31 Dec 2014 Kent, WA – May 2015 discover you fresher, happier, healthier, more joyful, more cheerful and more satisfied. Here is wishing you a Happy New Year from all of us at See It Imagery. Race Season is around the corner!
Category Archives: Drag Racing
Winter Practice Tree Series At Pacific Raceways
13 Dec 2014 Kent, WA – From Pacific’s tower to the TMS building and moving on now to The Sports Page, the Practice Tree Series has grown over the years. What started with coffee and doughnuts now has good food and adult beverages while you pair off on the tree.
The series has grown from a day after Thanksgiving idea by Pacific Raceways General Manager, and growing now is the amount of participants each year for the event. As in any series there will be a winner in the end and to this end comes a prize. This season’s winner will receive a trip for two to Los Vegas!
Now that is some trophy for having good reactions to the tree. Plenty of chances to get in the race, check Pacific’s web site for information
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10th Annual NW Toy Run At Pacific Raceways
07 Dec 2014 Kent, WA – This year’s Toy Run has to be the best ever. Mother Nature blessed all with sunny skies and the slight chill in the air was easily handled. When the gates opened at 10:00 am the cars started in with a range that if you named a car or make it came in.
With the Toys for Tots as the main draw and a car show for parking formed perfect picture taking as many had their cameras. With the steady stream of folks dropping off toys the boxes filled up a pair of trucks.
Greeting many of those givers were a number of elves in green, a military man and Tacoma Royalty passing gifts to the helpers and posing for pictures. ProFormance instructors Don and Curtis showed those entrusted in a “lead/follow” around Pacific’s 2.25mi. road course seeing and experiencing for them self what it is like.
Feeding that many people Big Food had them covered with food and drink with many sitting in the sunny stands. We do know the numbers for the toys and cash donations but from what I saw it has to be the best turnout ever. Thanks to all who helped.
2014 Pacific Raceways Winners Banquet
21 Nov 2014 Kent, WA – This year’s banquet held at Emerald Downs brought many to fill the tables for food and awards. E.T. winners shared their experiences at the finals, and what is planned for next year’s race cars filled the room with conversation. There was plenty of applause for all the winners with a bit more directed towards Norm and Gordon for their accomplishments this year. Congratulation to all the winners and see you next season.
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Season Finale At Bremerton Raceway
05 Oct 2014 Bremerton, WA – The end of the season gave everyone a last look of the race track for 2014. Development in the area will alter the entry and layout next season when it gets going. With many things to move just to clear the way for progress some ingenuity will be needed along with all the help they can muster on a daunting task.
If you have skills and or equipment to lend a hand give them a call. For this last race day things could not be better in the weather department, sunny 70 degree temperature slight wind perfect.
Over 130 racers filled the grounds after the “Wallys” at the end of racing. Hard to get these trophies so a win means a lot to those who get one. Hoisting these prize pieces today are:
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Sportsman: Gene Tucker over Joey Fielder
Pro: Ron Sears over John Leage
Super Pro: William Vest over Jeremy Sears
Motorcycle: William Nitta over Chris Benda
Nostalgia Tour: Walt Skoczlas over Tracy Weingard
Fall Series #3 At Pacific Raceways
04 Oct 2014 Kent, WA – Continuing on an unusual weather pattern for the northwest no rain for the weekend. Has to be 5 or 6 now in a row, “perfect” for drag racing.
This great weather has to have been a great blessing for Drew Austin and his family testing the dragster for up-coming events, they are ever so close to their target. Good Luck In another family racing venture Jim VanCleve and his son James taking advantage of the nice weather for a “family” outing. Have not seen Jim race since his ride had a red beer logo on it. Today going four rounds before going out in the fifth on a foul. Great to see and talk to him, hope to see him more next season.
For the racers in the Fall Series the chance to race in October with great weather is again not the normal. Big smiles all around from the Jr. Dragsters to the Super Comp dragsters, made no difference, just happy to be racing. One more race in the Series 10-11-14 hope to see you there.
For the winners this day those big smiles on the Jr’s faces courtesy of Jim and Michelle Lewis. Jordan Calhoun and Katie Kapler raced with Jordan claiming the bigger prize in Jr. Lightning. In the Jr. Thunder class Porter Johnson and Cameron Calhoun faced off with Porter taking the top spot. In the non-electronics class Joel Dalke the number one qualifier got the win over Ron Parker. On a First or Worst rule this race a red lighting Marion Hurst gets the win when Brad Jolly crossed the center line.
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K&N ET Series #12 At Bremerton Raceway
28 Sep 2014 Bremerton, WA – Sunday morning the last race of the E.T. series at Bremerton Raceway greeted everyone with a blanket of fog thick enough to drip off the surfaces it attached to. Cold enough to see your breath with a chill that brought out many a sweatshirt and coats to keep warm. Big change to yesterday’s all day sunshine.
