A family who truly lives the sport of drag racing

The one thing about drag racing is that it is something a family can do together. Every family member from the age of 8 on up can compete.

We have all seen at the “big show” the Force family racing, the Johnson’s Kurt and Warren, the Arana father and sons -- the list goes on and on, working and racing together as a family.

It is easy to say that a person is hard pressed to find a family as involved in and who love drag racing as much as the Hawker family from southeastern Idaho.

The whole thing started with Robert and Joyce Hawker, who had three boys, Tracy, James and Troy, and a daughter, Rachel. Racing and street rodding were just part of the family life.

In 2012 Robert lost his battle with cancer and the three boys took the helm of the racing enterprise.

It is not just the three boys who race; some of the boys’ wives race also. Daughters, sons, close cousins, distant cousins, and close family friends make up the Hawker Racing clan.


Troy Hawker

Now calling this group a clan is understating the fact of how many cars this family shows up with to an event.

At this year’s Halloween Classic the Hawkers did show up with not a couple of cars, not a half dozen cars, not a dozen cars -- the Hawkers showed up with sixteen race cars. This could almost constitute a brigade! And that’s not even the total number of cars they own.

There were twelve full-body cars running in every class from Super Pro to Sportsman, and four Junior Dragsters.


Tracy Hawker

According to Tracy Hawker,  “We have two, three car haulers down in Arizona right now. If we had them at home, we could have brought all twenty-two cars with us.”

There are car dealerships that don’t have twenty-two cars on the lot. “ We have a great time when we get together and race with our friends and family, and that’s the main reason we do this,” explained Tracy on Saturday morning after doing a photo shoot at the top end of the Firebird race track.

The sight left some people asking what all those cars were doing down in the shut down area.

Fear not, it was just the Hawkers doing a quick family photo.  – Brian Losness

Sunday Results from the NAPA Classic XX

Grand Championship Runoff
Ryan Cook, Idaho Falls, .023, 7.88 (7.90 dial) 169.30 def. Terol Rasmussen, Boise, -.053 foul, 11.82 (11.80 dial) 112.41.

Lucas Oil Top Gun Open Wheel vs. Full Bodied Runoff
Blu Hayball, Fort Hall, .023, 8.01 (7.53 dial) 127.56 def. Gene Kelly, Emmett, .039, 11.12 (8.30 dial) 82.09.

Super Pro
Ryan Cook, Idaho Falls, .013, 7.97 (7.88 dial) 150.25 def. Steve Lambert, Boise, .011, 8.32 (8.10 dial) 166.05

Pro
Dustin Ward, Renton, Wash., .029, 10.73 (10.73 dial), 119.74 def. Paul Nicolosi, Nampa, .042, 10.78 (10.77 dial), 123.67.

Sportsman
Dick Wentz, Yakima, Wash., .026, 12.65 (12.64 dial), 100.15 def. Troy McDonald, Nampa, .079, 14.45 (14.46 dial) 96.56.

Heavy
Terol Rasmussen, Boise, .023, 11.80 (11.84 dial), 112.71 def. Doug Ward, Monteview, Ida., .002, 11.83 (11.90 dial), 108.47.

Sled/Bike
Jacob Wood, Meridian, .051, 9.37 (9.39 dial) 130.13 def. Craig Jensen, Chubbuck, Ida., .030, 9.72 (9.80 dial), 123.66.

Last Chance
Justin Cooper, Medical Lake, Wash., .014, 10.97 (10.97 dial) 132.90 def. Matt Stocker, Boise, .044, 11.09 (11.10 dial), 120.30.

Last Chance Sled Bike
John Johnson, Jr., Caldwell, .055, 10.35 (10.45 dial) def. Zak Pedraza, Boise, .104, 10.00 (10.15 dial) 121.95.

Junior Thunder
D. Cooper Chun, Vancouver, Wash., .044, 13.25 (13.09 dial) 60.14 def. Austin Coates, Eagle, .090, 11.69 (11.76 dial) 54.36.

Junior Lightning
Casey Compton, Boise, .030, 8.05 (8.01 dial), 78.65 def. Shelby Schoenfeld, Magna, Utah, .118, 9.03 (8.99 dial), 70.54.

Bill Bader Founder's Award
Mike Smith and friends, Kuna Knuckle Draggers, Kuna.

Best Appearing-Open Wheel
Devon Hilton, Vancouver, Wash., Dragster

Best Appearing-Full Bodied
Cody Austin, Spring Creek, Nev., `87 Camaro

Best Appearing-Sled/Bike
Dave Allen, Meridian, `08 Suzuki

Best Appearing-Junior Dragster
Austin Schoenfeld, Magna, Utah, Jr. Dragster

Long Distance
Tal Saastad, Vallulla Centre, Alta, `70 Dragster, 1,921 miles one-way

Saturday Results from the NAPA Classic XX

Air Firebird Wheelstanding Contest
Highest-Jamie DenBesten, Lyman, Wyo.
Longest-Steve Stuart, Estacada, Ore.

