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SATURDAY NIGHT NITRO, JUNE 27, 2015

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The first Saturday Night Nitro at Famoso Raceway will be held Saturday, June 27, 2015. The nitro cars will run their first round of qualifying at 8:30 p.m. with the NITRO SHOOTOUT at 10:30 p.m. Running throughout the week-end will be MEGA MOPAR, WCHRA, and WEST COAST OUTLAW PRO MODS. We’ll have an article and photos posted Monday evening. The week-end schedule: SATURDAY 12pm Mopar Time Trials 12:45 M/C Q1 1:00 Index Q1 1:30 Mopar Time Trials 2:15 M/C Q2 2:30 Prep 2:45 Index Q2 3:15 WCHRA Heads Up Q1 4:00 M/C Q3 4:15 Pro Mods Q1 4:45 Mopar Time Trials 5:30 M/C R1 5:45 Prep 6:00 Index Q3 6:30 WCHRA Heads Up Q2 7:15 M/C R2 7:30 Pro Mods Q2 8:00 Parade and Prep 8:30 Nitro Qualifying Break 10:30 Nitro Shootout, M/C R3, Pro Mods Q3, then finish M/C eliminations SUNDAY 9am Mopar Q1 9:45 Index R1 10:15 WCHRA Heads Up Q3 11:00 Pro Mods R1 11:30 Mopar R1 12:15 Index R2 12:45 WCHRA Heads Up R1 1:30 Pro Mods Semis 1:45 Mopar R2 2:30 Index R3 2:40 WCHRA Heads Up R2 3:15 Pro Mods Final Finish – Mopar, Index, Heads Up Eliminations.

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WEST COAST HOT RODS & SUMMIT RACING Sept. 14-15, 2013

