I was at the track today working on the COPO but there were some nice Mopars there. Don Little is a legend and he was in town. I talked to him for a couple of minutes. Some other cars that I've seen before as well as a couple I didn't recognize.

Some very nice Stockers.

Yeah I was just hanging out with the stockers today since the guy I'm working with is running FS/B
There were some really nice cars at Woodburn today. It was a double divisional meet and it is on the way to Seattle for next weeks race so a lot of the heavy hitters were there. Don Little and Cal Method were both there and I swear those guys were racing 40 years ago when I first started going to drag races.

Cal Method was racing before I had a driver's license !

Cal and Maryann both probably
I started racing in NHRA stock classes in 1973 and they were racing in NHRA stock before me

Thanks for posting, Andy. Some real nostalgia there. Which brings up the thought, my first run down a dragstrip was 1971! Ouch. Where did 52 years go?

Sweet! Sounds like a fun day all around. Last time I went to an event where there were a bunch of Stockers the racers probably got sick of me asking them a bazillion questions. I always wanted to run a 440-6 Mopar Stocker, but could never make the commitment.

More nostalgia - The first bracket race I ever won was at Woodburn in 1978 w/ my '69 Super Bee 383 4-spd when it was running low 14s.

I'm guessing that there was $500 million worth of tow rigs and cars in the pits at Woodburn this past weekend! Never seen it that full. Lots of big boys on the wester tour heading to Seattle for next weekend.
Almost everyone these days is driving a big motorhome towing a car trailer. Bigger teams are all driving class 8 trucks or topkicks. Woodburn isn't really designed for 500 full length trucks! I saw a few heated discussions on Thursday as guys were trying to find spots and get rigs pulled in or back in or turned around. Lots of racers had multiple cars with them and they would jump back and forth between the cars so they had helpers moving cars up in the lanes for them and stuff like that. Everyone doing whatever they can to chase points.

56 Corvette Stocker.

That’s something you don’t see very often.

Qualifying shows the white I Stock 56 Corvette driven by Carl Downard of Boise Idaho. The 57 I bought in 63 looked just like that.

Damn. I was in town. Had I known Jim Divine was there I’d have went.

I watched him go down the track. Runs hard for a 265 inch engine rated at 225 hp.

I don't think I saw a 440+6 in the group but there was a 340+6 car. I think there were about 50 stockers entered. About an even split between classics and new stuff. There were 4 or 5 COPOs, a few CobraJets and at least one Mopar. The racing was spot on. Lots of 0.005 or lower lights. Lots of guys running right on their numbers. Not an easy crowd to race against. One tiny mistake in that group and you are back on the trailer.

Great pics Andy!

Looked like a great day.