Hello Race Fans!

This past weekend we had 2 cars racing at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways for a Swift Tools sponsored bracket race.

Chris was driving Torri’s ’66 Pontiac Tempest and Paul was driving his ’85 Mustang, both in Pro bracket.

We only got 1 qualifying pass, Chris went 11.07 and Paul went 11.62 respectively.

Chris dialed 11.00 for the 1st rd and got the win running 11.01 as had a nice light to go along with his close run against his dial-in.

Paul dialed 11.61 for the 1st rd and ran 11.608 but was tardy against always tough Brian McGinnis so took the loss.

Chris dialed 11.00 for the 2nd rd and in a double breakout race he lost a tight one running 10.98 on his dial-in. The car is running superb and on this pass had the best 60 ft ever of 1.480 which is badass for a street driven naturally aspirated footbrake car! Chris says he had a blast!

It is always fun being out at the track seeing our friends and fellow racers as it was once again a very nice day out.

Big thanks again to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and thanks to Brian Lawrence – Swift Tools for all you do for us racers.  Thank you to our family as without their support we wouldn’t be able to race. – Paul Young

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Hello Race Fans!

This past Saturday 07/25 Paul raced his Mustang at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways to try and capture his 2nd Wally.

He just put new Magnaflow mufflers on the car which he bought from a fellow racer whom owns Auburn Muffler and Repairs.  I would highly recommend their business as they did a fabulous job and it was at a great price. 

We got 2 qualifying passes and the car went 11.59 and 11.62 which were very solid passes for the air so looks like we picked up some ET from the muffler change.

Paul dialed 11.63 for the 1st rd and took the win by .008 in another close race running 11.64 with a little peddle at the stripe.

Paul dialed 11.64 for the 2nd rd matchup against fellow Ford racer Tony Pearce and unfortunately went red for the loss.  Tony went on to make it to the finals against Brian McGinnis in his ’56 Chevy where Brian got the big win for the coveted Wally.

It is always fun being out at the track seeing our friends and fellow racers as it we was a nice day out. 

Big thanks again to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and thanks to Brian Lawrence – Swift Tools for all you do for us racers.  Thank you to my family as without their support I wouldn’t be able to race. 

See you all soon at a track near you. – Paul Young  

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After Chris repaired the secondary accelerator pump linkage, Torri was back out at Pacific Raceways in her ’66 Tempest and set a new personal best this evening recording a 10.959 at 120.25 MPH! Baro was 29.59 and corrected altitude was 1100 feet.

Next up will be Paul in his ’85 Mustang and we hope to have Chris out in ’57 in August for some testing – Roger

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Hello Race Fans!

This past 4th of July weekend was the John Kilroy Footbrake race at Bremerton Raceways for which Chris & Paul have been looking forward to attending since everyone raves about this yearly event.  We took Paul’s Mustang over to give it our best shot!

It is an absolute blast of an event that we would highly recommend to all of our racers & friends as there was plenty of classes to run for all types of cars both with & without electronics.  

We entered into the Gamblers race on Friday night and unfortunately Paul got knocked out in the 1st rd due barely turning on the dreaded red bulb.

We double entered Sat/Sun for both the red & blue side of the ladder.  Paul unfortunately barely got knocked out in the 1st rd of red side by .009 to David Chun in his dragster.  He made it past the 1st rd of the blue side by .0102 margin and in another tight race got nudged by .0038 in the 2nd rd so we were done for Saturday.  

We headed into Sunday with hopes of some more round wins and it happened on the red side as Paul made it to the 3rd rd before getting knocked out by .007 margin against race finalist Justin Cooper.  The blue side of the ladder Paul lost 1st rd due to barely going red once again. 

We had fun time traveling to and from this event with James Ferguson and his son Jim.  James was able to notch a few round wins in his Vega on Saturday. 

We were camping right across from the finish line so we had a birds-eye view of many many tight races at this fabulous event.  We cheered on our fellow racers in all classes and gave them the thumbs up coming back up the return road right beside us.

I would like to give a huge shout out to the Sears Family Racing for doing an awesome job coordinating the footbrake race and ensuring all went well by checking in on us along with our fellow racers.  

THANK YOU to my family as without their support I wouldn’t be able to race.  

