Chevelle & Mustang at Pacific Raceways – May 4th 2019

Posted on Sunday, May 5, 2019 by Roger

Today was another beautiful day at Pacific Raceways as we took Chris’ Chevelle & Paul’s Mustang out for their first hits of 2019.

It was an excellent day for Chris as he made it to the semi-finals (5th round) of a very crowded Pro Bracket field. We worked on getting a handle on the launch and made progress tightening the front shocks and reducing the amount of front end travel in the early going.

Paul started out very well recording a personal best in his Mustang off the trailer running a 11.765 @ 113.57 MPH! Then his new Meziere water pump started leaking on Q2 and sadly ended his day but the good news is Summit is making it all good!! [May 12th: The defective water pump has since been replaced and we resealed Paul’s original power steering pump! Here’s hoping Paul can go out and have FUN!]

Our thanks to the entire crew at Pacific Raceways that did a great job of getting over 300 cars down the track on this very busy day!

We had a lot of fun seeing our friends back out at the track and below is our video report from today – Roger:

Jim Doyle pic of Chevelle on May 4th 2019, on 3rd round

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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 Chevelle & Mustang at Pacific Raceways – May 4th 2019

  1. Roger Young says:
    Monday, May 6, 2019 at 9:45 am

    We felt bad for Paul this weekend, he spent good money over the winter to improve his cooling system and to correct the power steering pump seep but it was not to be with both his new water pump and power steering pump leaking!! We try hard but sometimes the racing god isn’t with you!!

    On the other hand we were pleased with how the Chevelle ran and in a few runs we were able to get a handle on how quick and high the car was pitching on the launch. By the 3rd round we were pleased with the launch and how it settled down when coming back down. And Chris did very well this day driving his car to the semi-finals!!

  2. Roger Young says:
    Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 5:12 pm

    Chris got the replacement Meziere water pump on the Mustang AND the original power steering pump we resealed and all is looking good at the moment!!

    We hope Paul can take his Mustang to the track without additional problems and have some FUN!

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