admin — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:39:37 +0000

WEST COAST HOT RODS – FINAL RACE OF THE SEASON. With the West Coast Hot Rod Association/Summit season finale off to a good start, gremlins suddenly struck the track computers mid-afternoon Saturday and shut down the 1/8th mile timing lights in the AutoClub lane. While this is an inconvenience to quarter mile racers it makes racing impossible for the three classes of cars that run heads-up for an 1/8th mile. After repeated attempts to exorcise the gremlins and a 1-1/2 hour delay, the decision was made to run 1/8th mile classes down the Budweiser lane and determine qualifying based on times. Unfortunately the shutdown occurred as a large contingent of heads-up cars were in the lanes and the delay and subsequent rearrangements pushed racing well into Saturday night. By Sunday the Famoso crew had repaired the computers and with the gremlins sent elsewhere the event finished nearly on time Sunday afternoon. West Coast Hot Rods raced three heads-up classes on the 1/8th mile: Outlaw 8.5, True 10.5 and Limited 10.5; with quarter mile classes running in Open Comp (a dial-in class) and B, C, D, and E Gas, (index classes). For the first time a Top Doorslammer class was added running on dial-ins of 6:60 to 7:59 with qualifying on reaction time. The heads-up, Open Comp and the Top Doorslammer classes ran qualifying on Saturday and finals on Sunday. The Gassers ran qualifying and eliminations both days. B and C Gas classes were combined and D and E classes were combined. Summit ran dial-in classes: Sportsman, Pro, Super Pro and Motorcycle. Summit ran qualifying and eliminations both days. On Saturday WCHRA racer Mike Williams took home the trophy in B/C Gas and Sabrina Capps was the runner up; and, in D/E Gas Steve Barta finished first with Josh Conrad in second. Summit Sportsman racers Pam Hulse and CW Hoefer went to the finals with Hulse winning; in Super Pro Steve White the #1 qualifer won over Greg Tremain the #6 qualifier; in Pro James Kirkman took the win after James Alexander red-lighted; on the Motorcycles Anthony Delatorre came in ahead of Terry Rollin. Sunday started with an early morning non-denominational service and the cars began filling the lanes at 8:30 a.m. About 200 racers were in the pits racing in 11 classes including the new Top Doorslammer class fielding 10 cars. Below are all the Sunday winners. SUNDAY FINALS – West Coast Hot Rods: B/C Gas: Two B Gas Camaros met in the final round which pitted #3 qualifier Ashley Deuschle against #2 qualifier Tom Fowler. Fowler had a reaction time of .003 to Deuschle’s reaction time of .015 but, Deuschle took the win when Fowler ran a 8.598 on an 8.6 index. Deuschle ran 156.84 mph and Fowler topped out at 151.78 mph. D/E Gas: #1 qualifier Josh Conrad and #6 qualifier Steve Barta, both running on the D Gas index of 10.60, staged for the finals. These two were also in the finals on Saturday when Barta prevailed. Sunday, Conrad came out on top with a reaction time of .018 running a near perfect ET of 10.605 at 129.65 mph. Barta broke-out with a too quick 10.573 ET. Top Doorslammer: This first-time-ever WCHRA class qualified on Saturday with Keith Morovich qualifying #1, Brenden Frye #2, Frank Merenda #3, Scott Loomis #4, Steve “Flattop” Faller #5, Jim Data #6, Tom Huggins #7, Gary Wake #8, Tom Mettler #9 and Ray Padgott #10. In the semi-finals on Sunday, Tom Mettler in his 2001 Dakota P/U got the bye while Steve Faller in his 1963 Corvette ran against Keith Morovich in a ’67 Nova. Morovich took the win to meet Metler in the finals. In the finals, Metler took home the money with a reaction time of .026, ET of 7.522 on a 7.45 dial-in going 181.62 mph. Morovich had a reaction time of .059 and ran an ET of 7.601 on a 7.56 dial-in going 174.08 mph. Open Comp: Dustin Lee in a ’53 Ford won the race over Lori Dodes in her 1997 Chevy S10. Lee had a reaction time of .084 to Dodes’ reaction time of .427. Lee ran on a dial-in of 11.60 and an ET of 11.645 going 102.17. Dodes had a dial-in of 10.46 but her ET was 10.446. Limited 10.5: This heads-up class pitted Mike Salki the #3 qualifier against #1 qualifier Allen Gadberry. Salki in a Camaro ran the ladder to sit at the lights in the finals. Salki posted a reaction time of .091, ET of 5.279 and mph of 133.08 to take the win. Gadberry ran an ET of 5.242 and mph of 134.56 on a reaction time of .133. Although he didn’t win the finals Gadberry was the #1 qualifier, had low ET of 4.564 and top speed of 134.56 for the race. Outlaw 8.5: The finals found DJ Reid and Ryan “Toaster” Jones side-by-side at the lights. Reid’s ’68 Camaro crossed the finish line first to take the win. Reid with a reaction time of .097 ran an ET of 5.383 at 133.07 mph. Toaster Jones came in second with a reaction time of .048 an ET of 5.514 at 147.37 mph. Toaster was the #1 qualifier, ran the race low ET of 4.945 and top speed of 155.38 mph. True 10.5: Norman Chang and Jeff Kyle, the #1 and #4 qualifiers respectively, were in the finals. Kyle broke at the line giving Chang the win. Chang had an ET of 9.486 on at reaction time of .256 traveling at 68.85 mph. SUNDAY FINALS – Summit Pro: After 5 rounds of elimination CW Heofer, the #1 qualifier met Mike Beckwith, the #5 qualifier, at the line. Hoefer was first off the line with a reaction time of .027 to Beckwith’s .208. Hoefer running a dial-in of 12.38 ran an ET of 12.509 at 100.08 mph to Beckwith’s 115.51 mph and an ET of 11.708 […]

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SATURDAY NIGHT NITRO JULY 13, 2013 FAMOSO RACEWAY

