{"id":5739,"date":"2017-04-09T09:52:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T16:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/?p=5739"},"modified":"2017-04-10T11:25:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T18:25:48","slug":"record-crowds-at-2017-hondafest-nw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/?p=5739","title":{"rendered":"Record Crowds at 2017 HondaFest NW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.smugmug.com\/PacificRaceway\/2017Evnts\/HondaFest-9Ap2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-420.jpg 520w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-420-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-420-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a>09 Apr 2017 Kent, WA &#8211;\u00a0Filling the grounds with cars and people at Pacific Raceways normally comes the first week in August. Coming in second and growing bigger each year is the HondaFest NW. The trio of a car show, lead\/follow and drag racing bring the people and vendors to this annual event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.smugmug.com\/PacificRaceway\/2017Evnts\/HondaFest-9Ap2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5742\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-589.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-589.jpg 520w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-589-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-589-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rows and rows of all kinds of show cars and most all of them daily drivers filled the paddock area as SpeedFactory set up in their favorite spot next to the staging lanes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.smugmug.com\/PacificRaceway\/2017Evnts\/HondaFest-9Ap2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5743\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-384.jpg 520w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-384-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-384-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leading off the day on the 2.25 mile track instructors from ProFormance Racing School do what is called \u201clead\/follow\u201d with a group of three to seven cars. It is 100% follow the leader but that \u201cleader\u201d knows the fastest way around the track. No fooling around here as the last car in line has a radio and you can\u2019t out run it. You get out of the spirit of the day you will be booted out of line, Safety First.<\/p>\n<p>For those that follow the \u201cdrivers\u201d meeting rules you get to push your car a little more than \u201cnormal\u201d driving and doing it \u201csafely\u201d. This part of the day is also growing as near 50 drivers took part with a few doubling up.<\/p>\n<p>All this time the \u201cdrag crew\u201d is prepping the drag strip for the afternoon of side by side running of all kinds of cars and trucks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.smugmug.com\/PacificRaceway\/2017Evnts\/HondaFest-9Ap2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5740\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-322.jpg 520w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-322-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-322-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leading off the action the ultra- fast Honda\u2019s from SpeedFactory in a mix of testing and checking the latest setup put down some impressive numbers as noted by the crowd and crew reactions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.smugmug.com\/PacificRaceway\/2017Evnts\/HondaFest-9Ap2017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5744\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-546.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-546.jpg 520w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-546-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-546-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A great day put together by NWMotiv and Pacific Raceways will again look to grow the program so make a date for next year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.smugmug.com\/PacificRaceway\/2017Evnts\/HondaFest-9Ap2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lots of great images from all over the facility \u2013 click here to go to the photo album. As always thank you for your support and purchases!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5745\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-512-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5746\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-453-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-513.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5747\" src=\"https:\/\/seeitimagery.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/HondaFest-NW-4-9-17-513-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>09 Apr 2017 Kent, WA &#8211;\u00a0Filling the grounds with cars and people at Pacific Raceways normally comes the first week in August. Coming in second and growing bigger each year is the HondaFest NW. 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