap of the weekend in the final against reigning division champion Brian Hough of Junction City, Ore. Ruckman outpaced Hough with a 5.698-second, 250.78 mph to Hough’s 5.848-second pass at 252.85 mph. For Ruckman this was his fourth final-round appearance in five races and his third win.
Doug Lambeck, Northridge, Calif., earned the win in Comp Eliminator while Jimmy DeFrank, Chatsworth, Calif., rolled over the competition in Super Stock. Stock Eliminator No. 1 qualifier Hal Sorensen, Vancouver, Wash., got the win over his brother Joe who resides in Woodburn, Ore. The Super Comp win went to Brandon Yoder of Gresham, Ore., and veteran racer Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash., won in Super Gas. Dudley Gee, Canby, Ore., earned the win in Super Street; Daryl Hemley, Burley, Wash., took home the Top Sportsman hardware; and Stefan Kondolay, Chilliwack, B.C., won the Top Dragster crown. In Sportsman Motorcycle, Craig Rych, North Bend, Ore., scored the win and Medford racer Jeff Schultz won in Super Pro. It was a hometown hero final in Pro as Klamath Falls resident Paul Breedlove ousted Medford’s Dan Nikodym.
This was the last of six events on the NHRA Northwest division calendar but racers may still earn points toward division and national championships at out-of-division races. The final NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event of the year is scheduled November 6-9 in Las Vegas.
The following are Saturday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division OnlineAuction.com Northwest Challenge at Champion Raceway:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round 1
1) Shawn Cowie, Richmond, B.C., 5.436, 266.11 def. 8) Brandon Johnson,
Shelton, Wash., 6.000, 245.00
2) Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.412, 258.91 def. 7) Mike Austin, Medford, Ore., 7.638, 117.82
3) Bobby Mirizio, Riverside, Calif., 5.504, 255.34 def. 6) Kevin Wayman, South Jordan, Utah, 5.635, 245.72
5) Randy Eakins, Carson City, Nev., 5.450, 260.31 def. 4) Justin Davis, Murrieta, Calif., 5.457, 260.61
Semifinals
Severance, 5.457, 258.67 def. Mirizio, 5.543, 255.48
Cowie, 5.386, 266.06 def. Eakins, 5.576, 249.67
Final
Severance, 5.414, 261.93 def. Cowie, 5.428, 264.18
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round 1
1) Terry Ruckman, Grand Junction, Colo., '01 Firebird, 5.743, 250.37
def. 8) Tim Nemeth, Chilliwack, B.C., '02 Camaro, 5.949, 243.28
7) Brian Thiel, Pleasant Grove, Calif., '02 Camaro, 5.920, 243.99 def. 2) Sean O'Bannon, Ontario, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 9.610, 90.48
3) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.796, 247.70 def. 6) Russ Parker, Salem, Ore., '04 Firebird, 5.953, 241.63
5) Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.822, 250.13 def. 4) Clint Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 12.750, 89.28
Semifinals
Hough, 5.864, 243.68 def. Thiel, 6.097, 240.64
Ruckman, 5.732, 250.78 def. Gordon, 5.848, 252.85
Final
Ruckman, 5.698, 250.78 def. Hough, 5.889, 247.02
COMP ELIMINATOR
Doug Lambeck, Northridge, Calif., '06 Sunfire, D/SMA, 8.590, 132.87
def. J.D. Zink, Chico, Calif., dragster, A/ND, foul
SUPER STOCK
Jimmy DeFrank, Chatsworth, Calif., '08 Cobalt, SS/BS, 13.542,
90.84 def. Rick Pike, Langley, B.C., '56 Chevy, SS/PA, foul
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Hal Sorensen, Vancouver, Wash., '69 Camaro, J/SA, 13.699, 73.79
def. Joe Sorensen, Woodburn, Ore., '69 Camaro, B/SA, foul
SUPER COMP
Brandon Yoder, Gresham, Ore., dragster, 9.004, 145.22 def. Dana
Keniry, Hawthorne, Calif., '93 Lumina, 8.884, 156.84
SUPER GAS
Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash., '05 Grand Am, 9.885, 164.83 def. Terry
Wilcox, Lake Tapps, Wash., '67 Mustang, 9.883, 140.47
SUPER STREET
Dudley Gee, Canby, Ore., '66 Mustang, 10.887, 132.54 def. Tom Brown,
Sedro Wolley, Wash., '66 Nova, 10.853, 143.72
TOP SPORTSMAN
Daryl Hemley, Burley, Wash., '02 Cavalier, 7.590, 180.52 def. Gary
Ross, Trabuco, Calif., '05 Grand Am, 7.035, 195.79
TOP DRAGSTER
Stefan Kondolay, Chilliwack, B.C., dragster, 7.742, 169.74 def. Marc
Heritage, Spanaway, Wash., dragster, 7.541, 177.70
SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE
Craig Rych, North Bend, Ore., '76 Kawasaki, 9.823, 131.31 def. Leeland
King, Shelton, Wash., '90 Kawasaki, 8.091, 155.56
SUPER PRO
Jeff Schultz, Medford, Ore., '72 Chevy, 10.390, 124.82 def. Tom Jarvis,
'63 Plymouth, Myrtle Point, Ore., 11.355, 112.09
PRO
Paul Breedlove, '05 Dodge, Truck Klamath Falls, Ore., 11.380, 119.80
def. Dan Nikodym, '67 Chevy II, Medford, Ore., foul
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Friday
September 26, 2008
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COWIE, RUCKMAN LEAD QUALFIERS AT CHAMPION RACEWAY’S NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT
EAGLE POINT, Ore. – The first day of racing at the OnlineAuction.com Northwest Challenge, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, is complete, setting the stage for eliminations tomorrow. Shawn Cowie, Richmond, B.C., set the pace in Top Alcohol Dragster while Grand Junction, Colo., resident Terry Ruckman led the Top Alcohol Funny Car field. Medford’s Mike Austin is No. 7 in the TAD field and Clint Thompson of Klamath Falls is fourth in the TAFC class.
