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NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from Woodburn Dragstrip, Woodburn, Ore.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION
WOODBURN DRAGSTRIP
Contact:  NHRA Field Marketing (626) 914-4761

SEVERANCE WINS AGAIN, RUCKMAN BAGS SECOND

WOODBURN, Ore. - Joey Severance picked up his sixth win of the year and Terry Ruckman bagged his second at this weekend's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Les Schwab Tires Challenge at Woodburn Dragstrip.

Severance, Woodburn, Ore., was coming off a big win at the K&N Filters NHRA Route 66 Nationals outside Chicago and continued his dominance qualifying number one in Top Alcohol Dragster with an event best 5.226 second pass.  He then worked his way through the field taking out fellow Oregon racer Garrett Bateman (Albany, Ore.) with a 5.270, 274.47 mph in the final to take home the win and the trophy.  Bateman qualified in the No. 2 position and was right on Severance's heels with a 5.340, 274.64.  Severance ran low elapsed time in each round including his round one win over brother-in-law Jay Livingston, Wilsonville, Ore.

Ruckman won on a hole shot over Annie Whiteley in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class as both racers hail from Grand Junction, Colo.  Ruckman's 5.555, 266.82 beat the quicker 5.530, 265.72 of Whiteley.  Ruckman left first by .026 seconds that proved to be the difference.  The win was Ruckman's second of the year to go along with his national event win in Las Vegas.

A pair of west coast hitters scored for the first time in 2017 as Jody Lang won in Stock Eliminator and Thomas Bayer took home the Rig Rental Top Dragster crown.  Lang, Puyallup, Wash., had a perfect .000 second reaction time in his win over Dave Jung with his '81 Malibu and Bayer, Fontana, Calif., defeated Kurt Gross, Oregon City, Ore., with a .034 package.  Bayer went 7.309, 184.99 to Gross' 7.663, 171.39.

Home state racers won in Comp Eliminator and in Super Street as Brian Hyerstay beat Ralph Van Paepeghem in Comp and Gary Culp ended Josh Dalrymple's day in Super Street.  Hyerstay, Eugene, Ore., drove his dragster to a 9.138 second, 141.02 mph lap.  Culp, Herminston, Ore., and Dalrymple, Sunnyside, Wash., were close at the start and the finish with Culp a tick better at both ends with a .019 light and a 10.903 on the 10.90 index.

Other racers celebrating in the winner's circle were Sean Cour, Brush Prairie, Wash., in Super Stock; Chuck Babcock, Yorba Linda., Calif., in Super Comp; Ron MacKenzie, New Westminster, B.C., in Super Gas; and Kirk Lanz, Mission, B.C., in Top Sportsman.

In the Sportsman Motorcycle Series presented by Harley-Davidson it was Dan Patridge, Kennewick, Wash., knocking out Gladstone, Ore., rider Don De Peel, 8.287, 157.15 to a 8.426, 154.13.

Also running in conjunction with the event was the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Summit Jr. Drag Racing League.  Winning in Super Pro was Dave Jackson over Larry Miner; Rick Sales took out Michael McFadden in Pro and Cody Steen beat Haylie Crawford in Jr. Dragster.

Northwest Division racers head north to Pacific Raceways for the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals, Aug. 5-7 then return to Pacific Raceways for their next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, Aug. 19-21.

The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division Les Schwab Tires Challenge:

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER:
Round 1
1) Joey Severance, Woodburn, Ore., 5.237, 275.06 def. 8) Jay Livingston, Wilsonville, Ore., 5.628, 258.76
4) Shawn Cowie, Surrey, B.C., 5.299, 273.97 def. 5) Johnny Ahten, Santa Clarita, Calif., 5.336, 265.25
3) Casey Grisel, Orangevale, Calif., 5.358, 264.23 def. 6) Todd Swinford, Keizer, Ore., 9.921, 76.01
2) Garrett Bateman, Albany, Ore., 5.338, 273.72 def. 7) Kim Parker, Graham, Wash., 5.404, 267.61

