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July
23, 2011
June
29, 2011
Race
#5 sponsored by Fortin's Automotive.
Rob
Charlton has the target on his back, but it is not affecting his run so far this
year.
(Chris
Moffat photos)
(Points
are posted)
The
Charlton team goes to it's fifth final of the year (including the non points cash
race the first weekend) and this time Rob turns it into a win. His point lead
is growing as no one seem to be able to stop him in the early rounds. Now he has
won the final round so it is making him that much more tough this season. His
round record from the last four races of 2010 and the five races this year (38
rounds of racing) is an incredible 29-6….wow!!!!
Round
record up to the nine final rounds is 26-1. Yes you can spin it the other way
that rob can't win the big one but a final round record of 3-5 in the last eight
he has reached the final is something every other driver in the series would love
to have.
When will it end? That is
hard to say, but every other driver is getting sick of the red S-10 pick-up for
sure.
This past weekend at MRP the
car count was down due to weather (a re-occurring theme) and the National Open
at Bremerton last weekend. As well the Rocky Mountain race at Edmonton possibly
affected the car count. Anyway, with no racing on Saturday due to rain the teams
had only two shots Sunday morning. The track conditions were not good due to the
rain, so teams had to baby their car down the track to get in the field. The guy
who suffered from that was Kevin Lance. His awesome 57 Chevy could not manage
the starting line and he failed to qualify for the race. After running so well
at Ashcroft at the last event and then not getting in the field was a huge blow
for his title aspirations. In the first round of qualifying three cars failed
to run the number and they were Lance, Grant Howell and Dave Warren, three of
the higher hp cars. Kirk Lanz led followed by Ken Kruger and Rob Charlton. In
the second a final round Kruger got the number he needed to nail down his first
ever #1 qualifying effort, a strong 7.769/180 blast. Rob Charlton ended up #2
with a 7.810/173 Rick Limb was #3 with a 7.813/175 and Lanz round out the top
four with a 7.857/175.
Howell
was #5 with a 7.89/171, and that # showed he had to ease down the track because
he usually runs low 7.50's or high 7.40's. Dave Warren is the same he ran an 8.30,
and his # usually is in the 76-7.7 range. Again the guy who suffered the most
was Kevin Lance. Not making the field was tough for sure, but it is a new car
and he likely will make solid runs next weekend.
Final qualifying
1.
Ken Kruger 7.767/180.39
2. Rob Charlton 7.810/173.37
3. Rick Limb 7.813/175.95
4.
Kirk Lanz 7.857/175.09
5. Grant Howell 7.896/171.16
6. Alex DeWolf 8.244/168.35
7.
Dave Warren 8.306/177.54
8. Tyson Wells 8.383/161.03
9. Terry Langdon Davies
8.422/ 156.63
10. Nick Duda 8.440/158.89
11. Layne Wooley 8.526/159.19
12.
David Heans 8.588/159.63
DNQ
Kevin
Lance 22.03/43.78
First round pairing
saw Nick Duda put Dave Warren out with an 8.59 on his 8.53.
Warren
got into the 7's but was .09 off his 7.80 dial in. Ken Kruger strapped a perfect
light on David Heans and it was all over. Kruger went 7.819 on his 7.77 dial.
Heans numbers were not bad, a .064 light and a run within .06 of his dial, but
a perfect light is tough to beat.
Layne
Wooley defeated Rick Limb as he had .06 starting line advantage. TLD got a freebie
as Kirk Lanz went way red.
Tyson
Wells defeated Howell went Grant again had traction problems with his 37 Chevy.
The final race in round one saw Charlton advance when DeWolf had starting line
problems.
In
the ¼'s Charlton got an easy one over Kruger when the PG driver had the
opposite of his great start in round one.
He
was way late and against Charlton, "you snooze, you loose". Kruger was
forced under his number trying to play catch-up.
TLD
got another round win as he defeated Wooley on a hole shot. The final pair has
Tyson Wells take out Duda despite the .03 holeshot for the 'Stroker'. Nick ran
way under his 8.59 dial in going 8.512. Tyson went under too, but only by .02.
In
the semis, Charlton got the odd car single, another lucky break for the point
leader. Sometimes luck just follows you around.
And Tyson Wells got the best
of Langdon Davies as he run right on his # (8.403 on a 8.40) and had .03 on the
tree. Davies went .016 under his 8.47 dial in trying to play catch-up.
The
final round saw the 2009 champ Wells run two time champ Charlton. Would the Pitt
Meadows driver be the runner-up again this race? It would have been the fifth
r/u in a row, if he did not win.
This
race should have been Wells', as he had almost a tenth on the tree. Wells lit
both bulbs before Charlton was pre-staged, as according to Tyson he saw the top
bulb flicker of Rob's side so he went in. That seemed to affect Charlton, but
he should know the rule with the DS'ers, if both bulbs are lit, the auto start
is shut off by the starter, and the guy who has not lit his bulbs can still take
his time to stage. Whatever happened Rob was way late, but Tyson in the close
confines of the 'Bug" could not see Rob on the top end and ran it through,
he did lifted just before the stripe, but the VW was on its quickest lap of the
weekend, so he went under his dial by .017 handing the win to Charlton.
