Jr Dragster #13 – CC #5 & Westbay #5 At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on September 21, 2013 by admin

With the season drawing close to the end of racing the points earned are producing some very close standings and in some cases there are ties in the point standings. This will bring to the fore front the importance of the last race of the season to earn points, especially those that are tied up in the points race. Look up the standings on the website to see if you are in a tied up position as some may not know.

Images from all the action and winners circle pictures are now available. To go there, click here.

WINNERS

Jr. Storm: Ian Theofelis got the win when Bobby Burkevics Jr. fouled
Jr. Thunder: Madison Sailly used a better reaction to stop Ryan Lamoureux
Jr. Lightning: in a battle of cousins Quinn Kahler’s closer to the dial edged Jordin Howell
2nd Chance Thunder: Jacob Vickers won over Charlie Burkevics
2nd Chance Lightning: ET Finals winner Yeshua Wilcox beat Zack Dormaier
CCC: Scott Cedergreen from Startup won over Mill Creek’s Jan Christ
Inline/Flatheads: Don Berry won as Jeff Nelson ran too fast
Street Machine II: Gary Gandee Jr. topped Larry DeCamp
Hot Rod I: lone entry Jan Christ
Top Gas: lone entry Sherry Barnett
WBSM: Bill Kelly over a fouling AJ Tibbetts
WBPRO: Richard Smith’s quick reaction edged Tom Sault
WBSPRO: Rick Lamoureux over Al Chinn
WBMC: Jim Werre won when William Nitta ran too fast
Super Shifters: on a single Brent Russell

Swift Tool ET Race #15, WSCA-PNSCA-KOT – September 7-8th, 2013

Posted on September 7, 2013 by admin

2013-09-07 Kent, WA – Winners! Winners! Winners!

The last Swift Tool Race of the season brought crowned the champions after a long run to the end of the season, then the champs raced for King of the Track crown. Quite an action packed two day’s of racing.

Add to the race weekend the PNSCA # 10 and their 8.90 race cars and the WSCA and their group of fast street cars. Of note Garrett Richards in his one of a kind Ford motor developed by local legend Walt Austin ran 6.261 at 242.93 mph for low ET and top speed of the weekend. On the final run on Sat. Mark Sanders lived up to his car name. Just as the chutes deployed the motor threw a rod and lit the car on fire. “Mr. Explosive” got by with slight body damage thanks to the quick work by Pacific’s top end safety guys. Here are the big winner’s of the event:

Albums are loaded for the two day event into separate albums –

September 7th, 2013 – Swift ET #15 Event Album

September 8th, 2013 – Swift ET #15 Event Album

Saturday Gambler Race’s
Super Pro: Neal Hough stopped Jason Beggerly
Super Comp: Randy Beck over Rick Dearinger

Swift Tool # 15
MC: in a battle of the Jim’s it was Werre over Funderburg
SPRO: Champ Steve Beggerly proved his winning way’s stopping Kevin Rennick for top spot
PRO: Greg Steen edged Brian Gittings
SM: Larry DeCamp over champ Paul Young

PNSCA
Last year’s series champ Tory Lea over the quicker reacting Amanda Larson

WSCA
OL 8.5: the battle of Mustang’s saw Wally Friedlander over Walter Poyner

Drag Radial:
lone entry win goes to Brian Sipe
Open Comp:Craig Castagno got by John Eldndge
Pro Street: Joe Loch eased to the win when Yvonne Lucas lost traction
King of the Track: Al Chinn got a gift when Mark Sires ran too quick

Swift Tool Series Champions
Paul Young in Sportsman
Jacob Havens in Motorcycle
Scott Lewsley in PRO
Steve Beggerly in Super Pro

2013 Division Six ET Finals At Spokane County Raceway

Posted on September 1, 2013 by admin

As the post-race cleanup is well underway, there is time to reflect on the past four days at the E.T. Finals.

Most all the time there is something that has the attention of those attending the event, this year was no exception, only the attention went many directions. Spokane County Raceway for the first time hosting an E.T. Finals to start with. Many track owners and operators complemented the track management on it’s wonderful preparation for the event.

