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By Ed Evans

The final Northwest Drag race of 2010 played out at the Terrace regional airport last weekend. The final points were given out for the year long series for each class and first place for most of the classes could not be attained by the runners up.

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“Super Pro”, the points leader, Kris Barnett, went down in the first round. His yellow Altered was taken out by Andrew Calkins, who ran his Orange Camero like he stole it.

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This set up a great run for the man on a mission – Harold Daumont. “Hard Luck Harry” outran his buddy, Tony Demilo and then took down Bruce Daum in the Finals. Daumont also came in Third in “King of the YXT” Sunday, loosing out to Kham Shantz with a big Red-light in a rerun. Shantz and his Tangerine Roadster met Dallas Wiebe in the finals. Shantz couldn’t catch Wiebe’s turbocharged four cylinder Ford Splash pickup in the close “King of the YXT” finals on Sunday.

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Even with Barnett’s first round loss, there was no way Duam could catch up with him to take over First place in the “Points Series”.

Here’s how the “2010 Points Series” finished for “Super Pro” :

1. Kris Barnett – 232 points

2. Bruce Daum – 189 points

3. Harold Daumont – 188 points

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“Pro” was another class where the “Points Series” winner was determined before the race began. Chris Bie took home First place in the race and First place on the year. Taking Second place in the Saturday race was Dana Amado and her Slant Six Dart. Getting stronger each race, Dana finished in fourth place in the Points series with 196 points.

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Here’s how the “2010 Points Series” ended the year for “Pro”:

1. Chris Bie – 348 points

2. Harley Bell – 228 points

3. Doug McPhadden – 207 points

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“Sled / Bike” class was the only class that First place was up for grabs with points leader Shawn Enmark electing to go to Fort St. John to get his speed license. Now you would think with “Bike Wars” running on Sunday, that a bike would come and take over the points series. Unfortunately the Second and Third place “Points Series” winners John Symes and Jim Braid both went down early in the ladder Saturday. Seth Harmer and Robin Kilgen, both racing in their second race of the season, took home First and Second in “Sled/Bike”. Bikes were actually scarce this weekend. The “Bike Quick 8” could well have been called “The Bike only 8” as there were only 8 Bikes for the Sunday shootout. Harmer did the Double Down taking home the “Quick 8 Bikes” too.

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With the Top Fuel Harley a cancellation a day before the race, Kitimat’s Ian Berrisford was the bike excitement on the track as he made the fastest runs on the weekend with his Turbocharged Hiabusa drag bike.

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Here’s how the “2010 Points Series” ended the year for “Sled/Bike”:

1. Shawn Enmark – 180 Points

2. John Symes – 160 points

3. Jim Braid – 160 points

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In “Junior Dragster” Tanner Daum took home first place on the weekend . After settling for Second place in the “Season Opener” race, Daum has collected three straight wins to win First place in the “2010 Point Series”

Here’s how the “2010 Points Series” finished for “Junior Dragster” :

1. Tanner Daum – 319 points

2. Chris Cook – 194 points

3. Delany Ribero – 161 points

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Once again a great season of drag racing has been put on by a group of dedicated volunteers. Make no mistake, without these hard working people in each community, there would be no place to watch or even race. Thank You everyone for a great 2010 Season!

See you next week with a rail trip to Ketchikan.

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By Ed Evans

This is it, the final race of the 2010 Northwest Drag racing season.

Bike Wars will bring out the fastest bikes in the Northwest this weekend to battle for the year long bragging rights. Thats right Bikes only! No cars or sleds. But don’t fear, Sleds and cars can race each other in “King of the YXT” and Sleds are welcome in the “Sled/Bike” Class

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The season long points series wraps up this weekend too and the battle continues….

“Super Pro” has Kris Barnett in the lead with 201 points. Clint Della Vecchia is behind the leader by 65 points.

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“Pro” class is led by Chris Bie with 253 points. Doug McFadden and Harley Bell follow, 76 and 77 points behind Bie.