See you all soon at a track near you! – Paul Young

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As I discussed at the end of the 2019 season, Chris is now behind the wheel of our ’57. We got out for this Test & Tune to get him familiar with the car which is a bit more complicated to drive with our updated Ram clutch. Prior to the burnout you need to turn the launch RPM limiter off, then turn both it and the Racepak Sportsman data recorder on prior to staging to acquire clutch data on each run. There is a LOT going on in a short amount of time! [You make 4-shifts in 6-seconds. You are in 5th gear by the 1/8th mile]. We wanted to get Chris comfortable in the car prior to the very tentative BC Super Shifters race at Pacific Raceways on August 8 & 9th 2020.

Mom & Dad upgrading our ’57 for our new driver in 2020!

We went out with our old Pro-shifted Doug-Nash 5-speed which I updated over the winter to lower the 1-4 gear ratios as I discuss here. We were hoping to have the updated face-plated Doug-Nash we purchased over the winter in the car, but the new input shaft & bearing retainer I ordered from Liberty’s Gears had not arrived prior to this outing. So we went with what we have! 🙂

Paul, Chris & Pam before the rains came!!

We got out there, went thru tech, and Chris got to warm up the ’57 driving it to the top end, turned it around, jumped on it a tad and shifted from 1-2-3 and came idling back to the pits and stated it was shifting great with the increased air gap in the clutch! We were ready to go, and then the rains came and the track called the event. But at least Chris got a little seat time in the ’57 and we’re home safe & sound! Thanks to Chris, Paul & Pam for a good effort! 2020 continues to be just a tad strange! 🙂

Pam and I wish you all a safe and Happy 4th of July weekend!

– Roger

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June 27, 2020:

Hello Race Fans,

We had 2 of our cars out at “The Place To Race” Pacific Raceways this Saturday for the Swift Tools points series race. Torri was driving her ’66 Pontiac Tempest and I was driving my ’85 Ford Mustang, both entered in Pro Bracket.

We both got the customary 2 qualifying passes prior to elimination.  Torri’s car was off by .15-.20 from the normal expected 11.0 ET’s on those qualifying passes and I ran 11.71 & 11.70 on my 2 passes.  

We put a 11.20 dial for Torri in the 1st rd and she ran 11.25 just coming up a little short to her opponent unfortunately.  The car has lost .06-.08 in the first 60 ft so we are thinking the transmission and/or converter might be hurt but we will know more in the near future.  It was a bummer as the car has been running awesome prior to this race with a best of 10.99 @ 120 mph and Torri has been doing a fabulous job driving too.

I managed to make my way to the 5th rd before I got taken out by .0016 margin in a double breakout against the eventual race winner Brian Thompson. 

It was nice to see all of our fellow racers and friends once again during these crazy times & wish to say congratulations to all of the finalists in each class. Huge thanks to our sponsor Handan Trailer Repair and Swift Tools Brian Lawrence for his support. 

Hope to see you all again real soon, please stay safe!

Paul Young 

Paul wins 4th round vs Gordon Rust – Video capture

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Torri’s first 10-second pass on June 17, 2020! Video capture

June 17, 2020:

Torri and Chris took her ’66 Tempest out to a Test & Tune and recorded her first 10-second hit on her 3rd pass setting a new milestone at 6:36 PM at a density altitude of 1654 feet! Her Pontiac is now officially a 10-second street/strip car with the Pontiac 436 under the hood.

Prior to going out, Chris installed a rear sway-bar which GREATLY improved the roll in the car on the launch. Congratulations Torri!

Chris has a video posted below. – Roger

https://www.facebook.com/chris.young.9022/videos/2995216723848928/

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May 29, 2020:

First out for Edwards & Young this year of the Covid-19 pandemic was Torri’s ’66 Tempest featuring new Wilwood front disc brakes, new upper & lower front control arms and new radial ‘slicks’ on the back of the car at Pacific Raceways under their guidelines to keep all the participants and their track crew members safe. Chris worked hard upgrading the Tempest over the winter!

New Wilwood disc brakes for Torri’s Pontiac

New A-arms and spindles for Torri’s Pontiac for the 2020 season!

On Torri’s 1st hit of 2020 she ran a 11.11 @ 117 MPH with a solid 1.50 60ft

On her 2nd hit she recorded a 11.093 @ 120.10 MPH with the 830 carb.

Her 3rd hit with the 830 carb was her best of the evening. Chris stated after the 3rd hit, “It’s torquing over and going to the right on the launch. Last run was better and went 11.03 @ 120.14. The 830 worked well on this pass. Thanks pop’s for putting it together.”

Our thanks to the entire crew and management at Pacific Raceways for making this evening possible under Covid-19 restrictions! – Roger

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