Cowie laid down a 5.372-second pass at 265.38 mph to outpace No. 2 qualifier Joey Severance of Spanaway, Wash. Severance ran 5.419 seconds at 257.92 mph. Austin’s 5.634-second, 256.94 mph effort was just enough to keep him off the bump spot in the eight-car field.
Ruckman ran 5.748 seconds at 249.81 mph. It was just enough to cover Ontario, Calif., racer Sean O’Bannon’s 5.757-second, 251.77 mph pass. Reigning division champ Brian Hough of Junction City, Ore., is in the No. 3 spot with a 5.823-second, 247.61 mph run. Thompson clocked in at5.846 seconds and 249.72 mph.
In Comp Eliminator, Rob Harrison, N. Vancouver, B.C., is the No. 1 qualifier and Oregon City racer Adam Bowdish is No. 3 while Medford resident Mark Stewart is in the fifth spot. Jimmy DeFrank, Chatsworth, Calif., is the top qualifier in Super Stock and the No. 2 qualifier in Stock Eliminator. In Stock Eliminator DeFrank follows Hal Sorensen of Vancouver,Wash. Trabuco, Calif., resident Gary Ross leads the Top Sportsman contingent followed closely by Mke Molea of Grants Pass. Greg Carlile, Lake Stevens, Wash., is atop the Top Dragster category and Leeland King, Shelton,Wash., is No. 1 in the Sportsman Motorcycle category. Also in the two-wheeled category, Medford residents Jerry Stinson and Nick Kessler are No. 3 and No. 5, respectively.
Racing continues Saturday at Champion Raceway. Gates open at 9 a.m. Final qualifying and time trials are scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to noon and eliminations begin at noon. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will run first round of eliminations at 1 p.m.
Tickets for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Champion Raceway are $15. Children 9 and under are admitted free with a paid adult.
Champion Raceway is located in the Jackson County Speed Park. For more information call the track, (541) 830-3724, or visit www.ChampionRaceway.com.
The following are Friday's final qualifying results, including Saturday’s first-round pairings for TAD and TAFC, from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division OnlineAuction.com Northwest Challenge at Champion Raceway:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
1) Shawn Cowie, Richmond, B.C., 5.372 seconds, 265.38
mph
2) Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.419, 257.92
3) Bobby Mirizio, Riverside, Calif., 5.478, 260.01
4) Justin Davis, Murrieta, Calif., 5.499, 260.01
5) Randy Eakins, Carson City, Nev., 5.521, 256.55
6) Kevin Wayman, South Jordan, Utah, 5.542, 255.24
7) Mike Austin, Medford, Ore., 5.634, 256.94
8) Brandon Johnson, Shelton, Wash., 5.684, 251.67
First round TAD pairings
1) Shawn Cowie, Richmond, B.C., 5.372 seconds, 265.38 mph vs. 8) Brandon Johnson, Shelton, Wash., 5.684, 251.67
2) Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.419, 257.92 vs. 7) Mike Austin, Medford, Ore., 5.634, 256.94
3) Bobby Mirizio, Riverside, Calif., 5.478, 260.01 vs. 6) Kevin Wayman, South Jordan, Utah, 5.542, 255.24
4) Justin Davis, Murrieta, Calif., 5.499, 260.01 vs. 5) Randy Eakins, Carson City, Nev., 5.521, 256.55
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
1) Terry Ruckman, Grand Junction, Colo., '01 Firebird,
5.748 seconds, 249.81 mph
2) Sean O'Bannon, Ontario, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.757, 251.77
3) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.823, 247.61
4) Clint Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.846, 249.72
5) Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.940, 249.39
6) Russ Parker, Salem, Ore., '04 Firebird, 5.975, 241.07
7) Brian Thiel, Pleasant Grove, Calif., '02 Camaro, 6.016, 230.53
8) Tim Nemeth, Chilliwack, B.C., '02 Camaro, 6.060, 209.01
Not Qualified
9) Todd Miller, Fairview, Ore., '03 Camaro, 6.089, 221.45
10) Larry Miner, Woodbridge, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 7.350, 125.97
First round TAFC pairings
1) Terry Ruckman, Grand Junction, Colo., '01 Firebird, 5.748 seconds, 249.81 mph vs. 8) Tim Nemeth, Chilliwack, B.C., '02 Camaro, 6.060, 209.01
2) Sean O'Bannon, Ontario, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.757, 251.77 vs. 7) Brian Thiel, Pleasant Grove, Calif., '02 Camaro, 6.016, 230.53
3) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.823, 247.61 vs. 6) Russ Parker, Salem, Ore., '04 Firebird, 5.975, 241.07