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“Sled/Bike” leader is Kevin Enmark and his sled with 180 points, followed by John Symes (63 points behind) and Al McFarlane tied with Jim Braid (63 points behind)

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“Jr. Dragster” is led by Tanner Daum with 234 points with Chris Cook following behind him by 83 points. Good luck to all participants.

Don’t miss all of the fun at the final race of 2010 here in the Northwest. See you at “Bike Wars”!

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By Ed Evans

The only smoke came from the burnouts as the 2010 Houston Drags ran at the Houston Airport last weekend. Fires were rampant in the area with two of them burning in the Houston region. The Friday night burnout contest did however, press home the seriousness of the whole situation when a Helicopter was vectored in to the airport to check out all of the smoke after Chris wood’s burnout. Chris did not win the “Burnout Contest” however he was hot all weekend, taking home a second in “King of the Hill” and a First in “Pro” Sunday.

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The “Feature vehicle” was “Smokin’ Gun” a 12 second 1968 Kenworth which is Canada’s first and fastest Diesel Drag Semi. Powered by a Detroit Diesel 8V92, Twin Turbo, Supercharged, and Inter-Charged with a 1200 hp shot of Nitrous Oxide. “Smokin’ Gun” makes 3100 hp to move 9500 lbs down the 1/4 mile in less than 12.5 seconds, and through the traps at over 120 mph!

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Belching black smoke as the turbo’s spooled up and running a full 1/8 mile burnout, this monster ran at over 100 MPH each run down the quarter mile track. A huge crowd pleaser, “Smokin’ Gun” had all of the racers in the pit’s watching each run too.

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The “Pro Outlaw” class pits Saturday’s winner against Sunday’s winner in the 1/8 mile race. Local Houston racer Nuno Deteves was hoping to repeat last year, where he took “Pro Outlaw” Saturday and won the final on Sunday. Deteves did his part taking Saturday “Pro Outlaw” but could not stop the hard charging Paul Soares, who met Lee Thompson and his 63 Corvette in the Sunday finals. Soares and his Grande Prix, powered around Thompson in the most exciting final in years.

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Sunday the Saturday winners of “King of the hill” Bikes and “King of the hill” Car/Truck met in a winner take all final and surprise, the car won. Mike Wienhardt of Vanderhoof took out Leyland Hoveland and his Bike.

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“Bikes and sleds” winner was…..who else Shawn Enmark and his slippery sled.

Other winners were not available when this column was posted.

A thank you goes out to the organizers, sponsors and especially the volunteers, A great time was had by all who attended and we cannot wait for next year.

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Next Up:

Bike wars this weekend August 28, 29 at the Terrace Airport featuring Jeff Knowles and his Nitro Harley. Watch for a Preview Friday

By Ed Evans

The third weekend in August has been a great weekend for Drag racers and fans in the Northwest for the past 13 years. The Houston Drags run on the third weekend of August and from the first year it was the place to be.

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There has always excitement at the Houston Drags, the first year we had Paul Soares in his Blown Small block Grande Prix.

The car sent up a roar that echoed off of the surrounding mountains, sounding like some rampaging beast.

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In other years we have seen lots of huge air, due to the concrete launch pad. Gord Hidber and his Altered, Ryan MacDonald’s ’34 Ford Coupe, Lee Thompson’s Beamont, Kham Shantz and his 34 Ford Roadster and Prince George’s “Nitrous Boss” Doug MacKenzie and his ’55 to name a few.

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Local Northwest racers brought some great rides. J.L. and his Top alcohol Rail or his Pro-Mod Nova , Monty’s Blown Alcohol Altered, Racers such as Roger Manson and his Blown four cylinder 9 second Jeep have all added to the excitement.

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There have been some exciting feature cars, Rob Murphy and his Pro Mod, his wheel-stander “Wheely Fun”, coincidentally, it was driven by “Nitro Mike Kuntz”. Kuntz was the feature last year with his wheel-standing PT Cruiser “ Walking Tall”.

