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2007 results can been viewed here

2006 results are in the prosess of being sourced as the pages have been misplaced

2005 results below

2004 results are here

November 9, 2005

Attention all wcpm members

There is a season ending and pre 2006 season meeting planned for November 19th, in Missoula Montana, from 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Location: Grant Creek Inn, Missoula Montana, take the Reserve St exit off I-90

Grant Creek Inn # 1-888-543-0700, special racer rooms available.

Many items to be discussed including rules, purse structure, sponsors the future etc.

This is open to all Pro Mod teams, their crew and families. Many items to discuss as the series moves forward. More races are potentially on the schedule for 2006 as well as a few potential changes to the rules. Your input is very important. Please contact Lee Smith, Ross Hogenson or Vern Mills for more information.

(Vern Mills # 406.728.1488)

August 30, 2005

Final points are posted.

Final weekend gallery is here

August 29, 2005

The picture says it all

Lee Smith is the 2005 champion

Rains ends the season for the second consecutive year. The name Stoken (as in crew crew and daughter Sara) is part of the championship for the second year as well.

Lee Smith (second from left) with daughter Sara Stoken and wife Debby along with the rest of the crew and "Tech Dave" celebrate the 2005 season championship.

Weekend results (which are Saturday qualifying only) are here.

August 26, 2005

West Coast Pro Mod finale for 2005

It all comes down to this!!!!!

Lee Smith leads, Ross Hogenson has a legitimate shot at the title and Pat Stoken needs a miracle to repeat.

200 points (one round) separates Lee Smith and Ross Hogenson and another 600 points back is Pat Stoken. If Ross and Lee make the final the winner of the race will be the champion (Lee for sure). Also, Ross has to be the higher qualified car in order forhim to win. For Pat to win the title he has to win the event qualify #1 and run low et and top mph. Also Lee has to fail to qualify and Ross has to got out in round one.

Friday is a test day for the pro mods and we will have up to date results all weekend long. Stay tuned!

August 21, 2005

Fourth different winner in the first four races. The final event at Mission Raceway promises to be "HUGE".

Pat Stoken showed why is is the defending WCPM champion, with a dominant win at Edmonton's "Hot August Nights".

The full results and photos are posted. The up to date points after Edmonton are posted.

August 19, 2005

Weather looks good for Edmonton......Finally! SpeedZone will be there Saturday for all the coverage. 9 or 10 cars are expected for the unique one day event.

Check back Sunday night for all the results.

August 18, 2005

Date change again for H.A.Nights.

NOTE: The Edmonton "Hot August Night Race" including the WCPM's has been rescheduled to Saturday Aug 20th, instead of Wed Aug. 17, due to the storm in the area.

August 15, 2005

Lee Smith wins the Nightfires from the #1 SPOT.

Photo highlights here. (courtesy Brian Losness)

Lee Smith Qualified #1 with a 6.48/219 and then proceeded to take out the field to further extend his point lead. He defeated Rod Pearce and then Dan Vogt before taking on Ross Hogenson in the final. His Final round 6.75 was just enough for Hogenson's 6.81.

First round saw #1 Lee Smith defeat #8 Rod Pearce 6.55 - 7.20, #2 Ross Hogenson defeat #7 Joe Delehay 6.65 - 7.07, #3 Vern Mills lost to 1st alternate Pat Stoken (who was in in place of Doug Ballance, who broke in qualifying) 6.72 - dsq (Mills crossed centre line), and #4 Dan Vogt defeat #5 Scott Bailey 6.61 - 6.76. In the Semis, Smith got the best of Vogt 6.56 - 6.62 and Hogenson took out Stoken as both cars got crossed up. Hogenson recovered first and ran 6.86. That set the stage for the battle of #1 and #2 qualifiers, and the end result was like a jig saw puzzle fitting together as #1 Smith over #2 Hogenson won despite a holeshot by Hogenson.

Smith got the ponus points for low et and top mph and has a comanding lead heading into the last two events.

Photos will be up soon.

Points are tabulated (Unofficial until confirmed from executive)

Saturday Night WCPM final qualifying
1. Lee Smith 6.48-219.83
2. Ross Hogenson 6.57-212.81
3. Vern Mills 6.59-211.01
4. Dan Vogt 6.67-199.24
5. Scott Bailey 6.76-207.42
6. Doug Ballance 6.79-195.69
7. Joe Delehay 6.86-211.06
8. Rod Pearce 6.94-170.35

DNQ
Pat Stoken 7.02-202.61
Perry Thyr 7.04-196.63

Friday qualifying
Lee Smith 6.48-219.83
Dan Vogt 6.67-199.95
Scott Bailey 6.83-208.23
Rod Pearce 6.96-173.51
Pat Stoken 7.02-202.61
Doug Ballance 7.81-126.72
Perry Thyr 10.41-77.59
Vern Mills 10.44-92.51
Ross Hogenson 12.50-67.55

Notable Saturday Lee Smith went 6.52 in the afternoon and 6.53 during the night session.

