Newsletter by Bob Johnson 877-221-1419 July 2019

Clean sweep for Meziere at mid-season SoCal Pro Gas races

2015 Pro Gas champion Mike Blodgett Jr won the Meziere sponsored

race, he is currently in second place four points behind Greg Martin.

Pete Bothe had a great Father’s Day weekend at Fontana, logging

his second win of the season. Pete is a four-time Pro Gas champion.

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Blodgett Jr wins Meziere “Cool-down” Pro Gas nationals—stops Daniel McClel-

land in the final at Fontana By Bob Johnson Auto Club Dragway June 15, 2019

2015 Southern California Pro Gas Assoc., champion Mike Blodgett Jr went to his second series final of the season defeating

Daniel McClelland for the Meziere Enterprises-sponsored event title. Getting a .006 better light, Blodgett took the win light with a

9.902, 135.09 to McClelland’s too quick 9.890, 150.55, driving his dad’s ‘27 roadster. Paul Wiechmann was the top qualifier of the

event.

Quarterfinal racing began with Blodgett defeating Mike Lany, Steve Parsons overcame a perfect light by Wiechmann to get a

9.895 win to a second best of 9.892, McClelland stopped Evan Kowalski in a double breakout race, and Ernie Macias advanced to

the semifinals with a win over red-lighting Dan Bain of Las Vegas. In the semifinals Blodgett used a .007 light and 9.905 to defeat

racing buddy Parsons, and McClelland’s .008 light was too much for Macias’ Beretta.

Mike Blodgett Jr won the annual Meziere Cool-down Nationals.

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Bothe wins Father’s Day Pro Gas race

By Bob Johnson Auto Club Dragway June 16, 2019

Four-time Pro Gas champion Pete Bothe won his second race of the new season, defeating Mark Fen-ton in the final round at Fontana. Mike Lang was the top qualifier for the K&N Filters and Lucas Oil Prod-ucts sponsored fourth race of the Pro Gas season.

Bothe drove his Chevy-powered ‘78 Porsche to round wins over Doug Sedmak, Daniel McClelland,

and Greg Bonds before getting a bye in the semi’s. Mark Fenton, fresh off a win at the Fallon National Open, got to his first Pro Gas final or the year with wins over Gary Hesselbrock, Fontana divisional win-ner Dan Bain, Gary Mignacca, and Steve Parsons.

Bothe had a .025 better light in the final, and took the win with a 9.940, 143.06 to Fenton’s 9.916, 143.38.

Pete Bothe picked up his second win of the season when he defeated

Mark Fenton in the final round of the K&N/Lucas Oil Pro Gas race. Pete Bothe earned his second win of the season on Father’s Day.

Mark Fenton used a .011 package in the semifinal to defeat

Steve Parsons.

2018 PG Shootout champ Mike Lang was the event number

one qualifier. Quarterfinalist Greg Bonds.

Special Thanks to

K&N Filters and

Lucas Oil Products

For sponsoring the Father’s Day Pro Gas Races

www.socalprogasracing.com

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2019 SoCal Pro Gas Photo Extra

Greg Bonds great-looking ‘69 Camaro is in 8th place in the

championship standings.

Ernie Macias went to the semifinals of the Meziere-sponsored

race, where he lost to Daniel McClelland.

2018 Pro Gas Shootout champ Mike Lang qualified #1 in race

#4, and is in fourth place in the series standings.

Randy Fabbro qualified #1 with his Ford Pinto in

race #6.

Pro Gas racing partners Larry Bradshaw and Melvin

LeForbes raced each other during qualifying.

Bob Hefley had a big weekend at Fontana, as the Napa, Calif.,-racer

went to the semis of races 5 & 6, plus made a perfect 9.900, 000 r.t.

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Dave Meziere sweeps SoCal Pro Gas series weekend at Fontana By Bob Johnson Auto Club Dragway Fontana, Calif. June 29-30, 2019

After missing the first four races of the 2019 Southern California Pro Gas Assoc., season, Dave Meziere made his presence know at

the fifth and sixth races of the 10-race series by sweeping the weekend doubleheader at Auto Club Dragway. Meziere defeated

Doug Sedmak in the Saturday afternoon final and Michael Boner in the Sunday final.