4) Clint Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.846, 249.72 vs. 5) Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.940, 249.39
COMP ELIMINATOR
1) Rob Harrison, N. Vancouver, B.C., '05 Cavalier, J/A,
7.883 seconds, -0.517 (under index)
2) J.D. Zink, Chico, Calif., dragster, A/ND, 6.944, -0.516
3) Adam Bowdish, Oregon City, Ore., '89 Trans Am, H/SM, 9.095, -0.465
4) Jim Warter, Olalla, Wash., '92 Camaro, F/SM, 8.893, -0.427
5) Mark Stewart, Medford, Ore., '98 Achieva, G/SMA, 8.954, -0.406
6) Bob Marshall, Langley, B.C., '06 GTO, B/AA, 7.239, -0.401
7) Aaron Strong, Milton, Wash., '05 Cavalier, F/A, 8.280, -0.400
8) Randy Jones, Monarch Beach, Calif., '05 Cavalier, E/SM, 8.836,
-0.304
9) Ryan Warter, Olalla, Wash., '98 Lumina, F/A, 8.408, -0.272
10) Mark Wolfe, Marysville, Wash., '94 Thunderbird, AA/AT, 7.405,
0.315
SUPER STOCK
1) Jimmy DeFrank, Chatsworth, Calif., '08 Cobalt, SS/BS,
8.806 seconds, -1.144 (under index)
2) Alan Falcone, Seattle, '91 Calais, GT/CA, 9.747, -0.953
3) Brad Rounds, Reno, Nev., '01 S-10, SS/TB, 9.305, -0.945
4) Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., '08 Cobalt, SS/BS, 9.039, -0.911
5) Don Thomas, Spruce Grove, Alb., '04 Grand Am, GT/DA, 9.938, -0.862
6) Art Congdon, Calgary, Alb., '91 Calais, GT/CA, 9.866, -0.834
7) Sean Cour, Brush Prairie, Wash., '05 Cavalier, GT/DA, 9.975, -0.825
8) Jim Storms, Renton, Wash., '73 Barracuda, GT/FA, 10.281, -0.819
9) Rick Pike, Langley, B.C., '56 Chevy, SS/PA, 12.167, -0.783
10) Norm Lapointe, Edmonton, Alb., '05 Cobalt, GT/BA, 9.814, -0.736
STOCK ELIMINATOR
1) Hal Sorensen, Vancouver, Wash., '69 Camaro, J/SA,
11.589 seconds, -1.161 (under index)
2) Jimmy DeFrank, Chatsworth, Calif., '69 Camaro, B/SA, 10.411, -1.139
3) Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., '96 Corvette, C/SA, 10.590, -1.110
4) Andrew Wiebe, Richmond, B.C., '72 Olds, F/SA, 11.067, -1.083
5) Brian McClanahan, Alta Loma, Calif., '02 Pontiac, A/SA, 10.217,
-1.083
6) Steve Cozakos, Marysville, Wash., '69 Nova, G/SA, 11.291, -1.009
7) Peter Dodge, Redding, Calif., '68 Camaro, B/S, 10.561, -0.939
8) Gary Humrichouse, Collegeville, Calif., '69 Camaro, F/SA, 11.222,
-0.928
9) Larry Peterson, Eugene, Ore., '71 Chevelle, B/SA, 10.647, -0.903
10) Craig Bloom, Gresham, Ore., '69 Camaro, A/SA, 10.408, -0.892
TOP SPORTSMAN
1) Gary Ross, Trabuco, Calif., '05 Grand Am, 7.013 seconds,
195.90 mph
2) Mike Molea, Grants Pass, Ore., '33 Willys, 7.169, 188.17
3) Gary Zellner, Scio, Ore., '53 Corvette, 7.501, 184.67
4) Daryl Hemley, Burley, Wash., '02 Cavalier, 7.542, 182.33
5) Robert Matthews, Gig Harbor, Wash., '67 Nova, 7.628, 178.54
6) Randy Johnson, Snohomish, Wash., '04 Cavalier, 7.653, 178.87
7) Doug Arthur, Auburn, Wash., '90 Beretta, 7.690, 179.80
8) Ricky Dickinson, Enumclaw, Wash., '96 Cutlass, 7.692, 177.88
9) Larry Scarth, Manhatten Beach, Calif., '05 Cavalier, 7.817, 176.70
10) Lee Goroenson, Gresham, Ore., '97 Cutlass, 8.037, 170.69
TOP DRAGSTER
1) Greg Carlile, Lake Stevens, Wash., dragster, 6.586
seconds, 209.49 mph
2) Jimmy Johnson, Santa Rose, Calif., dragster, 6.753, 196.33
3) Matt Mahoney, Puyallup, Wash., '23 T, 6.862, 198.35
4) Rich Bailey, Salem, Ore., dragster, 6.884, 194.24
5) Mike Peck, Woodinville, Wash., dragster, 6.977, 194.91
6) Eddie Wells, Eugene, Ore., dragster, 7.023, 190.97
7) Dave Morgan, Concord, Calif., dragster, 7.045, 190.08
8) John Whitmore, Myrtle Creek, Ore., dragster, 7.083, 190.32
9) John Propp, Auburn, Calif., dragster, 7.122, 188.49
10) Eric Stroh, Gig Harbor, Wash., dragster, 7.189, 184.37
SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE
1) Leeland King, Shelton, Wash., '90 Kawasaki, SMC,
0.001 seconds reaction time
2) Jeff Havens, Yakima, Wash., '95 Suzuki, SMC, 0.001
3) Jerry Stinson, Medford, Ore., '84 Ninja, SMC, 0.006
4) Doug Rathbun, Oak Harbor, Wash., '74 Kawasaki, SMC, 0.008
5) Nick Kessler, Medford, Ore., '78 Kawasaki, SMC, 0.009
6) Miles Hauer, Seattle, '81 Suzuki, SMC, 0.009
7) Tony McVey, North Hills, Calif., '06 H-D, SMC, 0.016
8) Jim Shellenberger, Salem, Ore., '79 Kawasaki, SMC, 0.023
9) Craig Rych, North Bend, Ore., '76 Kawasaki, SMC, 0.033
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Tuesday
September 23, 2008
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Happy 70th birthday to one of the coolest dudes I know - Moe Jones!