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This year will prove to be no exception as the Feature Act this year will be “Smokin’ Gun”, Canada’s fastest ¼ mile Diesel Semi. This 1968 Kenworth has run a best time of 11.98 seconds and a best ¼ mile speed of 120.70 MPH.

Photo courtesy website: www.smokingunracing.com

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Cars have come from all over to race at Houston. Beside all of the Northwest racers, cars have been noted from PG , Alberta,  Ft St John, Chetwynd, Whitehorse, Mission and Ashcroft to name a few.

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Now a 1/8 mile race for the fast “Pro Outlaw” class and a full ¼ mile for all of the other classes, Houston offers something for everybody. Don’t miss this weekend of fun, as it still says on the side of “Walking Tall”….. “Houston Rocks”.

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If you want to see more about the Houston Drags, click on the ‘ Houston Drags’ link. If you would like to see more pics of previous year’s click on ‘pictures’. See ya in Houston!

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By Ed Evans

‘Hot August Nites’ lived up to it’s billing …..Hot weather, Fast cars and excitement on the track. The weather was stupid hot all weekend. This created a scorching hot track combined with the large amount of Trac_Bite put down for the “Feature act”, The Wheel-standing PT Cruiser of ‘Nitro Mike’ Kuntz, made for some spectacular wheel-stands on the weekend.

‘Nitro Mike’ and ‘Walking Tall’ had no problem making spectacular 1/8 mile (and further) runs on his back wheels. On the return road after his two runs up and one back he would thrill the crowds with flames shooting out of the zoomie tubes of his Blown Injected Chrysler 440.

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The Wheel-stander and the hot sticky track seemed to have an effect on the rest of the racers as huge wheel-stands were the norm on the weekend. Racers Terry Frizzell, Kris Barnett, Norm Schwengler yanking the tires 2 to 3 feet feet at times. You don’t see traction as good as that even on the Big permanent tracks, never mind a temporary Airport track. Kudos should go out to the all volunteers who worked hard to prep and set up the track.

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The super sticky track did have it’s own demons though, as there was an enormous amount of red-lights as racers found there was little if no spinning from launch, reducing their reaction time. A sticky track and parts breakage go together and this weekend was no exception as everything from motors and tranny’s to rear ends and u-joints suffered from the pain of breakage

Sunday morning Drag bike racer Ian Berrisford spilled fluid on his front tire and ended up putting his Drag bike on its side on one run. “ I looked over and could see him on his side sliding down the track, trying to turn the wheel to get it up” said his racing opponent Terry Frizzell. It destroyed the handlebars and Berrisford suffered a few cuts and bruises, but his bike was repaired and he was back on Monday.

Prince Rupert’s Kham Shantz running his first race back in two years, ran on Sunday like he never missed a beat, before he too ran into a Red-light in Eliminations. Monday though was a different story as Shantz went down with a toasted transmission. Shantz’s transmission has been repaired as he went up this weekend to Prince George to participate in the opening race at NCMP.

Sunday was the Points series with the ‘Pro’, ‘Super Pro’. Bike/Sled’ and ‘Jr. Dragster’ classes:

Sunday

JR

Tanner Daum

Lou Ribeiro

Chris Cook

Snow / bike

John Symes – also Riverboat days champ

Robin Kilgren (first time on a sled)

Jim Braid

Pro

Chris Bie

Doug McPhadyen

Mike Gregory

Super Pro

Kris Barnett

Rick Lundrigen

Paul Soares

Monday dawned to clouds early in the morning, but it didn’t stop the heat when the sun finally peeked out. King of the YXT and Gamblers was run along with another feature race the ‘Quick 8′. These are the fastest 8 cars in the field running off against each other. Paul Soares and his Grand Prix was ‘Quick 8 Qualifier’. That’s the fastest car in time trials, but Bruce Daum and his Corvette hung on for the win.

