AHDRA
Team Latus Motors Harley
Davidson
Northwest Nationals
August 26th
& 27th
Sunday-
August 27th- Elimination Day
5:00pm
Finals
completed at Woodburn Dragstrip.
All numbers are posted on the ladder pages.
A very special thanks to Team Latus
Motors Harley-Davidson for astounding support here this weekend.
In
loving memory:
TodayÕs
race is dedicated to E.T. ÒMoÓ Rockefeller.
God
Speed.
Good night from
Woodburn Dragstrip.
4:30pm
Finals underway in all categories. The results coming up on the ladder pages!
3:00pm
Elimination
rounds running smoothly and on time at Woodburn Dragstrip.
Highlights so
far..Chicago Joe and the Trust Me Racing Ream stand to take double wins here
after advancing to the finals in Top Fuel and Pro Fuel categories. Joe will take on Drums Brancaccio who
is riding the Team Latus H-D bike this weekend for bike owner Steve Dorn.
Other news..
Andy Simon breaks the record in Street Pro Racing (8.579)!
Stay tuned for
all todayÕs numbers as we draw closer to the finals today here at Woodburn
Dragstrip.
1:00pm
The stands are
packed – the gate is still flowing..the skies are sunny and temps are
very warm as an action packed round of racing is underway here at Woodburn
Dragstrip.
Drums
Brancaccio led the day off on the event sponsor- Team Latus Motors
Harley-Davidson Top Fuel ride (owner Steve Dorn). Brancaccio clocked a 6.78 at 208mph to advance over Joe
Timmons to the next round.
Chicago Joe is
off to a big start today. Joe and
the Trust Me Racing team have advanced in both opening rounds of Top Fuel and
Pro Fuel.
#1 qualifyer
Tracey Kile has advanced to the next Top Fuel round with his quickest run so
far- 6.55 at 210mph over Tommy Grimes who came in as an alternate for Tony
Ruggiero.
Ron Houniet
will be back for Round No. 2 after a win over Mike Scott. Houniet will take on Chicago Joe (who
upset Doug Vancil) in the next round.
We will turn it over to the ladder pages today for the result
postings and reports. We will
check back here with any breaking news or delays to report.
Saturday August
26th- Qualifying Day
5:30pm- Qualifying complete from Woodburn Dragstrip. Tune in tomorrow for elimination rounds
starting at 12:30pm.
More from
todayÕs final round-
Ray Cooper
keeps the top spot in Rucker Performance Super Gas with his earlier 9.706 and
Blake Holliday and Scott Martin are #2 and #3.
James EmpeyÕs
10.307 in the opening round of S & S Super Sport was good enough for the #1
qualifying spot. Joe Garibaldi
finishes 2nd with a 10.313 and Mike Harrison J grabs the 3rd spot with a
10.32.
Terry Vaughan
stays on top for all three rounds in ScreaminÕ Eagle V-Rod while Robert
McConnell keeps #2.
Dean Druschel
stays in the top spot all day in Performance Corner Super Eliminator with his
opening 10.916 and Roberta Seaman kept the #2 spot with her 10.927.
Michael Ray
scores two spots at the top today with the #1 position in both ScreaminÕ Eagle
Destroyer and SSC 124 racing. Ray
is still seeking the back-up of his round No.1 record pass in Destroyer
qualifying.
5:15pm
Final Round
Qualifying
All Pro classes have completed todayÕs qualifying sessions and
some of the sportsman are complete.
We are finishing up the final rounds of remaining sportsman classes
now. Stay tuned for the final
numbers from all classes at the conclusion of todayÕs session.
Tracy Kile sits
out the final lap in ScreaminÕ Eagle Top Fuel with the #1 qualifying position
secure at 6.64.
Vancil runs a
6.68 and keeps the #2 spot with his earlier 6.65.
Ron Houniet
improves big and moves to the 3rd spot with a 6.67 (208mph)- his
best of the day.
Drums
Brancaccio puts the Latus Motors H-D ride in the 4th spot with his
final lap best- 6.81 at 200mph.
Joe Timmons,
Mike Scott, Chicago Joe and Tony Ruggiero remain 5th, 6th,
7th and 8th.
Tommy Grimes
had one shot left to get in the field and pulls to the box and fires and the
team signals to shut it off. No
word on the problem, but Grimes is currently 1st alternate. Tony Ruggiero torched a head in
todayÕs opening round and he sits in the #8 spot. GrimesÕ chance to get in
tomorrowÕs show may evolve from RuggieroÕs demise.
Breckenridge
stays No. 1 in JIMS Pro Fuel with his 2nd round 6.90-Jim Fagan runs
a better number (7.024) and stays #2.
