NHRA Drag Racing, Woodburn, Ore., Sunday final results

10 July 2000

AUSTIN FINISHES NO. 1, AS USUAL


        WOODBURN, Ore. - Can anyone stop Pat Austin?  That's the question
racers are asking in the NHRA's Northeast Division after the Tacoma, Wash.,
driver scored his third-straight victory of the season, this time at the
Les Schwab Tires NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event..
        "We were lucky to win this one," said Austin, who defeated Salem,
Ore.'s Russ Parker in the final round, 5.88 seconds to 5.91 seconds.  "The
car began shaking the [rear] tires and never settled down; it kept bouncing
all the way down track.
        "We left the door open for Russ, who was running great this
weekend.  I hate it when that happens."
        Austin's two other victories both came at Mission Raceway Park in
Mission, B.C., in May and June.  With a 101-point advantage over
second-placed Parker the Northeast Division title is all but locked up.
        Displaying driving savvy beyond his years, 20-year-old Brandon
Henkelman of San Jose, Calif., out-drove Federal Way, Wash.'s Mark Hentges
to claim the Federal-Mogul Dragster victory.
        With both cars heading down track, Henkelman's dragster began to
spin the rear tires, forcing the driver to momentarily get off the
throttle.  Hentges, meanwhile, strayed out of the racing groove and had to
drive his dragster away from the centerline.  Had he crossed it Hentges
would have received an automatic disqualification.  Henkelman got to the
finish line first, 5.57 seconds to 5.61 seconds.
        "The car was shaking the [rear] tires real bad through the middle
of the course, and I could feel it was trying to spin them," recalled
Henkelman.  "All sorts of things were going through my mind: what I would
do if [the car] didn't stop shaking the tires; what I would do if it
started to spin the tires.  Fortunately it settled down, hiked up the front
end, and took off again."

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        The following are the final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul
Drag Racing Series event at Woodburn Dragstrip:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
Quarterfinals
1) Brandon Henkelman, san Jose, Calif., 5.543 seconds, 256.26 miles per
hour def. 8) Brad Hansen, Bellevue, Wash., 9.710, 73.26
2) Duane Shields, Las Vegas, Nev., 9.830, 83.18 def. 7) Kim Parker, Graham,
Wash., no show
3) Mark Hentges, Federal Way, Wash., 6.931, 166.97 def. 6) Steve Federlin,
Oregon City, Ore., 13.118, 58.31
Dale Carlson, Olympia, Wash., 5.624, 253.16 def. 5) Paul Jones, Stockton,
Calif., no show

Semifinals
Henkelman, 6.333, 211.86 def. Carlson, 6.494, 234.74
Hentges, 5.613, 249.58 def. Shields, 18.584, 46.09

Final
Henkelman, 5.578, 252.52 def. Hentges, 5.611, 250.83


FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
Quarterfinals
1) Pat Austin, Tacoma, Wash., '99 Firebird, 5.785 seconds, 250.55 miles per
hour def. 8) Steve Gasparrelli, Covina, Calif., '99 Firebird, 6.174, 207.80
5) Ed Marx, Stockton, Calif., '95 Avenger, 5.815, 245.43 def. 4) Larry
Miner, Woodbridge, Calif., '98 Avenger, 5.852, 245.56
7) Russ Parker, Salem, Ore., '00 Avenger, 5.849, 244.43 def. 2) Bucky
Austin, Fife, Wash., '00 Camaro, 5.904, 239.04
2) John Hyland, Springfield, Ore., '00 Camaro, 5.891,     
243.17 def. 6) Dan McGlone, Oregon City, Ore., '99 Camaro, 5.923, 243.63

Semifinals
Austin, 5.790, 250.90 def. Marx, 10.321, 86.67
Parker, 5.833, 243.90 def. Hyland, 5.964, 240.00

Final
Austin, 5.883, 245.96 def. Parker, 5.914, 241.22


COMPETITION
Quarterfinals
9) Tom Tucker, Bend, Ore., F/A '92 Lumina, 9.275, 154.53 def. 1) Brian
Hyerstay, Eugene, Ore., G/D dragster, 10.763, 73.14 (foul start)
4) Jim Warter, Fox Island, Wash., B/SM '92 Camaro, 9.027, 
132.58 def. 12) Mike Pessemier, Graham, Wash., B/D dragster, 7.162, 167.84
(foul start)
6) Schuck Jr., Eugene, Ore., C/ED dragster, 8.898, 104.52 
   def. 2) Fred Gross, La Crescenta, Calif., D/A '96   
   Pontiac, 16.558, 49.50 (foul start)
3) Nick Jondahl, Battle Ground, Wash., G/A '92 Firebird, 8.952, 150.40 def.
6) Randy Jones, Monarch Beach, Calif., B/A '00 Firebird, 7.375, 187.50

Semifinals
Tucker, 8.654, 155.92 def. Warter, 8.913, 151.82
Jondahl, 9.537, 103.56 def. Schuck, 7.471, 160.57

Final
Jondahl, 8.989, 149.15 def. Tucker, 8.695, 155.95

SUPER STOCK
Steve Wann, Modesto, Calif., GT/TD '98 Dodge, 10.704, 122.74 def. Gary
Rouse, Bremerton, Wash., SS/LA '64 Chevrolet, 11.183, 111.00

STOCK
Jody Lang, Puyallup, Wash., M/SA '79 Malibu, 12.790, 97.13 def. Don Little,
Westley, Calif., A/SA '70 Barracuda, 10.352, 128.22

SUPER COMP
Kyle Seipel, San Lorenzo, Calif., dragster, 8.915, 143.83 def. Emmett
McKillop, Lynnwood, Wash., dragster, 8.924, 160.51

SUPER GAS
Van R. Watson, Tukwila, Wash., '70 Nova, 9.908, 139.68 def. Chuck Glanz,
Myrtle Creek, Ore., '34 Chevrolet, 9.922, 152.56

SUPER STREET
Gary Erickson, Portland, Ore., '84 Mustang, 10.905, 135.68 def. Craig
Bickle, Courtenay, B.C., '67 Camaro, broke

TOP COMP
Gary Olson, Hillsboro, Ore., '95 Lumina, 7.741, 169.26 def. Ken Kennedy,
Port Coquitlam, B.C., dragster, 7.676, 182.66

PRO SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE
Jerry Stinson, Medford, Ore., '84 Kawasaki, 8.966, 153.00 def. Brian
Hudson, Kennewick, Wash., '80 Suzuki, 8.892, 144.41

SUPER PRO
Nick Bresaw, Beaverton, Ore., '69 Mustang, 11.670, 102.13 def. Howard
Baron, Forks, Wash., '68 Nova, 10.175, 142.04

JUNIOR DRAGSTER LIGHTNING
Adam DePeel, Gladstone, Ore., 9.182, 72.00 def. Candice Engelgau,
Silverton, Ore., 10.700, 59.23 (foul start)

JUNIOR DRAGSTER THUNDER
Sean Kennedy, Bellevue, Wash., 11.498, 52.37 def. Kyle Knudtson, Albany,
Ore., 11.734, 53.25



NHRA NORTHEAST DIVISION
FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
(after four of six events)

Federal-Mogul Dragster
1. Mark Hentges         284 points
2. Dale Carlson         235
3. Duane Shields                214
4. Brandon Henkelman    195
5. Steve Federlin               167

Federal-Mogul Funny Car
1. Pat Austin           315 points
2. Russ Parker          214
3. John Hyland          193
4. Dan McGlone          191
5. Bucky Austin         169


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