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NIGHT OF FIRE IS TONIGHT!

Driving Directions to the Night of Fire:
The Night of Fire takes place in the Salem Evangelical Event Center parking lot across from Applebee's on Liberty Street near the Salem Parkway, just south of the North Salem Fred Meyer store and one block north of Pine Street.

For folks out of town: Take the Salem Parkway exit off of I-5 follow it past Fred Meyer to Hickory Street, just past Applebees. Take a right on Hickory and you will see the event to your left on Liberty.

Event Hours:
Gates open at 2PM and continues until dark (approximately 9 PM) The Ring of Fire happends at 8:30

Admission and Car Exhibitor Information:
Admission is free for spectators!

Car Exhibitors: It's only $10.00 to display a car, or the fire package for $20.00 which includes a t-shirt and 10 raffle tickets. There is no pre-paid or advance registration just show up starting at noon. All entries recieve a dash plaque.

Contact: call 503-370-9164

Dragster fire up at last year's show! The seat is rented out for the start up to raise money!

Looking for some fun on Friday, September 3? Then kick off your Labor Day Weekend by attending the Night of Fire Benefit Car Show! It's a spectacular family event, the circus of all car shows and with Ed 'the Outlaw" Jones, one of the biggest showmen in racing coming to this year's Night of Fire, it's sure to be the biggest event yet! Ed Jones is coming all the way from Canada to be a part of the Night of Fire. Watch Ed do a spectacular fire show see the coach shoot out 20 foot flames after dark! And the weather? It looks perfect for this Salem Summer tradition!

In addition to Jones, race fans will experience the only Top Fuel Dragster to be fired up in the state of Oregon this year as Dean Alexander will be in the house making a special trip here, all the way from from Spokane. And just added is the brand new High Bucks funny car driven by Russ Parker. They will join the Capitol Auto Group Race Team in one of the biggest gathering of race cars found any where other than a race track.

You want a celebrity? how about Hot Saw Bill from the popular History Channel show the Ax Men? Bill will be on hand with his V-8 engine, two-man chain saw and saw logs in seconds!

On top of all that there will be hundreds of the best muscle cars, street rods, hot rods and race cars from around the state! Plus, activities for the kids including an inflatable and face painting! New this year is a car bash and engine blow up but there is more! The National Guard is bringing in several attractions, including a Climbing wall and a bungie attraction. Plus there will be the usual vender booths and concessions provided by our friends at Adam's Rib Smokehouse.

Please note: Admission is free and there is no charge for parking but concessions such as food and drinks are not free. Go carts will not be at the event as mentioned in earlier press releases do to insurance liability concerns. Everything else as advertised will be there and more.

The Patriot Dragster Just Added!
Just added is one of the area's hottest new six second blown alcohol dragsters...THE PATRIOT! The Patriot is tearing up the track this summer and has a spectacular paint job done by it's owner Garry Fauble. It will be in the ring of fire and fired up along with all four blown cars including a Top Fuel er at once! This you will have to see to believe!

A New Look!
This year the event has a whole new layout with more attractions. Now we can accommodate late participants as the fire show has moved on the property and later street rod arrivals can be displayed on the closed street bridging the kids area with the main lot. At the end of the night there will be a big surprise in addition to Ed Jones wheelstander as we bring back the Ring of Fire!

Wheelie Wagon and Cackle Car Just added!
Just added is Rick Klampe's newly restored front engine dragster that will do a push start Cacklefest just prior to Ed Jone's fire show. Also just added is the motorcycle wheelie wagon simulator where spectators and can climb on a motorcycle that does a wheelie.

Ed Jones from Idaho is coming down from a race in Canada with his Stage Coach
Wheelstander which will do a fire show at dark!


Dean Alexander will be bringing his Top Fuel Dragster down from Spokane for the only Top Fuel Dragster fire up In the entire state of Oregon this year!

