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Welcome to the "RJ Enterprises/VP Fuels"00 August 19, 2008 Just a quick email to let you know about a schedule
change for this coming weekends event @ Mission. This weekends race
is sponsored by “Jim’s Automotive” The plan is to have a bbq this weekend on Saturday, if the weather is promising, so all teams planning on attending the race this weekend, come on out for the bbq, as it may be the last time this season for a bunch of fun, socializing and great food. We will take orders at the drivers meeting Saturday morning.
August 10, 2008 A gallery will be posted Monday. Island competitor Bob McKernan wins the 'Thunder n the Valley" event...............
..............takes out heavy hitter Rob Charlton in the final. 15 cars qualified for the event and final qualifying changed only the final order in the field. The only non qualifier after Saturday was Shane Wangler and he struggled Sunday morning as well, and could only run 9.12 Sunday. The biggest shocker was Terry Shuflita, ripping off a great 7.47 to rip the #1 spot away from Grant Klohn. All cars made solid laps in the final qualifier except for the two highest hp cars in the field. Both Craig Donaldson and event sponsor Dean Woods smoked the tires on their final qualifying lap and did not improve from their earlier high seven second ets. Both should be running low 7's based on their performances at both Mission and Ashcroft, but the oft used drag strip known as the Alberni airport lacks rubber and concrete. Considering the little amount of actual drag time at the strip, the traction is surprisingly good. Final qualifying was as follows. Terry Shuflita 7.47 Shane Wangler 8.90 Dal Sangha (did not get a run in due to his crash in the first qualifier) Round one:
Terry Shuflita had a bye as #1 qualifier and singled to a 7.52, Grant Howell defeated Grant Klohn after the two drivers had to run twice due to a timing malfunction. Rob Charlton took out Kevin Lance when Lance fell off by over a tenth from his earlier numbers. Craig Donaldson and Dean Woods battled in a race between two high hp cars, but and to pedal the cars, and Donaldson recovered earlier.
Both cars were loose through the 1320. Glen Norman eked out a close on against Layne Wooley. Terry Langdon Davies was upset by Klaas Reitsma. Dean Peterson defeated Chris Lamb and Bob McKernan got the win over buddy Dan Heans when Heans broke out by .007
In round two.........Shuflita's back to back 7.50 passes came to an end as he lost traction on the starting line and Howell ran his consistent 7.70 et to advance to the semi finals.
Rob Charlton defeated Craig Donaldson when Donaldson also had starting line issues. Glen Norman defeated Klaas Reitsma and Bob McKernan upset Super gas hitter Dan Peterson to reach the semis as well.
Semi finals Rob Charlton and Grant Howell were the first up and Charlton, put .07 in the bank on the starting line, forcing Howell to go under his 7.72 dial in. Bob McKernan defeated Glen Norman when Norman missed his gear change.
Final round was island vs mainland, pickup Vs two-door sedan, McKernan Vs Charlton. Both cars had similar lights, with McKernan having a .07 handicap. Unfortunately for Charlton, Rob spun the tires right off the starting line as well as at the one-two shift, giving McKernan a car length victory at the finish line.
Rob knew he was done once he let go of the trans brake button, as he felt the tires spin right off the hit. "They just sprayed the starting line and my truck works way better if a few cars go down on the fresh vht before I run. But overall it was a great weekend at the Alberni event and we are just happy to reach the final round".
Bob McKernan was speechless as he was awarded the very cool trophy and winners bounty courtesy Dean Woods and Active Industrial Waste Management and SpeedZone trophy girl Shelby Murdoch. He felt very lucky to be able to take out the full time runners in the series. Bob also looks forward to perhaps make the trek to Mission for the final event on the schedule and running a few more events next season. On a special note..........The Alberni drag racing assoc. donates $1500.00 to Dal Sangha's rebuild fund. Fans donate to the fund as well. Hopefully Dal will be able to get the car back to the track this season. Kudo's to all that donated. August 9, 2008 Qualifying Day one at the "Thunder in the Alberni Valley" Three qualifying session got in at the Port Alberni Airport Saturday, despite numerous rain delays. The day was also marred but the very unfortunate crash by Dal Sangha in his new 2008 Mustang. On only his fourth pass on the car, the turboes appeared to spool up late after la low nose on the car caused staging issues. The turbos spooled up around 150 feet down track and when the car hooked it went sideways, crossed into the other lane where there is no guard rail and rolled several times off the track in the grass.
