Its amazing how racers are able to adapt to different track conditions, track temperatures, traction and last but not least weather conditions. They had to tackle all of these things in the span of three days.
Friday was HOT with temperatures reaching into the high nineties. Temperatures cooled slightly on Saturday; then on Sunday it was overcast and cloudy and over 25 degrees cooler than at the same time on Friday!
Weather not withstanding, some excellent racing and an amazing show on Saturday night by the competitors that were part of the “Professional Classes” including:
- Northwest Nostalgia BB Funny Cars
- The Front Engine Dragsters in “Top Eliminator”
- The classic cars of the Northwest Nostalgia Tour
- Nitro Harley
Along with an entertaining job of “finish line reporting” by Mr. Explosive himself Mark Sanders and an exciting finish by the Jet Funny Cars made for a fun time for everyone who attended this annual event.
Sunday’s cool temperatures provided excellent racing conditions and some close action in all the classes. The winners in the various classes were all awarded the coveted NHRA “Wally’s”:
Category | Name | Car/Vehicle |
Super Pro | Jamie Toews | S-10 Pickup |
Pro | Chris Bondy | ’10 Mustang |
Comp Eliminator | Adam Bowdish | Chevy Cavalier |
Top Sportsman | Barry Hobson | Chevy Cavalier |
Sportsman Motorcycle | Kevin Brennen | Suzuki |
Super Comp | Aaron Kinard | Dragster |
Super Street | Brad Vinje | Camaro |
Super Stock | Mark Faul | Grand Am |
Top Dragster | John Chitwood | Dragster |
Super Gas | Mike Shannon | Corvette Roadster |
Stock | Kelly Thomas | Ram Pickup |
Nitro Harley | Ronn Gledhill | Harley |
WINNERS
Jim Doyle was very busy this weekend, there are well over 1,000 images of this event. To visit the photo galleries, which are organized by day – click here.