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August 16th, 2010 Five of the Rocky cars went to Provost
Ab for what I believe was their first drag racing event on the local Airport. August 14, 2010 Sheryl Ogonoski photos
"Hot August Night" (August 12th) at Castrol Raceway was a huge event (as usual), with overplowing crowd for the annual Wednesday night race. Five Rocky Floppers were part of the show. Cal, Ron the two Corey's and Joey. The teams made two evening runs, at 7:00pm and 10:00pm.
First Round
An added event also happened at the race in the afternoon. Long time Funny Car mechanic and crew chief Shane Reydal started his licensing in Cal's Funny Car. Shane has been involved for a couple decades crewing for almost every Funny Car team in Alberta. Here is a few words from Joey Steckler on Shane's debut.
"Shane Reydal, Cal's crew chief
did a couple hits in Cal's car the afternoon
Shane has always talked of the Frank Hawley school he took some 27
years ago and
Speaking of H.A.N. The race was a huge success form the point of view
of fan August 9, 2010
Here are details regardng the year end party for all the Rocky teams and friends. As your Marriott International Representative, I want you to know that online room reservations are now just a click away! Simply cut and paste any of the three links below and include with your electronic correspondence to facilitate the reservation process. Your guests will be directed to the property's home page with the code already entered in the appropriate field. All they need to do is enter their arrival and departure dates (September 25-26, 2010) to begin the reservation process. Select "check availability" and
confirm the rate to continue with the booking process. Click the link below for all the info: August 5, 2010 Five teams are heading to Hot August Nights. Joey, Cal, Cory Kincaid and both Sekura cars. It will be a blast! On another note:
July 28, 2010 A weekend photo gallery is here
Ron Sekura won the two biggest events in 2010 The Rocky Mountain 2010 season is batting 1,000 as another event is in the books and another home run was hit. A good crowd was on hand at Mission Raceway for the Canadian National Open.
A very cool parade on the strip went off Saturday evening just before round one of qualifying against those pesky Americans. 24 Funny Cars including us were at the finest race track in the North West. When you have sea level conditions, warm temperatures and a pack of Funny Cars, can it get better? Oh ya, that show off Ron Sekura got the win, his second in the last three events. Sekura's have now won three of the last four events. The rest of the teams are going to have to corral those boys.
Eight members made the trip to the Lower Mainland for the annual event and the teams were greeted to hot weather and a fast track. A bunch of teams tested on Friday and Brent Murray threw down a gauntlet with a stout 6.61/203. Eddy Plaizier went 6.89 so he was dialed in For Saturday qualifying.
Rod Elliott was troubled with ignition issues, so that team had a thrash Friday night to get that sorted out. The Sekura's made a couple runs as well and Cory who was running the Camaro went a best of 7.01.
Ron was soft on the first run at the launch and then picked it up to 203 mph. The second run he went 6.8. Cal Tebb ran Joey Steckler a couple times and those two cars made decent laps. Joey went a best of 6.89, less than a1/100th from being perfect and Cal went a best of 6.97 (I think).
Saturday night qualifying.... .......Qualifying turned into a "Royal Battle" of two countries. The BB/FC guys from south of the border were running on a 6.90 index as well, but it was a soft index so, that you could run under and it was the closest to the 6.90 index. We stayed to a hard 6.90, but because the two were essentially the same, the two groups decided to race each other in qualifying. USA vs CANADA. Our guys tried hard to stay slower than 6.90, but for the Americans, they were not too concerned. After the first round of qualifying the Rocky floppers won four rounds while the BB/FC guys also won four rounds. The low qualifier for the Rocky boys was Rod Elliott, He went 6.933 in that first round.
Round two was run under the lights, and a couple of the teams got real loose and had to lift in their runs. Not sure why it was loose as the nitro funny cars seemed to get down the track.
All the teams ran in the right lane, but there were two good runs by the nitro boys. Three of the Rocky teams had no issues either. Ron improved to a real close 6.91 and he did beat his US opponent Royce Taylor. Cory defeated Don Harter running a 6.998.
Eddy Plaizier took on Matt Driskoll and Eddy broke at 200 feet. The rear end gave out on his 37 Chevy and he was done for the weekend. His earlier 7.02 put him #6 in the field.