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Robert Overholser in the California Hustler on his way to winning A hot Saturday produced a track temperature of 152 degrees and hinted at the sizzling night of racing to come. Friday night test and tune had affirmed that points leader Dan Horan, Jr.’s Patriot Mustang was the car to beat, but the hot action started at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday night when 13 nitro funny cars pulled into the staging lanes — their teams thinking upset. On Friday night Dan Horan, Jr. ran a 5.80 ET in testing. The first pair at the line were Rian Konno in the Kazanjian-Lemon-Konno car and Chris Bennet in Pure Heaven. Konno took the win with an ET of 5.894 at 238.76 mph making him the #4 qualifier. Next up was Dennis La Charite in Back in Black and Ed Dougan in the Fighting Irish. Dougan prevailed with an ET of 6.139 at 199.64 mph. Dougan was the #9 qualifier and first alternate for the final eight. Then came War Horse driven by Roger Garten sitting next to Bob Godfrey’s Burn ‘N Money. War Horse was the first to cross the finish line with an ET of 6.115 at 233.72. Next at the line was Darkside with Rick Rogers at the wheel side by side with Quarter Pounder driven by Dale Van Gundy. Van Gundy turned in an ET of 5.962 at 241.20 mph to advance to the finals as the #7 qualifier. When California Hustler met the Pedaler, California Hustler driven by Robert Overholser became the #3 qualifier when it took the win over James Day in the Pedaler. Day became the #5 qualifier. Overholser had an ET of 5.885 at 238.51 mph. The final pair to face off was Dan Horan in his Patriot Mustang, the current Blitz points leader, and Dennis Taylor in Evil, Wicked, Mean and Nasty. Horan ran an ET of 5.809 to qualify at the #2 position and Taylor ran an ET of 5.958 making him the #6 qualifier. Devery Howard in Bays and Ruppert Black Plague had a bye running an ET of 5.780 at 246.30 to become the #1 qualifier. The final field of 8 cars was set: Howard #1, Horan #2, Overholser #3, Konno #4, Day #5, Taylor #6, Garten #7 and Dougan #8 (Dougan in Fighting Irish moved into the #8 spot when Van Gundy in Quarter Pounder couldn’t make the final call.) The second round of funny car racing got underway around 11:00 p.m. Rian Konno and James Day were first up. Konno turned up the heat by running an ET of 5.753, which at that point was the quickest time of the night. Konno easily beat James Day in the Pedaler. The second pair at the line was Overholser in California Hustler and Dennis Taylor in Evil Wicked, Mean and Nasty. Overholser got the action sizzling with an ET of 5.720 at 246.84 mph. Taylor turned in an ET of 6.859 at 115.64 mph. Next up was Dan Horan, Jr. who ran a smokin’ ET of 5.764 at 253.66 mph. While Horan was faster than Overholser, he wasn’t quicker. Horan ran against Ed Dougan in the Fighting Irish. Dougan started the race in the Budweiser lane, broke past the half-track mark sending him into the Auto Club lane behind Horan. The last pair at the line was Roger Garten in War Horse and Devery Howard in Black Plague. Howard red lighted giving Garten the win with an ET of 6.385 at 161.52. After crossing the finish line War Horse hit the wall. Garten was uninjured. A Blitz race is won by the quickest running winning car. At the end of the night Robert Overholser in the California Hustler finished in the No. 1 spot with an ET of 5.720; Rian Konno finished at No. 2 with an ET of 5.753; and, Dan Horan, Jr. ended up at No. 3 with an ET of 5.764. The Boise/Bakersfield Blitz now moves to Boise for race number 4 of the Blitz. That race will be held August 8-11. The top eight points holders of the four race Blitz series will face off in a special race to be held at The March Meet in 2014. California Hustler in the Winners’ Circle Before, between and after rounds of Funny Cars, other nitro burners kept the action going. Rick White in the top fuel car Neal and White along with top fueler Circuit Breaker made runs. Mike Sullivan and son Jeremy fielded a supercharged nitromethane burning Hemi Fiat AA/FA turning in an ET of 6.37 at 202 mph. Also making 8 second passes were the nitro Harley’s. The two jet cars, MAV Missile and Terminal Velocity, made two runs during the evening – once at the end of the first round of funny cars and once at the end of the funny car racing. These two cars put on quite a show with billowing smoke, popping fuel, and shooting fire. West Coast Hot Rod Assoc. heads up classes, True 10.5, Outlaw 8.5 and Limited 10.5, also raced Saturday evening. These three classes race on an 1/8th mile track. Below are some of the West Coast Hot Rods running this week-end. All photos posted on this page can be ordered from www.timingtower.smugmug.com or you can contact us directly at timingtower@gmail.com. After the first round in Limited 10.5 Mike Salki was the #1 qualifier, Gary Brandt qualified at #2 and Allen Gadberry was the #3 qualifier. The final race was between Mike Salki in a ’67 Nova and Gary Brandt in an ’86 Mustang. Although Salki and Brandt had close reaction times (.068 and .071), Salki was quicker and faster and took the win with an ET of 5.306 at 133.14. The Outlaw 8.5 class ran 3 rounds of eliminations and the finals. The final race found Ryan “Toaster” Jones in a ’65 Nova next to Matt Sendejas in an ’83 Mustang. The Nova crossed the finish line first with an ET of 4.854 […]

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2013 WEST COAST HOT RODS SPRINGNATIONALS

