Ed Evans

The 2009 North West drag racing season has been announced and five races in Terrace and Houston will again fill the season. There will be a year long points series between the five races with a winner to be announced after the last race in Terrace.

The Terrace Airport will host four races this year :
Season Opener – May 23/24
Bike Event – June 27/28
Hot August Nites – August 2/3
Memorial Weekend – August 29/30
A rain-out Weekend is set aside (if needed) – Sept 5-7
Work is under way into securing a feature car for the “Hot August Nites” event. Included in the “maybe” list is a jet powered dragster.
New this season, Smithers Harley Davidson will sponsor a Bike Event as part of the June 27/28 race.
For more information on the Terrace events check out the website www.terracedrags.ca .
The Annual Houston Drags is also confirmed for August 14,15,16th at the Houston Airport. This annual event is the only ¼ mile track in the circuit. A note to the racers, there will be no mail-out this year from Houston as the costs are excessive. You can find all of the information you need on the website www.bvdra.ca .
Local racer Terry Frizzell’s front engined rail “ Double Trouble” and it’s history was featured in an full page article by “Vern Scholtz in the January edition of “Quick Times”. You can view the edition on the website www.quick-times.com.
For more information on the upcoming events or to check out photo’s from last year. Go to the website:
www.princerupertautoclub.com .

Photo: Terry Frizzell ‘packs the tires’ in his front engined rail at the Terrace drags in August last year
Ed Evans Photo