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All Day Lapping at ProFormance Racing School

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15 Apr 2018 Kent, WA – The first all day lapping for the year brought a number of drivers out for the day. Mother Nature though more than likely kept a lot away as it rained overnight soaking the track surface making race tires useless.

As the day progressed the track dried and the lap times got better and bringing out the race tires for that traction needed for the better lap times. In the 30min. sessions you can roll off 40mi. on the odometer around the 2.25mi. track with some pretty fast speeds coming off the straight stretch heading into turn 2.

Come the next all day lapping as we head into better weather a nice 70 and sunny forecast will bring out the faster lappers for a day of fun. Keep an eye on the ProFormance Racing School web site for the upcoming date.

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

Wet Day For 2018 Hondafest NW

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08 Apr 2018 Kent, WA – The 5th annual Hondafest NW put all the car show entries on the same playing field – “wet”. Under the rainy skies the paint that pops in the sunshine is now a shine wet look that unless under a pop-up blends in with all the other wet entries. For a look at the car show images go to www.nwmotiv.com .

In addition to the car show, there were vendors of various types – the Speed Factory group showed the Honda crowd their race car driven by James Kempf and the smell of hot food was put out by Bigfoods.

The other action was on the road course. In what is called “Lead/Follow” Don Kitch owner of ProFormance Racing School lead groups of people in their cars around the 2.25 mi. track. After a driver’s meeting where Don expresses to those in the group that this is not a race, it is where I go, you go and no lagging behind to speed up later and making sure I have in the “Follow” car the general manager of Pacific Raceways John Ramsey and he has a radio. Not needed this day as the speeds were held in check by the water Mother Nature was pouring on everyone all day, though these conditions are one of the elements that ProFormance Racing School uses in it’s AM Skills program. Learning what your car is doing when it is wet putd thru the school program. Check the ProFormance Racing School web site for a date for you.

One final item for the day was a 1963 MG B racecar out making laps letting all know about the SOVREN Spring Sprints hitting the track the end of this month. This MG is from Chehalis, Wa. In 1996 it was restored to race condition and in 1998 and raced in the SOVREN events since and was conference champion for three years in the 1980’s. Check out this car and many more the 27th, 28th and 29th for the SOVREN Spring Sprints.

Lots of images from the 2018 Hondafest are now available – click here

Teen Street Survival & PM Lapping at ProFormance Racing School

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06 Apr 2018 Kent, WA – ProFormance Racing School and its program for the “Teens” brought in a packed classroom of young drivers and their parents for the second session this season.

As young driver’s hit the road with the basic skills from a driver’s training program and its rules and regulations what is missing is the “What if’s”. Going thru this program will put you in those “what if’s” in a safe and controlled manner to which you as the driver will “feel” and how to react to it.

Adding this information spelled out in the classroom by owner Don Kitch and put into practice by his stable of instructors you will drive away at the end of the day a more confident and better driver.

For your turn at the class go to the ProFormance Racing School page and set a date.

Images from the sessions today are now available – click here to go to the photos.

Test-N-Tune #2 at Pacific Raceways

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25 Mar 2018 Kent, WA – The second Test-N-Tune of the 2018 season brought in more new faces and cars, not the number from the previous weekend but a large number for a test and tune.

Cold and cloudy for the early morning then the sun was in and out of the clouds all day. At times the lanes were filled back around the curve. As the rounds of racers in cars, trucks, bikes and Jr. Dragsters moved on like clock-work a testament to the dragstrip crew keeping things running smooth.

The winners here today were all those that came out on a chilly Sunday for a Test and Tune. No April Fools here the next date will start the season for the Jr.’s along with a test and tune, see you then.

Images from the entire day are now available – click here to go to the photo album. As always, thank you for the support and purchases!!

Two Days of Skills Clinics at ProFormance Racing School

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24 Mar 2018 Kent, WA – These two classes though the same in instruction were a world apart when it came to the weather. Friday it rained then it would hail then the fat wet flakes came with the rain and not to forget the sleet and wind. Not part of their normal attire each of the instructors had a bumbershoot to help fight “Mother Nature”.

Saturday hey no rain but everyone was greeted with a fresh blanket of snow and bright sunny skies. No umbrellas needed today just an extra layer for a few hours as the sun brought a whole bunch of warmth.