‘King of the YXT’ final was a meeting between Houston’s Rick Lundrigrin and his Malibu and Terrace’s Harold Daumont in his Firebird. Lundrigan, Sunday’s ‘Super Pro’ second place winner took out Daumont to win it. ‘Gamblers’ finalist was John Wreggitt, who was running in his first race in 30 years.

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The Daum’s cleaned up on the weekend as the ‘King of the YXT’ winner was Tanner Daum taking home his second win of the weekend to add to his dad’s ‘Quick 8′ win.

Monday

Quick 8

Paul Soares -Quick 8 Qualifier

Bruce Daum- winner

Gamblers – John Wreggitt

King YXT – Rick Lundrigrin

King YxT JR. -  Tanner Daum

All in all it was a great show and we can’t wait for next Years ‘Hot August Nites’.

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Racing was not all that was happening in Terrace last weekend. The race was a part of the Terrace Riverboat Days celebration and the Skeena Valley Cruizers put on their annual ‘Riverboat Days Car Show’. Held in the Terrace Arena, this annual show always brings out the best cars in the Northwest and this year was no exception, with several Barrett-Jackson cars in attendance. Included in the show was Alice Coopers ‘Billion Dollar Baby’ and a beautiful Blown, flamed ’57 Chevy. The first annual ‘Valve Cover Races’ was held outside the arena, with colourful racers built from valve covers. A great weekend for sure!

Next Up:

Racing continues this weekend in Prince George , with the first race of the season at the NCMP raceway. The track has been closed for several years except for ‘Friday Night Street Drags’. New owners have finished renovations and this race is loosely based on the ‘Pinks’. Called ‘P.G. All Out’ this race will attract cars from all over with the $10,000 in prizes. Great to see the track back!

August 20-22 marks the 14th Annual ‘Houston Drags’. This great race features 1/8 mile and ¼ mile racing, a burnout contest Friday night and a ‘Show and Shine’ all weekend. The feature vehicle this year is ‘Smokin’Gun’, a 12 second Kenworth.

Check out our links for more information on these events.  You can also click on pictures to see photo’s of both events.

Trailing sparkes Mike Kuntz wows the crowd in Houston last year

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By Ed Evans

It’s finally here! “Hot August Nites” is set to run this weekend at the Terrace Regional Airport. Always noted for the great feature cars, this weekend is no exception.

Mike Kuntz will be here with his wheel-standing Pt Cruiser. “Walking Tall”. It’s a great name for this Blown Injected Alcohol 440 Chrysler. You might remember Kuntz from his first run down a track driving Rob Murphy’s Wheel-stander at 2006 Hot August Nites in Terrace. Kuntz made his, and the 56 Chevy Wheel-stander’s, first runs down any track at Hot August Nites that year. On the return run down the track, Kuntz hit the throttle so hard that all four wheels came off the track.

The new ride was unveiled last year and made it’s second ever runs, thrilling the crowds, at the Annual Houston Drags. Kuntz made a full wheels up ¼ mile run down and then he turned around and did the same run back. Trailing sparks from the Magnesium strips imbedded in the wheelie bars the little PT was a crowd favourite.

The season long points series races, with full bracket classes will be held Sunday, August 1^st and “King of the YXT”, “Gamblers” and a “Quick 8” race will run on Monday, August 2^nd.

This race is part of The Terrace Riverboat Days celebration and there is lots to do in Terrace this weekend.

The Skeena Valley Cruizers will hold their annual Car Show at the Terrace arena Saturday from Noon to 4pm. The Feature car will be Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Baby”.

Included in the Saturday event schedule is “ Concerts in the Park”. “Headpins” is the feature act and will be on stage at 7pm and “Triple Bypass will take the stage at 5pm. Lots of great acts all day Saturday.

So a great weekend is set with lots of things to do. So don’t miss out, See you there!

