NHRA: NW Division Seattle Qualifying

26 June 1999

NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION
SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY


LOCAL FAVORITE GRABS TOP SPOT

    KENT, Wash. - Pat Austin, of Tacoma, Washington wasted little time in 
proving that his Pro Max Federal-Mogul Funny Car is the one to watch out for 
this weekend at Seattle International Raceway. Austin recorded at pass of 5.706 
seconds at 248.44 mph to put him in the number one qualifying position. 

    Austin is coming off a big win at the Federal-Mogul Allstars held two weeks 
ago at the Pontiac Excitement Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. Austin took out 
the North Central Division's Marc White to take the Allstar title.

    Austin is followed by the 1998 Northwest Funny Car Champion Roger Batman
with a run of 5.748 seconds, 250.47 mph in the number two position.
In Federal-Mogul Dragster, Rick Henkleman, runner up at last year's event,
grabbed the number one spot from Melanine Troxel as he covered the quarter
mile in 5.520 seconds at 254.00 mph.  Troxel, the number two qualifier, had
the pole position with a 5.546 second pass until Henkelman, the last
dragster to make a qualifying pass, jumped to the top of the list.

    Qualifying continues Saturday at 9 a.m. with gates opening at 8a.m. 
Federal-Mogul Dragsters and Funny Cars are scheduled to make qualifying passes 
at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. For more information call the track at (253) 631-1550.

    The following are Friday's qualifying results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul 
Drag Racing Series event at Seattle International Raceway, the fourth of six 
events in the NHRA's Northwest division's Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series, 
listing driver, city, state, car, elapsed time, and miles per hour:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
1. Rick Henkelman, San Jose, Calif., 5.520, 254.00
2. Melanie Troxel, Littleton, Colo., 5.546, 248.09
3. Dale Carlson, Olympia, Wash., 5.598, 255.07
4. Mark Hentges, Federal Way, Wash., 5.714, 235.78
5. Gary Anderson, Anaheim, Calif., 5.866, 238.56
6. Brett Hordemann, Spokane, Wash., 5.917, 235.78
7. Kim Parker, Graham, Wash., 6.267, 223.75
8. Steve Federlin, Oregon City, Ore., 7.311, 128.52

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
1. Pat Austin, Tacoma, Wash., '99 Firebird, 5.706, 248.44
2. Rodger Bateman, Calgary, Alberta CAN, '97 Firebird, 5.748, 250.47
3. Dan McGlowe, Gladstone, Ore., '98 Mustang, 5.753, 242.98
4. John Hyland, Springfield, Ore., '98 Mustang, 5.899, 238.86
5. Mike Giuliani, Abbatsford, B.C., '98 Achieva, 6.046, 234.10
6. Clint Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '97 Camaro, 6.954, 155.02
7. Mitch Myers, Hemigton, Ore., '99 Camaro, 8.653, 93.76
8. Russ Parker, Salem, Ore., '97 Firebird, 11.429, 70.61

COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
1. Rick Braun, Redlands, Wash., C/EA '97 Firebird, 8.292, -0.538 under
index.
2. Doug Lambeck, Irvine, Calif., C/SM '95 Camaro, 9.157, -0.473
3. Jim Warter, Fox, Island, Wash., B/SM '92 Camaro, 8.897, -0.473
4. Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., B/SR '34 Roadster, 8.208, -0.462
5. Rob Robinson, Portland, Ore., C/EA '96 Cutlass, 8.399, -0.430
6. John Edwards, Claremont, Calif., C/EA, 8.430, -0.400
7. Jim Kennedy, San Jose, Calif., F/A '98 Firebird, 8.832, -0.308
8. Frank Nelson, Auburn, Wash., C/A '94 Camaro, 8.832, -0.187
9. Nick Jondahl, Battle Ground, Wash., G/A '92 Firebird, 9.358, -0.102
10.  Chuck Smithfield, Battle Ground, Wash., BB/A '94 Beretta, 7.981, 
-0.059

SUPER STOCK
1. Bob Lambeck, Northridge, Calif., SS/CM '98 Oldsmobile, 8.946, -0.954
2. Terry Shevill, Klamath Falls, Ore., SS/AM '57 Corvette, 8.618, -0.932
3. Don Thomas, Spruce Grove, Alberta CAN., GT/DA '89 Camaro, 10.020, -0.780
4. Art Congdon, Calgary, CAN.,  GT/CA '91 Cutlass, 9.960, -0.740
5. Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., SS/BM '98 Grand Am, 8.961, -0.738
6. Rod Stalts, Marysville, Wash., SS/NA '64 Chevelle, 11.417, -0.733
7. Jeff Danison, Kalama, Wash., SS/NA, 11.902, -0.548
8. Butch Walsh, Idaho Falls, Idaho, SS/HA '67 Camaro, 10.353, -0.547
9. Mark Faul, Tacoma, Wash., SS/MA '66 El Camino, 11.606, -0.544
10.  Rod Hanner, Calgary, CAN., SS/EA '70 Plymoth, 10.145, -0.505

STOCK
1. Steve Handy, Salem, Ore., N/SA '85 Camaro, 12.157, -1.143
2. Bill Kost, Renton, Wash., M/SA '77 Cutlass, 12.072, 1.078
3. Bill Heard, Vancouver, Wash., E/SA '96 Firebird, 10.933, -1.067
4. Sean Sour, Brush Prarie, Wash., D/SA '97 Camaro, 10.822, -1.028
5. Rob Youngblood, Nampa, Idaho, D/S '71 Mustang, 10.798, -1.002
6. Don Elgin, Des Moines, Wash., N/SA '74 Grand AM, 12.381, -0.919 
7. Don Little, Westly, Calif., A/SA '70 Plymoth, 10.404, -0.896
8. Gary Faul, Spanaway, Wash., D/SA '98 Firebird, 10.971, -0.879
9. Craig Bloom, Gresham, Ore., C/SA '69 Camaro, 10.681, -0.869
10. Ron Durham, Camevon Park, Calif., B/SA '71 Chevelle, 10.681, -0.869

TOP COMP
1. Dennis Radford, Barer, Ore., '72 Plymoth, 7.136 seconds
2. Mike Yobbe, Tacoma, Wash., 7.384
3. John Hughes, Central Point, Ore., 7.615
4. Dave Bliss, Spannway, Wash., '94 dragster, 7.621
5. Dennis Fuller, Lagrande, Ore., '97 Mustang, 7.650
6. Ken Kennedy, Port Coquitlam, '93 dragster, 7.668
7. Mark Barnhart, Eunett, Idaho, '99 dragster, 7.677
8. Gary Olson, Hillsboro, Ore., '95 Beretta, 7.686
9. Greg Pessemier, Tacoma, Wash., '96 dragster, 7.714
10.  Jerry Durant, Oregon City, Ore., '96 dragster, 7.716