NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Sunday from Mission Raceway Park, Mission, B.C.
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION MISSION RACEWAY PARK Sunday, August 07, 2005 Hill, Austin score wins at Mission Raceway Park MISSION, B.C. - Hillary Will in Top Alcohol Dragster and Bucky Austin in Top Alcohol Funny Car captured big wins this weekend for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series' Lucas Oil Canada Nationals. Will knocked out division point's leader Steve Federlin for her first Lucas Oil divisional career win with a 5.517 second lap at 265.40 mph to Federlin's 5.664 at 250.97. Hill recorded low elapsed time of every round of eliminations recording laps of 5.466 seconds, 5.507 seconds and 5.517 seconds for the win. The California rookie driver grabbed her first national event win back in April in Las Vegas at the NHRA Summitracing.com Nationals. The win should move her up to the number two spot in the Northwest Division point's standings behind Federlin. Six-time NHRA Northwest Division Champion Austin qualified No. 2 and made his way through the field running 5.70's before facing off with Brian Hough in the funny car final. Austin clocked in at 5.806 seconds, 251.04 mph to out run Hough who suffered mechanical problems and slowed to a 9.683 second pass The Fife, Wash., resident doubled up this weekend, taking the win at the Lordco B.C. Nationals that was completed on Thursday here at Mission Raceway Park. The event was originally scheduled in May but was postponed due to persistent rain. In the Comp Eliminator final it was a Mike Stone and Jeff Lane match up which has become a bit of a rival in the last several weeks. The two met up in the finals of the Seattle NHRA PowerAde Drag Racing Series event with Lane taking the win a few weeks ago and then Stone made it 1-to-1 this past Thursday when the two ran in the final of the Lordco B.C. Nationals. Stone grabbed the win and now leads the series with an 8.013 second pass at 120.06 mph to Lane's 8.486, 121.27. Brad Plourd beat Dino Kost for the win in Super Stock. Plourd of Covington, Wash., ran 10.285 seconds at 128.85 to the quicker 9.667 of Kost at 133.03 mph. Greg Kielman joined in, in Stock Eliminator with a win over Will Kelly running 11.845 seconds at 109.74 mph. In the Figspeed Top Comp class, Paul Nero took the trophy over Todd Hoerner with a 7.658 second pass at 174.96 mph while former Northwest Division Rookie of the Year Ty Anderson won Super Comp at 8.895 seconds at 162.16 mph. Other winner's this weekend were Rod Andreas in Super Gas over Don Sefton, former Northwest Division Champion Jason Herd over Gary Ericksen in Super Street, Mike Scott over Jeff Havens in Sportsman Motorcycle, and Randy Johnson in Super Pro over Andy Scheu. The Northwest Division racers head to Intermountain Motorsports Park outside of Billings, Mont., for the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, August 19-21. The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Mission Raceway Park: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER: ROUND 1 1) Steve Federlin, Oregon City, Ore., 5.484, 261.78 def. 8) Ed Verenka, Edmonton, Alb., 13.343, 70.53 2) Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.479, 264.39 def. 7) Kim Parker, Graham, Wash., 5.537, 256.33 3) Hillary Will, Fortuna, Calif., 5.466, 269.21 def. 6) Kevin Brown, Clearfield, Utah, 14.696, 81.02 5) Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., 5.887, 240.38 def. 4) Brandon Johnson, Shelton, Wash., 6.777, 138.44 SEMIFINALS Federlin, 5.633, 257.43 def. Shields, 5.857, 235.54 Will, 5.507, 265.40 def. Severance, 5.655, 254.88 FINAL Will, 5.517, 265.40 def. Federlin, 5.664, 250.97 TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR: ROUND 1 3) Tim Nemeth, Chilliwack, B.C., '03 Camaro, 5.990, 234.49 def. 6) Dave Germain, Toledo, Wash., '01 Avenger, 6.539, 172.71 1) Clint Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '02 Camaro, 5.995, 239.80 def. 8) Forrest LeBlanc, Kent, Wash., '02 Avenger, 6.188, 222.66 2) Bucky Austin, Fife, Wash., '05 Firebird, 5.725, 252.03 def. 7) Randy Parker, Graham, Wash., '02 Camaro, 10.243, 103.30 4) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '04 Firebird, 5.900, 249.10 def. 5) John Evanchuk, Edmonton, Alb., '02 Firebird, broke SEMIFINALS Hough, 5.824, 250.55 def. Thompson, 6.092, 205.05 Austin, 5.784, 250.97 def. Nemeth, 5.886, 246.98 FINAL Austin, 5.806, 251.04 def. Hough, 9.683, 82.01 COMP ELIMINATOR Michael Stone, Tulare, Calif., dragster, C/ED, 8.013, 120.06 def. Jeff Lane, North Bend, Wash., '98 Firebird, B/EA, 8.486, 121.27 SUPER STOCK Brad Plourd, Covington, Wash., '91 Calais, GT/BA, 10.285, 128.38 def. Dino Kost, Auburn, Wash., '91 Calais, SS/BS, 9.667, 133.03 STOCK ELIMINATOR Greg Kielman, Vancouver, Wash., '69 Camaro, H/SA, 11.845, 109.74 def. Will Kelly, Walla Walla, Wash., '70 Barracuda, G/SA, 11.513, 105.88 SUPER COMP Ty Anderson, Vancouver, Wash., dragster, 8.895, 162.16 def. Brian Phillips, Prosser, Wash., dragster, 8.894, 166.63 SUPER GAS Rod Andreas, Gervais, Ore., '71 Vega, 9.885, 156.63 def. Don Sefton, Port Orchard, Wash., '27 Ford, 9.840, 148.39 SUPER STREET Jason Heard, Vancouver, Wash., '70 Maverick, 10.975, 122.13 def. Gary Ericksen, Vancouver, Wash., '76 Astre, 11.043, 121.88 MOTORCYCLE Mike Scott, Sumner, Wash., '00 Kawasaki, 8.964, 148.58 def. Jeff Havens, Yakima, Wash., '95 Suzuki, 7.967, 160.19 TOP COMP Paul Nero, Eugene, Ore., dragster, 7.658, 174.96 def. Todd Hoerner, Deer Park, Wash., '04 Grand Am, 7.051, 198.80