Joey ran Ron Huegli in the 'Tiki Warrior' Monza and he had to lift early as well, but it was a traction issue.
His earlier 6.93 would keep him in the #3 spot.
Cal Tebb raced Kim Parker and he too got loose in the right lane and lifted early. His 6.999 from round one kept him #5.
Cory Kincaid almost crossed into the other lane in his run against Shane Harter, so his first round 7.33 had him as the #8 qualifier. Unfortunately his motor was wounded, so he was unable to make round one Sunday.
Brent Murray's first round 7.191 was his best as he was real loose after taking a big lead against Greg Howland. He ended up #7. Rod Elliott was the final driver, and he had a single as Randy Parker did not make his repairs in time for his battle against Team Canada.
Rod's best of the two qualifiers was a 6.933. That put him in the #2 spot for Sunday. Final qualifying 6569 '82 Trans Am, Ron Sekura, Drayton
Valley AB,6.916 Eliminations:
Round one....... Ron and Joey both had singles due to their opponents breaking, so they decided to race each other for bragging rights. Ron got the stripe and both drivers went under the 6.90. Both would advance to the semis.
Corey Sekura defeated Cal Tebb in the next pair.
Cal was way late and could not catch Corey. Rod Elliott took on Brent Murray and he too was late. Elliott ran a 6.93 but the Holeshot got the win for Murray.
Semi finals............ Ron and Corey raced each other and this was a good ole drag race. Both did huge burnouts and it almost seemed like they were racing backwards as well. After they stopped and prior to pre-staging, they both wacked the throttle, taunting each other.
Once the lights turned green, Ron got a huge holeshot and took the close win despite Corey's dead on 6.90. Ron went 6.93 so he was not far off either. What a great semi final. The other pair saw Brent Murray looking to go to his first final round, and he would face the point leader Joey Steckler. A win for Brent would be huge, and the other teams would likely be congratulating him as well, as Joey has won three races already.
Brent again got a holeshot (he was cutting great lights), But Joey's Corvette was dialed in. Joey caught Brent just before the stripe but broke out with a 6.896 on the 6.90 index. 4/1000ths from going to his fifth final round, but a break for Brent Murray, as he is off to the final.
Final round...... Third year driver Sekura would take on series rookie Murray, but Brent has been around a long time racing Dragsters and Altereds. I went down to the finish line to shoot the final rounds for all classes and I was expecting a real close run. It did not happen!
You can see Brent well back. He did leave a couple seconds after getting timed out, Ron got prestaged and then staged, while Brent had no issues getting prestaged, he had troubles getting the rpm's right before bumping in. It took over 7 seconds to get staged and he was auto-started (timed out). Ron had a freebie (automatic win) and he ran a 6.88/194. A real tough break for Murray, but you can bet he will bump in next time even if his rev's are off a little bit.
What a great race and what a good weekend. Good racing, great socializing and interaction with the fans, the rating again was a 10. Next up is a tentative Hot August Night
event that the assoc is trying to negotiate. In the mean time, Cal is
off to Medicine Hat to get crew chief Shane licensed, as he is putting
together his own car and the Sekura's are off to Spokane for a show there. A note from a couple of the competitors in the series, thanking Mission for the great job they did on track prep and looking after the racers. Any issues on the track were dealt with in a professional manner, and the speed in which they were on the track when Mark Sanders had issues was amazing. They were there almost at the same time as the car was stopped. "It puts us at ease in knowing they are on the ball making sure we as drivers are looked after", stated Joey Steckler after the weekend. "It is a pleasure to come to Mission and be treated as professionals. We hope to be back every year to MRP and maybe even twice a year".
July 22, 2010 The Rocky Mountain Funny Car Assoc. is pleased to announce that Jet Equipment Canada is the official tool company of the Association. They are also our newest sponsor and will offer a huge season ending tool package for the series' point leaders.
July 21, 2010 A Wally and the Mission Cup (presented by Ace Manufacturing) this weekend at MRP. It is going to be awesome.
Who the heck are these two cars below?
A couple of those bad American cars expected this weekend at Mission include Greg Howland and Ron Huegli, A North vs South battle, see below for more info.
