Race 10 Recap plus KD Kanopy Race of Champions Saturday, October 11, 2008
Auto Club Dragway Fontana, CA
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<br><font color="Navy">Jeff Interlicchia family and crew posing in winners circle with “Big Guy” trophy.</font>
<P>The event started off the day with the KD Kanopy Race of Champions. The Meziere SCEDA Electronics Category and the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E Category ran the Race of Champions in a combined format. This meant that there were 11 cars in the Shootout competing for the $1600 winner-take-all purse. The win went to Ryan Priddy (No-E) over John Brooks (E). Priddy had the better light off the line and broke out by less in the double breakout final. In the semi-finals, Priddy had the bye run to advance into the final. In the other semi-final matchup, it was two Electronics cars battling it out. It was Brooks defeating Alan Hoefer. Brooks had the slightly better light and ran a 10.200 on his 10.20 dial forcing Hoefer to break out trying to take the stripe. In the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster series version of the KD Kanopy Race of Champions, it was Brianna Blinzler taking the victory over Brittany Johnson and claiming the $900 savings bond. Johnson had the better light on the line, but Blinzler ran closer to her dial to take the victory. In the semi-finals, it was Blinzler defeating Brad Cannon in a weird race. Both drivers went red, but Cannon was the slower car and left first so he lost the race. Cannon was .035 red and Blinzler was .006 red. In the other semi, it was Johnson defeating Chris Nagy. Nagy had the better light by .001 but took too big of a stripe and broke out by more in the double breakout affair. This gave the victory to Johnson and set up the final round matchup. So congratulations to Ryan Priddy and Brianna Blinzler for taking the money and victories in the KD Kanopy Race of Champions! Great job!
The KD Kanopy Race of Champions race was completed during time trials so then we moved on into Race 10. In the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category, it was Charlie Boyd taking the victory over series champion John Brooks. This race was actually completed on Sunday due to unforceable delays due to several massive oil downs and a computer glitch that happened on Saturday. Also, due to Mother Nature not cooperating with us and there being considerable winds, the race was completed on the 1/8th mile. Brooks had the better light in the final, but his car was not able to run as close to the dial as Charlie Boyd’s car, which handed the victory over to Charlie Boyd. The margin of victory was .015. In the semi-finals, it was Charlie Boyd defeating Ron Miller. Miller was way late and his car ran way off the dial, handing the easy victory over to Charlie Boyd. In the other semi-final matchup, Brooks had the bye run automatically advancing into the final round. Honorable mentions go out to event winner Charlie Boyd for having a .004 light in the first round, Charlie Boyd again for having a .006 light in the second round, and event runner-up and series champion Brooks for having a .001 light in the third round.
In the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category, it was Jeff Interlicchia taking the victory over Ken Plouffe in the biggest field of the year. The win also shot Interlicchia up to number one in points after the day. This race too was completed on Sunday because of the events that took place on Saturday and completed on the 1/8th mile due to high winds. Interlicchia had the much better light in the final and that was all he needed to take the victory. In the semi-finals, it was Plouffe defeating Jim DeLorenzo Jr. Plouffe had the better light and ran an 8.036 on his 8.03 dial to take the victory. In the other semi-final, Interlicchia took the win over Gary Hairfield. Interlicchia had a great .001 light and Hairfield went red, handing the victory to Interlicchia. Tough luck for Joy Linehan who blew up her motor and transmission on the first pass of the day. This was her first oil down in 14 years of racing and she was more upset about oiling down the track than the damage to her motor and transmission. Tough luck also goes to Val Houmard who blew up her motor in the third round and was not able to compete any more even though she won the round. Scary moments for Val though as oil got under the rear tires when she blew the motor going through the lights and caused her car to spin out several times. Thankfully, she did a great job at driving and did not make contact with either wall or Steve Bruns, the car in the other lane. Honorable mentions go out to semi-finalist DeLorenzo for having a .006 light in the first round, KD Kanopy Race of Champions winner Ryan Priddy for having a .009 light in the first round, winner Interlicchia for having a .006 light in the second round, and Interlicchia again for his .001 light in the semi-finals.
