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Bybee, Payne make it look easy at Douglas Int'l Raceway

Billy Bybee

Douglas, Wyo. - Federal-Mogul Dragster pilot Billy Bybee of McLean, Texas, made it two wins in a row in the NHRA West Central Division with a convincing win over the quickest Federal-Mogul Dragster field in Douglas Int'l Raceway history. Jay Payne of Upland, Calif., drove his Federal-Mogul Funny Car to his second divisional win in a row with three consistent runs in Sunday's eliminations.

Bybee dominated the Federal-Mogul Dragster field on Sunday with three passes of 5.930 seconds or better. After each run was quicker and faster than the last, Bybee made his way to the final to meet defending NHRA West Central Federal-Mogul Dragster champion, David Wells of LeMars, Iowa. Wells took Bybee off the starting line by almost one-tenth of a second, but Bybee stormed back and made up the difference at the finish line with a pass of 5.888 seconds at 241.89 mph, breaking the track records in e.t. and speed he set yesterday in qualifying. Wells also had a stellar pass of 5.973 seconds at 238.17 mph making the final against Bybee the quickest and fastest side-by-side run in Douglas Int'l Raceway history.

"This team worked so hard all weekend-they deserve the Wally [trophy]," said a jubilant Bybee. "They had the car set up perfect all weekend all I had to do was hit the gas and hold on."

Jay Payne

With his victory in Federal-Mogul Funny Car, Payne has the distinction of winning the Douglas Int'l Raceway championship in both Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car. Not one of the seven other Federal-Mogul Funny Cars came close to the consistency Payne showed all weekend. Payne made five of his six passes of the weekend in the 6.2's and 6.3's second range. Payne advanced through Lawren Jones of Albuquerque, N.M., in the first round with the quickest Federal-Mogul Funny Car pass of the weekend, 6.223 seconds at 228.92 mph. Payne advanced to the final by beating the tire spinning and defending NHRA West Central Federal-Mogul Funny Car Champion, Vern Moats of Des Moines, Iowa, with another quick pass of 6.254 seconds at 227.80 mph. In the final, Payne met up with Jett Field of Pocatello, Idaho, and didn't run as quick but ran quick enough to win with a pass of 6.335 seconds at 226.51 mph to Field's run of 6.516 seconds at 211.89 mph.

"First and foremost I need to thank me crew for a fast car run after run, " said Payne. Scott Albright, Jake Serven, and Paul Evens came together last week at the Denver Federal-Mogul event and this week in Douglas to bring home two sweet victories." The following are the final results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Douglas International Raceway:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
First Round
1)  Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 5.930 seconds, 240.72 mph def. 
8) Edwin Schmeeckle, Gothenburg, Neb., 6.191, 230.84

2)   David Wells, LeMars, Iowa, 5.988, 236.75 def. 
7) Brent DuCray, Grand Junction, Colo., 6.158, 227.15

3)   Bruce Bowler, Denver, Colo., 6.151, 222.62 def. 
6) Ziggy Zivkovich, Litchfield, Minn., 6.200, 228.19

4)   Kent Nuckols, Albuquerque, N.M., 6.085, 236.01 def. 
5) Sergio Recio, El Paso, Texas, 6.122, 228.73

Semifinals
Bybee, 5.922, 240.89 def. Nuckols, 6.117, 235.43
Wells, 6.013, 236.46 def. Bowler, 6.095, 224.02

Final
Bybee, 5.888, 241.89 def. Wells, 5.973, 238.17

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
First Round 
1) Jay Payne, Upland, Calif., '00 Chevrolet Camaro, 6.223, 228.92 def. 
8) Lawren Jones, Albuquerque, N.M., '00 Chevrolet Corvette, 7.986, 141.71

2) Jett Field, Pocatello, Idaho, '98 Dodge Avenger, 6.655, 218.69 def. 
7) Scott McVey, Winnepeg, Man., Canada,'96 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.740, 210.31

3)  Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alb., Canada, '97 Pontiac Firebird, 6.269, 234.33 def. 
6) Kris Hool, Casper, Wy.,  '97 Firebird, 6.492, 222.07

4) Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '00 Firebird, 6.469, 219.26 def. 5) Robert
Kanenwisher, Conifer, Colo., '98 Dodge Avenger, 7.943, 118.28

