NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series - FINAL Qualifying from Firebird Raceway

NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION
FIREBIRD RACEWAY
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2003

THIRTEEN NEW RECORDS SET AT IGNITOR

Boise, Idaho - Day two of racing concluded at the 33rd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Nitro Opener presented by Dan Wiebold Ford with thirteen new national records set during Firebird Raceway's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.  Two records were set in Comp, six in Super Stock, and five in Stock Eliminator.  
The track has developed a reputation for being a venue that provides ideal racing conditions and the performances displayed thus far is indicative of the racing spectators have come to expect in Boise.  Last year, 24 overall marks were set at Firebird Raceway and 33 were recorded in 2001.  
Additional racers receiving accolades were Dennis Radford of Baker City, Ore., in Comp; Harry Holton of Modesto, Calif., in Super Stock; and Scott Hilton of Burbank, Calif., in Stock, which all earned bonuses from Sealed Power for being the low qualifier in their respective classes.  
Randy Morken of Columbia Falls, Mont., was also the low qualifier Sportsman Motorcycle competition of the NHRA Kerker Motorcycle Series and Nike Drzayich of Auburn, Wash., earned the same honor in Top Comp.  
Eliminations begin Sunday at 9 a.m., with the Nitro Warriors tentatively scheduled for battle at 12, 3, and 4:30 p.m.  Tickets with pit pass for the final day of racing at the 33rd Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Nitro Opener presented by Dan Wiebold Ford are $20.  Children 12 and under are admitted free but a pit pass is $5.  
For more information, call Firebird Raceway at (208) 938-8986, or visit www.firebirdonline.com.  

The following are final qualifying result from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Firebird Raceway:

COMP ELIMINATOR
1) Dennis Radford, Baker City, Ore., '02 Viper, A/PM, 6.451 seconds, -0.709 under index
2) Adam Bowdish, West Linn, Ore., '89 Trans Am, D/SM, 8.836, -0.634
3) Jirka Kaplan, Calgary, Alta., '23 T-Ford, AA/AM, 6.666, -0.634
4) Tom  Tucker, Bend, Ore., '98 Lumina, F/A, 8.545, -0.545
5) Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Fritz, B/D, 7.042, -0.538
6) Brian Hyerstay, Eugene, Ore., '00 Frameworks, G/D, 9.534, -0.536
7) Jim Warter, Fox Island, Wash., '92 Camaro, E/SM, 9.066, -0.504
8) Alan Ellis, Mapleton, Utah, '23 T-Ford, A/AA, 7.145, -0.445
9) Gary Anderson, Graham, Wash., '97 Firebird, F/A, 8.683, -0.407
10)	Dennis Myers, Prosser, Wash., '98 Dakota, G/AA, 9.066, -0.384

SUPER STOCK
1) Harry Holton, Modesto, Calif., '68 Belvedere, SS/AA, 8.991 seconds, -1.339 under index
2) Gary McGlasson, Los Lunas, N.M., '69 Camaro, SS/HA, 9.938, -1.322
3) Sean Cour, Brush Prairie, Wash., '02 Firebird, GT/FA, 10.181, -1.289
4) Ritch Ahrens, Greeley, Colo., '85 Firebird, GT/EA, 10.057, -1.253
5) Jerry Jenkins, Modesto, Calif., '68 Barracuda, SS/AA, 9.095, -1.235
6) Mike Blackstone, Castro Valley, Calif., '90 Calais, SS/BS, 9.220, -1.160
7) Jeff Lane, N. Bend, Wash., '03 Grand Am, SS/CM, 9.135, -1.145
8) Byron Setters, Red Deer, Alta., '96 Camaro, GT/DA, 10.021, -1.139
9) Dave Raybourn, Modesto, Calif., '68 Dart, SS/AA, 9.192, -1.138
10)	Abe Loewen, Regina, Sask., '98 Grand Am, SS/DM, 9.424, -1.116

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1) Scott Hilton, Burbank, Calif., '67 Mustang, D/S, 10.741 seconds, -1.449 under index
2) Robert Pond, Riverside, Calif., '67 Fairlane, A/S, 10.234, -1.386
3) Glenn Person, Regina, Sask., '72 Duster, F/SA, 11.167, -1.383
4) Joe Sorensen, Woodburn, Ore., '69 Camaro, A/SA, 10.301,-1.379
5) Bill Kost, Renton, Wash., '77 Cutlass, L/SA, 12.098, -1.332
6) Fred Rector, Durango, Colo., '72 Nova, H/S, 11.406, -1.304
7) Keith Lynch, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, '69 Camaro, C/SA, 10.797, -1.293
8) Don Little, Westley, Calif., '70 Barracuda, A/SA, 10.451, -1.229
9) Les Norton, South Jordan, Utah, '64 Savoy, A/SA, 10.512, -1.168
10)	Janis Leatherman, Moses Lake, Wash., '71 Nova, I/SA, 11.852, -1.168