Northwest Region SCCA US Majors Tour – Stephen K Danton Memorial Race At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 26, 2014 by admin

26 May 2014 Kent, WA – Nearly 150 entries rolled onto the Pacific Raceways legendary 2.25 mile road course for the 34th time: for this Memorial Day weekend of racing. The teams attending are from the Pacific Northwest, including parts of Canada. There were a number of teams from Nevada and California also that made the drive.

One driver came all the way from Miami Florida with his father overseeing him as this young man is only 17 years old. Has to be living a dream though, he is a good driver and is quite focused on the road ahead of him.

Local drag racers, the Ermish’s welcomed Troy from Tracy, CA for a family weekend get together, lots of smiles around that camp. I have to think that there is alot more families doing the same thing.

Enduring the weekend with the Northwest weather – still in spring mode was to be the challenge of the event. Cloudy, rain, sunny and dry has to make tuning and suspension changes a lot of log book moments.

Racing these fine machines in good conditions pushes man and race car to the limits, now throw in adverse weather and the seat of your pants becomes more in tune. For those who overcame all these conditions go to www.nwr-scca.org for the results.

Pacific Raceways has many wonderful vantage points and photo opportunities. The weather provided a great variety of lighting conditions as well, so over 3,400 images are now available. The pictures are broken down into four albums – by day, so please take a look at all of them for your favorites.

To go to the albums – click here.

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Mid-Week Fun At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 21, 2014 by admin

21 May 2014 Kent, WA – Mid-week fun? Mid-week practice? Both work by themselves, but put them together along with sunny skies and great weather and you get 6 hours or so of awesome lapping on the new track layout at Pacific Raceways Moto Cross MX track.

It seems this new layout has the many of the riders talking about the fun and challenge to get around the track as fast as possible. With a drop of the bulldozer blade the track can changed overnight. The layout is a work in progress with more improvements on the table.

If you ride or just like the high flying dirt throwing corners the rider’s navigate, come on out on a Wednesday Practice night or better yet on Friday night to catch all the racing action on Pacific Raceways Moto Cross track. Check Pacific’s web-site for info.

Almost 900 images are available thanks to the great weather – click here to check them out.

Swift Tools ET Drag Racing Series #5 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 18, 2014 by admin

18 May 2014 Kent, WA – This day quite a number of people remember it as the day Mt. St. Helens blew up at the viewing site just north of the flow. A number of racers will pass nearby the site on their way north to the track, though just like then the Mt. clouds covered everything.

With the chance of rain on the horizon race’s lost one of their qualifying hits to hopefully beat Mother Nature.

Some think she got the hint as the rain stayed away – though the breeze had a chill to it. Over 125 racers raced against the changing skies as the sun was in and out affecting the Dial In choices. Those who got it right are as follows:

SUPER PRO: Al Chin took his door slammer wagon to stop the hard charging dragster of Darral Petitt
PRO: Track champ Scott Lewsley defended his turf in a double break-out over John Barnett
SPORTSMAN: #1 Qfy. Nick Douglas beat #7 Qfy. Hat Taylor
MC: Jake Havens got another win when Chris Benda fouled
No Crosstalk: Dennis McGinnis got it over Jason Cooper
Crosstalk: Tory Lea handed it to John Ermish

Images are now available – click here to go to the album.

A bonus today was the Austin family was out testing again, good to see you and photograph again. Good Luck with the dragster.

Car Club #1 & Jr Dragster Nationals At Pacific Raceway

Posted on May 16, 2014 by admin

16 May 2014 Kent, WA – Friday night drag racing has been going on since two people wanted to see who was faster. This night had the next bunch of racers who have hopes and dreams to go further up the ladder in the sport. The beginner or Jr Dragster classes are a great start for the younger racers to get their feet wet.

Most are racer’s kids who want to do like their Mom or Dad, this fact shows how much drag racing is a family sport. Meanwhile in the other staging lanes are the car club members out for their first runs of the season. Mostly street driven rides with a drag racer at heart racing what they have and having a fun time doing so.

Images of all the action are now available – click here to go to the album.

WINNERS

JR Storm: Anastazia Gossette got the win when Alexis Krier ran too quick
JR Thunder: Ryan Lamoureux bested Luke Cavar
JR Lightning: Jordan Calhoun was handed the win on a red light by Lane Cavar

In a circle of what a lot of folks call northwest legends the Austin family came to the track to test. Walt, his son’s Pat and Mike and their Uncle Bucky brought their respective machines. Just as high powered and innovative as they were in their A/FC day’s. Good to see them still at it, Good Luck.

Motocross & Drag Test N Tune At Pacific Raceway

Posted on May 14, 2014 by admin

14 May 2014 Kent, WA – The Wednesday Night Test N Tune along with the Motocross MC series got great weather and track conditions for new MC sponsor Urban Custom Bikes. More bikes, more racing, more fun bringing more for the spectators to watch on a fine Wednesday night.

