High Performance Sport Driving Day – Jan 23rd, 2016

Posted on January 23, 2016 by admin

23 Jan 2016 Kent, WA – Rain, Rain and more Rain had the attention of all here at Pacific Raceways for the HPSDD lapping day. It was a great day for wet road driving and what you can learn in a safe manner.

No racing though – here it was all about safely controlling your car at faster than freeway speeds. What does your car really do when you slam on the brakes at speed or what happens while turning in an evasive manner? All things you can learn in a controlled and safe way and today with less than ideal conditions. What you learn here will pay dividends on the hi-ways and bi-ways as there it’s not always ideal conditions.

To put yourself thru these driving exercises contact ProFormance Racing School on the Pacific Raceways web site.

Images are now available in the photo gallery – click here to go there.

1st High Performance Sport Driving Day of 2016

Posted on January 9, 2016 by admin

09 Jan 2016 Kent, WA – As anyone in the northwest knows the weather can be deceiving and five minutes in any direction conditions can be polar opposite. This day showed how one end of the track can be brightly lit by the sun and less than a quarter mile away completely socked in by fog.

That fog as it rolled in and out created a number of black ice spots on the track surface that had the Pacific crew salting and brushing away the ice.

As in any motor event at the track the 9:00am start had to be pushed back slightly to be sure the safety factor was in place.

Six students and forty lappers on the grounds hatched a little help for the Pacific crew. After a rain the dragstrip will engage the help of the racers to drive over the wet and help rid the surface of the moisture. The plan worked like a charm and the lappers were soon out doing what they loved and what they brought to lap with you can only imagine.

A pair of Caterham G7 cars out to give them a test. A Lotus, a Lamborghini, Corvettes, Mustangs, Audi, BMW, and a number of Porsche models taking advantage of this day. One of those Porsche models, a yellow convertible in the student lanes stood out over the rest including the dark “Hellcat”.

Driving that Porsche, 21-year old Nina Chepovska celebrating both Christmas/Birthday gifts for something she has longed to do for some time, go thru ProFormance Racing School. What she learns about her car and herself is a testament to the schools teaching and instructors.

Go to the ProFormance web site and see what they can do for you and your ride. Next date is January 23rd 2016.

Images of all the action are now online and available for purchase – click here to go to the album.

Final High Performance Sport Driving Day of 2015

Posted on December 19, 2015 by admin

19 Dec 2015 Kent, WA – As 2015 comes to an end so does the schedule laid out many months ago by the Pacific Raceways staff. ProFormance Racing School gets the nod hosting the final event of the year, and the use of the 2.25 mile layout.

Starting out the day the “lappers” got going while the “students” got their first of many classroom instructions provided by the school. As the students went thru their exercises the lappers made their rounds watched closely by the Lost Mines Safety Team and their turn workers. “Safety First” before anything as Race Rescue is always present just in case.

Images are now available – thank you for your support and purchases! Click here to go to the photo album.

From See It Imagery to those involved “Great job this season” and till next year “Happy Holidays”.

Toy For Tots – NW Toy Drive at Pacific Raceways

Posted on December 6, 2015 by admin

06 Dec 2015 Kent, WA – Each December the Pacific Raceways property plays host to some very generous people. The annual NW Toy Drive benefiting Toys for Tots. Sponsored by Lexus of Bellevue and the O’Brian Auto Group thousands of folks brought their un-wrapped gifts or cash donation for the Marine Corps Reserve program.
Combine this with holiday music covering the many cars out for the car show gathering. Out on the 2.25 mile track a “lead/follow” was done, overseen by ProFormance Racing School giving those who take part an idea of what it feels like to drive a road course.
Of course Santa and his helpers were on hand accepting gifts and posing for pictures, also on hand passing out candy canes was Ed Troyer from the Pierce County Toys for Tots program.
Every year that I have covered this event it has gotten bigger and bigger thus proving the generosity of the NW to those in need. Great job by all those involved as it takes many to help bring it together each year. Till next year Happy Holidays to all.

Images of all the excitement and holiday cheer are now available click here to go to the album, & Happy Holidays!

ProFormance High Performance Sport Driving Day – Nov 21st, 2015

Posted on November 21, 2015 by admin

21 Nov 2015 Kent, WA – Crisp and cold weather with plenty of sun for warmth but still bundled up for the chill, conditions for the race cars and street driven alike it spells “horsepower”. Close to 50 if not just over that took advantage to just drive their expensive street car on the track or those race teams preparing for the upcoming “25 hour” race at Thunderhill the conditions could not have been better for this time of year.

The reasons for drivers to lap the track are still the same – “seat time”. The more seat time you can get the more you learn about driving and your skills to control safely something that out of control can end badly.

ProFormance Racing School is located on the grounds at Pacific Raceways and is a fantastic starting point to learn what it takes to “safely” take a couple thousand pounds of metal and rubber and push those “forces” that on the street you barely notice. To test these for yourself go to Pacific’s web site and click on the ProFormance tab for info.

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

And as always THANK YOU for your support and purchases!

