NHRA O’Reilly Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, 2011

SACRIFICE PAYING OFF FOR COMP RACER MARK WOLFECompetitionPlus.com – August 25, 2011

PACIFIC RACWAYS’ DECADE OF UNKEPT PROMISES WEARING THINCompetitionPlus.com – August 15, 2011

Gary Scelzi on Pacific Raceways:

LANG’S DOUBLE-UP HEADLINES SEATTLE’S SPORTSMAN WINNERSCompetitionplus.com – August 8, 2011

Worsham, Wilkerson, Line collect Seattle victoriesNHRA – August 7, 2011

Tim Wilkerson ends Funny Car drought with win at NHRA Northwest NationalsSeattle Times – August 7, 2011

O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals resultsNHRA

Track records fall in NHRA Nationals as work on track pays offSeattle Times – August 6, 2011

Saturday’s Scenes from Seattle – NHRA – August 6, 2011

Brown, Wilkerson take Seattle fuel poles; Anderson hangs on in Pro StockNHRA – August 6, 2011

Worsham, Force, Anderson grab first-day leads in SeattleNHRA – August 5, 2011

Friday’s Scenes From Seattle – NHRA – August 5, 2011

Pacific Raceways redevelopment plan needs your supportNHRA – August 1, 2011

About Roger

Driver of our '57 Chev from 1972-2019, Vietnam veteran (A Troop, 3/17th Air Cavalry Scout helicopter Line Chief and later Cobra Periodic Inspection team leader), retired ASE rated automotive mechanic. Roger became involved in drag racing during his high school days and after his stint in the Army ran E & F/MP [Modified Production] here in Division 6 before switching to bracket racing when the '57 became obsolete for class racing. He often raced at Puyallup, Kent-Pacific Raceways, Bremerton, Portland & the original Mission, B.C. track.
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2 Responses to NHRA O’Reilly Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, 2011

  1. Roger Young says:

    At first look, Susan Wade’s August 15th commentary regarding PACIFIC RACWAYS’ DECADE OF UNKEPT PROMISES WEARING THIN appears to be yet another slam against PR.

    But she raises some excellent points. Resurfacing/relocating the race track has been tied to the master plan with the likely outcome that the plan will never be approved considering the rather hostile local environment towards all motorsports racing. Susan calls it a red herring, I have long called it a pipe dream!

    I can only speak from personal experience. That being that on one given weekend our ’57 can run 10.60’s to be followed by the next outing where we can only muster 10.80’s due to substandard track prep even in like track temperatures where we are forced to make drastic chassis adjustments to get the car to launch.

    Even with our ’71 Chevelle we leave at less than optimum launch rpm’s at Pacific in anticipation of mediocre track conditions, sacrificing E.T. for consistency. And this is with 10-second cars!

  2. Roger Young says:

    I hope Jason is aware of the article by Susan Wade and the interview with Gary Scelzi regarding Pacific Raceways.

    It is clear that the professional racers are losing patience with PR and that the track needs to be upgraded or there is an increased possibility that our local track will be dropped from the NHRA national tour.

    PR with a state of the art track surface could once again hold many national records and the times out here were certainly respectable once the track was scrubbed and prepped.

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