Night of Fire to Benefit Guard's Emergency Relief Fund
This year's Night of Fire benefits the National Guard's Emergency Relief Fund. The Emergency Relief Fund receives their funding from donations only and distributes money to Oregon families with a spouse that is serving overseas that needs help with household emergencies. 100 percent of what is taken in goes directly to emergency requests as there are no administrative costs involved.

Soldiers in the National Guard sacrifice a lot....some times they pay the ultimate price: their lives, so we can have the freedom to peruse our dreams and aspirations. The National Guard's emergency relief fund takes care of the soldier's needs at home while he or she is deployed overseas. It came to my attention last night that the fund is down to only $400.00! That's about the cost of one hot water heater. Now you have the chance to help while having fun at the same time by coming to the Night of Fire!

While at the Night of Fire, eat at Adam's Ribs as 100 percent of their proceeds will go to the National Guard's emergency relief fund, or enter a car, or simply buy a raffle ticket. This is a community carnival and between all of us we can have a blast while helping to refill the fund so these deserving families get the assistance they need.

Ed "The Outlaw" Jones Headlines Show
Ed "The Outlaw" Jones is headlining the 2010 Night of Fire benefit car show. Ed is the biggest attraction in the wheelstanding exhibition business. His familiar Jelly Belly sponsored stage coach and fire truck have been thrilling and delighting audiences everywhere. As the photo above illustrates, Ed does a wild fire show that is a little bit different but just as spectacular as the jet cars. Ed is a great showman, a real pro and is sure to entertain everyone who attends this annual spectacle.

The idea to book the famed Candyland Stage came to us last year when we needed a replacement for the jet car that had crashed the weekend prior to the car show. Ed was already booked at the time but luckily Twig Zeigler and Greg Lawrence were both able to fill in at the last minute. So, it was our goal to bring in Ed this year with more advanced notice. Ed is from the Boise area and will swing through Salem via back-to-back dates in Canada and Denver.

AIR CAT Donates Tools for Auction Valued at $2,000!
AIR CAT, a Spokane based company that makes high quality pneumatic tools is making a sizable donation of tools and t-shirts to the Night of Fire benefit car show. The tools are valued at over $2,000. Thanks to Dean Alexander and John Foster at AIR CAT for making this all possible. Check out AIR CAT's quality line of tools at www.aircat.com/

New York Movie Crew Coming to the Event!
A crew from New York is coming to follow Critter of the Highwallers club around the event for a possible HBO film.

The Stereo Store is Donating a Car Stereo!
Brent Hunter and the great folks at the Stereo Store in Albany are donating a car stereo for the silent auction.

Macco is Donating a Paint Job!
Mike at the Salem Macco Auto Body and Paint Works is donating a complete paint job that includes up to six hours of body work and prep for the silent auction! A big thumbs up to both Macco and The Stereo Store for these big ticket items.

Stith Printing Steps Up!
One of Southern California's premier t-shirt printers and design firms, Stith Printing has sent up a box full of motorsports t-shirts to give away at the event.

Woodburn Rotery to Sell Discount Fall Classis Tickes!
The Woodburn Rotery will be selling discount tickets at the Night of Fire for the Fall Classic. Buy your at the Night of Fire save 5.00 while helping the Rotery.

Jerry Freu to Sell Rare Diecast Cars!
Our old friend Jerry Freu will set up a giant tent at the Night of Fire. It will be full of the best and most rare diecast cars found anywhere. When you come to the Night of Fire don't forget to stop by Jerry's.

David G is coming to Town!
David G will have a booth at the Night of Fire. David does great muscle car art and is a must stop at the Night of Fire.

Nice weather means Ice Cream!
Move over Dennis the Menace and Dairy Queen! There's a new Dennis selling ice cream in town! And he'll be at the Night of Fire with two ice cream trucks! One will be located in the kids area and the other in the main vendor area.

Please Give to the 1430 Fund
By giving $14.30 to the 1430 fund, you will help in providing postage so that boxes full of donated personal items for our troops can make it to Afghanistan and Iraq. This goes along with our Night of Fire theme this year. The 1430 Fund was established by Lisa Zelinski at 1430 KYKN. This will be Lisa's second drive as the first one went well but the cost of shipping was more than anyone ever expected! So this time around she is asking for your help.

