Drag Racing Online: The Magazine

Volume VIII, Issue 3, Page 131

SoCal Super Chevy

Words by Hank Schmitt

Photos by James Drew
7/5/06
Canadian Trevor Lowe came
down  from Canada with his ’68 blown
Camaro put a percentage in the tank and won the Nitro Coupe finale over California racer and Super Chevy regular Dan Nickelson. You can almost see the Pomona facility from Nickelson’s house in nearby LaVerne.

 

anadian Trevor Lowe claims Chilliwack, British Columbia, as his hometown. It's not anywhere close to Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, but Pomona is where Lowe notched a win April 2 in the Super Chevy Show's 2006 stop at the high temple of drag racing.

DRO fave Monte Berney brought his all-steel ’55 Shoebox down from the Bay Area and ran a 6.99/201 qualifying. The all-steel Shoebox weighs in close to 3000lbs and burns 100 percent alky in the tank so the 6.99 ET was a very good number.
Trevor Lowe squares off against Fullerton. CA racer Jeremy Hanger and his ’53 Stude during qualifying. The green Studebaker ran a 6.64/213 in qualifying.
Donnie Martin’s 36 Chevy wowed the Chevy faithful

Lowe qualified second in the field Saturday behind 2004 champ Randy Adler with a 6.315 at over 225 miles per hour and kept the consistency on race day with only one run out of the 6.35 range. In the finals, he faced former Nitro Coupe Champ Dan Nickelson and his '03 Corvette.    Lowe did the trick with a 6.350 run at 225 miles per hour. Nickelson had traction issues and ran a 7.455 at 166.56 miles per hour.

In the Bracket One Finals, it was an all door car affair as Long Beach, CA racer Mike Blodgett took the win over Scott Hudson of Yorba Linda.  Blodgett's '72 Nova dialed a 11.46 and ran a 11.485 at 123.70 miles per hour.  Hudson lost on the tree and ran a 10.656 on his 10.65 dial at 131.61 miles per hour. In the Bracket Two wars, Bob Chagnon of Temecula, CA took the win in the finals over Robert Smith of Valinda, CA.  Chagnon, driving an '88 Beretta, dialed a quarter mile 10.44 and ran a 10.564 at 114.64. Smith drove an '80 Chevy Stepside truck and rumbled to a 12.581 run on his 12.45 dial at 110.61 miles per hour.

In the Street-Legal DOT class, the 2005 Pontiac of Gary Hairfield of San Diego ruled the roost at Auto Club Raceway. He defeated Ontario, CA racer Sam Johnson in the finals. Both racers dialed correctly, as Hairfield predicted a 12.81 and ran the number with a 12.818 at 106.32 miles per hour. Robinson dialed his '57 Chevy in at 13.43 and ran a 13.438. The difference in the race lay on the starting line and Hairfield's .034 versus a .066 for Robinson.

The Super Chevy Crew is pausing to load up on fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches before heading to Memphis Motorsports Park for an April 21-23 event. AutoStar Productions President Roger Gustin reminds racers that any GM brand is welcome in the Super Chevy Show's bracket program.

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