The Bazemore Bulletin
20th annual Schuck’s Auto Supply Nationals
July 20-22, 2007
Pacific Raceways
Kent, Wash.
“Ironically enough, Seattle is now probably our home track with us living in Eugene ( Ore. ). The fans are hardcore and we’ve had good success there. It’s a really nice setting and probably our most rural track on the circuit. We always seem to battle the surface, but it has the potential to be one of the quickest tracks on the tour. A lot of that will depend on the weather, but we like racing there.”
Bazemore Seattle Notebook
Last weekend at the Denver race, Bazemore qualified ninth at 4.662-seconds. He advanced to his first career Top Fuel final round where he posted a runner-up finish to teammate Rod Fuller in the first all-David Powers Motorsports final round. He won his 350th career round last weekend in a semifinal victory over Tony Schumacher.
By advancing to the final round at Denver , Bazemore jumped to seventh place in the POWERade standings. He is tied with David Grubnic with 641 points and sits just seven points from sixth place.
Last July, Bazemore raced to his 20th career Funny car victory by defeating then teammate Ron Capps in the final round at Pacific Raceways 5.036 to 5.108. Bazemore qualified his Matco Tools Funny Car 12th with a run of 4.953 seconds at 309.13 mph.
Bazemore has three career wins at Pacific Raceways (1997, 2001, ‘06). It is one of six tracks where he has earned multiple victories. He has won races at 12 current NHRA tracks.
Bazemore has an average starting spot of 8.37 at Pacific Raceways in 16 career starts at the Kent track. His average starting spot in 2007 is 7.23.
Baze Banters About Seattle ...
Seattle :
“Fish”
Pacific Raceways:
“Traffic”
Favorite local restaurant:
“Fresh salmon cooked by my wife, Michelle, in my motor home”
Favorite Pacific Raceways racing memory:
“Winning there last year. Beating (Ron) Capps in the final round was fun”
Favorite Seattle-area cycling route:
“ Tiger Mountain ”
2007 NHRA Top Fuel Standings
1. ROD FULLER (2) 977 - - -
2. Larry Dixon (2) 833 - 144
3. Brandon Bernstein (4) 821 - 156
4. J.R. Todd (2) 785 - 192
5. Tony Schumacher (2) 767 - 210
6. Bob Vandergriff, Jr. 648 - 329
7. WHIT BAZEMORE 641 - 336
David Grubnic 641 - 336
9. Melanie Troxel (1) 589 - 388
10. Cory McClenathan 570 - 407
Whit Bazemore’s Career Results at Pacific Raceways
Year Qualified Finish & Winning Driver
1991 No. 9 Second round—Jim Murphy
1992 No. 6 First round—Tom Hoover
1993 No. 13 First round—Cruz Pedregon
1994 No. 16 First round—Chuck Etchells
1995 No. 9 First round—Al Hofmann
1996 No. 14 First round—Kenji Okazaki
1997 No. 3 WINNER—def. Tony Pedregon
1998 No. 11 First round— Del Worsham
1999 No. 2 Runner-up—Del Worsham
2000 No. 1 1st round—Tommy Johnson, Jr.
2001 No. 5 WINNER—def. Ron Capps
2002 No. 2 Semifinals—Bruce Sarver
2003 No. 9 Runner-up—John Force
2004 No. 7 Semifinals—Cruz Pedregon
2005 No. 15 Semifinals—Robert Hight
2006 No. 12 WINNER—def. Ron Capps
Bazemore’s Seattle Schedule
Date & Time Event and Location
Fri., July 20, 3:30/6:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 1/2, Pacific Raceways
Sat., July 21, Noon/3 p.m. TF Qualifying 3/4, Pacific Raceways
Sun., July 22, 11 a.m. Final Eliminations, Pacific Raceways
Bazemore’s Career-Best Performances
E.T.—4.498 seconds (TF) Las Vegas April 2007
E.T.—4.674 seconds(FC) Joliet , Ill. June 2006
MPH—332.51 mph (TF) Englishtown , N.J. June 2007
MPH—333.25 mph (FC) Joliet , Ill. June 2004
