{"id":94151,"date":"2024-06-19T20:18:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/c-w-hoefer-stuns-with-rare-drag-racing-feat\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T20:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:18:32","slug":"c-w-hoefer-stuns-with-rare-drag-racing-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/c-w-hoefer-stuns-with-rare-drag-racing-feat\/","title":{"rendered":"C.W. Hoefer Stuns With Rare Drag Racing Feat"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may not be the first time it has been done, but it deserves Drag Illustrated\u2019s<\/em> highest accolades. On Sunday, June 16, 2024, Californian C.W. Hoefer won three track point championships at the same track in the same year in the same car \u2013 a street machine with no electronics. Competing at the iconic Famoso Raceway just north of Bakersfield, CA, in the track\u2019s NHRA Summit points program, Hoefer won the track\u2019s Super Pro Eliminator point championship, the Pro Eliminator point championship and the Sportsman Eliminator point championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The stunning aspect of this already jaw-dropping performance is the fact \u201cCee-Dub\u201d races a 383 cubic inch Chevy-powered 1987 Firebird from which all electronics \u2013 even the original GM factory computer \u2013 have been removed. Most incredibly, Hoefer races the car \u201cfootbrake\u201d style in all three Eliminator categories. There\u2019s not even a transmission brake button in the silver Pontiac\u2019s stock interior. The car runs mid-eleven second elapsed times in the quarter-mile and, therefore, can compete within the ET parameters of all three divisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the car is a \u201cstreeter,\u201d recent modifications have made it incapable of passing California\u2019s notoriously restrictive emissions regulations, but in any other state, it\u2019s a \u201cdaily driver.\u201d C.W. drove it to tracks within several hundred miles of his Calimesa, CA, home (just west of San Bernardino) for years until it became impossible to pass the \u201csmog tests.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

C.W. is no stranger to the winner\u2019s circle; hardcore fans may remember him from winning Stock Eliminator in his F\/SA \u201973 Firebird at the 2024 NHRA Winternationals, an event which started at Pomona (CA) Drag Strip in March but, after a freak hailstorm, was completed at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, AZ, in April.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Like many \u201cdesert tracks,\u201d Famoso Raceway hosts its point series bracket programs from January to June due to the dangerous heat which encompasses the area during the summer months. Hoefer and his wife, Sacha, race nearly identical machines and often stage up against each other in eliminations; it happened at the final weekend of racing in the Bakersfield series. Every other member of the family has a winning racing history as well including brothers Alan, (who passed away in 2020), and Willie, and son Craig.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, Sacha has won a total of four NHRA \u201cWally\u201d trophies and is a past NHRA Division VII Champion with four appearances at the NHRA Bracket Racing Championships annually held in conjunction with the NHRA World Finals at Pomona. Sacha owns Premier Flooring, a residential flooring company, and C.W. works for his wife as the business administrator. C.W. has won multiple NHRA Division VII season bracket championships. <\/p>\n

Moreover, \u201cCee-Dub\u2019s\u201d success may be genetic. His brother, Willie, has won NHRA National Events and his father, Bill, won the 1964 NHRA Street Eliminator World Championship in a 1962 409-powered Chevy Impala B\/Stocker. Bill then got a deal straight from the Ford factory to drive a brand-new smallblock 289 Cobra-powered 1965 Galaxie 500 C\/FX car which he promptly parked in the winner\u2019s circle at the NHRA Springnationals at Bristol, TN, after scoring runner-up at the season opening NHRA Winternationals! Later in 1965, even C.W.\u2019s mother, Sylvia, jumped in the Galaxie and bombed the class record by over a tenth of a second! Nearly every member of the family has appeared in an NHRA National Event final round.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Regardless of his heritage, Hoefer\u2019s indescribable performance will forever shine among the legacies of legends such as Steve and Brenda Taylor, Chip Horton, Mr. Dirt and others who have struggled to prove something many racers refuse to believe is even possible: to successfully and consistently compete and win against racing machines equipped with electronic aids using absolutely nothing but a stock street car and a foot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Others may have won three eliminators in a weekend. A small few have won three eliminators at one track in one day. Many have won two track championships in a year. At least two have won three point titles in a single season at the same track. Until somebody proves otherwise, NOBODY has EVER won three eliminator point championships at one track in one year in one car\u2026\u201dON THE FOOT\u201d! Congratulations from Drag Illustrated<\/em> to the entire Hoefer family!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published on June 19, 2024. <\/p>\n

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It may not be the first time it has been done, but it deserves Drag Illustrated\u2019s highest accolades. On Sunday, June 16, 2024, Californian C.W. Hoefer won three track point championships at the same track in the same year in the same car \u2013 a street machine with no electronics. Competing at the iconic Famoso […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}