Combo Action at Bremerton Raceway

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by FireSail

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.



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

Dale

Room for 4 wide bracket racing!

[Geerhead55]

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

[FireSale]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

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

Here's the track from space. Note the Little League class stands.


Dale

[Harry 6674]

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.

[Geerhead55]

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

[Carguy49]

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.

[Harry 6674]

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

[Geerhead55]

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