August 9, 2005

The West Coast Pro Mod Assoc. (WCPMA) is excited to announce that high performance mail order warehouse giant, Jeg's is a contingency sponsor for the remainder of the 2005 season. "We are excited to have Jeg's partner with the association by offering a sponsorship. The partnership with such a well know company such as Jeg's will bring recognition and vitality to the 2005 WCPM season" stated WCPM Administrator Brian Losness. John Coughlin, with Jeg's stated "We like getting involved in a series like these, and we especially like pro mods so it works." The West Coast Pro Mods will be competing this weekend August 12-14, 2005 at the Nightfire Nationals in Boise, Idaho. The Nightfire Nationals is one of the largest independent drag races in the country.

August 2, 2005

Boise is less than two weeks away. The entry list looks to be the biggest one of the year. Pat Stoken, Vern Mills, Lee Smith, Joe Delehay, Ross Hogenson, Perry Thyr, Wayne Hofer, Rod Pearce, Scott Bailey, Doug Ballance, Dan Vogt. Possibles include Rick Distefano, Tim Wallace, Kirk Kuhns, Jay Syvertsen and Kenny Lang.

This is one of the premier independat racing events in the West as Firebird Raceway has Fuel Altereds, Nostalgia TF cars, the WCPM's, Jet Cars and a huge bracket contingent that starts on Wednesday August 10th. THe Pro mods qualify starting on Friday night. All the pro classes qualify and run eliminations well into the night.

June 20, 2005

First time winner takes Salt Lake. Go here for the results and photos. Points are here.

Salt Lake is up this weekend. 11 cars are on site ready for Saturday afternoon qualifying and Saturday evening elmination's

American drivers include Scott Bailey, Doug Balance, Dennis Radford, Lee Smith, Pat Stoken and Vern Mills. Canadian teams include Joe Delehay, Ross Hogenson, Perry Thyr, Dan Vogt and Wayne Hofer

We will have results up from qualifying Saturday and elimination finals ill be posted Sunday morning.

Salt Lake schedule for June 18th

Qualifying at 1:00 PM and 2:45 PM

Elimination's 6:00 pm , semi finals 7:30pm, final 9:00pm

June 14, 2005

Trevor Lowe gets a popular win at his home track and the season opener. The complete Mission story is here. Points are here

Gallery is here

Note to all Pro Mod competitors heading to Salt Lake.

This points earned at this event in 2005 will change slighly from the past double points earning race. A vote was taken on Saturday with the 11 paid members of the assoc., and it was voted that all racers competing and passing tech will receive an extra 200 points for attending this event. These points are in addition to the number of points they would normally earn for their participation at any other event. The entire race will NOT be double points.

June 11, 2005

Friday testing gallery is here. Go to Speedzone for photos attached as well as a Friday recap of all drivers who tested, along with the weekend preview.

June 10, 2005

Finally, the season gets underway!

This weekend, Mission Raceway Park hosts the "Pepsi Pro Mod Challenge" presented by the Province Newspaper and Boston Pizza.

10-12 big bad Pro Mods are expected to compete and take the first step in challenging for the West Coast title. Series defending champ Pat Stoken is primed for the season and knows he has a "Bulls Eye" on his back. Pat Stoken, driving his awesome 67 Camaro is only the second Nitrous powered team to win the series championship, the first being Dennis Radford back in 2002.

For 2005, the nitrous teams seem to be the prominent ones slated to run the full schedule, with Vern Mills and Ross Hogenson (in an ex-Ed Hoover 63 Corvette), set to challenge for the series title. For the blown contingent, Joe Delehay and Lee Smith are probably the strongest competitors that have scheduled the entire series.

The schedule for this weekend includes a free test n tune for all pro mod teams today (Friday), and then they get serious starting Saturday.

Three qualifying sessions are on tap, starting at Noon and then at 2 pm and fianlly the final round at approx. 4:00pm (times subject to change).

Sunday, the top eight head off to elimination's, starting at Noon and ending with the final round around 5:00 pm.

