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Blair
Nelson 4211 |
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Zach
McDaniel 426 |
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Hunter
Patton 464 |
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Andrew
Thornton 4180 |
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Austin
Thornton |
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Breanna
Maitland 4316 |
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Ashley
Sewell |
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Blaine
Hightower |
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IN PEACE HENRY CANALES,
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| CHAMPIONS
OF 2008 |
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| HOUSTON
RACEWAY PARK SPORTSMAN CHAMPION |
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Boyd
Hightower |
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With
countless round wins, 3 runner-ups and a race win, Boyd earned enough
points to claim the Sportsman Championship with Brooke Heckel close
behind. Boyd also defeated Advanced Champion Chanse Bullock in a
runoff to represent Houston Raceway in the Division 4 Finals. For
more info on Boyd and his achievements, click HERE. |
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| HOUSTON
RACEWAY PARK ADVANCED CHAMPION |
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Chanse
Bullock |
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| PINE
VALLEY RACEWAY JR CHAMPION |
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Brooke
Heckel |
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After
a long hard fought year of racing in the heat and the long drives
home at one in the moring it came down to Brooke Heckel and Raven
DuPriest racing for the track champoinship at Pine Valley. Brooke
won the first half season and Raven won the second half. Thus the
run off betreen the girls for overall championship with Brooke taking
the win and crown. Congrats to both girls! |
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| IHRA
ADVANCED PRO AM CHAMPION |
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Candi
Beth Glasco |
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For 2008 Candi Beth won her 1st Pro Am Tour race at State Capitol, but she clinched the championship when she won both Saturday and Sundays Pro Am Tour race at Pine Valley Raceway! Candi Beth attended the 2008 IHRA Champion’s Banquet at the Great Wolf Lodge in Kings Island, Ohio where she was presented with the champion's trophy by IHRA president Aaron Polburn and Top Fuel World Champion Spencer Massey. |
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| RACER
PROFILE OF THE MONTH |
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Zach
McDaniel |
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Zach
McDaniel, 14 year old 8th grade student at Gentry middle school
in Baytown, honor roll student, wants to attend UT to pursue an engineering degree. Has been racing for 5 years, looking forward to 2009, present car 2008 JR racecar purchased at Halloween Classic at Pine Valley. Our motors are built by Robert Silk at Crosby Power & Equipment . We are hoping to go to Bristol this year & win a few races at HRP. |
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| A
FEW 2009 RACERS HIGHLIGHTS |
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MORE
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Raven
DuPriest wins points race at Lufkin April 4, congrats Raven! |
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Dillion
Richards Wins ADRL Dragpalooza 5 Pro JR Dragster |
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Jordin
DeWald is Low Qualifier at ADRL Dragpalooza 5 |
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Blair
Nelson has stong weekend at SAR |
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Blair
went over to San Antonio Raceway and turned in a great performance
with 2 runner up finishes working her way through the 25 car field.
