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05-30-2006, 07:57 PM
The daily Press Releases submitted to the Maui News are provided below in an expanded version. Mahalo to all Sponsors, VITA members, Racers, Track Personnel and Volunteers for your contributions to a successful 10th annual George "Flintstone" Andrade Memorial event. Nearly 450 race entries took to the track during the weekend competition.
Please note: Top Dragster, Top Sportsman, Pro Sport Compact and Super 32 Street Shoot Out Semi-Finalist trophies and prize money were not distributed during the Awards Ceremony that followed Sunday's action. VITA Treasurer, Skip Stegemiller, will contact semi-finalists to make necessary arrangements. Also, we still have Maui Race Boys and Maui Race Girls apparel to distribute to Lady Luck and Jr. Dragster winners.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2006
Maui Raceway Park
Drag Races
May 26, 2006
Over 100 race entries took to the track in the first night of competition at the 10th annual George “Flintstone” Andrade Memorial drag races. VITA Summit Racing Series and Sport Compact racers competed for 150% payouts. Prior to Eliminations, Freda Andrade set the stage for the weekend competition by reading a prepared speech to honor her father, concluding with the Racer’s Prayer. VITA members won all contests on Friday. Last year’s big winner, Kauai’s Ralph Villabrille, was stopped in the second round in Summit Pro. Meanwhile Kauai’s Kevin Rapozo notched the quickest ET/MPH of the evening (7.27/175.22) in his first round loss against Wailuku’s Jon Shirota, the eventual runner-up. Alvin Fernandez, Jr. of Wailuku took the Summit Pro win with consistent runs and good reaction times. Martin Hultquist of Kahului recorded the first of four weekend wins in a close heat against Pukalani’s Thomas Hussey in the Summit Sportsman category. Mark Olson of Lahaina went a little too quick down the quarter mile in the Summit Street final giving the win to Kihei’s Thomas Cunningham. Kahului’s Keane Lee scored the first of two weekend runner-up finishes in the Sport Compact class. VITA newcomer Gerald Desierto also of Kahului took home the win. Kihei’s Rory Goss won in a hole shot against Kula’s Dave Oka in the Pro Bikes category. Rory had a .571 reaction time over Dave’s .704. Over 80 racers took advantage of Thursday’s Test & Tune session to fine tune their rides for the weekend competition. Complete Friday results are noted below.
RESULTS
FRIDAY:
Class Winner Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH Runner-Up Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH
Summit Pro Alvin Fernandez Jr., Wailuku #7383 R.E.D., 8.454/133.91 Jon Shirota, Wailuku #7427 R.E.D., 21.701/31.29
Summit Sportsman Martin Hultquist, Kahului #340 ’70 Dart, 11.576/107.37 Thomas Hussey, Pukalani,#13 Duster, 13.228/94.70
Summit Street Thomas Cunningham, Kihei #564 Corvette, 14.898/93.56 Mark Olson, Lahaina #29 Coupe, 14.170/89.66
Pro Bikes Friday Rory Goss, Kihei #545 Suzuki, 11.618/111.68 Dave Oka, Kula #704 Buell, 10.606/121.67
Sport Compact Gerald Desierto, Kahului #3459 Impreza, 13.643/95.52 Keane Lee, Kahului #5 Bug, 13.085/92.02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2006
Maui Raceway Park
Drag Races
May 27, 2006
Over 160 race entries competed in drag racing action Saturday at Maui Raceway Park at the 10th Annual George “Flintstone” Andrade Memorial. Maui racers won the majority of the contests but an O’ahu Jr. Dragster took home the top prize in the Quick 16 Jr. Dragster Shootout and a Kauai racer was runner up in the Top Dragster category. Due to the larger than normal field of racers, the last contest was decided early Sunday morning providing spectators with over 10 hours of drag racing action. Puunene’s Gill Cuadro kept the big money here on the Valley Isle this year by defeating Kapaa’s Kevin Rapozo in the Top Dragster competition. Gill’s winning pass was clocked at 8.114 seconds/145.12 mph. Maui’s fastest door slammers competed in the Top Sportsman category. Makawao’s Kevin Yoshida broke out and handed the win to Pukalani’s Scott Hirata. Scott had a .538 reaction time and posted a winning 9.906 run at 118.13 mph. Makawao’s Mark Caires won the 1320 Performance Pro Sport Compact contest at the line with a .526 reaction time. Pukalani’s Nelson DeRego fell short with a .609 light. Maui’s fastest street machines competed in the Paradise Auto Parts Super 32 Street Shoot Out. The final round was a battle of two Camaros. Makawao’s Charles Oliveira took the win against Kihei’s Jason Bargabos with a .568 reaction time. Kahului’s Martin Hultquist picked up his second trophy of the weekend in the Quick 16 Bike Shoot Out over Wailuku’s Darol Britton. In a close contest, Darol beat Martin at the line but Martin ran closer to his dial-in. Reaction time decided the Pro ET category. Kihei’s John Hultquist took the win over Makawao’s Geoff Wachter with a .519 tree. Both racers were less than .05 off their dial-ins. In the Jr. Dragster competition, Honolulu’s Holly Nitta took home the top prize against Maui’s own Marcus Villaverde. Marcus ran closer to his dial-in but Holly nailed the tree with a .583 reaction time. Holly also took home trophies for Best Reaction Time and Closest to Dial-In. Please see complete Saturday event results below.
