Salt Lake City, Rocky Mountain Raceway.

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BJ Verkler wins at Salt Lake, but a bad crash mares the first event of the season.

A photo gallery is here, including the crash sequence

Photos courtesy Joel Jenkins (Drag Photos.net)

and Mark King (Deepstage.net)

Final qualifying order

1. BJ Verkler 6.55
2. Perry Thyr 6.98 203
3. Wayne Hofer 7.43
4. Flip Payne
5. Dan Vogt
6. Ross Hogenson
7. Vern Mills
8. Tom Meheden

Round 1 eliminations

BJ Verkler vs Tom Meheden ( broke)

Flip Payne def. Dan Vogt

(Unfortunately Dan got real loose and crossed into the other lane and made contact with Payne. Both cars were extensively damage. Crash sequence is here.)

Ross Hogenson def. Wayne Hofer

Perry Thyr def. Vern Mills

Round 2

Perry Thyr 6.86 203 def. Ross Hogenson 8.40 113

W BJ Verkler def Flip Payne (Payne accident in first round win)

Final round

BJ Verkler 6.57 217 def. Perry Thyr 7.03 203

 

Event preview

 

This is a one day event with non stop action for the fans and the teams. The two teams making th final round will have made six laps including the three qualifiers, all in the same day

Sat. June 14th Run times
12:00 Noon Test
1st Qualifying 1:00 P.M.
2nd Qualifying 2:45 P.M.
3rd Qualifying 4:15 P.M.
1st Round 6:15 P.M.
Semi-Final 7:30 P.M.
Final 9:00 P.M.

Pre entry list

Vern Mills
Tom Meheden
Wayne Hofer
Tim & Dan Vogt
Ross Hogenson
Perry Thyr
B.J. Verkler
Tom Johanns

Be aware this is a fast paced race, we have sometimes lost one qualifying session!!!

Hotel Info

Hampton Inn
2055 South Redwood Rd.
just off 21st South
Phone 801-886-0703