The Mission Cup and a Wally (don't forget the cash) this weekend at Mission Raceway. The Canadian National Open will see over 60 feature cars and bikes, and we are excitied to be part of that group. You will see special qualifying this weekend, as our buddies, the BB/FC group from South of the border will battle us crazy Canucks in the Saturday night qualifying sessions. North vs South, Canadians vs Americans, spin it anyway you want, we just know it will be a blast! July 16, 2010 Next weekend the RMFCA are at Mission Raceway for their annual Canadian National Open. Harold Parfett with present the "Mission Cup" to the event winner, as well as a cheque for $1000.00. In addition a new sponsr has stepped up for the Mission event. Jet Equipment Canada will present the #1 qualifier with a $150.00 cheque and a $350.00 1/2 inch torque wrench. July 12, 2010
Harold Parfett of Ace Manufacturing presents Joey Steckler with the Sunday trophy. Going to two finals this past weekend, and all four so far in the 2010 points championship is a pretty good step to winning the series title. Cal Tebb has been to three finals, so he will have something to say about who wins the seires in 2010.
Darrell Budney from Trail Tire presents Joey and the team with a set of Mickey Thompson slicks and the winners plaque. Edmonton was the latest stop for the second race in a row, as the Rocky Mountain guys where the features four wheel class at the CMDRA race at Castrol. Rain actually delayed Satureday's start but the afternoon turned out great and the Saturday portion was completed without delay. On hand were seven cars, Cal, Joey, Cory,
Mattias, and Rod. The Sekura's were sharing the driving of the 69 Camaro,
as the Firebird was undergoing maintenance for the trip to Mission in
two weeks. Corey ran it on Saturday and Ron on Sunday. Arvid Fonstad showed
up with the Happy Hour Mustang to finish his licensing. He made 3 passes
over the weekend and ran a 7.80 on Sunday afternoon.
Saturday night the teams got together for their usual great evening dinner and bench racing session. A great way to wrap up a day of fun racing.
Darrell Budney from Trail Tire presented Joey with the weekend winning plaque and of course a set of MT slicks.
After the event the CMDRA director from Edmonton Al Miles comments on how well the Rocky Mountian Funny Car fit with the bike event. Those bike guys are not real easy to please when it comes to the four wheel race cars. Notable: Congrat's do go out to Arvid Fonstad for getting in his necessary licensing passes in. After owning the car for over a year and having a few other Funny Car drivers get seat time, he finally got the necessary runs in. Now he can go out and have some fun! The next race is in two weeks at Mission
Raceway. This is a qualified event with the top eight (running closest
to the 6.90 index) on Saturday making it to eliminations on Sunday. June 30, 2010 Rocky Mountain Nitro Jam Nationals
Another great crowd at the Rocky Nationals One of the best races in Rocky Mountain Nationals history took place this past weekend at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton. Castrol ran two different indexes for the Nostalgia Funny Car class, a 7.20 index and a 6.99 index which most of out members ran. Cory Kincaid who had one engine bite the dust put in his spare and had a soft tune-up in it so he ran with the 7.20 group. Brent Harris was an invite to the race as was John Childs in his blown 37 Chevy, giving us 9 cars and a bump spot in the field. Friday evening, a big storm blew in just as the evening qualifying was set to start and the evening was a total loss. Too bad for the fans, as the place was packed. Saturday, the weather looked great for the entire day, and it turned into a day the racers and fans will talk about for a long time. With the rain out Friday, the IHRA decided to give the exhibition classes that had to qualify for eliminations an extra run in the middle of the afternoon.
The stands were getting filled up as we got to the starting line. The first pair up was Brent Harris and Joey Steckler. Steckler has a decent tune-up run, a 7.17 while Harris was almost a 1/2 second (7.41) off the 7.50 number. Eddy Plaizier and Cal Tebb both made solid runs, running a 7.07 and 7.10 respectively. Rod Elliott took on John Childs and Elliott ripped off a great 7.03. Childs had issues and did not get a time. The next pair out were the "Brothers Sekura". Ron and Corey both laid down great burnouts as per usual, and then Ron showed the class who to make a statement. He was on a great pass and at 1200 ft. the chutes came out and they opened just as he crossed the finish line. The scoreboard read a 7.001/187. It will be a pretty hard number to top. Corey ran a 7.49. The final car down track was Corey Kincaid. He ran with the group but decided to run with the 7.20 group for the rest of the event. He went 7.70 with his spare engine between the pipes.
