Cantrell Motorsports At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 21, 2015 by admin

21 May 2015 Kent, WA – As the trailers of cars pulled into the paddock area for Cantrell Motorsports first appearance at Pacific Raceways for a day of lapping around the legendary 2.25 mike track you could see the excitement in Colin’s face. One must know he was deep in thought of all the little things that it takes to pull off an event like this.

With all the cars unloaded and lined up in front of the trailer at the starting line but prior to the 9:00am starting time, last minute preps were done. The cars were cut loose into two separate groups for thirty minute sessions, and the lapping carried on till it was time for a lunch break. It was a little sluggish after a good lunch, but the drivers soon got back into their groove and were back to the lap times from before lunch.

The lapping groups carried on thru the afternoon and into the early evening, and after a short break at 5:00pm for the corner workers to catch their breath the action continued until 8:30pm. It was long day for sure but a very good day for Cantrell Motorsports and their first time at Pacific Raceways. We’re all looking forward to the next time.

Lots of images from several vantage points are now available – click here to go to the photo album

IRDC Qualifying At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 16, 2015 by admin

16 May 2015 Kent, WA – As the paddock full of racers awoke to overcast skies above the thought of rain was on the minds of the racers and their setup for the day of IDRC qualifying here at Pacific Raceways. You want to get the best times you can and the rain or wet surface will cut that down and the setup you planned for qualifying.

Practice the day before gave the racers a good base line to go off of and no one likes change in the middle of the game plan, but the ability to adapt makes for a better racer and team thus setting you up for a better position to start up front of the pack, that’s Qualifying.

After a fine lunch served up by Bigfood Concessions and an afternoon of more qualifying Bigfoods was at again – hot and heavy putting together a selection for end of the day that would rival any concession food around. This the treat for the workers who for the labor of love that they put out doing what they do to run the race as smooth as possible.

Spotted in the pre-grid was Don Kitch owner of the onsite ProFormance Racing School – lending his driving skills for a one hour endurance race dedicated to Ron Johnson, a fitting way to end the day.

Qualifying Images are now available – click the link to go there. Thank you for your support and purchases!

IRDC Practice At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 15, 2015 by admin

15 May 2015 Kent, WA – In their first of two visits to Pacific Raceways 2.25 mile track the IRDC groups were out in full force today. Nearly a full paddock of haulers of all sorts brought the racers and their rides out for some fun.

Looks like the small bore group has quite a few in the field. Should make for some fine racing action over the next two days not to say that the other groups are not in the same position but the more the merrier.

We’re looking forward to all the action in all the classes this weekend. Not doing anything, come on out and watch the action.

Images for today are now available – click here to go to the Friday Session album

SOVREN Practice At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 1, 2015 by admin

01 May 2015 Kent, WA – The SOVREN Practice was held In advance of the upcoming weekend of SOVREN Spring Sprints so drivers would have a chance to dial in their cars. These practice days are important as some have not driven this season or they have made improvements to their cars. Either way it has to be checked out. With postcard weather forecasted for the weekend it should not be an issue. Good luck to all and have fun.

Over 500 images of all the cars are now available – click here to go to the album.

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Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 19, 2015 by admin

19 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Coming again to Pacific’s legendary 2.25 mile track the Optima Batteries ChumpCar series brought quite a mix of race prepared cars and a theme for the teams. Two separate 7 hour non-stop racing days tested the race drivers and their equipment.

As many as four drivers split the driving duties just as in most all endurance racing it is a “team” event. There are not many pristine looking cars here as some bumping and contact happens as it is racing in close proximity with each other, though stressed at the driver’s meeting that if it does happen and is seen by the corner worker’s you “will” be black flagged to the paddock for an explanation.

Nothing wrong with being an aggressive driver, just don’t do it at the expense of your competitor. Just because your car looks like a “beater” is not a reason to treat it that way. The cars are fully prepared on the inside with a slew of safety equipment starting with a “cage”.

Driver safety is as important here as in all forms of racing. The ingenuity of these teams to put together a car that will last for seven hours of “hard” driving is quite impressive as the “rules” restrict what you can use.