RESULTS
SATURDAY:
Class Winner Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH Runner-Up Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH
Top Dragster Gill Cuadro, Puunene #7012 Dragster, 8.114/145.12 Kevin Rapozo, Kapaa Kauai #702 Dragster, 10.514/88.56
Semi-Finalists Craig Furtado, Pukalani #7777 Roadster, 9.086/142.53 Eric Pacheco, Haiku, #7579 T-Bucket, 8.317/131.22
Top Sportsman Scott Hirata, Pukalani #73 Vega, 9.906/118.13 Kevin Yoshida, Makawao #51 Camaro, 10.784/125.39
Semi-Finalists Greg Howeth, Lahaina #066 Nova, 10.825/122.61 Roy Kato, Wailuku #16 Camaro, 10.043/112.88
Pro Sport Compact Mark Caires, Makawao #808 Civic, 13.472/84.12 Nelson DeRego, Pukalani #2017 VW Bug, 12.426/106.18
Semi-Finalists Hilario Calipjo, Lahaina #1217 Subaru, 13.606/96.55 Keane Lee, Kahului, #5 VW Bug, 13.016/98.71
Super 32 Street Shoot Out Charles Oliveira, Makawao #4126 Camaro, 12.935/98.69 Jason Bargabos, Kihei #310 Camaro, 12.890/103.24
Semi-Finalists Jason Acosta, Lahaina #705 SRT-4, 13.593/99.76 Matt Evans, Lahaina #N702 Corvette, 13.807/99.81
Quick 16 Bikes Shootout Martin Hultquist, Kahului #111 Honda, 10.588/128.96 Darol Britton, Wailuku #901 Kawasaki, 11.160/123.56
Pro ET John Hultquist, Kiheii #7 Nova, 12.428/104.65 Geoff Wachter, Makawao #1963 Chevy Truck, 10.991/122.87
Jr. Dragsters Holly Nitta, Honolulu #7263 17 yrs, 8.193/78.79 Marcus Villaverde, Pukalani #7025 15 yrs, 7.764/84.45
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2006
Maui Raceway Park
Drag Races
May 28, 2006
A Kahului racer took home King of the Track honors during the last day of competition at the 10th annual George “Flintstone” Andrade Memorial drag races. Martin Hultquist took home a total of four trophies, including two coveted Wallys during Memorial weekend racing action at Maui Raceway Park. On Martin’s last pass, he hit his dial-in of 11.500 and nailed the tree with a 5.05 reaction time. Martin notched wins in his ’70 Dart and Honda bike during the weekend competition. Congratulations Martin – truly the King of the Track! Veteran racer and 10-year 12.90 champion, Kihei’s John Hultquist, won the Makule contest against Kahului’s PJ Marciel. PJ got off the line a little too quick, handing the win to John. A first time racer took home the Lady Luck winner trophy. Pukalani’s Lourdes Palpallatoc beat Wailuku’s Louisa Palad by nailing her 17.27 dial-in in her 240SX. Kahului’s John Schardt took the win against Lahaina’s Mark Olson in the Classic Car contest. John reached the 1/8 mile finish line first in his ’34 Ford Coupe with Mark a split second behind in his ’32 Ford Roadster. Martin Hultquist picked up his 3rd win of the weekend in the Bike Shoot Out defeating Vernalis California’s Trip Rubidge in a close contest. Wailuku’s Christian Motonaga claimed Sunday’s Jr. Dragster Shoot Out win for Maui by beating Honolulu’s Holly Nitta in the final. Holly left the line a little too quick, handing the win to Christian. Nearly 100 race entries enjoyed the family oriented race schedule. Sunday’s race schedule ran late into the evening with the addition of three Gambler contests. A total of nine categories, the most of the weekend, saw competition conclude at 9pm. Awards were presented to weekend winners at the conclusion of the evening. Please see complete event results below.
