Category Archives: Discussions

Drag Racing Is Changing at Pacific Raceways for 2026

Posted on Sunday, January 4, 2026 by Roger

Drag racing as we have known it at Pacific Raceways for 2026 is changing. A new, local organization, Pacific Northwest Drag Racing Association, will be leasing the track and hosting the events. Like you, we have many questions, but indeed … Continue reading →

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Tim McAmis Performance Parts: Attitude Equals Success

Posted on Thursday, July 8, 2021 by Roger

Another excellent video by Tim McAmis, he states: “Drag racing is supposed to be fun. Being that drag racing is such a difficult sport to be successful, the element of fun sometimes gets lost. Even on the worst days, having … Continue reading →

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Pacific Raceways Drag Race Fee Increases

Posted on Sunday, February 28, 2021 by Roger

FYI announced Feb 28, 2021 by John Ramsey: Raceways Drag Race Fee Increases Pacific Raceways 2021 Drag Race Schedule (subject to change)

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2020 Winter Progress Report

Posted on Friday, December 11, 2020 by Roger

As reported earlier, Chris has been working hard on upgrading a Yamaha golf cart for the team’s use in 2021. See Golf Cart For 2021 for pictures and updates on the golf cart. We’re also working together to install a … Continue reading →

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Breaking In Your Clutch

Posted on Friday, November 6, 2020 by Roger

Primarily for street and street/strip cars: THE IMPORTANCE OF CLUTCH BREAK IN EXPLAINED – Ram Clutches – October 29, 2020

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The History of NHRA ProStock, 1970-2019

Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2020 by Roger

An excellent pictorial history of Pro Stock by NHRA that is available on Amazon. From the very beginning of the category featuring small-block, 4-speeds to today’s very high-tech race cars with 500 cubic-inch, fuel-injected engines you’ll enjoy this colorful publication … Continue reading →

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Fred Hoffman’s Bracket Kings Showdown – August 1st at Pacific Raceways

Posted on Friday, July 3, 2020 by Roger

For additional information contact Fred at: https://www.facebook.com/fred.hoffman.3110 Paul’s 2019 Bracket Kings report

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Black Magic Clutches – Interactive Clutch Tuning Podcast with Cale Aronson – April 23, 2020

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2020 by Roger

Excellent clutch tuning webinar by Cale Aronson: Part 1: https://youtu.be/X9KVkxnidDs Part 2: https://youtu.be/RMEmfuvRLio We confirmed by the webinar that we’re not very far off on our clutch settings. When we have the unit rebuilt we’ll lower the base … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Bill Doner

Posted on Saturday, August 17, 2019 by Roger

Bill Doner was a great promoter at SIR that brought us 64-Funny Cars and Fox Hunts which packed the stands and brought big names to our local track. We attended many of his events back then and he was noted … Continue reading →

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Matt Hartford takes you through building a Pro Stock transmission

Posted on Monday, August 12, 2019 by Roger

A very interesting video you may enjoy. Changing gears in our old Doug-Nash is similar but we only have one cluster shaft. The double cluster shafts as shown in the video make the Liberty transmission MUCH stronger! – Roger Watch … Continue reading →

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