In the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster category, it was KD Kanopy Race of Champions runner-up Brittany Johnson taking the victory over Sami Ball. This race was completed Sunday morning due to the issues on Saturday, but it was completed at the 330-foot cone. Since juniors usually run to the 1/8th mile, it was decided that they too would cut back their distance by half and run to only 330 feet. Johnson had a great .003 light in the final and that was all she needed to defeat Sami Ball. It was a miracle of sorts that Sami Ball even made it to the final round though. In the time run given to all the competitors that were still in before the eliminations continued due to the drastic change in weather, Sami Ball had blown up her motor going through the lights. The team unfortunately didn’t have a spare motor with them, but they did have another motor sitting back at their shop in another car. So Jeff Ball, Sami’s dad, ran home to get the other motor and got back in time to hear the round of juniors being called to the lanes. At this point he thought they were done because he didn’t have time to pull the motor out of Sami’s car yet. However, Zach and Dave Meziere had pulled the motor out while Jeff was getting the other motor without his knowing. So with the three of them all thrashing to get the other motor in, they were able to get up in line in time to make the third round of eliminations and manage to win. This is the second miracle because they had no idea what Sami’s car with that motor in those conditions would run. They took a guess and ran within .016 of what they thought it would run. Congratulations to the Ball family for making it all the way to the semis after the adversity, and thank you to the Meziere family for the tremendous sportsmanship they showed. In the semi-finals, Sami ball defeated Brett Lenarth. Lenarth went way red which automatically handed the win over to Sami Ball and allowed her a free run to get a dial before they advanced to the finals. In the other semi-final, it was Johnson defeating Brad Cannon. Cannon went red as well, automatically handing the victory over to Johnson. Honorable mentions go out to winner Johnson for running 4.921 on her 4.92 dial in the semi-finals and Johnson again in the final for her great .003 reaction time. The best package in the first round award of a $50 savings bond sponsored by Scot Paul went to event winner Brittany Johnson with a .040 package. The #1 qualifier award of a plaque and $20 In-N-Out coupon sponsored by the Nagy Family went to Chris Gartner with a .000 reaction time. The Ball family $25 gift card to the person who defeated the number one qualifier went to Laura Higgins who defeated #1 qualifier Chris Gartner in the first round. Lockhart Family Racing provided a 5 gallon drum of alcohol to the person with the best losing reaction time in the third round. This award went to DJ Houmard, who lost with a .039 reaction time.
Race 11 Recap Saturday, October 12, 2008 Auto Club Dragway Fontana, CA
Today, all the races were competed on the 1/8th mile for Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category and the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA no-E Category and for the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster category, the races were competed to the 330-foot mark.
In the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category, it was Rob Strong taking the victory over Saturday’s winner Charlie Boyd. This win did two things for Strong, the first was that it moved him up into second place in the points, and the second thing that it did was a little bit of history. Strong became the first SCEDA racer to win events in both the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category and the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category in the same year. His win in Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E earlier this year had already made him the first person to win in both categories. Congrats on your second place finish and on making some history Rob!!! Strong had the better light and ran a 6.635 on his 6.63 dial to defeat Charlie Boyd in the final. In the semi-finals, Strong had the bye run and Charlie Boyd defeated SCEDA newcomer Jack Freckman. Freckman went red automatically giving the victory to Charlie Boyd. Congratulations go to John Brooks on being the 2008 Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics Champion. Rob Strong finished second this year after being the 2007 SCEDA Meziere Enterprises Champion, with Jim Mahar coming in third, Alan Hoefer fourth, and Don Gatlin rounding out the top 5. The rookie of the year in the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category went to Sarah Lockhart. Congratulations on your accomplishment Sarah!!! Honorable mentions for the day go out to runner up Charlie Boyd for having a perfect light in the second round and Rob Strong for his 6.635 on his 6.63 dial to win the final round. Also, congratulations to John Brooks for being the only car in Meziere Enterprises to have perfect attendance and attend every race. Rob Strong had SCEDA Perfect attendance as well, but not for the class as he choose to run in both classes throughout the year.