Clinton Dellavachia took ‘Super Pro’ at the inaugural Vanderhoof Drags

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By Ed Evans

Congratulations must go out to the Nechako Valley Motor Sports Association on their successful first race July 16^th to 18th. An estimated 50 cars lined up to make runs down the 1/8 mile track set up at the Vanderhoof Airport. There were a few teething problems, some of them due to the angle of the track and the sun. Nothing that could not be fixed.  Overall though the race was a great success and racers had a great time.

Winners for the weekend:

Saturday July 17th

King of the Track – Kevin Enmark

Sunday July 18th
Super Pro

1st – Clinton Dellavachia

2nd – Steve Einerson

3rd – Stu Bird

Pro

1st – Chris Woods

2nd – Don Gordon

3rd – Steve Szufnaravicz “Snuffy”

Sportsman

1st – Merle Oln

2nd – John Braine

3rd – Jason Reyden

Sled/Bike

1st – Al Mcfarlane

2nd – Kevin Enmark

3rd – Daniel Morin

JR. Dragster

1st – Delaney Ribeiro

2nd – Lou Ribeiro

3rd – Tanner Daum

It is good to have another event in the area and hopefully this will bring new racers and fans into the fold.

Next up:

One of the biggest races in the Northwest is set to run Sunday, August 1^st and Monday ,August 2^nd at the Terrace regional airport. Hot August Nites, part of the riverboat days weekend, will feature “Nitro Mike” and his Wheel-standing PT Cruiser “Walking Tall”. There will also be a “Quick 8” for the fast cars. More to follow next week in my column.

Rent a wreck: Doug Ribero’s dragster met an unfortunate end during the Kitimat Hill Climb held during Canada Day Weekend

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By Ed Evans

Daily News

Hard working crews and the search for traction was the call on the weekend, as the 2^nd Annual Kitimat Hill Climb was run. In cold overcast weather, sixty plus cars lined up for the run up Haisla hill last Saturday.

The cold weather did cause traction problems for some of the cars. Doug Ribero lost control of his yellow Chevy II just coming off of the sticky track-bite at the 60 foot beams. As his car started to head across the centre-line, Ribero took his foot out of it and cranked the wheel over to the left, to avoid going into the other lane as he was headed for Paul Soares. This unloaded his chassis and the combination made the car turn left and run head on into the logs lining the track. Major damage was done to the front end of the car, but all of the safety equipment worked and Ribero only suffered a bruised ego. “ I dreamed this was going to happen” Ribero quipped, “but why don’t any of my other dreams come true?” Ribero commented that he now has three years to re-build the Chevy II for his son, who is now running a Jr Dragster. Ribero said that he will now get building the altered project that he has been working on.

Racing continued almost through the second round of time trials, but rain ended the day before the ‘A’ Class could get a second run. It was decided, after a drivers meeting and a vote, to start again the next morning.

Sunday the skies were blue as the cars made the ride up the hill to the pits. The weather stayed hot and clear as the time trials continued and a full race was run.

Hometown boy Pierre Amado, was the car to beat, racing up that short 400 feet. Saturday, his orange Challenger beat his brother’s Demon on a time trial run. This seemed to fire up Pierre on Sunday. With hard launches and great shifting, he mowed down the opposition heading for the finals.

Prince Rupert’s Terry Frizzell in his 1966 front engined rail, had a similar day taking out Snuffy and his blown small block pickup and Kitimat’s Harley Bell in his Valiant in the Semi Finals.

Meeting Amado in the “Bracket A” finals, Frizzell red lit. Amado had a perfect light though (.500 second reaction time is a perfect light, any faster is a red-light and an automatic disqualification) on his way to winning “A” class.

The “King of the Hill” is the race between “Bracket A” winner, “Bracket B” winner and winner of “Bikes & Sleds”. “King of the Hill” winners get their name on the trophy, a plaque and $200.00. Amado then took out “Bracket B” winner Greg Adams and “Bikes & Sleds” winner Shawn Enmark to win his first ever “King of the Hill”

A hand must go out to race organizers and volunteers who put up and tore down the race twice in two days. A great event was held thanks to all of their hard work.

