Pappel Racing Group

Brogie Series V Roadster
116" Wheel Base Chromoe Molly

1975 Vega GT

Rochelle Pappel

Chrome Molly Chassis

2008 Race Season Schedule

	This will be one of the biggest race schedules ever as out team works towards an opportunity to race at the Division Six Finals for the 5th year in a row. See you there!

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3rd	Woodburn, OR
VP Fuels Championship Series & JDRL points

16th	Woodburn, OR
VP Fuels Championship Series (points end)

28th - 31st	Boise, ID
ET Bracket Finals

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Rochelle is Runner Up at Woodburn and scores valuable points!
In the final round Rochelle runs 7.942 on the 7.91 dial but is defeated. Runner up for the day gives Rochelle some valuable points as she stands in 3rd for the season only 30 points behind 2nd with three races to go.
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Rochelle finishes 8th finalist in Mile High Shootout at Bandimere Speedway
Wednesday is the Mile High Shoot Out. Rochelle wins the first round running 8.306 on her 8.25 dial in with a .044 RT. In round two the win light comes on when Rochelle runs an 8.475 on the breaks to her 9.32 dial in and a .033 RT. In round three Rochelle breaks out running 8.358 on her 8.39 dial in. Rochelle finishes 8th finalist making it into the trophy round for the day.
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Ron Pappel Wins the Rich Christensen’s Arm Drop Pinks Quick 32 Race and takes home the NAPA Auto Parts $8000 Tool Box and the Piston Trophy.
July 3, 4, 5 is the Rich Christensen’s Arm Drop Pinks Race at Woodburn Drag Strip. Fans turned out by the thousands for this event and probably one of the biggest ever for fans at Woodburn. Thursday was a test day and after testing Ron picked a time to run in the low 9.00 second group to make qualifying in. Friday Ron qualifies 29th out of 194 racers with a 9.37 second run. On Saturday the racers field is split and the top 32 cars run for the NAPA $8,000 tool box. The race is an all out first to the finish line with no time between rounds. Ron pulls out most of the throttle stop and round one is at 3:01 p.m. Ron wins in a hole shot running 9.063 against a 8.959 and an advantage at the starting line of 0.134 seconds. Round two it is 3:10 p.m. Rich Christensen’s arms drop and Ron has a 0.047 advantage on start with the win light on again running 8.998 against the opponents 9.252. Round three is at 3:20 p.m. Ron is behind by 0.012 on the arm drop but does take the win running 8.981 against the 9.215 in the other lane. Round four and it is 3:26 p.m. start advantage is to the other lane by 0.104, Ron gets the win light running 8.952 against the 9.148. Final round is ran at 3:29 p.m. Ron has the arm drop advantage by .047 and WINS the race running 9.027 against the opponents 9.086. Five rounds of fast pace racing in 28 minutes and only 3 minutes between the semi finals and the final round is tough on racers and their cars.
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Pappel Racing and the Points chase at Woodburn Dragstrip
The sun it out and racing is in full swing for the Pappel Racing Team. Rochelle is currently in 3rd position in the Junior Fast Class race at Woodburn Drag Strip with 270 points only 30 points behind the leader. Ron has moved up from 14th position to 11th in the Super Pro Points chase at Woodburn. With only 5 races left in the VP Championship Series every round win is very important to get to the Division Six ET Finals race that will be held in Boise Idaho August 29th thru the 31st.
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Rochelle gets her first win on the season in the Junior Fast Class at Woodburn Drag Strip!
In the finals Rochelle makes a statement with a win running 8.074 on the 8.03 dial in and an impressive .005 reaction time.
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