22 June 2013 – The Import nation invaded Pacific Raceways for the NOS Forum Fest. If you have an import auto and want to race it they have a class to put you in, whether you have stock or high horsepower and anything in-between. All three events were going on at the same time. Not a drag racer, try the car show as thousands packed the grounds shining them up for all to see. Say you are more into drifting, that was happening on another area of Pacific property. As all events happening together, a lot of walking was needed to see it all. Hungry? Well, Bigfood had them covered. Their fine fare took care those needs. This event grows larger each year as the word spreads, (think social media). Here are the class winners:

Motorcycle: Chris Benda breaks out big giving the win to Mark Sires
Comp Sport: Ryan Stanley beat Lucas English
All Motor Sport: Aaron Sparks tookout Chris Guonther
FWD: Cole Marmon of Enumclaw won over Don Nguyen of Kent
Forced Induction Pro: John Martinson took his #1 Qfy. spot to a win over #3 Qfy. James Schuchard

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21 June 2013 – Race number 2 in the Super Combo Series at Pacific Raceways sponsored by The Sports Page brought out some new players as the word is getting around about the race. If you like wheels up racing this is the ticket, as most cars stick or automatic will hike the front tires when they leave the starting line. Check out www.pacificraceways.com to see the next race date.

Kelly Thomas picked up the win in this round over Brian Seaber.  In the motorcycle class Jim Werre got the win when Chris Benda ran too quick.

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Pacific’s ET Series sponsored by Swift Tool motored on thru race #9. More than 120 entries in the four classes saw some pretty close racing. There was sunny and warm weather, and the smell of Bigfoods favorite cooking for all to enjoy.

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WINNERS

In SPRO: Tim Schmidt got by Brad Jolly
In PRO: Mary Hurlbut from Yakima defeated Federal Way’s Dustin Martin
In SM: Larry DeCamp ran closer to his dial to win over Shann Lyons in a double breakout
In MC: Jake Havens got another win edging Josh Johnson

For the third day in a row the drag racing was hopping at Pacific Raceways. The weather could not have been better. Track prep by Rick and his crew comes a little easier when mother nature stays the same.

ET racers thrive when conditions stay the same between rounds. With the Sunday curfew in play, round after round went off smoothly to crown these winners:

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Super Pro winner: Steve Radunovich beat Chris Ormsby
Pro winner: Zach Craig beat Barry Hobson
Sportsman winner: Sean McCarty beat Don Elgin
Motorcycle winner: Jake Havens beat John Plaster after Jake beat his dad Jeff in the semi’s.

It is nice to see cars racing down the drag strip and not have mother nature interject her will. Seems like she has been doing her rainy deed’s on race day too many times this season. The car count in all the ET classes let mother nature know they felt the same way. Thank You !

Daylong racing under the sun led to some surprises as the track worker’s had laid down ideal surface prep. Quicker 60 foot time’s and better ET’s were popping up for the racers that had prepped their cars for the conditions.

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WINNERS

Super Pro: Marc Heritage over Tim Schmidt
PRO: Dustin Martin over Rett Bertellotti
Sportsman: Ken Ward over Dave Kranz
Motorcycle: Jake Havens over Mark Sires
Jr. Thunder: Cameron Calhaun over Josh Schmanke
Jr. Lightning: Yeshua Wilcox over Paige Castagno

If you enjoy watching cars that hike up the front end up when they launch then this is the event you need to see. The Stock and Super Stock classes in NHRA bring together cars that fit the category. Not much can be done to the car to change the appearance from the way it came off the assembly line. Under those guidelines what you can do to them is your own discretion, but most all will launch the front end off the ground at the starting line.

Combine another class with race cars that take extremely good conditions to get the front tire up, but go to the 60′ mark just as quick? The Jr. Dragster Lightning class has some pretty quick cars that will put you back in the seat for that distance. The next generation of future tire hikers starts here. By the number of entries in Jr. Dragster Lightning the upcoming driver’s prepairing for the next step could be very interesting.

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WINNERS

S/SS Combo: longtime local racer Pete Kost could not run the number to a slower R/T start of Mark Faul who did come closer to hid D/I

In Jr. Thunder Cameron Calhaun stopped Selena Lenihan’s bid for the win

The JR. Lightning winner had Yeshua Wilcox beat last year’s champ Amber Arthur

CC had exactly 50 cars entered with Don Berry winning over Shaun Lyons