Swift Tool ET Series #10 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on July 27, 2013 by admin

The chance to earn points for the 2013 ET championship is coming to an end. Moves are being made with some winning and some exiting early. End of the season points counting can be heard in the camps. That is E.T. racing at it’s best, when a single point can really make a difference.

Images from all the action are now available – to go there, click here.

Here are your event winner’s:

Motorcycle: Scott McLeod over Mark Sires

Sportsman: Brian Thompson wins on Gordon Rust’s breakout

Pro: Scott Lewsley got a gift when Jeremy Witherboc went too quick

Super Pro: As cerfew loomed Rick Hendrichs broke the beams when Steve Beggerly broke

Goodguys Friday Night Drags At Pacific Raceways

Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin

26 July 2013 – Kent, WA Nineteen times throughout the USA the Goodguys make a stop to show off what was cool “back in the day”. For the 26th time here in the Seattle area the combination “car show” and “drags” hit the mark again. No weather issues in sight, a great day for racing, temps nearing eighty degrees with a slight breeze to make it comfortable for those watching in the stands.

Prime track prep tested those who dared test it, with a few not able. Older rods, some still in “original parts” did not have the “grip” off the line that is applied today. Put it back together and test it again next year when Good Guys returns next year. Check their web site www.good-guys.com on where they are headed to next and for sure when it comes out, next years dates.

Over 700 images of these cool nostalgic cars are now available – to go there, click here.

CLASS WINNERS

In Competition class Steve Glenn used a bunch of “bracket car” E.T.s to win over Brandon Spitali’s Camaro

The class with the most entries, Street Machine 2 saw Jeff with no last name from Olympia get the win when Chris Sheldon fouled

A showing of mostly 60s era autos ran the Street Machine 1 class had Ken Reeves in his 67′ Dart when the 70′ El Camino of John Schwaller ran too fast

Hot Rod 2 seen a 40′ Chevy Coupe of Alan Stryker run closer to his dile to beat the 54′ Bel Air of Tony Lambert

A pairing of 1930’s rides in Hot Rod 1 gave the win to Steve Wilson over Barry Rawson

“North West Hitter” and “Mr. Explosive” squared off in the Funny Car final saw Kris Krabill edge Mark Sanders

Motocross Practice At Pacific Raceways

Posted on July 25, 2013 by admin

Images From Wednesday’s Motocross Practice are now available.

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Power Outage Ends Day Early At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on July 21, 2013 by admin

The dictionary discribes Murphy’s Law as “a facetious or satirical proposition stating that if there is a possibility for something to go wrong, it will go wrong”. Such was the case for Sunday’s race’s at Bremerton. Thick fog slowed the start of racing for obvious reasons, then during time runs a racer got out of the groove and took out a cone. Time to replace the equiptment, not long it time but none the least, lost time. Time runs resume with things going well when all of a sudden a racer blows a seal in the tranny and coats the track from ‘half track’ past the finish. This time consuming cleanup chopped the rest of the time runs. This forced the jump directly into eliminations. Pro class driver’s up first, progressing thru the entrents things going well, then a “power surge” stopped the “tree” just as the third bulb was to light. The racer’s not knowing what happened ran their race. Knowing what happened “race control” called for a re-race. Now came “the straw that broke the camel’s back”. Seem’s like a “transformer” in the power grid decided to “fail” taking all the power to the track with it. END OF RACING. See how Murphy works?

There are however over 400 great shots of all the racing action before the power went out. Click here to go to the photo album.

Junior Dragster #11 & Car Club #5 At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on July 20, 2013 by admin

As the racers entered thru the gates their drive in was shrouded in fog, but the conditions for racing were looking up. Conditions for time runs in the morning were not going to be the same when elimanations started in the afternoon. Those cool conditions gave way to bright sunny skies and hotter tempatures to make the racer’s re-think their dial-in. Such is the help that a weather station gives to those racer’s that have them. Any edge that you can gain over your foe and still be within the rules is fair game. Do not know if these winner’s have that edge so here they are:

Images from all the classes, and all the action are now available – click here to go there.

Car Club Challenge: Dennis McGinnis used better reaction times thru four rounds to gain the finals, then given the win when Tom Sault fouled.

