JUSTIN COOPER, 3-TIME 2025 CHAMPION, WALLA WALLA & QLIPSE RACEWAY

Justin Cooper

Justin Cooper made the best of one heck of a busy spring and summer on the drag strip.

The Medical Lake resident put a ton of miles on his tow rig but was rewarded with three championships at two different race tracks.

Cooper had seven trips, 350 miles round trip, 2,450 total, to Walla Walla where he came away with titles in Super Pro and Pro on the eighth-mile track.

“I won Pro four times this season at Walla Walla along with two wins and a runner up in Super Pro at Walla Walla,” Cooper wrote in an email.

In Spokane, Cooper won three races in Pro, which were the last three in a row. Along with the NHRA Super Quick win at Walla Walla in June Cooper won a total of 11 races this year in 12 final rounds.

Cooper has been racing since 2005 in his 1967 Plymouth Satellite which was a first birthday gift from his grandfather.

“I started racing at the then Spokane Raceway Park, now known as Qlispé Raceway,” Cooper said. “I then started to branch out to race at different tracks and different classes over the years.”

For Cooper it is a family affair. His dad, who got him into drag racing, races a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere and sister, Stephanie Frisch, also races her 1967 Plymouth Satellite.

And it’s been a notable couple of decades.

“Over the 20 seasons I’ve participated in, I have accumulated a combined 20 local and divisional championships, multiple Jegs Allstar appearances, 29 Wally’s, and multiple big check bracket race wins.

“I’d say the highlight of my racing career is my 2017 Lucas Oil Super Comp Championship followed by my 2018 Lucas Oil Super Street Championship,” Cooper said.

Racing is a community effort he explained. “I’m thankful for the support of my dad and mom, Steve and Michelle Cooper, my sister Stephanie Frisch and her husband Ben Frisch, my grandma, Sandra Cooper, Darrell Pasher, Tom and Brenda Clark, Phil Hudlow, Chris Barton, and many others who have made all this possible.”

Medical Lake’s Justin Cooper won three championships at two different tracks in 2024.

Walla Walla 
Super Pro Points

Pos..................... Driver....................................Hometown...................................Pts.
1......................... Justin Cooper.........................Medical Lake, WA....................53
2.........................Tom McGuire........................Yakima, WA...................................51
3.........................Todd Fricke............................Pasco, WA......................................42
4......................... Chad Welch...........................Pasco, WA.....................................38
5......................... Gary Boatsman......................Greenacres, WA.......................37

Pro Class

Pos..................... Driver....................................Hometown...................................Pts.
1......................... Justin Cooper.........................Medical Lake, WA .................... 68
2......................... Stephanie Frisch....................Prosser, WA ................................54
3......................... Brian Jennen..........................Spangle, WA ................................ 49
4......................... Kasey Kelty...........................Walla Walla, WA............................38
5......................... Phil Hull................................Kennewick, WA ..............................34

Qlispé Raceway
Pro Class