Welcome to the home of the Harrison Lougheed Racing Team, and Igor, the inline six!

We have raced in the NHRA drag racing category of Competition Eliminator for 25 years. In this category, other cars in your class that run fast times can end up affecting the index of that class, and since the index is the time you try to race against, you ultimately run slower. This led us to explore a class within the 'Comp' category where there weren't a hundred other fast cars in our class; where we could control our own destiny. Little did we know this decision would largely control us.

The 260 dyno pulls testing the engine's power, the 5 complete air induction systems, and the18 months of trial and error at the start of the project almost broke our back. The lack of success was the most difficult part to accept. After almost 30 months, the last 150 horse power was found in 4 dyno pulls. IGOR was alive!

The marriage between Igor and the Don-Ness-built Chevrolet Baretta was made, and on their honeymoon voyage, they went 7 mph over what was then the national record. Igor outgrew his body and had to be transplanted into a fresh physique: a Cavalier masterfully crafted by Don Ness Racecraft specifically for him. So fearsome was the combo, that only the racing gods can know what will be in store...

The saga continues.

Thank you to GRP Rods for all their support! Igor only uses the best - GRP Connecting Rods!

April 30th, 2008 - In the words of that famous song....I have now become comfortably numb. We went to Boise Idaho, qualified #1, set both ends of the world record, set an NHRA record for the furthest under an index in the history of Competition Eliminator, made the front page of the Idaho Sun Sports section on Sunday morning and all in all.....it's too much. IGOR has got everyone's attention now, faster than fast....the war has just begun.

April 21st, 2008 - 7.69 @ 174.08mph

Igor is back! Thanks to Steve's towback skills, the new cabinets, Rob "The Wrench"'s loading ability, and Howie's lucky driving jacket!

April 4th, 2008 - The best laid plans, more often than not, go sideways. The 2 year billet block program is going to give us a new approach to life, and at the top of the list is patience. In an act of pure optimism, I stated our race program would have new CNC billet parts ,to go to the dyno with, and be more than ready for the new season. In order to pull that off, you have to get the parts......the trucking firm lost them. For 2 months, we have dispatched every conceivable method to recover the parts, we found them in a 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Portland Oregon, just sitting there. They are currently on a FedEx airplane headed here.

This has changed our plans, first and foremost, we are not going to Vegas without a spare in the trailer, so our first race will be Boise, Idaho. The billet program, well, it will happen, but I am reluctant to predict when. The current IGOR has been fitted with a new billet crank etc. and we are ready to test......which was supposed to happen this weekend at Mission......it's raining. We'll try again in 2 weeks......that's it for now.

Feb 4th, 2008 - The dyno session's were beyond successful.....we happened on to an area we thought was ironed out. In 30 years I have never seen such gains in 1 area. To say we are looking forward to how it will run on the track, is a profound understatement and the new blocks on are their way....that's right, we haven't tested them yet.....IGOR is getting nasty.

Jan. 5th, 2008 - The new IGOR's didn't make it under the tree, but rumor has it they are on their way. The dyno schedule will be rigorous and if all goes well, the following Race Schedule will be engaged:

RACE SCHEDULE 2008

EVENT      NATIONAL ( NAT) or DIVISIONAL(DIV)

NAT   APRIL  10   VEGAS, NEV.

DIV   APRIL   25   BOISE, ID.

DIV   MAY   25   MISSION, B.C.

DIV   JUNE  14   FALLON, NEV.  ????

DIV   JUNE  20   SEATTLE, WASH.

DIV   JULY  11   WOODBURN, OR.

NAT  JULY  18   SEATTLE, WASH.

NAT  JULY   25   SONOMA, CA.

DIV   AUGUST  1  SONOMA/ CA.

NAT  AUGUST  7  BRAINERD, MN.

DIV   AUGUST  15  ACTON, MT.


RUBY......AUGUST  20  TO  SEPTEMBER  3........RUBY  LAKE........


DIV   SEPTEMBER  25  MEDFORD  OR.

NAT   OCTOBER  3  FONTANA, CA.

DIV   OCTOBER   24  VEGAS, NV.

NAT   OCTOBER  30  VEGAS, NV.

NAT   NOVEMBER   6   POMONA, CA.


If IGOR and crew survive this schedule......well.....it'll be fun.....2008 is gona be great.

Dec 22, 2007 - Xmas update - Another year has gone by with a miriad of  events filling up our busy schedule. IGOR is transforming into a real race motor, gone are the junk yard crankshafts, the cast blocks that are about as hard as cheese, the skinny camshafts that flex and twist, the intake manifold that has been welded up and held together with silicone, the header that rusted out and got welded and glued back together, the throttle bodies that were cut  off a 1960 big block injector and last but not least, the extra bolts, that we refer to as the Jaguar bolts, and were used to hold the cylinder head onto the soft block to keep the head gasket from blowing, which required the removal of the header and intake, the dry-sump tank and the 12 bolt side-cover......so you could remove them and take the head off. Tired me out typing all that procedure.