Here is the pre-entry list and bios of the teams set to compete at MRP:

Pat Stoken: Defending series champion tested earlier this season on the East Coast, and has the most up to date power courtesy of Shannon Jenkins and "SpeedTech Innovative Nitrous Solutions". His bright red 67 Camaro is one of the cleanest cars on the circuit and the team is primed for a title defence. They are a Eureka Montana based family operation with Pat's sons Corey and Casey acting as crew Chiefs. Pat's wife Terrie is the team manager. Career best #'s for Pat in competition are a 6.30 @ 220 mph. Beside the West Coast series the team will race select IHRA national events in 2005.

Joe Delehay: This is actually the end of an era for Joe and the "World first 200mph Chevy Pro Mod Pick-up. The Dynamic Concrete Pumping backed team is set to retire its 72 Chevy Pick-up after 15 years of competition. Based out of Calgary Alberta, Joe hasn't said what the new ride will be, but he wants to go out with a bang in the Pick-up. Goals this year include challenging for the 2005 championship and lowering the et and MPH (6.44 @ 224) marks in the Pick-up. Long time crew chief Ken Eisler will have the pick-up set to the max all season long.

Vern Mills: Another early Camaro team. Vern hails from Missoula Montana and is one of the original racers of the West Coast series. A Chevy man through and through he has raced Shoe Boxes and Camaros in various forms since the early 90's and all have been nitrous powered. Vern finished third in the points last year and wants to move up the ladder a couple spots. The team is backed by Custom Trailers out of Montana.

Ross Hogenson: This Alberta based team is set to debut their all-new 1963 Corvette. An ex Ed Hoover car, this one sweet ride. Early testing #'s this season have netted a 6.52 best. Ross will run the entire series this season and if they get the car dialled in, look for the team to challenge at every event and finish in the top five for sure. Ross has another one of the tough nitrous powered cars in the series.

Lee Smith: Lee had a great finish to the 2004 season with a win at the Mission event and a #2 qualifying spot at the rained out season finale at Edmonton. A new look to the "Blown" red 58 Corvette is ready for debut, and if Lee and the Oregon based team can schedule the entire season into their busy work schedules, they will be right at the top of the pack at every event.

Perry Thyr: Perry will step headlong into the series as he plans to compete at every event for the first time in the team's young history. Another Alberta based team, Perry bought Ross Hogenson's Camaro at the end of the 2003 season, and last year ran a couple events in the series to get his feet wet. He had a top "10" final finish attending only half the races. This season, I expect a top 6 finish at the end of the year. Perry's ride is a mountain motored, Nitrous assisted combination.

Trevor Lowe: is set to compete this weekend at MRP and possibly two more events in the series. If he could get less busy work schedule, the Fraser Valley Vending backed driver would seriously challenge for the title. A veteran of the series, Trevor is a "two time" series champion and the first Canadian to win the title. The popular "blown 57 Chevy" is one of the fan favourite's where ever the team goes. Long smokey burnouts and wheelstanding launches are the marquee of Trevor and team owner and dad Dave Lowe's Pro Mod career.

Tom Meheden: This Calgary based team will make their debut in the series this weekend. Driving a mountain motored Lenco-drive combination, Tom has been in test mode with this unique Lumina Pro Mod. He has run numerous 6.70's in the car, and should be a solid 6.50 competitor before the end of the season. Tom will compete at all three Canadian races and possibly the Boise event in August. As well, he is scheduled to compete at the Rocky Mountain Nationals.

Jay Syvertsen: A BC based team; Jay drives one of the more unique cars in the class, a 57 Cameo Pick-up. Under the hood is a blown 'John Scialpi' powered Chevy, that has propelled the pick-up to numerous mid 6 second ets. Jay also competed in the West Coast based Pacific Pro Street series and had final round finishes.

DanVogt: Saskachewan Bros. have run this series a long time. Both Dan and Tim take turns driving their nitrous powered Corvette, that has the potential to be a 6.50 car. Always in the hunt and a perennial top ten team in the WC series

Wayne Hofer: Is out of Alberta and will race at three or four events as well this season. He is another one of the nitrous drivers, and is in the cockpit of a 67 Nova. A very cool short wheelbased car, Wayne has been well into the 6 second zone and is looking for a bit more out of the mountain motored Chevy in 2005.

Keith Korecki: This Kelowna BC driver will makea couple of the events in 2005. His Shelby Mustang was the first retro style 'Stang to compete in Pro Modified competition. A Huge Ford powered Shotgun Nitrous assisted motor sits between the frame rails and has gone down the track in sub 6.80 times. (Note Keith will not be at the race this weekend as he forgot about his son's graduation)

The rest of the teams planning on a few events in 2005 include ex series champs John Scialpi and Dennis Radford, Kip DuPuis, Rod Pierce, Doug Ballance, Dan Vogt, Kenny Lang, Dave Jackson, Scott Bailey, Tom Johanns and possibly rumoured newcomers Jerry Batt and Jim Demmitt.

