Woodburn Dragstrip, Woodburn, Ore.
The 12th Annual Buy.Sell.Ride • Oldies 106.7 • Hubbard Chevrolet General Motors Showdown with support from Bonneville/Club Grand Prix, Turbo Thunder XI and The Goat Herd GTO Club of Oregon brought the best racers, show cars, swap meet enthusiasts and spectators to Woodburn Dragstrip on July 24, 2010. GM Showdown entry qualifications simply required the body or engine of the car to be manufactured by General Motors. As the reader will see, there was a great variety of entrants from three states and Canada at this event which definitely added to the quality of the show and intensity of racing competition. Final results are listed here stating the driver’s name, city, car, reaction time, elapsed time, miles per hour and dial-in.
Super Pro
W: Phil Johnson, Winlock, WA ('72 Vega) .033, 9.305, 145.53 (9.29 dial).
R/U: Ronald Weise, Springfield, OR ('34 Dodge) - foul.
Pro
W: Jim Sutherland, Eugene, OR ('71 Vega) .007, 11.522, 112.33 (11.55 dial).
R/U: John Rheinberger, Shoreline, WA ('71 Chevelle) .075, 10.747, 125.38 (10.82 dial).
Sportsman
W: Wesley Williams, West Linn, OR ('62 Chevy) .074, 16.010, 85.27 (15.95 dial).
R/U: Raymond Lee, Boise, ID ('99 Buick) .361, 14.514, 93.55 (14.50 dial).
Pickups
W: Benjamin Hilton, Vancouver, WA ('08 GMC) .098, 16.480, 85.27 (16.52 dial).
R/U: Ian Wald, Shoreline, WA ('06 Trailblazer) .075, 14,537, 93.91 (14.60 dial).
Super Shifter
W: Paul Carbaugh, Cloverdale, OR ('62 Chev) .012, 12.841, 95.73 (12.65 dial).
R/U: Bill Brown, Dallas, OR ('55 Chev) .002, 13.574, 83.74 (12.92 dial).
Bonneville/Grand Prix
W: Clint Anderson, Portland, OR ('00 Grand Prix) .113, 14.107, 97.23 (14.00 dial).
R/U: Keven Griffith, Boise, ID ('02 Bonneville) .172, 15.462, 90.39 (15.35 dial).
Run Tuff
W: Jolene Woodward, Lyons, OR ('74 Chevy) .082, 13.285, 98.32 (13.20 dial).
R/U: John Baker, The Dalles, OR ('75 Vega) .112, 12.259, 110.49 (12.05 dial).
Turbo Pro
W: Jason McCartney, Seattle, WA ('01 Nissan) .097, 12.428, 105.93 (12.40 dial).
R/U: Rob Stariha, Surrey, BC ('87 Grand National) .139, 12.938, 112.69 (12.53 dial).
Super Turbo
W: Shaun Miles, Boise, ID ('91 Lumina) .075, 8.041, 178.32.
R/U: Walter Grosse, Gales Creek, OR ('00 Mustang) .394, 9.447, 117.05.
Car Show winners, runners-up and honorable mention awardees are also listed here:
Pontiac
W: Jan Weston
R/U: Russ Eells
Chevy
W: Tom Foeckl
R/U: Jamie Snyder
Truck
W: Brad White
R/U: Warren Hansen
Honorable Mention:
Bill Franklin
Linda Eells
Larry Huebner
Jason Baird
