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Import Face Off at Pacific Raceways

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05 May 2019 Kent, WA – Spring and almost all the IFO group brings together a car show, vendors, contests and drags to Pacific Raceways.

Always packing the grounds was an array of custom imports with some domestics mixed in with their visions of custom creations. As in the past it is all in the mind of the creator and what they can use to build a dream, if you can think it up you can build it.

On the drag strip the same thing applies as each has their own idea of what will work. With six classes to choose from your combination will fit in one of them, so don’t be afraid to experiment.

Those not involved in the car show or drags also came out in droves to walk amongst the show cars then grab some food from one of the many vendors and headed for the stands to take in the drags sitting in the sunshine.

WINNERS

FWD – Jeremy Breten
Forced Induction Pro – Michael Istvan
All Motor Pro – Eric Steen
Forced Induction Sport – David Delgado
All Motor Sport – Jarred Jaycen
Bracket – Chris Casteilon

Burnout Contest – Now two time winner Brandon Hinton on his motorcycle put on quite a smoke show finish.

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Import Face Off at Pacific Raceways

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26 Aug 2018 Kent, WA – Twice a season the Import Face Off brings in all kinds of imports for a car show, drag race and much more all around the car show area at Pacific Raceways.

Coming from Canada, Oregon and Washington, fans filled the upper parking area with show cars aplenty and packing in around the “bowl” with drag racers, this popularity shows with the number of people watching in the stands.

Front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and all-wheel drive drivers put their cars down the track testing themselves and their builds, some having best ever runs and others more work is needed.

Coming out on top in race number two was Dmitriy Geraoinov in Bracket, Joe Moore in All Motor Sport,Scott Coman in Forced Induction Sport, Razvan Dejan in Forced
Induction Pro, Joe Moore in All Motor Pro and Sam Jason in Front Wheel Drive.

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4th Annual VW Nationals

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15 July 2018 Kent, WA – As an auto that came out of world war two in a time of turmoil the ways that owners of the VW brand can modify, alter and personalize is as wide as the number of them around. The swap meet, and the drag race portion of the 4th Annual VW Nationals are cool, but the car show is where it is at.

Hundreds of all makes and models are on display and what each has done to his or her personal tastes, from the military uses in the war to the latest out of the factory can be seen.

As far as the drags and how you take that VW power that in reality traces its roots directly to Porsche and as most know these are bad fast cars on the road course tracks.

Here again the range of race cars is on display as some of these racers dip into the 10’s in the quarter mile.

The winner’s from the 4th Annual VW Nationals are Kelly McDonald in Sportsman, Cole Johnson in Pro and John Stevens in Run Tuff.

Lots of great images – click here to go to the photo album.

Import Faceoff at Pacific Raceways

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06 May 2018 Kent, WA – Sunday morning the gates opened at 8:00am and the entrance lanes were three wide and out to the highway. Bringing in more people to the track for an event short of the “Nationals” the Import Face Off group has a huge following.

Leading the charge of course is the new and their new record holder Honda Civic and the Speed Factory team.

Import racers from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington come together for a car show contest and drags.

Thousands of people roamed around the car show then headed to the stands for the drags with many stopping in between for “Bigfoods” menu of goodies. Once again this year the IFO group had a great time bringing their show to Pacific Raceways.

This years winners are Jeff Bush in Outlaw, Ricky Saly in FWD, Jake Montgomery in Forced Induction Pro, John Wood in Forced Induction Sport, Joe Abele in All Motor Pro, Kristen Campbell in All Motor Sport and Deritrly Gerasimos in Bracket.

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Big Day at Import Face Off

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27 Aug 2017 Kent, WA – Driving on the hi-ways and by-ways you cannot help but notice all the imports on the road. A large portion of those gather each year at Pacific Raceways for a car show, vendor midway and drag racing.

