{"id":2457,"date":"2014-07-25T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/?p=2457"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:39:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T16:39:16","slug":"bucky-vs-twig-highlights-goodguys-drags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/?p=2457","title":{"rendered":"Bucky Vs Twig Highlights GoodGuys Drags"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Good<\/a>\"Good<\/a>25 Jul 2014 Kent, WA – by John Ramsey<\/em> It was a throw-back throw-down as northwest Funny Car legends Bucky Austin and Twig Zeigler delighted a large Pacific Raceways\u2019 crowd with a side-by-side hammer-down pass at the 27th Annual GoodGuys Friday Nite Vintage Drags July 25that the historic Kent track.<\/p>\n

Kris Krabill, driving for the legendary \u201cNorthwest Hitter\u201d Bucky Austin, grabbed a slight starting line advantage and powered to a 5.748 at 249.44 mph over Zeigler\u2019s \u201974 Plymouth Satellite piloted by Devery Howard, who stopped the clocks at 5.834 at 246.39 mph.\u00a0 In the nightcap, Krabill set top ET and speed of the night in his match-up with Roger Garten\u2019s 1973 Mach 1 with a 5.737 at 254.86.\u00a0 Howard\u2019s second round run wasn\u2019t enough to hold off the hole-shot win of Nathan Sitko and his Edmonton, Alberta based \u201978 Plymouth Arrow that ran 5.934 at 244.03 to Howard in the Twig Zeigler car ata 5.914 ET at 222.18 mph.<\/p>\n

Sitko also took the measure of Garten in the opening round with a 5.889 at 243.33 to Garten\u2019s centerline crossing foul.<\/p>\n

Austin\u2019s and Zeigler\u2019s floppers were mainstays at Pacific Raceways in the heyday of Funny Car match racing when the track was known as Seattle International Raceway (SIR), hosting such events as 64 Funny Cars.\u00a0 In recent years, Austin\u2019s Fife, WA-based team has made regular appearances in testing at Pacific Raceways.<\/p>\n

The GoodGuys annual event at Pacific Raceways attracted nearly 200 hot rods, muscle cars and competition race cars 1972 and older.\u00a0 In addition, a large car show was held in the upper pits.\u00a0 The GoodGuys Friday Nite Drags are part of a weekend festival of hot rods and hot cars held at the nearby Puyallup Fair Grounds.<\/p>\n

Other winners at the Friday Nite Drags included John Ermish of Renton WA in Competition; Tacoma\u2019s Steve Wilson and his \u201938 Ford Coupe in Hot Rod 1; the \u201936 Dodge of Buckley, WA\u2019s Pat Kelly in Hot Rod 2; North Bend, WA\u2019s Ken Reeves and his \u201967 Dart in Street Machine 1; and Gary Gandee of Bremerton driving his Pontiac Firebird in Street Machine 2.<\/p>\n

Images of all the action are now in the galleries.\u00a0 Click here to go there.<\/a><\/p>\n

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