PRDC kicked off the 2013 season with race #1. Joe Lind and his varied band of racers tested the well prepped surface by the drag crew. The sunny skies and warm weather brought out a lot of happy people, racer’s and spectator’s alike. With BIGFOOD aroma drifting on the light breeze, it made you hungry even after you already ate. It’s good food check them out on your next visit.
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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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With the bright spring sunshine in their eyes, the classroom time could not go by fast enough for those high school drag racers. Then it was off to Pacific Raceways for an afternoon and evening of racing with girlfriends and other cohorts at the drag strip. More than 80 students from 26 different cities tested their skills on racing the track.
A host of sponsor displays and a trio of pure race cars showed what drag racing has to offer. Throw in a wheel stander and passes by the race cars in between the rounds of high school, the action was nonstop.
Add in the teachers and alumni from a number of schools aiding the new participants to drag racing helped out a great deal. When the smoke cleared at the end of the night these are your winner’s.
Tyler Bodtke from Rochester beat Tatym West of Enumclaw in the high school class.
Alumni was won by Luke Lenihan who took out Mac West.
Michael McMillon took out all other teacher’s for the win.
The race schedule says this is race number 4 but it’s the first race not interrupted by mother nature. The bright sunny skies and warm weather brought out quite a few entries for the race. Those that did not or could not attend missed some very tight racing.
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With the 11:00pm curfew looming, the racing was hot and heavy. The racing ended just two minutes fore the curfew. The winner’s are:
SUPER PRO – Rick Hendrichs took out Darral Pettit.
PRO – Mike Summer came closer to his dial-in to beat last year’s champ Scott Lewslew
SPORTSMAN – With a car that came away with 2 runner-up races the night before Paul Young raced his way to a “win” over Jerry Durant Jr.
MOTORCYCLE – The motorcycle class saw Mark Sires go to an easy win when Dan Funderburg broke.
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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A cloudless sky greeted those who came out for the kickoff of the summer season hours at Pacific’s dragstrip and moto-X tracks. With Mt. Rainier shining in the distance and the track surfaces prepped to perfection by the respictive crews the racing began.
The moto-x drew a big crowd of rider’s as this was their first real “dry” surface to practice on. More like normal riding as opposed to the “wet” surfaces on earler practices. Clouds of dust went up in the air instead of rain coming down.
On the dragstrip the garanteed dry surface insured a full session of racing, unlike the “downpours” that abrouptly ended an earler event. No rain in the forecast brought quite a varity of cars to the track to take advantage of the nice weather.
On hand at both tracks Bigfood served up their fine fare for those seeking a meal. The early arrival of cars on the dragstrip and bikes at the moto-x track made for an action packed season for both.
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