Hey guys wheres Pacific Raceway? thinking about going, have never race my car before, just have new motor in this summer....
Pacific raceway is just up the hill from auburn on hwy 18 going north and just after covington going south.
map quest or go to the pac. raceway site for more info.
Thanks, so is this quarter mile racing?
Today (the 18'th) SUCKED!!!! Got to Pacific at 830 and paid my $30 entry fee, and staged in the line, and waited.......and waited..........and .........w....a....i...t...e..d. until nearly 1200 for the first engine to be fired. There wansn't any rain, the sun was out, but they didn't even START to prep the track until like 1100!!!!!!!! It Could have/Should have been race ready at 900 like they say it will be. There was literally NO reason that it couldn't have been, if they had begun preparing earlier than they did. Got one run in at about 1230, then waited for the bikes, Jr drags, and big boys, then OOPS an oil down. Nuther hour without a sound of an engine. Great. It is now nearly 300 and I have run once. (remember I got here early.) Got a second run in around 330 and scurried back for one last run about 5 minutes before the door shut at 500. Granted there were a bunch of cars, but all of us could have gotten twice as many races in if the track was ready at 900 AM like they advertise it to be. I really hate Pacific. Bremerton is sooooo much better. Never wait at Bremerton.
The good part of today was I ran a 15 flat with my basicaly stock (N/A) 2005 4.0 mustang, and it pleased me much. Hope to see 14's next year with a new posi rear end and some 3.73 gears. Should be fun, just not at Pacific if I can help it.
Enjoy tommorow guys. If it doesn't rain, you might get a race or two in. Good luck.
Hi Bill, met you yesterday at the end of the day.
They had to dry the track. I made one pass all day. Today should be better because they have no rain puddles to dry, but it all depends on the crowd size. The 250 cars in attendance on Saturday meant long waits. PR just put all the cars together -no separate lanes for cars running slicks, etc.
If they had started to dry the track before 900 when everyone was lined up, maybe it would have been dry by nine? Hope your Sunday went well. Sorry to see you only got one pass in on Sat. I guess I should count my stars that I made three right! I drove straight from the end of the track to the shortest line possible every time, and it worked out for me. I know alot of people only got one pass on Saturday. Doesn't seem worth it for thirty bucks.. At least I got to make three ten dollar passes!Over all I was quite happy with the day, I guess I should have mentioned that in my first post, it wasn't ALL bad. I got to find out how quick my car was, and I have a great starting point to start nibbling away at. I was faster and quicker on my first run than the girl from my work that came with a ford lightning pickup. She promptly spanked my time and mph on her second run, but hey, can't win em all right
(Her 500 hp over my 220 maybe) Good times
Bill.
Glad to hear you got one good day John. So how did you run? I know you were trying a few new things.
Bill, you and I spoke briefly Saturday at Pacific Raceways. Nice meeting you. Your red V6 looks great!!! My '07 GT is the alloy gray coupe with the Vortech supercharger (and no rear wing on the car)...
I, too, am frustrated by the super late start. I only got two runs in all day. A 12.34 @ 111+ and a 12.33 @ 110+ (both were best ever runs for my '07 GT so I'm happy, even though I only got 2 runs).
I raced at Bremerton last month and got in 11 runs in 2 hours. Far fewer cars, and much more streamlined for getting cars down the track, IMO.
Today (the 18'th) SUCKED!!!! Got to Pacific at 830 and paid my $30 entry fee, and staged in the line, and waited.......and waited..........and .........w....a....i...t...e..d. until nearly 1200 for the first engine to be fired. There wansn't any rain, the sun was out, but they didn't even START to prep the track until like 1100!!!!!!!! It Could have/Should have been race ready at 900 like they say it will be. There was literally NO reason that it couldn't have been, if they had begun preparing earlier than they did. Got one run in at about 1230, then waited for the bikes, Jr drags, and big boys, then OOPS an oil down. Nuther hour without a sound of an engine. Great. It is now nearly 300 and I have run once. (remember I got here early.) Got a second run in around 330 and scurried back for one last run about 5 minutes before the door shut at 500. Granted there were a bunch of cars, but all of us could have gotten twice as many races in if the track was ready at 900 AM like they advertise it to be. I really hate Pacific. Bremerton is sooooo much better. Never wait at Bremerton.
The good part of today was I ran a 15 flat with my basicaly stock (N/A) 2005 4.0 mustang, and it pleased me much. Hope to see 14's next year with a new posi rear end and some 3.73 gears. Should be fun, just not at Pacific if I can help it.
Enjoy tommorow guys. If it doesn't rain, you might get a race or two in. Good luck.
Yeah Brian, I remeber meeting you too, I asked you about your hood pins and the "pony package" on your GTI hope to get out to Bremerton next year so I too can get 11 runs in 2 hrs. Hopefully with my vortech installed, and running mid 13's. We'll see. Time and money......... Wish i had lots more of both.
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