Round one 1 6169 PNOS"A' Ron Sekura, Drayton
Valley AB, '69 Camaro 7.001 0.011 187.36
------------ Not Qualified ------------ 9 858 PNOSA John Childs, Anchorage AK, '37 Chevy 9.526 2.536 97.25
Just before the second session the teams did an autograph session and a bunch of kids walked away with a prized poster and a chance to meet the drivers. Round two qualifying
Cal's car look like a fuel car with the clutch dusk Cal Tebb and Ron Sekura were first up in front of a huge Crowd during Saturday's 8:00pm qualifier and the start of the Night of Fire". Cal laid down a great 7.05 to move up the field. Ron could not improve (hard to improve on a 7 flat), as his scoreboard read a slowing 7.46. Corey Sekura moved up big time to a 7.10 and Rod Elliott slowed to a 7.20. Steckler went 7.16 and Eddy Plaizier made an improvement to a 7.04. John Childs struggled again in qualifying and could only run an off pace 9.22 and Brent Harris improved by a tenth to a 7.32.
Round #2 1 6169 PNOS A Ron Sekura, Drayton Valley
AB, '69 Camaro 7.001 0.011 187.36
9 858 PNOS A John Childs, Anchorage AK, '37 Chevy 9.226 2.236 98.64
The night session was awesome The final session was run at 10:45 in full darkness under the lights. The crowd was still huge. Eddy Plaizier and Corey Sekura were first out and Plaizier ripped off the quickest run of the event so far, unfortunately it was .005 too quick, a 6.985/196 on the 6.99 index. Corey was way off the number running an early shut off 7.64@ only 135 mph.
Tebb went 7.07 beside Elliott's 7.22. All three of Cal's runs were within .11 of the number without any electronics. Joey Steckler made a similar run as Plaizier going just under the number, a 6.977, too quick by .013. Ron Sekura after laying down another stellar burnout went 7.37/190.
One of my favorite pictures of the weekend Here is final qualifying 1 6169 PNOS A Ron Sekura, Drayton Valley
AB, '69 Camaro 7.001 0.011 187.36
Eddy's car always shoots great.
After the final qualifier, the group had a huge feast and party in the pit area. All the teams as well as their families, mothers and friends did a huge pot luck dinner and fed over 100.
The entertainment Saturday night was one for the ages.
Friends, families, crew and sponsors all gathered and had a great time. There were Perogies, Cabbage Rolls, Salads, three or four different Potatoes, Steaks, Pork Chops, Deserts and a whole lot more. Absolutely unbelievable! Then there was entertainment until the wee hours of the morning. It was one of the best social gatherings ever at the race track.
Time to get back to the reason for being at the race track.
The first round pairings were: Ron Sekura vs John Childs (broke, so Ron gets a single), Rob Elliott vs Brent Harris, Corey Sekura vs Cal Tebb and Eddy Plaizier vs Joey Steckler.
Round one and Cal was too anxious. Hard to believe the way he and the other's partied Saturday night. In the first pairing Tebb took on C. Sekura, and Cal was too amped up and had the rpm's up too high. The clutch started to pull the car forward and he left before the tree was activated. Corey took the easy win with a 7.53.
Eddy Plaizier and Joey Steckler have raced each other a number of times in the last decade and Eddy got the just at the starting line (He is usually the best leaver in the class). Fender racing in a funny car is not that easy, but Eddy probably wished it was easy as he took too much stripe and broke out by .035. He did lift and scrubbed 10 mph, but it would be Steckler who went 7.14 that advanced to round two.
Brent Harris got an easy win when Rob Elliott had mechanical issues and the crew chief shut the car off after the burnout. Harris went 7.29 for the solo run. The final run was Ron Sekura showing the class that he was ready even when he had a single. He went closest to for the round with a 7.03 @ 202 mph.
Semi finals....This was a great round as the brothers raced in one pairing and Harris took on Steckler. Did not get a chance to talk to Ron or Corey before their run, but based on what happened my guess is they decided to set the tune-ups on stun as they both went quicker than the 699 index.
What a great semi. the two Sekura's were loaded for bare. And the back-up girls even got into it, racing downtrack to get tot her car first.
