Turn2 Lapping Takes On The Road Course

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Turn2 Lapping Inc spent Friday tackling the road course at Pacific Raceways. Turn2 Lapping serves the experienced driver at track events located in the Pacific Northwest.  The group includes professional race car drivers looking for some time to polish their skills, and drivers that need to learn some car control at speed, or just need to get away from the office

Seeitimagery was at the track to photograph all the action, over 250 images are available now – To go to go the album – click here.

The group will return to Pacific Raceways on September 7th.  There is more information about the group at their website – www.turn2lapping.com

Double… Double

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Due to the newly installed starting line concrete earlier this season, several events in the Auto Max Bracket Series had to be delayed to permit construction to be completed. This past weekend was chosen to host two complete Auto Max Bracket Series events in one day! A daunting task to be sure….But with everyone from the Pacific Raceway crew, to the racers themselves working together a hectic schedule proved to be a very enjoyable one when all was said and done…

The story of the weekend proved to be the dominating performance by Dustin Martin in Pro Bracket. Dustin drove the G&M Honest Performance Chevelle to the Pro Bracket Winners Circle in both events! His wins did not come without some adversity to overcome as the tailshaft housing of the transmission was cracked at some point in the late rounds of the first event! After narrowly winning race one, Dustin and his dad “Cruzin” Chris Martin made the needed repairs in the 45 minutes between events enroot to another win in race number two!

Some exciting action was also provided as the West Coast Street Car Association (WCSA) had one of their series events in conjunction with the Auto Max Bracket Series competition. Popular WCSA Driver Yvonne Lucus added color commentary on the PA during eliminations for the WCSA competitors.

In addition Drag Strip Manager Ed Garfield celebrated his 50th Birthday! Happy Birthday Old Man!

For photos from both races – click here.

RACE ONE WINNERS – AUTO MAX BRACKET SERIES

Class/Category Driver Hometown Car/Vehicle
Motorcycle Jim Funderburg Burien ’00 Kawasaki
Sportsman Paul Young Kent ’01 Dodge
Pro Dustin Martin Federal Way ’67 Chevelle
Super Pro Tim Schmitt Everett ’85 S-10

RACE TWO WINNERS – AUTO MAX BRACKET SERIES

Class/Category Driver Hometown Car/Vehicle
Motorcycle Scott McLeod Seattle ’01 Suzuki
Sportsman Jason Biscay Rochester
Pro Dustin Martin Federal Way ’67 Chevelle
Super Pro Don Sefton Bremerton ’10 Monden

WEST COAST STREET CAR ASSOCIATION WINNERS

Class/Category Driver Hometown Car/Vehicle
Drag Radial Craig Castagno Ethel ’68 Chevy
Double Index Rick Krier Maple Valley ’54 Austin
Pro Street Joe Loch Renton ’04 Cavalier
Outlaw 10.5″ Tire Ron Pease Port Orchard ’70 Nova
Open Comp Mark Campbell Olympia ’69 Camaro
Hot Street John Carper Orting

Another Fast Friday Night

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The typical Friday at Pacific Raceway features the Friday Night Test and Tune along with Junior Dragsters and an occasional Car Club Challenge. This past Friday featured more than 20 Junior Dragsters in Jr. Thunder and Jr. Lighting competing in the 7th points race for the Junior Series this year.

Because of the upcoming “double header points race” in the Auto Max Bracket Series on Saturday night; this Friday night had a bit higher car count and also featured test runs from some of the members of the West Coast Street Car Association (WCSA) as drivers prepared for their event that would be held on Saturday as well. Popular WCSA Driver Yvonne Lucus added color commentary on the PA during the time trials for the WCSA competitors.

You can view more than 300 photos by clicking here.

Winners from the Junior Series included Katie Kapler in Junior Thunder and Amber Arthur in Junior Lightning.

Old School Is Cool…

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Hundreds of Vintage Sports Cars invaded Pacific Raceways this past weekend for four great days of racing action on the 2.25 mile 10 turn road coarse. The event was sponsored by Mercedes Benz of Seattle for the annual Pacific Northwest Historics Series.

Included in the racing schedule were Trans Am muscle cars from the late ‘60s, a 1980 McLaren M29, a 1971 Tyrrell Formula 1 car along with hundreds of classic and vintage race cars. The paddock area was jammed as well with vintage show cars and a manufacturer’s midway. Guest of Honor racing legend Johnny Rutherford signed autographs.

Compete photo coverage can be seen by clicking here.

Rain, Rain GO AWAY!

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As luck would have it the scheduled racing on the drag strip as part of the NOS Forum Fest at Pacific Raceways was cancelled due to bad weather. However the car show and drifting competition went off as planned.

Let’s hope for better weather this weekend as the Northwest Historics are back for 2012 on the road course!

Over 150 photos from the NOS Forum Fest are available by clicking here…

Through Adversity True Champions Emerge at Bremerton Raceway

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The NHRA National Open Series traditionally begins at Bremerton Raceway each year and 2012 is no different.

