A-1 Performance & Exhaust Sponsorship
We'd like to welcome A-1 Performance & Exhaust to our list of 2018 sponsors. For those that have seen the work Tiger Vasquez and his crew puts out, it's by far the best exhaust systems in our industry. Everything from stock, drag racing, custom coatings, stepped headers, and anything you might need exhaust wise they are your go to source. For more information please call (714) 836-7201 or email Tiger at tigerperformance@aol.com
ATP Turbo Sponsorship
We'd like to welcome ATP Turbo as an official sponsor for the 2018 Season. They have also stepped up and sponsored one of our upcoming races as well. We will have more announcements coming soon. In the mean time here's some information on ATP Turbo.Rancho Performance Transaxles - Title Sponsorship
The Vw Heritage Series now has a title sponsor brought to you by Rancho Transaxles. As many of you know Sam and his crew have been involved in the aircooled Vw Transmission business for countless years and have serviced thousands of transmissions both for Street, Strip, Sand & Dirt.
Rancho Performance Transaxles. based in Fullerton California is the largest transaxle remanufacturing and custom transaxle building facility of its type. Today the company is headquartered in a16,000 sq ft facility and employs 15 full time staff members. On site you’ll find no less than 9 full time work stations, a specialty high performance transmission shop, full machine shop and welding facility, teardown and inspection area with magnuflux capability, new and used parts department and the most knowledgeable transaxle specialists in the industry.
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2018 I/GAS Title Sponsorship - International Motor Shop
Attention I/GAS Bracket Racers. You now have a title sponsor thanks to the help of Joe Aragona at the International Motor Shop. With his support for 2018 you will now have a championship payout for the year.
For over six decades the legendary Joe Aragona of the International Motor Shop has been repairing, designing, and building engines from bone stock to all out drag race and road race. His work has won 12 Official NHRA World Speed Record Titles and he has won numerous NHRA Excellence in Engineering Awards.While Joe works on all manner of exotics like AJ Foyt’s turbocharged Indy engine to the Porsche RSK 4 cam Carrera engine to Maserati, Bentley, Mercedes, Subaru, Mazda Rotary, 4 Cylinder Chrysler Hemi, and all V8’s, we VW fans are lucky that he is also a huge VW enthusiast!!
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2018 A/GAS Title Sponsorship - Island Dub
A/GAS Pro Mod racers... We now have a 2018 Title Sponsor that has stepped up and paid your series championship purse. With the help of Jeremy Owen and Warren Ferrance at Island Dub they will be paying out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the chase for the championship. Most of you are familiar with Jeremy since he's not only a racer himself but has been a driving force in Oliver Frey's Pro Stock Team for as long as we can remember. Please be sure to Thank Jeremy and Warren at Island Dub for their generous contributions. Remember... support those who support us.
Island Dub Vintage Volkswagen repair, experts in all your restoration and maintenance needs. Ball joints, king and link pins, or whole beam rebuilds, IRS, Swing, 002, or 091 we can rebuild them and install them. Bug, Bus, Ghia, and Thing, 36 horse, 40 horse or you specify the horse engine building or servicing. Single or dual carb complete tuning and rebuilding. Restorations and daily drivers we love doing it and can do it for you.
2017 Heritage Champions
First we would like to thank all of the racers who participated in this year’s championship. With constant rainouts we finally finished off the season with some spectacular racing. Our most talked about event of the year is definitely the Mason Dixon event in August. With the addition of the ECPRA Pro Stocks and Pro Mods, Aircooled Street Car Association (ASA), and H-GAS this event produced over 70 race cars and was clearly the largest event on the east coast in terms of race car participation. Please keep up the good support and we look forward to bigger things to come in 2018.
In our A/GAS class it came down to the final race of the year and only 6 points separating 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Jerry “The King” Lewis came into the race with a 1 point lead over Kirk Adams and Stephen Hawes was just 5 points behind that. Unfortunately for Stephen he couldn’t make the final race due to engine trouble at the previous event. So it was up to Jerry and Dale to battler it out at the final race at the Import Revolution taking place at Maryland International Raceway. With a strong qualifying effort by Jerry taking the #1 spot and with shifting issues by Kirk these two would face off in the first round of racing. With Jerry taking out Kirk the championship was solidified and Jerry would win his 3rd championship in a row. He would also carry on to win the race as well. Congratulations to Jerry and his entire crew.
