California hot rod reunion event notebook competition plus. Also competing in top fuel will be another multitime series and march meet champion in jim murphy and the ww2 racing dragster, plus bret williamson and forever young, thirdgeneration racer tyler. The team has competed in nascar, the arca racing series, the wma motocross series, ama arenacross, motocross and supercross series, summer x games and rolex sports car series since 2008, and is owned by former driver rick ware. Steve davidson race cars is located at 1280 old stage rd. Outside of the cockpit, williamson, a truck driver by trade, builds race cars but not the kind you would think. Among those mounting up will be stockton, californias rick williamson, driver of the team craig dragsterand current heritage series points leader as well as the recent march meet victor. Aafuelers to fight for title at chrr nhra hot rod heritage. Felix adamo the californian in top fuel quarterfinals, stocktons rick williamson puts up plenty. March meet shines golden on 50th but saddened with crash. The last pair has all kinds of points title consequences. Rick schnell and the worlds quickest flathead dragster. Oct 23, 2016 neither driver qualifies for the program.
Nostalgia top fuel cars will return to spokane, june 2224. Alley, the defending nhra lucas oil series national champion, beat fellow idaho racer butch walsh in a battle of camaros for the super stock title. With the fans still buzzing, it was bret williamson and tyler hilton in the waterbox. Rick with the cbs top fuel dragster and bret with tafc and pro mod. Rick wilson born january 31, 1953 is a former nascar winston cup driver.
Due to the covid19 issue we will be closing our call center effective 317 and will have only a skeleton crew working. Aafueler feuds to boil in bowling green nhra hot rod heritage. Brad thompson, denver schutz, rick williamson and adam sorokin. Facing sorokin at pomona for the 2010 chrr title will be brett harris who got the best of rick white, rick williamson and 2009 chrr winner, rick mcgee. From nhra vice president technical operations glen gray dated march 16, 2012. The march meet is really everything about the history of drag racing, is how wavyhaired, texasbased funny car driver john hale, the 2012 drag racing online aafc challenge champion, answered. In a 1985 national dragster article, rick said the car was a leaker and that it ran a best of 6. Adam sorokin entered the event chasing march meet winner rick williamson for the number one spot.
They were neckandneck until the 18th mile when murphys roland leongtuned machine started gathering more steam and got to the finish line at 260 mph. With the 2016 heritage series top fuel points race wide open, over a dozen supercharged and nitropowered competitors from across the united states are gathering their steeds in bowling green in anticipation of claiming this weeks 8car aafuel dragster eliminator at the 14th annual. Passion in scale rick williamson competes in a fullscale nostalgia dragster. Nostalgia top fuel adam sorokin, sterling dragster, 252. If at first you dont succeed nostalgia top fuel racer rick williamson knows the frustration of losing a run, also. Bakersfield nostalgia top fuel qualifying, friday order. Top fuel nostalgia drag racing march meet bakersfield. Naval academy, where he received a bachelor of science in computer science. Williamson bumps out kaiser, which leaves bret williamson in the last spot on the eliminator. At this point west coast runner rick williamson was still on the outside looking in with a 9. Rick williamson was the usual driver of the charger, but ron fassl is driving at this race. Rick williamson has been the dragsters only driver and has logged approximately two hundred runs in it. Rick williamson is a native of jacksonville, florida. After a brief tour of the installation, commander, navy region europe, africa, southwest asia, rear adm.
Williamson dabbles with slot cars, both racing and building. Complete 2016 hot rod heritage series points standings. Nhra has disqualified both nostalgia top fuel driver rick white and nostalgia funny car driver tim boychuk from the 2012 hot rod heritage racing. Among those mounting up will be stockton, californias rick williamson, driver of the team craig dragster and current heritage series points leader as well as the recent march meet victor. Sorokin to stalk aafuelers in boise nhra hot rod heritage. Both drivers won the last northwest divisional event at mission raceway park. Williamson dabbles with slot cars, both racing and building resin style bodies for fellow enthusiasts. Rick williamson, right, races to an early win against ron august, jr.
Nascars website says that he is probably best known for his close, sidebyside second to bill elliott in daytonas summer event in 1988. Sorokin, driving the champion speed shop chevrolet, is leading the series by 61 points less than three round of racing. In the first pair of the first round of nostalgia top fuel eliminator at the 2018 chrr in bakersfield, local hero rick mcgee lines up against wisconsin dragster driver and 2017 chrr winner jim youn. Scott needs to dial that back a bunch for top dragster. In funny car, jason rupert, from yorba linda, calif. Craig racing top fuel at sacramento raceway foxhunt 2016.
