Drag racers from all over the Pacific Division gathered at the legendary Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, CA. to compete in nine NHRA classes. The spectators and the race cars enjoyed nearly ideal weather as the experienced track crew kept things fast and safe. On the Sunday of the competition, the predominantly Californian champions were crowned. Preventing the California sweep was a pair of Arizona racers, Michael Proctor in Super Comp and Frank Gostyla in Top Sportsman.
The Racers in the Lucas Oil Series earn points toward national and divisional championships with a year end points fund of more than $500,000! Pacific Division racers head to Sonoma Raceway for their next NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, July 22-24, which as of this writing is still a few weeks away, followed by the NHRA Sonoma Nationals the next weekend.
Jesse Adams, Yuba City, CA., ’02 Cameron, 7.617et, 176.44mph def. Andy Spiegel, Acton, CA (shown here), ’14 Spitzer, 6.646et, 202.15mph.
Jimmy DeFrank,(near lane) Thousand Oaks, CA., ’10 Cobalt, SS/CM, 8.955et, 148.62mph won Super Stock.
Stock Eliminator winner, John Calvert,(far lane) Lancaster, CA., ’16 Mustang, FS/AA, 8.463et, 161.15mph.
TOP DRAGSTER
TOP SPORTSMAN
Frank Gostyla,(far lane) Scottsdale, AZ., ’02 Grand AM, 7.490et, 177.86mph def. Ed Olpin, Pleasant Grove, UT., ’68 Camaro, 7.064et, 196.82mph.
COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
Doug Lambeck,(far lane) Irvine, CA., ’08 Sunfire, D/SMA, 8.388et, 152.69mph def. Ed Sigmon, Chatsworth, CA., ’34 Chevrolet, C/SR, 8.431et, 154.16mph.
SUPER GAS
Robert Naber,(far lane) Ontario, CA., ’63 Corvette, 9.894et, 158.48mph def. Ryan Herem, Canyon Country, CA., ’62 Corvette, 9.891et, 157.69mph.
Michael Proctor,(far lane) Chandler, AZ, ’02 Yancer, 8.925et, 171.34mph def. Michael Boner, Riverside, CA, ’93 Cutlass, 8.912et, 165.17mph to win Super Comp.
Kenny Yeoman from Logandale, NV. won the “Best Appearing Car” award for his outstanding 1993 Dodge Daytona Super Gas car.
SUPER STREET
Greg Ventura,(near lane) Garden Grove, CA., ’66 Nova, 10.913et, 135.86mph def. Bernie Polvadore, Sun City, AZ., ’93 Grand Prix, 10.898et, 155.63mph.
Tom Medlin,(near lane) La Mirada, CA., ’93 Suzuki GSXR, 8.205et, 162.00mph def. Denny Alves, El Cerrito, CA., ’83 Suzuki GS, foul.
Alan Ellis from Mapleton, UT, drives “RUSH”, a ’23 Ford.
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the September 2016 print issue of the Drive Magazine.