Semifinals
Payne, 6.254, 227.80 def. Moats, 8.575, 97.68
Field, 6.408, 223.76 def. Bateman, 6.704, 229.12

Final
Payne, 6.335, 226.51 def. Field, 6.516, 211.89

COMP ELIMINATOR
Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.546, 177.04 def.
Charlie Stewart, Arlington, Texas, '99 Dragster, A/ED, 12.352, 55.98 (Red Light)

SUPER STOCK
Ricky Ray, Savannah, Mo., '00 Firebird, SS/BS, 9.748, 137.54 def. 
Abe Loewen, Regina, Sask., Canada, '98 Grand Am, SS/DM, 10.000, 135.17

STOCK ELIMINATOR
Tony Hernandez, Denver, Colo., '67 Chevrolet II, E/SA, 12.741, 102.73 def.
Neal Rhodes, Aurora, Colo., '67 Fairlane, F/SA, 11.950, 110.24

SUPER COMP
Dugan Senne, Bismark, N.D., 9.369, 150.98 def. Larry Jones, Kearney, Neb.,
9.325, 153.25 (Breakout)

SUPER GAS
Mark Philbrick, Aurora, Colo., '98 Ford Mustang, 10.443, 142.37 def. Jason
Schade, Northglenn, Colo., '65 Volkswagen Bug, 10.457, 133.14

SUPER STREET
Henry Sliwinski, , Littleton, Colo., '65 Chevrolet Chevelle, 11.464, 121.14
def. Steve Domingues, Delby, Kansas, '67 Chevrolet Camaro, 11.500, 135.82

SUPER BIKE
Mark Faber, Commerce City, Colo., '83 Suzuki, 10.307, 127.67 def. 
Robert Cooper, Omaha, Neb., '94 Suzuki, 10.490, 122.72 (Red Light)

SUPER PRO
Terry Peacock,Thornton, Colo., '93 Dragster, 7.853, 162.80 def. 
Jason Urbanski, Riverton, Wy., '69 Chevrolet Nova, 10.621, 127.32

PRO ET
Eric Nazarenus, Brighton, Colo., '67 Ford Mustang, 11.038, 121.39 def.
Leroy Dunn, Casper, Wy., '69 Chevrolet Camaro, 11.362, 117.82

SNOWMOBILE
Jim Moore Jr., Gillette, Wy., '97 Ski Doo, 10.672, 122.95 def. 
Jim Moore Sr., Casper, Wy., '97 Ski Doo, 9.728, 136.29

JUNIOR DRAGSTER
Shelby Heggie, Laramie, Wy., '00 Jr. Dragster, 11.307, 54.89 def. 
Kris Whitfield, Littleton, Colo., '00 Jr. Dragster, 10.257, 58.77

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Bybee, Payne steamroll through competition at Douglas Int'l Raceway

Douglas, Wyo. - Fresh off victories in the Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Bandimere Speedway in Denver, Federal-Mogul Dragster driver, Billy Bybee of McLean, Texas, and Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver, Jay Payne of Upland, Calif., continued their domination over the NHRA West Central Division competition, capturing the No. 1 qualifying positions at Douglas Int'l Raceway.

On his way to capturing the No. 1 qualifying position, Bybee reset the track records in e.t. and speed. In the first qualifying attempt on Saturday Bybee couldn't better his 6.049-second pass from yesterday due to his smoking the tires at half-track. In the meantime, David Wells of LeMars, Iowa made his presents known with the only sub-six-second pass of the first qualifying session with a run of 5.998 seconds at 234.53 mph. Bybee seemed to step up the power in the second qualifying session with a track e.t. and speed record making pass of 5.908 seconds at 240.55 mph. Bybee's run broke Jay Payne's Federal-Mogul Dragster records of 5.94 seconds and 237 mph set back in 1998.

"I'm a little embarrassed to say that we haven't changed our set-up all weekend," said Bybee. "The weather cooled down in the final session and the track conditions came back to us. Things have been going very well for us, but there a lot of great drivers here and it won't be easy tomorrow."

