Newsletter by Bob Johnson 877-221-1419 August 2017

Bradshaw stops Fenton for Pro Gas Race #5 Title

Mike Boner wins K&N-Lucas Oil Pro Gas Race #6

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Larry Bradshaw stops Mark

Fenton for Race Six title at

Fontana

By Bob Johnson Fontana, Calif., July 8, 2017

Larry Bradshaw won his first Southern California Pro

Gas Assoc., race since April 2016, as he defeated

first time finalist Mark Fenton for the B&B Electric,

Riverside Transmission, & Cordeiro Motorsports

event title at Auto Club Dragway.

Qualifying was led by ’16 series champion Vince

Campa, followed by Randy Fabbro, Greg Martin, and

Dave Meziere. Quarterfinal racing began with Fen-

ton using a .014 light to defeat Ray Cordeiro, Arizo-

na racer Mike Wiblishouser advanced as Fabbro red-

lighted, Bradshaw ran a 9.908 to beat Martin, and

Campa got a bye run.

Bradshaw and racing partner Melvin LeForbes had

the ’57 Corvette dialed in the semi, hitting the ‘tree

with a .001 light and running 9.921 to stop Campa,

and Fenton advanced to his first Pro Gas final as

Wiblishouser shut-off early. Fenton had a .011

better light than Bradshaw in the final, but Larry

took the win with a 9.916, 151.07 to Mark’s second

best of 9.944, 141.59.

Larry Bradshaw drove his ‘57 Corvette to the winner’s circle

in race #5, stopping Mark Fenton in the final.

2016 Pro Gas Champion Vince Campa qualified #1 and went

to the semifinal before losing to Larry Bradshaw.

Mark Fenton went to his first Pro Gas final when he defeated

Mike Wiblishouser in the semifinal round.

Mark & Katie Fenton and family celebrate their runner-up

finish. Mark will go into the final weekend in 5th place.

Thanks to our event Sponsors

B&B Electric —Riverside Transmission

Cordeiro Motorsports

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Mike Boner wins K&N, Lucas

Oil Pro Gas Drags By Bob Johnson Fontana, Calif., July 9, 2017

Mike Boner drove his ’88 Ford Thunderbird to a final

round win over Randy Fabbro in the K&N Filters/

Lucas Oil Products Pro Gas drags at Auto Club Drag-

way. The win for Boner was his first of the season

and moves him into the Pro Gas top ten with only

two events remaining on the 2017 schedule.

Evan Kowalski led qualifying with his ’05 Corvette,

with Randy Fabbro, Greg Martin, and Dave Meziere

rounding off the top four qualifiers. Boner defeated

Vince Campa to open the quarterfinals, Mark Fenton

won a double-breakout race with Kowalski by .002

seconds, Napa’s Bob Hefley used a .010 light and

9.913 to stop John Ross who broke-out by .007. Fab-

bro got a bye.

Boner went to the final when Mark Fenton’s ’27 Ford

red-lighted by .006, and Fabbro’s

Pinto advanced with a .006 better

reaction time and a 9.903 elapsed

time. In the final round, Boner got

a .011 better light, and took the

win with a 9.954, 162.86 to Fab-

bro’s too quick 9.868.

With points leaders Dave Mezi-

ere—winner of three of the previ-

ous four races—and second place

Kevin McClelland, who has had a

great season in Pro Gas both bow-

ing out in round one of both July

races, the final two races of the

season could see a change at the

top by the time the K&N Filters/

Lucas Oil Pro Gas Finals conclude

on August 13, 2017.

Mike Boner won his first Pro Gas race of the season when he defeated Randy

Fabbro in the final round of the K&N Filters /Lucas Oil –sponsored Race #6.

Mark Fenton was looking for his second final round of the

weekend but lost to Mike Boner in the semifinal.

Randy Fabbro ran a 9.903 in his semifinal match with Napa’s

Bob Heffley. Heffley lost with a 9.915.

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Pro Gas Photo Extra

Bob Hefley made the trip from Napa to run his 4th Pro

Gas race of the year. He was a semifinalist on Sunday.

Mike Boner won his first race of ‘17, and is currently 9th

in the Pro Gas points standings.

Steve Williams won the D7 Super Gas title at Sonoma.

Williams & K&N are long-time supporters of SoCal Pro Gas.

Coming off a runner-up finish in Race #6, Randy Fabbro will

enter the final weekend of the season in 8th place.

Pro Gas Website: www.socalprogasracing.com

Sonoma Super Gas Champion!

