2008 Street Car Super Nationals @ LVMS by Horsepower Heaven

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ATTA BOYS!
Great showing of Canadian HP going rounds down in Vegas! And we will even count the US T-P-R Boyz too ; )

Way to show that there is some real contenders up here in the pacific NW. If you work out the stats between # of Div. 6 racers/other div and see who is going rounds.the 6ers have a damn good average!

Here is to the Pro-Street scene in this neck of the woods making a comeback in the 07/08 season!

-Keith Jellis

Continued from HH
The time I spent web surfing the past two weeks at DRC and nhra.com was mostly spent on trying to find out how the locals were doing in the various classes. Sadly I didn't have all that much to surf for, and on top of it not knowing how it effected Divisional or National points...well you can better understand my enthusiasm towards this past weekend's SCSN in Las Vegas.

I didn't have to worry about points and I actually had some people to cheer for! People I knew. People who were actually going rounds...people who were not really expected to go that many rounds...damn, but it was fun!

Thanks to the considerable efforts of Jason 'JJ' Murray (ya that JJ), a guy who for a while reported for Drag Race Central dot com, HH had the best same day SCSN coverage on the web. Well, yes we didn't cover all the classes until the finals, but overall I am very proud of what we got done. Got done with no pre-race planning. This just came together when I asked LVMS for some results Friday. Next thing I knew JJ was on the phone, on my e-mail like crazy. All this as he worked the computer in the tower for the race! When I asked if any photos were available, track photogs Doug & Becky Kranz and their crew sent everything I requested very quickly. It was a true team effort that was just very satisfying to be a part of.

I will give credit to the boyz at yellowbullet.com for being the elapsed time winners. I gotta tell ya it was a few minutes from when I read on their board that Moznik had won before I got confirmation from JJ. I wanted so bad to post it, but knowing the rather radical nature of the YB posters had to wait just to make sure.

Then again, I could have posted the actual results in Pro Street and Outlaw a couple of hours before they actually ran when Dragin Don Murray phoned me and predicted the outcome right down to Pappas breaking in the final. I think Donny should buy a lottery ticket today.

As for 'our guys' in Vegas, they all did great, they all qualified, but two really stand out. Dal Sangha and Roy Moznik. Both teams have come from the streets of the lower mainland to reach the very top level of the sport, and have made a lot of locals very proud indeed. Hopefully this is the catalyst that sends street car racing to new levels in the Pacific Northwest. We have world class quality, all we need is some more quantity.

Though the Moznik Brothers won, I have to begin with Sangha. Not being there, and not yet talking to anybody is tough, but his numbers speak for themselves. Over 220, topping out at 221 mph...running his best times ever...going to the final four at the biggest race the left coast has ever seen, against some of the best in the world...taking out west coast legend Ed Thornton in the quarter finals...having the unbelievable luck of getting the first round win when number one qualifier Lee Frank fails to stop at the scales after Sangha red lgihts beside him...but maybe most surprising of all were his lights from that first round on. Never known as a 'leaver' by any stretch, the little built-in-BC Mustang had some of the best lights in the class save for winner Moran. Obviously these turbo dudes are getting that part of the equation sorted out, something the blower and nitrous guys have rarely had to concern themselves with.

A huge congratulations to Dal and his team as they come off the greatest weekend in northwest Pro Street history.

And then there was that blue El Camino. Rumor was they spent four days installing a new Fulton nitrous motor just for this race, and ended up winning the biggest bash against the baddest west coat players, and running their best numbers ever. One could say they backed into it (those east coast guys), but like a famous Floridian Donald Glenn Garlits once said "Days and years from now nobody'll care how ya won, just WHO won".

Talk about a team who has struggled. From the days when the blue car came out together with the shoebox, the brothers Moznik never gave up through thick and thin. This morning they awaken champions, and you can bet that long tow home is gonna be a breeze.

When we heard Trevor Lowe was going to Vegas, we had a good feeling. Here was a guy who has already proven himself in the Pro Mod ranks entering his first ever 'street car' race. In typical fashion, the big black Camaro stepped up gradually and ended up qualified number seven against some of the biggest names in the sport. Unfortunately their day ended early, but you can bet they opened some southwest eyes bigtime. Will they run any other such races? If the money is there, bet on it.

Then there was big Jay qualifying way up there and going a couple of rounds before breakage set in. This boy's on track, watch out in '08. And how about Brian Lane with an all new car? Running sixes first time out, you know he'll be there next year. And those fun-loving boys from Total Performance Racing. It don't matter what happens these guys just keep on smiling and working hard. The new truck looked great and ran real hard. Congrats to every damn one of 'em.

What this all boils down to is we're on the eve of what could well be the biggest year of street legal drag racing ever in the Northwest. Track managers setting up their 2008 schedules had better pay attention as I already know every single one of these guys has a standing invitation to every PSCA and WCHR event next year, and it would be criminal to loose them to that. Don't laugh as with a strong Canadian dollar they may well head south lots.

Both Pro Street and Outlaw look great for the future and performances such as we saw the past four days prove the Northwest has a bunch of racers who can go anywhere and win. Anywhere.

And it's only gonna get better thanks to what all these people did at what could well be called the best street car race in the world at the best drag strip in the world.

That's as good as it gets fellas. Well done, thanks for what you all did , and have a safe trip home!

Hopefully somebody can get the video of the race and set up some kinda party for these guys in the new year...hmmm.

-Larry Pfister