A
bit of a break for Rob for sure, and he was likely thanking the HP gods for Tyson's
too quick of a run.
The win extends the lead for Rob to almost 70 points over
Terry Langdon Davies.
Kevin Lance is in 3rd place and Kirk Lanz is 4th.
The
next race is this weekend and it should be a big one. RH is the event sponsor
and we are featured as well as the Pro Mods and the Pro Street assoc.
June
21, 2011
Race
#5 this weekend at MRP (sorry I won't be there, I will be in Edmonton for the
Rocky Natl's). This is the second year for Fortin's
Automotive to be an event sponsor and their presence is as well known as Norm
Wilson, one of Fortin's Owner/Managers/ Norm is also crew chief on Tyson Wells'
VW. This year the 2009 series champion car has gone on a huge transformation that
likely no one noticed. Norm added 100 hp and a bunch of torque to the "Bug",
but the car also underwent extensive chassis work to upgrade it to 7.50 specs.
Already the car has gone over 2/10ths quicker than last year and there is more
in it. To say Norm got excited when it went the 8.29, is an understatement. No
crew member shows more passion or dedication than Normie. He is exactly what racing
needs and the Canada West Doorslammers. We are proud to have Fortin's Automotive
and Norm as part of the series.
June
12, 2011
Don't forget
there is a huge association BBQ the July 2 race weekend. It is a our second annual
Pig Roast (the Springer race team it helping
with this). All proceeds go back to the assoc. We will also have Cabbage Rolls
and all the fixins, and even some SeaFood (Cod and Prawns courtesy the Lance Family).
We
would like a approx head count for this dinner, so if you can email
me with your teams numbers. Cost TBA but likely around $12.50.
Points
are posted.
The
next event ( next weekend ) is presented by 
Fortins' Automotive.
Race
#4
The RH Race
Cars CWDS first ever Big dollar race presented by the Langley Loafers.
Race
#4 was $2,000.00 to win, and it was Kevin Lance who overcame two or three races
of transmission and convertor woes to get it sorted out on the final qualifier
Sunday morning at the Eagle Motorplex. With the new car debuting at race one of
this season, Kevin has been trying to sort out the best convertor option for the
car which is 400 lbs lighter than the old one. On Saturday after the final session
they decided to go back to the convertor that was in the old car and it turned
out to be the best option, as he ran a career best 7.57 to pass Dallas Wagner
and qualify # 1 for the first time in his Doorslammer racing career. Once the
old convertor proved to be the best option, his lights also improved, as the car
launch much harder. He was in the .02 range all day long. For as much as the story
of Kevin's success was prominent throughout the weekend, the other story that
is notable is Rob Charlton's run over the last eight races dating back to 2010.
In those eight races he has been in seven finals, two of them wins (last year).
This year in all four events (one a non points race) he has been runner-up. While
that is probably frustrating for the winningest driver in doorslammer history,
every other team in the assoc. would kill to have his record this season.
On
Saturday 12 cars ran in qualifying and Dallas Wagner led, running 7.80's. His
father Gord Wagner is out this year with an all new car, a Sun Coast PT Cruiser.
It is easily one of the coolest looking doorcars out there. And of course it had
to be a Dodge product. He is still sorting out its combination but he ran low
8's. It should be a solid 7 second performer before the year is out. Rick Limb
was out for the first time this year in his very nice Chevy II. The Hope driver
also took delivery of a new stacker and hauled it in a very nice motorhome. Alex
DeWolf was also out for the first time in his Turbo small block Mustang, and he
made solid 8.3 and 8.4 passes. The new surface at the Eagle Motorplex is setting
up quite well and all the drivers said it was a marked improvement over the old
pavement. Sunday two more cars showed up with the final qualifier at 10:30 am.
Both Jordie Lazic and Mark Schuppener got in the field, so all 14 cars ran first
round.
Final
qualifying
Kevin
Lance 7.57
Dallas Wagner 7.81
Dave Warren 7.90
Rob Charlton 7.97
Rick
Limb 8.00
Kirk
Lanz 8.07
Gord Wagner 8.20
Jordie
Lazic 8.30
Alex DeWolf 8.36
Tyson
Wells 8.47
Nick Duda 8.49
Terry
Langdon Davies 8.63
Layne Wooley 8.73
Mark Schuppener 8.83
The
draw for round one was similar to the last race where the #1 qualifier ran one
of the cars at the bottom of the field.
Lance
took on Mark Schuppener and had a great light and took the round one win. Nick
Duda had the task of staying in from o #2 qualifier Dallas Wagner and he managed
to do that getting a car length win.
#3
Dave Warren ran Alex DeWolf and it was the faster car that took the round one
victory. Rob Charlton raced Tyson Wells and it was the faster car again that got
the win.
The
faster car being a winner trend did not carry through for the next pair though.
