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NHRA Northwest Nationals
Seattle International Raceway - Kent, WA
July 27 - 29, 2001
BONUS PICTURES
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Thanks to the efforts of some good friends of ours, we're able to offer
some pictures by real photographers, starting with some of the best
that Gerry Frechette could offer. Then we move on to offerings of Tom Posthuma
and finish up with our Seattle-area friend, Casey Binz. Please note that all
images on this page are displayed courtesy of and are copyright by the respective
photographers.
Left: Kevin Brown (far side) gets left on by David Baca and loses in the
first round of eliminations. Right: Brian Hough is nearly out of the frame
in his first round thumping of Leo Grocock.
Left: John Evanchuk (near side) leaves way too early against Randy Parker
and gives away their first round match. Right: Rod Clough (near side) leaves
on time against Doug Gordon, but still loses by a wide margin.
Left: A more successful Canadian effort was mounted by Calgary's Roger
Bateman in the Mopac Auto Supply-sponsored "Showdown" flopper. He won his
first round match, but dropped out in the second round against Pat Austin.
Right: North Vancouver's Howie Stevens also went to the second round with
his C/A Comp Eliminator Ford Probe.
Left: Gary Scelzi warms the hides in the event-winning Team Winston car.
Right: Doug Kalitta launches hard in qualifying in the MAC Tools entry.
Left: Seattle native Brady Kalivoda makes his national event debut in one
of Team Harman-Smith FRAM Filters cars.
Right: Odessa, Washington's Craig Smith launches his brand new Leupold car.
Left: David Grubnic in John Mitchell's "Oh Boy Oberto!" car.
Right: "240" Gordie Bonin in the new Ray Salter - Auto Pride car.
Here's two of the event winners:
Left: Whit Bazemore in his Matco Tools entry.
Right: Mark Osborne in the new hemi-powered Dodge Neon.
Left: Jerry Toliver actually won the first round in the WWF car.
Right: Bob Gilbertson lost in the round with the FMTV camoflauge car.
Left: Johnny Gray wearing the Nitro Fish colours.
Right: Scotty Cannon in his "on the edge" Oakley car.
The CFMI Rock 101 Girls were on the starting line during the first round
of eliminations; NHRA Chief Starter Rick "The Iceman" Stewart actually broke
a sweat for the first time in recent memory.
Left: One of Mike Johnson's crewpersons backing up the car.
Right: Yes, it's those Rock 101 Girls again attacking the ESPN crew.
Left: Todd Movius with the wheels up in his A/Nostalgia Dragster.
Right: Brady Kalivoda and Gordie Bonin launch on Friday night.
Left: Craig Smith launches hard in his new "Leupold" Top Fuel car.
Right: "Captain Canuck" enjoy one a culinary delight from the SIR snackbar
(Sorry, but there's no photos available of the aftermath).
In the last pair of the first round of Federal-Mogul Dragster eliminations,
Brandon Henkelman in the "Henkelmonster" (far side) blows away Mike "Not THAT
Mike" Austin with low e.t. of the meet, an awesome 5.23 at 269 mph.
Left: Don Garlits was caught hiding out in Gordie Bonin's pit area.
Right: John Force was seen in deep conversation with Jerry Darien. Hmmmm...
Spotted in the alcohol pits early on Saturday was Chief Running Amok
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