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DIESELPOWER! ADDITIVES DRAG RACING NATIONAL FIELD SET
*DHRA 2007 National Champions in Playoff Format in Baytown, Texas*
By DHRAOnline.com staff
The field is set for the DieselPower! Additives Drag Racing Series finals.
Call it a field of champions.
On October 13-14, 2007, the Diesel Hot Rod Association for the first time in its history will decide its DieselPower! Additives Drag Racing national champions in a playoff-style format at the Texas Diesel Nationals at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas.
“It should provide for some good racing – no question about it,” DHRA Competition Director Dave Dunbar told DHRAonline.com recently.
The Texas Diesel Nationals will feature the champion and runner-up from the DHRA’s East and West Coast series in a two-race run-off to decide the national champion for 2007 in three classes – AirWerks Pro Street, Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel and Flowmaster ET Bracket.
The East Coast champion in each class will face the West Coast runner-up in each class in one semifinal, with the West Coast champion and East Coast champion squaring off in the other semifinal.
The winners of each semifinal will then race for the title in each class.
The matchups are as follows:
• AirWerks Pro Street East winner Philip Palmer versus West runner-up Chris Calkins.
• Airwerks Pro Street West winner Pat McSwain versus East runner-up Jimmy Smith.
• Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel East Winner Jim Layden in a bye run.
• Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel West winner Mike Dillehay versus East runner-up Bruce Block.
• Flowmaster ET East winner Earl Talley in a bye run.
• Flowmaster ET West winner Al Bigelow versus East runner-up K.J. Kitchens.
This season marked the first time the DHRA had staged East and West drag-racing series with the idea of creating an East-versus-West season-ending showdown to decide the national champion.
The DHRA, one of the nation’s fastest-growing forms of motorsports, implemented its West Coast series this season.
All six regional champions turned in solid seasons:
• Palmer, the defending AirWerks Pro Street champion, took three second-place finishes and finished first once in the East Coast series.
• McSwain ran in two of three events in the West Coast series, winning the AirWerks Pro Street event in Denver.
• Layden, the defending Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel champion, won three events and finished second in two others, winning the East series by more than 300 points.
• Dillehay entered all three West Coast series races, winning the Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel event in Arizona and making the semifinal round in Denver.
• Talley, the 2005 season champion, won twice and finished second once in East Coast ET competition.
• Bigelow entered all three West Coast Flowmaster ET events, winning in large, competitive fields in Arizona and Las Vegas and narrowly missing a semifinal appearance in Denver.
“In previous seasons, the season was wrapped up at this point,” Dunbar said. “The champions were already known. This year, we won’t know the champion until these guys run their championship round.
“We’ve got our regional champions. As far as a national title, you could actually have someone win the national championship who was not a regional champion.
“It’s going to make for some exciting racing. Hopefully, these guys will all be fired up about it.”
After the national champions are decided, the participants in the championship event will then participate in the DHRA Texas Diesel Nationals, Dunbar said.
“After these guys run the championship round, they also have a regular race to run,” he said. “They’ll run off the champion first thing Saturday, and there will be a whole event following.”
*DHRA 2007 National Champions in Playoff Format in Baytown, Texas*
By DHRAOnline.com staff
The field is set for the DieselPower! Additives Drag Racing Series finals.
Call it a field of champions.
On October 13-14, 2007, the Diesel Hot Rod Association for the first time in its history will decide its DieselPower! Additives Drag Racing national champions in a playoff-style format at the Texas Diesel Nationals at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown, Texas.
“It should provide for some good racing – no question about it,” DHRA Competition Director Dave Dunbar told DHRAonline.com recently.
The Texas Diesel Nationals will feature the champion and runner-up from the DHRA’s East and West Coast series in a two-race run-off to decide the national champion for 2007 in three classes – AirWerks Pro Street, Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel and Flowmaster ET Bracket.
The East Coast champion in each class will face the West Coast runner-up in each class in one semifinal, with the West Coast champion and East Coast champion squaring off in the other semifinal.
The winners of each semifinal will then race for the title in each class.
The matchups are as follows:
• AirWerks Pro Street East winner Philip Palmer versus West runner-up Chris Calkins.
• Airwerks Pro Street West winner Pat McSwain versus East runner-up Jimmy Smith.
• Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel East Winner Jim Layden in a bye run.
• Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel West winner Mike Dillehay versus East runner-up Bruce Block.
• Flowmaster ET East winner Earl Talley in a bye run.
• Flowmaster ET West winner Al Bigelow versus East runner-up K.J. Kitchens.
This season marked the first time the DHRA had staged East and West drag-racing series with the idea of creating an East-versus-West season-ending showdown to decide the national champion.
The DHRA, one of the nation’s fastest-growing forms of motorsports, implemented its West Coast series this season.
All six regional champions turned in solid seasons:
• Palmer, the defending AirWerks Pro Street champion, took three second-place finishes and finished first once in the East Coast series.
• McSwain ran in two of three events in the West Coast series, winning the AirWerks Pro Street event in Denver.
• Layden, the defending Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel champion, won three events and finished second in two others, winning the East series by more than 300 points.
• Dillehay entered all three West Coast series races, winning the Valvoline Blue Quick Diesel event in Arizona and making the semifinal round in Denver.
• Talley, the 2005 season champion, won twice and finished second once in East Coast ET competition.
• Bigelow entered all three West Coast Flowmaster ET events, winning in large, competitive fields in Arizona and Las Vegas and narrowly missing a semifinal appearance in Denver.
“In previous seasons, the season was wrapped up at this point,” Dunbar said. “The champions were already known. This year, we won’t know the champion until these guys run their championship round.
“We’ve got our regional champions. As far as a national title, you could actually have someone win the national championship who was not a regional champion.
“It’s going to make for some exciting racing. Hopefully, these guys will all be fired up about it.”
After the national champions are decided, the participants in the championship event will then participate in the DHRA Texas Diesel Nationals, Dunbar said.
“After these guys run the championship round, they also have a regular race to run,” he said. “They’ll run off the champion first thing Saturday, and there will be a whole event following.”