#5 Rick Limb was defeated by Jordie Lazic. Kirk Lanz defeated Layne Wooley and
Gord Wagner got an huge upset win over Terry Langdon Davies. I guess all the banter
about the slower cars having the big advantage over the faster car because of
the clean tree for them is not always the case, right guys.
In
round two, Kevin Lance got a single and he ran it out to get more data with the
new combo, and he ran in the 7.50's again. Warren took on Duda and it was Duda
getting the win, he was off to the semis for the first time. Rob Charlton defeated
Buddy Jordie Lazic and Gord Wagner took another win, as he defeated Kirk Lanz.
I bet he (Wagner) wished he got a membership now.
Semi
Finals. A couple first time semi finalists, but neither got the round win putting
them into their first final round. Wagner was defeated by Rob Charlton. Wagner
had a tough time figuring out his dial as he went way under his number in the
round before. Lance ended Nick Duda's solid day in the other semi final.
That
set up two top five drivers from the last two years, and based on both drivers
rts and consistent times it should be a great race.
Final
Round.
The
wind had picked up big time for the final so dialing in their cars would not be
easy. It turned out to be too tough for Rob Charlton as he took the stripe but
took too much running .02 under his 8.01 dial in and he was off the gas early
as well, and his mph was down a couple mph. He actually could not have gotten
the win even if his ran right on his number as Lance ran right on his dial in
(7.569 on a 7.56)and had .027 advantage on the tree. This was Kevin Lance's day
for sure. To say that team was happy is a huge understatement as the team only
had one regular, and that was mom Caddy. One of Jack Springer crew guys Mark came
up to help the team, and Layne Wooley and his crew chief Sean was also there to
assist.
June
4-6, 2011
Race
#3 (Race #2 will possibly be re-scheduled)
June
6, 2011
10:00pm
update
Photos
courtesy Dean Murdoch, Bill Jeffery and Robert Hunter
A
gallery will be posted in the next day or so.
Points
are posted.
Sunday
eliminations
In
the random round one pairings, a number of
fast versus slow pairings were drawn including #1 Ken Sihota vs #18 Stefan Kondolay,
#3 Greg Anderson vs #17 Terry Langdon Davies and #4 Grant Klohn took on #16 Layne
Wooley. Likely not what the fast guys were looking forward to.
In
the first pairing, Craig Donaldson defeated Ken Kruger taking as car length stripe.
Neither driver had great lights.
Mike
Bedsworth defeated Kirk Lanz despite a .05 holeshot for Lanz. His car fell way
off his 7.81 dial (7.94).
TLD
took on Anderson and the rts were within .02 but it was the Willys driver staying
out in front for a car length stripe.
Dave
Warren took on fellow March Meet A/Gas competitor Grant Howell and got the best
of the Victoria driver. Howell had a slight starting line advantage but his car
got loose and he fell off a tenth and a half off his 7.60 dial in. Warren was
within .017 of his 7.71 number on his window.
Kevin
Lance got a real break in round one in his race against Nick Duda. Lance has a
7.88 on his window but it was recorded as a 7.80. His team did not notice the
snafu and despite Duda's better RT. 023 compared to a .058 for Kevin he got the
win running a 7.837 well under his chosen dial but .037 slower than the one that
counted, on the reader board and scoreboard.
Grant
Klohn and Layne Wooley would like to forget their lights, Klohn's was slightly
better and he drove around the new driver in the Lance Purple 55 Chevy. Both drivers
were real close (within .013) to their dial-ins.
Jordie
Lazic got his first round win this year with a solid .034 in the non electronic
5-speed. He ran an 8.02 on his 7.99 dial in while his opponent Jack Springer ran
8.70 on his 8.66 dial. Springer was .036 slower on the tree. Jack had decent lights
in qualifying but could not repeat in round one.
Stefan
Kondolay had #1 Sihota. Kondolay driving "the Kaos" car had almost a
tenth on the tree and took an easy three car length stripe over the 200 mph Firebird.
Mark Schuppener got by Tyson Wells when Wells went into a huge off course wheel-stand.
Rounding
out round one was Rob Charlton defeating David Heans despite the un-characteristic
.1 light. He ran a 7.83 on his 7.80 dial in. Heans fell off his 8.40 mark by .089.
Round
two.....Schuppener had a great .007 light and got a car length win
over the "Kid" Jordie Lazic.
Mike
Bedsworth and Dave Warren had lights within .001, but Warren's car fell off by
over a tenth and a half. Bedsworth closed the gap on the top end taking a .03
finish line stripe.
Langdon Davies defeated Grant Klohn mostly due to the .07 rt advantage he had
at the starting line. He was within .022 of his dial in while Klohn was .041 off
his number.
Kondolay
took on Craig Donaldson and this one could have been a great drag race as Donaldson
has .015 at the tree but his car went hard right at 200 feet and he had to lift.
The .038 light leaving second (a long 1.6 second wait with a clutch car and no
electronics) is pretty amazing. His car runs right on his number as well, so Kondolay
can put that one in his "dodged one" jar.