High Performance Sport Driving Day – Nov 7th, 2015

Posted on November 7, 2015 by admin

07 Nov 2015 Kent, WA – The wonderful summer and fall weather now just a memory as the normal late fall northwest weather is here. Everyone knows it rains here and today it covered everything not covered. If you want to learn your limits of driving your automobile this has got to be the best place to do so. Pacific Raceways 2.25 mile track offers you to do safely what you do not want to do on the streets.

ProFormance Racing School located on the property with its staff of instructors will put you thru a series of exercises that will teach you to feel your car. Doing this at the slow speeds involved will transfer to the track when you go to the lead/follow on the track.

As you progress thru the day the speeds get faster and faster and the forces of nature start to show you why it pays to go thru the school. With all the hills and curves to drive in the northwest it will pay off to take this course.

Contact them for your class session.

Images from the class and action today are now available – click here to go to the photo album.

ProFormance Sport Driving Day – Oct 24 & 25th, 2015

Posted on October 25, 2015 by admin

26 Oct 2015 Kent, WA – For those that took advantage of the weekend of lapping and ProFormance Racing School got two weather apposing days. Saturday morning till near mid-day fog blanketed the track, from then on sunshine and hardly a cloud. Dry track conditions with wind pushing the leaves everywhere. Soon the line cleared and the lappers finished the “self-cleaning” and clear track the rest of the day for students and lappers alike.

Sunday had a beautiful sunrise cover the property at Pacific Raceways for the start of school. Thirteen students taking part and advantage of what the course at ProFormance Racing School can teach them.

The four exercises every student goes through get them in tune with what they will feel once the driving with an instructor begins. Beginning with a dry track and then turning wet with a persistent drizzle this class of students will be much better equipped to handle driving the roads, as the time spent here will test your limits and understanding that makes you a better driver.

To find this out for yourself check Pacific’s web site for school information on up coming dates.

Images for this event are broken into two albums, one for each day –

ProFormance Sport Driving Day – Saturday Oct 24th, 2015 – Click Here

ProFormance Sport Driving Day – Sunday Oct 25th, 2015 – Click Here

ProFormance Racing School 2-Day SCCA Class – Oct 16-17th, 2015

Posted on October 17, 2015 by admin

17 Oct 2015 Kent, WA – In the time it takes to run the 24 hours at Daytona event you can go thru this class. Over two days ProFormance will teach, coach and instruct you to what it takes to enter and take part in an SCCA event.

Classroom and on track instructions will guide you as a driver what you need to know and maybe more important what not to do. We all have our driving faults and 99.9% of them are used in this type of racing you are trying to gain a license to take part in. Learning the right and proper way to do anything that can hurt you or worse is the reason for these driving schools and Don and his instructors know this all too well.

It’s not preaching, it’s teaching that safety will always come first, unless it’s a demo derby it’s not a good thing when you dent up your race car.

Check the ProFormance link on the Pacific Raceways web site for info for your date.

Images from the two day event are now available in two albums –

Day One Photos For ProFormance Racing School SCCA 2-Day Event – Click Here

Day Two Photos For ProFormance Racing School SCCA 2-Day Event – Click Here

ProFormance Racing School – October 11th, 2015

Posted on October 11, 2015 by admin

11 Oct 2015 Kent, WA – Weather in the Northwest as we know in 24hrs can go from one extreme to another. This past weekend she did just that. Rain, rain and more rain soaked everyone if not covered. With a packed house of students and just about every instructor the rain had all searching for umbrellas.

With four instruction areas set up on the track, two at each end of Pacific’s property all outdoors and in the rain, and like football games not much will stop it. Team dedication is how it works. Construction workers out in the elements will do the same, roll with the punches and get the job done. The umbrellas now cover and at times a directional aid showed how the crew can roll with the weather.

Now for the change that Mother Nature and how the curves she throws can have you shaking your head. Sunday there was a private rental of the track, so no packed house and just a few instructors for this private school day. Sunny Sunday is the only way to describe the weather.

For the instructors here the day before this was the good for the inclement, but really for them and all those that follow under Don Kitch, it’s a team and the dedication they have for what do. For the student it matters not the weather you get the same instructions and classroom teaching.

Contact the school thru Pacific’s web site for your date.

Images from the October 11th Session are now available – click here to go to the album.

ProFormance Racing School Back On The Road Course

Posted on August 27, 2015 by admin

27 Aug 2015 Kent, WA – It was a packed house of instructors for the ProFormance Racing School today. The student list was packed full so they had a split session instead of the all in one as in the past.

The tasks the instructors put the students through require a large and a small area to teach what is laid out. That is simple enough as Pacific Raceways has plenty of room and the course is at opposite ends of the property.

Catching as much of the action as possible in photographs is the question that is not set in stone as some comes from knowing the what is laid out and the other by playing by ear and seeing what comes. You never know what type of car or who is in them but what is known it is always different.

Check the ProFormance web site for information and dates to go through the school. You will learn a lot!

Images are now available of this session – click here to go to the photo albums, and as always thank you for your support and purchases!