Ron DeHoop

Name: Ron DeHoop

Team Name: "CROSSmembers" Racing Team

Nickname: "Rapid" Ronnie

Hometown: Bellflower, CA.

Birthdate:  08/11/1952

Occupation: Semi-Retired / Small Business Owner-CROSSmembers Racing Products

Family:  Wife, Ruth, married on 12/22/2007, Ryan, my 20 year old son, Father, Sam,  Brothers, Don and Jim, Sister Sandi

Sponsors: Lucas Oil, Doug Thorley Headers, Hunny's Cafe, M/T Tires, Hughes Performance, Taylor Motorsports & K&N Engineering

Crew Members: My wife Ruth and the "CROSSmembers" Racing Team

Racing History:  I have been Drag Racing since High School and have earned trophies from "LIONS" Drag Strip, Orange County International Raceway, Irwindale Raceway (1/4 Mile).  40 plus years involved in The best form of motorsports ever.

Class: Mean Street and Open Comp. " 2007 Mean Street & 2010 Open Comp Champion"

Car: 1967 Chevy Malibu  (434 CI SBC)  Car will run 10-teens

Future Plans: Continue to race with PSCA and possibly a few other racing associations.  Continue to raise money for charities through Our Racing Team the "CROSSmembers".  And hopefully continue to be spokesman for the PSCA's Official Charity.... St. Jude's Children's Hospital where the PSCA has thus far raised over $20,000.00. Thanks to the Auction and raffle at the 2010 awards ceremony we raised quite a few thousand more for the Children's Hospital with the generous help of Mel, the PSCA staff  all the racers, vendors and fans.  Let's help make the PSCA not only The best racing Association on the West Coast but also an Organization that truly cares for others as well.

Biggest Racing Rivals: Everyone in Open & Mean, two of the toughest classes with the greatest racers anywhere!!

Accomplishments:  2010 PSCA Open Comp Champion, 2010 Golden State Challenge Open Comp Champion, 2010 Sin City Shootout Open Comp Champion,    2010 PSCA Mean Street runner- up, 2010 Golden State Challenge Mean Street runner-up, 2010 Sin City Shootout Mean Street runner-up