In
the final pairing Rob Charlton took on Kevin Lance and this one was over at the
starting line as the Pitt Meadows mechanic had .1 at the tree. Lance caught him
and it became a pedaling contest on the top end. Kevin's car was on its quickest
run of the weekend, likely a 7.69 pass, so even if he took the stripe he would
have gone further under than his .084 under read on the scoreboard.
1/4
finals.... The first red light of the weekend happened in the first
paring of round two, when Bedsworth, the Washington driver went .022 red. TLD
was off to the semi finals for the second race in a row.
Mark
Schuppener could not repeat his earlier .007 light as he went .063 compared to
a .021 for Charlton.
The
Kelowna driver was .01 closer to his number but the RT difference .04 was too
much to make up. Stefan Kondolay got the odd car bye run.
Semi
Finals... Charlton had the bye to the finals and he just took the green
and backed-up. Kondolay had .014 at the tree against TLD and ran within .014 of
his 8.47 dial. Davies went .033 under his 8.47 dial-in.
That
set up a pretty solid final round with two
time series champ taking on one of the most feared bracket racers in the NW. the
two time champ Rob Charlton had a great .021 light compared to Kondolay's .035,
but his car fell off 3/100ths from earlier despite the cooling temperatures. That
drop in ET was all Kondolay needed to get the .009 stripe at the finish line.
Two
complete races, and one cash bash so far this year and Charlton has been in all
three finals coming away with three runner-ups. Langdon Davies has the early season
point lead by four points over Charlton . Those two are already 60 points ahead
of third place Kirk Lanz.
Another
trophy for the Charlton team. Stefan, you need to get some sun on those legs,something
is not quite right here.
The next race is
this coming weekend when the Doorslammers head to Ashcroft for the first of two
points races at the desert facility. This event is one of the biggest races at
the 'Plex, it is the 24 annual Langley Loafers Old time drags.
A
complete gallery later tonight
June
6, 2011 9:00am update.
Qualifying
photos will be posted Tuesday night.
Sunday
final qualifying
Sunday
morning Nick Duda came out for the final qualifier making it a 20 car field. Ken
Sihota improved Sunday morning just enough to take away the #1 spot held Saturday
by Craig Donalson. The cooler air actually benefited a number of cars, as few
improved their numbers. Bedsworth ran a 7.34, Ken Kruger who struggled again with
first gear like the last race ripped off a career best 7.71/181. Nick Duda ran
a career best 7.89/170 and Tyson Wells ran a 8.28/161 a 2/10th's improvement on
his previous best.
1.
Ken Sihota 6.807/203.66
2. Craig Donaldson 6.814/202.65
3. Greg Anderson
6.998/207.42
4. Grant Klohn 7.287/186.99
5. Mike Bedsworth 7.345/187.42
6.
Grant Howell 7.551/179.89
7. Ken Kruger 7.712/181.05
8. Dave Warren 7.714/179.49
9.
Kevin Lance 7.751/175.50
10. Kirk Lanz 7.791/175.91
11. Rob Charlton 7.820/172.64
12.
Nick Duda 7.896/170.96
13. Jordie Lazic 7.977/171.49
14. Tyson Wells 8.286/161.55
15.
David Heans 4.402/165.13
16. Layne Wooley 8.436/163.07
17. Terry Langdon
Davies 8.436/ 163.07
18. Stefan Kondolay 8.460/161.34
19. Jack Springer
8.511/161.11
20. Mark Schuppener 8.646/159.12
Elimination
coverage Monday evening during the hockey game.
Satruday
qualifying
An great
day at the track and 18 cars were on the track Saturday to try and qualify in
Race #2 presented by 
.
All the cars made the field and Craig Donaldson led with back to back 6.8 runs.
His best was a 6.81/202. Ken Sihota is #2 with a 6.83/203 and Greg Anderson is
#3 with a 6.99 at a booming 207mph. The speed of the car shows serious HP and
it should be in the 6.80's or possibly quicker if he can sort out the first half
of the track. Grant Klohn is #4 with a 7.31 and Mike Bedsworth is #5 with a 7.38
and Grant Howell is #6 with a 7.55. Tyson Wells was out for the first time this
year and he has a new look VW that no one would know was completely changed Tyson
added 6 inches to the wheel base, he updated the roll cage to go as quick as 7.50
and he added 100 more hp and a bunch of torque. He is hoping for low 8's. Layne
Wooley is driving the second Lance car that is usually driven by Randy Arlitt
but he took a job up North for a good part of the Summer. Stefan Kondolay is driving
Zak Clarke's Beretta as "Kaos" has to go in for Ankle surgery. He likely
will be out for 8 weeks after surgery (in two weeks). Ken Kruger had trans issues
for the second race in a row, but he should have repair made for Sunday. He did
get in the field with a 8. flat.
May
29, 2011
This coming
weekend's event, Race #3 is presented by
Big Rig Group. Weather does look promising so we should get a good turnout. This
is a busy month as there are three races starting this weekend. Then we race at
Ashcroft for the Langley Loafers event. Then race #5 is back at MRP then end of
June. We likely be without last year's point champion Zak Clarke as he is to undergo
Ankle surgery in the next couple weeks. Hopefully he recovers quickly and gets
back on the track.
