The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Champion Raceway, the last of seven on the Northwest division calendar, is in the books. Top racers in 11 categories were on hand vying for points leading to divisional and national championships. Junction City Top Alcohol Funny Car (TAFC) racer Brian Hough won the race, putting him back into the division’s points lead while Top Alcohol Dragster (TAD) pilot Doug Hegge, Vancouver, Wash., scored his first win of the year.
Hough, the division’s reigning TAFC champ, started the day from the No. 1 qualifying spot and made his best run of the day in the final where he squared off against Dennis Taylor of Anaheim Hills, Calif. In the final, Hough ran 5.759 seconds at 248.39 mph to Taylor’s 7.845-second, 117.33 mph pass. The win gives Hough No. 2 for the year.