With the car count tickling 600 it’s a feat for any host to manage let alone it’s first. Well done I say. The next notable happened in the ROC motorcycle/sled class. Last year’s champ Jeff Havens was going for a repeat win and had to race his son Jacob. The two track champ’s went after the track as any other race. At the finish line the difference was just a few inches, with Jeff the repeat champion, father over son. Over the weekend though overall ‘Jake was the better rider’.. “I just happened to win one” commented Jeff. It was a classic moment if there ever was one. Each win by a driver gained a point for the track that they represent, crowning a winner with the most.

This “point” system starts at zero each day giving two different winner’s on “points” earned that day. Looking at the wins over the two day’s though points to one track that racked up the wins and at the right moment. Wins in, Sportsman, High School and Jr. Lightning in the ROC and 17 more wins overall then the next track, Bremerton Raceway had to be the big winner over the weekend. Next year Woodburn, see you there.

Over 1,000 images spread over three days and in three photo galleries are now available. Click here to go to the main gallery, then click on all three days photos to view them all.

Here are the winner’s;

Race of Champions Saturday

Super PRO: Mark Simmons of Medicine Hat, AB over Tom Stockero of Bend, OR.
PRO: Chris Stone from Mission, BC. got by Dennis Dorsey of West Richland, WA.
Sportsman: AJ Tibbetts from Bremerton, WA. wins over Shannon Hensley from Cheney, WA.
Bike/Sled: Father/Son final with Jeff Havens of Yakima, WA. over Jacob from Mill Creek, WA.
High School: Justin Vest of Elma, WA. got the win when Zachary Zurbrugg of Bremerton, WA. fouled
Jr. Lightning: Yeshua Wilcox from Bonney Lake, WA. stopped Jayden Meyers of Medicine Hat, AB.
Jr. Thunder: Josh Schmanke of Olympia, WA. edged Chandler Steen of Idaho Falls, ID.

E.T. Finals Sunday

SPRO: Dave Satten from Camas, WA. over Tim Watts of Paterson, WA.
PRO: Chad Campbell of Meridian, OR. over Nicholas Shepherd of Tigard, OR.
SP: Jerry Durant Jr of Oregon City, OR. over Gordon Rust from Kirkland, WA.
Bike/Sled: Jacob Havens from Mill Creek, WA. over Stacy Hesch of Shelton, WA.

19th Annual Nostalgia Drags At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on August 25, 2013 by admin

25 Aug 2013 Kent, WA – Eighteen times 1980 and older race cars have excited those who came to race and watch. The full list of classes saw quite a range of older race cars, with the exception of the “Super Shifter” class who are allowed any “stick” transmission. The Pro Nostalgia class really shows what racing was like back in the day. A car show on Saturday and a weekend showing of “Hot Wheels” based display by Ron McDowell gathered a lot of interest and comments.

Over 400 really cool old-school images are now available. Click here to go directly to the photo album.

WINNERS –

Category	Winner
Inline/Flatheads	Walt Pearce
Hot Rod II	Mark Biscay
Street Machine II	Jason Cooper
Hot Rod I	Tom Lemmons
Street Machine I	Bob Richards
Top Gas	Andy Taylor
NOS Tour	Dave Combs
Pro Nostalgia	Mark Sundstrom
Super Comp	Dale Hrenko

Swift Tool ET Race #14 & Jr Dragster #10 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on August 24, 2013 by admin

24 Aug 2013 Kent, WA – Perfect conditions were on-hand for race number forteen of the Swift Tools ET Series at Pacific Raceways. When the smoke finally cleared here are your winners!

Over 450 images are now available for purchase – to go there, click here.

WINNERS –

Category	Winner
Junior Thunder	Josh Schmanke
Junior Lighning	Brianna Lindsey
Motorcycle	Joe Lind
Sportsman	Bill Cadle
Pro	Dustin Ward
Super Pro	Tim Pettit
Non-E Gambler	Jim Funderburg
Ele. Gambler	Mark Campbell
Jr. Gambler	Cameron Calhoun

Car Club & Test-N-Tune At Pacific Raceways

Posted on August 23, 2013 by admin

23 Aug 2013 Kent, WA – 31 entries gathered for the last Car Club race of the season at Pacific Raceways. With a range of cars from a 57′ Chevy to a 2013 Ford Focus it was a great showcase of the meaning of “Car Club”.

5 rounds of racing later the winner was Dennis McGinnis from Maple Valley over Shaun Lyons of New Castle who ran too quick.

Over 180 images are now available for purchase. To go there, click here.