Enter, the new billet blocks (see new picture above), billet crankshafts, 60mm camshafts, CNC intake manifold, CNC billet throttle bodies, stainless header, no more Jaguar bolts; well, you get the picture. The new IGOR is a 351, so if he wasn't feeling big before, he's gona flex his muscles now. With Christmas upon us and 2008 around the corner, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The New IGOR is about to make some noise.

Oct 22, 2007 - Winter is upon us and we decided "not" to go to Vegas and Pomona.......soooo we are going to the dyno (Ron Parr's dyno, one of the reason's IGOR exists today) to baseline the "old" motor compared to the new billet block combos that are close to completion. It's an exciting time for the IGOR camp these days as the blocks have been 2 years in the making. LSM Engineering has done a perfect job of designing and machining these blocks. They look like something out of NASA. With a liitle luck we should have the new block combo on the dyno before year end and then we will plan our 2008 schedule. 2007 was a tough year, with all we had to deal with, but as my Gram said, "in every bad thing there is a blessing". I can see it now.....IGOR is smiling. Thanks to everyone for your support this year, we are about to have some fun that we can all enjoy.....how about zero to 60 in under a second....it's gona happen sooner than later.....can you feel it?

Sept 11, 2007 - I know it seems like forever between updates, but we are now talking about testing at Mission. We need to finish what we almost did at Seattle and it is on our minds daily. We have a wedding we are headed to in St. Andrews , New Brunswick ( for our son Geoff and Mindy). on our return ,the clutch will be dropped. The new blocks are coming along nicely and with a little luck we will be running them next year.....ahh yes, next year, IGOR will be back.

July 29th, 2007 - We did it.....from the Friday to the following Thursday....we drove to Gillespie, Wyoming to pick up the car, drove 24 hours straight, to arrive back home , 5 am Sunday....slept 5 hours, unloaded the trailer, pulled the motor out, replaced the crankshaft and rods, reassembled everything, put the motor back in, Tuesday, fired it up Wedsday, loaded the trailer and headed for Seattle Thursday morning. Thursday was tech and credentials.... and rain.....for 4 days straight. NHRA had to create a qualifying order with no runs being made, so they based it on points, which we have zero this year, so we were put in at # 26 of 29. IGOR is a happy camper these days and we marched through three rounds on Sunday to allow us to stay for Monday and run David Rampy in the semi's. On paper, we were the fastest car of the four left and it was our race to win.....unless your starting line rpm relay falls out during the burnout and when you put the throttle to the floor, the motor goes to 9,000 rpm and the clutch engages without letting your foot off the pedal and the car leaves the line before the tree comes down. A $5.00 part causes the problem and it picks the semi-finals of a national event, that we had covered, to fall out. That relay has been plugged in for 2 years, since we picked the car up from Ness's shop in Minnesota..

All in all, we were thrilled with the performance of the car....with no test runs and our first run being 1st round of eliminations at a National event. IGOR spent the last 6 months at DAVID JANES race cars in Missouri and his new hood scoop ,mounted on the engine, and the new stainless header are a work of art. We can't thank him enough for his skills, that include the set-up of the chassis ,that had to be tested in the 1st round and proved to be perfect. Most would not know this David Janes, unless you race the ADRL 815 cu. in. 1/8th mile outlaw circuit. He is well known on this circuit and is currently engaged in a new car that he built and drives, with Shannon Jenkins, a name I'm sure you are all familiar with.

It is rather ironic that we would do so well at our 1st race of the year and our only race we plan to attend. We may test at Mission in the fall and plan for 2008.

July 3rd, 2007 - So now we can talk about it.....cause we are now, good to go. We have been working through a critical illness in our family and that is now behind us. We basically cancelled the season while all the decision's were being made on the health front. In a perfect world we will be at the Seattle race......but don't hold your breath....IGOR needs some attention before we go anywhere, but we are going to give it the old College try. Thanks for all your patience and let me tell you, it'll be good to be back.......IGOR is going to be fast....really fast.

April 18th, 2007 - There is not enough room on the internet to explain why we have not posted an update on this site. That being said, I have confirmation that our parts have been shipped and the new "billet IGOR's" can now start to be assembled.

We hope to get the ol' hot-rod fired up in time for Boise, May 12th, but the world will tremor if we don't show up for Mission, May 25th. Sorry for the long delay in posting and thanks to everyone for your support.

November 5th, 2006 - I hope you all have had another source of info. I apologize for our lack of reports....we have had an incredible year. Our good friend Stefannie Hackett came into the shop the other day and asked me what we were doing?! If you follow the points chase, we lost our mind some time ago, with the possibility of winning the division by going to the last few races......we chose not to. Good Luck figuring that one out.

