10 Jan 2015 Kent, WA – The High Performance Sport Driving Day was a real school on the reality that grip is paramount today at Pacific Raceways.  Manning the race course was the watchful eyes of ProFormance Race School instructors and the Lost Mines Safety Team manning the corner stations.

Their eyes on the lappers kept things safe and if someone is going beyond their skills they are brought in to discuss what they are doing that would warrant the black flag. Beyond a doubt it has to be the best way to learn you and your car’s limits under whatever the weather conditions.

To take advantage of this go to Pacific’s web site or give them a call for upcoming dates.

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27 Dec 2014 Kent, WA – The last Saturday of 2014 put the Amateur drivers around the PGP course. Mother Nature provided the rain part of the “Rain or Shine” operation of the kart track.

Driving in the rain at speed in the most part is helped by your tires and its tread, take away that tread and the traction you had is gone. In a kart it is seat of the pants driving and trusting your instinct on how far you can push the traction you have. I have to think the knowledge you gain from the kart translates to the bigger machines like in Autocross or pure Road Racing. The rain or shine opportunity in the karts are a great way to learn how to control what you have under you no matter what it is.

When it was over Mateo Deleon was the winner, followed by David Cheng in second place, and Angelique Brouard came in third.

Check the PGP web site for info for dates and operating hours.

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21 Dec 2014 Kent, WA – For those that participate in the rental kart racing at PGP the Fat Santa Race throws a change both for the racer and the course. The ability to change the configuration of the track to give the racers a challenge for this event is just a part of the race. The regular 190 pound race minimum weight is boosted to 250 pounds, hence the Fat Santa name.

No one in a Santa suit here as the drag on the racer is already to the point of slowing them down from their normal times at 190 lbs. Three heats on three layouts comprise the race for points for this race in the series. Weigh-ins after each heat keeps all on an equal playing field with one entrant packing an extra 80 lbs. each race.

A.J. Johnston, Kyle Gaston and Benjamin Pedersen graced the podium for this event. PGP runs rain or shine, you should check there web site for upcoming events.

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06 Dec 2014 Kent, WA – We’ve said in a previous post about driving in the rain: there is an art to it. Today was the perfect test for that practice. On and off rain has kept the surface covered with moisture. Unless you had rain tires made for the rain your traction gained by power had a fine line and centrifugal force is something you do not want push, thus comes the “ART”.

Taking in the action perched atop the light pole at the head of the lanes for the drag-strip a bald eagle shook off the rain and watched the lapping cars. Quite a sight. The next event High Performance Sport Driving Day is 12-20-14 weather is unknown, but weather this time of year has quite a range, see you then.

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23 Nov 2014 Kent, WA – Endurance racing has a number of ways to run. It can be number of laps, a number of miles or an amount of time. For the Turkey Drive put on by PGP Motorsports Park this was a 3-Hour time limit for the race.

Sixteen teams of drivers with pit stops to change drivers and re-fuel makes for some fun on the clock. All riders are required to weigh 190lbs, that evens the playing field and at each driver change a change of cart number for their team, so no one has the same cart for the race as there are slight differences in the equally built carts that PGP uses.

Now factor in the weather. One could not put together such a wide swing in driving conditions. Pouring down rain greeted everyone for the drivers meeting and the first part of the event slowly changed to full sunshine. With a best lap time of 98.728 in the sunshine to a 1:51.520 in the pouring rain tested the rider’s skills of kart driving. Sound like your kind of fun, check out the PGP web site for hours of operation

With so many drivers, See It Imagery took lots of pictures for everyone – Over 600 – click here to go to the photo album.

22 Nov 2014 Kent, WA – Want to go fast on dry pavement? Learn to drive in the rain. Going through a class at ProFormance Driving School the weather plays an important role in teaching. As Don Kitch teaches there is an art to driving in the rain. Today was a great opportunity as the rain was coming down, quite the contrast to the last session held in the sunshine.

Groups of 4 to 6 did a lead/follow after class instruction, they learned the line around the track and the rules that must be obeyed to do so once they are cut loose on their own. Check out the ProFormance web site for upcoming dates

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15 Nov 2014 Kent, WA – When Mother Nature graces the Northwest with sunny and chilly weather those who enjoy the 2.25mi. road course at Pacific Raceways come from afar to take advantage. The north of the border plates on many cars shows their interest in lapping Pacific’s course.

From pure class race cars to street driven daily drivers, and toss in a variety of go karts made a great event for those who dressed for the weather.  They had lots to watch.

ProFormance Driving School lapped three groups of students interested in learning and experiencing the thrill of driving the course. Check Pacific’s web site for upcoming Sport Driving Day dates.

Over 800 images are now available – click here to go to the album.

26 Oct 2014 Kent, WA – Time again for another High Performance Sport Driving Day at the 2.25 mile track at Pacific Raceways to bring in those road course drivers and spend the day “lapping”.

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No racing here this is just for you and your ride learning just how far you can go and still have control. Push too hard and go off the surface you will be “black” flagged to come in for a discussion on your actions.

The actions were overseen by ProFormance school instructors and the Lost Mines Safety Team on the corners, carefully watching all the action. With handling a big part of new car maker’s selling points the idea of having a safe place to test is the point of the High Performance Sport Driving Day event at Pacific Raceways. Check their web site for more dates.