The West Coast Pro Mod Assoc. would like to thank its sponsors for the 2005 season including GRP Connecting Rods, Alan Johnson Racing Engine, BAE, KandN Filters, Santhuff Shocks, Dynamic Concrete Pumping, Custom Trailers, Breckenridge Excavating, Rolling Mix Concrete, Radford Trucking and Stoken Logging.

For all the results in the West Coast series, log onto their web site, www.westcoastpromods.com and www.speedzonemagazine for all the action.

May 31, 2005

Salt Lake schedule for June 18th (no testing on Friday)

Qualifying at 1:00 PM and 2:45 PM

Elimination's 6:00 pm , semi finals 7:30pm, final 9:00pm

For those interested, Holiday Inn Express has a special rate

$49.00 per night........ Toll free 1-800-522-5575

Parking is okay on Friday

May 30 2005

Mission Raceway has a test n tune on the Friday of the Pro Mod Challenge event, email me if you are going to attend. Extemely attractive price (same as the track charges for the event), for all Pro Mod teams in attendance. Pre entry is strongly requested though for the special pricing.

(Updated) May 31, 2005

Confirmed for MRP June 11-12

11 Confirmed racers so far include series defending champion Pat Stoken, Vern Mills, Joe Delehay, Ross Hogenson, Trevor Lowe, Jay Syvertsen, Tom Meheden, Perry Thyr, Wayne Hofer, Keith Korecki and Lee Smith.

To all West Coast Pro Mod competitors in 2005. PLEASE EMAIL THE WEBMASTER OR BRIAN if you are attending the 1st event of the year at Mission Raceway June 11-12. All tracks need two weeks notice (minimum) with their lists lists so they can market this race with attending racers.

Not confirmed but expected include John Scialpi, Dan Vogt (please confirm guys). Would like at least 12 for the opening event of the year.

Other teams expected out include Kip DuPuis. Possibles are Doug Ballance, Dave Jackson, Tom Johanns and Jerry Batt.

Membership dues can be paid at your 1st event.

To all Pro Mod racers considering competing at a WCPM event, and wondering if you will be competitive. We will pay all non qualifiers some tow money. So you can't use that as an excuse. How many assoc. pay non qualifiers. Not too many in my experience. Come check us out.

Contact page has been updated

May 3, 2005

(update May 3 10:00pm). Forgot to mention to the teams/drivers, "due to correspondence with the teams in the series it was decided to forgo the mandatory use of the 'hans device', until further review. We feel it is up to both sanctioning bodies to step up to the plate and make it mandatory (since every other motorsport body in N. America have done so).

Sorry for the long delay in updating the web site. This past 2 1/2 months have been very trying for the new personel in organizing the series for the 2005 and beyond. With that being said here is our 2005 schedule. There are only five events on the schedule with two events running back to back (once in June and once in August). Both of the second races in the back to back events are only one day events as well, which is a plus for traveling teams. This means that teams are interested in keeping this series going should be able to support every event. And supporting every event is critical in 2005, as there are four - six very good tracks that are interested in us for the 2006 season. A couple of those tracks include Pacific Raceway, Woodburn and Phoenix. Their decisions will be based on participation for the 2005 season.

2005 schedule

Mission Raceway Park: Pro Mod Shootout June 11th-12th
Rocky Mountain Raceway Salt Lake June 18
Boise Idaho: Nightfire Nationals Aug 12th-14th
Edmonton: Hot August nights Aug 17th
Mission Raceway Park: Pro Mod Shootout Aug 27th -28th

Pre entry is a must for 2005, please email Brian or web master your schedule and confirmation of events you will be attending.

Membership information.

Membership dues are as follows. $125.00 US or $150.00 Can. per season. If you want to collect points for the season ending point fund you must pay membership.