Racing into a headwind that blew the flags to a position of complete visible sight as to the normal hanging pose on their poles. The chilly temperature and a grippy starting line put a number of cars on their rear bumpers. When the fog layer lifted and the sun warmed the final race played out with NHUA running their classes.
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The E.T. class winners are:
Sportsman: Gary Gandy over Rich Chase
MC: Jim Funderburg over Brandon Hinton
PRO: Ken O’Keefe over Tom Sault
SPRO: Jess Dale over William Vest
NHUA winners are:
Modified Street: Kyle Dungey over Rick Secrist
Real Street: James Taggart over Pete Conley
Heavy Street: Derek Losey singled
Outlaw Street: Wally Friedlander singled
In the Quick 16 run Al Chinn got it over Tim Lewis
Street Legal & 100 MPH Club At Bremerton Raceway
27 Sep 2014 Bremerton, WA – If it can drive on the streets, this is your chance to drive it on the strip. This race day it makes no difference: car, bike or truck. Pass tech and you are on to seeing what you think your times might be for a quarter mile pass, has to be a thrill for those first time racers.
Added to the mix on this fine sunny Saturday was mix of regular racers tuning for the race the following day. For those watching a wide range of race action to take in.
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In the NHUA action James Taggart came closer to the 12.00 sec. target over Pete Conley in Real Street. Rick Secrist singled in Modified Street as did Wally Friedlander in Outlaw 8.5. In Heavy Street action Derek Losey’s ’67 Camaro bested Dick Ewing’s ’58 Corvette. In Non-Electronics Robert Steffen ran closer to his dial to beat Jim Funderberg and on the Electronics side Jeremy Sears got it when Duane Fielder fouled. The Full Throttle Shootout decided at the starting line as William Vest gave it to Ted Sailly on the foul.
Fall Series Event #2 At Pacific Raceways
21 Sep 2014 Kent, WA – Race number two in the fall series brought new faces to the track on this sunny Sunday, the last one of summer.
In the two ¼ mile classes you can see a bike vs. a dragster or a pure race car vs. a pure street car. Looks are little skewed as they are lined up against each other racing against their dial-in. Pure ET racing is how well you can run the number. Have to be consistent to win here as you have to know your race car and what it will do providing you do the same thing each pass. The human factor in racing, always the unknown as we are not machines that can exactly re-peat time after time each pass; though the more you do anything the closer you can get to doing this repeatedly.
Not running in the series and out for testing only was Drew Austin in his recently wrapped dragster running in the Nostalgia series, and testing and fine tuning their work. Have to think this will be a much photographed dragster when in competition.
Regular runner in the super pro class Kevin Rennick brought out his top dragster out for some testing as the opportunity to do so does not come often enough while racing in the ET series.
A rare treat this time of year was the sound and smell of “nitro”. Only two cylinders of nitro are all it takes to propel Dana Meeks down the track on his nitro HD drag bike. It is a rare breed of racers that ride these bikes. Anyone that has seen a nitro powered motor explode knows how volatile they are, now fire it up and lie on top of it and ride it down the strip. Like I said “a rare breed” indeed to do this.
Not forgotten in the fall series are the 1/8 mi. Jr dragster classes. These young racers are just as serious about their sport as the 1/4 mi. versions. Having fun, doing your best and when you win, reaping the rewards. As in the first race of the series no trophy here, the huge smiles on the winner and runner up says it all as Jim and Joann Ronan provided the bills to bring those smiles. Kudo’s to you. The smiles in Jr.Thunder saw Porter Johnson winner and Ryan Warnke runner-up. In Jr. Lightning winner Emily Lewis and runner-up Josh Schmanke shared the winner’s circle.
In the non-electronics class Jasin Bravo claimed the trophy over Ron Parker. The electronics class saw past track champ Steve Beggerly take the win over “bathroom row” runner Tim Schmidt.
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1st Annual GM Nationals At Pacific Raceways
13 Sep 2014 Kent, WA – The weather could not be any better for the first ever GM Nationals held at Pacific Raceways. GM powered autos, trucks and dragsters came to the property for both a car show and drag race.
Walking around the upper paddock area corded off for the car show had lines of some fine old and new rides being shined for show. Out on the drag strip prep work is well underway preparing the surface to its prime for a day of racing. This prep did well as the range of racers went from bone stock to a funny car.
GM power of all kinds like that of the “Bathroom Row” gang of racers. With five classes to run in no matter what there was a class to fit in. Look forward to the event next year as word of mouth for a year can only grow the event. These are the inaugural event winners this year:
Lots of images from the event – click here to go to the album
STREET DOT: Rich Graves used a better reaction time to end Jennifer Davis and her Duramax a chance at the trophy
LS/LT: Craig Smith got the win when Bob Wilson ran too fast
HOT ROD: Rob Lindley-’65 Nova over Joel Dalke-’68 Camaro
ELECTRONICS: Truck vs. Dragster in the closest final the truck of Pat Jacobsen edged the dragster of Brian Schmitt
QUICK 8: Elaine Sellers Nova funny car here over the better reacting Mark Johnson in his dragster
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