The first two races of the Swift Tool sponsored Et series were washed out by more then enough rain, but it was not because they say “it always rains in Seattle”. It is because it decided to rain on those days. With that fact to contend with the drag strip crew will stop at nothing short of another downpour once they start drying the track.
That effort noted by a number of racers the day before bought praise and three boxes of doughnuts for the crew. It’s the little things like those efforts that the racers appreciate. Giving back a little of that appreciation the racer’s and crew with “street” tires drove a up and down on the shut down area of the track to help get the water up and dry the track.
With the sun shining a bit more from the breakup of the clouds the relentless assult on the track surface got the 2013 racing season underway. Going thru time trials, racers getting a fix on their performance in the new season, the mood grew bright as the spring sky was shining.
With 90 entries to start the season and enough time to run the race before curfew (5:00pm). Almost thru the first round of Sportsman class mother nature stopped the racing cold. The rain was coming down quite heavy with hail bits in the mix, it was all over almost before it got started. Such is drag racing in the springtime in the great “Northwet”.