Jr. Storm: # 1 Qfy. Ashlie Leage took the win over # 2 Qfy. Charlie Burkevics.
Jr. Thunder: Joshua Schmanke ran closer to his dial-in to edge Selena Lenihan.
Jr. Lightning: Running to quick Jordin Howell handed the win to Zack Dormaier.
2nd Chance Thunder: Jacob Vickers got the win as Ryan Lamoureux ran too quick.
2nd Chance Lightning: Quinn Kahler beat Yeshua Wilcox.

Inline/Flatheads: Scott Cummins vintage dragster got by Don Berry’s Nova.
Street Machine II: Gary Gandee Jr. got another win beating Brian Mill.
Hot Rod I: For the second time in July Richard Smith got the win stopping Rick Conley Sr.
Top Gas: Kip Poole in an all Nova final beat Chris Ormsby
Super Shifter: Joe Abele’s foul gave the win to Brent Russell.
Real Street: Trevor Frye got by James Taggart.
Modified Street: Rett Bertellotti took his # 1 Qfy thru the feild to win over Will Smith.
9.60; Richard Ewing in his 58 Vette took a better reaction time to beat Rick Krier in his 54 Austin
Heavy Street: Jeff Dungey took out Derek Losey.
Outlaw Street: Wally Friedlander singled to the win.
Non-Electronics: Theodore Sailly was handed the win when Jeremy Sears fouled by -.012.
Electronics: Dave Robbins ran his dial-in to beat Rick Lamoureux

Friday Test N Tune At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on July 19, 2013 by admin

The weekend got underway with perfect weather at Bremerton Raceway. Images are now available in the gallery – click here to go there.

Wild West Nostaliga & AA Supercharged Race At Pacific Raceways

Posted on July 13, 2013 by admin

Nostalgia Race, AA Supercharged Sunday 7-14-2013 837 Old school invaded Pacific Raceways for two days of racing. With a cut-off year of 1978, you seen racing as it was back then. Front motor dragsters, Inline/slant 6 powered cars, can you find a wider range of power? Hot Rods of all kinds can be found at these events. Add a car show and the experiance is only hightened. Put that together with some prime northwest weather and you can not help but have a good time. These are your weekend winner’s.

In Saturday’s race to re-gain funds in a Box/No box shootout the winner in No-Box is Dustin Ward defeating Daniel Helgeson. In the Box final Randy Brown got the win over John Ermish.

There are over 2,000 images available for the two day event – in two albums. To go there, click here.

SUNDAY WINNERS

Street Machine 1: Dustin Ward over Kenny O’Keefe
Street Machine 2: Ron Maynard over Steve Kranz
Hot Rod 1: Greg Kent over Robert Cody
Hot Rod 2: Chris Sheldon over Tom Montgomery
SS/FX: Jamie Roth over Jason Cooper
Inline: Jeff Nelson over Walt Skozylas
Top Gas: John Ermish over Jack Whitlow
Pro Nostalgia: Dewayne Sanders over Lloyd Hamilton
AA/Gas: Troy Owen over Monte Grubb

Car Club #5 & Junior Dragsters #7 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on July 12, 2013 by admin

As the mostly cloudy sky parted to mostly sunny the racers had to make the right adjustments to their dial ins. The equipment around that is a big part of tuning by those on tour, going to the different tracks has trickled down to the local level. Knowing what the weather can give you is now an edge that for a while will help those that have it, until the others catch up.

Images are now available of all the action – to go to the photo gallery, click here.

WINNERS

In Car Club it was a battle of Mustang’s with John Lemma in his ’80 took out Jeff Eson in his ’72
In Jr. Thunder Josh Schmanke got the win when Chase Gardner fouled
In Jr. Lightning Yeshua Wilcox washanded the win whae Brianna Lindsey fouled

PDRC #8, High School #6 & Test N Tune At Pacific Raceways

Posted on July 10, 2013 by admin

10 July 2013 – As the season passed the halfway point the high school race is pretty much decided. Can you say “BISCAY”. With four members of the family in the field, their chances were pretty high that one of them would make it to the finals. As the rounds raced on the 69 Mustang driven by Peyton Biscay got a gift in the finals as Jessica Biscay fouled in her 65 Galaxy.