In the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category, it was Scott Joines taking the victory over Saturday’s winner and class champion Jeff Interlicchia. Congratulations to Jeff Interlicchia on taking the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category. His runner-up finish on Sunday gave him the championship. In the final, Scott Joines had the better light and ran a 6.919 on his 6.91 dial to defeat Interlicchia who ran 7.290 on his 7.29 dial but gave up too much on the reaction time. The margin of victory was .003. Also by winning, Scott Joines propelled himself up into second place in points. Congratulations Scott on your second-place finish. In the semi-finals, Interlicchia had the bye run and Scott Joines defeated Gary Moreno. Scott had the better light and forced Moreno to break out in an effort to take the stripe. This was also quite a feat for Moreno to make it to the semis as he was running another bike in another series and was going rounds on both of them. He was jumping back in forth from bike to bike and managed to go rounds in both categories. Also, in the other category Moreno was competing in, there was a pro tree and this category was a full tree, so good job Gary on having an awesome day! Honorable mentions go out to Amy Thompson in the McGee Cams Jr. Comp car for having a .003 light in the first round, Randy Miller for running 6.401 on his 6.40 dial in the first round, semi-finalist Gary Moreno for running 6.200 on his 6.20 dial in the second round, winner Scott Joines for having a perfect light in the second round, runner-up Interlicchia for having a .001 light in the second round, Interlicchia again for having a .005 light in the third round, semi-finalist Moreno again for running 6.208 on his 6.20 dial in the third round, Brad Cannon for running 7.747 on his 7.74 dial in the third round, Interlicchia yet again for running 7.297 on his 7.29 dial in the semi-final, Scott Joines for his earlier mentioned dead on with a 9 run in the final, and Interlicchia one last time for his earlier mentioned dead on 0 run in the final even though he lost. Congratulations to Jeff Interlicchia one more time for being the 2008 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category Champion!! The rest of the top five were Scott Joines in second, Eric Christianson in third, John Joines in fourth, and early season points leader Mike Agnew in fifth. Also, congratulations to Brad Cannon on being the 2008 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E Rookie of the Year! Perfect attendance for the season went out to Champion Jeff Interlicchia, John Joines, Mike Agnew, and Brad Cannon.
In the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster category, it was Clay Criner taking the victory over Avery Brown. Brown had a slightly better light but his car fell off and didn’t run the number, giving Criner the victory. In the semi-finals, Criner had the bye to automatically advance into the final and Avery Brown defeated series champion Jason Dennell. First of all, Congratulations Jason on being the 2008 McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster series champion!!! You definitely earned it. It’s pretty impressive that he only had one first round loss all year and was the runner-up three times. Dennell had the better light in the semi-final, but took too much stripe and broke out allowing Avery Brown to advance into the final. Honorable mentions go out to Chandler Meziere for having a perfect light in the first round, Saturday’s winner Brittany Johnson for having a .008 light in the third round even though she lost to Jason Dennell, Dennell for running 5.120 on his 5.12 dial in the third round to defeat Johnson, and winner Clay Criner for running 4.929 on his 4.92 dial in the third round. The best package in the first round award of a $50 savings bond sponsored by Scot Paul went to Chandler Meziere with a .040 package. The #1 qualifier award of a plaque and $20 In-N-Out coupon sponsored by the Nagy Family went to Chandler Meziere with a .000 reaction time. The number one qualifier award went out to the best reaction time in the first round because no official qualifying session was run due to trying to complete Saturday’s event. The Ball family $25 gift card to the person who defeated the number one qualifier went to eventual runner-up Avery Brown who defeated #1 qualifier Chandler Meziere in the third round. Congratulations again to Jason Dennell for being the 2008 McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster Series Champion!! Way to go Jason!!!! The rest of the top 5 put Brad Cannon in second, Chris Nagy in third, Sami Ball in fourth, and Ryan Diosdado in fifth. Perfect attendance for the year went to Champion Jason Dennell, Brad Cannon, Sami Ball, Justin Ball, Avery Brown, Kelly Davis, Meggie Bohn, Tiereny Diaz, Luke Diaz, and Kaylee Fry.
Our banquet is going to be on December 6th at the Best Western Inn & Suites, 3400 Shelby Street, Ontario, CA 91764 (same place as last year). Socializing starts at 6PM, dinner at 7PM and awards to follow. Raffles are done throughout the evening. Our banquets are always a lot of fun with raffle prizes, games and honoring our Champions and top finishers in each class. Please plan on closing out the SCEDA racing season and starting the holiday season with our fun banquet. Cost is $40 per person and is limited to 100 people. Please RSVP as soon as possible to 888-488-RACE (7223). We hope that we will see you at the banquet.
Again, we want to thank each and every one of you for your participation in 2008 and we look forward to seeing you at the banquet and the track in 2009.
