Cool weather paved the way for amazing race action at the 15th Annual Buy.Sell.Ride GM Showdown event. A special thank you to the Goat Herd GTO Club of Oregon for helping out and promoting a great car show, which showcased many spectacular vehicles. Drag racing winners for the day were Kevin Petersen (Super Pro), Rich [...]
Day two of the Sunbelt Rentals & Bi-Mart 38th Annual Rose Festival Drags read much like day one. Excitement, passion, heartbreak and breakthroughs dominated the day. When the dust finally settled, Paul New (Pro Nostalgia), Danny Wargnier (Top Comp), Dale Hrenko (Super Comp), Gene Heaton (Super Gas), Tommy Gaynor (Stock/Super Stock), Devon Hilton [...]
The Saturday edition of the Sunbelt Rentals & Bi-Mart 38th Annual Rose Festival Drags produced electrifying speeds and dynamically close drag racing. In the end, wins were scored by Gary Palmateer (Super Pro), Dave Bronec (Pro), Gordon Cady Jr (Sportsman), Gary Tokos (Motorcycle), and Emmett McKillop (Super Comp). However, this was simply day one, as [...]
Volkswagens were a plenty at the 28th Annual Northwest VW Bug Run. Individual winners were Ron Dubey (Pro), Mike Canon (Sportsman), and Bernd Arndt (Run Tuff). In addition to these classes the wildly popular burnout contest was held featuring six contestants, with Laura Horton claiming top honors and youngster Jeremy earning second. [...]
The third running of the Import Face-Off showcased sweet drag racing, great spectator attendance, and epic drag racing. Winners for the day were James Kempf (Forced Induction Pro), Shannon Hamlin (Forced Induction Sport), Stan Yevenko (All Motor Sport), and Brett Dewar (Bracket). The racers provided some amazingly close racing action, as well as some spectacular [...]
May 25th was an excellent reminder to all that the weather personal are not perfect at their job, as nobody is. After frightening rains on Friday, there was absolutely no rain recorded here, which allowed event champions to be crowned in the name of Mike Canon (Volkswagen Showdown), Leng Xiong (Sport Compact Pro), Bud Kuhns [...]
The Sunday edition of the 40th Annual Baxter Auto Parts & Bi-Mart Season Opener brought to us spectacular weather as well as neck-and-neck racing action. With Saturday’s actions succumbing to rain, the skies were blue on Sunday. Through the smoke came wins by Todd Swinford (BB/Funny Car), Troy Owens (AA/Supercharged), Sadie Floyd (Super Pro), Thomas [...]
A marvelous May 5th was had by all, as with warm weather and a cool breeze winners were crowned in the Sunoco Race Fuels ET Series, Napa Auto Parts Jr Drag Racing Series, Super Shifters, Pick-Up, and High School classes. Namely, Roger Weddle (Super Pro) Thomas Jackson III (Pro), Jerry Durant Jr (Sportsman), Cheyanne Helvey [...]
May 4th featured the Nostalgia Hot Rod Series’ second point’s event, as well as the third for the Napa Auto Parts Jr Drag Racing Series. After a great day of side-by-side racing, the dust settled to award winners Gary Palmateer (Top Gas), Norman Lemly (Hot Rod I), Gregg Heriford (Street Machine I), Mark Tabert [...]
Jaw-Dropping Racing Action. It has come to be the norm here at Woodburn Dragstrip, and April 29th was no difference as we saw victories by Mike McManus (Super Pro), Dave Bronec (Pro), Jim Lamkin (Sportsman), Bryce Moilanen (Run Tuff), and John Plaster (Harley Eliminator). Temperatures started off cool in the morning with a [...]
