A solid weekend that exceeded expectations overall, as the Alberta's Red Wolf team went to the TAFC
final round at the Mission LODRS this past weekend. After qualifying #2 on Saturday, the team went
into eliminations cautiously optimistic they could reach the final round. In round one,
owner/driver John Evanchuck faced off against another Alberta driver, Trevor Lebsack. John was real
late on the starting line, but Lebsack has been struggling all weekend, and the Red Wolf Flopper,
caught his opponent by 250 feet. John rolled to victory with a 5.75@252 mph.
In round two he would face Clint Thompson, who was looking for a four-peat at this event. John
made up for his late light in round one, with a great .058 rt compared to Clint's late .144 John
needed all his advantage, as Clint ran his quickest et of the weekend, a 5.639@256. John Also ran
his quickest et of the weekend, a 5.699@252 to take the stripe by .03.
A final round showing in his first race of the year, awesome!
The final round would be a challenge as he was up against Brian Hough who had his car on a string
all weekend long. He never went slower than a 5.66 all weekend long.
The final would be over on the starting line as John could not hold his car back, and he red lit
away any chance. The car fell shook bad down low as well, and he had to pedal it to a 5.82@252
(again). Hough ran 5.64@256 to take the win.
"We are really happy with our opening weekend of the year. The goal was to run in the 5.60's and we
did that in round two of eliminations, we went to the final, which s always the goal, but against
the likes of Thompson, Webster and Hough that is a tough task.
The team performed awesome! We have a few new guys on the crew and they all worked real well
together.
Kudo's to Crew Chief Bill Moore, who had not only our car in the final but Shawn Cowie's TAD as
well.
"He did a great job going from car to car, and getting both to the final is a credit to his
ability, for that we thank him, stated John after the race".
John and his wife Ruth would again like to thank their all 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.