Checks in the amount of $14.30 can be made out to KYKN and sent to:
1430 Fund c/o
KYKN
PO Box 1430
Salem, Oregon 97308

Cap Racing News

Christmas Parade Canceled

Due to a lack of funding, this year's Festival of Lights Holiday Parade has been canceled. It is the hope of the organizers that the parade will return in 2011. This is a big blow for sure as the parade was a great Salem event that everyone looked forward to year after year and one that the Capitol Auto Group Racing team has been involved with for over ten years.

One has to wonder why it costs so much to stage a parade. But beyond that, they have been doing it the same way for years and its been a success rain or shine, so they did lots of things right and their hard word to make it possible is appreciated. Puting on an event like that is harder than it looks.

Top Fuel Privateer Ray Salter Passes



Some very sad news out of the Seattle area. Ray Salter, one of those rare brave souls who not only dreamed of going Top Fuel racing but actually made it happen, passed away this past Sunday at his home near Renton. Mr. Salter died from complications related to diabetes and had been ill for a while. Mr. Salter owned the Chuck Pinney tuned Quality Rock - Roadstar Truck Parts entry that was once the subject of our Dragsterfest feature. Mr. Salter, a purveyor in trucks parts, indeed had a short stint in Top Fuel but had the good fortune of getting "240 Gordie" Bonin to drive the car at major events in both Seattle and Spokane.

These Stones are not from Britain

After doing a great event at the Blue Moon on Saturday night where I slipped off the trailer ramp door when my attention was diverted to a commotion across the way, I woke up the following morning pretty sore. I didn't think much of it other than blaming it on the fall which caused a deep cut on my arm. At about 8:30 on Sunday morning I started experiencing extreme pain. Big time pain, around my right abdomen.

All day the pains came and went usually lasting 30 minutes or more. I began to debate whether or not I should go to the doctor but since it was Sunday I had no option but to go to the hospital. Visions of waiting in the lobby for two hours convinced me not to go, so I went to google instead and typed in my symptoms. One of the web pages I went to spelled it out clearly: GO TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT AWAY. Another said: CALL 911. Well even that didn't phase me other than I made a prediction I wouldn't last in this condition before day's end. But then I'd be felling better again before another attack would start. In addition, we had dinner plans with my mom who turned 80 that day.

After about the fifth attack I finally had enough realizing I wouldn't make a very good dinner guest and asked my wife Susan to take me to the hospital. I didn't know when I'd be back home nor did I care. Being a hypochondriac, I have to admit not knowing what was wrong with me worried me - which was one of the reasons why I stalled going in. Those one hour pain-free windows gave me hope that the pain was over and I could just chalk it up to a bad meal. I figured that if I go to the hospital I might get some news that could change my life forever or predict my demise. Also, don't forget the study about all the infections you can pick up at the hospital! I know, excuses, excuses.

But, I knew I couldn't go on like this any longer. To my amazement when I reached the hospital ER I was taken in right away and at the same time the pain really began to flair up. I was finally given an IV and all of the sudden I felt like new again. OK, lets go home.

Not so fast. After a CAT scan, along with some other procedures I was given the news. I have a kidney stone the size of a grain of rice. A kidney stone the size of a grain of rice are you kidding me? That little thing is causing this much pain? Yep! I was told that kidney stones are equal in pain to child birth. I don't believe it but on the other hand how much more painful can child birth be? This was very painful and all I can say is that it was a good thing the stone didn't appear last week while I was on vacation!

I'd rather not have stone but I'll take this diagnosis any day over what it could have been. So a stone it is. It's definitely hell when the pain comes and I'm not through it yet. Speaking of that, here comes another attack. See you around.

