Most of the racers at Bremerton Raceway are accustomed to large class turn outs and close competition all of that is a given.But 2012 is a bit of a different story and a more “racer friendly format” as if Bremerton wasn’t “friendly enough”. The new format involves a lot of opportunities for racers to “earn their stripes” or in this case trophies and cash in two different formats almost every weekend. In 2012 a racer can come through the gate on Friday and race the Friday Test and Tune and Grudge Drags.
Photos from Fridays Racing – click here.
Photos from all the action on Saturday – click here.
Photos From all the action on Sunday – click here.
On Saturday its 1/8th Mile combat, what’s unique about this is it’s the first time Bremerton Raceway has a full series dedicated to 1/8th mile racing!! Everything happens faster and most drivers would tell you that racing the 1/8 mile format is a great way to hone your ¼ mile skills….The 1/8 mile series is presented by WESTBAY NAPA AUTO PARTS and last weekend was the season opener for the 1/8 mile series.
Steven Gossette from Quilcene drove his mom’s ’04 Durango to the win over AJ Tibbets from Bremerton and his ’02 Camaro in the Sportsman final.
Dustin Ward’s 70 Challenger took out the Camaro of Brad Craig in the Pro Final
Don Sefton’s Dave Barcelon’s Truck Town sponsored Dragster defeated the 23T Altered of Dave Strobeck in a close final in Super Pro.
In the Motorcycle Final Jim Werre from Renton took care of William Nitta from Seattle.
The Car Club Challenge is always a fun part of Saturday’s activities and its final round saw the big block Duster of Megan Hendrickson from Bremerton outgun the 69 Ford of Dave Carman form Lake Stevens.
If all the crazy 1/8 mile antics weren’t enough there was even a Electronics and Non Electronics Cash Bash! Rob Lindley’s vintage 65 Nova beat the new 2011 Corvette of Bob Wilson. On the Electronics side it was Lloyd Flatum over Randy Beck.
And finally the kids in the Junior Dragster Program took center stage in FIVE entertaining final rounds….In the 8-9 Year old Division it was Madison Sailly from Gig Harbor beating the Lindsey Electric Junior of first time finalist Elizabeth Lindsey.
Junior Thunder saw Thomas “TJ” Vickers beating Johnathon Hawes.
Junior Lightning featured former National Open Series Champ Brianna Lindsey and her Lindsey Electric Dragster follow her little sister Elizabeth into the final rounds of Junior Competition with a win over Damon Gillespie from Pt. Orchard.
In 2nd Chance Jr. Thunder Emily Lewis defeated Jeremiah Watts from Olympia while in 2nd Chance Lighting it was Amber Withers over Jordin Howell.
Fast forward to Sunday and a return to ¼ mile competition for the second race in the year long Summit ET Series. Over 200 racers competed in eight different classes from Jr. Dragster to Super Pro…
Super Pro featured the Camaro of a slightly handicapped Mark Cambell (sore foot see “crutches” in the winners circle photo) beating the unigue vintage “wheelstanding” Anglia of Kevin Youngs.
In Pro, it was the Mustang of Sherry Barnett winning a close one over defending track champ Robert Steffen.
Sportsman competition featured former Jr. Dragster standout Gary Howe Jr. wheeling the car known as the “Green Hornet” (really it’s a 72 Buick Skylark) to the win on a holeshot over Kyle Leftwich and his Mopar.
In an all star matchup in Motorcycle it was Jim Funderburg over a redlighting Stacy Hesch in the final round.
In High School it was Trevor Frye who used superior starting line reflexes to overcome Justin Vest and gain an appearance in the winners circle.
The Junior field also featured some close racing with Bobby Burkevics Jr. winning by default as Ian theifelis had mechanical problems.
In Junior Thunder it was Emily Lewis beating Joshua Schmanke from Olympia.
Bonny Lake’s Amber Arthur defeated Damon Gillespie from nearby Pt. Orchard in the Junior Lightning final to close out another fun weekend of racing at the “Home of the Killer Bees” Bremerton Raceway.
The next race will be next weekend May 4-6 with the Friday Night Grudge Drags, the Westbay NAPA Auto Parts 1/8 Mile on Saturday and finally the Summit E.T. Bracket Series again completing the weekends activities on Sunday.
Saturday Winners –
Sunday Winners –
