Arend (far lane) outran Bowen in the Final to take home the win and the trophy (Robert Grice)
AREND SCORES FIREBIRD NAPA IGNITOR VICTORY
Boise, Idaho…In dominating fashion, Jeff Arend conquered all Heritage Funny Car challengers at the 48th Annual NAPA Ignitor Opener presented by Peterson Chevrolet.
Arend led qualifying with a 5.68-255.77 (which stood for low e.t. and top speed of the event at the high altitude facility). The balance of the field included: Mark Sanders (5.77), Shawn Bowen (5.78), Bobby Cottrell (5.81), Tim Boychuk (5.93), Scott Stanger (6.04), Garth Widdison (6.59) and Jon Rice (7.16).
In round one, Sanders pounded Widdison with a 5.85, Bowen flew to a 5.78 over Stanger who had his parachute deploy early, Arend cruised to a 5.72 over Rice (6.37) and Cottrell ran 5.80 to beat Boychuk.
Bowen then dispensed of Sanders with a 5.89 when “Mr. Explosive” redlit, while Arend nailed low e.t. of eliminations with a 5.70 pounding of an up in smoke Cottrell.
In the Stinker Stores Nitro Knockout final, Arend piloted the “California Hustler” Trans Am to a winning 5.74-249.76 to defeat the Bartone & Lebor Camaro of Bowen who ran 5.86-224.62.
Next up at Firebird: the Pepsi Nightfire Nationals on August 9-12, 2018. The track’s signature event will offer Heritage points in both Funny Car and Fuel Dragster, along with eliminators for Fuel Altered and Pro Modified.
Share this article:
Discover more from Drag Racing List
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
You must be logged in to post a comment.