Congratulations, Evan Kowalski for your win at

the 2017 NHRA Sonoma Nationals—Evan won

his first NHRA National event when he defeated

Chris Cannon of Division 6 in the final round.

Evan and his family have been supporters of the

Southern California Pro Gas Association, and he

is currently in sixth place in the annual points

standings and in sixth place in the Pro Gas

Shootout points.

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Race Date Winner Runner-up #1 Qualifier Event Sponsor

1 3/11/2017 Dave Meziere Paul Wiechmann Kevin McClel-

land Harris Family Motorsports

2 3/12/2017 Kevin McClel-

land Bob Harris Gary Mignacca Champion Cooling Systems

3 6/10/2017 Dave Meziere John Ross Greg Martin Meziere Ent.

4 6/11/2017 Dave Meziere Kevin McClel-

land Ray Cordeiro K&N Filters--Lucas Oil Prod.

5 7/8/2017 Larry Bradshaw Mark Fenton Vince Campa Cordeiro Motorsports, Riverside

Transmission, B&B Electric

6 7/9/2017 Mike Boner Randy Fabbro Evan Kowalski K&N Filters/Lucas Oil

7 8/12/2017 Mountain View Performance

8 8/13/2017 K&N Filters--Lucas Oil Prod.

Shoot

out 8/13/2107

Pro Gas Scoreboard

Special thanks to

B&B Electric

Riverside Transmission

Cordeiro Motorsports

For Sponsoring

Pro Gas Race #5

Special thanks to

K&N Filters &

Lucas Oil Products

For sponsoring

Pro Gas Race #6

August 12, 2017

Mountain View

Performance

Pro Gas Race #7

Auto Club Dragway

August 13, 2017

K&N Filters

Lucas Oil Products

Pro Gas Finals

Auto Club Dragway

Southern California Pro Gas Association

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2017 SoCal Pro Gas Points

As of July 15, 2017—-Full listing at www.socalprogasracing.com

Next Race: August 12 & 13, 2017

Auto Club Dragway—Fontana, Calif.

POS DRIVER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 Drop

Race Drop

Race Total

1 Dave Meziere 805 313 820 811 313 313 3375

2 Kevin McCelland 518 813 313 709 310 311 2974

3 John Ross 302 613 718 416 309 411 2769

4 Ray Cordeiro 617 509 407 417 404 312 2666

5 Mark Fenton 401 300 511 300 609 508 2629

6 Evan Kowalski 300 612 402 511 308 417 2550

7 Larry Bradshaw 410 300 507 304 715 304 2540

8 Randy Fabbro 301 406 300 402 416 618 2443

9 Mike Boner 300 306 300 510 312 709 2437

10 Greg Martin 401 312 417 415 415 314 2274

11 Vince Campa 409 302 300 300 518 409 2238

12 Paul Wiechmann 711 311 607 310 1939

13 Bob Harris 502 707 307 412 1928

14 Mike Lang 300 300 300 312 304 309 1825

15 Steve Parsons 411 415 312 603 1741

16 Bob Hefley 303 502 307 509 1621

17 Gray Mignacca 304 417 303 509 1533

18 Matt Treadway 414 401 300 403 1518

19 Gary Hasselbrock 312 300 409 303 1324

20 Charlie Waggoner 614 502 1116

21 Rodney Scarlett 305 502 300 1107

22 Jim Isreal 402 302 300 1004

23 Travis Balough 603 300 903

24 Gene Carter 517 300 817

25 Randy Kersey 306 405 711

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2017 Southern California Pro Gas

Shootout Points

1. Greg Martin 70

2. Kevin McClelland 63

3. John Ross 60

4. Dave Meziere 60

5. Ray Cordeiro 58

6. Evan Kowalski 58

7. Randy Fabbro 43

8. Steve Parsons 37

9. Vince Campa 34

10. Larry Bradshaw 33

11. Paul Wiechmann 32

12. Mike Boner 31

13. Gary Mignacca 30

14. Mike Lang 25

15. John Parrino 24

16. Gary Hesselbrock 23

17. Mark Fenton 21 Evan Kowalski qualified number one in race #6

with his Riverside Transmission Corvette.

Defending series champion Vince Campa has had a

challenging Pro Gas season, but logged a top quali-

fier spot in race #5 and went to the semifinals.

Greg Martin continues to put his Lumina in the top

qualifying spots, and leads the shootout standings.

Pro Gas

Shootout Sunday, August 13

(during qualifying)

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Pro Gas Sponsors

Harris Family Racing

Les and Jeannette Harris

B & B Electric

Gary and John Ross

Mountain View

Performance