August 13th, 2006 - Sonoma was awesome. Back to back races there allowed us to explore the performance potential of IGOR - we haven't scratched the surface. We are happy to report that we won 5 rounds and only lost because of driver misjudgement. How much win light are you supposed to take? More than I took is the obvious answer. Imagine trying not to win by too much margin! I'm not sure I will ever truely understand the meaning of these words. Rest assured, IGOR is a bad hombre these days and his presence is felt where ever he show's his face. "Testing" is over....

July 23rd, 2006 - The pace is picking up.....IGOR is mad.....his driver got off the throttle for so long his opponent passed him in the lights. IGOR is not happy. We learned something this weekend - being fast is only one part of the winning equation. You have to be smart in how you win each round. We are headed for Sonoma in back to back race dates, national to divisional. IGOR is mad now and anything could happen. Thank you David Nickens for what you said to me in the staging lanes...DSR is lucky to have you.

July 16th, 2006 - The juggernaut continues! July 9th Woodburn Oregon, we reset our record with a 7.83 @ 171.78 mph. July 15th @ Mission Raceway, we feset our reset record to a 7.81 @ 171.88 mph AND.....set the 1/8th mile record to a 4.96 second's @ 138.18 mph from a 5.2 seconds.

We are off to Seattle for the National event July 21st , then down to Sonoma CA the following weekend and back to Sonoma the next weekend. No time for idle chit chat..........IGOR is coming....you can feel the rumble.

June 20th, 2006 - IGOR WINS while setting the world record at Seattle's Pacific Raceway. It has been a high for 2 days and to say IGOR is back does not reflect the impact of his new power. Dominance comes to mind but the fragile threshold of power and consistency has to now find a new level. Someone once said "Winning isn't everything but losing sucks".....didn't try to do it with an IGOR. Our win this past weekend felt very good, but IGOR showing new potential felt even better. 170.51 mph in Seattle @ 1450' density altitude was a showing of new power. The only other time we ran 170 was at Mission, once, @ -300". Woodburn in 3 weeks should prove to be more fun, same page, new power. Please let this path of success continue....it feels good.

June 14th, 2006 - We are off to Seattle this weekend for what would have to be considered our 1st race of the year. Parts atrition and rain have been a problem for us this year. Our race in Seattle will be a refreshing change in venue....leave town with all equipment fresh and ready....all difficuties behind us now. Komodo's Gordon Muir will be joining us for the first time....with his '56 Nomad as our tow-back vehicle. IGOR seems happy now, for the first time in 8 months, and we are all looking forward to a fun weekend in Seattle. Come on down and say hello if you feel like a little "IGOR" hit.

May 14th, 2006 - We expect to be participating in the Mission BC Nationals on June 2nd to the 4th. Sorry for our previous error in date.

May 7th, 2006 - From the mythical world of man-made monster's and gremlin's came the name IGOR. As some believe, these monster's come alive and take on a personality of their own. The first IGOR tried our patience and only through dogged determination did he make it off the dyno and into a car to race it on a introductory level. 7 year's later, with a purpose-built Ness car and a new block holding all new parts, it would seem safe to say we are the best prepared we have ever been.

I have said this before and I need to say it again, Nothing is as it appears to be. We have 3 blocks that were cast in Austrailia under the assumption to be the same. If a Chevy, Ford, and a Dodge are the same then they are the same. We have run into a new monster with an attitude. I have lost track as to how many times it has been assembled and disassembled. Showing signs of huge horsepower.....making wierd and scary noises that only a monster could make..... we missed our Mission test day and it's been raining ever since. Only yesterday did we find the noise, but that would mean going to Boise for our 1st race untested and we have been doing this too long to make that mistake. We'll make up the race by going to Sonoma and get tested and ready for the Mission race June 2nd to the 4th.

IGOR is lurking, soon to be bolted into his chassis and unleash his fury.....monster's are like that.

Feb.14th, 2006 VALENTINE'S DAY - How sweet it is....all our parts are in the building and assembly is going ahead with great progress and of course a little love, with Valentine's and all. The dyno awaits us, the all new IGOR is ready for battle. Our spare has been given a new reprieve, as the repair is not as serious as first thought. We may have some news on the sponsorship front, but that will be what it will be and until such time that we are prepared to say it out loud.....we have no news. Dyno results will be posted soon, thanks for checking in.

January 10, 2006 - Happy New Year. Best laid plans have a way of going sideways when it comes to IGOR. Our block has to go back to the machine shop for further unanticipated work. This means our attempt to have a spare in the trailer will have to wait another year or maybe less. The bran new motor will now go together and go to the dyno, but that was not the plan. Nonetheless, the new piece is a result of the last 6 years of developement and I must say we are looking forward to racing with a new everything. Our schedule will now be adjusted to less travel until we get the spare finished. Stay tuned....the new IGOR is coming.