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2-28-10 : A new featured cars section has been added to the website, and the first car is the quick Twin Turbo'd 540CI BBC '55 Chevy belonging to the Storlie Brothers. Check out some pics, videos and a writeup on the project here 2-8-10: There has been a couple updates to the schedule: Saturday April 10th - We are having our dyno day fundraiser at RRev Motorsports. Invite your friends and bring your cars to see who will have the braggin rights for the most power in HUNW? Sunday October 3rd - The final race will now be October 3rd at Woodburn, see the schedule tab for updates.
1-4-10: We have finalized the schedule and the class sponsors for the 2010 season. We are excited to announce that the class sponsors for this year will be: 10.5 Index - E.R Electric We would like to thank E.R Electric and Eric Hampton's Express Care for their willingness to join us for another year as a class sponsor, and we are excited to have English Racing, and S&T Truck Repair on as new class sponsors for 2010. For more information about the sponsors please see the Sponsors tab above. We are still looking for Gold and Platinum level sponsors for the 2010 season, if you are interested in sponsoring our program, or know anyone who might be interest please see the Sponsorship Packet Also, the schedule has been finalized for the 2010 season, and can be seen on the Schedule tab above. 12-11-09: The Winter meeting at Big Al's went very well with over 35 people attending. We went over some changes for next year including our decisions to start a points race for each class which will crown each Class Champion at the final race of the year at Woodburn Dragstrip. A full write up on what was discussed at the year end meeting can be found here There have also been some small updates to the main page including our 2010 Schedule and a list of the ET and MPH records for each class. 12-1-09: We will be having the end of the year meeting at Big Al's in Vancouver on Saturday, December 5th at 9pm. Show up to give your input on next years race program, and to hear about some big announcements for next year. Also, we will have HeadsUpNW shirts available to buy at the meeting. Look forward to seeing everyone there! When: Where: 9-23-09: It's official the October 3rd race at PIR will be a 2-day event similar to the June Rose-Cup race. Qualifying will be on Friday night with one time hit on Saturday for those who couldn't make it Friday. We also have T-shirts available for purchase for $15 in most adult sizes at the track. If there is a size you need that we don't have we can do custom orders as well. 9-20-09: No big surprise to most who saw the weather report, the September 19th race at Woodburn was a rain-out. The purse will roll over to the October 3rd race at PIR, that means a $200 payout in the Heads-Up classes and we will be running the 10.50 index class as well. 7-27-09: Due to lack of interest the Medford race has been canceled. There will still be lots going on down there for those of you who are interested in going but unfortunetly HUNW will be staying home. Hope to see you at Woodburn on the 19th of September. 6-21-09: The two day Rose Cup race at PIR on the 12th and 13th was a big hit, 32 cars turned out across the 4 classes and made for a great show. Full report to follow soon in the results section. Out next race will be July 18th at Woodburn Dragstrip See you there! 5-21-09: The Heads-Up Northwest Dyno day is back from the dead!! It will be happening on June 6th, the Saturday before our next race as a warmup for the big 2-day race at PIR on the 12th and 13th. We will be out at the first Beaches cruise in of the year June 3rd at PIR passing out fliers and signing people up so if you want to be sure you're on the list or need a specific time of day to be able to make it show up to the cruise and sign in. We will be putting a HARD cap at 50 cars, and may not even get that many in due to time constraints, and it will be first come first served starting on the 3rd at PIR.... 5-13-09: FINALLY!! May 9th we were able to get our first race of 2009 in the bag, the weather was perfect, the track was green and the turnout was pretty good considering that it was a reschedule and several racers who were there in the rain the previous weekend were unable to attend. The full writeup can be viewed HERE 5-3-09: For the 2nd time in a row we got rained out. This time at Woodburn. We were however able to reschedule it for next weekend, May 9th, still at Woodburn. Hope to see you all there!!! 4-21-09: In an effort to make our group more effective and professional Heads-Up NW has implemented a Board of Directors. We had our first meeting last night and discussed business structure and direction for the remainder of 2009 and preperation for the 2010 season. Members at this time are: Eric Eddy, Terry Ryan, Tim Robards, Brian Robards, Nate Webster, Eric Reich, Vulcan Mclellen, Jeff Hyrciw and Walter Grosse. We will be meeting once a month, if you have any issues or ideas that you would like brought up at the next meeting let one of us know. 4-16-09: If you have a car and would like to run in a specific class but don't fit the written rules please contact either Terry Ryan or Eric Eddy for clarification, some flexibility will be possible as long as there is no distinct advantage over other racers who do comply with the written rules. Our goal here is Parity, not exclusivity. 