El Paso Museum of History Presents
"Man-Made Thunder" : The History of Racing in the Borderland
An exhibit opening to the public on
Saturday, August 28, 2010 Kicking it off Saturday Morning, bring your hot rod!
The desert southwest, with its dry climate and large open spaces, has been an ideal spot to test the speed of a variety of vehicles over the past century."Man-Made Thunder": The History of Racing in the Borderland tells the story of the men (and women), tracks, and race cars that have been part of automobile racing in El Paso and Juarez.
Curated by El Paso 20th Century history enthusiast and racing historian Chris Babcock (www.elpasoracinghistory.org), the exhibit includes 100 years of actual race cars, helmets and firesuits, signal flags, race track programs, photographs, and interactive advertising displays from MSD Ignition, an El Paso company that has produced race car components for the past forty years.
Please join the El Paso Museum of History in an off-track glimpse of veteran cars and paraphernalia from a sport which nationally rivals football in viewer attendance. The exhibit opens to the public on Saturday, August 28, 2010.
El Paso's Lyle Byrum took the win by .001 at the Southwest Superchargers Race in Hobbs.
The finals featured #7 qualifier Byrum vs. #4 Andy Mears and the Banzai Team
Buck Woolen Sr was #1 Qualifer with a 7.609
The next race for the SWSC is at El Paso Motorplex Sept 4th
The Grouch wins El Paso Motorplex August Race 'The Grouch' George Aguilar won Pro/Mod over Jerry Cordero
Sean McKay took the Street class over Robert Martin
MSD Featured in El Paso Times POWER SOURCE: Ignition system created in EP is No. 1 for racing pros EL PASO -- Former NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon gets his power from El Paso.So do fellow champions Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart. Their power comes from the MSD Ignition system in their vehicles, a system that was invented and is manufactured in El Paso.Complete Article here
ASR Father's Day Race Results Courtesy Ben de la Vega
Reaction Time Winner Andrew Jaramillo with a .500
Dash-4-Cash Andy Wiles by three thousands with a .066 over Trevor Ward's .069
Pro Winner Artie Herrera
RU Liz Montoya 3rd Paul Prange
Pro Motorcycle Winner Juan Romero
RU Sean (Pornstache) Cairns 3rd Mark De La Torre
Mod Winner Danny Dean
RU James McCall 3rd Chris Bustamante
Street Winner Dennis Ward RU Brian Schuetta 3rd Marios Burgos
El Paso Motorplex Big Money Race Photo Gallery Hunt Family takes the Big Money at El Paso Motorplex Mike Hunt, in his Don Davis Vette, and his son Ryan Hunt, in his Dragster, both made it down to the the final round when Ryan took out Sammy Franco in the semis. They split the money and didn't run a final round. Robert Martin in the Maverick took the $1000 street class with Brian Schuetta in his Firebird getting runner up.
Since Mother Nature decided to coat the fresh VHT with sand right before time trials the race finished up late. The track crew decided to delay time trials and wash the track down with water, scrape, sweep, vht, and ran the tire machine down the track. They did a great job and the hard work paid off. Be sure to thank the track crew guys!
EPM Pro/Mod Winners Mike and Ryan Hunt (split purse)
3rd place: Sammy Franco(Nova) EPM Street Winner Robert Martin (Maverick)
Runner-up: Brian Schuetta (Firebird) - 3rd place: Bobby Yarbrough (Magnum)
SUPER PRO top 5
384 Ryan Hunt
363 Rafael de la Rosa
344 Billy Graham
320 Doyle Story
240 Greg Woolfolk
PRO/MODIFIED top 5
525 German Grenado 484 Danny Dean
403 Ruben Jasso
360 Sonia Elsberry
360 James McCall
340 David Nowell
STREET top 5
484 Brian Schuetta 465 Tony Acosta
462 Manny Robles 400 Sean McKay
380 Sergio Morales
MOTORCYCLE top 5
404 Sergio Longorio 400 Juan Romero 384 Tury Mei
382 James Taylor
320 Adres Godinez
MSD Ignition Car Show Photo Gallery
Big Thanks to the beautiful El Paso Calendar Girls Ebony and Stephanie who helped out SWD at the What's Up Best of the Best Party ... I mean Official Voting Location! The best looking girls there and of course Chuy was on hand for some pics! Check 'em out here W
El Paso Motorplex May 15th I didn't hear a car count for El Paso, but the pits were filled to capacity. Unfortunately the race had to be called when one of the Southwest Superchargers blew the engine in the burnout sending engine schrapnel all over the starting area including a chunk through one of the starting line crewman's arm. Heard he was ok, but the emergency crew took him to the hospital and the race was canceled. The 6 to 8 cars in each class split the purse.