Note: We just upgraded our telus adsl speed and the HH HD files play perfect first time. We went from 1.5 to 3Mps, and now have truly watchable full screen online videos. This is massive eye-opener.
It's thanks to advertisers like Danny at Pro Gas and Mark et Marks we can continue to move forward like this at HH. Thanks as well to all the people who have ordered videos this year, both feature and individual. This amount of support is awesome and will help in the purchase of much-needed software and hardware for 2009.
Feature Video update
Proof copies of the Medicine Hat video are presently 'in the mail'.
You know who'll get em so invite yourself over this weekend. Basically
it's all there cept for names and transitions.
Work now swings full time into the Ashcroft project for their banquet October 4, and once it's done I can think about all the other stuff I have to do 'before Xmas', so PLEASE wait until a couple of weeks before you ask when 'your video will be done' as I can't even think about it until after the Eagle banquet.
There is still, a ton of stuff goin on and about to go on. We'll have a lot more major announcements, coverage and more next week. Lots this weekend and next as the final NHRA D6 Lucas race goes down at Medford, remember this is a two day race ending Sat under the lights. MRP ends their points season with just one Friday nite race left and next week we'll be at Eagle where they've been having tons o fun - check their forum!
And I know I probably missed a bunch of stuff, but here's what I could do for now.
Larry,
Just thought I'd drop you a line to let you know Pro Street racing
in the Northwest is alive and well, and we're going to do what we
can to help!
Got my new ride home and damn I'm excited! Gonna try to get everything ready and hope for a good showing at SCSN in Vegas.
Kurtis Tamez
The Greater Vancouver Motorsport Pioneers Society is proud to announce their 2008 Pioneers in the categories of hot rod/drag racing, motorcycles, oval racing and sports car/road racing:
| Hot rod, custom car and drag racing: John Evans Ed Loewen Boots Olson Carl Tjorhom |
Oval racing: Bill Diack Bill Hall Pete Harding |
| Motorcycling: Ted Havens Pete Kellond Al Perrett |
Sports car and road racing Gio Coletta Vince Howlett Merv Therriault |
The ceremony will be held 1 p.m. Sunday, October 19th,
at the Scandinavian Community Centre, 6540 Thomas, Burnaby, BC. $5
at the door. A light lunch will be provided. Cash bar on the facilities.
Larry,
Our final race of the 2008 season went very well at Forks last weekend,
we enjoyed gorgeous weather both days. The West End Thunder Car Club
hosted the race, and they did a great job!!! http://www.westendthunder.com/
We had close racing, and Eric Krume won the Association points Championship
for the 2008 season. I'll be posting the pictures from the Forks race
date, and the entire 2008 race season on the Association web site
very soon.
http://www.nwntea.org/
Darrell Brown
Northwest Nostalgia Top Eliminator Association
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Sunday
September 20, 2008
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Cool ebay 3 sold
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Thursday
September 18, 2008
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My order is in. This is the instrument that will open up night drag racing video like nothing before.
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Thursday
September 18, 2008
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NHRA Drag Racing - Welcome to the Show
One guy took all these pics then did the video
I had never seen this before...
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Tuesday
September 16, 2008
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I have seen the light...Ah have seeeeen the Light of Iseli!
Grant Iseli's home movies actually. A Vancouver kid who went to the drags a lot and really knew how to use an 8mm movie camera. A sound movie camera.
This evening I viewed the northwest nostalgia drag race video 'of all time'. No, make that the northwest MOTORSPORT video of all time. Ok, how bout 'the mid 70s drag racing, dirt track video of all time'?
Note: I originally thought that the first of Grant's 'home movies' was good, but after seeing this one, I can't even remember the first.
This night I saw and heard econo dragsters, early rear engined nitro dragsters and funny cars at Mission and Seattle. The sequence of Snake blipping the Army Arrow in the Kent pits will make you stop breathing.
Bonin in his glory days with the Bubble Up Firebird...Zeigler - KING of the dry hops!!
But perhaps the part that flat put me back into my chair was Skagit Super Dirt Cup. Not sure what mid 70s year it was, but we see a multi lap battle expertly filmed from the top of the stands between veteran Jimmy Boyd and a young Sammy Swindell. With sound!!! I cannot imagine any other quality sound footage like this existing of that race. And there's more Skagit here too. A lot more.
And that ain't event touchin' the surface.
Bill Phillips, Romunds Chariot Vega...Nick Harmon's Vega & the Satellite of Larry Palmer both on nitro...Miss Debra Monza. ALL with sound! Some crazy econo slingshot dude smokin burnouts in a lower mainland industrial park....Hank Johnson hanging a BIG powerstand in the right lane at MR...Jerry Verheul...Double B floppers...Ruth, Swann...King...some bozo on a drag bike ZINGIN it up the Mission Raceway return road thru all four gears- from the top end TOWER!...and many more top end shots from that original tower that are simply magic.And did I mention they are ALL WITH SOUND!?!
