Adam Bowdish (near lane) and Jim Warter square off in the first round of Comp Eliminator with Bowdish coming out victorious.

NHRA LODRS at Boise, Idaho

Results by Jerrie Foss/NHRA
Photos by Brian Losness/US Presswire

The 39th Annual NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor presented by Dan Wiebold Ford at Boise, Idaho’s Firebird Raceway is in the books. Although most of the final rounds were delayed a day by rain on Sunday, May 3, it was worth the wait for the racers who ended up in the winner’s circle Monday, including Nampa’s Scott Stephens who earned the Top Sportsman win. 

Stephens was joined in the winner’s circle by Super Stock racer Steve Wann of Modesto, Calif., and Clarance Bidniack, a Stock Eliminator competitor from Edmonton, Alb.
           
Stephens had qualified his ’98 Monte Carlo in the No. 11 spot and beat top qualifier Curt Geise of Auburn, Wash., in the semis.  In the final he squared off against No. 10 qualifier Robert Matthews, Gig Harbor, Wash.  Stephens made a 13.033-second, 64.96 mph pass when Matthews red-lighted in his ’67 Nova.
           
Wann was the No. 2 Super Stock qualifier in his ’69 Barracuda and in the final he took on Sandy, Ore., resident Bill Parmenter in a ’57 Chevy. Wann ran 9.907 seconds at 133.31 mph to Parmenter’s 12.409-second, 103.12 mph run in a double-breakout win. Bidniack ran his ’70 Roadrunner against Tibor Kadar of Peoria, Ariz., in the final. In another double-breakout race, Bidniack ran 10.970 seconds at 119.96 mph to Kadar’s 10.879-second, 119.87 mph effort in his ’67 Camaro.