Points
are updated after the rain out event.
For
every team heading to Port Alberni, click
here for the event pre registration. You must pre-register.
May
8, 2011
A
few teams were at the track in hopes of the event getting started. Unfortunately
it did not happen. They all recieved 10 points.
Happy
Mother's Day to all the moms.
This race (Race 2) will be
rescheduled if possible
Unfortunately
the weather and wet pits have made it necessary for MRP to call a rain out for
today. All DS competitors at the track will receive 10 points for attendance.
The group that is at the track will meet for breakfast this morning, place TBD.
May,
7 2011
Don't
forget all the Doorslammer teams, if you show up in the morning tomorrow, and
the race gets rained out you collect the 10 points for being at the track. If
you aren 't you don't get the points.
May
5, 2011
This weekend
is race #2 in season 14 of the RH Race Cars Canada West Doorslammers. This weekend's
race sponsor is 
PR Steel Construction. They are
a sponsor on Terry Langdon Davies 41 Willys and have decided this year to become
an intregal part of the whole series. PR is one of three new sponsors in the association
this ye. PR Construction brings quality and safety to construction in the commercial,
institutional, retail, industrial and manufacturing sectors.
The
weather forecast for this weekend is not real favorable so the race will likely
be a shortened affair or one that could be run similar to the first race. But
the weather may just surprise everyone. There are five or six racers who were
quite dominant and noticable in the first weekend and they include race winner
Terry Langdon Davies, Rob Charlton (two 1st weekend runner-ups), Jack Springer,
who won last Saturday and has a pretty solid won loss record over the last three
events, 10-1. Last year's champ Zak Clarke was really hoping to start the season
with his new car, but came out with his Beretta, and prompty ran right on his
usual 7.8's. Expected are a few other cars to make it out this weekend, including
Rick Limb and 2009 champ Tyson Wells.
April
26, 2011
Points
are posted.
We've
added the new series sponsors above, and will add them to the other pages as well
as finish the first weekend's story.
Race
#1 (the actual race)
One
of the Assoc policy's is to try and get a race in on the weekend it is scheduled
(sound logical right!). In order to do this, if the weather is iffy for the Sunday,
they try and complete the event on the Saturday. It means less qualifiers and
the DS'ers head into eliminations as soon as possible, with one or two qualifiers.
If the race gets done on the Saturday and then the weather is in fact bad for
Sunday it is considered a complete race with points and a full purse. If the weather
is good on Sunday then the Saturday race turns into a cash race only with no points,
and the race is continued on Sunday. This is what happened in race one. Weather
was forecasted to be ugly on the Sunday so they ran a race on that day. Jack Springer
continued his hot steak winning the event. (going 9-0 in elims dating back to
the final race of 2010. The results for the cash race follows the race results
for Race #1 below.
Sunday
final qualifying
With
the weather actually favorable Sunday they ran two more qualifiers, completing
the second run by 11:00am. Three more cars made the field Sunday, as 10 were in
the field already after Saturday. The two qualifiers on Sunday shuffled the qualifying
guys and the three who weren't in the field.
Terry
Shuflita got his first #1 qualifier spot after his transmission repairs Saturday
(thanks to TCS and Craig Donaldson). He ran a great 7.31/189. The 14th driver
(who did not make the field) was Ken Kruger. He had a servo go bad, losing 1st
gear. He and Mike Lucas along with Mark Schuppener tried to make repair and got
the deal back together, but the same issue re-occured and his weekend was done.
Kevin Lance's new 57 Chevy ran a career best 7.59/177 and he moved up to #2. The
leader after Saturday was Dave Warren. He improved to a career best 7.617 but
dropped down to #3. Rob Charlton put his pick up in the 7.70's as per usual, a
7.769 and the #4 spot. Kirk Lanz did not improve his Saturday's numbers and ended
up #5. Graham Foster also failed to improve, and his 7.818 put him #6. Last years
champion Zak Clarke, came out for Sunday only and he turned in two 7.8 laps, the
best a 7.844. He rounded out the quick half.
Here
is final qualifying.
1.
Terry Shuflita 7.315/189.71
2. Kevin Lance 7.597/177.20
3. Dave Warren 7.617/178.81
4.
Rob Charlton 7.769/172.54
5. Kirk Lanz 7.776/175.23
6. Graham Foster 7.818/176.50
7.
Zak Clarke 7.844/174.14
8. Jordan Lazic 7.872/172.54
9. Randy Arlitt 8.278/162.98
10.
Nick Duda 8.397/159.03
11. Terry Langdon Davies 8.436/159.54
12. Jack Springer
8.506/160.48
13. Mark Schuppener 8.685/156.11
Eliminations
With
13 cars there was a round one bye and it went to #1 qualifier (wonder how many
times that will happen) "Terry the Islander Shuflita". Terry just took
the green and back up. "Kevin the Kid Lance" took on "Kaptain"
Kirk Lanz and this one went to the the Kaptain.
They
were 3/1000ths apart on the tree but Lanz in the Cavalier took the stripe by 7/100ths.
