This year the Classic Grand Championship pitted (from left) Dustin Ward (Pro), Dick Wentz (Sportsman), Terol Rasmussen (Heavy) and Ryan Cook (Super Pro). In the first round, Cook took the win over Ward and Rasmussen beat Wentz.

So, in the final race of the final day of the Halloween Classic for an extra $2,000, Terol Rasmussen took on Ryan Cook. There would be nearly a four-second difference between the two competitors. However, this one was over at the starting line, as Rasmussen was way early on the tree, and, to quote Division Six announcer Steve Wong (aka Don Ho), “Red-light and good night.”  

Cook had very little time to enjoy the win, however. He works for a trucking company had a five-hour drive back to Idaho Falls, Idaho, and then pick up a load and had to be in Kalispell, Montana, by early afternoon Monday.

Cook said he had a feeling about three rounds in that Sunday could be his day. “When I got by the guy driving Shane Molinari’s second car I knew I had a shot, because those guys have really good equipment.”

This has been a very successful year for Cook. “I have been in the money every race this year, except for one in Billings (Montana). We won at Salt Lake City, one night of the Nightfires, and now the Classic,” he said. “And I can’t thank Holst Truck Parts and Vern Mills at Custom Trailer Sales and Denning Well Drilling enough.”

So, this does it for the twentieth edition of the Halloween Classic -- an event that is more than a race. It is a positive gathering of friends and families who enjoy each other and the sport of drag racing.