More than 250 vintage “hotrods” converged on Pacific Raceways for the “racing” part of the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association’s 25th Anniversary Edition of the Pacific Northwest Nationals “presented by Wesco Auto Body Supply” this past Friday.
The silver anniversary edition of this annual “happening” was special in a lot of ways. The racers in attendance put on a great show highlighted by “Twig” Ziegler’s vintage Pizza Haven Plymouth Satellite Nitro Funny Car in a “match” race with Bucky Austin’s Bucky’s Brake and Muffler Plymouth Arrow Funny Car.
One of the other cool aspects of this weekend was the variety of classic drag race machinery. Some of which only come out for this event each year, and don’t attend any other drag racing events on the Pacific Raceways schedule. All of the cool race cars plus some of the areas most unique street rods parked in the pits; put on an entirely different “car show” than you would see at the Puyallup Fairgrounds a mere 15 miles away!