(Heidner
attempted to run in this round but shuts if off after the burnout).
Rick Moore
makes huge move in the 3rd and final lap of Kresto Pro Drag
qualifying –clocking a 7.328 at 179mph to take the top spot from Will
Simplot who led two rounds.
Mike Lozano
makes a leap of his own in S & S Pro Gas. Struggling in the first two rounds, the champ comes back in
the 3rd round with a 7.637 at 163mph for the top spot.
Borho runs his
best of the day (8.65-152mph) in the final round and maintains the top spot in
Samson Pro Modified all day.
Andy Simon sets
a new record in G2 Street Pro in his final lap of the day- 8.61 at 157mph!
Croneberger run
his best of the day in the final session- 10.102 and stays the #1 qualifyer.
Dave Diedrich
keeps his top spot in Syn3 ET with the perfect .000.
No one catches
Michael RayÕs 9.19 in the Destroyer field and he stays No.1 after 3 rounds.
Eleanor Walker
and Liz Davis stay #1 and #2 in SEP qualifying.
3:00pm
The sportsman
classes are out for todayÕs final session of qualifying.
Stay tuned for
the numbers following the conclusion of the round.
Round Two
Qualifying
Not much
improvement in todayÕs 2nd ScreaminÕ Eagle Top Fuel session and Kile
keeps the top spot with is earlier 6.64 at 208mph. Joe Timmons did improve (6.833) and is 3rd.
Tommy Grimes
makes his first attempt at the field today and coasted through the traps with a
15.295 after a motor switch. The
team has one shot left to get in the field.
We did not see
the Competition Motorcycle bike that was teched in for Steve Heidner (Pro Fuel)
in this round. His leathers
arrived to the track just moments before 2nd round, so we may still
see them in todayÕs final session.
News from Phil
SchmidtÕs camp is a blown transmission after the round one attempt.
Breckenridge
gets in the six-zone in JIMS Pro Fuel (6.90) and keeps the top spot. Chris Streeter makes his first pass of
the day (7.151) and is in the 3rd spot behind Jim FaganÕs 7.133 at
194mph for the 2nd spot.
Joe Sternotti
takes over the top spot in S & S Pro Gas with a 7.74 at 166mph. Scott
Pollacheck who did not get a time in round No. 1 due to a computer problem came
out in the 2nd session and gets the No. 2 spot with a 8.01 at
163mph. Pollacheck can elect to
take an extra run later due to the tower error on his earlier run. Stan Sheppard who led the field after
the first round is now 3rd.
Mike Lozano makes his first pass of the day and gets in the No. 6 spot
with a 9.06 at 109mph.
Will Simplot
goes faster in Kresto Pro Drag and stays No.1 with a 7.387 at 171.95mph.
G2 Street Pro leader, Andy Simon waited
for the tree this time and clocks a 8.654 at 156mph in the heat of the day here
at Woodburn Dragstrip. Stute moves
to the No. 2 spot.
Randy Borho
does not improve in Samson Pro Mod round No. 2, but maintains the top spot.
2:00pm-
The ProÕs are
in the lanes for todayÕs 2nd session. Stay tune for the numbers following the conclusion of
the round.
Pro Fuel
note: Steve Heidner plans to
return to competition here at Woodburn Dragstrip. He missed round one when his Fed Ex shipped leathers had not
arrived, but we received word in the tower the package has arrived- meaning we
could see Heidner in todayÕs 2nd round.
Sportsman Round
Two-
In Rucker
Performance Super Gas, Ray Cooper and the Mile High H-D team have the No. 1
spot with a 9.706 on the 9.70 index class ad Blake Holliday is close to the
mark himself with a 9.707 and in the 3rd spot is Scott Martin who is
close with an 9.709.
Terry Vaughan
has led the ScreaminÕ Eagle V-Rod order for two rounds so far and in S & S
Super Sport James EmpeyÕs 10.307 from round No. 1 is still the best number
after two sessions in the 10.30 index category.
Bruce
Croneberger leads the Drag Masters Hot Street field with his round one 10.116
at 129.66 and the Champ, Mike Roberts is 2nd with his earlier
10.392. Roberts had problems with
this 2nd pass in Hot Street qualifying, but in SSC 124 racing,
Roberts leads the field with a 9.529 at 141.28mph best.
Dean Druschel
stays No. 1 in Performance Corner Super Eliminator with his earlier 10.916 and
Roberta Seaman stays No. 2 for both sessions with a 10.927 against the 10.90
index.
Eleanor Walker
hangs on to her SEP top spot and Hyper Liz Davis takes over the #2 spot with a
11.528.
Dave Diedrich
takes over the #1 spot in Syn3 ET with the perfect .000 light. Robbie McCaa moves to No. 2 with his
earlier .004.