Auto Club Dragway Fontana, CA
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<br><font color="Navy">Jeff Interlicchia family and crew posing in winners circle with “Big Guy” trophy.</font>
<P>The event started off the day with the KD Kanopy Race of Champions. The Meziere SCEDA Electronics Category and the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E Category ran the Race of Champions in a combined format. This meant that there were 11 cars in the Shootout competing for the $1600 winner-take-all purse. The win went to Ryan Priddy (No-E) over John Brooks (E). Priddy had the better light off the line and broke out by less in the double breakout final. In the semi-finals, Priddy had the bye run to advance into the final. In the other semi-final matchup, it was two Electronics cars battling it out. It was Brooks defeating Alan Hoefer. Brooks had the slightly better light and ran a 10.200 on his 10.20 dial forcing Hoefer to break out trying to take the stripe. In the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster series version of the KD Kanopy Race of Champions, it was Brianna Blinzler taking the victory over Brittany Johnson and claiming the $900 savings bond. Johnson had the better light on the line, but Blinzler ran closer to her dial to take the victory. In the semi-finals, it was Blinzler defeating Brad Cannon in a weird race. Both drivers went red, but Cannon was the slower car and left first so he lost the race. Cannon was .035 red and Blinzler was .006 red. In the other semi, it was Johnson defeating Chris Nagy. Nagy had the better light by .001 but took too big of a stripe and broke out by more in the double breakout affair. This gave the victory to Johnson and set up the final round matchup. So congratulations to Ryan Priddy and Brianna Blinzler for taking the money and victories in the KD Kanopy Race of Champions! Great job!
The KD Kanopy Race of Champions race was completed during time trials so then we moved on into Race 10. In the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category, it was Charlie Boyd taking the victory over series champion John Brooks. This race was actually completed on Sunday due to unforceable delays due to several massive oil downs and a computer glitch that happened on Saturday. Also, due to Mother Nature not cooperating with us and there being considerable winds, the race was completed on the 1/8th mile. Brooks had the better light in the final, but his car was not able to run as close to the dial as Charlie Boyd’s car, which handed the victory over to Charlie Boyd. The margin of victory was .015. In the semi-finals, it was Charlie Boyd defeating Ron Miller. Miller was way late and his car ran way off the dial, handing the easy victory over to Charlie Boyd. In the other semi-final matchup, Brooks had the bye run automatically advancing into the final round. Honorable mentions go out to event winner Charlie Boyd for having a .004 light in the first round, Charlie Boyd again for having a .006 light in the second round, and event runner-up and series champion Brooks for having a .001 light in the third round.
In the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category, it was Jeff Interlicchia taking the victory over Ken Plouffe in the biggest field of the year. The win also shot Interlicchia up to number one in points after the day. This race too was completed on Sunday because of the events that took place on Saturday and completed on the 1/8th mile due to high winds. Interlicchia had the much better light in the final and that was all he needed to take the victory. In the semi-finals, it was Plouffe defeating Jim DeLorenzo Jr. Plouffe had the better light and ran an 8.036 on his 8.03 dial to take the victory. In the other semi-final, Interlicchia took the win over Gary Hairfield. Interlicchia had a great .001 light and Hairfield went red, handing the victory to Interlicchia. Tough luck for Joy Linehan who blew up her motor and transmission on the first pass of the day. This was her first oil down in 14 years of racing and she was more upset about oiling down the track than the damage to her motor and transmission. Tough luck also goes to Val Houmard who blew up her motor in the third round and was not able to compete any more even though she won the round. Scary moments for Val though as oil got under the rear tires when she blew the motor going through the lights and caused her car to spin out several times. Thankfully, she did a great job at driving and did not make contact with either wall or Steve Bruns, the car in the other lane. Honorable mentions go out to semi-finalist DeLorenzo for having a .006 light in the first round, KD Kanopy Race of Champions winner Ryan Priddy for having a .009 light in the first round, winner Interlicchia for having a .006 light in the second round, and Interlicchia again for his .001 light in the semi-finals.
