Woodburn Dragstrip Hot Rod Nationals, August 8

I do not know anything that could have been done to increase the good time that everyone shared at the 22^nd Annual BiMart•BuySellRide•92.3KGON Hot Rod Nationals.  Likely however, no one had more fun than Russ Parker who drove three different cars in three different classes and made it to the finals in all three.  The pits and the parking lot were filled with beautiful custom cars and hot rods for everyone’s pleasure.  Racers from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California held nothing back in an effort to earn the title in 12 classes for cars and four classes for motorcycles.  Two gamblers’ races plus the Slant Six Association race were icing-on-the-cake for Saturday’s day of qualifying.   Beautiful blue skies and comfortable temperatures made up for the slight delay caused by the Sunday morning mist, which actually resulted in the cars running even quicker.  You can read the final results which follow with the driver’s name, city, car, reaction time, elapsed time, miles per hour, and dial in.

 
AA/Supercharged
W: Howard Anderson, Applegate, CA ('38 Chevy Coupe) .062, 6.976, 204.08.
R/U: Mike Molea, Grants Pass, OR ('33 Willys) .093, 6.974, 195.48.
Semi's: Troy Owen, Albany, OR; Bill Fitting, Nevada City, CA

Pro Nostalgia
W: Russ Parker, Salem, OR ('32 Bantam) .041, 6.912, 208.47 (6.80 dial).
R/U: Mark Wallace, Portland, OR ('10 Eickmann) .075, 7.005, 205.80 (6.83 dial).
Semi's: Ron Jackson, Oregon City, OR; Dewayne Sanders, Albany, OR

Pro Nostalgia "B"
W: Lloyd Hamilton, Forest Grove, OR ('00 Jerry Hill) .279, 7.202, 187.26 (7.08 dial).
Semi's: George Moore, Redmond, OR; Marlin Fosmark, Newberg, OR

Top Eliminator
W: Dennis Gorans, Longview, WA ('96 Gorans) .052, 7.619, 193.96 (7.60 dial).
R/U: Russ Parker, Salem, OR ('07 Tuttle) .086, 7.808, 200.53 (7.60 dial).
Semi's: Mike Floyd, Battle Ground, WA; Rod Floyd, Battle Ground, WA

Super Shifter
W: Jeff Haag, Alvadore, OR ('65 Dart) .290,13.902, 99.54 (13.60 dial).
R/U: Mark Dowell, Brightwood, OR - foul.
Semi's: John Blair, Monmouth, OR

Dragsters & Roadsters
W: Michael Marcus, Molalla, OR ('67 Dragster) .080, 9.390, 142.13 (9.37 dial).
R/U: John Elgin, Zenia, CA ('23 Ford Altered) .253, 24.329, 31.83 (8.45 dial).
Semi's: Scott Utter, Vancouver, WA

Top Gas
W: Al Lyda, Hillsboro, OR ('56 Chevy Pickup) .032, 9.172, 146.19 (9.10 dial).
R/U: John Floyd, Sr., Happy Valley, OR ('27 Ford Roadster) .025, 9.876, 144.62 (9.88 dial).
Semi's: Robert Glembocki, Bend, OR

Hit Rod 1
W: Paul Comeau, Vancouver, WA ('39 Chevy Sedan) .037, 10.036, 107.32 (9.54 dial).
R/U: Steve Pyburn, Melba, ID - foul.
Semi's: Marty Stewart, Lake Oswego, OR

Street Machine 1
W: Jeff Sievers, Veneta, OR ('69 Cutlass) .029, 11.882, 114.38 (11.82 dial).
R/U: Gregg Heriford, Vancouver, WA ('72 Vega).
Semi's: John Rheinberger, Shoreline, WA

Hot Rod 2
W: Del Sechler, Eugene, OR ('50 Ford Sedan) .598, 15.072, 93.62 (14.79 dial).
R/U: Ken French, Portland, OR ('39) - foul.
Semi's: Gordon Smith, Beaverton, OR

Street Machine 2
W: Cecil Jones, Pendleton, OR ('72 Duster) .029, 12.687, 108.17 (12.70 dial).
R/U: David Owes, Molalla, OR ('63 Impala) - foul.
Semi's: Ed Leroy, Elmira, OR; Bob White, Eugene, OR.

Inline/Flathead
W: Walt Pearce, Twisp, WA ('32 Chevy) .153, 13.794, 96.24 (13.83 dial).
R/U: Gordan Griffith, Vancouver, WA ('63 Nova) .060, 16.462, 80.47 (16.53 dial).
Semi's: John Terry, Rodeo, CA.

NW Dragbike Pro Mod
W: Larry Cook, West Linn, OR ('93 GSXR) .080, 7.009, 193.00.
R/U: Jeff Marsh, Woodburn, OR ('09 Kawasaki) .117, 7.914, 167.91.

NW Dragbike Pro Street
W: Kerry Drost, Sherwood, OR ('99 Hayabusa) .058, 7.910, 169.58.
R/U: Mark Feuerborn, Renton, WA ('08 Hayabusa) .108, 8.051, 178.52.

NW Dragbike Quick 8
W: Nick Puhl, Port Orford, OR ('95 Kawasaki) .009, 9.227, 142.72 (9.25 dial).
R/U: Rick Tedder, Salem, OR ('99 Suzuki) .018, 8.266, 155.73 (8.29 dial).

NW Dragbike ET
W: Roger Wolff, Dundee, OR ('06 Kawasaki) .064, 9.589, 144.27 (9.52 dial).
R/U: Mark Adams, Portland, OR ('76 Kawasaki) .018, 10.494, 126.74 (10.50 dial).

Nostalgia Funny Car
W: Russ Parker, Salem, OR ('69 Mustang) .062, 6.662, 206.99.
R/U: Ron Huegli, Vancouver, WA ('76 Monza) .049, 6.806, 204.31

In Saturday’s gamblers’ races the results were as follows: 

Electronics

W: Bob Schmidt, Silverton, OR (’40 Willys Pickup) .021, 9.342, 138.58, 9.27

R/U: Kevin Pederson, Portland, OR (’56 Chev Pickup) .115, 9.623, 133.49, 9.56

Non-Electronics

W: Gordon Cady, Jr, Portland, OR (65 El Camino) .062, 13.007, 101.26. 12.99

R/U: Steve Pyburn, Melba, ID (’57 Fairlane) .092, 9.673, 135.50, 9.69

Slant 6 Association

W: Andrew Howard, Eureka, CA (’62 Valiant) .099, 13.250, 99.53, 13.22

R/U: Doug Powers, Portland, OR (’64 Valiant) .040, 13.782, 95.09, 13.83