Kresto Pacific Nationals Presented by
Destination and Downtown Harley-Davidson Dealers
June 23rd & 24th
Pacific Raceways
Eliminations Cancelled due to rain.
Elimination Day
1:30pm
Still raining at Pacific Raceways. Despite the showers, hundreds and hundreds of riders joined the ChildrenÕs Ride procession into the track an hour ago. We appreciate their great patience and support for a great cause. The showers are continuing and with hours of track drying time ahead and a 5:30pm curfew, AHDRA President Craig Tharpe has been forced to call the event. Tharpe advised racers to refer to the rulebook for questions regarding disrupted events. Naturally we are all disappointed in the outcome, but weather is certainly beyond our control.
We will be back with you in August at Bristol Dragway and for those of you making the trip to Sturgis..weÕll see you there!
Good morning from Pacific Raceways. We were greeted with rain this morning and still having a few showers. With the overnight soaking, we are looking at approx. 3 hours track drying time..so check back later for updates on todayÕs racing start time.
Qualifying Day
5:00pm
ThatÕs a wrap from Pacific Raceways! Join us here tomorrow for eliminations at 1:00pm!
Pro Final Round Updates:
ScreaminÕ Eagle Top Fuel
Shigematsu was flyinÕ in the final round with a 6.41 at 217mph, but still not quicker than his opening 6.39 that earned him the top spot. Joey Sternotti had problems at the get-go in his final pass, but stays 2nd with his 6.47 from round two. Dorn did not improve and stayed 2nd with is 6.45.
Doug Vancil ran his best of the day in the final (6.478) to finish in the 4th spot.
Ron Houniet got the 196 ci Canadian ride down the track with itÕs best of the day (6.57) for the 5th spot. Stordeur and Robinson get no help in the final and finish the day 6th & 7th.
Tommy Grimes made amends for his thrown away round two pass- and earns the 8th spot (up from #14) after a 6.78 on his final lap. Check out the complete order on the qualifying pages.
Kresto Pro Drag
Terry Stewart and the Movers and Shakers team are celebrating after grabbing back the top spot in the final round from Will Simplot. Stewart came out with a 7.456 for the #1 spot.
Rush Performance Pro Gas
Stan Sheppard is up here in race control as I am typing. He can hardly maintain himself as he tells the announcer that it is his very first EVER #1 qualifying finish. HeÕs won his share of races indeed, but says heÕs never had that #1 spot. Sheppard made the historic achievement with an 8.017 best of the day.
JIMS Pro Fuel
John Breckenridge has a troubled final run but stays #1 with a 6.73 at 205mph from round two. Douglas Horne is #2 with a 6.98 at 207mph. Pat Fenderson is 3rd (7.01).
Willie Herschberger made improvements in the final round and goes from 6th to 4th with a 8.77.
Samson Pro Modified
Greg Krenik arrived in Seattle with the record number in the books (8.787) and he broke it here twice today..8.63 and 8.702- heÕs your number one qualifyer in Pro Mod and heÕs pulled off a double here today and takes the honors in S & S Pro Stock as well.
McCaaÕs Enterprises Street Pro
Verl Smith remains the solo entry and will make a competition single pass tomorrow for the win.
Sportsman Final Round Updates:
ScreaminÕ Eagle V-Rod
Larry Edmondson stays #1 with a 9.48 and Jamie McNaughton improves with a 9.63 from his 9.81 earlier for the #2 spot.
Rucker Performance Super Gas
Daniel Pennisi stays on top with his 9.704 and Andy Campbell stays #2 (9.706). Joe Boyd is 3rd with a 9.711. Move of the round..James Surber goes from 15th to 4th with a 9.726.
S & S Super Sport
Josh Simplot keeps the pole with his 10.302 and Brummet stays 2nd with a 10.308.
Big move for K.W. Seneca who moved to the 3rd spot from 19th with a 10.334 in the final round.
Pingel Super Eliminator
Andy Campbell keeps the #1 spot with his earlier 10.903. Jeff Farnum improves to a 10.910 for the #2 spot moving Donnie Huffman to the 3rd spot with a 10.913 best.
