{"id":2523,"date":"2012-08-06T06:40:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2012-08-10T11:14:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T18:14:25","slug":"a-look-back-at-the-2012-oreilly-northwest-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2012\/08\/06\/a-look-back-at-the-2012-oreilly-northwest-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"A look back at the 2012 O&#8217;Reilly Northwest Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>NORTHWEST NATIONALS TIDBITS<\/em><\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pacificraceways.com\/index\/12-07-30\/Full_Throttle_Series_Heads_North_to_Kent.aspx\">Full Throttle Series Heads North to Kent<\/a> &#8211; <em>Pacific Raceways<\/em> &#8211; July 30, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/story\/2012\/7\/31\/wilkerson-seattle\/\">Wilkerson looking forward to Pacific Raceways visit<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; July 31st 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/events\/teampr15.aspx\">Northwest Nationals Team Reports<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/story\/2012\/8\/1\/dejoria-force-seattle\/\">High-profile rookies DeJoria, Force excited to return to Pacific Raceways<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; August 1, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pacificraceways.com\/news\/12-08-02\/Gov_Gregoire_Kicks_off_Rainier_Cup.aspx\">Gov. Gregoire Kicks off Rainier Cup<\/a> &#8211; <em>Pacific Raceways<\/em> &#8211; August 2, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We don&#8217;t expect track conditions to be all that conducive to record runs this weekend as the forecast indicates mid 80&#8217;s to 90&#8217;s at Kent this weekend. Track temps will be well over 110 and present a challenge for the crews to get down the track. &#8211; <em>Edwards &amp; Young Racing<\/em> &#8211; August 2, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/story\/2012\/8\/2\/schumacher-seattle\/\">Schumacher and Seattle&#8217;s Pacific Raceways a powerful match<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; August 2, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/story\/2012\/8\/3\/brown-johnson-seattle\/\">Brown, Johnson head to Seattle with chance to sweep Western Swing<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; August 3, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competitionplus.com\/drag-racing\/news\/21986-friday-seattle-nhra-northwest-nationals-qualifying-completed\">FRIDAY SEATTLE NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS QUALIFYING COMPLETED<\/a> &#8211; <em>CompetitionPlus<\/em> &#8211; August 3, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/othersports\/2018844518_nhradrags04.html\">NHRA Northwest Nationals: Allen Johnson eyes Western Swing Sweep<\/a> &#8211; <em>Seattle Times<\/em> &#8211; August 3, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/story\/2012\/8\/4\/2012-seattle-saturday\/\">Massey, Capps, Johnson lead final Seattle fields<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; August 4, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/othersports\/2018851118_nhradrags05.html\">Allen Johnson takes another step toward impressive sweep<\/a> &#8211; <em>Seattle Times<\/em> &#8211; August 4, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competitionplus.com\/drag-racing\/race-coverage\/21961-nhraeventnotebook\">2012 NHRA NORTHWEST NATS &#8211; EVENT NOTEBOOK<\/a> &#8211; <em>Susan Wade of CompetitionPlus<\/em> &#8211; August 5, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/NWNATS2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nIn the staging lanes during eliminations at the <em>Northwest Nationals<\/em><br \/>\nChris Young photo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Line.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nJason Line&#8217;s Camaro in the staging lanes at the <em>Northwest Nationals<\/em><br \/>\nChris Young photo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/NWNATS3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPro Stock finals at the <em>Northwest Nationals<\/em>. Enders vs Line<br \/>\nChris Young photo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nhra.com\/story\/2012\/8\/5\/2012-seattle-sunday\/\">Courtney Force scores first Pro win; Enders, Torrence also shine in Seattle<\/a> &#8211; <em>NHRA<\/em> &#8211; August 5, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/othersports\/2018857450_nhradrags06.html\">Courtney Force, Erica Enders make history at Northwest Nationals<\/a> &#8211; <em>Seattle Times<\/em> &#8211; August 5, 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competitionplus.com\/drag-racing\/news\/22036-plourds-double-headlines-nhra-northwest-nats-sportsman-winners\">PLOURD&#8217;S DOUBLE HEADLINES NHRA NORTHWEST NATS SPORTSMAN WINNERS<\/a> &#8211; <em>CompetitionPlus<\/em> &#8211; August 7, 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dragracingonline.com\/raceresults\/2012\/xiv_8-nhra_seattle_sm-1.html\">The Sportsman Report<\/a> &#8211; <em>DragRacingOnline<\/em> &#8211; August 8, 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Comment<\/span>: I think it is a real tribute to <em>Pacific Raceways<\/em>, their entire staff, and the NHRA crew that maintained the track under very hot conditions. Track temps reached or exceeded 130-degrees on Saturday &amp; Sunday and the surface held up well under such adverse conditions. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paving to the 330-mark earlier this season definitely improved the track and the Pros in NHRA should be grateful to Jason\u00a0Fiorito for making the investment and the local racers that gave up several weeks of racing to make it all possible. &#8211; <em>Roger\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORTHWEST NATIONALS TIDBITS: Full Throttle Series Heads North to Kent &#8211; Pacific Raceways &#8211; July 30, 2012 Wilkerson looking forward to Pacific Raceways visit &#8211; NHRA &#8211; July 31st 2012 Northwest Nationals Team Reports &#8211; NHRA High-profile rookies DeJoria, Force &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2012\/08\/06\/a-look-back-at-the-2012-oreilly-northwest-nationals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhra-national-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions\/2528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}