Dal was transported to hospital to get checked out, and was released with only a few bruises. The car unfortunately was extensively damaged.
Grant Klohn (below blue car) like last year got the airstrip figured out , and sits #1 with a 7.59 best
Here's the order after three sessions. One more Sunday morning. 1. Grant Klohn Not qualified
August 7, 2008 SpeedZone Magazine and the CWDS webmaster will be at Alberni, I can't wait!!! Thanks to the support of RJ Enterprises, Jim's Automotive, Lance Racing, Active Industrial Waste Management, Bow Tie Refinishing and Jet Equipment We will debut the first ever CWDS poster. 23 cars including 19 series members are on this very colorful poster. 14x20 in size and priced at only $5.00. It will be available at the Alberni event and the huge season finale at MRP the end of August. Special thanks to the Alberni drag racing assoc, for their support this weekend.
August 4, 2008 Port Alberni is here!!! The fun get away weekend for the Doorslammers is up this weekend at the Island Airport. Doorslammer member Dean Woods and his 'Active Industrial Waste Management' company is the event sponsor again this year. Active Indrustrial Waste, based in Duncan BC, is one of the main construction waste removal companys on the Island servicing all points North South East and West. Here is the pre entry list for the event. It does have a limit this season due to the growth of the event and the lack of pit area. Terry Shuflita Due to the nature of this race and the fact it is run as a once a year event held on the airstrip, the drivers will race for a very generous purse but no points. We are one of the feature classes this weekend, and will put on a great show. If you do't have plans for the weekend, make the trek to the central Island for what has been called the "Fun race event of the year". Here is a listing of the
Hotels and Motels close to the event. A. Hospitality Inn - www.hospitalityinnportalberni.com
- (250) 723-8111 July 13, 2008 Eagle Motorpex Doorslammer Race # 7 presented by...........
Layne Wooley gets a break in the final and gets his first win of the season and first ever Wally`` at the Aurora All Night Drag`s` event at the Eagle Motorplex.
A small field of 12 cars ran this weekend at the Eagle Motorplex, mostly due to the scorching hot weather forecasted for the weekend, and boy it was hot. The series made three hits on Saturday night with runs at 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 pm. Terry Spargo led qualifying with a very strong 6.91 200mph blast. All 12 cars who entered made the field. Here is final qualifying
Terry Spargo 6.916 200.84
Eliminations In round one, Layne Wooley got the win over Spargo and advanced to round two. Mike Bedworth went red against Dave Richardson giving Dave the freebie. Darryl Stone defeated points leader Grant Howell in the biggest upset of round one. Rob Charlton defeated Kerry Stone to continue his winning ways, Dallas Wagner had the misfortune of suffering a fuel cell leak preventing him from taking on Tom Montgomery. Montgomery with the win took on Zak Clarke in round two, Clarke defeated Darryl Stone to round out round one
In round two, Charlton defeated Stone, Wooley defeated Dave Richardson and Clarke took out Montgomery.
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July 8, 2008 A fun weekend is on tap this weekend as the Dororslammers head to the Eagle Motoplex for their annual Night Drags. The 'Slammersare the feature class and their event is sposnred by "Surrey in a Hurry Racing". The CWDS's will make three hits (qualifying) on Saturday with runs at 5:30 pm, 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm/ The 8:30 run will also be round one of a special cash bash. Hotels are booking up fast so you better get on it. July 1, 2008 Weekend Doorslammer gallery is here Happy Canada Day! Points through race #6 are updated
Race 6 winner Grant Howell and crew
Race #6..... After the scorching day Saturday you sort of prayed for a bit cooler temps on Sunday..... But it did not happen. If anything it was a bit hotter. The good thing was the action was no less exciting. Drivers were doing double duty on Saturday as they ran off the rained out event form Ashcroft and also qualified for the Sunday race presented by RH Race Cars.
