1/8 mile racing in The Valley at the Vanderhoof Airport July 16, 17 & 18th with a dance at the arena to follow Saturdays racing.
Available Hotels:
North Country Inn, Hillview Motel, Coachlight Motel, Glens Motor Inn, Siesta Inn

Ed Evans

Prince Rupert Daily News

Mother Nature somewhat behaved for the first drag race of the season.

The weather was overcast on Saturday for the first race of the 2010 Drag Racing season. The full time

trials were held and the first round of eliminations for ‘King of the YXT’ was run down before the

overcast skies released the moisture. The downpour did not develop but the light drizzle had the same

result with the race being called at 3:00.

Sunday opened to still overcast weather but there were lots of sunny breaks and no rain. The ‘King of

theYXT’ and ‘Gamblers’ races from Saturday were run off. Tony Demelo won ‘King of the YXT’ and Dana

Amado running her new ride, a slant six cylinder Dodge Dart, took home ‘Gamblers’.

After stopping for a quick lunch break, the TDRA crew then ran off the full Sunday slate. With the final

car running down the track at around 5 p.m.. It was even more amazing as the volunteer staff was

shorthanded. The great job was much appreciated by the sixty plus racers.

The track conditions were excellent all weekend with lots of airtime including several cars that never ran with their ‘wheels up’ before.

Saturday

King of the YXT: Tony Demelo

Gamblers: Dana Amado

Junior King: Tanner Daum

Sunday

Pro

1st: Ryan Titcomb

2nd: Chris Bie

3rd: Randy Baker

Super Pro

1st: Clinton Dallavecchia

2nd: Tony Demelo

3rd: Bruce Daum

Bike/Sled

1st: Shawn Enmark

2nd: Jim Braid

3rd: Lamny Cartri

Junior

1st: Chris Cook

2nd: Tanner Daum

3rd: Shawn Parker

Next up: Terrace Drags June 19^th and 20^th .

It was recently announced by the Houston Drag Racing Association that the headline act at the 2010

Houston Drags (August 20^th ,21^st and 22^nd ) will be the 12 second Kenworth “Smokin’ Gun” from Calgary,

Alberta.

For more information or to view the photo’s go to www.prautoclub.com , www.terracedrags.com or

www.houstondrags.ca

Photo:

Tony Demelo and Clinton Dallavecchia test the track. Dallavecchia took home ‘Super Pro’ beating out

Demelo in the finals

Ed Evans Photo

By Ed Evans

Prince Rupert Daily News

All the thrashing will come to an end, as the opening race of the 2010 Drag racing Season kicks off this weekend at the Terrace Regional Airport. Some rides are ready to go, others are close and still others will be waiting for the second race June 19^th and 20^th to trip the lights and make a run down the track.

Kham Shantz and Terry Frizzell will not make the cut for the first race, as motors and transmissions did not get back in time.

The season opener in 2009 saw 4 cars and fans make the long trek from Haida Gwaii. This year the plan was to bring 4 cars over again, but one car met a deer on the highway and will have to get some bodywork done. The deer are small but they still can do a lot of damage.

The deer was another in a long list of problems for Jason Murphy. Last year was the first race he was able to attend. Murphy seemed to have mechanical problems every year ,after testing out his car before the races. Maybe he shouldn’t test it so hard before he gets it over here.

There will still be a strong bunch of cars for this weekend as racing will start Saturday and Sunday for time trials at 9:15am. At 1:15 the First round of “Brackets” or “King of the YXT” eliminations will start.

Don’t miss out the racing at this first event of 2010. See you there Saturday or Sunday!
For more information or to check out the pictures, go to the web sites: www.prautoclub.com or www.terracedrags.ca

Photo:

Doug Ribero (far side) has a hard launch against Lee Thompson and his beautiful Corvette at the 2009 season opener in Terrace.

Ed Evans Photo

Air Ryan Houston 2003

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Club Prez.  Terry Frizzell and Director Paul Olmsted

Show off the tree at the new location on George Hills way 1999

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

J.l. blowin’ the boxes off in a morning launch in Houston… Notice the lack of wheelie bars

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

See …. Doug used to launch straight

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Dan Larsen racing in the Hillclimb

The picture is rumoured to be photoshopped

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

An Air-conditioner donated to the Intensive care unit of the PRRH from the proceeds of the 1999 Sea Level Drags

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Canadian Tire Burnout 1999

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Watchin’ the Pro-Mods in PG

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

More quick 8 photo’s next weekend

For those going to the race in Terrace next weekend, there will be camping  allowed at the airport.
The airport will paint the lines, so we will have to camp a little farther back. But there will be no fires allowed. You can use propane powered heaters though

Your ride has a leak

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

A ticket for parking in the grass

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Blower or injection which came first

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Banging gears with Gord

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Cooking the Pig

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Fashionably stylish Blake

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

Snuffy has a huffer

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

I can’t find the hoodlatch

Quick 8 photo copyright Ed Evans

More quick 8 photo’s next weekend

Kham Shantz and his 1927 roadster will return to the track this season

Photo: Ed Evans

By Ed Evans

Prince Rupert Daily News

The 2010 Drag racing season is almost upon us, the first race is set for May 15th and 16th at the Terrace Regional Airport.

As you might expect, work is underway at quite a few shops around town. Kham Shantz and his Big Block 1927 Roadster will be making a return to the track this season, after taking last year off due to work commitments. Shantz has had the engine and transmission sent away for refreshing and work is continuing on bringing his chassis up to new NHRA specs.

Terry Frizzell’s Barbeque

Photo: Ed Evans

Terry Frizzell on the other hand, has his own problems. Frizzell thought that his engine was having some minor problems after the final race of 2009. As the 2010 season approached, the minor problem turned into a major engine rebuild. The old motor could not be saved, so Frizzell said “ No problem I’ll pull the motor out of the barbeque.”. Frizzell has a 1930 Model A front end with a barbeque attached to it. It just so happened that the barbeque had the perfect replacement engine in it. Frizzell has sent the two motors away and the shop will put together the best parts from both motors. Hopefully it will be ready for the season opener. It’s ironic that his front engined 1966 rail was known as “Double Trouble” when it was built. It originally had two 300 cubic inch sixes in it.

In other news, The Prince Rupert Auto Club’s Seafest weekend is promising to be bigger than ever, with plans being worked on for a judged Sound-off and a Burnout Contest. Both will be held Saturday June 12^th as part of Seafest 2010. This doesn’t mean that the Show & Shine will hold a back seat. The ever popular Seafest Show & Shine will still run and it’s hoped that Prince Rupert’s 100^th anniversary will bring some more cars to the Third ave. location.

For more information or just to browse through the photo’s go to: www.prautoclub.com or www.terracedrags.ca .

You can also find the Prince Rupert Auto Club and Terrace Drags on Facebook