Author Archives: Roger

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.

Video Review of our 2016 Racing Season

Posted on Friday, September 16, 2016 by Roger

https://youtu.be/YsR6ncy42go Need trailer repairs while at Pacific Raceways? Call 206-391-9695 for a price quote!

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Chris & Torri Close Our 2016 Season At The GM Nationals

Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2016 by Roger

On September 10th, Chris & Torri ran at the GM Nationals at Pacific Raceways in the Hot Rod class to close our 2016 racing season. Dave Stoltz captured this picture of them together during a qualifying session: Torri went … Continue reading →

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Chris Wins No-Box Race at Champion!

Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 by Roger

This past weekend, Barry Hobson & Chris traveled south to Medford, Oregon to race in the Street Outlaw featured event at Champion Raceway on September 4th. Barry was racing his Grand Am in the Big-Tire Shootout, and Chris his … Continue reading →

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David Reher: Oil Is Everything

Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2016 by Roger

A good article by David Reher on oil issues and broken rods as it appeared in NHRA’s National Dragster. This season, several of our racing friends have broken rods. The common factor I have seen in their pictures is a … Continue reading →

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Division 6 Race at Pacific Raceways

Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016 by Roger

On August 18th through the 21st, the Land of the Leaders NHRA Division 6 was holding their points race at Pacific Raceways. On Friday & Saturday the temps were in the 90’s but the track crew did an outstanding job … Continue reading →

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Don’t Doubt It!

Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 by Roger

Some pictures and video I put together to music by Katy Perry from our 2016 season:

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Torri Runner-Up In Sportsman! – July 30, 2016

Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2016 by Roger

Torri was having an epic day at the track running her ’66 Tempest in Sportsman at Pacific Raceways! During qualifying she cut a perfect .000 reaction time earning her a bye in the first round. Throughout the evening she cut … Continue reading →

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’57 Update – July 24th 2016

Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2016 by Roger

My thanks to Chris & Paul for all their help this weekend. They pulled the 5-speed out of the ’57 for required maintenance, we tested the PacAloy 1.625″ valve springs (haven’t lost any pressure!) 295-305 lbs on the seats, took … Continue reading →

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Discussing Our Clutch Set-up and Quickest Pass to Date

Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 by Roger

With stick cars, they run their quickest when they spin the rear tires a couple of revolutions on the hit as we did on this run. When it dead hooks it looks impressive but you slow down as you pull … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia Race, July 10th 2016

Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2016 by Roger

Nostalgia Race, July 10, 2016 at Pacific Raceways. In the 3rd qualifying round, the ’57 set a new E.T. record at 10.473 @ 127.26 MPH and it was on to the 1st round of eliminations. I cut a .016 light … Continue reading →

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June 25th & 26th Race Recap

Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2016 by Roger

Hello Race Fans! It was an action packed weekend at Pacific Raceways once again as we had a night race on Saturday and day race Sunday. It was a great turnout as people were still coming through the gates 2 … Continue reading →

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A look at the RAM single disc sintered iron clutch system

Posted on Friday, June 24, 2016 by Roger

A good look at the new Ram clutch which we have considered for future use in our ’57. [Note, we did install this new Ram clutch in the ’57 in late 2017] Our current Ram clutch does not use centrifugal … Continue reading →