Drag racing weekend Arroyo Seco and El Paso Motorplex both ran over the weekend. About 57 racers competed Saturday at ASR. Greg Woolfolk in his gold '69 Camaro won the Pro Class on Saturday over Andrew Jaramillo.
'The Rental Racer' Brian Schuetta won the Dash for Cash $250 on Saturday, took 3rd place in street class and then drove to El Paso where he went more rounds and split the purse - in a rental Impala! Stephen Grant ruled the street class at ASR though taking the win on both days!
ASR Saturday Pro Winner Greg Woolfolk
Runner Up Andrew Jaramillo -
3rd Place Ed Almanzar
Sunday's Pro Winner Al Tombaugh
Runner Up Russell Hudson -
3rd Place Matt Mitchell
Saturdays Modified Winner Ryan Cairns
Runner Up Chris Bustamonte -
3rd Place Leo Quintara
Sundays Modified Winner Danny Dean
Runner Up Chris Bustamonte - 3rd Place Andy Wiles
Stephen Grant won the Street class on both Saturday and Sunday!
Saturday runner up was Shelly
Storie - Brian Schuetta 3rd
Sunday Denny Rae
Herrin runner up - Shelly Storie 3rd Saturday Bike winner BB Maldonado
event over Houston Storie -
Ryan Carins
finished 3rd
Sunday Bike Winner Marios Burgos over "Captain" Jack Cairns -
James
Taylor placed 3rd
Sand Drags at Carril 1/4 De Milla
04/24/2010
Photos by Chuy Nava - Results courtesy RubberDown.net
Photo Gallery
EXTREME Class 1 # DUST DEVIL 2 # David Macias
3 # SUM FEAR
SUPER Class 1 #69 Javier Navarrette 2 #1010 Raul Torres -
3 #07 Mr Brown
MODIFIED Class 1 #66 Big Bad Dodge 2 #08 Alex Delgado -
3 #19 Cesar STOCK Class 1 #00 Charolastra 2 #77 Jorge Chavez - 3
#07 Ponch Castro QUAD 2 STROKE 1 #28 Andres Varela 2 #52 Edgardo Rosado - 3 #15 Chris Anaya
QUAD 4 STROKE 1 #71 Sammy Varela 2 #01 Troy Talbot -
3 #64 Larry Rodriquez
ASR April 18th
Winners Denny Parker, James McCall, Sean Cairns, and Lorenzo Maldonado
By Ben de la Vega
All I can say is that if you didn't attend this past race at the Arroyo Secco Raceway, you really missed a great race.
83 racers took to the track for time trials which ran quite smoothly until Ernesto Hernandez III ate up a transmission in the shutdown lane and created quite a spill. After the clean up the rest of the timing sessions went well.
The reaction time contest was over within the first five passes of the morning when Trevor Ward of Wilcox Arizona hit a perfect .500 rt. on his first pass of the day.
Time trials ended at 1:10 pm and after a abbreviated lunch the Dash-4-Cash started at 1:45. 34 entries showed up for the one round showdown with John Arzibal dialing in at an 11.16 and running an 11.161 and taking home $340 cold hard cash.
Street Class started out as the largest class with 24 racers and there were many new racers in this class and all did rather well. In the finals it was Lorenzo Maldonado taking the win over Cara Parker with Cara's Brother, Stephen Grant, taking the third place runoff over Juan Moral.
Modified was a rather tight battle which started out with 21 vehicles. At the end of the day it turned out to be the regular cast of characters who would be taking home the money. In the final it was James McCall in the winners circle with his Mac's Deisel Services Gremlin. Pete Vargas was the runner up with Andy Wiles taking the semifinal runoff over Danny Dean.
Pro Class also started out with 21 racers and this class really ran quickly thanks to the cooperation of all the teams. With wild close racing being the order of the day. With three cars left in the semi's there would be no third place runoff. It was "Smiling" Artie Hererra taking home the third place money with the finals going to Denny Parker taking the win over El Pasoan Matt Smith coming in at the runner up position.