-Rich Bailey




Very Busy September On Tap for Race Team

Traditionally, August is a slow month for the Capitol team but to make up for the downtime, an action packed September awaits which including the Night of Fire, September 3, the Oregon State Fair, September 4-6, the Fall Classic race at Woodburn, September 11-12, then the team will be competing on the road at the final Top Eliminator West race of the year in Sonoma CA, September 17 and 18 before racing at the final NHRA Division 6 event of the year in Medford. Then as we go into October, the dragster will be displayed at the Stereo Store on October 2.

Top Eliminator West Coming North?

In this economy, race teams, tracks and associations must do what they can to survive until things turn around. The door is open to expand the Top Eliminator West series to an all West Coast association with a north and south division.

The idea is in the rough stages right now but basically the thought is that there could be three races in the Northwest and three races in the southwest with an additional two races in Medford for a total of eight races. Teams could claim a total of six races for the championship. That way the existing cars in the south still wouldn't have to travel all the way north if they couldn't afford too and still run the same amount of races they are now. For the cars based in the north, they wouldn't have to run the events in the south unless they elected to do so. This is where the Medford races being the wild card events would come into play as the track is largely midway for both the north and the south divisions and likely could be the most important races to accumulate points.

Again, this is being kicked around at this time and a decision to go forward or not will be made after the final Top Eliminator race of the year to held September 18 and 19 at Infinion Raceway in Sonoma CA. This season TEW races have been staged in Redding, Sacramento, Medford and Sonoma.

Cap Racing Blog
Hollywood, the Ghost of Orange County, and the Distractions



For the first time in several years I took the family on a much needed vacation. Our destination? Southern California. We did our best to rescue California from it's economic problems and I think we did a good job of that. It was a great vacation as we began our trip in Hollywood. We walked around the tar pits before ending up on Rodeo Drive. There were a lot of people walking around the high rent district but nobody was buying anything or even going into the stores. One of those stores won't even let you inside unless you are a celebrity. No matter what those in Beverly Hills and Belair are telling you about conserving and watching your carbon footprint, they are still living high on the hog, living like there is no end to the party. Trust me on that.

We took one of those Hollywood tours which proved that and also saw one of those red carpet premiers for the new movie titled "Lottery Ticket". There was a big line of black SUVs and limos dropping celebs off in front of the Chinese Theater. It was pretty glitzy with lights, baracades and cameras everywhere. The whole scene is a cottage industry dedicated to the celebrity culture.

But once it got dark some of the shops east of the Kodak Theater began to close and down came the garage doors, grffiti and all, symbolizing the imitation of life that is Hollywood. The whole environment changed to seedy as tourists began to disappear and in their place were some scary folks doing drugs right on Hollywood Blvd. We couldn't get to our car quick enough which was several blocks east of where we shouldn't be. Beverly Hills are for those who made it. Hollywood are for those who didn't.

Aside from the rock band Rush playing in town, I wanted to see Tony Clifton, an obnoxious and ridulous night club act thought up by the late Andy Kauffman down on the Sunset Strip but this was a family vacation and we had the kids with us so that wasn't going to happen.

After Hollywood, it was off to Disneyland for two days. It was enjoyable but also amazing how long people will wait in line to ride Space Mountain as the wait time was 85 minutes. But most of the lines we waited in were not too bad in comparison. And here's a hint for those in the Theme Park business: YOU WILL SELL A LOT MORE FOOD AND BEVERAGES IF YOU YOU SELL THEM FOR LESS THAN DOUBLE THE PRICE! On top of the Magic Kingdom, Disney has a spectacular water show that's a must see attraction over in the California Adventure.

Then at about 11:00 PM on Saturday night we took the 5 to San Diego. It was a beautiful late night drive as we had KLOS 95.5 blasting in the background. As we were driving down the Interstate, Hotel California came over the airwaves then as we passed the Sand Canyon Exit, Ballroom blitz came on. Sand Canyon is the exit you would once take to get to Orange County International Raceway which paralleled the freeway from the mid 60's to the mid 80's before the land owner made it into an office park.