Usual top qualifier Terry Spargo struggled on Saturday with the blazing temperatures, and did not make a good lap until the final qualifier Sunday morning. Then he ripped off a solid 6.76 to edge past Craig Donaldson who ran a great 6.89/201 in the Pro Stock legal, B/A weighted Grand AM. Shane Wangler also waited until the the final qualifier until making the field with a last ditch 8.40. There were a couple tough breaks in qualifying as well. Mike Bedsworth is struggling a bit with his usual 7.20 Cutlass. The car has fallen off by 2/10ths or more in the last two races and he has yet to source the problem. Tim Myers wishes he did not have that last beer on Saturday night as he fell .004 short of making the field with a best of 8.714. Randy Arlitt also fell just short of making the field with a 8.740 best. Greg MacKenzie broke on his second lap and fell short with a 8.89 best. In total, 19 cars made the 8.70 bump spot. Here is final qualifying Terry Spargo 6.76 DNQ Tim Myers 8.71
Eliminations Spargo got the odd car bye and he went 6.81, well short of his 6.74 dial in. Craig Donaldson had a great .038 light in his no electronics stick car but could not run his number (a 6.92 and he fell to Grant Howell who was just .02 off his dial. Dean Woods defeated Greg Anderson who was a tenth late at the tree. Mike Bedsworth failed to fire his Cutlass and Layne Wooley was the recipient of Mike's misfortune. Ray Kirton took out hitter Stefan Kondolay. Kondolay had electronic issues and went under his dial. Shane Wangler defeated Terry Langdon Davis when TDL went red. Sophomore driver Ken Kruger went to round two in back to back races with a win over the "Burnout King" Klaas Reitsma. Rob Charlton was sharp on the tree in a victory over Kevin Lance. And Zak Clarke won his sixth round in a row with a victory over Tom Montgomery. In Round two, five pairs faced off Clarke defeated a broke Shane Wangler, Dean Woods got a win over a too fast Layne Wooley, Howell and Spargo left with the same rt's but Howell ran closer to his dial. Ray Kirton got by a too fast Rob Charlton and Ken Kruger had his second third round appearance in two races with a win over Glen Norman. The 1/4 finals had a single (Ray Kirton) a red light. Ken Kruger pulled the trigger too quick against Zak Clarke and Grant Howell had .06 at the tree and took out Dean Woods.
Zak Clarke in the bottom half of the ladder got his second consecutive semi final bye run and he coasted down the track. Grant Howell won a very close race against Ray Kirton The margin was .001 at the finish line. About three inches.
In the final, You expected Clarke to be in the teens or 20's at the tree and he was. You also though Howell who has been winless in the last couple years (mostly due to new engine combo woes), would be very focused. He was, as he went .004 at the tree and ran only .006 off his dial for a awesome 10/1000 package. With the .021 light by Clarke, he did not have a chance. Congrat's to Grant Howell for the big win. Combine that with the semi final finish on Saturday and he picked up 173 points in the two races and is the new guy at the top of the totem pole. Clarke is 40 points back. Greg Anderson and Rob Charlton round out the top four.
Runner up Zak Clarke and the Surrey in a Hurry groupies
Ray Kirton was the lone semi finalist The next race is in two weeks at the Eagle Motorplex It is a night race on the Saturday, So the class will run evening qualifying Saturday and a cash bash Saturday Night. There will be one qualifier Sunday morning and then eliminations. Make sure you book your hotel asap
Race #5........