After coming in seventh quickest in yesterday's Federal-Mogul Funny Car qualifying session, Payne came out in the first qualifying session on Saturday and blew the field away with a run of 6.228 seconds at 228.54 mph to collect the $1,000 Winston Top Qualifier bonus. Jett Field of Pocatello, Idaho, came closest to Payne with a great run of 6.356 seconds at 222.58 mph in the second qualifying session to secure the No. 2 qualifying position. Local Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver, Kris Hool of Casper, Wy. couldn't better his qualifying run from yesterday and will start eliminations from the No. 6 position.

The NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series at Douglas International Raceway continues Sunday with eliminations beginning at 9:30 a.m. Federal-Mogul Dragsters and Federal-Mogul Funny Cars will begin first round of eliminations at 12 noon. The following are Saturday's qualifying results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Douglas International Raceway:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
1)	Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 5.908 seconds, 240.55 mph vs. 
8) Edwin Schmeeckle, Gothenburg, Neb., 6.353, 222.55

2)	David Wells, LeMars, Iowa, 5.998, 234.53 vs. 
7) Brent DuCray, Grand Junction, Colo., 6.285, 225.22

3)	Bruce Bowler, Denver, Colo., 6.028, 227.73 vs. 
6) Ziggy Zivkovich, Litchfield, Minn., 6.274, 225.52

4)	Kent Nuckols, Albuquerque, N.M., 6.076, 237.00 vs. 
5) Sergio Recio, El Paso, Texas, 6.147, 224.28

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR 
1)	Jay Payne, Upland, Calif., '00 Chevrolet Camaro, 6.228, 228.54 vs.
8) Lawren Jones, Albuquerque, N.M.,  '00 Chevrolet Corvette, 6.760, 216.62

2) Jett Field, Pocatello, Idaho, '98 Dodge Avenger, 6.356, 222.58 vs. 
7) Scott McVey, Winnepeg, Man., Canada, '96 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.722, 210.73

3)  Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alb., Canada, '97 Pontiac Firebird, 6.527, 222.44 vs. 
6) Kris Hool, Casper, Wy., '97 Firebird, 6.671, 217.67

3) Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '00 Firebird, 6.617, 212.03 vs.
5) Robert Kanenwisher, Conifer, Colo., '98 Dodge Avenger, 6.637, 220.37

COMP ELIMINATOR
1. Charlie Stewart, Arlington, Texas, '99 Dragster, A/ED, 7.221 seconds (0.579-seconds under Index)
2. Tom Snyder, Longmont, Colo., '23 Chevrolet, A/A, 7.234 (-0.556)
3. Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.567 (-0.503)
4. Kevin Sutton, Littleton, Colo., '97 Dragster, C/D, 7.613 (-0.457)
5. Steve Kalkowski, Ogallala, Neb., '97 Pontiac Firebird, B/A, 7.828
6. Bub Miller, Edwardsville, Kansas, '97 Oldsmobile Achieva, D/EA, 9.105 (-0.445)
7. Bill Kent, Midland, Texas, '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.671 (-0.399)
8. John Linton, Tonkawa, Okla., '97 Dragster, C/ED, 8.040 (-0.380)
9. Dave Howerton, Lake Havasu, Ariz., '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.695 (-0.375)
10. Harvey From, Regina, Sask., Canada, '23 Roadster, A/EA, 8.200 (-0.300)

SUPER STOCK
1. Rick Ryan, Aberdeen, S.D., '88 Oldsmobile Cutlass, SS/NA, 12.123 seconds (1.127-seconds under Index)
2. Ritch Ahrens, Greeley, Colo., '87 Pontiac Firebird, GT/EA, 10.540 (-1.120)
3. John Dusenbury, Lakewood, Colo., '68 Ford Mustang, SS/DS, 11.527 (-1.033)
4. Gary McGlasson, Los Lunas, N.M., '69 Chevrolet Camaro, SS/HA, 10.595 (-1.005)
5. Abe Loewen, Regina, Sask., Canada, '98 Grand Am, SS/DM, 9.888 (-0.972)
6. Ricky Ray, Savannah, Mo., '00 Firebird, SS/BS, 9.696 (-0.954)
7. Ted Romero, Denver, Colo., '98 Firebird, GT/KA, 11.571 (-0.939)
8. Curtis Dean, Denver, Colo., '90 Chevrolet Cavalier, SS/AM, 9.272 (-0.898)
9. Joseph LoCicero, Lithonia, Ga, '87 Camaro, GT/CA, 10.492 (-0.898)
10. Jim Beuthel, Aurora, Colo., '91 Cutlass, GT/DA, 10.636 (-0.864)

