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Pacific Raceways; a few shots from Friday...

nwspeedshots

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A few of my favorites... It was old-guy weather, nice and cool. They're cropped strange ('cept the last one) so I can use them for my Facebook cover-shot.
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Really like the 2 bikes doing wheelies. Great shots. Wish I was there. Hope the cool weather holds up. I went there in 1990, the year the Greek was R/U to Gary Ormsby. Thought, great, not hot box Phoenix weather, will be cool in Seattle. It was 90 degrees..... :)
 
Der Panzer Wagen V-Dub. Cool little car! I have a soft spot for Bugs. Yes, I go to the Bugorama at Wild Horse.
 
Der Panzer Wagen V-Dub. Cool little car! I have a soft spot for Bugs. Yes, I go to the Bugorama at Wild Horse.
I believe Cory Mac’s first race car was a badass Bug. I remember The Durachrome Bug FC from when I was a kid, it was pretty cool.
 
Here is a little story. The first Durachrome Bug was built as an AA/FA, had a shorter wheelbase. Crashed it, & then rebuilt as a funny car. That car was never real stable on the top end. It is my understanding that the car was found in the last few years & is being restored, rat motor and all. There was / is a photographer from Tucson named Jim Kelso, who ran a Bug funny car as a super comp, maybe 1990's. Car was really cool, a bit longer than the Durachrome car. Kelso was gonna put a blower on it and run CIFCA, but never heard anything about it. Wish someone would build another bug like that today.
 
WOW! Those are really nice! Are ya gonna print them and have the drivers sign them? They are frameable quality!
 
Here is a little story. The first Durachrome Bug was built as an AA/FA, had a shorter wheelbase. Crashed it, & then rebuilt as a funny car. That car was never real stable on the top end. It is my understanding that the car was found in the last few years & is being restored, rat motor and all. There was / is a photographer from Tucson named Jim Kelso, who ran a Bug funny car as a super comp, maybe 1990's. Car was really cool, a bit longer than the Durachrome car. Kelso was gonna put a blower on it and run CIFCA, but never heard anything about it. Wish someone would build another bug like that today.
Didn't know about the AA/FA roots. I do know there were TWO Durachrome Bugs built, and I did see pics somewhere (FB maybe) of one of them that will be restored. And, I remember Kelso's FC, it was pretty cool.
 

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