Red Wolf Racing LODRS Mission Mid-Race Recap

Red Wolf Racing Begins 2009 Season

It’s race number one for John and Ruth Evanchuk and the Red Wolf Top Alcohol Funny Car team. The Edson, Alberta based team was suffering from cabin fever up until they loaded up their Firebird just this week and headed to the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, held in Mission, BC.

The team made a few changes to their BAE combo over the winter in hopes of finding a few hundredths of a second in performance. With a career best elapsed time of 5.68 seconds, they really want to see low 60’s at over 250 mph on sea level tracks like the event they attended at Mission Raceway. And if looks translate to performance, based off the awesome paint job from their sponsor Cougar Paint and collision, this car will fly.

“We really like to run here, and our very versatile crew Chief Bill Moore has the Cowie TAD he tunes dialed in, so he feels he can do the same for our flopper,” stated Evanchuk. “Our plan this season is to run as many divisional and national events as time and work allows. If we can improve on our #4 placing in the division from last year we will be very happy.”

In round one of qualifying a low 5.70 elapsed time was what the team was shooting for. They underestimated the track a bit and the car shook- but it stopped the clocks recording a 5.793 elapsed time at 245 mph. On Saturday they got more aggressive and the car looked to be on a good lap. The result was a 5.706 second elapsed time at 251 mph. “It should have been a mid 5.60, I missed the 1-2 shift point,” said Evanchuk. “According to the data it would have been a 5.64 (ET).”

The final round of qualifying did not turn out as planned as the car started creeping when the rpm’s were brought up and the car rolled the beams, giving Evanchuk no time. The team qualified second and faced off against another Alberta driver, Trevor Lebsack in round one.

John and wife Ruth would like to thank their sponsors Big Eagle Services, Aqua Industrial, RedL (the hose people), Lucas Oil, Husky Oil, Campbell Automotive, Baystar Electrical services, DuraGuard Fence, Eskimo Excavators, Cougar Paint and Collison, Fleet Brake, Mirror Images, Jet Equipment Canada and CMax.

They would like to thank all the crew including Crew Chief Bill Moore, Rick Strong, Todd Hanna, Al Stacey, Mark and Don Campbell, JD Dennis, Shirleen Moore and Alan Heshke.

Courtesy SpeedZone Magazine