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Steve Couch, Sidney, Neb., '00 Dodge, DT/SA, 12.792 seconds (1.578-seconds under Index)
2. Stewart Triggs, Fremont, Neb., '83 Dodge, GF/S, 16.953 (-1.147)
3. J.R. Reitmeier, Lumsden, Sask., Canada, '69 Chevrolet Camaro, H/SA, 12.110 (-1.140)
4. John Hladky, Stuart, Neb., '66 Chevrolet Nova, G/S, 11.859 (-1.131)
5. Bill Rink, Naperville, Ill., '74 GTO, K/SA, 12.660 (-1.130)
6. Bobby DeArmond, Gallup, N.M., '69 Camaro, A/SA, 10.938 (-1.092)
7. Arnold Greene, Matthews, N.C., '69 Camaro, A/S, 10.930 (-1.050)
8. Kevin Helms, Mineola, Texas, '69 Camaro, B/S, 11.205 (-1.035)
9. Neal Rhodes, Aurora, Colo., '67 Fairlane, F/SA, 11.909 (-1.021)
10. John Cooper, Laporte, Colo., '67 Ford Fairlane, A/SA, 11.025 (-1.005)

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Bybee, Bateman set pace at Douglas International Raceway
DOUGLAS, Wyo. - Over 400 racecars from the NHRA West Central Division took over beautiful Douglas Int'l Raceway in Douglas, Wy. for its fourth stop on the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series. Billy Bybee of McLean, Texas set the pace in Friday's Federal-Mogul Dragster qualifying and last year's Federal-Mogul Funny Car runner-up at Douglas Int'l Raceway, Roger Bateman of Calgary, Alb., was quickest in the Federal-Mogul Funny Car field.

Fresh off his victory two weeks ago in the Federal-Mogul event at Bandimere Speedway in Denver, Colo., Bybee started where he left off with the quickest Federal-Mogul Dragster qualifying run of the day with a pass of 6.049 seconds at 236.63 mph. Defending West Central Federal-Mogul Dragster Champion, David Wells of LeMars, Iowa, took the second qualifying position three-hundredths of a second behind Bybee with a run of 6.083 seconds at 232.15 mph.

"We are doing everything right and it is paying off on the track", said Bybee. "I think we can get a set-up tomorrow and run in the five's."

Bateman drove his '97 Matco Auto Parts Pontiac Firebird Federal-Mogul Funny Car to the top spot in Friday's Federal-Mogul Funny Car qualifying with a tire smoking run of 6.527 seconds at 222.44 mph. Local favorite Kris Hool of Casper, Wyo., drove his '97 Casper the Ghost Pontiac Firebird to the third qualifying position with a run of 6.671 seconds at 217.67 mph.

"We can make some changes and come out tomorrow a little quicker," said Bateman. "I know we have more and everyone behind us will have more tomorrow too."

Qualifying and time trials will continue at Douglas International Raceway on Saturday at 9 a.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car will have qualifying sessions at 2 and 5 p.m.

The following are Friday's qualifying results from the NHRA Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event at Douglas International Raceway:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER
1. Billy Bybee, McLean, Texas, 6.049 seconds, 236.63 mph
2. David Wells, LeMars, Iowa, 6.083, 232.15
3. Bruce Bowler, Denver, Colo., 6.221, 220.40
4. Sergio Recio, El Paso, Texas, 6.422, 212.33
5. Brent DuCray, Grand Junction, Colo., 6.496, 221.34
6. Ziggy Zivkovich, Litchfield, Minn., 7.167, 181.30
7. Edwin Schmeeckle, Gothenburg, Neb., 7.524, 149.12

