Swift Tools ET Drag Racing Series #1 At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 26, 2014 by admin

26 Apr 2014 Kent, WA – The Swift Tool E.T. Series for 2014 saw more than 130 entries for the first race. Mother Nature did her best to throw a wrench into the day with an overnight soaking, but the swift work needed to dry the track was taken care of by the great work by the track crew.

Speeding through time trials shows quickly the great prep and attention to what the sun will do to the track surface. This made the rounds of racing go by seemingly too fast as the finals were upon us before you knew it. Getting an early lead in points for race #1 are as follows:

Motorcycle: In a battle of past champs in a double break-out race Jake Havens the current champion stopped 2012 winner Joe Lind.

Sportsman: With his 54′ Ford Skyliner Jason Biscay beat #1 qualifier. Jasin Bravo.

PRO: A pair of Bremerton racer’s took to the finals with Jack Ward running closer to his dial to take the win over Robert Steffen.

SUPER PRO: Martin Dykstra took his fine looking 27′ roadster to a win when William Vest was a little eager in his new wagon and put the “red light” on.

These winner’s and the rest of the racer’s may have to wait as race #2 set for the next day may fall to “Mother Nature”.

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Easter Bunny Nationals At Bremerton Raceway

Posted on April 20, 2014 by admin

20 Apr 2014 Bremerton, WA – Easter Sunday morning had cars, trailers, and haulers filling the gate to get their chance to race at the annual Easter Bunny Nationals at Bremerton Raceway.

All eight classes had entries, Jr. Storm to Super Pro with more than 100 totaling the classes together. This is also the second race in Bremerton’s E.T. Series points race – so points were up for grabs.

Spotted on the grounds a white walking rabbit passing out candy. Heard around the pits was the fact that the weather had corrected readings of high humidity and below sea level elevations. That did not last long as the sun started breaking thru the cloud cover drying and warming the track, and the bit of wind had a bite to it.

Lots of images from the event – even a few of that white rabbit – click here.

WINNERS

Category	Winner
PRO	Robert Steffen
SPORTSMAN	Brian Thompson
HIGH SCHOOL	Jessica Denison
SUPER PRO	Al Chinn
MOTORCYCLE	William Nitta
JR STORM	Makenzie Lamoureux
JR THUNDER	Ryan Lamoureux
JR LIGHTNING	Thomas Vickers
2nd Chance Thunder	Ethan Tucker
2nd Chance Lightning	Jordin Howell
CASH BASH	Jack Ward

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Last Test-N-Tune At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 19, 2014 by admin

19 Apr 2014 Kent, WA – The last test and tune before the start of the 2014 ET Racing Season was short lived. About two hours of dry track time was all the racer’s had before mother nature abruptly put an end to the “dry” racing surface.

With the Swift Tool Series starting next weekend those who got runs in will have a head start on information to go into their log books. The information gained will be used during the season and we’re just about to get underway to find those 2014 class champions and a new picture on the “Wall of Champion’s”. Good Luck to all this season.

Image from before the rain came are now available – click here to go there.

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Honda Fest Northwest At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 13, 2014 by admin

13 Apr 2014 Kent, WA – Honda’s a plenty showed up to take advantage of the beautiful spring Sunday. With activities from car show to a lead-follow around the 2.25mi. road course and some screaming action down the drag strip gave those spectators in the stands and on the show grounds lots to see.

The calendar says Honda Fest but they also brought some of their friends, Corvette, Mustang, Mini Cooper, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki. Yes – the Motocross track also had a track full of rider’s taking in the sunshine and new layout on the MX track. The guy’s and gal’s thrive on flying and throwing dirt behind them.

Granted, there were far more Honda’s on the drag strip then on the MX track but in the end it’s all about friends having fun together.

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Test & Tune At Pacific Raceways

Posted on April 12, 2014 by admin

12 Apr 2014 Kent, WA – As the opening day approches for drag racing the weather could not have been better for a test and tune to check on off-season changes and updates. Add in those who were seeking to license in a new ride or upgrade to a higher class the conditions for spring could not have been better.

From Jr. Dragster’s to a Nostalgia Dragster and many classes in-between showed up to test, and brought many new faces to the track. Could it be a preview of the season ahead?

There is one more test and tune next weekend April 19th See you then.

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High Performance Sport Driving Day – April 6th, 2014

Posted on April 6, 2014 by admin

06 Apr 2014 Kent, WA – It seems like when a list of dates are posted for track time an end date draws attention. The “Driving Days” dates over winter drew quite a number of driver’s with even more automobile types.

This day was a little different in that there were “race cars” out for an inexpensive “test-n-tune preparing for the upcoming race season. The early sessions were timed out to 20 minute sessions, and gave the cars a wet surface to drive upon. The “open wheel” group got the worst as “light rain” on “slicks” does not work well. After the track dried this group and the “advanced” driver’s got their chance to make them “slicks” test the 2.25 mile surface.

The group that had what could be called a “bad day” was the Mechanical Engineering Auto Cross Team from the University of Washington. After laying out a course of cones to “test” their designs the motor choose to puke a valve cover gasket not long after testing started, which ended their day early. Not knowing if any of the gasket went down into the motor they decided to err on the side of caution and take it back to school and look it over so they can “test” again next week. Smart students making smart decisions.

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