The three-day event begins Thursday and runs through Saturday and will award “Wallys” in eight age brackets, as well as to the overall team and Jr. Comp exhibition winners. The Strip is sending a total of four teams from Las Vegas’ “Team Neon Nitro” to the prestigious competition.
Four of those drivers are past Western Conference Finals champions, including 13-year-old Cadie Del Toro of Las Vegas, who won the 12-year-old class title a year ago. Las Vegas’ Tabitha Boardman, 11, won the 8-9 age group in 2013 and will compete for The Strip’s Team 2 squad.
Cody Webber of Kingman, Ariz., who won the 14-year-old bracket championship in 2012, will be joined by Las Vegas’ Keoki Desa – the Western Conference 8-9 age group champion in 2010 – on The Strip’s Team 2. Webber is competing in the 16-17 bracket, while Desa will line up in the 13-year-old division.
The three-day competition will feature time trials and Lucas Oil age-group racing on Thursday, followed by time trials and a Top of the Mountain race on Friday before eliminations begin on Saturday morning. To compete in the Western Conference Finals, a racer must qualify for a team from one of the NHRA’s member tracks in Divisions 4, 5, 6 or 7.
Junior dragsters compete at The Strip at LVMS on a regular basis, and the next event will be races No. 9 and No. 10 Sept. 12-13. The junior dragster series concludes Sept. 19-20 with the NHRA Division 7 Jr. Dragster Finals, where divisional season championships will be decided.
The Strip at LVMS’ NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Western Conference Finals teams
Team 1
Name Hometown Age bracket
Doniphan Schmidt Golden Valley, Ariz. 6-9
Jake Taylor Las Vegas 6-9
Preston Howard Las Vegas 6-9
Taylor Lee Taylor Las Vegas 12
Trinity Howard Las Vegas 13
Cadie Del Toro Las Vegas 13
Peyton Januik Las Vegas 14
Elizabeth Strones Flagstaff, Ariz. 14
Brianna Weins Las Vegas 15
Gabrielle Schmidt Golden Valley, Ariz. 16-17
Team 2
Name Hometown Age bracket
Jessica Boardman Las Vegas 6-9
Carleigh Garceau Las Vegas 6-9
Aaron Covington Las Vegas 10
Tabitha Boardman Las Vegas 11
Reilly Garceau Las Vegas 11
Cody Garceau Las Vegas 13
Keoki Desa Las Vegas 13
Hannah Ellison Las Vegas 13
Trey Vetter Las Vegas 16-17
Cody Webber Kingman, Ariz. 16-17
Team 3
Name Hometown Age bracket
Mason Phlegar Las Vegas 6-9
Kayslee Price Las Vegas 6-9
Kialyn Armstrong Mesa, Ariz. 6-9
Ryan Linde Bullhead City, Ariz. 10
Brittney Sturdevant Draper, Utah 11
Josh Gagnon Las Vegas 14
Jena Bryant Apple Valley, Calif. 14
Jamie Sturdevant Draper, Utah 14
Casey Armstrong Mesa, Ariz. 16-17
Clay Armstrong Mesa, Ariz. 16-17
Team 4
Name Hometown Age bracket
Nick Ariotti Boulder City, Nev. 6-9
Hunter Eberwein Waddell, Ariz. 12
Cason Segundo Boulder City, Nev. 14
For more information or to order tickets, log on to LVMS.com or call 800-644-4444.
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