Great going Blair! |
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Candi
Beth Glasco wins first points race at Lufkin, congrats Candi Beth! |
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| A
FEW 2008 RACERS HIGHLIGHTS |
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Brianna
Maitland wins Houston Raceway Park Rookie of the Year |
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Raven
DuPriest wins Sportmanship Award for Houston Raceway Park |
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Brooke
Heckel wins at Edinburg |
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Congrats
to Brooke Heckel on her win of the Highroller race Sat.night. Check
out these times in the finals.Brooke was .036 to his .041 and on
the top end, the margin of victory .0000.What a race.Great job Gal.......Made
it worth the drive...... |
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Jordin
DeWald wins All Run 330 at Kennedale |
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Congratulations
to Jordin DeWald on her win of the All Run 330 race at the Division
4 Finals and her runner-up finish for the Wally in the 13 year old
class. Jordin broke out by .008 in the final. |
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Henry
Canales wins Ironman at Little River |
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Congratulations
to Henry Canales Jr, he took home the IRON MAN from the Temple IHRA
race today, June 1st, plus $200 bucks! |
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Raven
DuPriest wins at Prescott Arkansas |
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Raven
and Brooke made the long haul to Prescott Raceway in Arkansas and
both proceeded to put Houston on their map. In the end Raven won
the JR Spring Fling race over Brooke before the rain finished off
the event. Congrats girls! |
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Kedrick
Redd Jr. wins his first race |
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Brianna
Maitland wins her first race |
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Ashley
Sewell wins her first race |
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| WHAT'S
NEW |
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Justin
Penton's Mike Bos Jr Dragster |
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If
you have any news please let us know, new sponsors, new car, anything
related to your racing. Please be patient though as I am fairly
busy, but I will post what I can as soon as possible. Hopefully
2009 will be a great racing year for ALL! |
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Below
I have listed what Jordin and I could gather for the winners and
runner-up finishers for 2008 at HRP. There are a couple question
marks that need to be verified or filled in. If you have this info,
please let me know so credit can be given to those winners. |
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| SPONSORSHIP
NEWS |
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A
special THANK YOU to Donny Burleson of Burleson Construction for
adding money for the Jrs in 2008. His company is specializing in
multi level building interior build outs. |
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| IN
THE NEWS |
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Houston
Raceway Park adds purse |
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The
2009 Junior Dragster Bracket Racing Program will consist of 10 races
running the span of 5 race weekends with two races per weekend,
one Saturday and one Sunday. After careful review, we have decided
to run the Juniors separate from the BIG cars and will return to
the morning start time. Also new for this years program is that
we will be paying a purse to our Juniors!!! (Payout will be made
to the parent, unless instructed otherwise. Social Security or Tax
I.D. # is required to receive winnings) |
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Junior
Dragster (Advanced & Sportsman)
Winner : $150+ Trophy Buy Backs: $10 |
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No
6.90 class for Jr. Dragsters |
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NHRA
has received many inquiries about an alleged change to the NHRA
O’Reilly Auto Parts Jr. Drag Racing League rules that would
allow single-cylinder engines in a different chassis to run 6.90
in the Jr. Drag Racing League. This is NOT true. There are no plans
to allow any Jr. Dragsters to run quicker than 7.90, which has been
the quickest standard for years. NOV.10, 2008 |
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2009
JDRL Rulebook Rules Revisions |
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There
are no rules revisions at this time. However, if/when any changes,
corrections, or additions are made to the 2009 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing
League Rulebook, those revisions will be posted on this page. This
is posted on the NHRA JR Dragster website. |
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| THANK
YOU! |
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Most
of these photos were taken by Scott Singleton and a few by Karlene
DeWald, thank you. |
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| RUMORS |
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Rumor
has it that Andrew Thornton will be coming out with a new car this
year and Austin will move into Andrew's old ride, any info??? |
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| CARS
FOR SALE |
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| EVENTS
2009 |
| Houston
Raceway Park |
JUNE
27-28 |
POINTS
RACE #7 & 8 |
SEPT.
12-13 |
POINTS
RACE #9 & 10 |
| Bristol
Dragway |
JULY
9-11 |
Eastern
Conference Finals |
| Bandimere
Raceway |
JULY
23-25 |
Western
Conference Finals |
| TEXAS
RACEWAY |
APRIL
25-26 |
SPRING
FLING |
AUGUST
22-23 |
DIVISION
4 FINALS |
| DIV
4 IHRA PRO AM |
| TULSA
RACEWAY |
APRIL
17-19 |
PRO
AM RACES #1 & 2 |
| STATE
CAPITAL RACEWAY |
MAY
1-3 |
PRO
AM RACES #3 & 4 |
| PINE
VALLEY RACEWAY?? |
JUNE
19-20 |
PRO
AM RACES #5 & 6 |
| DALLAS
RACEWAY
(NEW) |
AUG
21-23 |
PRO
AM RACES #7 & 8 |
| SPONSORS |
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