That is what I thought seats were empty.

weather was rain/drizzle most of the day in areas. bet that kept a lot of people away. nice and sunny today.

For the first time in quite a while that I can remember, the NHRA is competing with SeaFair for buts-in-the-seats. This weekend is the annual SeaFair hydroplane races, a staple of PNW summer activities. Usually they are a week apart. This will likely hurt NHRA attendance.

Mustang wreck.



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It's almost always SeaFair weekend. I raced there for the last few years. I remember in '94 going to both the NHRA Sunday and selling T-shirts Sat. on the log boom. Still a sluggish program. Good God! Hurry up and wait!

I was there had a good time racing was tough. 1st round I used up all my luck only ran 10.974 got around opponent 60' went from 1.863 to 1.920 what the heck is going on racepak didn't record because they made us went for ever shut it off didn't want it to time out turn it back on hit record again but it needed more time to start up oh well added more record time so I'll never do that again.
So I'm shooting from the dark I have a bad front shock strut that locks up from time to time and kills the 60' by the way it's coming apart and getting redone now didn't have any time off between races to have the car down.
2nd round pulling up in the staging lanes I look down and see my 1st number was .010 should be .020 change it back now I know why the bad 60' gave me a boost of confidence was setup to run close we go I look over looks like I got the light on her plan was to take the strip start catching up but 1000' goes by I'm still 28' behind according to crew chief
now I know I'm not going to make it push on her until she crosses the line bomb the brakes she wins her light .006 she runs 10.901 dang no way to get inside of that with a .025 light

Div. 7 giving 'em ehll in Seattle. Spiegel to his 2nd Nat. final in two weeks. Hopefully he can get by Cazman. Congats to overall good guy Greg Krause going to the S/C final!

........ that pack is licensed to kill.

(Sorry, it was hanging there, so.....)

Al: what does the Mustangs have going on? Running well over 200 mph. Takes the win in top sportsman. Any pictures of the car?

New car this year. Procharger I think.

Thanks Dave. He definitely has it sorted out. Running faster than the top dragsters were. Impressive for sure.

As you might be able to tell from the mag peeking through the hood its a Hemi. It has a centrifugal supercharger, I don't remember what brand. Looked like a really nice car on All Access.

I had a Transbrake issue R1 that ended my weekend Saturday morning. Unfortunate time for that to happen as any, but I took the time saturday to change those components out, do some maintenance and help friends still in competition.

The program was terribly slow all weekend, Comstock's wreck, computer issues Friday and Saturday, a sun break on top of the usual oil downs drug the program our far longer than it should have.

I do agree the crowd was down this year as it landed on SeaFair Weekend (Hydroplane races, Blue Angels Air show etc) and Watershed, the Largest country music festival in the state. Weather was near perfect so I don't think that was a factor.

Let me guess. A wire came off the button on the steering wheel? I've had that happen more than once. One time I was able to leave with my backup button on the overhead switch panel. Still lost the round though. Go get some at the Div. 6 in a couple weeks. I may get up there by then to cheer you on!

I'm actually not sure what happened.

I staged the car, pushed the button, let off the foot brake, the car sat still, put it on the 2 step and the car stayed like normal for a short period, and then the brake released. I've reviewed this on All Access to back up my story. I was still pushing the button, I didn't flinch or do anything strange. I do not wear gloves so I know I was on it, but possibly not hard enough?

Transbrake of course works in the pits and I can't replicate what happened. I've changed the solenoid and button and will double check the wiring at the divisional. Fortunately we get quite a few time runs so if there is still a problem hopefully it can be addressed.

Frustrating way to lose, but that's racing. Couldn't be more happy for the eventual winner.

"Couldn't be more happy for the eventual winner."


Nice peeps for sure! Congats Frankie!