........is finally in the books after having to reschedule the event due to rain at the 'Plex, making the following race this past weekend at Mission a very busy one. The rescheduled race presented by Pro Stock Performance was finished on Saturday to go along with qualifying for Race #6 presented by RH Race Cars. Qualifying was set with 21 cars making the field. Darryl Stone, Kerry Stone, Dave Richardson, Phil Davis, Lloyd Flatum, Geeg Kilmartin, Dallas Wagner and Mike Munden were absent from the Ashcroft event giving a number of team singles and even one pairing that both competitors were away. Here was final qualifying Terry Spargo Dean Woods Glen Norman DNQ Eliminations
Terry Spargo who ran so well at the 'Plex, had a first round bye but he struggled at Mission until Sunday. He was out in round #2 as Ray Kirton took him out. Dean Woods lost in round 1 to Ray Kirton, and Kirton went all the way to the 1/4's where he lost to Grant Howell. Howell took out Layne Wooley in the second round after a first round single. Howell faced Rob Charlton in the semis, who got through Kevin Lance and Dave Warren in rds. one and two. Rob had a 1/4 final single and then defeated Howell in the semi finals. Zak Clarke dominated the bottom half of the field defeating Langdon Davis, Klaas Reitsma and Ken Kruger (his his first race in the series) in the first three rounds. He got the lucky semi final bye run and then took on Rob Charlton in the final round. This one was close. The lights were within .003 of each other on the tree, and Charlton who had to play catch-up to Clarke was reeling him in and at 1200 feet got him. At that point he eased off the throttle a hair touched the brakes to back into Clarke (not wanting to take too much stripe), but it wound up to be too much as Zak eased past him but .0016 at the stripe. Approximately a four inch victory for Zak Clarke and his first win of the season.
June 30, 2008 RJ Enterprises VP Fuels Canada West Doorslammers Races #5 and #6.... ....Presented by Pro Stock Performance and RH Race Cars. Zak Clark was the dominant driver this weekend, but it looks like Grant Howell is winning the war with a win Sunday and a late round finish Saturday. He has the overall target on his back with the series point lead. Zak Clarke went 9-1 this weekend getting a win and a runner-up in the two races, moves up to second in the standings (unofficial). Ray Kirton goes to the semis today and Rob Charlton is still kicking himself for giving away the stripe in the final Saturday against Clarke. The complete story and photos Monday night and Tuesday. June 27, 2008 What a weekend it is going to be with a huge field of fast doorcars expected to Mission Raceway. Two race in two days with Pro Stock performance and RH Race Cars as the presented sponsors. Of note and huge apology's to the "TEAM SURREY IN A HURRY" group as they stepped up to sponsor the Doorslammer event at Ashcroft July 12-13th. Thanks guys and sorry for the delay in posting this sponsorship. June 24, 2008 BBQ details for this weekend's event To all the doorslammer teams attending the Mission Race. SpeedZone Magazine is hosting a huge BBQ on Saturday night. The cost is $13.00 or two for $25.00. (meat cost has gone up approximately $1.50 per portion). You get your choice of Rib or Strip Loin steak, or Chicken: Baked Potato, Salads and non alcoholic beverages. Will come to each pit area Saturday morning to confirm orders. Starts at 5:00 pm (approx) and goes to around 9:00 pm.
June 18, 2008 The next event June 27-28, is a double header with
the rained out Ashcroft race#5 being run on Saturday. Race #6 (Saturday
qualifying and Sunday eliminations is presented by There will be the first bbq of the season at the June 27-28 event
June 16, 2008 The rained out event (from 10 days ago) will be completed at the next event on the Saturday. That Race is presented by Pro Stock Performance. The race scheduled for that weekend is presented by RH Race Cars in Kelowna. The Canada West Doorslammers would lke to welcome four new members from the last race two weeks ago. Randy Arlitt, Kevin Lance, Glen Norman and Ken Kruger. Their profiles will be added to the drivers/team pages as soon as profiles are completed. Any teams who had not updated their information to me (if they have anything new to report), please send it off as soon as possible.
