NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Final results from
Champion Raceway
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION
Champion Raceway, Medford, Ore.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Contact: Jerrie Foss, NHRA (626) 278-1956
HOUGH, HEGGE NOTCH WINS AT CHAMPION RACEWAY'S LUCAS OIL SERIES EVENT
MEDFORD, Ore. (Sept. 26, 2009) - The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series from Champion Raceway, the last of seven on the Northwest division
calendar, is in the books. Top racers in 11 categories were on hand vying
for points leading to divisional and national championships. Junction City
Top Alcohol Funny Car (TAFC) racer Brian Hough won the race, putting him
back into the division's points lead while Top Alcohol Dragster (TAD) pilot
Doug Hegge, Vancouver, Wash., scored his first win of the year.
Hough, the division's reigning TAFC champ, started the day from
the No. 1 qualifying spot and made his best run of the day in the final
where he squared off against Dennis Taylor of Anaheim Hills, Calif. In the
final, Hough ran 5.759 seconds at 248.39 mph to Taylor's 7.845-second,
117.33 mph pass. The win gives Hough No. 2 for the year.
Hegge was the event's No. 5 qualifier and after suffering four
consecutive first-round losses this is his first win. He knocked out No. 1
qualifier Justin Davis, Murrieta, Calif., in the final. Hegge put down a
5.659-second, 252.90 mph pass which was more than enough to cover Davis's
6.503-second, 147.37 mph effort.
In Comp Eliminator, Brandon Huhtala, Puyallup, Wash., jettisoned
Rob Harrison, N. Vancouver, B.C., to grab his first win of the year. Bill
Chaffin of Woodland Hills, Calif., earned the win in Super Stock behind the
wheel of his '87 Grand National, knocking off Brian Weber, Mesa, Ariz., in
his '86 Camaro. Stock Eliminator racer Chris Barnes of Vashon, Wash., took
his '64 Savoy to the win over Tom Gaynor, Vancouver, Wash., in his '96
Firebird. Valinda, Calif., resident Val Torres ousted Brandon Yoder,
Gresham, Ore., in the Super Comp final and Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash.,
beat Dave Kelly of Walla Walla, Wash. The win in Super Street went to
Lyons, Ore., racer Ken Woodward, driving his '70 Nova. Kelly defeated
Richard Tucker, Acampo, Calif., in his '67 Camaro. Top Sportsman racer
Robert Matthews, Gig Harbor, Wash., beat out Randy Johnson, Snohomish,
Wash., in the final and the win in Top Dragster went to Terry Wilcox,
Sumner, Wash., who defeated Terry White of Half Moon Bay, Calif. In
Sportsman Motorcycle presented by Harley Davidson, Tracy Bailey notched a
win over Jeff Havens of Yakima, Wash.
Also competing at this event were the division's Super Pro and
Pro bracket categories. Lyle Hood of Phoenix, Ore., won in Super Pro,
driving his '68 Camaro around Staci Nowak of Enumclaw, Wash. In Pro, Harlan
Tucker, Miranda, Calif., bested Medford's Dave Martin.
Although this is the last race on the NHRA Northwest division
calendar, competitors may continue to earn points at out-of-division races
until the season ends. The last NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event of
the year will be in Las Vegas, November 5-8.
The following are the final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series event at Champion Raceway:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round 1
1) Justin Davis, Murrieta, Calif., 5.435, 259.36 def. 6) Johnny Ahten,
Saugus, Calif., 6.149, 179.09
5) Doug Hegge, Vancouver, Wash., 5.640, 250.88 def. 2) Chris Demke, Sunland,
Calif., 5.716, 259.06
3) Joey Severance, Spanaway, Wash., 5.495, 256.16 def. 4) Brandon Johnson,
Shelton, Wash., 5.586, 259.81
Semifinals
Hegge, 5.633, 253.42 def. Severance, 6.598, 142.93
Davis, 5.404, 262.79 def. bye
Final
Hegge, 5.659, 252.90 def. Davis, 6.503, 147.37
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round 1
1) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.769, 247.84 def. 6)
Brian Thiel, Pleasant Grove, Calif., '02 Camaro, 6.440, 230.02
5) Jason Rupert, Yorba Linda, Calif., '06 Monte Carlo, 5.946, 244.87 def. 2)
Clint Thompson, Klamath Falls, Ore., '06 Monte Carlo, 6.112, 234.37
4) Dennis Taylor, Anaheim Hills, Calif., '05 Camaro, 5.875, 243.90 def. 3)
Sean Bellemeur, Tustin, Calif., '05 Firebird, 5.845, 247.16
Semifinals
Taylor, 5.852, 230.06 def. Rupert, 5.958, 247.52
Hough, 5.770, 247.75 was unopposed
Final
Hough, 5.759, 248.39 def. Taylor, 7.845, 117.33
COMP ELIMINATOR
Brandon Huhtala, Puyallup, Wash., '97 Cutlass, C/A, 7.499, 165.64 def. Rob
Harrison, N. Vancouver, B.C., '05 Cavalier, J/A, 8.048, 142.37
SUPER STOCK
Bill Chaffin, Woodland Hills, Calif., '87 Grand National, SS/BX, 10.429,
121.22 def. Brian Weber, Mesa, Ariz., '86 Camaro, GT/GA, 10.736, 121.16.
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Chris Barnes, Vashon, Wash., '64 Savoy, C/SA, 10.869, 122.52 def. Tom
Gaynor, Vancouver, Wash., '96 Firebird, C/SA, foul
SUPER COMP
Val Torres, Valinda, Calif., dragster, 8.912, 175.66 def. Brandon Yoder,
Gresham, Ore., dragster, 8.900, 162.88
SUPER GAS
Mike Ferderer, Buckley, Wash., '06 Grand Am, 9.891, 165.33 def. Dave Kelly,
Walla Walla, Wash., '02 Firebird, 9.879, 154.76
SUPER STREET
Ken Woodward, Lyons, Ore., '70 Nova, 10.951, 127.32 def. Richard Tucker,
Acampo, Calif., '67 Camaro, 10.890, 132.59
TOP SPORTSMAN
Robert Matthews, Gig Harbor, Wash., '67 Nova, 7.681, 174.10 def. Randy
Johnson, Snohomish, Wash., '04 Cavalier, broke
TOP DRAGSTER
Terry Wilcox, Sumner, Wash., dragster, 7.860, 178.78 def. Terry White, Half
Moon Bay, Calif., dragster, 7.318, 184.65
SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE presented by Harley Davidson
Tracy Bailey, Coos Bay, Ore., '75 Kawaski, 10.176, 126.34 def. Jeff Havens,
Yakima, Wash., '95 Suzuki, 8.186, 147.54
SUPER PRO
Lyle Hood, Phoenix, Ore., '68 Camaro, 11.079, 121.75 def. Staci Nowak,
Enumclaw, Wash., dragster, 7.684, 163.71
PRO
Harlan Tucker, Miranda, Calif., '67 Cuda, 11.671, 117.67 def. Dave Martin,
Medford, Ore., '93 Mustang, foul
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