Williamsons bathurst class wins in 1979 alongside codriver mike quinn and in 1981 with john smith were separated by a failure to finish in 1980 that was blamed on the racecam draining the car. International hot rod association rick krafft chicago fire. Current call center hours will be very limited and we will do our best to address customer concerns. Adam sorokin in the champion speed shop dragster had an interesting day of qualifying in the first session, he launched hard into a huge wheelstand, requiring him to shut off early. This was a close one with hilton taking the come from behind win with a 5. His sons, rick and bret, are both experienced drivers. On august 25, 20, rick schnells flathead dragster, known as the slider, roared down the quartermile drag strip at brainerd international raceway to set a record as far as we know of fastest flathead in the world with a 7. Nostalgia top fuelers and funny cars will add to 60th. Lori johns drag racer sam jones drag racer chris karamesines. Larry dixon dragster driver ed donovan engine builder scott geoffrion. You can tell that he had safety in mind just by looking at the stout roll bar. A castiron hemi appears between the frame rails at this point.
Aafueler feuds to boil in bowling green nhra hot rod. Bartone, the twotime and defending series champ in his familys bartone bros. Jason greenwoods engine erupts into a fireball as the sun began to set at end of the track and shine right into the drivers eyes the third and final session began. Aug 28, 20 this nice looking dragster which will see competition in the nhra division one top dragster ranks. Fuelers in a furious fourway fight at 25th california hot. The two young boys standing are the truck, could well be the williamson bros, rick and brett, who would go on. Rick had driven an aada in pro comp and for a while, drove both cars in some races.
Div 7 nhra fc driver numbers drag racing, drag racing. He began racing in 1980, and posted 23 topten finishes over his career. Here is dannys list as presented on july 23, 2010 the top ten blown alcohol or injected nitro dragsters of all time. Aafuel dragster drivers tony bartone, jim murphy, adam sorokin and rick williamson all entered the event with a strong mathematical championship opportunity. The event, however, was saddened with death of veteran top fuel driver john shoemaker. Rick williamson over ron august jr and jim murphy over a redlighting bill dunlap. Barbara hamilton drag racer tom hoover drag racer bill jenkins drag racer howard johansen. With the 2016 heritage series top fuel points race wide open, over a dozen supercharged and nitropowered competitors from across the united states are gathering their steeds in bowling green in anticipation of claiming this weeks 8car aafuel. Fearless dragster drivers bret williamson and adam sorokin battle for control of their respective mounts in a fight to advance into the semifinals of top fuel eliminator at the 2018 chrr.
More nitro the aafd frontengine top fuel dragster coalition will join forces with firebreathing fuel altereds and nitrohuffing funny cars at bowling green because more nitromethane is better nitromethane. Murphy looks for 5th top fuel title at march meet sports. Sorokin to stalk aafuelers in boise 872014 despite a startandstop 2014 season, adam sorokin, driver of the chevypowered champion speed shop aafuel dragster, is spooling up to spoil the hopes of his competition at this weekends pepsi nightfire nationals in boise, idaho. The owner, builder and driver of this dragster hailed from new baltimore, mi.
Nov 10, 2011 nhra chief starter rick stewart, who has had the best seat in the house between a pair of 7,000 horsepower top fuel dragsters and literally tens of thousands of other race vehicles over the last 15 years, will hang up his iconic straw hat at the conclusion of this weekends auto club nhra finals in pomona. Rick williamson, presented a rungu stick as a gift, which is a traditional wooden throwing club or baton bearing special symbolism and significance in certain east african tribal cultures. Rick ware racing rwr is an american motorsports team which currently competes in the nascar cup series, weathertech sportscar championship and asian le mans series. Just like day, he lost his first qualifying run, a 5. Rick williamson and adam sorokin shared the top fuel spotlight sunday in the 21st annual nhra california hot rod reunion at auto club famoso raceway. The teams first funny car is pictured here in late seventies at orange county. All of steves tanks are custom made inhouse for each client. Top fuel nostalgia drag racing march meet bakersfield famoso raceway 20.
Murphy looks for 5th top fuel title at march meet by the bakersfield californian. After a season off they are back with a new car and new team, said jennifer luna spokesperson for the aadfa wrote in an email. Dec 12, 2007 i think the car was a dark red shade, body between the driver and fire wall was flat on the top, 45 degree corners and slab sides. Champions crowned at california hot rod reunion nhra. Nhra penalizes nostalgia top fuel driver and nostalgia funny car driver for rules violation 06162012. But racing while wearing a tshirt, no gloves, no facemask, no protective jacket and hardly any firewall tippify the lack of safety requirements of the period. Also competing in top fuel will be another multitime series and march meet champion in jim murphy and the ww2 racing dragster, plus bret williamson. Im working on a nhra pro dragster for a client in colorado. Doug foley drag racing experience drive a dragster. Nitronic research information for an accelerated culture.