Race fees

All tracks include free car and driver entry and includes up to 3-5 crew members (varies from track to track)

Association's fee per race---- member: $100.00 US----- non member $200.00 US (this fee is for paying non qualifiers a bit of travel money, hotel and tech costs for personel running event, and the season ending points fund)

Teams that have tried to contact us in the last two months for getting their team in the team/drivers pages and any other info please contact us again, and we will reply within 24 hours

Feb. 20, 2005

All WCPM teams, members and drivers, please read......Rules and all important membership information for the 2005 season are here

Feb 20, 2005

Ross Hogenson's new Corvette (Below) is finally dispalyed. Looks great Ross!!!! Ross is planning on the entire WCPM schedule and selected IHRA and Match race dates in 2005

Tom Johanns and the "Blown Away Racing" (BELOW) team will compete at selected events with a 1953 Blown Corvette. Tom is also out of Colorado (Castle Rock) and the car has a 526 Blown Aries for power. We will have a picture up soon.

Feb. 9, 2005

One more date added to the schedule (after the new car/team profiles)

Feb. 8, 2005

The schedule is after the new cars below.

New car/team news.

A number of new cars will be entering the WCPM fray this season, including cars from Canada and the US.

From the North, Jerry Batt from Trail BC has a brand new 2002 Firebird with a nitrous 706 Sonny Leonard bullet between the frame rails. As soon as Jerry gets the paint done he will send of photos. Look for him to compete a a number of events once licensing is complete this spring.

Another Canadian, Kenny Lang actually drove his new ride at the season ending IHRA event in Rockingham. It is Rick Distefano's 53 Corvette he ran in 2003 and early 2004. Kenny will run selected IHRA and WCPM event in 2005, and has BAE power under the hood.

Jim Demmitt Jr. from California will be in a Ford 57 T-Bird, much like the old ride Wayne Torkelson drove. Its an all steel body with original factory top glass bumpers and hood chassis built by Mark Morrison of Rescue Calif car. For power, Jim has a Ford Boss 429 SVO block 526ci with Alan Root heads. While we won't likely see this car for the full schedule, as this is a work in progress and Jim is still working on the combo and putting sponsorship and the team in place.

Dave Jackson from Loveland Colorado owns a piece of Pro Mod history. He is behind the wheel of Robbie Vandergriff's legendary 57 Chevy. Dave got his licensing complete in 2004 and will race selected WCPM events in 2005. He is running a Lencodrive Automatic in the car and will be one of the first to compete with this type of combination.

Doug and Irvine Ballance from Sacramento, Ca will debut a 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, built by Tommy Mauney and powered by 737 cu.in nitrous mountain motor. The team plans on running Pro Mod event on the West Coast including as many WCPM events as possible.

Feb. 5, 2005

Here are the first five confirmed events of the 2005 season.

Billings Montana: May 28th-29th
Mission Raceway Park: Pro Mod Shootout June 11th-12th
(Just added) Rocky Mountain Raceway Salt Lake June 18
Boise Idaho: Nightfire Nationals Aug 12th-14th
Edmonton: Hot August nights Aug 17th
Mission Raceway Park: Pro Mod Shootout Aug 27th -28th

More possible dates are being confirmed in the next two weeks. We hope to have an eight race schedule for the 2005 season.

Feb. 2, 2005

The West Coast Pro Mods is pleased to announce that Phoenix Fire Suppression Systems and Wyoming Ethanol will be Championship Series Sponsors for the 2005 season.

Phoenix is the leader in Halon fire suppression systems utilized in all types of motorsports vehicles. Richard Smith the owner of Phoenix has been involved in drag racing for over thirty years and currently owns and drives three jet funny cars. " Richard fully understands the needs of the racer and is very dedicated to safety, and we are excited to have them on board" stated Brian Losness of the WCPM.

Wyoming Ethanol is on the leading edge of alternative fuel development in the United States. The Torrington Wyoming based company has had a major involvement in various types of motorsports including drag racing, oval track racing, and monster trucks. General Manager Dan Schwarzkopf owns and campaigns a Top Comp 63 Corvette driven by his son Jamie.

K&N Performance Filters, Santhuff Shocks and Struts, along with LENCO have signed on for another year with the WCPM.

Tentative schedule will be released this weekend.

Three new teams/cars will be introduced this weekend as well.

January 12, 2005

Notice to all WC Pro Mod competitors

Here is a list of competitors for the 2005 season. Pat Stoken, Vern Mills, Wayne Torkelson, John Scialpi, Ross Hogenson, Joe Delehay, Glen May, Trevor Lowe, Lee Smith, Dan Vogt, Kip Dupuis, Randy Vischer, Rod Pearce, Wayne Hofer, Perry Thyr, Kieth Korecki, Tim Wallace, Kenny Lang, Dennis Radford and Jay Syvertsen. If your name is on this list and you will not compete at any races, please contact me. If you don't see your name on this list and are planning to race, please contact me. I am going to be starting to update racers pages and all the news including the new schedule soon.

2004 archives are here