2007 NHRA NATIONAL EVENT SCHEDULE
Listen to Trackside Interviews with Champions, Drivers and Crew Chiefs
Robert Hight
Hillary Will
Bob Vandergriff
Dave Connolly
Ed Iskenderian
Cory McClenathan
Robert Hight
Jim Yates
Tony Bartone
Hillary Will
Whit Bazemore
Byron Hines
| Goodguys 9th Pomona Nitro
Nationals – May 5-7, Pomona Raceway at Fairplex Pomona, CA - With the subsequent rainout, then cancellation of the 47th March Meet vintage drag races in Bakersfield earlier this spring, the retro drag racing community has been chomping at the bit to get out and race their cars and smell the pungent aroma of nitromethane fuel. They’ll get that chance in spades, May 5, 6 & 7 as the Goodguys 9th Pomona Nitro Nationals thunders into Pomona Raceway east of Los Angeles.
Three big days of hot rodding and drag racing are on tap featuring over 400 1972 & earlier drag racing entries and 100’s of hot rodders in the “show & shine” car show. All the favorite classes will be competing on the famed Pomona drag strip from Top Fuel through Hot Rod Eliminator. This is the first time the event has been held this early in the year and with the cooler day time temperatures, record performances are expected in all classes.
“We should have 24 funny cars ready to run in Pomona,” said an elated
Jeff Gaynor, himself a funny car race from Riverside. Drag Racing Online
West Coast Editor Darr Hawthorne echoed Gaynor’s sentiments. “Without a
doubt – the pits at Pomona will resemble a fiberglass forest! The Funny
Cars, along with all the professional classes are scheduled to get three
qualifying runs at the Pomona Nitro Nationals over the course of Friday
and Saturday. The extra run should give teams plenty of track time to
get their mounts dialed in. Final eliminations are slated for 10am
Sunday morning, May 7th.
One top fuel team that will take some beating is the bright orange
Bless Concrete machine driven by Visalia’s Brad Thompson. Thompson
charged to Low ET of the rain-shortened March Meet and looked like the
car to beat. Another top fuel hitter – Brett Harris of Utah, looks to
rebound in Pomona after being shut off on the starting line in the first
round of the March Meet. Defending event runner-up Lee Jennings has
retired the driving chores to Aliso Viejo’s Mendy Fry this year and
based on her March Meet outing, she stands a good chance for a victory –
which would be her first Goodguys event win, here in Pomona.
The weekend will be filled with celebrity appearances, led by Ed “The
Camfather” Iskenderian of Gardena. Iskenderian will be on hand at the
Nitro Nationals greeting his fans and friends and will sign autographs
Saturday from noon to 3pm. The patriarch of world famous “Isky Racing
Cams”, Iskenderian spent over 50 years of his life grinding specialty
racing cams for all forms of auto racing. Today Isky cams is still going
strong in Gardena. Iskenderian is also credited with being the first
ever promoter to print up silk screen tee shirts. Back in 1948, he silk
screened his company logo on white tee shirts for a Bonneville Land
Speed racing team. |
