Event #2

 

WCPMA 

June 30 - July 1

Mission, BC

 

 

(07-03-07) – MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA

The EATON presented “Fast and Furious on the Fraser” was a weekend full of excitement as the fans in attendance saw amazing performances from the West Coast teams as some teams ran career personal bests which was a must to be competitive at the sea level track in Mission, BC.

With Carl Spiering and Glen Kerunsky making their first appearance of the 2007 season and Danny Rowe making the stop between IHRA races the final qualifying standings were impressive with Kerunsky in the #1 spot with an amazing 6.09 @ 233 mph and Rod Pearce on the bump spot who was working out the bugs in his new Nitrous ’63 Corvette.

 

The first round of eliminations Glen Kerunsky (RT:.420 6.159 @ 229.53 mph) defeated Rash Dhaliwal  (RT:.447 7.486 @ 208.57 mph), and Gary Mason (RT:.537 6.260 @ 230.06 mph) in his Davenport tuned ’63 vette defeated Ross Hogenson (RT:.464 6.578 @ 215.41 mph), Trevor Lowe (RT:.439 6.151 @ 232.61 mph) who ran a career best 6.135 @ 233 mph in qualifying defeated Dan Vogt (RT:.736 7.036 @ 205.94 mph), Joe Delehay ( RT:.511 6.190 @ 232.91 mph) had his career best run as he defeated Tom Meheden ( RT:.490 8.253), Danny Rowe (RT:.503 10.365 @ 80.31 mph) had a close call as he defeated the red lighting Glen May (RT:.-.002 6.398 @ 222.38 mph), Carl Spiering (RT:.455 6.064 @ 236.09 mph) shocked everyone with low et and top mph of the event as he defeated Howie Stephens (RT:.435 7.015 @ 189.27), Kirk Kuhns (RT:.604 6.254 @ 234.13 mph) defeated Rod Pearce (RT:.688 8.291 @ 141.08 mph) who was having troubles all weekend with his new car, and Tim Vogt (RT:.590 6.351 @ 222.05 mph) almost ran the quickest nitrous et in West Coast Pro Mod history as he defeated Jeff Hill (RT:.524 12.604 @ 71.74 mph)

The second round of eliminations saw the consistent Glen Kerunsky (RT:.563 6.151 @ 232.61 mph) defeated Gary Mason (RT:.-.350 6.597 @ 235.78 mph), Trevor Lowe (RT:.422 6.213 @ 231.60 mph) defeated Joe Delehay (RT:.481 8.413 @ 111.48 mph) who experienced extreme tire shake at the top of first gear that sent the car close to the wall causing Joe to shut it off early, Danny Rowe (RT:.514 16.791 @ 63.29 mph) defeated Carl Spiering who had sever parts breakage in the previous round, Kirk Kuhns (RT:.484 6.271 @ 234.25 mph) defeated the last nitrous car left in competition Tim Vogt ( RT:.611 6.368 @ 222.38 mph)

The all blower semi-finals had Glen Kerunsky (RT:.439 6.143 @ 231.48 mph) defeat Trevor Lowe ( RT:.408 6.242 @ 229.70 mph), and Kirk Kuhns (RT:.600 6.261 @ 233.34 mph) defeated Danny Rowe as Rowe was leaking oil after the burnout.

The final round of eliminations in the EATON presented “Fast and Furious on the Fraser” saw Glen Kerunsky in a single for the finals as Kirk Kuhns had engine damage from the last round. Kerunsky still amazed the crowd as he ripped another consistent pass of 6.159 @ 230 mph.

After a very successful weekend a lot of the WCPMA teams are heading to Castrol Raceway for the IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals in Edmonton, Alberta. And the West Coast Pro Mod teams are also getting ready for the next WCPMA event July 21 – 22 at Race City Motorsports Park in Calgary, Alberta.

 

The West Coast Pro Mod Association would like to thank EATON for their amazing support and hope that all the EATON guests enjoyed their weekend at Mission Raceway Park with the West Coast Pro Mod Association.

For more information on EATON visit: www.eatonelectrical.ca

For more information on the West Coast Pro Mod Association visit: www.wcpromods.com

 

 

Jason Delehay and Harry Warren Photos