Although its only Wednesday and the actual competition does not begin until this Friday, today’s activities included lots of famous people as part of “Media Day” at Pacific Raceways.

Area dignitaries including Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire, Kent Mayor Suzette Cook and Auburn Mayor Peter B. Lewis along with members of the area media including Dale Roberts from radio station KZOK 102.5 and TV Channel 13’s Aaron Levine; were taught the fine art of “drag racing” by former Frank Hawley Drag Racing School Instructor and current driver of the Schumacher Electric Nitro Funny Car “Fast” Jack Beckman. Beckman spent time with everyone in attendance and offered a “question and answer session” along with individual instruction. As a side note, Beckman is currently 3rd in the Nitro Funny Car Points Standings.

This fun day of racing and instruction was orchestrated by Pacific Raceways owner Jason Fiorito and his staff.

An autograph session and meet and greet featuring Jack Beckman and other drivers will be held on Thursday at BB McGraw’s Restaurant in Auburn. Hosted by Bracketstars.com

Full photo coverage from the media day is available now  To go there click here…