Easily the greastest mid 70s audio/video collection from this region as there must exist. Well filmed, sound sync'd perfectly. Not super clear, but you get the idea REAL well.
This is the one video I have ever seen from 'my' generation that honestly takes me back. When you see this, you'll be totally blown away by the raw, incredibly fucking unsafe shit that everybody from the zany drivers to the TOTALLY outta control crew guys to the photographers-without-guardrails did on a regular basis.
NO doubt this is a northwest treasure, and I am honored to have been sent a copy. Hopefully all this can either be sold with proceeds going to some kind of fund, or just posted for all to see and copy.
At the moment a worthy man named George Adams has been taken to task to care for and digitize all this and he's doing a great job. I'm sure you'll see some clips online really soon at his nwdragracing.com site. In the meantime, rest assured that there does exist something you some day must see. A time capsule of epic proportions. An honest-to-fucking-goodness-wayback-machine.
UPDATE: And then there is Grant's Indy footage. He apparently just walked out to the line with all the still shooters and shot film for like two days...and nights. His nitro flame shots and dry hops and GIANT NITRO FC wheelstands at INDY are surreal. Big, Shirley, Snake, the Max,Tharp in the Candies & Hughes dragster, McEwen's Corvette, Lil John Lombardo, Pulde in the War Eagle Trans Am, Mike Miller, and many more including some AMAZING wheelstanding gear-jamin' Mod Prod hits...at Indy, at night. With sound.
I think the Adams boyz (George and Jon) should sit down and plan out an awesome public debut showing of this masterpiece. Say the afternoon of the D6 awards banquet??? Charge to get in...all proceeds going to 'something'...q&a with George...it'd be cool.
Lots of new stuff on the mrp site, and tons of requests and submissions coming in the last few days. I'm working on it all folks...whew. Some great comments and photos coming in, but man, I'm up to my rosy red is all this, so please gimme time to get to it all.
I guess going back to doing individual videos (after huge demand) has got me back under the gun after a couple of seasons of not doin them. As of right now I'm booked solid until the new year, so if you have a request be warned. I do try my best to 'fit little stuff in' as I can, so don't stop the cards and letters comin in, but man-o-man bear with me on all this eh.
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Monday
September 15, 2008
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I took most of today off, but couldn't resist these two postings
We asked
for it:
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Sunday
September 14, 2008
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Fords flyin at MRP
Kelowna's Keith Korecki running two of three nitrous systems ran a career best 6.56/215.67 followed by a 6.63/213.47 today in legal PSCA Pro Street trim. He's totally stoked about the northwest Pro Street scene for '09!
Congratulations to new dad Rash Dhaliwal who became a father for the first time Friday. They are still undecided on attending the SCSN after runs of 6.63/207, 6.82/205 & 6.71/206.
Mark Wolfe is playing with some new clutch settings and has yet to make a full pass, that should change after today.
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Friday
September 12, 2008
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Not into Fomocos?
Well then this Sunday do we have a gig for you. Tired of those weenie
car cruises put on by people who think they're car people? Ya, me
too. In that case head over to Rusty's Pub in Cloverdale (Hwy 10 &
177th) for the 21st annual MacLanders Bros. Pub Run. Get this, they'll
have Big Moe Davidson's AA/FD there doing cackles at noon and three,
and we hear (but we'll believe it when somebody sends us pics Monday)
that Dave Warren's Blue Max '62 Chevy doorslammer is driving
to the event. Ten bucks'll get ya burger and brew. Expect over 200
'real' hot rods!
HD Video update
I have just learned of a new software upgrade to my editing software
(Edius
Broadcast) that should allow us to begin production of Blu-Ray
discs soon. This is a major step up as we have been shooting in HD
for two years now. If you are an active HH video customer and don't
yet own a Blue-Ray player, it may be time to start looking. The difference
is amazing, often much better than the watered down signal you get
from cable and dish providers. All of the productions we have made
the past two years are ready to be re-released in HD as soon as we're
ready. We may be up and running for Xmas, but won't know for a month
or so.
Lots more goin on this weekend as Ashcroft hosts the 2nd Annual TCS Performance Fall Jacket Race featuring a bracket double header and the final race of the RJ Enterprises - VP Fuels Blown Alky Summer Series. Ad in King of the Track and an early Halloween party and it's yet one more fun weekend at da plex. Racing starts 9am both days.
A little to the south of us in Bakersfield, the D6 Alcohol Funny Car battle continues (more) You're reminded that the final D6 race is at Medford in just two weeks. And yes, HH will be at the Vegas Divisional and SEMA in November to cover the biggest week of the year.
We'll be at Mission tonight for the street legals and again all weekend shooting a Mega Ford Weekend feature video.
Oh ya, Bucky Austin just threw in $100 each for the fastest Olds, Buick and Poncho at this weekends race in Bremerton.
And many eyes will be on the NHRA National event at the new track in North Carolina. Lets hope Ike doesn't swing up that way Sunday...
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Wednesday
September 10, 2008
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Work continues full-time here on the Medicine Hat video which will be followed immediately after by the Ashcroft video (that we are still seeking a sponsor for) which will be at the banquet October 4.