Suddenly I had this feeling that I was back in time. This would have been a prime August night for a big 64 Funny Car race, the PDA Championships or even a Fox Hunt event at OCIR. I thought for just a minute when I was riding with my parents back in 1975 and that same song, Ballroom Blitz came on the radio when it was a top hit and we were passed on the freeway by 240 Gordie Bonin's Bubble Up Pacemaker rig heading for a race some place. For just a second I could see the Blue Max and Hawaiian idling side by side with flames dancing in and out of the zoomies under the OCIR lights, just a few hundred feet from where we were now driving. How I wish OCIR was sill there. How I wish I was taking that Sand Canyon Exit to see one of those great events that OCIR was known for.

OCIR was in my opinion the anchor that made drag racing a popular sport in the 1970's. It was the engine that generated so many stories and cover shots in Hot Rod and Car Craft. It's where movies and TV shows were filmed. It's location had to be what got Revell and Hot Wheels interested in marketing drag racing. More importantly, OCIR fueled the industry with near by chassis shops, paint shops and engine component manufactures.

OCIR was drag racing's Mecca as it provided year round racing and it's lucrative payouts and guaranteed apearance money kept nitro teams in business. Names like McCulloch, Densham, Force, Prudhomme, McEwan, Leong, Gunn, Dunn and Lombardo, sponsors or not, all succeeded largely because of the presence of OCIR. But it's long gone and when it died drag racing as we once knew it died. The sport survived and in some ways became more professional. But that circus that we all enjoyed in LA, the Bay Area, Portland and Seattle went away forever. Now all we have are the memories. Driving by the former site of what started it all gave me a feeling of nostalgia and euphoria that I have not had in a very long time. It was a great feeling until reality set in.

We continued on to San Diego, Coronado and Sea World before heading back up to LA and Knott's Berry Farm. Then at the end of the trip a strange thing happened. I dropped off the rental car and this guy was unloading bags from his rental car and he looked familiar to me. Then I thought that's not the drummer from Johnny and the Distractions is it? No couldn't be. So I started quietly singing the words to the song Octane Twilight. You know the song "Put your feet on the Dashboard, turn on the headlights". Well, sure enough the guy walks over and says "Excuse me but what song were you just signing? I said Octane Twilight by Johnny and the Distractions". Well I was right it was Kevin Jarvis the drummer and he was blown away at what had just happened. We had a great conversation and I'm hoping we might be able to get him out to the track at some point. It was a fitting end to a great vacation. (OCIR photo by NHRA)

-Rich Bailey

To Read our Johnny and the Distractions Tribute Page go Here

OCIR Tribute Web Site Here

 

THUNDER IN THE PIPES: #5
Problem solved, we now have 32 FUNNY CARS!

By Jim Rockstad

Here comes Jack Slawik towing an open trailer with an incomplete funny car aboard, with just a bare chassis along with a fiberglass body mounted on it.

What a way to get out of this pinch! Not exactly our best move but we were forced to do this……our only move.

Boy, did Slawik ever save us from a “giant egg-on-the-face” embarrassing moment (or maybe a whole lot worse than that). With the giant crowd there that night, (maybe they were there just to count the cars), it would have been more folks potentially ready to cause a stir. This trauma was all self-inflicted with a missing funny car. And now, low and behold, here comes a fill-in. What a blessing that was!

Dale Van Gundy and his Quarter Pounder was a 32 Funny Car regular

Until you have been a promoter when things go awry at a drag strip….well, it just ain’t too much fun going through that scenario. The old stomach goes into a giant cramp as you await the potential insanity that could take place. At the time, all you can think of is, “Why in the world do I do this for a living, anyway?”

The entire race crew was cheering loudly when Slawik and the trailer came rolling through the gates with less than an hour to go before the fire-up. It was a magnificent sight. Although the car on the trailer was an unpainted body bolted to an “almost complete” chassis, it was a just what was needed. The pressure was off as Slawik displayed that new funny car right there in the pits at PIR. Whew!