Michael Ray did
not improve or back up his record number (9.192-143.33mph) in the 2nd
session of Destroyer qualifying, but he maintains the top spot and still has
plenty of time left to get the record.
12noon-
Oil down delay- Syn3 ET is standing by in the lanes for todayÕs 2nd
session that will be underway as soon as the track clean up is complete.
Round One:
Pro Qualifying
notes:
Tracy Kile
landed the best score for the ScreaminÕ Eagle Top Fuel pole after one
session. Kile clocked an 6.647 at
208mph in front of Doug VancilÕs 6.653 at 214mph. Tommy Grimes is here this weekend, but the Ray Price Samson
Racing team chose to sit out the opener with possible fuel problems. We look for them to make their first
pass in Round No.2.
Stan SheppardÕs
8.300 at 156mph was good enough for the No. 1 spot in S & S Pro Gas.
Will Simplot
clocked a nice 7.485 at 172mph to take the pole in Kresto Pro Drag. Simplot took his first 06 win in
Sturgis earlier this month.
Willie
Herschberger is the #2 qualifyer with a 7.557 at 170mph.
Steve Stute
from very nearby- Gladstone, OR takes command early in G2 Street Pro qualifying
with a 8.98 at 148mph for the No. 1 spot.
Also a local favorite, Verl ÒSmittyÓ Smith took the 2nd spot
with an 9.255 at 148mph. Missing
from the line-up after one round is the performance favorite- Andy Simon. Simon left before the tree activated
and received no time on his opening lap.
Another local
grabbed the #1 spot- this time in Samson Pro Modified. Randy Borho leads the pack after one
round with a 8.824 at 152mph in front of Bruce BarkerÕs 8.898 at 144mph for the
No. 2 spot.
Sportsman
qualifying notes:
Robbie McCaa
leads the Syn3 ET qualifying charts after one round with a .004.
Michael Ray
shakes up the record numbers (both E.T. and MPH) in V-Rod Destroyer racing.
Ray clocked a
9.192 at 143.33mph in his opening pass of the day.
(Don Stratton
holds the current record with a 9.216 at 142.70mph).
Ray and
Stratton are #1 and #2 in the qualifying order. Stratton ran a 9.287 at
142.42mph for his #2 spot. Derek
Nonnamaker riding the Team Latus H-D Destroyer is 3rd with his 9.329
at 142.24mph while Valerie Thompson clocked a 9.383 at 141.62mph to round out
the top four.
Eleanor Walker
starts her day on top in the SEP category with an 11.508 against the 11.50
index. Her better half- Charlie
didnÕt do as well on his opening pass with a 11.400 for the bottom spot at
#26. A ladder based on that order
could pair the couple in round No. 1 of eliminationÕs, so all bets are that
Charlie will improve before the day ends to prevent that from happening.
Sportsman qualifying continues..stay tuned for the numbers on the
result pages.
9:00am
The bikes are
fired and ready to go here at Woodburn Dragstrip.
Syn3 ET (with
just over 70 entries in the field) are in the lanes as racing gets underway
with pleasant sunny skies-although the forecast calls for very hot (mid 90Õs)
later today.
AHDRA welcomes
this weekendÕs event sponsor- Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson. The dealership is well
represented here at the track both on the track and at their impressive display
in the pits.
As many of you
know, Oregon native Steve Dorn piloted the Latus H-D Top Fuel bike before his
unfortunate accident in Texas back in April. The good news is Dorn is here this weekend and after four
surgeries is on the mend. Dorn
plans to be back in the saddle in Las Vegas. Meanwhile,
Latus H-D and bike owner, Dorn have put Drums Brancaccio in the seat
here at Woodburn Dragstrip.
Brancaccio took a test lap on the bike in yesterdayÕs test and tune and
early results show he will be a good fit for the 175ci machine. Brancaccio came off the trailer with a
6.80 at 207mph to get things started.
Stay tuned for
todayÕs opening round of Top Fuel qualifying (around 12noon) to see if
Brancaccio can maintain or improve the pace.
Right now, Syn3
ET round No. 1 continues. We will
follow up with todayÕs round results at the conclusion of the session.
Back with more later.
Competition
Schedule
Friday,
August 25th
Competitor
and Racer Gates open 10:00am
Test and Tune:
2:00-8:00pm
Saturday,
August 26th
Sportsman
Qualifying begins 9:00am
Pro
Qualifying begins 11:30am
Sunday,
August 27th
9:30am-
Sportsman eliminations (as needed to narrow the fields to 16 or less)
Opening
ceremonies- 12:45pm
Opening
round Pro Eliminations- 1:00pm