Semifinals
Severance, 5.281, 273.80 def. Cowie, 5.422, 266.35
Bateman, 5.404, 273.30 def. Grisel, 14.599, 50.61

Final
Severance, 5.270, 274.47 def. Bateman, 5.340, 274.64

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR:
Round 1
1) Jirka Kaplan, Calgary, Alb., '16 Camaro, 5.521, 265.87 def. 8) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '15 Camaro, 5.515, 264.70
2) Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '15 Camaro, 5.550, 266.58 def. 7) Chris Marshall, McMinnville, Ore., '06 Mustang, 5.672, 253.23
3) Annie Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., '15 Camaro, 5.502, 268.81 def. 6) Sean Bellemeur, Placentia, Calif., '11 Monte Carlo, 5.800, 256.77
4) Terry Ruckman, Grand Junction, Colo., '16 Camaro, 5.529, 268.25 def. 5) Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif.,
'16 Camaro, 8.622, 100.46

Semifinals
Whiteley, 5.526, 266.27 def. Gordon, 5.564, 266.19
Ruckman, 5.532, 266.42 def. Kaplan, 5.529, 265.56

Final
Ruckman, 5.555, 266.82 def. Whiteley, 5.530, 265.72

COMP ELIMINATOR
Brian Hyerstay, Eugene, Ore., dragster, G/D, 9.138, 141.02  def. Ralph Van Paepeghem, Garden Valley, Idaho, '32 Bantam, A/EA, 7.294, 162.95.

SUPER STOCK
Sean Cour, Brush Prairie, Wash., '09 Cobalt, GT/CA, 9.501, 137.50  def. Jimmy DeFrank, Thousand Oaks, Calif., '10 Cobalt, SS/CM, 8.788, 151.84.

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Jody Lang, Puyallup, Wash., '81 Malibu, M/SA, 12.153, 99.05  def. Dave Jung, Surry, B.C., '81 Malibu, L/SA, 12.271, 93.22.

SUPER COMP
Chuck Babcock, Yorba Linda, Calif., '09 Mullis, 8.893, 165.25  def. Val Torres, Valinda, Calif., '15 TNT, 8.890, 174.55.

SUPER GAS
Ron MacKenzie, New Westminster, B.C., '57 Corvette, 9.894, 156.41  def. Rob Willis, Edmonds, Wash., '92 Firebird, 9.886, 167.97.

SUPER STREET
Gary Culp, Hermiston, Ore., '67 Ford, 10.903, 132.31  def. Josh Dalrymple, Sunnyside, Wash., '67 Camaro, 10.898, 155.06.

TOP SPORTSMAN
Kirk Lanz, Mission, B.C., '69 Camaro, 7.373, 171.03  def. Justin Bond, Mission, B.C., '68 Camaro, 7.152, 193.17.

TOP DRAGSTER
Thomas Bayer, Fontana, Calif., '03 Undercover, 7.309, 184.99  def. Kurt Gross, Oregon City, Ore., '07 TNT, 7.663, 171.39.

SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE PRESENTED BY HARLEY-DAVIDSON
Dan Patridge, Kennewick, Wash., '03 Suzuki, 8.287, 157.15  def. Don DePeel, Gladstone, Ore., '74 Kawasaki, 8.426, 154.13.

SUPER PRO
Dave Jackson, , , '06 Mullis, 7.389, 182.59  def. Larry Miner, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., '69 Camaro, 10.858, 135.93.

PRO
Rick Sales Sr., Eugene, Ore., '65 GMC, 10.388, 112.90  def. Michael McFadden, Boring, Ore., '68 Valiant, 12.386, 106.40.

JR DRAGSTER
Cody Steen, Salem, Ore., dragster, 12.123, 53.76  def. Haylie Crawford, Kennewick, Wash., dragster, 7.981, 81.31.

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