PDRC #9 & High School #7 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on August 21, 2013 by admin

21 Aug 2013 Kent, WA – Joe Lind and his group of motorcycle drag racer’s got their last shot at the track for the season, and added into this was the last chance for the high school racers to win a trophy. As the season passed by the number of different winners showed the competitiveness of the two classes. The end of this race saw previous winners Jim Werre in MC and Jessica Biscay in High School get another trophy.

Images of all the action are now available. Click here to go directly to the photo album.

WINNERS –

LODRS – NHRA Division Six Weekend At Pacific Raceways

Posted on August 19, 2013 by admin

At the beginning of the season, after the track dates are set, racers set out their season plans for race dates.

Seeing a chance to race for five days in a row has to be a big “alert” for vacation from work. Such is the case for this years LORDS NHRA DIvision Six Series Event(s) at Pacific Raceways.

Looking around the property race teams were packed in at every possible spot. Wednesday’s Test ant Tune had many doing so. Mother Nature took away Thursday. to rain and pretty good downpours. Still four days of racing in good conditions is a good thing.

Packing two races in three days even under ideal conditions is quite the task. Good weather and great track prep gained three new records for the books. Northwest Division Six Director Frank Nelson Jr. and his crew did a masterful job of pulling it off.

Over two thousand images from all five days are now available. The photos are broken down into several albums, by day, and by event. To go there, click here.

WINNERS

Reagonal:
TAD Chris Demke and a quicker ET beat Johnny Ahten.
TAF Steve Gasparrelli won easy when Shane Westerfield lost traction.
COMP Alan Ellis and his Ford T got by Ralph Van Paepeghem and his Bantam.
Super Stock Jody Lang got another with a win over Kory Alby.
Stock B.C. native Dave Jung took the win over local racer Steve Cozakos.
SC In a battle of the Mike’s, Mike Shannon stopped Mike Dalrymple.
SG David Holmes got the win when Ken Mostowich ran too quick.
SS #12 Qualifier Steve Lowe got by #1 Qualifier Brian Oglesbee.
TS Steve Downs 7.589 edged the 7.748 of Shawn Herbst.
TD Grace Presser from Salem, OR. bettered Fontana, CA. native Thomas Bayer.
SM Brian Bognuda beat Jon Jenkins.
SPRO Craig Dion and a better reaction got by up and comer Ashley Lindsey.
PRO Greg Steen won when Jeremy Witherboc fouled.

Harley Drags:
Top Fuel Tommy Grimes from Winston Salem, N.C. beat Steve Dorn from Milwaukie, OR.
PRO Dragster Prescott Valley, AZ. native Bill Bentz stopped Snohomish, WA. local Rod Anderson
Pro Gas James Surber and a quicker ET got by Nick Stute in a close one
Street Pro Veri Smith was alone in the win
Hot Street Veri Smith grabbed another by beating Charles Robbins

Divisional:
Comp Alan Ellis over Jeff Lane
Super Stock Kory Alby beat Butch Walsh
Stock Justin Lamb took out Brad Burton
SC thomas Bayer stopped Matthew Woodard in a battle of the Calif. natives
SG Randy Sides better reaction beat Curtis Geise
SS Brad Vinje in a double breakout over Marko Perivolaris
TS Steve Downs ‘holeshot’ win over Chris Newman
TD Brian Cariquest when problems plaged Andy Spiegel
SM Brian Bognuda just got by Jeff Havens
SPRO Art Hoover edged Fred Hoffman
PRO Bernie Plourd over the fouling Curt Moore

Swift Tools ET #13 & Jr Dragster #9 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on August 12, 2013 by admin

10 Aug 2013 Kent, WA – The last chance to earn points for the ET Finals is upon us. Close to 150 entrants started out, all looking for a big WIN.

But Mother Nature and a number of track cleanups forced the curfew to come into play. No Finals tonight, so points are being totaled by drag strip manager Ed Garfield. Look online to get the results.

Over 170 images are now available – to go to the album, click here.

Stock – Super Stock #3 & Jr Dragster #8 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on August 11, 2013 by admin

09 Aug 2013 Kent, WA – With just one more race to earn points for the ET Finals a large number of Jr drivers came to race for the spots on the team. Wheels up launches of the Stock and Super Stockers fpr race # 3 put on quite a show for those that attended.