Drag Illustrated Issue 129, January / February 2018 | Page 24

Y
oung gun wheelman Darian
Boesch is looking forward to his
third season in the NHRA sports-
man ranks for more than one rea-
son. After finishing in the Top 10 of
the Top Dragster points standings in Division 4
in his first two years behind the wheel, Boesch,
18, is adding a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro built by
Jerry Haas Race Cars to the family’s Louisiana-
based stable.
With two strong seasons in NHRA Top Drag-
ster following his seven-year Jr. Dragster career,
Boesch is eagerly anticipating a strong run in the
quickest and fastest bracket classes in 2018. Being
a second-generation driver in the two categories
is a tough shoe to fill as his father also saw plenty
of time in TD and TS, reaching success in both.
The Boesch family enlisted the skilled profes-
sionals at Jerry Haas Race Cars to construct the
double framerail chassis fabricated under the
2018 Chevrolet Camaro body. “Building this car
with Jerry Haas has been the best build experi-
ence ever,” Boesch said. “They are all true crafts-
men who care about their work and treat their
customers like family. We were very impressed
from start to finish.”
Jim Hooker was next on the table to lay the
color to the body panels and even splashed some
color on the Weld Racing V-Series and Delta
1 wheels on all four corners. Bill Doucet was
tabbed to assemble a 540 ci big block featuring
a CN billet block, Headhunter cylinder heads
and a DMPE 14-71 high helix supercharger and
carbon fiber injector hat. Abruzzi Racing pro-
vided a 2-speed Powerglide and a custom torque
converter tailored to the strict competition that
the Boesch family will be facing in Top Sports-
man. Topping off the build will be a Racepak data
logger for the team to make necessary changes
and find the most consistency possible in a short
amount of time to find immediate success in a
very challenging category within the National
Hot Rod Association.
For the 2018 season, Darian plans to chase the
NHRA Division 4 points championship in both
Top Sportsman and Top Dragster. The new Ca-
maro will make its competition debut on March
2nd at the NHRA Divisional event at No Problem
Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana.
“We can’t wait for the 2018 season with us field-
ing three cars at national and divisional events,”
Boesch added. “In 2017, we ran two Top Dragsters,
and with throwing a door car into the mix, it
will make things more exciting in our camp. We
love the Top Sportsman category and the people
involved in it and we are very excited to compete
with them again in 2018 and beyond.”
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