RCMP (Race City Motorsport Park) Fallout
Rest of 2008 Race City season runs out of gas
Here's three samples of some of the comments that have come into HH:
"Being involved in the exploding Drifting scene
in Western Canada, this is a major blow to us as most of our practices
are held at Race City in the oval which welcomes people of all levels
in order to get drifting off the
streets. With the news of the closure only a day old I'm already hearing
people talking about where the safest places on the streets are to
street race, drift, etc..."
"I feel for Rome Awde, Vern Christy and the rest of the volunteer staff who did an admirable job taking a 'worn out facility' and keeping it alive at least for a little while. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rome, Vern, Chris and all the great volunteers (I won't name them as I know I will forget someone) who put up the "good fight" in a town where no one seems to give a damn, especially Mayor Bronconnier and his cast of council clowns."
"I find it ironic that this race was renamed the
Gene McMahon Memorial Cacklefest just in time for the track to close
out competitive events as you may know Mr. McMahon STARTED drag racing
in Calgary in the early sixties.
I also find it interesting that Calgary city council voted to spend
25 million dollars to build a pedestrian bridge in the name of tourism,
but will not help out something that is a major tourism draw namely
Motorsports. City of Calgary council for the most part just doesn`t
get it."
Bad weekend to drag race a Chevy or Mopar
Mission hosts the Mega Ford weekend while in Bremerton they race just
Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs. For more info on the MRP gig go
here while
Bremerton info is here.
Our friends at Freeway Trailer reminded us that Bucky Austin is once again going the extra yard to support the Bremerton race, many thanks to the guy who is obviously having way too much fun lately with all the old restored cars along with his nitro flopper.
Motor
Sports 2008 is said to be the largest and most entertaining
show of its kind ever held in the Northwest. The Tacoma Dome will
be full of awesome sights and will have something for everyone November
7, 8, 9.
In addition to a large collection of hot rods and vintage motorcycles, the show will feature the largest hydroplane display in the history of the sport. More than 30 vintage and modern hydroplanes will be on hand.
Also, the first family of racing in the Northwest, the Austin’s, will have a superb display of race cars and collector cars never before seen at a Northwest car show.
Finally, the highlight of the weekend will be the opportunity
of fans to meet celebrity drivers like Chip Hanauer, Pat Austin, Bucky
Austin, Jerry Ruth, and more. Each of the three days of the event
will be filled with unique autograph opportunities.
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Tuesday
September 9, 2008
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Active Calgary Drag forum Drag Race Manager Vern Christy to leave immediately!
City needs land...for a garbage dump
We regret to inform that at 1:00pm Tuesday Sept 9th, 2008, all racing
operations by Calgary International Speedway Inc., the operating company
for Race City, are suspended until further notice. All scheduled racing
events for the remainder of the 2008 season have been canceled. (more)
Previous Calgary articles here here
So this is it? It's really over? All hope gone
at Race City?
I do believe it is, as I heard August 31 at Nitro Madness, this race
is probably it. The city wants the property for their ever expanding
land fill which is currently right across the street about 100 meters
from the back straight of the oval.
I'm one of those who got to see two Race Cities. An NHRA points race the year it opened in 1985 to the nostalgia event just two weeks ago. NHRA in '85, IHRA in '08. I wrote recently that this place is but a shell of it's old self - but what a former self that once was.
The huge televised oval races...Canadian Superbike series back when our guys were as good as anybody else's guys...The Players Challenge Series for Camaros and Firebirds...IMCA, NHRA Divisionals...Top Fuelers and Funny Cars. Ya, Race City did it all, and did it all as good or better than any other facility this country has ever known.
If this place really does become a memory under a heap of garbage it will be a sad, sad day for motorsport enthusiasts everywhere, but especially those of us in western Canada.
Many westerners have experienced this kind of closing before. For them it's instant deja vu. For those who have not, it's gonna be a shock. No more dragstrip in cow town. A whole bunch of 'race' cars have just become 'street' cars. It will be interesting to keep an eye on the street scene here.
Hopefully local efforts to build another get something positive out of this, for this is the richest part of our country. If they can't rebuild here, it'll send a major message to every other track in Canada. If the city gets this place, none of our facilities are safe, as other municipalities will surely study this case for possible future reference.
We'll post links to any other info we come across, and
please feel free to pass
on anything to HH.
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Monday
September 8, 2008
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New Mission HD wheelstand video
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Sunday
September 7, 2008
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I'm reminded by some of the naturally aspirated six second door car crowd that they too deserve the often rabid attention I give the street car guys. That is true, I admit fully that I do it...but. I feel that heads up racing at this level is just so much more exciting. Again, nothing against anybody, but I admit a bias to heads up racing and will try my best in the future to give credit to those other super fast, super cool door cars who don't often or ever run in a heads up format. And yes, I fully understand that heads up is all about money, but I'm just a simple 'fan' of those who race not just to win, but to go ever quicker and faster.
Hi Larry:
Rick and I went down for the Arlington dragstrip reunion Saturday
and had a blast. We ran into Steve Manning and Mo Jones down their.
I have 3 videos of Northwest Hitter Bucky Austin firing up 2 of his
injected nitro dragsters. Also one of Bucky firing up the Dailey &
Johnson blown nitro dragster with Gentleman Hank in the seat. And
the last one is of Bucky firing up the Jerry the King Ruths blown
nitro dragster with none other then "The King" in the seat.