Corey had a stellar light, a .043 and Ron went .10. From there Corey's car humped and snorted (like a bull in a rodeo) all the way down track. His scoreboard lit up to a 6.815/195. Waay too quick!! Ron saw Corey's dust but also went too quick, as a 6.97 came up on the reader board. He was closest to on the double break out, putting the silver Camaro in the final.
The other semi saw Steckler rip off the best run of the weekend, a great 6.99. Harris could only watch the back end of the yellow Camaro, as he went through the finish line and tripped the timers to a 7.30/186.
Joey was right on the money in the semi finals with a perfect 6.99 Final round.... The two guys who have run closest to the 6.99 number throughout all the assoc runs faced off, and their crew chiefs abilities shone through in the final.
Ron got the hole shot and was out in front past the tree, Joey was gaining slowly, but Ron's crew had the car dialed in. Right at the lights Ron dumped the laundry and the chutes opened right at the finish line.
He crossed the stripe with a perfect 6.99 at a slowing 183. Joey was right there, crossing the finish line .04 back, but he was too quick, running a 6.94/200.
What a final, and what a great weekend for the Rocky boys. The next event is in 10 days back at Castrol
Raceway for the CMDRA race. Then the 24-25th of July, is a huge Funny
Car event with close to 32 floppers at Mission Raceway. That one will
be big.
June 29, 2010 What a weekend at the Rocky's. We will have the full resutls in the next day or so including tons of photos. A short note from the Calgary Drag Racing assoc. Hey Joey and the RMFCA, I just wanted to
Thank you, and your group for coming to Calgary June 26, 2010 Friday report Rain hit Castrol Raceway just as the Rocky Mountian floppers were set to hit the track. Weather for Saturday and Sunday looks great. 10 cars will try and run closest to the 6.99 index and the top "8" will race on Sunday. The team has a great setup for the weekend with 4 of the cars centered around a great fan zone Friday night was spent bench racing, christmas tree battles and lots of music and fun. All the teams can't wait to hit the track.
June 21, 2010 The big one is up this coming weekend. The Rocky Mountain Nationals. An "A" and "B" field. 6.99 and 7.20 indexes. (Calgary photos are added, Bob Wilson: SpeedZone magazine photos)
A very fun weekend at Calgary's Race City. Five Assoc cars and one fill in (Sherri Bodnarchuk) performed in front of a couple thousand fans. We ran to the 1/8 mile for this race, Cal went low for the weekend with a great 4.70. Joey, Ron, Sherri and Corey Kincaid all ran in the 4.80's to the 1/8.
Round one Saturday
•1 - Ron Sekura - 4.897 - 131.69
Round two
•1 - Cal Tebb - 4.854 - 146.93
Sunday round one (Sunday pairings and results)
•Sherrie Bodnarcuk - '70 Superbird
- 4.827 - 151.66 •Cory Kincaid - '55 Chev Bel-Air -
5.016 - 142.31 •Ron Sekura - '69 Camaro - 5.229 -
131.89
Sunday round two •Cal Tebb - '70 GTO Judge - 4.719
- 151.13 •Cory Kincaid - '55 Chev Bel-Air -
4.807 - 147.34 •Corey Sekura - '69 Camaro - 5.336
- 127.65 Photos and a wrap up later this week.
June 14, 2010 Race #1 and #2 from the Eagle Motorplex...was a fantastic opening weekend for the newly formed Rocky Mountain Nostalgia Funny Car assoc. Having only 7 regular competitors (a short notice filler) was the only slight downfoall of a great weekend at the desert facility in the interior of BC. The weather was great and the stands were pretty full. Overall rating for the weekend an 8 out of 10. Friday a few of the teams tested since it was the first time on the track. Brent Murray was actually getting the first couple laps on his new Mustang. Satuday................. The format for the weekend would consist of two chicago style shootouts, with the two closest to the 6.99 number coming back for the final round at the end of each day.
The Funny Cars were scheduled for noon 2 and 4 each day and they put on a great show. Joey Steckler laid down the gauntlet right off the bat when he went 6.98 on the 6.99 index. While it was the closest, you can't run quicker than the index so he was actually the #8 qualifier in the Chicago format (the two closest to the number would race in the final round each day).
Brent Murray in his new "Damn Yankee" Mustang ran beside Steckler and he went 7.34 in his first ever lap in competition with the Funny Car assoc.