4-12-09: PIR called the race last night due to a combination of rain and issues with the tree, no word on if there will be a makeup race or not. The next race will be May 2nd at Woodburn, gates open at 8:00. 4-06-09: Due to a scheduling conflict at PIR the March race has been scrapped and will be moved to the end of the season, some time in October. Tenative dates are for October 10th or 16th and the final announcement will be made as soon as possible. Sorry for the short notice. 2-21-09: The 2009 Schedule is ready: 1-22-09: E. R. Electric and Lighting Maintinance will be sponsoring out 10.50 Index class for 2009. E.R. Electric is an electrical contractor offering services for Commercial, Residential and Lighting Maintenance jobs. They can be contacted at (503) 260-2095 1-20-09: Eric Hampton's Express Care in Orchards has commited to sponsor our Outlaw class for this year. They are a full service maintinance facility with ASE certified techs. Check out their website for specific services and specials. 1-19-09: C & C Hair And Nail Company in LaCenter is going to be providing a gift certificate good for 2 haircuts to all runner-up winners in all 4 classes this year, they can be reached at (360) 263-3527 and offer would be glad to help you with any and all of your fashion needs. 1-15-09: Rrev Motorsports in Jansen Beach will be sponsoring our 2nd annual Dyno Day Fundraiser, The final date is still to be determined and will be posted here as well as in the Forums when it is finalized. Testing will be $50/car for a standard 3-pull baseline and space will be limited so be sure to get there early. Lunch will be available for purchase as well, hope to see you there. 1-13-09: Tom's Performance Machine in Vancouver Washington has elected to sponsor our True Street class for the 2009 season, They will be providing the purse for the winniner as well as a gift certificate for 1hr of dyno time to the runner up. 1-5-09: We will be adding a 10.50 Index class this season at all of our full day races. This is something that people have been requesting for a long time so we figured we'd give it a go. Rules should be posted shortly but will likely mimic the rules at the PSCA and NPSA for their similar classes. 12-08-08: The time and place for the end of season meeting has been decided, we will be at Wall Street Pizza in Gresham from 7pm to 10pm on Saturday January 3rd. We will be talking about potential rule changes, 2009 race dates, fund raising activities and some good bench racing. We hope to see everyone there. 10-18-08: The last race of the year kicked off with great weather. 10-07-08: The new website is starting to come together and we now have a new forum layout. More website updates to come. 06-24-08: I think I've figured out a way to update the main site, It's not as nice and easy as before but it'll work. 03-16-08: The Heads-Up NW dyno day fundraiser was quite a success, we had almost 30 cars show up and raised almost enough money to cover the payouts and trophies for the season. Big thanks to Brian Sells from Redline Race Cars in Longview WA who stopped by to put in a nice donation, Tim and the guys at Rrev Motosports for putting on the dyno day, and all the others who helped out with putting on the event. 02-04-08: The official 2008 schedule is finally ready: 12-10-07: We're working on the new schedule and final rules changes for the '08 season currently. The big change for now is that the PIR races will be on saturday evenings starting at 6pm instead of the 5pm start friday nights that we had in previous years. This should allow more racers to come play w/o work and family conflicts. 09-23-07: The time and place for the end of season meeting has been decided, we will be at Wall Street Pizza in Gresham from 7pm to 10pm on Saturday October 20th, hope to see everyone there. 6-10-07: Little late on the updates, but our next race is coming up on SATURDAY the 16TH at WOODBURN, not PIR and not Friday. Hope to see you all there. 4-26-07: Minor site changes. The site has moved to a new server due to recent service outages. The new server is fully monitored and maintained. 3-17-07: Three Weeks and counting, first race for 2007 will be on April 6th at PIR, gates open at 5pm as always. Hope to see everyone there! 1-31-07: The schedule for '07 is up and can be viewed HERE . Also, new sponsors have been announced for Outlaw and True Street, Krazy Koncepts Performance will be sponsoring Outlaw and Rrev Motorsports will be sponsoring True Street. Drag Radial is still seeking sponsorship at this time, if you have any questions please contact me. |