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR 
1. Roger Bateman, Calgary, Alb., Canada, '97 Pontiac Firebird, 6.527 seconds, 222.44 mph
2. Robert Kanenwisher, Conifer, Colo., '98 Dodge Avenger, 6.637, 220.37
3. Kris Hool, Casper, Wy., '97 Firebird, 6.671, 217.67
4. Lawren Jones, Albuquerque, N.M., '00 Chevrolet Corvette, 6.802, 217.98
5. Scott McVey, Winnepeg, Man., Canada, '96 Oldsmobile Cutlass, 6.834, 206.54
6. Vern Moats, Des Moines, Iowa, '00 Firebird, 7.028, 204.60
7. Jay Payne, Upland, Calif., '00 Chevrolet Camaro, 7.204, 213.13

COMP ELIMINATOR
1. Charlie Stewart, Arlington, Texas, '99 Dragster, A/ED, 7.221 seconds (0.579-seconds under Index)
2. Tom Snyder, Longmont, Colo., '23 Chevrolet, A/A, 7.234 (-0.556)
3. Clint Sallee, Glendive, Mont., '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.567 (-0.503)
4. Kevin Sutton, Littleton, Colo., '97 Dragster, C/D, 7.613 (-0.457)
5. Bill Kent, Midland, Texas, '00 Dragster, C/D, 7.680 (-0.390)
6. Steve Kalkowski, Ogallala, Neb., '97 Pontiac Firebird, B/A, 7.925 (-0.355)
7. Bub Miller, Edwardsville, Kansas, '97 Oldsmobile Achieva, D/EA, 9.212 (-0.338)
8. Harvey From, Regina, Sask., Canada, '23 Roadster, A/EA, 8.200 (-0.300)
9. Robert Baldwin, Aurora, Colo., '90 Chevrolet Camaro, B/SM, 9.559 (-0.291)
10. John Linton, Tonkawa, Okla., '97 Dragster, C/ED, 8.182 (-0.238)

SUPER STOCK
1. Rick Ryan, Aberdeen, S.D., '88 Oldsmobile Cutlass, SS/NA, 12.136 seconds (1.114-seconds under Index)
2. Ritch Ahrens, Greeley, Colo., '87 Pontiac Firebird, GT/EA, 10.626 (-1.034)
3. John Dusenbury, Lakewood, Colo., '68 Ford Mustang, SS/DS, 11.592 (-0.968)
4. Ted Romero, Denver, Colo., '98 Firebird, GT/KA, 11.585 (-0.925)
5. Abe Loewen, Regina, Sask., Canada, '98 Grand Am, SS/DM, 9.947 (-0.913)
6. Gary McGlasson, Los Lunas, N.M., '69 Chevrolet Camaro, SS/HA, 10.690 (-0.910)
7. Ricky Ray, Savannah, Mo., '00 Firebird, SS/BS, 9.741 (-0.909)
8. Joseph LoCicero, Lithonia, Ga, '87 Camaro, GT/CA, 10.555 (-0.835)
9. Carroll Warling, Arvado, Colo., '74 Grand Am, SS/MA, 12.111 (-0.819)
10. Curtis Dean, Denver, Colo., '90 Chevrolet Cavalier, SS/AM, 9.375 (-0.795)

STOCK ELIMINATOR
1. Steve Couch, Sidney, Neb., '00 Dodge, DT/SA, 12.883 seconds (1.487-seconds under Index)
2. Stewart Triggs, Fremont, Neb., '83 Dodge, GF/S, 16.961 (-1.139)
3. Bobby DeArmond, Gallup, N.M., '69 Chevrolet Camaro, A/SA, 10.987 (-1.043)
4. Bill Rink, Naperville, Ill., '74 GTO, K/SA, 12.757 (-1.033)
5. Arnold Greene, Matthews, N.C., '69 Camaro, A/S, 10.959 (-1.021)
6. John Cooper, Laporte, Colo., '67 Ford Fairlane, A/SA, 11.025 (-1.005)
7. Jim Hughes, Grand Junction, Colo., '67 Camaro, D/S, 11.631 (-0.929)
8. Neal Rhodes, Aurora, Colo., '67 Fairlane, F/SA, 12.003 (-0.927)
9. Bob Swan, Belle Fourche, S.D., '67 Ford Shelby, D/SA, 11.729 (-0.891)
10. Kevin Helms, Mineola, Texas, '69 Camaro, B/S, 11.369 (-0.871)