RESULTS
SUNDAY:
Class Winner Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH Runner-Up Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH
King of the Track Martin Hultquist, Kahului #340 ’70 Dart, 11.500/111.73 Alvin Fernandez Jr., Wailuku #7383 R.E.D., 8.437/156.31
Makule John Hultquist, Kihei #7 Nova, ET/MPH NA PJ Marciel, Kahului #1629 Camaro, 10.820/125.38
Lady Luck Lourdes Palpallatoc, Pukalani #407 240SX, 17.330/79.63 Louisa Palad, Wailuku #136 Durango, 17.230/78.42
Classic Car John Schardt, Kahului #1250 ’34 Ford Coupe, 8.935/76.51 Mark Olson, Lahaina #29 ’32 Ford Roadster, 9.272/75.36
Bike Shootout Martin Hultquist, Kahului #111 Honda, 10.608/121.61 Trip Rubidge, Vernalis, CA #40 Suzuki, 10.339/132.78
Top Comp Bully Pacheco, Kula #151 ’37 Chevy Coupe, 8.882/NA Jon Shirota, Wailuku #7427 R.E.D., 8.368/148.93
Gambler High Roller Eric Saito, Kahului #15 Duster, 11.528/117.50 Jay Nakamura, Pukalani #N711 Camaro, ET/MPH NA
Gambler Low Roller Robert Miskae, Kihei #007 Mustang, 11.767/104.84 Davin Costa Wailuku #7108 Chevy S10, 16.547/81.95
Jr. Dragsters Christian Motonaga, Wailuku #7084 10 yrs, 9.048/71.52 Holly Nitta, Honolulu #7263 17 yrs, 8.122/79.35
NEXT EVENT, JUNE 23 & 24, 2006!
Please note: Top Dragster, Top Sportsman, Pro Sport Compact and Super 32 Street Shoot Out Semi-Finalist trophies and prize money were not distributed during the Awards Ceremony that followed Sunday's action. VITA Treasurer, Skip Stegemiller, will contact semi-finalists to make necessary arrangements. Also, we still have Maui Race Boys and Maui Race Girls apparel to distribute to Lady Luck and Jr. Dragster winners.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2006
Maui Raceway Park
Drag Races
May 26, 2006
Over 100 race entries took to the track in the first night of competition at the 10th annual George “Flintstone” Andrade Memorial drag races. VITA Summit Racing Series and Sport Compact racers competed for 150% payouts. Prior to Eliminations, Freda Andrade set the stage for the weekend competition by reading a prepared speech to honor her father, concluding with the Racer’s Prayer. VITA members won all contests on Friday. Last year’s big winner, Kauai’s Ralph Villabrille, was stopped in the second round in Summit Pro. Meanwhile Kauai’s Kevin Rapozo notched the quickest ET/MPH of the evening (7.27/175.22) in his first round loss against Wailuku’s Jon Shirota, the eventual runner-up. Alvin Fernandez, Jr. of Wailuku took the Summit Pro win with consistent runs and good reaction times. Martin Hultquist of Kahului recorded the first of four weekend wins in a close heat against Pukalani’s Thomas Hussey in the Summit Sportsman category. Mark Olson of Lahaina went a little too quick down the quarter mile in the Summit Street final giving the win to Kihei’s Thomas Cunningham. Kahului’s Keane Lee scored the first of two weekend runner-up finishes in the Sport Compact class. VITA newcomer Gerald Desierto also of Kahului took home the win. Kihei’s Rory Goss won in a hole shot against Kula’s Dave Oka in the Pro Bikes category. Rory had a .571 reaction time over Dave’s .704. Over 80 racers took advantage of Thursday’s Test & Tune session to fine tune their rides for the weekend competition. Complete Friday results are noted below.