Dave "Mad Max" Warren got a single when Mark Schuppener did not show
for round one. Rob Charlton ran Nick Duda and this one was tight at the tree.
An .016 for "Stroker Duda " and a .026 for the "Rob the Mechanic".
"Jack the Trucker Springer" defeated "Jordie the Kid Lazic"
with a .03 stripe.
"Zak Kid Kaos Clarke" defeated "Graham the Northerner" Foster
despite a .35 starting line advantage. The final pairing saw "Terry the Senior
Langdon-Davies" defeated "Randy the snoozer Arlitt", when he had
a mile on the starting line (so I was a little bored while writing race #1).
In
the 1/4's, (we'll see if you can figure out who was who) the 'Kaptain' had a solid
.023 light while the 'Islander' got a bit anxious and went red.
The
'Mechanic' was closer to his dial 7.862 on a 7.84 and better on the tree .064
to a .099 as he got a relatively easy win over the 'Black Max'. The 'Senior' got
the win in the closest race of the day over the 'Trucker'. They
were .001 apart at the tree (advantage truck driver) but TLD was only .015 off
his dial and SPringer was .038 of his, giving Senior Davies an .022 stripe. 'Kaos
had the odd car single.
In
the semis, the Defending champ 'Kaos' took on 2010 3rd place finisher, Senior
LD, and the 'old guy' did what Larry the Cable guy does, 'he got er done'. He
had 3 on the tree and ran .02 off his 8.48 dial. Clarke went under his 7.85 dial
in his attempt to get the stripe. Rob Charlton got an easy one against the 'Kaptain',
when the rookie was real late, he likely caught Charlton in the corner of his
eye and got distracted. When you are second on the tree, focus solely on the tree
is the most critical aspect of the race.
Final
round. Charlton was in his five final in the last six doorslammer races and TLD
was in his second in the last four races.
Two
veterans of the series and long time friendly rivals. TLD had a big starting line
advantage (.044) and with the caliber of the finalists that would usually mean
game over. Rob's truck actually slowed a bunch (.086 off his 7.84 number) from
his usual dead on dial, While Davies almost took too much stripe, as he ran a
8.461 on his 8.46 dial in. A loss there would have been tough to take.
The
win for Davies gave him an early season point lead and he got to take home his
own money, as he was the event sponsor.
Congrat's
to all the teams for a very good day racing Easter Sunday as the whole program
was done in five hours. Two qualifiers and four rounds done by 2:30, in time for
Easter dinner.
April
24, 2011
Race
one Saturday (Cash Bash)
Race
one is in the books and Jack (not sure the nickname I should use....Jack will
understand) Springer continued his run with his second race in a row. He won the
final race of 2010, and with the win here, he is 9-0 in eliminations. The guy
he took out was none other than Rob Charlton the same guy he defeated at the final
race. Is the series going to become a two man show...... I doubt it, but it made
for a few good one liners and bench racing especially after some of the banter
on the new forum. Due to forecasted bad weather for today (Easter Sunday), the
decision was made to run the complete race on Saturday,with the possibility of
getting the race in also on Sunday. If Sunday gets started the Saturday race will
be turned into a cash bash (the weather right at this moment looks promising).
I believe I speak for all the racers that ran Saturday, except for Jack, who would
like Saturday to be a cash bash only.
13
cars were at the track on Saturday, but only 10 qualified due to a few mechanical
issues. Ken Kruger has transmission issues and he along with fellow Northerner
Mike Lucas and Kelowna's Mark Schuppener thrashed to make repair only to has the
same issue rear it ugly head. The long trip from PG ended up to be a waste for
Ken race wise, But he at least had a chance to get away from the ugly weather
up in central BC. Chris got to shop and Ken treated myself, Lisa and tech guru
Greg Parks to a great dinner at the Keg.
Kevin
Lance brought out his new 57 Chevy Pro Mod style car and man is it nice. One of
the lowest sitting cars you will ever see. He had a couple issues, but by the
end of the day he made two soft mid seven second laps. Randy Arlitt is in the
car that Kevin ran last year. Terry Shuflita also has Trans Issues. He thrashed
and got parts from TCS, and along with Craig Donaldson's help he got the car bad
together, and ripped off a pedaling 7.40@ 187. A tough day, especially since he
likely would have been the #1 qualifier. The #1 qualifier was Dave Warren, his
first ever in the series, and he ran 7.60's all day including what I believe to
be a career best 7.63.
Kirk
Lanz in his first race with the CWDS qualified #2 with the quickest pass ever
for the ex Kondolay Cavalier, a solid 7.776/175. Graham Foster in his very nice,
new 68 Camaro went 7.818@176. Rob Charlton went 7.855 and Jordie Lazic rounded
out the top half with a career best 7.872@172. Jordie and father Roy Lazic have
a Rob Charlton Bullet between the frame rails. The bottom half of the ladder saw
Randy Arlitt run a career best 8.366, Nick Duda went 8.422, 'Race Sponsor' Terry
Langdon Davies went 8.436, Springer went 8.518 and Mark Schuppener rounded out
the field with a 8.685.