What was also interesting, that evening at PIR, was the huge crowd that gathered near the display of the incomplete funny car on the trailer. Just maybe this was the beginning of vendor displays in the pits at drag races. It sure was popular for race fans to see a funny car in its’ early stages of construction.

This whole story took place back in the early 70’s when the “cash back, cash back” shouting was commonplace by a massive, unruly crowd which would take place at local rock concerts when they were less than sterling entertainment. The unrest easily could have existed that night in Portland and solving it to cover the error was of utmost importance. Who knew what could have happened if some disgruntled folks would have come unraveled by the lack of the “guaranteed 32 funny cars”. The best plan was to never find out, just simply correct the number of cars.

At the time, we could all imagine the “double cash back” slogan would have been tied to PIR for many years to come. Once the first motor was lit up that night for the pre-race fire-up, it was all history.

Deep down you say to yourself, let’s see “what did those Doner radio ads say anyway, eh?”

By the way, those ads brought the biggest crowd ever for 32 funny cars at PIR that year……as always, that sly and crafty ‘ole Doner knew what he was doing the whole time!!

Thunder in the pipes: Rain on the plain (racing surface) causes pain in this sport.

View related stories from the 32 funny car series here

Racing News

Race Teams Wrestle with New Brake Rule

Low buck Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car racers are suddenly experiencing sticker shock when a new carbon fiber brake rule was implemented mid season by the NHRA. The brakes cost up to $8,000 for all four wheels and have already put the "brakes" on several team's plans to finish the season and some racers are talking about parking their cars permanently.

Top alcohol racing isn't getting any cheaper and with the economy continuing to slide this will be the last straw for some. Top alcohol entries into this weekend's national event in Brainard could get down to single digest. If this rule effects the Advanced ET classes such as Top Dragster, the Capitol team would have to make some difficult choices as well. Right now it appears that the rule change is only for the Top Alcohol classes.

The rule change is due to the Mark Niver death that occurred in Seattle. Obviously, you can't put a price on one's life and getting a car stopped is the number one priority. But at some point the sport become unaffordable to all and we have lost close to half of the cars in the top alcohol classes already.

Capitol Racing News

Tim O'Reilly to Replace Chris Walertson

Tim O'Reilly will replace Chris Walertson on the Capitol Auto Group Race Team. Chris took a job out of state so it was necessary to add a new crew member.

For Tim it will be a learning experience but he has been around the sport long enough to get on top of things quickly. He indicated earlier this year that he wanted to come on board but there were no openings at that time. Tim is a talented guy and has the desire which is fifty percent of what's needed to be successful.

Tim is employed by PGE and resides in the Portland area. I was introduced to him about five years ago by Gordie Bonin who knew us both growing up as drag racing want-to-be's hanging over the ropes at the track. After sitting down to dinner one night after the nationals it was clear that Tim and I have a lot in common. I have discovered that racing is always more fun when your friends are there helping you. I have learned that with both our crew chief Brent Sanford and crew member Brian Walburn.

When I got into this gig, I was told by Doug Donkell, the guy I bought my first car from that one of the hardest parts of drag racing is keeping the band together. No truer words have been spoken and we had a very good "band" for the past couple of years but things can change overnight and when it does you have to adapt to those changes. We have to do what ever is necessary to the program rolling in the right direction. I'm sure Tim will out work well for us and will get a long great with everyone.

-Rich Bailey

The Rocketeer is a Popular Attraction at the Hot August Flights Show at Airport

The Capitol Auto Group 'Rocketeer" Dragster was on display at the "Hot August Flights" Air and Car Show on August 7th at the Salem Airport. The car was a magnet and attracted a large number of young families throughout the event and there was very little time when the car was not being looked over or photographed as it was a constant flow of people all day. It was one of the better shows we have attended this summer and was the perfect venue to allow the kids to sit in the car, sign pictures and promote the upcoming Night of Fire, on September 3.

There was a great turnout of spectators, cars and plains but it was getting a little hot around mid afternoon on the apron where the car and transporter was located. Still, it was a great show. Thanks to Kris Cary and her son Patrick for their help in making this special appearance possible.