Through five rounds of racing past track champ Joe Lind raced thru the rest but got a gift in the final when Chris Benda fouled.

Images are now available – click here to go to them.

Mothers Day Nationals At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on May 11, 2014 by admin

11 May 2014 Bremerton, WA – The annual event at Bremerton Raceway brought a broken sky and cool temperatures for fast times. There were close to 140 entries running for the trophies. With the weather staying pretty much the same till the sun and heat in the latter rounds helped making the racers Dial Ins a little easier.

Though not the only factor, the weather had to be a help Jake Havens do the “two track/two win” weekend, as he won the night before at Pacific Raceways.

Images are now loaded in the gallery. Click here to go there.

MOTHERS DAY NATIONALS WINNERS

Super Pro: Jeremy Sears over Jim Bruns
Pro: Rob Lindley over Tony Pearce
Sportsman: Jerry Durant Jr. over Gary Howe Jr.
MC: Jake Havens over Scott McLeod
HS: Jessica Denison over Zane Zurbrugg
Nostalgia: Walt Skoczylas over Ron Larson

Swift Tools ET Series #3 and BB Funny Cars at Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 10, 2014 by admin

10 May 2014 Kent, WA – Chicago Style, no not pizza, BB Funny Cars. These Funny Cars and their drivers put on a show for those watching the Swift Tool ET Series at Pacific Raceways. This added feature along with some fine NHRA legal Stock/Super Stock and their wheel hiking launches made for a fine day of racing.

Over 500 images are now available for purchase – click here to view them.

With darkness on the horizon these entries prevailed over the rest:

BBFC: Matt Driscoll from Pasco stopped local Kim Parker
Super Comp: Emmitt McKillop ran closer to the number over Chris Willams
Super Gas: Todd Sims better reaction got by Tony Hopkins
Super Street: Becky Lindsey over Justin Sibley
Super Pro: Kevin Rennick Thursday’s display at The Sports Page added a Trophy with a win over Norm Braedt
Pro: Jack Ward’s 67 Pontiac downed the high wheelstanding 70 El Camino of John Schwaller
Stock: Former world champ Brad Burton rose to the top over James Boyce
MC: Track Champ Jake Havens continued his winning ways beating Jim Funderburg

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MX Practice At Pacific Raceways

Posted on May 7, 2014 by admin

07 May 2014 Kent, WA – The first real Wednesday night MX practice of the season (the first canceled to weather) brought a bunch to enjoy the sunny weather and a chance to practice on the new layout put together by Lance Smail and his crew.

With more improvements planned all the laps you can get can only help, though the laps by the better riders were pretty quick. This in itself shows how well the layout is working. Friday Night racing should be pretty intense. Come on out on Wed. or Fri. or both to check out the fast action.

Images from the practice are now available – click here to go there.

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SOVREN Spring Sprints At Pacific Raceway

Posted on May 4, 2014 by admin

04 May 2014 Kent, WA – In what could be called their home track Seattle based SOVREN made their first visit of the season to Pacific Raceways 2.25 mile road course.

This brings some very vintage race cars to test them and their drivers to race for points towards a possible championship season. Under perfect weather conditions some of these race cars can fly, though this weekend “Mother Nature” and her cohort “Murphy’s Law” tested everyone involved.

On and off rain sometimes in “buckets” kept the track surface soaked and brought the lap times way down from normal. This fact pushed some of the racer’s to err on the side of caution and not “test” the laws of nature in these conditions and they left early, and that fact caused a change in plans for the SOVREN officials.

Officials got together with the racers and formed a plan for a shortened race day. Putting safety first, no sense in risking vintage cars to the weather. Visit SOVREN.org for info on results and upcoming events.

Over 1,100 images of all the action are now available for purchase – click here to go to them.

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MX Friday Nite Series At Pacific Raceway

Posted on May 2, 2014 by admin

02 May 2014 Kent, WA – Being a multi-use venue Pacific Raceways did just that Friday with the road course and the MX track operating for a while at the same time. It was smooth running all night though and it was all about the opening night of the Friday Night MX series.

Once onto the property you quickly noticed the parking has been improved, making for better access for the rider’s rigs. The next and big thing is the track layout. In an ever evolving bunch of improvements MX manager Lance Smail and his crew has been busy moving dirt and in the process created a viewing area for the spectators.

After going thru an end-to-end shipping container and to a fenced elevated mound you can see the entire track no matter where the rider is on the course – impressive to say the least! With more improvements coming, you can bet on a challenging track and better comfort for the spectators. Stay tuned.

Images from all the action are now available – click here to go to the album.