Super Pro Track Championship Runoff
Chris Jaggers, Middleton, .003, 8.66 (8.60 dial) 152.25 miles per hour def. Sean Shaffer, Boise, .007, 9.91 (9.85 dial) 120.48.

Top Gun Open Wheel Eliminator
Blu Hayball, Fort Hall, .017, 7.52 (7.54 dial) 175.74 def. Tom Clark, Spokane, Wash., .029, 7.44 (7.47 dial) 178.35.

Top Gun Full Bodied Eliminator
Gene Kelly, Emmett, .009, 8.30 (8.30 dial) 159.34 def. Steve Lambert, Boise, .006, 8.09 (8.06 dial) 169.07.

Junior Dragster-A
Austin Coates, Eagle, .275, 11.80 (11.31 dial) 54.69 def. David Cooper Chun, Vancouver, Wash., broke.

Junior Dragster-B
Paige Harris, Meridian, .053, 9.32 (9.15 dial) 70.83 def. Hailey Smith, Nampa, .-.029 foul, 9.24 (9.14 dial) 65.42.

Junior Dragster-C
Jake Nickerson, Spokane Valley, Wash., .034, 8.03 (7.99 dial) 78.34 def. Casey Compton, Boise, .094, 8.01 (8.02 dial) 81.06.

Junior Dragster-D
Paul Sheridan, Boise, .049, 8.51 (8.50 dial) 71.83 def. Wes Morris, Boise, .139, 7.98 (7.98 dial) 80.77.

Costume Contest
Funniest-Kuna Knuckle Draggers, First Round Clowns, Kuna.
Couples-Jessica Burnett and Bill King, Bill Clinton and Monica, Sandy, Ore.
Most Original-Tami Shaffer and Nanette Cox, Lego's, Boise, Payette.
Sexiest-Sharlene Lancaster and Phyllis May, Pirate Wenches, Payette.

Best Decorated Pit Area
Doug Watts, family and friends, Haunted House
Jeff & Melanie Higgins family and friends, Hillbillies
Melba Outlaws, Outlaw Bar

Best Decorated Race Car
Nick Marsala, Kuna.
Greg Sabatino, Meridian.
Mike Smith, Kuna.

Staff Costume
Tessa O'Donnell, Jellyfish.
Bryan Smith, Michael Jackson.
Tammy Silva, Hawaiian Girl.
Honorable Mention - John New, Hawaiian Tourist.

Friday Results from the NAPA Classic XX

Super Roller
Chris Jaggers, Middleton, .021, 8.55 (8.56 dial) 155.09 def. Dan Lafferty, Wendell, .023, 7.35 (7.37 dial) 183.82.

No Box Hi Roller
Brian Sanderson, S. Jordan, Utah, .057, 10.81 (10.74 dial) 122.88 def. Stan Deming, Nampa, .092, 10.49 (10.50 dial) 119.06.

No Box Gambler
Terol Rasmussen, Boise, .018, 11.69 (11.69 dial) 110.34 def. Steve Pyburn, Melba, .090, 10.01 (9.99 dial) 134.08.

Sled/Bike Gambler
Craig Jensen, Chubbuck, .138, 9.62 (9.62 dial) 126.36 def. Liz Micheletty, Kuna, .144, 9.85 (9.92 dial) 139.57.

Thursday Results from the NAPA Classic XX

Super Roller
Trevor Harkema, Hayden, .028, 7.73 (7.75 dial) 172.64 def. Gordon Boven, Boise, .019, 9.59 (9.63 dial) 129.05.

No Box Hi Roller
Jesse Sanderson, West Jordan, Utah, .006, 10.30 (10.30 dial) 124.60 def. Stan Deming, Nampa, .049, 10.53 (10.52 dial) 115.51.

 No Box Gambler
Daren Jepperson, Preston, .022, 12.26 (12.19 dial) 103.38 def. Brady Jesser, Boise, 11.37 (11.44 dial) 118.09.
 
Sled/Bike Gambler
Jacob Wood, Meridian, .123, 9.16 (9.23 dial) 140.77 def. Craig Jensen, Chubbuck, 9.64 (9.75 dial) 126.20.

Wednesday Results from the NAPA Classic XX

Club Grand Championships-Trailer Runoff
Troy McDonald, The A-Team, .026, 14.48 (14.44 dial) 91.74 def Stephanie Meimann, Modern Rodders, .122, 14.45 (14.50 dial) 97.53.