Corey Sekura was up next and he made the highlight reels (for all the wrong reasons). He and Cory Kincaid were paired up and they had to shut down after their burnouts to wait for the top end to clear. After the go ahead was given, Kincaid did a burnout again and Sekura elected not to. As the cars left the starting line, Sekura smoked the tires and got loose while Kincaid was off and running. Sekura was on and off the throttle a couple times, but the Trans Am was slowly drifting toward the cement guard rail.
By the time he crossed the finish line, he was way left, and he banged the wall hard around 1600 feet down track. He stayed in his lane and got the car stopped without any problems. Unfortunately while Corey was fine, the car suffered damage. The rear slick was destroyed and the wheel was wrecked as well. The front wheel was slightly damaged, the left header was folded up like a cheap tent and the body had fiberglass damage along the side. Corey was very embarrassed and he felt really bad that he delayed the show. Oh, the life of a Funny Car driver. Mattias Hane took on short notice filler Gary Hough and Hanes ripped off a 7.24 to Hough's 7.14.
The final pairing saw Ron Sekura and Cal Tebb square off. Sekura was real loose and was on and off the throttle for the entire 1320. Tebb had the opposite problem. During the burnout the car sounded great, and on the run the car went straight as an arrow, but was way off the pace. The scoreboard lit up to a 7.66 at only 180 mph.
The car just would not RPM according to Tebb after the run. They did find the issues and it had to do with the throttle stop used on the burnout....enough said!
In round two, after the cars got in their tune up adjusted after the first round, the numbers were expected to be closer to the 6.99 number. Six of the eight did run closer in round two.
Ron Sekura did improve but still struggled at the best he could muster was a 8.24. Mattias Hane laid down a killer run that was just way to quick as he went 6.93.
Brent Murray slowed down and it was for the wrong reasons. 600 feet into the run the rods exited the block and he coasted to a 7.60 and was unfortunately done for the day. Cal tebb ran an awesome 7.08 to guarantee his spot in the final and in the other pairing Steckler laid down a final round qualifying run to the tune of a 7.07.
Corey Kincaid crossed the finish line first but his lap was not quite enough as his scoreboard lit up to a 7.14.
The final was set and what a great final in day one it was. Tebb vs Steckler. Cal got the starting line advantage and extended his lead down the entire 1320. His readerboard lit up to a 7.026 and Joey was right on his butt with a game 7.050. What an awesome final round.
On a side note Corey Sekura got the pieces to fix his car and went 7.19 but it was after the rest of the cars had finished their day. The Murray team allowed him to use their wheels and tires and he took a header off Ron's car. The wild part about his 7.19 was that at 300 feet the header that replaced the busted up one actually fell off on the run but stayed attached because of the blower restraint straps. SpeedZone Magazine part time photographer noticed the flash of metal from the tower while her dad was announcing. Good pick up Shelby.
Sunday race 2
Race two on Sunday gave all the teams some more info to tune from, and only time would tell if it would pay off. First up was Ron Sekura and Cory Kincaid. To Ron's shagrin he found an oil pressure issue after his burnout so he shut off the car and could only watch as Kincaid ripped down the track with a 7.19. Matthias Hane and Cal Tebb were next up and both cars made solid runs, with Cal again running closer (7.10 to a too fast 6.90) to the desired 6.99 index. Joey Steckler was up against Gary Hough and this race was all Steckler. He laid down a round leading 7.06/201 to give him a great chance of going to the final for the second time this weekend.
The final car in the round was Corey Sekura. Corey and both Sekura teams thrashed hard to make all the necessary repairs to the damaged Trans Am Saturday. Sunday morning he made a lap at the back of the pack and unfortunately this one did not go well either. Corey was on a decent lap but the car again creeped left and he took out the 1000 foot and 1320 foot cones, spreading debris into both lanes. His right on 6.99 was disqualified. The clean up took a fair bit of time and unfortunately it delayed the rest of the days program by around an hour.
With round one complete, this final run would determine the two guys who would run for all the marbles. Two pairings and one single as both Sekura cars and Brent Murray were wounded beyond repair for the rest of this weekend.