Meziere began his weekend with a first round win over 2018 Pro Gas champ Kevin McClelland, moved on to beat Steve Parsons in

round two and stopped Greg Ventura in the third round. In the semifinal he defeated Bob Hefley. Sedmak, the current Pro Gas

Shootout points leader, advanced to the final with wins over Pete Bothe, Greg Bonds, and Greg Martin. The Fix-Auto Collision/Pro

Gas-sponsored race final was decided on a double-breakout after Meziere had a .010 advantage at the ‘tree. Meziere’s ’03 Cavalier

took the win at 9.893, 170.13 to Sedmak’s Corvette, losing with a 9.856,

157.23. A special note of interest took place when Hefley made a perfect run

on his third round win over Mark Fenton, running 9.900 with a .000 reaction

time.

K&N Engineering and Lucas Oil Products sponsored the second race of the

weekend, and Meziere opened that event with a 9.900 pass after a .002 reac-

tion time to defeat Greg Bonds. He continued to the final by defeating Sed-

mak, Martin, and Hefley. Mike Boner got to his first Pro Gas final of the year

by defeating Gary Hesselbrock, Randy Kersey, and Mike Lang before getting

a bye into the final. Reaction times decided the final, with Meziere cutting

a .009 light and 9.936 time as Boner broke-out with a 9.857.

The Pro Gas season continues August 10-11, 2019 at Auto Club Dragway.

Dave Meziere opened the weekend with a final round win

over Shootout points leader Doug Sedmak.

Dave Meziere capped off his clean-sweep Pro Gas weekend

by defeating Michael Boner in the Sunday afternoon final.

Dave Meziere, family and friends celebrate his double-up

victory at Auto Club Dragway.

Pro Gas Shootout points leader Doug Sedmak got to the final

round of Saturday’s race before losing to Dave Meziere.

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Race Date Winner Runner-up #1 Qualifier Event Sponsor

1 04/27/2019 Greg Martin Val Torres Sr Doug Sedmak Harris Family Racing

2 04/28/2019 Pete Bothe Mike Blodgett Jr Doug Sedmak Champion Cooling Systems

3 06/15/2019 Mike Blodgett Jr Daniel McClelland Paul Wiechmann Meziere Enterprises

4 06/16/2019 Pete Bothe Mark Fenton Mike Lang K&N/Lucas Oil

5 6/29/2019 Dave Meziere Doug Sedmak Bob Hefley Fix Auto/SoCal Pro Gas

6 6/30/2019 Dave Meziere Michael Boner Randy Fabbro K&N Filters/Lucas Oil

7 08/10/2019 B&B Electric

8 08/11/2019

9 09/14/2019

10 09/15/2019

Shootout 09/15/2019

Pro Gas Scoreboard

www.socalprogasracing.com

Southern California

Pro Gas Champions

1980 ED SIGMON

1981 RONNIE MARCUM

1982 ALAN FILLEBROWN

1983 RICK ABOOD

1984 SCOTT KENDIG

1985 SCOTT KENDIG

1986 CRAIG COVE

1987 SKIP BELK

1988 ROGER FILLEBROWN

1989 GARY MIGNACCA

1990 SKIP BELK

1991 JED BOURQUIN

1992 ED SELLNOW

1993 RICK WEBB

1994 BILL WELCH

1995 BOB HARRIS

1996 RAY CORDEIRO

1997 PETE BOTHE

1998 GARY MIGNACCA

1999 PETE BOTHE

2000 DAVE MEZIERE

2001 DAVE COAPSTICK

2002 GREG VENTURA

2003 GARY MIGNACCA

2004 MIKE BLODGETT SR.

2005 ALAN HOEFER

2006 JIM ISRAEL

2007 PETE BOTHE

2008 PETE BOTHE

2009 GLEN SMITH

2010 VAL TORRES SR.

2011-2013 Did not complete

2014 VAL TORRES JR.

2015 MIKE BLODGETT JR

2016 VINCE CAMPA

2017 JOHN ROSS

2018 KEVIN McCLELLAND

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Pro Gas Sponsors

Harris Family

Racing

Les and Jeannette Harris

B & B Electric

Gary and John Ross