DragsterFest! Today's Subject: Joe Gibbs
We are taking a break from Dragsterfest until after the Night of Fire

From time to time we like to open up the scrap book to take a look at some of the cars we use to love watching from the grandstands and in Jim's case from the tower! Some of these guys are the best most professional drivers ever to race the quarter mile while others are some of the roughest, craziest characters found in drag racing and would risk jail time just to keep racing. Which ones? You decide! Rich Bailey has to search the memory bank on some of these but usually remembers something notable. The cars will change frequently so please visit the site often to see who's next....we don't even know.

Don't look now but guess who hit the big time? When McDonalds, Joe Gibbs, the New York Yankees and several other big names entered drag racing it appeared that the sport changed forever and it did for a while. NHRA was no longer forced to hang it's hat on home grown stars like Prudhomme, Garlits and Muldowney. Rather the sport was able to flourish and reach professional sports status on it's own. NHRA became a property that was attractive to Madison Avenue just as NASCAR was. For a while the sport was ranked number two in popularity and the pits were paved with gold.

It was very impressive for several years until the bottom of the economy dropped out and with it the sponsors that were responsible for growing the sport and the unlimited budgets the teams seemed to have. Joe Gibbs, a former Washington Redskins coach and NASCAR owner spent five years in the sport of drag racing with a three car team but by the time he got out his multi-car team was reduced to one, a top fuel dragster driven by Cory Mac. Now a decade later the gaines that were made in NHRA's corporate world during the late 1990's are mostly gone and reportably next year will be an even more challenging year with fewer national sponsors willing to invest in million dollar professional drag racing. This photo taken by Rich Bailey say it all.

Dragsterfest Gallery Now Open!
See cars profiles now at www.capracing.com/fest.html


DragsterFest!
1. "Gentleman Hank" Johnson, Top Fuel, Marysville WA
2. Joey Severence, Pro Comp, Prineville OR
3. Rob Bruins & Gaines Markley, Top Fuel, Federal Way WA
4. Graham Light, Top Fuel, Edmonton Alberta
5. Ray Salter & Chuck Pinney, Top Fuel, Kent WA
6. Jerry Goddard, Pro Comp, Olympia WA
7. Gary Omlin and Dean Alexander, Top Fuel, Quinsey WA
8. Ernie Hall, Top Fuel, Cornelius OR
9. Kim Parker Top Alcohol , Graham WA
10. Craig Smith, Top Fuel, Othello WA
11. Kenny and Brandon Bernstien, Top Fuel, Newport Beach CA
12. Danakus, Graham, and Lee, Top Fuel, San Bernadino CA
13. Terry Capp, Top Fuel Edmonton Alberta Canada
14, Joe Amato, Top Fuel, Old Forge PA
15. Gordie Bonin, Top Fuel, Edmonton, Canada
16. Eddie Hill, Top Fuel, Houston, Texas
17. Frank Bradley, Santa Rosa, CA
18. Hansen Bros. Top Alcohol, Seattle WA
19. Cory Mac, Top Alcohol, Fullerton CA
19. Bill Edwards, Top Alcohol, Sumas WA
19. Bob and Paula Gage, Top Alcohol, Seattle WA
20. Larry Klinger, Ol' Rattler, Montana
21. Anderotti Bors, Reno Nezada
22. Kaiser and Rice, Top Fuel Colorado
23. Jeb Allen, Top Fuel, Santa Rosa CA
24. Whiting and Markley, Top Fuel, Seattle WA
25. Jim Barnard, Top Fuel, Portland OR
26. Gary Ormsby, Top Fuel, Auburn CA
27. Jeff Eden, Rear Engine Dragster, Salem OR
28. Butch Blair, Top Fuel. Southern California
29. Al De Boer, The Oregonian, Top Alcohol, Ashland OR
30. Don Prudhomme, Skoal Bandid, Top Fuel, Granada Hills CA

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