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2002 IDRC Rocky Mountain Nationals

The Count That Counts: 4550 Spectators, 430 Racers, and 60 Show

Complete Race Results

BFGoodrich Tires Street Class Presented By Sport Compact Car Magazine

Even though Ari Yallon arrived at Bandimere Speedway on Sunday missing the first three rounds of qualifying, he managed to steal the top qualifying spot away from Mark Mazurowski and the Titan Motorsports Supra. John Shephard was in a close third place with a qualifying time of 10.04. Plagued with problems all weekend, the Titan Motorsports Supra went out early in the semis leaving the door wide open for the current national points leader, Ari Yallon and the runner up, John Shephard to a classic showdown at mile high. Both cars stepped up in the finals, running their fastest times against each other but John’s 10.02 was no match for Ari’s 9.78 giving the RX7.com Mazda the class win and championship points.

Importdrag.com Quick Class Presented By Turbo High Tech & Performance Magazine

Saverio Leone made the trek to Colorado from Pennsylvania with only one thing on his mind: to dominate this event and secure the Quick Class championship. With that in mind, Sav laid the law down with a 9.45 claiming the top qualifying spot for the Quick Class. The remaining top three were J.J. Olson and Joel Tanzman with a 9.69 and 9.82 respectively. After the first round of eliminations, Leone and Tanzman seemed like they were the guys to beat as they ran close to identical times. But in the semis, an unfortunate nitrous backfire cost Tanzman’s 1995 Toyota Supra the race, leaving Leone and Olson paired up in the finals. In the finals, Olson fell asleep on the line cutting a 1.493 light, giving the easy win and the Quick Class championship to Saverio Leone and his Impo/AC Autotechnic sponsored Honda Civic.

Apex Integration Outlaw Class Presented By Import RACER! Magazine

The Outlaw Class at the IDRC Rocky Mountain Nationals had its first-ever fuel injected VW entry to date. Ron Lummus, who grew tired of his problematic carbureted setup, made the switch to methanol and fuel injection since the last IDRC event. Saturday’s qualifying rounds were used to work out the gremlins on Lummus’ VW, while Carlos Montano’s 1971 Datsun 1200 and Mike Schillereff’s 1963 VW Beetle secured the top two qualifying spots. Lummus finally managed to make the show with a 10.32 pass, earning him the much needed qualifying points. With Montano breezing into the finals with a bye run, all eyes were on the two Beetles. Lummus finally laid down a 9.76 in the semis to send Schillereff back to his trailer. However, Pepe Loco proved too much for the 2002 VW Beetle in the finals. Carlos beat Ron to the finish line by almost 3 seconds.

Drag Sport Magazine Pro Class

Piloting the only pro car qualifying within the 9.99 class cut off, David Buschur was set on putting on a show for the Colorado fans. Buschur ran every round of the competition in an attempt to make a 7-second pass. However, the Buschur Racing Talon ran a fastest time of 8.20 by the end of the event. But his appearance secured him the Pro Class championship for the 2002 IDRC season.