RESULTS
FRIDAY:
Class Winner Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH Runner-Up Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH
Summit Pro Alvin Fernandez Jr., Wailuku #7383 R.E.D., 8.454/133.91 Jon Shirota, Wailuku #7427 R.E.D., 21.701/31.29
Summit Sportsman Martin Hultquist, Kahului #340 ’70 Dart, 11.576/107.37 Thomas Hussey, Pukalani,#13 Duster, 13.228/94.70
Summit Street Thomas Cunningham, Kihei #564 Corvette, 14.898/93.56 Mark Olson, Lahaina #29 Coupe, 14.170/89.66
Pro Bikes Friday Rory Goss, Kihei #545 Suzuki, 11.618/111.68 Dave Oka, Kula #704 Buell, 10.606/121.67
Sport Compact Gerald Desierto, Kahului #3459 Impreza, 13.643/95.52 Keane Lee, Kahului #5 Bug, 13.085/92.02
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 2006
Maui Raceway Park
Drag Races
May 27, 2006
Over 160 race entries competed in drag racing action Saturday at Maui Raceway Park at the 10th Annual George “Flintstone” Andrade Memorial. Maui racers won the majority of the contests but an O’ahu Jr. Dragster took home the top prize in the Quick 16 Jr. Dragster Shootout and a Kauai racer was runner up in the Top Dragster category. Due to the larger than normal field of racers, the last contest was decided early Sunday morning providing spectators with over 10 hours of drag racing action. Puunene’s Gill Cuadro kept the big money here on the Valley Isle this year by defeating Kapaa’s Kevin Rapozo in the Top Dragster competition. Gill’s winning pass was clocked at 8.114 seconds/145.12 mph. Maui’s fastest door slammers competed in the Top Sportsman category. Makawao’s Kevin Yoshida broke out and handed the win to Pukalani’s Scott Hirata. Scott had a .538 reaction time and posted a winning 9.906 run at 118.13 mph. Makawao’s Mark Caires won the 1320 Performance Pro Sport Compact contest at the line with a .526 reaction time. Pukalani’s Nelson DeRego fell short with a .609 light. Maui’s fastest street machines competed in the Paradise Auto Parts Super 32 Street Shoot Out. The final round was a battle of two Camaros. Makawao’s Charles Oliveira took the win against Kihei’s Jason Bargabos with a .568 reaction time. Kahului’s Martin Hultquist picked up his second trophy of the weekend in the Quick 16 Bike Shoot Out over Wailuku’s Darol Britton. In a close contest, Darol beat Martin at the line but Martin ran closer to his dial-in. Reaction time decided the Pro ET category. Kihei’s John Hultquist took the win over Makawao’s Geoff Wachter with a .519 tree. Both racers were less than .05 off their dial-ins. In the Jr. Dragster competition, Honolulu’s Holly Nitta took home the top prize against Maui’s own Marcus Villaverde. Marcus ran closer to his dial-in but Holly nailed the tree with a .583 reaction time. Holly also took home trophies for Best Reaction Time and Closest to Dial-In. Please see complete Saturday event results below.