Video # 1 is
of the 2 injected cars, first is the Dead End Kids car and then The
Northwest Hitter car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wPSOcrRkA
Video # 2 is the Dailey & Johnson car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shVqr936aZ4&feature=related
Video # 3 is
the Jerry "The King" Ruth car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGZMp2UHnA
Hope you enjoy them..... Bill
We will, THANKS GUYS! -LP
Mission air show...Murray does not improve but rings up steady 6.641/217.28 Friday, 6.616/224.55 yesterday, the a best of 6.623/217.97 today...Ken Sihota goes 6.89/203 in his new Pro Street Firebird...If Rash Dhaliwal can keep all the candles lit for 1320, his string of 60 ft times of 1.001, 1.001 & .999 could mean some very stout numbers...Charleton wins Doorslammer, but it's not quite enough as Grant Howell of Victoria wins series. Lots more comin at ya tomorrow, Mission Sunday results later tonight on track site.
Steve Thompson Jr.
61 year young Malcolm Fraser
Doorslammer runner up Todd Jacques
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Saturday
September 6, 2008
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Friday
September 5, 2008
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Ya, I know, I should be out at MRP today, but with so much work to do I just have to try and get a bit more caught up.
Circus clowns buy IHRA - Sanctioning body now owned by 'entertainment' company who also own one originally formed by the man who coined the phrase "There's a sucker born every minute" P.T. Barnum.
Calgary
Nitro Madness coverage is complete with Saturday photo essay
And you think your track has stuff to deal with...
Here's the story behind our PSCA event ending at 2:30 a.m.
in case you were wondering.
At 7:30 p.m. we run first round of Pro Street and the very first pair has an oildown in the left lane. It takes 46 minutes to clean up because it went the entire length of the track. We complete Pro Street and then a jet car dumps kerosene on the start line. We clean that up. We run out Outlaw 10.5 and then the first dust storm rolls in (I repeat…the first dust storm). We clean the track and get done with first round of all classes at approximately 10 p.m….then the second dust storm rolls in. Then we have a car take out the start mph and finish line cones. After resetting the cones the next dust storm rolls in with a huge gust of wind that blows the cones out of position (they ended up at the safety truck…approximately 1/2 mile away). We clean the track and keep Robert Kwasny on the start mph cone until cars are actually rolling into stage (9 seconds is plenty of time to get out of the way). After that everything went just fine. We were originally scheduled to finish at 12:15 a.m. but ran 2 hours late. Due to the circumstances we are pleased with the finish time…it could have been worse.
I've got to give a tip of the hat to the crew for such a great job and not letting the oil, cones, kerosene and dust (lots of dust) get to them. In spite of it all the mile per hour records were dropping like flies. Some of the crew actually worked from 7 a.m. until 2:30 a.m. the next morning as we had our Jr. Divisional event earlier that morning. It's the people that make the track and events like that that build character. I'll tell you, last week proved that I've got some real characters working for me!
(Also, I need to throw out a special thank you to Darren Kaufman from Seattle for coming down to help us out in a couple of areas).
I was also going to let you know that less than one year after his return from Iraq, Nick Heinrich (LVMS starter) is moving again. His department at Nellis Air Force base closed and he is relocating to L.A. this weekend. He's only 3 hours away and plans on working most of our major events but will be unable to be here every week. Over the last 3 years his service to his country has kept him away from the track (and home) for 2.5 years.
We're looking forward to seeing you here soon.
-Chris Blair
Vice President - Racing Operations
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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Thursday
September 4, 2008
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You might want to plan a trip out to MRP tomorrow for the tnt as we hear a nitro hog or two may well be out along with a new Pro Stocker from south of the border. No idea if they may be staying the weekend, so plan your leisure time accordingly.
With this being Langley Park...I mean 'Cruise' weekend, who knows what the Friday nite turnout will be like, same for the weekend. May as well come out to the strip and see cars actually moving.
If you heard some noise down there yesterday it was
Rick Distefano renewing his license with the Corvette Pro Mod. Heard
he ran some low teens, but he's already on the way home.
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Wednesday
September 3, 2008
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Mission changes schedule to run Double Header this weekend (more) There has been another update to the Super Combo race & banquet, so maybe stay tuned here and at the track site as changes have been coming in all day.
Calgary
Nitro Madness coverage begins HERE
Video updates
The next few weeks will see me working to finish the Medicine Hat
feature video, and individual videos from individual races. That will
be followed by the Ashcroft three race video for the banquet in early
October, followed by more individual videos for customers from multiple
races, then the Mega Ford video (probably sometime in November). Because
of the rain out I am just not sure if there will be a Calgary video.
More on that when I can get to it.
Please feel free to ask at any time on the approx. delivery date of your video.
Gentile, Cannavo win PSCA Labor Day Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
LAS VEGAS - It's 2:30 a.m. - do you know where your
children are? If you're in Las Vegas, they probably were at The Strip,
watching the PSCA Pro Street finale.
The Pacific Street Car Association's Labor Day Nationals
at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wound up in the wee hours
of Monday morning and they saved the best for last. Giuseppe Gentile
of Sun Valley, Calif., defeated John Mihovetz of Ontario, Calif.,
to win the Pro Street class and also turned in the fastest speed of
the night: 228.50mph (at 6.349 sec.).
Queens, N.Y., native Carl Cannavo now lives in Las Vegas
and he scored the Bracket 1 win over Jerry Hors of Calif., 8.065 sec./172.74
mph to 8.959 sec./152.99.
Jon Irving of Boulder City won the Trophy class over
Randy Hadtrath of South Gate, Calif.