Kincaid took on Tebb and this one was a win light for Kincaid but he went way too quick running a 6.92. Tebb went 7.07. Joey Steckler ran Mattias Hane and Steckler continued his tune up accuracy, going 7.12 to Hanes slowing 7.36. The final had the same two drivers as Saturday and for the second race it was very close. Tebb got a slight advantage on the starting line but Steckler caught Tebb by 800 feet and just managed to hold off a hard charging Goat driver.
Steckler ran a great 7.018 to a very close 7.048. The margin at the stripe was .008. At 200 mph that is one close race.
Impressions of the first race of the year. Overall the event is a B+ rating, with only a couple glitches. Corey Sekura's unfortunate weekend, Brent Murray's mechanical issues and Ron's lack of Oil Pressure on Sunday. The rest of the weeknd rated 100%. Great weather, great final rounds, some fast times and the evening parties were off the hook. If the rest of the season is like this, that would mean we are doing something right. THE STANDINGS AFTER WEEKEND ONE 1. CAL TEBB
June 13, 2010 What a great opening weekend for the Rocky Mountain Nostalgia Funny Cars. The Langley Loafers event in Ashcrft will go down in history in a a couple trivia questions. Where was the first RMNFCA race take place?. And where did the same two drivers face off in epic final rounds in back to back days?..... oh ya, one more thing, where did Corey Sekura earn his new name the "Fiberglass Hater", and potential new job in the sport?. Drag racing is all fun and games until........(more Monday) June 10, 2010 Finally!!!!!
Left: the show n shine Saturday afternoon shows the number of cars on display in 2009. Right: Rod Elliot and Mathias Hane battle in 08. Race one in the 2010 season is within eyesight. This weekend, the Rocky Mountain Nostalgia Funny Car assoc. is the feature class at the 23rd Langley Loafers Old Time Drag event at the Eagle Motorplex in Sunny Ashcroft BC. More than 300 pre 1970 race cars as well as over 100 show n shine cars will invade the desert facility in the BC interior. This weekends race will see the class run on a 6.99 index in a Chicago style shoot-out. Two runs on Saturday with the two closest to the number in the final round to end Saturday's race and then the same deal on Sunday. Cal Tebb, Ron Sekura, Mathias Hane, Corey Sekura, Joey Steckler, Brent Murray, Corey Kincaid and Gary Hough will fill the eight car field. They are on the track Saturday at noon and two and then the final for the two cars closest to the index will race for all the marbles at 4:00pm. Sunday's schedule is a repeat from Saturday. If you are looking for something to do this weekend make sure you head up or down to the Eagle Motorplex for the 23rd Old TIme Drags. Click on the link to see the Old Time drag poster featuring our series.
Joey Steckler and Arvid Fonstad in 2008 . Corey Sekura also in 2008 (new paint now on the Trans Am) June 3, 2010
The RMNFCA is excited to welcome our
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June 2, 2010 Don't forget next weekend the floppers are at the Eagle MotorPlex for one of their biggest events of the year.
June 1, 2010 This Friday the Sekura's have rented Castrol and a bunch of guys will be out testing should be a great time. Here is the poster for the CMDRA event at Castrol Raceway July 10-11, 2010
We are the feature exhibition class. The Rocky Floppers are also featured at the CMDRA's September season finale Sept 11-12 at Castrol. May 19, 2010 Testing at Castrol Raceway.
Cal ran 7.0's at 200 on Saturday and decided to skip Sunday. Joey made a couple solid laps Saturday, a 7 teen and then a great 6.9@203. Sunday the car spun the tires at the top of second gear and still went low sevens. Both cars are ready for action.
Eddy Plaizier was not out with the flopper but he was getting in racer mode, driving his ACE backed Top Dragster. He won the 3k to win Super Eliminator race Saturday, and runner-upped on Sunday. A great weekend for Eddy and the ACE team. They will be in Mission next weekend for the Lucas Oil event. May 14, 2010 A number of guys will be out testing this weekend at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton (the snow issues of the last couple weeks look to be out of the picture). Cal Tebb, Joey Steckler and a couple others should be out. The Sekura boyz will be in Drayton Valley this weekend for the Rotary club festivities. A big town party and the two cars will be on display. Will hopefully have photos from both deals. The Sekura's were at their new sponsor last weekend, Stetson Chevrolet in Drayton Valley showcasing their rides. May 11, 2010 The finished Damn Yankee looks great. Brent Murray is really looking forward to getting the new car out. Likely at Ashcroft, but maybe he will test at Ashcroft at one of the next two races. More photos on Brent's home page.