June 10, 2008 Notice to all teams considering attending the Port Alberni event August 9-10ello Everyone
Attached to this email you will find a letter from Alberni Valley Drag Race Association, for those of you that have been to Port Alberni before you know how limited and tight the pit parking is. This year they are limiting the amount of car entries, due to lack of parking. Therefore they are asking that each one of you pre-register with their association and let them know how long your rigs are so they can figure out a parking system. I believe they already have four Doorslammers pre-registered and they are only accepting sixteen more, it will be first come, first serve so please, please register right away so you don’t get bumped out! The Port Alberni Drag Race Association will again this year be paying $500 to the association for each car/driver that successfully qualifies with an 8:70 or quicker. This money is paid out to the association and I will then forward the money on to each driver at the next Doorslammer event. This matter is not in my hands so please make sure you pre-register to guarantee yourself a spot in Alberni, as I will not be able to change anything once the twenty spots are already spoken for. I would also like a list of people that will be attending this event so please let me know once you have pre-registered.
Thank You Marcy
June 9, 2008 Weekend gallery is posted June 8, 2008 Late Sunday update.... Due to weather coming in to the Plex just before the Doorslammers were set to run first round and continuing until 4:00pm when the race was called, the event was postponed to July 19- 20 at the Plex. The rain out date for the DS class will likely be in three weeks at MRP during the Pro Mod event. Will confirm later this week. In the final qualifier Sunday Morning, Randy Arlitt did make the field with a solid 8.82. Ray Kirton got his Pickup tranny repaired and ran a 7.71 and Layne Wooley improved to a 7.68. Spargo ran even quicker, a great 6.82 @ 202 to make the quickest pass at the Plex for the entire weekend. More updates later this week. Photos will be uploaded Monday. June 8, 2008 What a great day up at the Eagle Motorplex for Day
one of the 23rd Langley Loafer Old time Drags. An Overcast day with
lots of sun and a couple short rain delays did not put a damper on
any of the great racing action. In total 200 race cars were at the
plex and 22 Doorslammers, (the biggest field ever at the Plex) made
qualifying efforts. Pro Stock Performance Here is the qualifying order after Saturday. 1. Terry Spargo
June 4, 2008 (Chris Moffet photos)
Lloyd Flatum (l) and one of the race sponsors Blockhead Machine owner Marty Race #4 is in the books and it was a one day wild ride at Pacific Raceways. Lloyd Flatum is now THE man in the series, as he is 13-1 in round wins including his five round event win at Seattle Sunday. His win now puts more pressure at the top guy Greg Anderson. Flatum sits in second place moving ahead of Mike Bedsworth (by one round) and 10 points back of Greg Anderson who went to the semi finals. Three new drivers joined the series including Brian Lane in his bad ass Pro Street car, Mike Thielen and TOm Montgomery.
Steve Downs event runner-up getting back some of his money He and his resturants Poyeye Chicken were also a race sponsor) Not pictured was the other race sponsor G&M Honest Performance Full results and photos later this week.
May 31, 2008 The Race in Seattle really threw me for a loop today when Marcy called and said it was wet at Pacific Raceway all day long. With the excellent weather in the Lower Mainland of BC all day, to hear that was a shock. So race # 4 did not get started today (Saturday). They are hoping for better conditions on Sunday, and if so, one possibly two sessions of qualifying will happen, before eeliminations start. We will keep you informed. Three sponsors stepped up to the plate on Saturday to host the race and they include Blockhead Machine, Popeyes Chicken and G&M Honest Performance, all great businesses in the Seattle, Auburn and Tacoma area. Thanks guys for stepping up to the plate on such short notice. May 29, 2008 Race #4 Pacific Raceway this weekend Points after race #3 are updated The doorslammers are right in the middle of a crazy schedule that sees the competitors race four events in six weeks. Counting the divisional at MRP last weekend, a few will race five events in six weeks. This weekend the series heads south to Pacific Raceways for the lone event south of the border this year. A huge BBQ is being put on by Frank Nelson and Joe Loch at Seattle, and with the good weather predicted, it should be a great event . I apologise for Last weeks race results being a little slow in being posted. A number of factors including the big divisional event at MRp last weekend and a very busy work schedule. Race #3 final results As you read in the earlier posting, Lloyd Flatum won
