Combo Action at Bremerton Raceway
 

Just a quick post of the S/SS final between Gary Howe in the vintage Chevy and Brad Burton. Brad was the winner and Gary was a good sportsman.

http://i.imgur.com/WeChArb.jpg

The weather was terrible, but this is Washington State, you know..
More later.

Dale

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That is a GREAT picture!!! I really like Gary's car. Congrats to both.

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A few more. Weather broke things up and I don't have the usual collection I have from these events. It was nice to see a lot of the Combo players from the other side of Puget Sound over for the race.

Flying Billboard Elgin
http://i.imgur.com/UhfZDLt.jpg

Jim Isherwood
http://i.imgur.com/Jb1MKqm.jpg

Bill Bushmaker
http://i.imgur.com/DjCdhae.jpg

I'll put shots of the bracket racers in that forum later.

Dale

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Nice job shooting your Canon last weekend, Dale. You were in the perfect spot for the
Howe/Burton final. Any chance theres a 10 second seafoam green '68 Chevy II in your bracket photos? I hope so. It was nice meeting you also. Take care.
Danny Durham

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How about a qualifying sheet??

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Howes stickshift 55 shows that for a track that is run on a WW2 airstrip (no concrete except the waterbox), Bremerton still has some teeth! However, the short, downhill shutdown can give your brakes a workout if you take your time getting on the brake pedal. My first time racing at Bremerton was 1980, and despite a 4 hour tow, and potential long border line us, its still one of my favorite tracks. Many may not be aware, but the track is run by a car club, and has a volunteer staff, and the timing tower is on large casters, as unless things have changed in recent years, the tower, bleachers, Xmas tree etc all needed to be moved away after each weekend, so the racing surface could be available as an emergency runway thru thw week.And THAT has been going on since the late 50s. Quite a dedicated bunch!

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Although it was a purpose built drag strip, Bremerton reminds me of Milan Dragway in Michigan where I was first exposed to the sport in the 60s. Tiny tower, Little League class stands close to the track. It was a fun weekend.

As for a qualifying sheet, I was just a paying spectator.

Shots of the bracket racers are up in that sub forum.

Dale

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Room for 4 wide bracket racing!

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Actually, you can still see the tracks we raced on in the '70s and '80s (and I presume before), which were on the left side of the runway, whereas now we're on the right hand side as seen from the starting line.(Near lanes in Dale's photo).
4 wides??? Naw,, the powers that be would never go for it, although theres certainly room for such an event. It'd be cool to try it.
Danny Durham

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Here's the track from space. Note the Little League class stands.
http://i.imgur.com/1M9YRKm.jpg

Dale

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Back when the fuel and pro stockers used to run at divisionals they really enjoyed the slight downhill at the finish line. Now the shutdown area feels like a motocross track to me.

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The stands may be little league, like you say, but I'm guessing there is little concern, as I doubt they'll ever get enough fans in the stands to fill the place, even on their top draw nostalgia weekend. You saw how many were there on the National Open weekend, as far as paying spectators go,,, and in a word, there were few.
Hope to see you out there soon, Dale, Take care.
Danny Durham

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:o :o I agree that the stands are probably good enough because of low spectator counts. I was there yesterday and saw maybe 1/4 of the stands occupied. Saw some fast cars and talked with many friends (sorry you weren't there Danny). Listed on the schedule was a swap meet and car show, along with nostalgia cars. The nostalgia cars ran, but there was only 2 people in the swap meet and 2 cars that could have been in the car show. Did see the legend Jerry Ruth hanging around and talked with him for a short time. We experienced some rain that halted the action for awhile, but all in all it was a good show. The smell of alcohol (fuel type) in the air helped the show a lot. I hope they get a better turn out of spectators and even better weather for today. I can't make it back - oh well.

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They get a decent fan turnout for the Nostalgia Race/ Cackelfest in August. I think that's their biggest.

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Sorry I missed you, Ron. We were there on Sunday for points, of course,, made it to the semis, and my stupid thumb let go of the button too soon(bad thumb, bad thumb)!
Anyway,, maybe we'll cross paths before the season is out.
Take care,, hope your wife is doing well.
Danny Durham

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Danny, sorry about your thumb. Guess you should train it better. Thanks for asking about my wife. Joan is doing very well now. Being as productive as possible, working , being with grandkids and such.

:D:D:D On a side note I will be at Bremerton Raceway for the Nostalgia drags and Cacklefest on August 23 and 24. I talked with Barb and they want my Hotwheels based Drag Strip to be on display for the weekend. It was a hit last year and looking forward to being there again. I am not computer savvy so I can't include pictures here. If anyone wants to see a picture of the set-up from last year go to www.seeitimagery.com and look under Bremerton from last years show.

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Train my thumb??? Naw,, thats just what I get for bringing it out in the daylight. Usually I've got it stuck somewhere else! Maybe I'll see you Nostalgia weekend.
Danny Durham

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And what was your thumb doing at a footbrake race anyway?

Dale

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Dale,,, go back and re read my post,, # 15. Footbrake races are on Saturdays,, and points races are on Sundays, usually, double headers excepted. You can use trans-brakes, delay boxes, throttle stops and all the wizardry you want then.
I'm using a Biondo Terminator button on my shift console, thumb activated, for my transbrake. Hope this clarifies the situation. Good luck with your GT build.
Danny Durham