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Keeping Pace

Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series wraps up at Spokane County Raceway

Courtesy of NHRA
Courtesy of NHRA

All Spokane final in the Sportsman Motorcylce division highlight's two big days of NHRA drag racing at Spokane County Raceway.

Courtesy: NHRA Media Relations

 

SPOKANE, Wash. – The NHRA Northwest Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Points Meet wrapped up today at Spokane County Raceway with a winner's circle celebration crowning champions in Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Super Gas and the rest of the classes that make up nationwide series.  Each winner pocketed their share of the event purse and contingency postings along with bragging rights and the champion's NHRA Wally trophy.

Northwest division racers will head north to Mission Raceway for their next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event June 14-16.  Next up for Spokane Country Raceway is their Fast Friday's Street Racing and Test-n-Tune event Friday, June 7. 

The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northwest Division Northwest Thunderfest at Spokane County Raceway:

COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
Pat Byron, Hoquiam, Wash., dragster, C/D, 6.941, 191.20  def. 
Ralph Van Paepeghem, Garden Valley, Idaho, '32 Bantam, A/EA, 7.403, 176.05. 

SUPER STOCK
Joe Sorensen, Woodburn, Ore., '69 Camaro, SS/EA, 10.426, 123.55  def. 
Jackie Alley, Eagle, Idaho, '69 Camaro, SS/DA, 9.763, 133.76. 

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Casey Plaizier, Edmonton, Alb., '96 Firebird, C/SA, 10.750, 118.14  def. 
Ryan Warter, Olalla, Wash., '75 Firebird, J/SA, foul. 

SUPER COMP
Bob Woodruff, Maple Valley, Wash., dragster, 9.403, 137.67  def. 
Dale Hrenko, Port Orchard, Wash., dragster, foul. 

SUPER GAS
Eddy Plaizier, Edmonton, Alb., '63 Corvette, 10.127, 159.68  def. 
Ken Harkema, Spokane, Wash., '27 roadster, 10.147, 130.62. 

SUPER STREET
Bill Gee, Silverton, Ore., '66 Nova, 11.072, 135.37  def. 
Mike Schoenfeld, Kent, Wash., '84 T-Bird, foul. 

TOP DRAGSTER
Dan Provost, Abbotsford, B.C., dragster, 7.197, 189.11  def. 
Ryan Carlson, Maple Valley, Wash., dragster, foul. 

TOP SPORTSMAN
Daryl Hemley, Burley, Wash., '02 Cavalier, 7.123, 194.59  def. 
Shawn Herbst, Selah, Wash., '63 Corvette, 7.907, 174.65. 

SPORTSMAN MOTORCYCLE PRESENTED BY HARLEY DAVIDSON 
Buff Kobs, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, '95 Kawasaki, 8.084, 165.25  def. 
Caleb Dahl, Spokane, Wash., '78 Kawasaki, foul. 



Keeping Pace

Motorsports correspondent Doug Pace keeps up with motorsports news and notes from around the region.