May 7, 2010 Our first race of the year is promoted big time by the Langley Loafers. We are the main feature at the Eagle Motorplex June 11-13, 2010
A couple updates pictures of Brent Murray's Damn Yankee
April 24, 2010 Update on the newest member Brent Murray, as he readies the Damn Yankee Mustang Funny Car. He is bringing it back to original specs. It is a car with a bunch of history in the NW. Brent looks to be ready to race at the first RMNFC event of the year at Ashcroft, the beginning of June. Here is a little note from Brent as all the body work is done and the base paint it on the 'Stang.
"I got the body back on Monday with the base paint on it and am in the process of laying out for the stripes and details and then back to the body shop Monday to be finished and cleared. I should have it back in a week, and then only need a couple of days to put it back together. Other than the remaining body work, the car is ready to run".
Note the cool wheel well bumps over the front tires and the rear. This car will good very nice. Were are just over a month away from the first event of the year and then the assoc is real busy with three events in June on back to back weekends. Brent is hoping to get out and test before
the Ashcroft RMNFC debut, but scheduling may be difficult. Many of the
members are planning on testing in May, likely at Edmonton. Then they
will run at the Sekura Bros. fun day at Castrol Raceway. Cabin fever is
definately setting in for a number of teams. March 18, 2010 Race City (Calgary) has been added to the schedule for the AHRA Father's Day Reunion Tour event. A unique event as the AHRA starts on its comback. The Rocky Mountain floppers are now a part of all three sanctioning bodies schedule on the West Coast. The NHRA at Mission, The IHRA at Edmonton and the AHRA at Calgary. An update in the class indexes for the 2010 season is here..... February 27, 2010 We are less than a week before 3-4 teams head south for the Fabled March Meet at Bakersfield. Man I wish I was going. The Rocky Mountain Notalgia Funny Car assoc would like to welcome Pressure Services INC (PSI) as the official Fuel Suppliers of the RMNFCA. THe teams would like to give a big thank you to Corey Sekura for taking the time to secure PSI. New member Brent Murray has his new page up, and the flopper he will drive has a bit of history to it. February 9, 2010 Our new assoc is getting lots of internet coverage with the press clippings found in Drag Race Central, Drag Zine, SpeedZone Magazine, Competitionplus, Drag Racing Online, Drag Race Canada, Horsepower Heaven (Jan 28 headline date) and the Classic Funny Car board message board among others. Thanks to all the internet sites who helped to promote the new assoc and series.
February 8, 2010
Ron Sekura and Cal Tebb were part of the Edmonton Motor Dealers Show. Joeys Place was invited as it has been for the past 7 years to add a different element to the show, with cool race cars, custom bikes, trucks and muscle cars. This year the show drew over 65,000 people and Joey's Place was able to not only show off a large variety of his work but also generate awareness to the sport of drag racing , the RMNFCA and Castrol Raceway.
January 28, 2010 The first outing by some of the floppers in the new assoc. happens this weekend in Edmonton for the annual Auto show. Cal Tebb and Ron Sekura will have their Funny Cars on display. Anyone up in the Alberta North should check out the show. These two funny cars are highlighted in the side by side burnouts in the slide show above, and then both have their own picture in the slide show. January 24, 2010 Welcome to the new Website and race assoc. Rocky Mountain Nostalgia Funny Cars New Decade…New Club…New Funny Car Experience! 2010 sees the launch of a rocking new
nostalgia funny car association. The former members of the IBAA introduce
a premium drag racing experience Featuring time honoured, one of a kind classics. Corvettes…GTO's… Mustangs…Thunderbirds…Chevys… Cuda's….Camaros…and more......some of the most beautiful floppers anywhere. 200 plus mile per hour…six second excitement! The group is known for huge smokey side by side burnouts Elite, experienced, professional drivers
and teams bring it every time they stage these blown alcohol burning machines. The new site will give you all the details on the transformation and progression of the popular blown alcohol funny cars based out of the North West, and they are as mighty as the name Rocky Mountain describes them.
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Contact info Joey Steckler at 780-454-6514
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