Nick
Duda only made one timed run in qualifying, and his earlier run was a test lap.
He wanted to see if the 'Stang would run a "7", but did not want to
run that quick in elims. He added one more nitrous system to the car and accomplished
what he wanted , running the desired number, a 7.95/170. He and father George
were happy campers.
1.
Dave Warren 7.653/177.16
2. Kirk Lanz 7.776/175.23
3. Graham Foster 7.818/176.50
4. Rob Charlton 7.855/171.10
5. Jordan Lazic 7.872/172.54
6. Randy Arlitt
8.366/159.51
7. Nick Duda 8.422/159.03
8. Terry Langdon Davies 8.436/159.54
9.
Jack Springer 8.518/160.48
10. Mark Schuppener 8.685/156.11
Eliminations.
Saturday's
first round saw a couple late leavers in the first pairing. Nick Duda defeated
Mark Schuppener with a 8.47 on a 8.42. Schuppener could nut run the number. Terry
Langdon Davies (TLD) got an easy win over a late Dave Warren, Rob Charlton left
on Jordie Lazic and won a real close pairing at the stripe. The margin was only
.021. Jack Springer started off the way he finished last year, with another round
win when Graham Foster went red. Kirk Lanz got the break of round one when he
was late, and missed second gear, but his opponent Randy Arlitt broke out .
In
round two Springer defeated Lanz by a half car length. Charlton had a tenth at
the tree against Duda, got off the gas early (still ran right on his #). Scotty
might of dialed too soft on that one, but it worked. TLD got the single, but legged
it out to a 8.49 on his 8.45 dial.
In
the semis, Springer won a squeaker against TLD, both cars leaving within a hundredth.
Jack ran 8.555 on his 8.54 while the Willys driver and race sponsor took 5 thou
too much stripe and broke out. Charlton took
the green and back off on his semi final bye run.
The
final was real close as Springer got a small holeshot, and Charlton was slowly
gaining ground. He just ran out of race track as Springer took a .015 stripe (a
fender), and the win, going on a 9-0 undefeated run in elims. Now he had to hope
that the race rained out on Sunday, so he would get the full purse and the points.
Unfortunately
for him he was the only guy hoping for that, and the rest of the teams got their
wish, as Sunday was pretty nice and they got the race in.
April
19, 2011
This weekend's
event, Race #1 is presented by 
Langdon
Davies Concrete. TLD's in year two of his sponsorship with the series and in his
sixth or seventh year in the series. He finished third in the standings in 2010
and had a three wins including a win at Port Alberni.
Langdon
Davies Concrete is a Fraser Valley based concrete finishing company. Driveways,
sidewalks, slabs, stamped, exposed, whatever your concrete needs, TLD will look
after you.
Our list
of awesome sponsors continues to grow as three new ones were added to this years
schedule.
" RH
RACE CARS "Series Title Sponsor" .... and race
event sponsor.
4681 Teather Road
Kelowna, BC
V1X-7V5
Ph#
866 765-9404
Custom Built Race Cars & Fabrication
"
FORTINS ENGINES - CHILLIWACK (race event sponsor)
45750
Airport Road
Chilliwack, BC
V2P-1A2
Ph# 604 795-9739
www.fortins.com
"
CHARLTON AUTOMOTIVE (race event sponsor)
12258
Harris Road
Pitt Meadows, BC
V3Y-2E9
Ph# 604 465-6455
General Automotive
Repair
" T.C.S. PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
(race event sponsor)
6217 - 205 Street
Langley,
BC
V2Y-1N7
Ph# 604 533-8675
Performance Converters & Transmission
Products
" PRO STOCK PERFORMANCE
& MACHINE (race event sponsor)
12403
- 126 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5L 4L7
Ph# 780 453-6161
Performance
Parts and Engine Machine Shop
"
LANGDON-DAVIES CONCRETE (race event sponsor #1)
Yarrow,
BC
Ph# 604 854-0770
"
PR CONSTRUCTION LIMITED (race
event sponsor)
39561 Old Yale Road
Abbotsford, BC
V3G-1X7
Ph#
604 864-8818
"
OGILVIE MTN HOLDINGS (race
event sponsor)
Hope, BC
Ph# 604 869-3232
Excavating &
Pipeline Integrity
"
BIG RIG GROUP (race
event sponsor #2)
Abbotsford, BC
Ph# 604 857-4915
www.bigriggroup.com
Commercial
Vehicle Service Centre
" LANCE
RACING
Campbell River, BC
"
JET TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
Contact: Bill Jeffery
Ph# 604 523-8665 Toll Free:
1800 472-7685
Email: bjeffery@jetequipment.com
"
KEN KRUGER RACING
" LANGLEY
LOAFERS CAR CLUB (race event sponsor)
Website:
www.langleyloafers.com
" MISSION
RACEWAY PARK
Contact: Wally, Brian & Laura & Entire Staff
www.missionraceway.com
" PORT ALBERNI DRAG RACING ASSOCIATION
Contact: Bill Surry
Ph# 250 731-6930
Email: avdra.president@hotmail.com
"
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April
18, 2011
Looks
like the weather is supposed to be good this weekend, the first for the 2011 season
at MRP, and the first race of the year for the Doorslammers. A new year a number
of new cars and Zak Clarke with the target on his back. He has a new car in the
works but will drive his trusted Beretta to start the season. Kevin Lance will
debut his new 57 Chevy and Randy Arlitt will be in Kevin's 55 from last year.