the race #3 presented by West Coast Polaris All 18 cars who made qualifying laps made the 8.70 bump. Terry Spargo got his mountain motored Pro Stock sorted out and he ripped off a number of 6.70 passes to easily take the # 1 qualifying spot. Dean Woods in his second race of the season, qualified #2 with a strong 7.30 et. Two other drivers were within a couple hun of Woods including Greg Anderson and perennial #1 qualifier (unfortunately for him), he likely will be #2-6 the rest of the years, thanks to guys like Spargo really stepping up their game. Mike Munden was out for the first time, as was Frank Nelson in his new sweet ride. Tim Myers qualified for the first time this year. Final qualifying Terry Spargo 6.766/205 Eliminations A few early upsets changing the look of the standings as the race tightened up. Only two rounds of racing separate the #1 through #7 spot. In round one #1 qualifier Terry Spargo used a killer .001 rt to take out the "Hitter from Marysville", Mike Bedsworth putting the six second performer into the three round due to a second round odd car bye run. Dean Woods took out the point leader Greg Anderson with a better rt as well. Grant Howell had a strong race for the first time in a while. His 37 Chevy had consistency issue since he good the extra power between the frame rail. He will be a force in the series like he was a couple years back. Howell took out Spargo in round three to advance to the semi finals. Layne Wooley defeated Ray Kirton in the first round. The Blown Pick-up was not able to outrun the nitrous Camaro on the top end. Wooley then defeated Dave Warren who got the win light over last years champion Dave Richardson. In round three Wooley got the odd car bye run to advance straight to the semi finals. On the bottom half of the ladder Rob Charlton got a single when his opponent Glen " Big Foot" Norman broke on his last qualifying attempt. Got took on Lloyd Flatum in round two. Flatum defeated Tim Myers in the opening round. In round two Flatum got a break when Charlton's transbreak let him off the starting line way before the green light went on. Zak Clarke got back on the winning track as he got around Terry Langdon Davis in the opening round. Klaas Reitsma got his first round win of the year, when he defeated Kamloops resident Mike Munden. Clarke then defeated Reitsma in round two. In a battle of Super Class hitters, Flatum took out the "Surrey in a Hurry" driver Zak Clarke in the 1/4's, when Clark was a bit early on the tree. Flatum got the lucky bye run in the semis due to the odd car count. The top half semi final saw Layne Wooley defeated the 'Fast Orange" 37 Chevy driven by Grant Howell setting up a final round match-up between Wooley in his nitrous Camaro and Lloyd Flatum driving his ex Pro Stock Pickup The Super class hitter from Washington, used a better RT to get the win over the Langley driver. With the win, Flatum moved all the way up to third place in the standings, one round back of point leader Greg Anderson. Wooley moved into sixth place two round back. The Seattle event next weekend should see a few different cars in the field and then the teams hit the road for one of the real fun events of the season, as they head North to the Eagle Motorplex for the Old Time Drags. Pro Stock Performance in Edmonton is the event sponsor for the Old Time Drags. May 19, 2008 Two team pages have been updated. Mike Munden and Lloyd Flatum
Race 3 gallery is here courtesy Bill Jeffery Race 2 gallery is finally posted. (Bill Jeffery and Dean Murdoch photos) Full results from race three on Wednesday. The points chase at the top remains the same after race three. A first time winner and a veteran runner ups in race three. Race three is in the books and it was a great weekend for sure. A first time winner a bunch of early round upsets and a points chase that is really tightening up. Lloyd Flatum went to his second final in a row and this time he took it a step furtther with his first ever win in the series. His start to the season is very reminisent of Zak CLarke's rookie year in 2007. There, the only difference was he won his opening race and the next two as well going 17-0 in the process. With the win, Lloyds is now 8-1 and looks to be a real threat in the series. He is now in the top five in the standings and has a huge target on his back heading into the back to back road trips to Seattle and then Ashcroft.
