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Bazemore, a winner at the 1997 Topeka race
said, “To be here in Heartland Park again
and to be in the winner’s circle again
is great. It feels good. Some words I never
thought I’d say-we extended our points
lead. I’ve never said that. It kind of
rolls off the tongue.” Bazemore has spent
a lot of time getting to this stage of his career,
and has been crashed, burnt up and out of money
enough times for several lifetimes. More and
more, it looks like those days are over for
good.
PRO STOCK
Yes, Greg Anderson won again. And it looked
pretty easy, at least from the outside looking
in. But you have to give him this-despite Beryllium-Gate,
Employee-Gate, Tire-gate or Whatever-Gate, GA
delivers on race day. And at the end of the
day, that’s all anybody remembers anyway.
He didn’t qualify on the pole however,
that honor went to Steve Johns. Johns parlayed
some newfound Bill Jenkins horsepower in to
his first Pro Stock low qualifier effort.
| SPORTSMAN
ELIMINATORS |
| Top
Alcohol Dragster |
Mitch Meyers I/ND def
Bill Reichert I/ND |
| Top
Alcohol F/C |
Paul Lee Firebird def
Kevin Richardson Firebird |
| Super
Stock |
Brent Voges Olds Calais
def Buz Post Pont Grand Am |
| Stock
Eliminator |
Jim Hughes Nova def
Gene Mosbeck Plym Savoy |
| Super
Comp |
Rod Fuller dragster
def Tom Costales dragster |
| Super
Gas |
Jimmy Lewis Corvette
def Mike Burkhart Roadster |
| Super
Street |
John Dasher Camaro def
Dan Carter |
On race day it was Anderson time, for the seventh
time in 2004 and the 23rd overall. Coupled with
his win in Saturday’s special King Demon
Shootout (over Dave Connolly), it was an especially
profitable weekend for the current King of Pro
Stock. Between Prize money, King Demon bucks
and a “double-up” bonus from NHRA,
Anderson took home in excess of $100,000.
Of this largess Anderson said, “... This
is more money than I ever thought I could win
at a drag race! To come out on top and win all
this money without out-driving people feels
almost better than when you crush them. Every
race I won this weekend it seemed like you couldn’t
tell who won when we went through the lights.
We saw a lot of teams step it up.”
Maybe so, but from the looks of things at Topeka,
those same teams, and others will have to keep
stepping on it to catch up to the Greg Anderson
express. 
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