ScreaminÕ Eagle Performance
Stan Sheppard moves to the #2 spot after Roxanne Webber clocks a 11.504 in the final round and takes over the #1 spot. Webber earns her 2nd time as a #1 qualifyer- her first was at the 06 season finale in Vegas..
ScreaminÕ Eagle Destroyer
L.E. Tonglet returns once again to the starting line tomorrow for #1 qualifyers introductions. Tonglet held on to the spot all day with his 9.13 in todayÕs opening round.
Syn 3 ET
Jon Torres stays #1 with his Round one .004. Gary Moreno improves his .025 and moves to the #2 sport with a .007.
Drag Masters Hot Street
Dan Norlin improves his 10.34 to a 10.30 and stays #1 after three today!
Final Rounds On the track.
3:45pm
Sportsman Round #3 underway.
- Round Two Updates
ScreaminÕ Eagle Top Fuel
ShigematsuÕs 6.39 was not topped in round two and he stays #1. Joey Sternotti goes from #13 to #2 with a 6.47. Steve Dorn is now 3rd with a 6.47 –bettering his 6.57 from round one and Doug Vancil goes quicker in the 2nd round with a 6.52 and is in the 4th spot. Ron Houniet putting his spectacular 60-degree 196ci monster on the track this weekend and heÕs currently 5th with a 6.61 best. Tommy Grimes ran his best lap so far (6.47), but crosses over the line at the top end and gives up the run.
Check out the full order on The Top Fuel qualifying page!
JIMS Pro Fuel
John Breckenridge takes over the #1 spot with a 6.73 at 205mph in the 2nd round. Douglas Horne is 2nd after improving his pace with a 6.98 at 207mph. Former leader, Pat Fenderson is now #3 with a 7.01. Toni Froehling, Arlie Becker and Willie Herschberger make up the 4th thru 6th spots.
S & S Pro Stock
No changes to the Pro Stock order- Krenik, Surber, Brill and Schaber. Schaber had the only improved number in the 2nd round with a 8.81 from his 8.88 in round one.
Rush Performance Pro Gas
The order stays the same with Stan SheppardÕs round one 8.01 keeping him on top.
Pollacheck doesnÕt improve on the 8.08 for the 2nd spot. Karen Wagner gets quicker with a 8.18 in the 2nd round to hold on to the 3rd spot. Matt McKibbon improved with a 8.57 but maintains the 4th spot. No help for Matt SpencerÕs 8.69 to stay #5.
Kresto Pro Drag
Keeping it in the family- another Simplot at the top of a qualifying list in round two.
Will Simplot moves from #4 to the #1 spot with a 7.48 at 170mph. (his son Josh leads the Super Sport field). Terry Stewart moves to the #2 spot in the Pro Drag category with a 7.559 best. (Greg Byrnes having problems today with a pair of flame flashing runs and he sits at the bottom of the pack with a 11.805).
Samson Pro Modified
Greg Krenik doesnÕt improve the record (8.63) number from round one but holds on the to #1 spot. Huffman, Rodrigues, Rockwell and Borho stayed in their round one order.
McCaaÕs Enterprises Street Pro
Verl ÒSmittyÓ Smith the solo entry in the class. Smith runs a 9.83 in the 2nd round and does not better the 9.11 from round one.
2:15pm
The ProÕs are in the lanes for Round #2- Stand by for updates from the action.
Rucker Performance Super Gas
The front four stays the same after another round in Super Gas. Daniel Pennisi is still #1 with a 9.704- Andy Campbell follow with a 9.706 with Joe BoydÕs 9.71 giving him the #3 spot and Wayne Pugh is 4th with his round one 9.73. Terry Tripp moved from #8 to #5 with a 9.738.
ScreaminÕ Eagle V-Rod
Larry Edmondson does not improve his 9.48 round one number, but holds on the the #1 spot. Terry ÒViciousÓ Vaughan got no help either and stayed #2 with his 9.73. Jamie McNaughton enters the field in round two and takes over the #3 spot with a 9.81.