In the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster category, it was KD Kanopy Race of Champions runner-up Brittany Johnson taking the victory over Sami Ball. This race was completed Sunday morning due to the issues on Saturday, but it was completed at the 330-foot cone. Since juniors usually run to the 1/8th mile, it was decided that they too would cut back their distance by half and run to only 330 feet. Johnson had a great .003 light in the final and that was all she needed to defeat Sami Ball. It was a miracle of sorts that Sami Ball even made it to the final round though. In the time run given to all the competitors that were still in before the eliminations continued due to the drastic change in weather, Sami Ball had blown up her motor going through the lights. The team unfortunately didn’t have a spare motor with them, but they did have another motor sitting back at their shop in another car. So Jeff Ball, Sami’s dad, ran home to get the other motor and got back in time to hear the round of juniors being called to the lanes. At this point he thought they were done because he didn’t have time to pull the motor out of Sami’s car yet. However, Zach and Dave Meziere had pulled the motor out while Jeff was getting the other motor without his knowing. So with the three of them all thrashing to get the other motor in, they were able to get up in line in time to make the third round of eliminations and manage to win. This is the second miracle because they had no idea what Sami’s car with that motor in those conditions would run. They took a guess and ran within .016 of what they thought it would run. Congratulations to the Ball family for making it all the way to the semis after the adversity, and thank you to the Meziere family for the tremendous sportsmanship they showed. In the semi-finals, Sami ball defeated Brett Lenarth. Lenarth went way red which automatically handed the win over to Sami Ball and allowed her a free run to get a dial before they advanced to the finals. In the other semi-final, it was Johnson defeating Brad Cannon. Cannon went red as well, automatically handing the victory over to Johnson. Honorable mentions go out to winner Johnson for running 4.921 on her 4.92 dial in the semi-finals and Johnson again in the final for her great .003 reaction time. The best package in the first round award of a $50 savings bond sponsored by Scot Paul went to event winner Brittany Johnson with a .040 package. The #1 qualifier award of a plaque and $20 In-N-Out coupon sponsored by the Nagy Family went to Chris Gartner with a .000 reaction time. The Ball family $25 gift card to the person who defeated the number one qualifier went to Laura Higgins who defeated #1 qualifier Chris Gartner in the first round. Lockhart Family Racing provided a 5 gallon drum of alcohol to the person with the best losing reaction time in the third round. This award went to DJ Houmard, who lost with a .039 reaction time.
Race 11 Recap Saturday, October 12, 2008 Auto Club Dragway Fontana, CA
Today, all the races were competed on the 1/8th mile for Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category and the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA no-E Category and for the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster category, the races were competed to the 330-foot mark.
In the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category, it was Rob Strong taking the victory over Saturday’s winner Charlie Boyd. This win did two things for Strong, the first was that it moved him up into second place in the points, and the second thing that it did was a little bit of history. Strong became the first SCEDA racer to win events in both the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category and the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category in the same year. His win in Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E earlier this year had already made him the first person to win in both categories. Congrats on your second place finish and on making some history Rob!!! Strong had the better light and ran a 6.635 on his 6.63 dial to defeat Charlie Boyd in the final. In the semi-finals, Strong had the bye run and Charlie Boyd defeated SCEDA newcomer Jack Freckman. Freckman went red automatically giving the victory to Charlie Boyd. Congratulations go to John Brooks on being the 2008 Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics Champion. Rob Strong finished second this year after being the 2007 SCEDA Meziere Enterprises Champion, with Jim Mahar coming in third, Alan Hoefer fourth, and Don Gatlin rounding out the top 5. The rookie of the year in the Meziere Enterprises SCEDA Electronics category went to Sarah Lockhart. Congratulations on your accomplishment Sarah!!! Honorable mentions for the day go out to runner up Charlie Boyd for having a perfect light in the second round and Rob Strong for his 6.635 on his 6.63 dial to win the final round. Also, congratulations to John Brooks for being the only car in Meziere Enterprises to have perfect attendance and attend every race. Rob Strong had SCEDA Perfect attendance as well, but not for the class as he choose to run in both classes throughout the year.