Winners

Bikes & Sleds:
1st: Shawn Enmark
2nd: John Symes
3rd: Lanny Cartie

Bracket A:
1st: Pierre Amado
2nd: Terry Frizzell
3rd: Harley Bell

Bracket B:
1st: Greg Adams
2nd: Ed Hall
3rd: John Stelmacker

Juniors:
1st: Lou Ribeiro
2nd: Chris Cook
3rd: Delaney Ribeiro

King of the Hill: Pierre Amado

Perfect Reaction Time: Pierre Amado

This will be my final column, as you know the Daily News will be printing it’s final edition soon. I would like to thank all the readers who followed my ramblings throughout the years. All of your comments were and still are greatly appreciated. You can still read my new columns and photo’s on the website: www.prautoclub.com.

Don’t forget there are still races and car shows going on in the Northwest. So if you love cars please support the events.

Next Up:

• The First Ever 1/8 mile race at the Vanderhoof Airport July 16, 17 & 18^th with a dance at the arena to follow Saturdays racing.
• The ever popular “Hot August Nights race”, part of The Terrace Riverboat Days celebration, will run Sunday and Monday August 1^st and 2^nd.
• The Terrace Riverboat Days Car show At the Terrace arena Saturday July 31^st
• The 14^th Annual Houston Drags will be running, with both 1/8 and ¼ mile racing, August 20^th, 21^st and 22^nd . Feature vehicle is the 12 second Kenworth, “Smokin’ Gun”.
• Wrapping up the season in Terrace will be August 28^th and 29^th , with “Bike Wars”
• September 4^th and 5^th has been set aside in Terrace for “rain out days”.

For more information check out the websites:

www.prautoclub.com, www.terracedrags.ca, www.houstondrags.ca, www.skeenavalleycruizers.com

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Straight Up The Hill: Terry Frizzell and his 1966 dragster and Pierre Amado race up the hill in the finals in “A” class, but Amado had a perfect light in his win over Frizzell

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Cars line up for the First annual “Dave Saunders Memorial Hill Climb” last year

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By Ed Evans

The Daily News

In years past, July 1^st was a great time for car enthusiasts. In the late 70′s, again in the late 80′s through the 90′s, July 1^st meant it was time to make a trip to Kitimat. We would take in the Car Show in the Tamitik arena and watch, sitting on the grassy embankment, the only Drag Race in the Northwest, the “Kitimat Hill Climb”.Even to this day when talking with racers in Ashcroft, Prince George or even Grande Prairie Alberta and when you mention where you are from, they still ask about the “Kitimat Hill Climb”.

Last year, the 3^rd resurrection of the race up Haisla Hill was unveiled, the “Dave Saunders Memorial Hill Climb” is a 400 foot run up the hill.

Originally a ¼ mile race in the 70′s, then reduced to a 1/8

mile in the 80′s, the resurrected race is now 400 foot dash. This is due to the increasing speeds of the cars. In the 70′s the fastest cars were 13 to 14 seconds in the quarter mile. Back then, Prince Rupert’s Hans Andreeson, in his Hemi powered Pinto, the “Rupert Elephant”, set the ¼ mile bar at a seemingly unreachable 12 flat….uphill!

Street cars now regularly run in the 12 and 13 second range, drag cars run in the 9 and 10 second range and fast race cars can run between 6 to 8 seconds in the ¼ mile. The hill was not made for these speeds and was always a slippery surface.

Last year 80 plus racers and 2000 plus fans descended on the Haisla hill to be the first winner of the new race. A great time was had and this year organizers hope to break those numbers.