Rick Limb and Kirk Lanz will start their first full season in the series, plus
rumors of a couple other new cars as well. It looks to be a great season!
Sorry,
I see I did not upload this last week.
Track
Rental Thursday April 21st …….only 5 spots left!
Contact:
Kevin Lance Ph# 250 287-6308
April
3, 2011
The site
may be unavailable for a few hours late at night (in the next few days) to upgrade
software for a new forum/message board to
be installed.
February
23, 2011
Sorry for
the delay in finalizing the 2011 race schedule, but it's finally complete! Please
take the time to read through the whole document attached as there are some changes
to the rules and regulations that you need to be aware of. As for the schedule,
it is similar but also has a few changes.
2011
schedule is here. 2011 news and rule
changes are
here.
Unfortunatley the Langley Loafers have decided that we
do not fit into there program for the Mission race so we will not be racing at
the Old Time Drags at Mission this year, however we will be racing with them at
Ashcroft. That being said the CMDRA (bike drags) has asked us to join them at
Mission as well as Ashcroft, so that makes up for the loss of the Loafers race.
At the year end meeting we discussed and voted on going to Woodburn Oregon for
an event, after a lot of conversation back and forth between myself and Jay Livingstone
of Woodburn, due to lack of sponsorship and funds put up by them to bring us there,
we will not be scheduling a race there this year. I also contacted J.J from Seattle
Raceway and tried to schedule a race there this year, they only have one weekend
that is a two day event and there is already too much scheduled for that event
and they wouldn't have the room for our program that weekend, but we will try
for next year for sure! Ashcroft has annouced that they will be resurfacing the
track for the 2011 season, which will get under way as soon as the weather permits
which will hopefully be in early April, with that news and not being able to put
a USA race on the schedule I have scheduled us to go to Ashcroft for two events
this year, the first one will be June 11&12 for the Loafers Old Time Drags
and the second one will be July 16&17 for the CMDRA (bike drags). At both
of the Ashcroft events you will not be required to pay for car and driver at the
gate, you will only be charged for your crew members.
Please be sure
to book your hotels for Ashcroft and Port Alberni ASAP, especially for the Loafers
Old Time Drags, as hotels will book up very quickly for that weekend as well as
the Port Alberni weekend. I will list the hotels for both places below. Also please
remember to book your ferry reservations well in advance. Preregistration for
Port Alberni is manditory and will be available on line at the beginning of May.
The commitee members that were voted in for the 2011 season are Scott Charlton,
Zak Clarke and Terry Langdon-Davies, these members will help me in making decisions
throughout the year on behalf of the entire membership.
We still have
a couple of races that are not sponsored, we need your help! If you know of anyone
that would be interested in sponsoring or co-sponsoring an event please ask Dean
or myself for the information or have us contact them on behalf of the association.
Without our sponsors we can not continue to be the successful association that
we have become. It is also very important that we acknowledge and support the
groups and buisnesses that continue to support us throughout the years. I will
be sending out a list of our 2011 sponsors and their contact information in the
near future.
I am looking forward to seeing you all at the first race
in Mission on April 23&24th.
Marcy
ACCOMODATIONS (Ashcroft/Cache
Creek)
Ashcroft River Inn, phone 250-453-9124
Cache
Creek Motor Inn, phone 1-866-457-9144 or 250-457-9144
Sage
Hills Motel, Cache Creek phone 1-888-794-4949 or 457-6451
Oasis
Hotel & Pub, Cache Creek, phone 250-457-6232
Sandman
Inn, Cache Creek, phone 250-457-6284
Desert
Inn, Cache Creek, phone 1-800-663-0212 or 250-457-6226
Bonaparte
Motel, Cache Creek, phone 1-888-922-1333 or 250-457-9693
Bear's
Claw Lodge, Cache Creek, phone 1-888-552-CLAW or 250-457-9705
Good
Knight Inn, Cache Creek, phone 1-800-736-5588 or 250-457-9500
Nugget
Road Motel, Cache Creek, phone 250-457-9300
Sundowner
Motel, Cache Creek. phone 250-457-6216
ACCOMODATIONS
(Port Alberni)
The Hospitality Inn
Port Alberni Phone 250 723 8111
The
Barclay (Best Westen) Port Alberni Phone 1-800-563-6590
The
Greenport (Howard Johnson) Port Alberni Phone 250 724-2900
Marcy
Copley..........Canada West Doorslammers Representative
6217 205 Street
Langley,BC Canada V2Y-1N7
Ph# 604 533-8675 / Toll Free 1 800 960-1177
2010
results Archives are here
2009
results and archives are here
2008
archives are here
2007
results are here
2006
results are here
2005
home page archives are here.
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results are here
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results are here.
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