S & S Super Sport
Josh Simplot clocked a 10.302 in round one and the number holds for the pole position after round #2. Dan Brummet stays #2 with a 10.308 and Jeff Farnum took over the # spot from Ron Manning with a 10.348. Manning (10.361) moves to the #5 spot after Fong Monster bettered the number (10.355).
SSS 124 Challenge
Grover inks makes up the solo entry in the class. Inks improved in the 2nd round and hangs on to that #1 spot with a 10.810!
Drag MasterÕs Hot Street
Dan Norlin takes over the top spot with an improved 10.34 in round two. Former leader, Cooper Stubbs did not improve and moves to the #2 spot. Sergio Zenobi and Eric Rodgers are still #3 and #4 in the small 4-bike field.
Pingel Super Eliminator
Andy Campbell of Bozeman, MT takes the 10.90 class by storm in the 2nd round after nailing a 10.903 to take over the top spot from pointÕs leader, Dean Druschel.
Druschel fell to the #5 spot with a 10.97 best after Donnie Huffman clocked a 10.91 followed by Rick BaldwinÕs 10.947 and Jeff FarnumÕs 10.948.
Syn 3 ET
Jon Torres of Woodburn, OR leads the ET field with a .004 reaction after two rounds. Dan Norlin jumped from his #34 spot in round one to the #2 spot with a .009 in round two. Gary Moreno (a former $12,000 Vegas Shoot-Out Winner) is in the #3 spot with a .025 and Super Gas Champ, Bob Drapp is #4 in the ET line up with a .028. Donnie Huffman- coming off his ET win in Norwalk, OH is #5 with a .037 and his teammate, Charlie Walker is right behind him in the line-up with .062.
ScreaminÕ Eagle V-Rod Destroyer
L.E. Tonglet –leading the charts here in Seattle with a 9.13 at 143mph from round #1 with no improvement in the 2nd round. Gene Thomason and Wanda Poff stay #2 and #3 with no help in the 2nd round.
ScreaminÕ Eagle SEP
Stan Sheppard took over the #1 spot with a 11.51 moving Bobby Yarnell to the #2 spot with his 11.52. Charlie Walker rounds out the top 3 with a 11.52.
1:00pm
Round Two ET session on the track with the final pair waiting in the water box for a oil clean-up. Should be up and running shortly with todayÕs Round 2 session!
12:30pm
Qualifying running along smoothly as round one session is nearly complete. The ProÕs are on the track now. Follow the results for your favorite class on the result pages and IÕll check back in here when I can with any breaking news or delays!
Top Fuel- Shigematsu clocks a 6.39 at 210mph for the pole in round #1.
Pro Mod Update- Greg Krenik chops down the record in Seattle. Opening round- Krenik clocks a 8.63 at 149mph. Record coming into the event- 8.78!
10:36am:
Thanks to the help of Donnie Huffman and others for bringing their vehicles to the big end for some help on the drying process..We were able to get the track race ready and we are now underway with qualifying under sunny, partly cloudy skies. Despite being an hour and a half off schedule, we will run todayÕs opening round in order. First round for the ProÕs expected at approx. 12:30pm.
Stay tuned for results following the rounds.
9:30am
Good morning from Pacific Raceways. Early morning showers have cleared and the track crew is working to dry the track surface so we can get underway with qualifying soon. Around 200 expected to compete here this weekend including a full field of Nitro Harleys. Over 16 teched in already.
Cool temps forecasted for this weekend. HighÕs in low 60Õs today and a high of 57 forecasted for tomorrow.
Stay tuned for todayÕs results from qualifying following the rounds.
We expect to be underway within an hour.
Saturday, June 23rd
7:00am- Gates open. Tech and Registration Open
9:00am- Qualifying for Sportsman Classes
11:00am- Qualifying for Pro Classes
Sunday, June 24th
8:00am- Gates Open. Tech and Registration Open
9:00am- Eliminations for Sportsman classes (as needed to narrow the fields to 16 or less)
11:30am- ChildrenÕs Ride 12 arrives
12:45pm- Opening Ceremonies
1:00pm- Pro Eliminations begin