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Welcome to the "RJ Enterprises/VP Fuels" Canada West Doorslammer Web Site May 5, 2008 "Race two" presented by TCS Performace Products is up this weekend. Saturday, day one was completely washed out for the second race of the season even though it was supposed to by a decent afternoon, that being said Sunday will be an action packed day with two probable round of qualifying before five rounds of eliminations in the afternoon. In Friday testing Spago showed the potential of the Cavalier with a solid 6.76@ 206.9 mph. That car will run in the 60's for sure and maybe even the 6.50's. Chris Murphy made a number of licence upgrade attempts but the new blown combination was way to aggressive. Larry at Horsepower Heaven has some cool video of Friday's testing We will be back Sunday night with all the results. April 23, 2008 Points are posted. Updates will not happen for the next four days due to the big family relocation. I will be back on line Sunday April 21, 2008 A weekend gallery is posted
April 21, 2008 The more things change the more thing seem the same....deja vu (or whatever term you would like to use.......) This years opening event looked alot like last years final round. Two primarily blue cars that faced off in the final round once the golden boy finally fell in the semi finals. The golden boy is none other than Zak Clarke who including last season's three events was 15-0 heading into round one Sunday morning. He won the first two rounds mostly due to the misfortunes of the drivers in the other lane. But returned the favor against eventual winner Jason Mercer when he went red in the semi finals. Mercer defeated Mike Bedsworth in the final round. Last year Bedsworth was up against Stefan Kondolay in the same car and the results were the same. The full report later this week. Gallery is here Photos highlights below are tidbits of how good the track actually was considering the very cool air temperautres
Grant Howell launched harder than I have ever seen the 37 Chevy
Terry Spargo's new ride had 330 and 660 ft. incrementals that would have been a 6.80 or possibly a 6.70. He clicked it off early to a 7.20 at only 155
Greg Anderson ran real well including a 7.29 career best.
Terry Langdon Davies launched like this on three different occasions.
Mike Bedsworth was real aggressive and extremely consistant all weekend long. He made nine laps on the weekend ranging rfrom 7.18 - 7.25 Eliminations Round one
Round two
semifinals
Final round
Final Qualifying #'s Mike Bedsworth 7.18 DNQ Tim Myers 9.44
April 19, 2008 Hard to beieve but Saturdy turned into an awesome day of racing despite the very cool temperatures at Mission Racieway. The snow and/or percipitaion stayed away all day and the Canada West Doorslammer series got day one of qualifying in as well as the two rounds of the uncompleted 2007 event. Zak Clarke continued his dominant ways and won last year's event over Dave Richardson by a half car length. Believe it or not Zak is undefeated in the series since he first entered it last saeason. In three races he has yet to lose a round of racing. Mission's Race #5, the race completed Saturday (#6) and the Port Alberni Exhibition. A 15-0 won loss record certainly puts a huge target on Zak's back to start the 2008 season. Race #1 2008 Presented by Zak Clarke, Ray Kirton and Dave Richardson. Cold clear weather and a track tempurature that started off at 50 degrees . Be the time the Doorslammers got on the track it had warmed up to 64 degress. Teams literally played it a little cool, but Mike Bedsworth layed down the first shot in qualifying with a solid 7.23 @ 189 mph. Greg ANderson with a new 706 Suncrest bullet made his quickest run ever with a 7.37 @ 188 mph. Grabt Howell was real loose, Terry Langdon Daives did a huge wheelstand with his bigger cu.in. Willy's as did Alberta's Randy Modersohn in his Corvette. The debut of Terry SPargo's much anticipated IHRA legal Pro Stock was very successful as he turned in a half throttle 7.60 to start the day. Even with the cool temperatures the starting line had big bite. Round two saw improvements from all teams as the track temps moved close to 80 degrees. Bedsworth ran a career best 7.21 at almost 190, Grant Klohn ran a solid 7.42 in the small block Probe, Ray Kirton turned in his best ever lap a great 7.48 that unfortunately did not count due to licensing and chassis requirements, but he was obviously very happy. And Spargo ran a two gear only 1100 foot 7.20 at only a155 to nail down the # 1 spot so far. That car will run easy 6's by the next race. The final session Saturday included the "RJ Enterprises burnout contest" which was won by Terry Shuflita. Terry struggled once the light turned tree in all three qualifiers though, as tire issues seems to be the bane of the Island driver. Bedsworth was a model of consistency in his Cutlass as he turned in another low 7.20, this time another 7.23, to solidify his #2 spot in the field. Anderson got loose in the final session Spargo did a double step and two wheelie's off the hit, Kirton ran his third 7.5 lap, Rob Charlton went a best of 7.74 (turned in that # three times, he will be tough). Layne Wooley in Shuflita's second car ran a 7.88 best. Jason Mercer bought Stefan Kondolay's Cavalier and ran a 8.01 best. His first lap broke the rear end in the car. Modersohn ran a 8.12 best and the undefeated Zak Clarke ran a 8.56. Terry Langdon Davies made one run under the 8.70 minimum, an 8.61 to sit #12 in the field. Grant Howell, Tim Myers and Terry Shuflita all failed to make the cut on Saturday. One more lap on Sunday Morning will determine the field that is expected to grow by three or four cars. Brian Kikel, Chris Murphy, and two new driver (name were unavailable at press time are scheduled to run Sunday Morning)
April 18, 2008 The first race of the 2008 season is scheduled for this weekend at Mission Raceway Park. Unfortunately, April weather is rearing its UGLY head as cool, cool temperatures are enveloping the Lower Mainland and precipitation in the form of snow flurries are a possibility. Hopefully the reports are wrong, and the Doorslammers can get race one in the books. The sponsor for this weekend is a trio of race teams who are actually finishing off a mini shootout from last season. Dave Richardson, Ray Kirton and series rookie Zak Clarke were the last men standing at an event in September which did not get completed. The three racers decided to forgo the purse and finish the race for the trophies only, and put it (the purse) towards an event for the 2008 season. Kudos to the three. Many new cars will debut and combination changes to rides are in store for the 2008 season making the new season the most exciting yet. Terry Spargo, Frank Nelson and Phil Davis all have sweet new rides for 2008. Layne Wooley will be in a new ride as well, as he will be part of the first two car team headed by Terry Shuflita. Wooley will be in the IROC Camaro Shuflita has driven for the last few seasons. If you remember Terry bought Craig Donaldson's Firebird half way through the 2007 season. Terry Spargo's Cutlass is also in the hands of an un-named driver as well. That car should be out in the series for 2008 as well. In the engine Department, Zak Clarke and Terry Langdon Davis will have new power for 2008, making the class that much closer to a six and seven second class. Stayed tune for more info and hopefully we will get Race #1 off this weekend. All race teams please send me your updated profiles so your page can be updated. Many Team Pages have further updates including a a new header for each page all, remaining will be completed Saturday evening. April 6, 2008 A number of new profile pages have been added. They for the most part are not complete so check back often. Any teams' that needs updates email me. Thanks. Many teams also need 2007/2008 updates, they are also a work in progress.