The Pro Motorcycle class was still feeling the pinch of not having most of the DFC Racing Team MIA for the second race in a row. That didn't stop the 17 racers from making the call to the first round. And, as with the last race, it was an all Yo Mama Racing Team final between Lightning Computers own Marc Delatorre taking on Sean Cairns for the money with Sean coming up the winner. The Semifinal runoff was between Ryan Cairns and Bibiano (Bibi) Maldonado, with Bibi taking home third.
It is really nice to see new racers coming out to the track and some of that was due to Marc Delatorre putting an add in the Thrifty Nickel, in Las Cruces, offering to pay entrie fees to all Street Class racers coming to the track with a coupon. Marc brought in either six or seven racers. Thanks Marc!
I also finally got to meet Jerry Porche, aka Twin Turbo Tiger. If you like turbos and engineering marvels, you absolutely have to see this Sunbeam Tiger close up to see how amazing it trully is. As a matter of fact, his first pass netted Jerry a 9.84 at over 130 mph!
Low ET and top speed of the meet went to Al Tombaugh, of Mesilla, with an elapsed time of 8.283 at 158.99 mph.
The best newbie pass went to Deming's Joe Lemay. In only his second race, he took his Chevy Luv to a 15.405 run on his 15.40 dial.
Keep in mind that the next race will be a two day affair and the date is May 15th & 16th and we all hope to see you there!
Ben
Toby Torres gets Runner Up Finish at NHRA Div. 7 at SIR
Toby made it to the final round in his wicked Super Stock Mustang at the NHRA Division 7 Race at SIR in Tucson a couple weeks ago. Congrats Toby! Good luck in Vegas this weekend too!
SUPER STOCK
Carroll Warling, Brighton, Colo., '74 Grand Am, SS/MA, 11.169, 118.37 def.
Toby Torres, El Paso,Texas, '88 Mustang, SS/CM, 9.513, 134.83. ' NHRA Results
El Paso Motorplex April Points Race #2
A good turnout of racers and nice weather along with a smooth day at the races, Vic and the track crew did a great job running the race.
ASR Opening Day winners:
Greg Woolfolk, Nacho Nelasco, Javier Estrada and Sean Cairns
ASR Race Winners Sunday March 21 Opening Day at ASR
Report by
Ben de la Vega
A beautiful Sunday morning greeted both racers and spectators for the opening day of the 2010 Drag Racing season at the Arroyo Seco Raceway.
83 race vehicles took to the track to make their time trial runs with the only major incident involivng a lady in a Chevelle who blew the bottom end of her engine and created quite a slick, however she was fantastic and slowed quickly enough to safely pull her car off of the track to minimize the amount of cleanup. ASR would also like to thank the volunteers who assisted with the cleaning of the track so the downtime would be minimal. Because of which, time trials were over by 1:15 pm.
The reaction time contest was hotly contested when Troy Renteria fired the first shot with a .502 rt.. Not to be outdone Denny Parker took the top spot with his .501 but that only lasted for a short time as Greg "The Wolfman" Woolfolk made his return to drag racing by posting a perfect .500 rt.. Low et and top speed of the meet was also run during time trials as Al Tombaugh blasted his dragster to a 8.23 @ 160.72 mph.
After lunch and the drivers meeting, 29 entries went directly into the Dash-4-Cash. One round of eliminations with the winner being the driver to come closest to their dial in. After that round the winner was Nacho Nolasco who dialed an 11.93 and hit an 11.938 to take home the $290 cash prize.
Modified had 23 entries answer the first call for five rounds of racing during the event. The drag racing Gods were smiling on Nacho Nolasco once again as he came up the winner over Danny Dean with Joel Hannig taking third.
Pro was next up with 21 racers doing their thing with five rounds. After some really close racing during the day it was Greg "The Wolfman" Woolfolk showing that he still has what it takes to end up in the winners circle. Taking the runner up spot was Arizona's Denny Parker with the "Stude Dude", Doug Hollars, taking third.
Street started out with 21 entries as well and really turned out to be a fast growing and entertaining class. When their day was finished, it was Javier Estrada taking the big win with John Pardone coming in second and Jason Saenz coming in third.
Pro Motorcycle was the smallest class with 13 entries as a lot of the regulars were missing in action. The finals were an all Yo Mama affair with Mark De La Torre and Sean Cairns taking the green and when all were said and done it was Sean taking first place and Mark coming in second with El Paso' Juan Romero taking the third spot. Hopefully team DFC can make the next race.
Other notables:
The King Family were there with their "Kings Ransom" T-Bird sporting a new nitrous assisted 517 ci Pontiac engine. Gordy King Jr. got the "Bird" down to a 8.47 pass, but a broken lifter ended his TNT for the day.