These modern day machines are being customized in ways that if you can dream it you can build it. Paint, parts, power, wheels and rims show what can be done with today’s technology can do. The power generated by mostly 4-cylinder motors is pretty stout for the cubic inches they displace.

Along with all this the social media aspect of this generation spreads the word that marketers can only wish for and the crowds on the property and stands showed that.

Mark your date book for next year’s IFO and come check it out.

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RACE RESULTS

Outlaw – Marko Stillnovc
Forced Induction Pro – Jake Montgomery
Forced Induction Sport – John Wood
FWD – Joel Sipes
All Motor Pro – Joe Abele
All Motor Sport – #760 no name
Bracket – Gabriel Rodriguez Jr.

VW Nationals Continues To Grow

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16 July 2017 Kent, WA – Bringing everything VW to Pacific Raceways for a swap meet, car show and drags has just about everything that you could and can do to autos and motors. Turn it into a “rat rod” by chopping it up or throw the motor into a dragster and see what happens. If you can think it you can do it weather you scrimp and gather parts and pieces for your creation or just take your wallet out and get what you are looking for its all VW.

Walking the car show you see the diversity in what can be done with the auto be it “new” or from “decades” ago. With the engine in the rear many of the drag racing “bugs” do need wheelie bars or risk dragging the exhaust on the track, and yes they will hike those front tires into the air at the flicker of “green” from the tree.

This the 3rd annual event at Pacific has drawn more and more each year and next year’s event in the planning already is a date for your smart phone and it’s date reminder, find it when posted for next year and put it in as a reminder to check this action on the track and what comes from those minds in the car show portion of this event.

Lots of images from all over the grounds today – show, racing and more. Click here to go to the photo album.

CLASS WINNERS

Quick 8 – Wayne Davis
Pro – Karl Sorensen
Sportsman – Jason Kitzman
Run Tuff – Robert Goshin

 

VW Nationals at Pacific Raceways

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VW Nationals 7-17-16 (88)17 July 2016 Kent, WA – From Canada, Washington and Oregon VW drivers and the things that they done to them are on full display at their annual event at Pacific Raceways, the VW Nationals.

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The popularity of the “bug” is big and getting bigger as the original models are getting quite pricey when sold. That’s the custom end of the VW; those that drag race are all after the same thing. Though slightly different in looks they are pretty much the same when it comes to the power plant.

The fact that you have to have a parachute attached to the rear end speaks loudly. Hiking the front end onto the wheelie bars is not uncommon and they are truly getting faster.

This year’s winners are in Sportsman Craig Johnson got the win and Pro class had Rocky Jennings topping the field. For the Run Tuff class Dave Wright got the trophy and for the Quick 8 Terry Hoogstins proved the best this race.

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Import Face Off at Pacific Raceways

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Import Faceoff 6-5-16 (43)05 June 2016 Kent, WA – The imports are here and pretty much the future as the power that they are getting out of four cylinders is quite impressive.

What stands out are the speeds and ET’s that are obtained by the four cylinders. Cole Marmon in his ’00 Civic laid down an 8.553 at 184.27 mph on one of his runs. You cannot deny those numbers that many a V8 or even the V6 powered rides would love to get.

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Work with what you got and today’s cars, most anyway do not come with a V-8 and with today’s tech knowledge and laptops you pretty much can change on the fly. Motor heads back in the day had the V-8 and look at the horsepower per cylinder they have obtained.

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Today’s motor with the unlimited combinations that the laptop can produce to run the motor for any given application for the four cylinders should not be overlooked. Having said that the very same tech applied to the V-8 has many a buzz on those results.

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The trophy winners for this year’s Import Faceoff are:

Outlaw – Tim Robards
FWD – Cole Marmon
Forced Induction Pro – Kyle Wilkinson
All Motor Pro – Jorge Zambrano
Forced Induction Sport – TJ Lewton
All Motor Sport – Kristen Campbell
Bracket – Jay Saysanom

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