Ron Weems of Riverside, Calif., was victorious over
Rich Zehring of San Jose in the Outlaw Street class - a competition
that saw the speed record broken no less than four times during eliminations.
Roger Holder of Bakersfield won the Extreme Drag Radial
class over El Segundo's Bobby Frye.
Gary Brandt of Palmdale, Calif., defeated Craig Williams
of L.A. in the final round of Limited Street eliminations.
Daniel Bott of Carefree, Ariz., won the Hot Street class.
The Mean Street final was claimed by Mike Nordahl of
Fontana, Calif. He defeated Charles Jorgensen of Wildomar,Calif. Nordahl
scored again in the Open Comp division, defeating Jack Gottfried of
Rosamond, Calif., for the title.
Chris Groves of Albuquerque, N.M., defeated Levi Hanna
of Cypress, Calif., for Wild Street honors.
The Super Street trophy went to Brian Rogers of Corona,
Calif., who defeated Irvine, Calif., native Doug Crumlich.
Ray Kinney (Rosamond, Calif.) topped Caleb Hunter (Palmdale,
Calif.) for Quick Street honors.
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Tuesday
September 2, 2008
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Vancouver biker sets INSANE world records at Bonneville
It was in Calgary this past Saturday night when Burnaby's Jack Williams
(of Syndicate Scuderia fame) pulled out a little photo album of pics
from Speedweek at Bonneville. He mentioned going to the salt with
bike pilot Jason McVicar of Vancouver. What he failed to mention however
were the exploits of his two wheeler host, details of which will simply
amaze you. Go
here for more.
Today we take care of some business, then get back into editing customer videos, followed by getting into the Calgary web report.
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Monday
September 1, 2008
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Geez, the stuff that went on while I was away...
...the e-mails...the race results...the nostalgic memories...the bitching
and complaining. Oh ya, and something called Indy - who the f cares...cept
fer this:
Warter goes rounds at INDY
The 'Joint Venture Punk' had an Indy debut that many can only
dream of. After driving across the country towing Bill Edgeworth's
blue K/SA Firebird, Ryan Warter went to round three at the U.S. Nationals
- his first ever Big Go experience. MAJOR congrats to the dude who's
not only proving to be a good racer, but a great videographer as well.
Cow Town Codgerama
My trip to the 'Old Codgers' (a term that now replaces the former
'geezers' moniker thanks to a friend's grand daughter) event in Calgary
was bittersweet. While the potential was huge, the rains that rolled
in from the B.C. took a heavy toll on this great happening. Then again,
this was an event the likes of which western Canada has never ever
seen, and maybe won't again for a very long time. The cars weren't
the stars, the codgers were, and the stars came out in force this
weekend at a place called Race City and shone bright through the dull
days and the wet dreary nights with a luster even a place called 'The
Patch' can barely match. I'll have much more very soon.
And YES. This must become an annual or semi-annual event.
Then there were 'The Finals'...
No, not Pomona in November, but Boise on Labor Day Weekend. In my
neck-o-the-woods it was a cheese lovers dream as the WHINE was flowing...no
make that rushing out of the mouths and through the keyboards
of many. I got a number of e-mails complaining how this track was
fucking with the rules of engagement, and that track was following
suit. One even accused me of being a bad 'reporter' for not bringing
this all out in the open.
My answer was simple. It's been going on forever, never really shows up until mere days, if not hours before the event, and nobody seems to have the jam (me included) to name names in public in an effort to make it all fair.
Thing is, to do an honest report on 'cheating' at the bracket finals with 'illegal' racers would take a ton of time and effort to do. One cannot simply make a bunch of accusations based on e-mail allegations. One would actually have to contact ALL those involved (racers, track managers, and NHRA officials) and try to sort it out.
I don't know if a forum is the place to raise this as rarely does that ever really make a difference. As does a rant on a site like this one or zone or dragracingonline or any other. No, I sincerely feel it's such a massive 'system' that it's well beyond the power of any one or two individuals to change (though officials did make changes this year). Frankly NHRA has way too many other things to deal with than a few possible 'cheating' bracket bashers.
Again. It's the same thing every year, some years are worse than others, some apparent offenses are worse than others. It's a 'system' that some play MUCH better than others, but it's the only system we have. Deal with it or work to make it better - and not just a few days before the 2009 finals. I wish you luck.
This'll have to come not from a pro spec like me, but from you the racers.
Now the good bracket news.
Congrats to both Team Firebird on a huge win at home and how about runner-up Madras? Unreal. HH has gotta go there some day.
Jim Sibley (Team Eagle) is going to Pomona!!!
With apologies to the other D6 finalists, I simply have to take a
moment and recognize one of the really great moments of 2008.
At 68 years young 'Sib' may or may not be the oldest finalist ever, but he most certainly is one of the most colorful. Here is a 'racer' pure and simple. From his beginnings back in the 60's right up to this very day, few have the drive, the charm, and the gonads of this man. For him to qualify for the big show is amazing. To do it after an injury that would have ended most racing careers on a BIKE, is beyond words.
If you're going to Pomona get ready, cause he's gonna win, and there will be party that will make the nitro world champs gigs look like an elementary school picnic.
Ya, it's been a quite a few days that will lead into a week full of work on HH, so make certain yawl come back here real soon eh.
For more on the bracket stuff go here
and here
and here
and here and here
and here...there's
probably more, but send your
beefs to Murdoch...I got payin work to do.e even photos.
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