The I/GAS championship chase would also come down to the wire. Scott Pocaro came into the final race at 60 points and we had 4 racers tied for 2nd place at 35 points and 2 more tied at 30 points. If Scott went out in the first round the door was wide open for just about anyone to sneak into 1st place. At the completion of 1st round Scott advanced with a win over Pete Peek to solidify his second championship in a row. It was now a race for 2nd place. It came down to the semi finals when Michael Hall had to race Rick Lazar who was just 5 points behind him. With Rick breaking out it gave Michael 2nd place in the series. Thank you for Michael for supporting the series making the drive from Richmond, VA every race.
Thank you again to all the racers, sponsors, and family members supporting us year in and year out. Without you we wouldn’t have these crazy hobbies that we love so dearly. See everyone in 2018.
V-Dub Drag Fest 2017
The final race of the year for our IGAS Series took place on Sunday September 23rd at Numidia Dragway. This was our first time at this event and it definitely didn't disappoint. The weather was beautiful with Mid 80’s and a cool breeze. The concession stand was cooking FRESH food, the track surface was wide and smooth, and the pit area was HUGE and could accommodate just about any event.
As race day commenced all eyes were on Scott Pocaro. Coming into the event with the points lead it was up to a select few to try and take him out early and chase down the points leader. Unfortunately for the rest of the drivers after taking the win in Round 1 Scott wrapped up the championship. Congratulations to Scott and the entire Pocaro Racing Team. Unfortunately for Scott in Round 2 he had a catastrophic engine failure so it was one of those Bitter Sweet moments. Scott vows to be fixed and ready for 2018.
Even though the championship was over the race was not. The Semi Finals paired up Michael Hall and Rick Lazar who was currently tied for 2nd in the points series so the winner of this race would decide runner up in the championship. Rick had the advantage off the line with a .012 reaction time to Michaels .020. However Rick couldn’t manage to keep his foot out of the gas at the top end and broke out with a 7.85 on a 7.95 dial in giving Michael Hall the win and runner up in the championship.
On the other side of the ladder it was Jonathan Abrams paired up against Turbo Tim Vinkuns. As the two left the starting line it was looking pretty ugly at first. Jonathan had a .129 reaction time and Tim had a .186. At the top end it was Jonathan taking the win with a 7.33 on a 7.30 dial in against Tim’s 6.41 on a 6.35 dial in.
This set up the finals for two Virginia boys taking the money down south. Both drivers definitely let it all hang out in the finals and neither one lifted at the top end and we had a double break out. In the end it was Michael’s package that took home the win with a .040 light and a 7.538 on a 7.55 dial in. Jonathan posted a .062 and a 7.276 on a 7.30 dial in. Congratulations to Michael Hall for taking the win and 2nd place in the Vw Heritage Championship.
MDIR - iRev Results for A/GAS
On September 17th we had our final A/GAS Points race at the acclaimed Maryland International Raceway. We ran in conjunction with their Import Revolution or IREV for short. The weather was absolutely perfect with cool 80 degree temperatures and a nice cool wind just strong enough to dry the sweat off your brow. We had a few new racers show up for this event with their new cars such as Nathan Lee and Austin Johnson III. Also making the long drive from North Carolina was Corbitt Marshburn in his front engine fastback. With this being a 1/4 mile event it was definitely going to be survival of the fittest.
At the end of qualifying it was Jerry Lewis sitting on top of the field with a 9.265 @ 147mph. Following by the naturally aspirated pro stock of Oliver Frey in the 2nd position with a 10.58 @ 132mph. Corbitt followed in 3rd, Austin in 4th, Nathan in 5th and Kirk Adams in 6th.
In round 1 Jerry took out Kirk Adams when he has transmission issues. Oliver took out Nathan when he couldn't build boost on the starting line and Corbitt took the holeshot win over Austin with a 10.73 to Austin's 10.54.
Round 2 Jerry had the bye run into the finals. And for Oliver and Corbitt things got interesting at the starting line. Both cars were staged and Corbitt rolled the lights and automatically got the red light. Shortly there after Oliver rolled the beams as well and got a redlight also. However rules state FIRST OR WORSE. Since Corbitt rolled the beams first he's the loser and Oliver advanced to the final round against Jerry Lewis.
In the finals it was once again a redlight start for Oliver as his car rolled the beams again once he got on the 2-step and was building RPM's. Jerry cruised to the winner circle running a 9.27 @ 148mph. Congratulations to Jerry Lewis and his team for winning 2 out of the 3 races this year and wrapping up his 3 consecutive championship.
