There was hot and heavy racing under rainy and cloudy conditions at Pacific Raceways. The conditions were not ideal, in fact they were a bit challenging and a lot of fun in the mud. The mud was not enough to sink into but enough to cover the rider behind you. Pressure washer racing to be sure for the bike, tear offs required for the goggles, but what about the rider? You can’t have too many changes of riding gear can you? I have to imagine the cleanup between motos was quite a frenzy! Having practiced in these conditions on the Wed. practice session, it appeared that some of the rider’s gained by doing so. If you race in all weather, practice in all weather seems to hold true. To find this action, come out to the MX track at Pacific Raceways on a Wed. or Fri. night.

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Moto Cross practice on Wednesday brought out a good group of riders setting their sights on the Friday race. With weather conditions similar to the forecast for the race on Friday, this practice session provided conditions will help on race day. Good luck on race day Friday!

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The Moto-X bikes were out in force for Friday Night Races at Pacific Raceways. With beautiful spring weather shining the racers were in summer form. If you enjoy fast action come out on a Friday Night or even a Wednesday for practice sessions and check it out. Come hungry and check out Bigfood for meals and treat’s while watching the action.

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Pacific’s drag and moto tracks were under the assult of bikes, ‘moto and drag”. With the moto track in practice mode, moto after moto went on thru the evening. Practice on Wed. and “Race” on Fri. Got a bike come out and give it a try as beginner’s to expert’s are on hand to lend it if asked.

By the time racing ended Jake Havens on his ’08 Hayabusa ran on his D/I to take out Jim Werre on his ’08 Suzki.

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Friday and sunshine. There is no better reason to get on a bike and ride. Apply that thought to a moto-x bike and you end up at Pacific Raceways track. The Moto-X track layout  features options and directional options that will test even the best riders.

With the number of rider’s that showed up Friday it seemed like a lot of minds had the same thoughts. Still early in the season these sunny days in spring are best spent outdoors.  When the sun’s out the beauty of the northwest shines and that brings out the riders. Check out their 2013 racing calendar and find your sunny day.

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With the opening weekend for both the moto-x and dragstrip happening on the same day, the season got underway in a big way. Sadly, mother nature had another idea.

Anyone try to drag race in the rain?  The rain turned the moto-x track into a bit of a sloppy mess. Although the track was drained for the most part by Lance Smail and his crew, the relentless rain “puddled” on the surface. I have to believe that the rider’s were both getting a lot of experience along with having quite a bit of fun playing in the “MUD”.

Get the “holeshot” start and you stayed pretty much free of mud, those coming from behind were coated so much it was hard to tell who they were. A pressure washer was pretty much the “it” machine for the weekend.

With the April showers bringing May’s color to the area, all that water will go to good use and the drier track will bring the track to a more race able condition. Any discomfort felt by the racers will be long forgotten towards the end of the season when the “points” they earned at this event comes into play.

On hand providing “hot drinks, burgers and dogs”, was “Big Food”, Pacific Raceways Concessionaire along with John Madden and his “Race Rescue” track safety team provided any aid that arose.

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It was wet, it was muddy, it was a lot of fun at the Motocross track at Pacific Raceways this past weekend.  Photographer Jim Doyle was on hand to record all the action.

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