Edwards & Young Racing – Seattle & Kent, WA.

On the weekend of August 26th, 27th, and 28th, Chris will be racing his Chevelle at the NW Summer Bracket Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Super Pro, usually loaded with many high-end dragsters.  

This is the big-buck bracket race here in August, formerly known as the Sportman Nationals that has brought many excellent cars and drivers to Pacific Raceways the past years where you must bring your “A game” or go out early in three days of racing.

On Friday’s race, Chris will be digging deep into his team’s injured reserves and calling on me to assist him on the opening day of racing. I hope I’m up to the task!  Paul will take over my duties on Saturday and Sunday and I’ll go back and sit on the bench 🙂

We’ll be going over the Chevelle this weekend to make certain we’ve covered all the bases for this upcoming race. – Roger

Update August 26, 2011:

After the 2nd qualifying hit on Friday, the left slick was rubbing against the frame rail. Chris also noticed a crack in the weld of the axle tube to the center section. We undoubtedly bent the left axle tube which ended our weekend.

We’ll be replacing our old 12-bolt with a back-braced 9″ Ford with our spare Strange center section from our ’57 with new 4.71 9310 gears, new ladder bars and track locator for the Chevelle over the winter.  – Roger 

With Paul winning the Sportsman Track Championship at Pacific Raceways for 2011, the Edwards & Young team has been kickin’ around if Paul would go to the Summit E.T. Finals from September 1 – 4 at Firebird Raceways in Boise, Idaho.

After some debate, Paul has elected to attend the race and this past weekend Chris and I put the higher altitude tune-up in Torri’s ’66 Pontiac Tempest. In short, Paul’s going and will be part of the Pacific Raceway’s team!!!

It will be a new challenge for Edwards & Young, never racing at Boise, but we feel confident in our tune-up to minimize the effects of racing at the higher altitude track.

Stay tuned as we will cover Paul’s progress as the event unfolds!

Paul in Winner's Circle at Pacific Raceways on July 16, 2011

RULES FOR SUMMIT E.T. FINALS AND FIREBIRD BRACKET PROGRAM DURING 2011 SEASON – Firebird Raceways

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4 Aug 2011:

Thanks to all the yucks that signed up for e-mail notifications with a bogus e-mail address, I have turned off the e-mail registration feature on this blog and deleted them from our user group.  

For those I know who had signed up properly prior to today, you will continue to receive e-mail notifications when a new post is listed.

Regards,

Roger Young – Edwards & Young Racing

30 July 2011 – Pacific Raceways – ’66 Tempest – Paul Young Wins Pacific Raceways 2011 Sportsman Championship!

In what can only be described as a very bizarre evening at PR, Paul won the Sportsman Track Championship at Pacific Raceways! Paul won the first round running a 12.55 on a 12.54 dial-in before the race was called due to multiple oil downs that would have pushed the event past the curfew deadline. Points were frozen after the first round and Paul maintained his 3-point lead over Bill Cadle to take the championship.

This is a real ‘big deal’ for Edwards & Young, Paul being the very first member of the team to win a track championship in any category over our decades of racing! We’re extremely proud of Paul winning two events this season driving Torri Young’s ’66 Pontiac Tempest.

Paul adds; “What was fun also this year was meeting guys like Bill Cadle, Dustin Ward and many others who race in Sportsman that are very sportsmanlike in winning, defeat or just giving general support to one another. That is what racing is all about which seems to disappear at times. Thanks to all for their support and can’t wait until the season ending banquet.”

Finalized 2011 Pacific Raceways Sportsman Standings – Courtesy of Pacific Raceways

Pacific Raceways News Article, Aug 1, 2011:

Pawn X-Change ET Bracket Series Concludes

(KENT, Wash) – The chase for the 2011 Pawn X-Change Drag Race Series at Pacific Raceways ended Saturday night in a freaky finale to an odd season that unfortunately featured four rain-outs in the 11-race series. At one point in the season there were three rain-outs in the first four races.

On Saturday night, a couple of massive oil downs led to an aborted conclusion with only one round of Super Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle and two rounds of Pro completed. The decision not to make-up the race on another date was a consistent policy the track followed all year.

Regardless, it was a huge disappointment. With Motorcycle the only class with season points decided heading into the race, Saturday night was shaping up to be a good old fashion shoot-out.

In Super Pro, three drivers had a shot at the season title. Tim Schmitt, who seemed to have an insurmountable lead through much of the season, suffered another first round loss; and this one cost him the championship. Both Al Chinn and Steve Glenn, his two closest rivals, both won their first rounds setting up an epic showdown. Unfortunately, it was a showdown that never happened. After a huge effort to get the track race-ready by the Pacific Raceways drag crew, the 11 p.m. curfew signaled an end to the championship points-chase. Chinn finished in first place with 253 points followed by Schmitt with 248 and Glenn with 246.

Bill Windley took the Pro points honors followed closely by Zach Craig, Brian Gittings, and Todd Kenner. In Sportsman, the Pontiac of Kent’s Paul Young finished just 3 points in front of Bill Cadle with Dustin Ward right behind him. Jacob Havens, who dominated the Motorcycle class this season, finished well ahead of second place Jim Funderburg. [End]

Paul in winners circle at Pacific Raceways on April 23, 2011

Paul in Winner's Circle at Pacific Raceways on July 16, 2011