Monthly Archives: October 2015

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

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High Performance Sport Driving Day 10-24-15 24526 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.

High Performance Sport Driving Day 10-24-15 008Sunday 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.

High Performance Sport Driving Day 10-24-15 045To 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

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

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ProFormance Racing School SCCA 2-Day Class 10-16-15 22417 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.

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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

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ProFormance Racing School – October 11th, 2015

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ProFormance Racing School 10-11-15 11811 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.

ProFormance Racing School 10-11-15 019With 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.
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“Radio Dave”

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Forespring-520“Radio Dave” as all that knew him will remember him by. If it had to do with communications Dave was there: SCCA, Pacific Raceways the two that I was in his service. Supplying the radios and other services to the SCCA events at Pacific Dave seemed to be everywhere and on the radio you heard his call sign “Radio” when things needed his attention.

He was an active member of SCCA for more than 30 years. He had the pulse on the communications during the events no matter where he was at, the radios were on and on many channels.  He was also an active Ham Radio operator – Dave’s reach was worldwide.  In the Ham Radio community he has joined other Ham Radio members as what they call a “silent key”, and they have their own special remembrances and memories of him.

For what he did for me and many, many others he will be missed and very difficult to replace. Godspeed “Radio Dave”.

Test & Tune At Pacific Raceways

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Test and Tune Dragstrip 10-3-15 24103 Oct 2015 Kent, WA – Test and Tunes at this time of year are a weather gamble. You make these dates during the off season scheduling and hoping that Mother Nature smiles on you.

Putting a kink into the date today was things were slowed by an overnight soaking forcing the drying process of the track. Once done though the testing got underway for the 150 plus taking advantage of now the beautiful fall day. Bright blue skies always bring the smiles. Taking advantage also were a number of drivers seeking their competition license in a number of classes.

Australian native James Rowland and Stef Parker earning their BB/Funny Car licenses and coming up one run short was Mike Drzayich of Dallas, Texas.  He may travel up for that one more run to get that Super Comp license. Look forward to the last test and tune on the 18th of October.

Images are now online and available – click here to go to the photo album.

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