July 1^st will start off with a Parade and the Kitimat Car show, which will be from 1pm to 4pm, in the Tamitik Arena. Racing will be on Saturday July 3^rd, with a rain-out day scheduled for Sunday July 4th. Time trials are at 10 am with eliminations at 1pm. The Tech inspection will be at the Mountainview square, which is located just past the DQ, between 8 am and 9:30 am. New rules for this year include :

There will be no quads allowed. Drag bikes, street bikes, sled’s and dirt bike will be allowed, but dirt bike’s must have a street tire on the rear… NO NOBBIES ALLOWED!!

The price to sit in the grass and watch, the street race that started it all, is…..Nothing, it’s Free! So don’t miss out on this annual race, come and see who will be this years “ King Of Haisla Hill”. See you there.

For more information or to see photo’s of the last or even past years Kitimat Hill Climb, Check out the Website www.prautoclub.com .

Tearing up the Track:

Bruce Daum in his corvette, races Wade Barnett in his Altered, up Haisla Hill in 2009

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Poppin a Wheelie: Chris Barnett in his Altered was yanking his tires trying out some new fuel on the weekend at the Terrace Drags.

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By Ed Evans

Prince Rupert Daily News

With drag races Saturday and Sunday and a Fathers Day Show and Shine on Sunday, Terrace was the place to be last weekend. There was even a Car Show at the Drag race Sunday.

Drag racing had a perfect weekend, with hot weather and no sign of precipitation. Saturday 53 cars, bikes and sleds ran off for the ‘King of the YXT’, with Shawn Enmark and his sled outrunning the rest of the pack, to take home first Place.

Bruce Daum and his Corvette took home ‘Gamblers’ and Lou Ribeiro was the ‘Junior King of the YXT’.

Sunday’s action was hot and heavy with 60 plus cars in the running.

‘Super Pro’ winner was Paul Amado, in his Demon, running down Chris Barnett and his Altered for First place.

In ‘Pro’ Harley Bell took out Chris Bie in the finals. Bie, was running two classes in two different cars. Bie in his Chevelle ‘Rumble Bee’, was eliminated in ‘Super pro’ earlier,but he held on until the finals in ‘Pro’ in his Acadian.

Dwayne Adams, in his new Chevelle, took home third place in ‘Pro’. Adams was running his first race in several years, after his previous car was crushed, when the roof to his shop collapsed due to heavy snow.

In ‘Junior’ Tanner Daum took out the other Ribeiro in the Junior dragster class, Delaney Ribeiro, for his first place win.

In Sled/Bike It was an Enmark class as Kevin was took home first and Shawn took home second in the all sled final.

Just before the finals were run on Sunday, the track was visited by 50 cars from the Skeena Valley Cruizers Car Show . Parading down the track and return road, they lined up on the grass for a show. ‘Best of Show’ was Bernie Duarte and his 50′s pickup.

In the show was a 40′s Ford custom. Fresh from the Barrett-Jackson auction was Alice Coopers car ‘Billion Dollar Baby’. The swoopy custom was painted in Metallic Green paint and sported burning dollar flames.

Saturday’s Results

King of the YXT – Shawn Enmark

Junior King of the YXT – Lou Ribeiro

Gambler Race – Bruce Daum

Sunday Results

Dave Kester Memorial for Perfect Light – Mike Weinhardt

Pro

1st – Harley Bell

2nd – Chris Bie

3rd – Dwayne Adams

Super Pro

1st – Paul Amado

2nd – Chris Barnett

3rd – Clint Dalla Vecchia

Junior

1st – Tanner Daum

2nd – Delaney Ribeiro

3rd – Chris Cook

Sled/Bike

1st – Kevin Enmark

2nd – Shawn Enmark

3rd – John Symes

Skeena Valley Cruizers Car Show Parade

Best of Show – Bernie Duarte

Next up:

Kitimat takes the stage Thursday July 1^st with the annual Car Show in the Tamitik Arena.

Saturday July 3^rd the second annual Kitimat Memorial Hill Climb will run up the Haisla Hill . Look in Wednesday’s Daily News for a preview.

Nice Ride: Fresh from the Barrett-Jackson auction, this sleek custom was built for Alice Cooper

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