NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - Crash Update

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION
PACIFIC RACEWAYS
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2002

FRIDAY THE 13TH AT PACIFIC RACEWAYS?

Seattle - Racers, race fans and track officials in attendance Friday for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Pacific Raceways were under the impression that it was Friday, the 13th, after today's time trials and qualifying.  
	During round two of Super Gas time trials, Raymond Ayers of Dallas, Ore., had the scare of his life, as his roadster went out of control 400 feet past the starting line, eventually crashing into the right guard wall before rolling over one and a half times.  The Super Gas racer was uninjured except for a seat belt abrasion on his left shoulder.
	Smoke filled Maureen Jondahl's '92 Firebird shortly after she passed the finish line during the Comp racer's second qualifying run.  The Firebird then began spinning out of control before coming to a halt two hundred feet later.  Jondahl of Battleground, Wash., was emotionally shaken afterwards, but walked away from the scene with no injuries. 
Track medical officials cleared both racers after examination.
	
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