Racer lands 28th career NHRA victory
Medical Lake's Justin Cooper (third from left) captured his 28th career "Wally" trophy June 23 at the Walla Walla Drag Strip.
WALLA WALLA - Racing at the Walla Walla Drag Strip continues to fill the trophy case for Medical Lake's Justin Cooper.
On June 23, he landed his 28th "Wally" trophy with a win in the Forest Fincher Fabrication sponsored National Hot Rod Association Division-6 Super Quick Series event. A "Wally" is the trophy named for the founder of NHRA, Wally Parks.
Cooper, driving a dragster he now owns ran a 4.967 elapsed time on a dial-in of 4.95 to beat Jeremy Waterman in the finals by .008 of a second on the eighth-mile track.
Over the course of the 660-foot track, the margin of victory is about a foot-...
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