May, 14, 2008 This weekend promises to be a huge weekend at Mission Raceway with Rae #3 in the Rj Enterprises VP Fuels Doorslammer series. With only a week before the biggest race of the year at Mission Raceway, the Lucas Oil Divisional eent on tap next weekend, many doorslammers who run in the Top Sportsman class will be out with the doorslammers to get a tune up for next weekend's race. This weekend's event is presented by
Point standings are here.
May 9, 2008 Bill Jeffery and Dean Murdoch photos A couple first time finalists show the class is going to be tough this season.
Greg Anderson goes to the final round for the first time as a CW Doorslammer competitor, and makes it right to the winners circle in his new Grand Am. Floyd Flatum in his second ever race with the Doorslammers goes to the final round.
16 cars turned out for the event, but two failed to make the field. Greg Mackenzie in his very impressive 4000 lbs Blown Chevelle came oh so close with a 8.71 (needed a 8.70) He has run in the 8.50's before so he will likely be back to try and make the field. Brian Kikel is still struggling to get his new ride sorted out. His is in the ex Terry Spargo Cutlass and the car is giving Brian fits both off the starting line and down track where is loses power. He will get it sorted out for sure.
One of the biggest question heading into the race was weather or not Terry Spargo would get his new ride sorted out. The mountain motored Pro Stock is capable of the #1 qualifying spot, but getting the 1700 hp to the ground is not all that easy.
With the ugly weather on Saturday, it pushed the event to a one day affair, with only two rounds of qualifying before going into elimination's Sunday afternoon.
Mike Bedsworth counted his good luck the last race when he got the #1 spot, as he knew there were a number of cars that could run in the 7 teens or better. Dean Woods made his debut, with his awesome GTO. His car is capable of low 7's, and in his first race of the year he went a best of 7.311@ 192. It was .06 short of Bedworth's best in qualifying,a 7.258. Greg Anderson and three others ran 7.50's to sit in the top half of the field. Grant Howell got his bugs worked out and race career best numbers. His 7.550 put him in the #4 spot. Kirton went a 7.59 best and Spargo almost went 200 with his very loose 7.76 @199mph.
Here is the final qualifying order. Mike Bedsworth 7.258 DNQ Greg MacKenzie 8.711
Elimination's Round One
Mike Bedsworth got the #1 spot and first round bye to advance to the round of eight. Joining him in the 1/4's were Ray Kirton who got by Dean Woods. Woods ran a career best 7.14 194 so he was not to unhappy with the loss. Greg Anderson defeated a red lighting Rob "Hard Luck" Charlton. Grant Howell got the win over a hard charging and official low et threat Terry Spargo who turned on the reader board with an awesome 6.74/206. That car will fly for sure. Can you say 6.50's! Race one winner Jason Mercer went to 5-0 with a win over a very game Dave Warren. Klaas Reitsma was defeated in round one against the "Hitter" Zak Clarke, Dave Richardson took out Terry Langdon Davies and Lloyd Flatum defeated Layne Wooley.
Round two
Mike Bedsworth with perhaps the most consistent low seven second car in the North West defeated Ray Kirton in a blown vs all motor match up. Putting Bedsworth in the semi finals for the second consecutive race. Greg Anderson defeated a red lighting Grant Howell. Jason Mercer gave that same favor to Dave Richardson when he too went red. and Zak Clark also red lit away his chance against Lloyd Flatum Semis
The semi final match ups had to veterans and two first time semi finalists and the two newbies got the best of the veterans. Flatum defeated Richardson when Dave went red and Bedsworth lost to Greg Anderson when Mike shook 150 feet off the starting line. Final round The final would end up over at the starting line but it was not without some drama when Lloyd Flatum had the dreaded red eye come on in his lane right before Anderson left under a red light as well. But because he had to wait .7 at the starting line, his big red light did not become a factor. Flatum went a scant .005 red but that was just enough as Anderson left early and went waaaay red, but it was after the red light in the other lane had already come on. With he win, Anderson moved up to to top spot in the standings, a round and a half ahead of Mike Bedsworth. Points standings are here. The next race is next weekend at Mission and the event sponsor is West Coast Polaris. 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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