March 26, 2008 Final 2008 schedule This is a copy of the revised 2008 Doorslammer Schedule, with the addition of the May 31/June 1 weekend at Pacific Raceways in Seattle. If you have any questions regarding any of these dates please feel free to contact me. There are a number of these dates that do not have Sponsorship so please do your part in trying to obtain sponsorship for some of these dates. For a list of unsponsored dates please contact me. Below I will list the Hotel information for Ashcroft, Seattle and Port Alberni. Please make sure to book your rooms ASAP as some of these weekends are very big events and it may be difficult to find vacancy on these weekends. Also for those of you planning on making the trip to Port Alberni this year, you should be booking your ferry reservation NOW, don't wait as it does book up fast! Yours truly, Marcy Canada West Doorslammers 2008 RACE SCHEDULE Race#1 April 19-20 Mission Raceway Race#2 May 3-4 Mission Raceway Race#3 May 17-18 Mission Raceway Race#4 May 31 June 1 Pacific Raceway (Seattle) Race#5 June 7-8 Ashcroft Motorplex Race#6 June 28-29 Mission Raceway Race#7 July 12-13 Ashcroft Motorplex Race#8 August 9-10 ** Port Alberni Race#9 August 23-24 Mission Raceway Race#10 September 6-7 Mission Raceway Race#11 September 27-28 R/D Mission Raceway **Exhibition Race August 11-12 Port Alberni, B.C marcyc@tcsproducts.com Daytime# 604 533-8675 Toll Free# 1 800 960-1177 Cell # 604 309-5904
Accommodations - Ashcroft · Ashcroft River Inn - Ph# 250 453-9124 · Cache Creek Motor Inn - Ph# 1 800 694-8819 · Desert Motel ( Cache Creek ) - Ph# 1 800 663-0212 · Sandman Inn ( Cache Creek ) - Ph# 250 457-6284 · Bear Claw Lodge ( Cache Creek ) - Ph# 250 453-9705 · Bonaparte Motel ( Cache Creek ) - Ph# 250 457-9693
Accommodations - Port Alberni · Tyee Village Motel - Ph# 1 250 723-8133 · Timberlodge Motor Inn - Ph# 1 250 723-9415 · Greenport Hotel - Ph# 1 250 724-2900 / 1 800 463-0333 · Best Western Barclay - Ph# 1 250 724-7171
Accommodations - Seattle · Best Western Peppertree Auburn Inn - Ph# 1 800 218-4163 Feb 18, 2008 Hello Everyone
This is a copy of the current rules and regulations as well as the schedule for the 2008 Canada West Doorslammers Season. I have yet to secure and confirm a date on our schedule for the 2008 race at Pacific Raceways in Seattle, WA but it is currently in the works. I am trying to to get us slotted into Seattle as the feature show at the Pacific Northwest Mopar Nationals on July 26th & 27th. Doug Greenfield of Pacific Raceway is currently trying to get that aproved with the Mopar people. If the Mopar group will not accept us into their program that weekend, then we will have to go with our back up date which is the May 31st / June 1st weekend. As soon as I have confirmation from Doug I will notify everyone with the confirmed date for Seattle. Sorry for the delay in sending these dates out, as I was hoping to have all of this wrapped up with Pacific already.
If anyone has any questions regarding our 2008 Rules or Schedule, please feel free to contact me. We have added one more date at Ashcroft onto our schedule for this season, it is the July 12-13 weekend, this is a Saturday night race so our program may run on a different schedule that weekend, we will discuss this in the early part of our season as to how we would like to play this weekend out.
So besides the addition of one race in Seattle, this is a confirmed 2008 Canada West Doorslammers Schedule!
Hope you will all be ready for the first race in April!!
Marcy Copley Canada West Doorslammers President marcyc@tcsproducts.com Daytime phone# 604 533-8675 Evening phone# 604 309-5904
**Exhibition Race August 11-12 Port Alberni, B.C R/D is a scheduled Rain Date if needed, otherwise
we will schedule a shoot-out or something fun! 2007 results are here 2006 results are here 2005 home page archives are here. 2005 results are here 2004 results are here. other 2004 archives are here |
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