Reiging Track Champion, Pat "Sasquach" Mueller was at the track on Sunday without his Torino. It seems that Pat has contracted mercury poisoning and is suffering from vertigo. His doctors may release him to race later on in the season. Get well soon Pat.
The next points meet at ASR will be on Sunday April 18th! See you there!
Ben
EPM Race Winners Sunday March 14
Ryan Hunt, RE Dragster - Super Pro
Danny Dean, Duster - Mod Otter El Camino - Street
2010 El Paso Motorplex Points Series Info
From Vic Hernandez post on the SWD forum -
"We at the El Paso Motorplex would like to invite All Interested Racers to Sign up for our First Points Series. Sign ups will be at Pacific Audio, Wednesday March 3rd at 7:30pm. Pacific Audio is located at 11245 Rojas, between Lomaland and Lee Trevino.
At this time i will go over the Program and general Rules of the Motorplex. So Far we raised over $4,000.00 toward the end of the year Awards with more Sponsors to Come. Entry for the Points Series will be only $25.00 and all money Collected will go back to the Racers in way of cash and Trophies. There will be 8 Point Races,( Schedule to be Posted later this Week), with Attendance being a Big Part of earning points. We will racing 4 Classes this Year : Super Pro, (electronics) ,Pro-modified ( Non-electronics), Street, and Motorcycle. Class Champions will receive a Champion's Jacket, Cash and a Special Trophy. We will paying out Cash and Prizes thru 6th Place. Upon Registering for the Series you will receive a Racers Hand-book with all of our Rules and Tech Info. We will be Enforcing the Rules Stated in your Hand-book.
We are really excited about this year and we will do our best to have a safe and fun time.
Pits are partially Paved and the Track is Vastly improving. Look forward to seeing everyone again at the meeting and looking forward to a great show and race on March 14th.
For more info contact me at 915-588-8119
Thanks Vic Hernandez
If you cannot make the Meeting you can sign up anytime before any race, But remember, Points are earned for Showing up and only Start After you register. Thanks Again"
The El Paso Motorplex get the pits paved!
El Paso Motorplex Chistmas Shootout
There were some fast cars in the door slammer shootout with Pat Neal from Tucson in his Ford powered Camaro taking the win over De la Rosa's Vega. De la Roasa had backed out of the staging beams in the final getting an automatic DQ, the two racers split the purse. Pat was running as fast as 8.6's with the Camaro while Jason Hinojos ran his first 8 second pass in his blow-thru Mustang with an 8.998 @ 150. The street and modified classes were combined. Video soon! RESULTS
Heads-up Pat Neal, Tucson, AZ - Ford Powered Camaro - 2nd Rafael De La Rosa - Chevy Vega
Pro Winner
Lorenzo Hidalgo - Chevy Nova
- 2nd Lalo Meza - Ford Mustang
Mod/Street Winner
Robert Martin - Ford Maverick
2nd Adian Vega - Ford Mustang
Motorcycle Winner
Juan Romero
2nd Tracy Mcintyre
Over 100 photos in the Ruidoso Rod Run Photo Gallery The annual Rod Run up in Ruidoso, New Mexico
El Paso Motorplex Labor Day Shootout The
Southwest Super Chargers put on a great show in front a big crowd at El Paso Motorplex.
Michael Hunt won the Modified class and took second place in Pro with his Don Davis Corvette.
Here are some partial results...
EL PASO -- Harry Groessel likes speed. But it's winning he loves.
Groessel, referred to by some as the grandfather of El Paso drag racing, developed a style that has allowed him to rack up hundreds of first-place trophies since he started racing in 1957. At first he gave them to neighborhood children. When the pile got out of hand, he scooped them up and donated them to a store to reuse. more...
Randy Ranew who used to run the old Sun City Dragway has a big collection of photos, flyers and memorabilia from the track and will be sharing some of these with us. Here's Part 1, enjoy!
4th of July at the El
Paso Motorplex
The Cobra Jet Mustang Jet Funny car from Missouri and the Invader Jet Dagster made 3 passes with the Invader running as fast as a 6.10! Lots of spectators with about 68 racers - the bikes had a big class again with 18 racers showing up. Brittney Blakely was back in her dragster after racing her PT Cruiser woody in the street class the last few races. She picked up right where she left off with a win against Michael Hunt in the Pro class finals.
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