The point being no matter the weather when you sign up for the ProFormance Racing School program next week or a year from now the only change will be the weather. The program that Don Kitch put together and is carried out by his crew of instructors is like clockwork transferring what Don described to you in the classroom to you now on the track. At the end of the day you drive away way better connected to your ride then when you started the day and in the end you are a better driver because of what the school got you aware of.

Two albums of images, one for each day. Make sure and check out the images from Saturday too – some very unique shots of “Racing In The Snow”

IMAGES FROM PROFORMANCE RACING SCHOOL – March 23rd, 2018

IMAGES FROM PROFORMANCE RACING SCHOOL – March 24th, 2018

Test-N-Tune & Chassis Certification at Pacific Raceways

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18 Mar 2018 Kent, WA – The 2018 season for Pacific Raceways got off to a little slow start as Mother Nature decided to rain on the parade with an early morning shower. With late winter temps the moisture takes way more work to eliminate than the warmer temps of spring and summer.

With this task ahead of them the track crew got after it just before sunrise and by mid-morning and a line of cars in the lanes things were looking better.

There were many new faces in the pits along with a bunch of Pacific’s steady racers out to test the upgrades and new rides.

We’re looking forward to the test-n-tune next Sunday the 25th to see what comes to the track to tackle the northwest house of hook down the “Mark Lyle Boulevard.

Images from all the action are now available – the new camera is really making a difference. Click here to go to the photos.

Teen Street Survival Courses at ProFormance Racing School

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04 March 2018 Kent, WA – The right of passage as a teen would be getting your driver’s license. Going thru either a public or private training program what they teach you is all good but it’s not enough. Learning to park between cars and learning what the road sign is telling you is important but learning what you are driving is telling you is way more important.

ProFormance Racing School with backing from the Michael’s Automotive Group and Les Schwab put those 15 to 18 year old teens and teach them what is not in driver’s training programs. What will your car or truck do if you encounter this or if you do this what will happen?

The collision avoidance part of the course receives the most comments to the school by those that have gone thru the class no matter your age. If you have a teen getting ready to drive putting them into this program is the best thin you can do for them in to prepare for the open road and what they may encounter.

For more info go to the ProFormance Racing School for the next date for your teen.

Images from both days are now available – click here to go to the photo album.

2017 Pacific Raceways Championship Banquet

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20 Jan 2018, Auburn, WA – The 2017 Pacific Raceways Banquet crowned the 2017 Summit ET Swift Tools ET Series Champions at Emerald Downs in Auburn.  Congrats to all the newly crowned champions, and  special thanks to all the sponsors  for their support.

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

The 2018 Season is not far away!!

A Trio of Events at Pacific Raceways

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13 Jan 2018 Kent, WA – Just the second weekend into the new year and Pacific Raceways is hosting a trio of happenings on the property. A full classroom for ProFormance Racing School to start the new year teaching students how to become better drivers when behind the wheel. Those brief seconds that your subconscious mind reacted to an issue because of what you learned in school can really be the difference between life and death.

In the upper paddock, the Avants ‘Drive Everything’ gathered for a “coffee” and car get together. Bringing together a number of car clubs and a whole bunch of like minded people to see what a lot had done to their rides. The things that are around both off the shelf and home made from are turning heads wondering “How” did you do that? Check this group out for their next “coffee” date.

Rounding out the “trio” of groups using the property is the UW Department of Mechanical Engineering brought out one of their projects to do some “traction control” testing and data gathering. Not the first time they have been out and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

All in all a great day of fun and learning and sight seeing on the Pacific Raceways property.

Lots of great images today – they are now available in the image gallery – click here to go to the photo album.

4-Stroke at PGP

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10 Dec 2017 Kent, WA – Race number 2 in the winter series for the 4-stroke racers could not have asked for a better day to race. The chilly air cooled the motors and racers, but the sun did its job warming the human body while taking in the action on the track.

There is a poster in the PGP office that says, “The sun is fun, but wetter is better”. I think that the cold is for the bold could be added to how much fun you can have karting no matter what the weather is doing.

Qualifying, 2 heat races and the finals is the order of the day and as the sun and racers built heat into the track the lap times with a 1:10.029 in the finals steadily lowered the lap times thru the race day.

Of the 26 entries for the race Mason Buck became the biggest mover as he started in the rear and by the end of racing he ended up in second place on the podium with Kyle Wick taking the top spot and Kevin Janders coming in third for the LO 206 class.

LO 206 Heavy had Geoff Newman atop the podium, next to him William Evans claimed second and Paul Connor picked up third.

Images are now available – click here to view the images and make purchases.