Saturday, cloudy skies greeted a field of nearly 300 competitors, in get this 19 different classes! Along with the typical set of NHRA classes including Jr. Dragster, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Top Comp, Stock/Super Stock Combo and Jr. Comp. There was a complete Bracket Program including Pro, Super Pro, Sportsman, High School and Motorcycle. In addition to all of that it was an event that featured the Northwest Heads Up Racing Association and its classes which included: Hot Street, Outlaw Street, 8.60/9.60 Combo, Modified Street and Real Street.

All of this included in a double header format with two races in two days!

Mother Nature threatened all day but only delayed the racing activities. Once eliminations began; a power failure caused an electronics “glitch” which made the scoreboards and win lights malfunction! Quick decision making by the NHRA and Bremerton Raceway officials only delayed racing and did not cancel it altogether. Even with this bit of adversity, the racing was close and entertaining.

SATURDAY WINNERS

Class Winner
Super Comp Michael Peck
Super Gas Curt Geise
Super Street Bob Sims
Stock Super Stock Combo Sean Feguson
Top Comp Paul Nowak
Junior Comp Tyler McMurry
Super Pro Mark Campbell
Pro Robert Steffen
Sportsman Andy Schweigert
High School Jared Biscay
Motorcycle Stacy Hesch
Jr. Thunder Emily Lewis
Jr. Lightning Shannon O’Leary

NORTHWEST HEADS UP RACING ASSOCIATION WINNERS

Class Winner
Hot Street Pat Hermanson
Real Street Chris Johnston
8.60/9.60 Combo Don Paine
Modified Street Al Mangold
Outlaw Street Jeff Dugey
Heavy Street Walter Grosse

Sunday was much less eventful, as parts were replaced which allowed the scoreboards and win lights to once again function after Saturday’s power failure and racing went on for Fathers Day without any major difficulties.

SUNDAY WINNERS

Class Winner
Super Comp Tom Gresham
Super Gas Don Paine
Super Street Justin Sibley
Stock Super Stock Combo Don Elgin
Top Comp Terry Wilcox
Junior Comp Amber Withers
Super Pro Lonnie Sharkey
Pro Jerry Gossette
Sportsman Joey Fielder
High School Steven Gossette
Motorcycle Jake Havens
Jr. Thunder Katie Kapler
Jr. Lightning Shawn Calaham

NORTHWEST HEADS UP RACING ASSOCIATION SUNDAY RESULTS

Class Winner
Hot Street Pat Hermanson
Real Street Rob Boardway
8.60/9.60 Combo Don Paine
Modified Street Al Mangold
Outlaw Street Jeff Dugey
Heavy Street Walter Grosse

Even See It Imagery was not without adversity as an “equipment malfunction” caused the winners pictures on Sunday for: High School, Pro and Motorcycle to be unusable. Arrangements are being made to re-photograph the winners in these classes along with feature stories on then in the coming weeks… Stay Tuned!

NOTE:
Due to a prior commitment, See It Imagery was unable to take photos from Saturday’s event.

Almost 400 photos from Sunday’s racing activities can be seen by clicking here.

Just One Day

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Originally the weekend at Pacific Raceway was to feature the normal Friday Night Test and Tune along with class eliminations for Jr. Dragster, Motorcycle and The Car Club Challenge and a Saturday night of the  hotly contested Auto Max Bracket Series. But once again Mother Nature intervened and a full weekend of Drag Racing turned into a one day “wonder” as only the Friday Night schedule got completed as the planned Auto Max event was cancelled due to weather.  Images of the action are available by clicking here.

Winners of the Friday Night Test And Tune:

Class Winner
Jr. Lightning Winner Lane Cavar – Puyallup
Jr. Thunder Winner Emily Lewis – Maple Valley
Car Club Winner Scott Cedergreen – Startup
Motorcycle Winner Jake Havens – Burien

We’re BAAACCCKKKK!

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After what seemed like an eternity, drag racing finally resumed at legendary Pacific Raceways over the weekend. Racing was postponed to completely refurbish the first 300 feet of the racing surface with new concrete under the supervision of the National Hot Rod Association and great work by the Penhall Company.

Originally racing was to resume on Friday the 8th but Mother Nature would have none of that as rain showers cancelled the planned Grudge Drags featuring. qualifying for the West Coast Street Car Association.

Bright and early Saturday morning hundreds of racers and fans invaded the racetrack for a wild doubleheader featuring the Honda Tech Meet and the All High School Drags along with qualifying for the West Coast Street Car Association.

The All High School Drags were won by Mac West from Enumclaw driving his 67 Mustang. Runner Up was claimed by Blayne Zimmerman from Federal Way and his classic 67 VW Bug. Third place went to Austin Lenihan from Redmond.  To view the photos from the High School Drags and all the action on Saturday click here.

Sunday was Race#5 in the Auto Max Bracket Series featured a near record car count along with further qualifying and eliminations for the drivers in the West Coast Street Car Association. Winners include:

Class Winner
Jr. Lightning Winner Amber Arthur
Jr. Thunder Winner Kelsey Gage
Sportsman Winner Casey Reed
Pro Winner Tim Lewis
Motorcycle Winner Jim Funderburg

Due to the ever present curfew restrictions Super Pro got to the fourth round with 7 drivers remaining before time ran out.

Almost 1,000 images highlight AUTO MAX activities. Click this link to view.