NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Pacific Raceways

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION

PACIFIC RACEWAYS, KENT, WASH.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956

 

ELIMINATIONS AT PACIFIC RACEWAYS' LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING EVENT POSTPONED

 

            KENT, Wash. - The final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag
Racing Series event presented by Bret Chevrolet at Pacific Raceways have
been postponed until August 25.  Rain hampered the event all weekend and, in
the end, officials could not finish the event before a county-imposed curfew
took effect.  At least two rounds in each category have been completed.  

            The final rounds of Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny
Car will be completed during the NHRA national event here in July.  At that
time, rookie TAD driver Thomas Bayer, Fontana, Calif., will take on former
division champion Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., and Dennis Taylor,
Anaheim Hills, Calif., will square off against John Evanchuk, Edmonton,
Alb., in the TAFC final. 

            NHRA Northwest division racers head to Eagle Point, Ore., for
the next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.  Champion Raceway will
host the race June 29 and 30.

 

The following are the first two rounds of eliminations in Top Alcohol
Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event presented by Bret Chevrolet at Pacific Raceways:

 

TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER

Round 1

8) Dennis Swearingen, Santa Clarita, Calif., 6.136 seconds, 208.78 mph def.
1) Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., 6.456, 269.08 

2) Thomas Bayer, Fontana, Calif., 5.422, 248.43 def. 7) Gregg Lawrence,
Salem, Ore., 12.408, 106.46

3) Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.396, 263.82 def. 6) Greg Tacke, Great
Falls, Mont., 5.501, 256.31

5) Brandon Johnson, Shelton, Wash., x def. 4) Kim Parker, Graham, Wash.,
5.429, 258.37

 

Semifinals

Bayer, 5.410, 263.97 def. Severance, 6.961, 124.64

Johnson, 11.625, 66.94 def. Swearingen, 13.247, 64.94

 

Final

To be completed at a later date.

 

TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR

Round 1

1) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '02 Firebird, 5.761 seconds, 255.53 mph
def. 9) Steven Weggeland, Columbia Falls, Mont., '05 Monte Carlo, 12.487,
63.03

7) Randy Parker, Graham, Wash., '04 Mustang, 6.318, 237.13 def. 2) Clint
Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 13.097, 60.79 

6) Dennis Taylor, Anaheim Hills, Calif., '02 Camaro, 5.816, 250.18 def. 3)
Hank Coolidge, Sunburst, Mont., '02 Firebird, 5.822, 241.63

4) John Evanchuk, Edmonton, Alb., '02 Firebird, 26.206, 64.58 def. 5) Don
Hudson, Stockton, Calif., '02 Camaro, broke

 

Semifinals

Taylor, 5.809, 254.23 def. Parker, 6.272, 228.34

Evanchuk, 5.681, 252.80 def. Hough, 5.658, 254.09

 

Final

To be completed at a later date.

 

 

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