In the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category, it was Scott Joines taking the victory over Saturday’s winner and class champion Jeff Interlicchia. Congratulations to Jeff Interlicchia on taking the Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category. His runner-up finish on Sunday gave him the championship. In the final, Scott Joines had the better light and ran a 6.919 on his 6.91 dial to defeat Interlicchia who ran 7.290 on his 7.29 dial but gave up too much on the reaction time. The margin of victory was .003. Also by winning, Scott Joines propelled himself up into second place in points. Congratulations Scott on your second-place finish. In the semi-finals, Interlicchia had the bye run and Scott Joines defeated Gary Moreno. Scott had the better light and forced Moreno to break out in an effort to take the stripe. This was also quite a feat for Moreno to make it to the semis as he was running another bike in another series and was going rounds on both of them. He was jumping back in forth from bike to bike and managed to go rounds in both categories. Also, in the other category Moreno was competing in, there was a pro tree and this category was a full tree, so good job Gary on having an awesome day! Honorable mentions go out to Amy Thompson in the McGee Cams Jr. Comp car for having a .003 light in the first round, Randy Miller for running 6.401 on his 6.40 dial in the first round, semi-finalist Gary Moreno for running 6.200 on his 6.20 dial in the second round, winner Scott Joines for having a perfect light in the second round, runner-up Interlicchia for having a .001 light in the second round, Interlicchia again for having a .005 light in the third round, semi-finalist Moreno again for running 6.208 on his 6.20 dial in the third round, Brad Cannon for running 7.747 on his 7.74 dial in the third round, Interlicchia yet again for running 7.297 on his 7.29 dial in the semi-final, Scott Joines for his earlier mentioned dead on with a 9 run in the final, and Interlicchia one last time for his earlier mentioned dead on 0 run in the final even though he lost. Congratulations to Jeff Interlicchia one more time for being the 2008 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E category Champion!! The rest of the top five were Scott Joines in second, Eric Christianson in third, John Joines in fourth, and early season points leader Mike Agnew in fifth. Also, congratulations to Brad Cannon on being the 2008 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels SCEDA No-E Rookie of the Year! Perfect attendance for the season went out to Champion Jeff Interlicchia, John Joines, Mike Agnew, and Brad Cannon.
In the McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster category, it was Clay Criner taking the victory over Avery Brown. Brown had a slightly better light but his car fell off and didn’t run the number, giving Criner the victory. In the semi-finals, Criner had the bye to automatically advance into the final and Avery Brown defeated series champion Jason Dennell. First of all, Congratulations Jason on being the 2008 McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster series champion!!! You definitely earned it. It’s pretty impressive that he only had one first round loss all year and was the runner-up three times. Dennell had the better light in the semi-final, but took too much stripe and broke out allowing Avery Brown to advance into the final. Honorable mentions go out to Chandler Meziere for having a perfect light in the first round, Saturday’s winner Brittany Johnson for having a .008 light in the third round even though she lost to Jason Dennell, Dennell for running 5.120 on his 5.12 dial in the third round to defeat Johnson, and winner Clay Criner for running 4.929 on his 4.92 dial in the third round. The best package in the first round award of a $50 savings bond sponsored by Scot Paul went to Chandler Meziere with a .040 package. The #1 qualifier award of a plaque and $20 In-N-Out coupon sponsored by the Nagy Family went to Chandler Meziere with a .000 reaction time. The number one qualifier award went out to the best reaction time in the first round because no official qualifying session was run due to trying to complete Saturday’s event. The Ball family $25 gift card to the person who defeated the number one qualifier went to eventual runner-up Avery Brown who defeated #1 qualifier Chandler Meziere in the third round. Congratulations again to Jason Dennell for being the 2008 McGee Cams SCEDA Jr. Dragster Series Champion!! Way to go Jason!!!! The rest of the top 5 put Brad Cannon in second, Chris Nagy in third, Sami Ball in fourth, and Ryan Diosdado in fifth. Perfect attendance for the year went to Champion Jason Dennell, Brad Cannon, Sami Ball, Justin Ball, Avery Brown, Kelly Davis, Meggie Bohn, Tiereny Diaz, Luke Diaz, and Kaylee Fry.
2008 SCEDA Awards Banquet
Our banquet is going to be on December 6th at the Best Western Inn & Suites, 3400 Shelby Street, Ontario, CA 91764 (same place as last year). Socializing starts at 6PM, dinner at 7PM and awards to follow. Raffles are done throughout the evening. Our banquets are always a lot of fun with raffle prizes, games and honoring our Champions and top finishers in each class. Please plan on closing out the SCEDA racing season and starting the holiday season with our fun banquet. Cost is $40 per person and is limited to 100 people. Please RSVP as soon as possible to 888-488-RACE (7223). We hope that we will see you at the banquet.
Again, we want to thank each and every one of you for your participation in 2008 and we look forward to seeing you at the banquet and the track in 2009.