RESULTS
SATURDAY:
Class Winner Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH Runner-Up Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH
Top Dragster Gill Cuadro, Puunene #7012 Dragster, 8.114/145.12 Kevin Rapozo, Kapaa Kauai #702 Dragster, 10.514/88.56
Semi-Finalists Craig Furtado, Pukalani #7777 Roadster, 9.086/142.53 Eric Pacheco, Haiku, #7579 T-Bucket, 8.317/131.22
Top Sportsman Scott Hirata, Pukalani #73 Vega, 9.906/118.13 Kevin Yoshida, Makawao #51 Camaro, 10.784/125.39
Semi-Finalists Greg Howeth, Lahaina #066 Nova, 10.825/122.61 Roy Kato, Wailuku #16 Camaro, 10.043/112.88
Pro Sport Compact Mark Caires, Makawao #808 Civic, 13.472/84.12 Nelson DeRego, Pukalani #2017 VW Bug, 12.426/106.18
Semi-Finalists Hilario Calipjo, Lahaina #1217 Subaru, 13.606/96.55 Keane Lee, Kahului, #5 VW Bug, 13.016/98.71
Super 32 Street Shoot Out Charles Oliveira, Makawao #4126 Camaro, 12.935/98.69 Jason Bargabos, Kihei #310 Camaro, 12.890/103.24
Semi-Finalists Jason Acosta, Lahaina #705 SRT-4, 13.593/99.76 Matt Evans, Lahaina #N702 Corvette, 13.807/99.81
Quick 16 Bikes Shootout Martin Hultquist, Kahului #111 Honda, 10.588/128.96 Darol Britton, Wailuku #901 Kawasaki, 11.160/123.56
Pro ET John Hultquist, Kiheii #7 Nova, 12.428/104.65 Geoff Wachter, Makawao #1963 Chevy Truck, 10.991/122.87
Jr. Dragsters Holly Nitta, Honolulu #7263 17 yrs, 8.193/78.79 Marcus Villaverde, Pukalani #7025 15 yrs, 7.764/84.45
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2006
Maui Raceway Park
Drag Races
May 28, 2006
A Kahului racer took home King of the Track honors during the last day of competition at the 10th annual George “Flintstone” Andrade Memorial drag races. Martin Hultquist took home a total of four trophies, including two coveted Wallys during Memorial weekend racing action at Maui Raceway Park. On Martin’s last pass, he hit his dial-in of 11.500 and nailed the tree with a 5.05 reaction time. Martin notched wins in his ’70 Dart and Honda bike during the weekend competition. Congratulations Martin – truly the King of the Track! Veteran racer and 10-year 12.90 champion, Kihei’s John Hultquist, won the Makule contest against Kahului’s PJ Marciel. PJ got off the line a little too quick, handing the win to John. A first time racer took home the Lady Luck winner trophy. Pukalani’s Lourdes Palpallatoc beat Wailuku’s Louisa Palad by nailing her 17.27 dial-in in her 240SX. Kahului’s John Schardt took the win against Lahaina’s Mark Olson in the Classic Car contest. John reached the 1/8 mile finish line first in his ’34 Ford Coupe with Mark a split second behind in his ’32 Ford Roadster. Martin Hultquist picked up his 3rd win of the weekend in the Bike Shoot Out defeating Vernalis California’s Trip Rubidge in a close contest. Wailuku’s Christian Motonaga claimed Sunday’s Jr. Dragster Shoot Out win for Maui by beating Honolulu’s Holly Nitta in the final. Holly left the line a little too quick, handing the win to Christian. Nearly 100 race entries enjoyed the family oriented race schedule. Sunday’s race schedule ran late into the evening with the addition of three Gambler contests. A total of nine categories, the most of the weekend, saw competition conclude at 9pm. Awards were presented to weekend winners at the conclusion of the evening. Please see complete event results below.
RESULTS
SUNDAY:
Class Winner Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH Runner-Up Name, Hometown & Car # Car Make & ET/MPH
King of the Track Martin Hultquist, Kahului #340 ’70 Dart, 11.500/111.73 Alvin Fernandez Jr., Wailuku #7383 R.E.D., 8.437/156.31
Makule John Hultquist, Kihei #7 Nova, ET/MPH NA PJ Marciel, Kahului #1629 Camaro, 10.820/125.38
Lady Luck Lourdes Palpallatoc, Pukalani #407 240SX, 17.330/79.63 Louisa Palad, Wailuku #136 Durango, 17.230/78.42
Classic Car John Schardt, Kahului #1250 ’34 Ford Coupe, 8.935/76.51 Mark Olson, Lahaina #29 ’32 Ford Roadster, 9.272/75.36
Bike Shootout Martin Hultquist, Kahului #111 Honda, 10.608/121.61 Trip Rubidge, Vernalis, CA #40 Suzuki, 10.339/132.78
Top Comp Bully Pacheco, Kula #151 ’37 Chevy Coupe, 8.882/NA Jon Shirota, Wailuku #7427 R.E.D., 8.368/148.93
Gambler High Roller Eric Saito, Kahului #15 Duster, 11.528/117.50 Jay Nakamura, Pukalani #N711 Camaro, ET/MPH NA
Gambler Low Roller Robert Miskae, Kihei #007 Mustang, 11.767/104.84 Davin Costa Wailuku #7108 Chevy S10, 16.547/81.95
Jr. Dragsters Christian Motonaga, Wailuku #7084 10 yrs, 9.048/71.52 Holly Nitta, Honolulu #7263 17 yrs, 8.122/79.35
NEXT EVENT, JUNE 23 & 24, 2006!