Setup in two ablums – one for each day are over 1100 images of all the action from a number of vantage points – click here to go to the albums –

Nearly 50 entries starting this event on Saturday though the law of averages say that all will not finish the full two day event due to a multitude of malfunctions, thus the ingenuity factor of how to eliminate as many as possible ways to lose. The top five for each day are as follows:

Saturday:
1st- SMRT Racing
2nd- Eh! Team
3rd- JAT
4th- Osprey MotorSports 2
5th- Killer Whale

Sunday:
1st- scrap attack
2nd- FRASUN 1
3rd- Shift #71
4th- Team Titleist
5th- Killer Whale

For more info go to www.chumpcar.com

Open Lapping Day At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 17, 2015 by admin

17 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – Open lapping days do not come along too many times per season at Pacific Raceways and when they do many classes of racers/drivers come out and take advantage of the opportunity. From full-fledged race teams to the daily driver and a bunch of everything in-between can be seen squealing tires around the track.

Seat time in a controlled manner is hard to obtain without a track to do so on, the street is “NOT” the place to learn this type of driving. Stay tuned to Pacific’s web site for another one of these dates.

Images of all sorts of cars from stock to purpose built race cars are now available – click here to go to the album.

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ProFormance Racing School – April 16th, 2015

Posted on April 16, 2015 by admin

16 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – People who follow the endurance racing events through-out their racing season know the winners. Who doesn’t want to be schooled by a winner?

Come out and learn from the 12 hours of Sebring class winner Team Seattle and Don Kitch with his staff of instructors at the ProFormance Racing School here at Pacific Raceways. They will school you through the proper way to drive your ride around Pacific’s 2.25 mile road course which you can then translate to driving at other tracks if that is your long term plans. Check the ProFormance web site for information on upcoming dates.

Over 500 images from the session today – click here to go to the album. Thanks for your support!

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2015 Honda Fest At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 12, 2015 by admin

12 Apr 2015 Kent, WA – It is all hands on deck as the HondaFest brought thousands of people to the Pacific Raceways property. Everyone on the payroll for Pacific was called in to handle the massive influx of people and their cars, some for show, some for the drags and those in their cars and a bike to take advantage of the lead/follow provided by ProFormance Racing School around the 2.25 mile road course.

Also on hand was BigFoods to help feed all these people – offering their choices of fine food and drink. Bringing all this together the folks at NWMotiv put together a great show, we cannot wait till next year as improving on a great show will take some thinking. See you then.

Over 900 images capture all the action – the show, the road course, drag racing etc. Click here to follow to the album; we thank you for all your support of seeitimagery.com.

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ProFormance Racing School – April 3rd, 2015

Posted on April 3, 2015 by admin

03 April 2015 Kent, WA – Did you recently get a new car or put some aftermarket parts on it for more get-up and go? You need to check out and go through the ProFormance Racing School program. One on one instruction guiding you through how to get the best out of your car by improving your driving habits and most of all keeping control of your car.

Classroom instruction takes you through the steps necessary so at the end of the day you are driving around Pacific’s 2.25 mile legendary track. Check out Pacific Raceways web site for contact info for your opportunity to become a better driver in less than a day.

Images are now available from a number of different vantage points on Pacific Raceway’s legendary 2.25 mile road course. Click here to go to the photo album.

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ProFormance Racing School Lapping Day At Pacific Raceways

Posted on March 28, 2015 by admin

28 Mar 2015 Kent, WA – Pacific Raceways is a multi-use facility with two of the parts intersecting with each other. To make use of both at the same time takes quite some coordination. This task was pulled off as if it has been done many times though I think this could have been a first.

General Manager John Ramsey and ProFormance Racing School owner Don Kitch put their heads together to utilize each other’s down time to let the dragstrip and the 2.25 mile road course run without interfering with each other. In doing so it allowed Speed Factory to test new equipment on their Honda’s for the upcoming season and for Jim Ronan to put his wheel stander thru some shakedown/practice runs.

Walking between the roughly 50 feet distance between the two camps dragstrip manager Ed Garfield had a turbo screaming four cylinder in his left ear and a blown 427 wheel stander thumping in his right, wish I could have captured the expression on his face, priceless.

Testing went on thru the day on the strip with the lapping cars getting a lot of track time with the in-between round time for the Honda’s. With the drag testing finished up Mother Nature started a misty sprinkle, perfect timing, as the drag strip was done.

This weather most all the time has no effect on the road racers as they lapped thru their session. The last session of the day though was a different story. The rain started light and progressively turned to a torrential downpour to the point that the track surface could not shed water fast enough creating one of the few things that will stop most all road racing. HYDROPLANING – End of session.

Both John and Don agreed that it went smooth and it can be done if needed again, me I like seeing it work.

Images of all the action are now available – make sure and check out some great shots of the Honda running in the sevens, and the wheel stander – over 700 images this week from the road course too. Thanks for your support!

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