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To paraphrase legendary rock ‘n roller Chubby Checker “…there was a whole lot of racin’ going on…” March 23-24 was the 2013 the season opener for West Coast Hot Rod Assoc. “WCHRA”. This year at its opener WCHRA raced with Division 7 Summit Series. On Saturday both qualifying and elimination rounds were held in the index and bracket classes. The index and bracket classes completed the first race in both series while the WCHRA heads-up classes ran only qualifying rounds. Likewise on Sunday the index and bracket classes ran qualifying and elimination rounds and completed the second race in both series. The WCHRA heads-up classes ran their elimination rounds on Sunday and completed race #1 of the WCHRA series. This year WCHRA added Super Pro, Pro and ET Motorcycle classes which allowed racers to race in both WCHRA and Summit series this week-end. Some, but not all, racers raced in both series. The winner of each class took home the prize money no matter which series the winner raced in. Every racer who raced both Summit and WCHRA (or only WCHRA) and was a class winner took home not only the prize money but also a WCHRA trophy. Combining the two series at one event made it possible for racers to accumulate points in both series. Many of the cars did impressive wheel stands. A lot of motorcycles raced this week-end. Below is a gallery of photos of many of the bikes at the event. In addition to the Summit and WCHRA cars racing this week-end, the first two races in the Southern California Super Eliminator series were also held. This class runs on a 7.9 index and completed races on both Saturday and Sunday. These above photos are of Chris standing next to his Super E in the pits and behind the wheel on the track. Also joining in the fun this week-end were cars from the Pro Slammer Door Car Association. Two classes of slammers raced – one a heads-up class, the other on a 6.9 index. John Durden, on the right in the ’58 Corvette was the eventual winner in the Pro Slammer class. And just to make sure everyone got their fill of racing, WCHRA ran an open comp class. This class, where all pairs are random, allows all cars, trucks, dragsters, altereds and motorcycles to compete against each other. SUNDAY RACE RESULTS Limited 10.5 – Gary Brandt, the #1 qualifier bested Tom Daughtry. In the finals Brandt had a reaction time of .058 running 132.56 mph on an ET of 5.450. True 10.5 – The #4 qualifier David Singletary took the win over Roger Holder. Singletary in a ’69 Camaro ran an ET of 5.078 at 140.05 mph. Outlaw 8.5 – No. 2 qualifier, DJ Reid, ran the ladder to win this class with an ET of 5.139 at 145.41 mph. Reid met Jason Pyons, the #3 qualifier, in the finals but with a .094 reaction time led the way off the line. B/Gas (8.6 index) – Crumlich beat the #1 qualifier Brian Rogers, in Round 2 of eliminations and bested Casey Truer in the 3rd round by .006 to advance to the final round against Richard Deuschelle. Crumlich’s 8.644 ET and 140.77 mph easily beat Deuschelle who ran an ET of 8.693 at 109.54 mph. C/Gas (9.6 index) – No. 1 qualifier Jason Barta ran through the ladder to meet #9 qualifier Paul Weichmann in the finals. Barta ended in the winners circle posting an ET of 9.624 at 135.58 mph. Barta’s reaction time of .006 gave him the win. Weichmann had a reaction time of .072 and an ET of 9.601 but his mph was 128.05. D/Gas (10.6 index) – CORRECTION: #2 qualifier Lori Dodes met the #1 qualifier Josh Conrad at the line. Conrad took home the winner’s trophy. (Due to incorrect information we previously reported Dodes as the winner.) E/Gas (11.6 index) – Jeff Beck, the runner-up in Saturday’s race, took the winner’s spot on Sunday. Beck won with an ET of 11.679 after Mark Simonian red lighted. Sportsman – CW Hoefer in an ’87 Firebird ran an ET of 12.039 on a dial-in of 12.03 to beat David Dowdell running on a dial-in of 12.90 with an ET of 12.836. Hoefer was the #2 qualifier and Dowdell the #3 qualifier. The #1 qualifier Kevin Tanata redlighted in the quarter finals sending Dowdell to the finals. Motorcycle – Terry Rolin the #6 qualifier came out on top in the final match-up against Scott Hewitt. Rolin left the lights first with a reaction time of .046 to Hewitt’s reaction time of .079. Rolin with a dial-in of 9.42 ran an ET of 9.442 while Hewitt had a dial-in of 8.61 and an ET of 8.646. Pro – The winner, CW Hoefer, who also won the Sportsman class, again ran a dial-in of 12.03 but had an ET of 11.983. Matt Fritts ran on a dial-in of 10.05 but broke out with an ET of 10.003. Super Pro – Kyle Rizzoli, the #2 qualifier, bested Eric Trubey in the finals. Rizzoli with a near perfect reaction time of .001 ran 158.65 mph with an ETof 7.746 on a 7.67 dial in. Trubey got a slower start with a reaction time of .049 and ran an ET of 7.677 on a dial in of 7.62. Crumlich the B gas winner lost to Rizzoli in the semi-finals. Open Comp – Jim Israel and his ’71 Nova bested all comers running a 10.775 on a 10.87 dial-in in the finals. Lori Dodes was at the line next to Israel in the finals but broke giving Israel the win. Super E – The final round ended with a double break-out. Steve Casner ran 7.891 on a 7.9 index to break out in the final round. However. Eddie Fischle also broke out with an ET of 7.863. Casner came closet to the index thus taking the win. Pro Slammers – John Durden in a ’58 […]

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