2009 NHRA Northwest Nationals

Day 3 Saturday,

We arrived at the track earlier today than yeterday and it is still hot outside even though the weather forecast said it would cool down a bit. We got to meet Bob Frey and say hi to him like we do every year as we helped us get married at the track that in 1998. There was some good racing on Saturday, not as much oildowns although I am still undecided about the 1000 foot race length for T/F dragsters and Funny Cars, but safety is safety. We also got pics of the NHRA safety Safari as they were cruisin thru the pits early before the races started. It was good to see some good times and even som etrack records were broken in Pro Stock.

At the end of the day during a small tailgate party and friendly family cooked us a burger on the little barbeque while we waited for traffic to die down. We still went to the bart when we got back for a quick salad and some drinks.

2009 Northwest Nationals

Day 2 Friday

I can sure feel the age thing kicking in as it seems to be harder to get up for the 6:30 am alarm now, but I was still ready before my wife was, hahah. Coudn't wait to go to the track in the Stanger ever got to open her up a bit on the freeway to the track.....pretty sweet.... The racing was cool as always alot of oildowns though, and the track was really hot so I think some cars were having trouble wiht the high track temps, especialy during the Alcohol car sessions. Speaking of alcohol, it sure a good thing we bought a $9.99 cooler last year for this race cause we had it filled with beer and water on icew for the end of the day tailgating sessions. It was a scorching ho tday and at the end of the day it was nice to have some cold beer waiting for us.

I will post more days events in the coming days and post pictures of this years event on my Flickr page.

2009 Northwest National trip

Day 1 Thursday

We left on Thursday this year to go to Seattle to watch the NHRA Northwest Nationals. We haven't done that since 2002! But this way we won't miss any Friday qualifying sessions and will be able to get to the track early on Friday morning. Also being here a day ewarly means one more night at Meeker Street Bar & Grill!
Airport security is getting pretty carried away these days as they took away a bottle of mouthwash from us and a threw it in the garbage! Oh well. Another person had her hair clip taken away , is sad to see your stuff going in the garbeg but htese are the days we live in I guess. Anyway once arriving in Seattle we went to the car rental place and was talked into renting a Mustang instead of the economy car I had originally booked. But it was cool to go to the track in a Stang! Reminds me of the days when we used to take my Camaro down there. Once we checked into our hotel we went for a cruise to Lake Meridian and walked around a bit and then to Safeway to buy a little food and beer. $11.98 for a case of Budweiser, Bargain compared to Canadian prices.
Oh well Off to dinner at Meeker St. Bar and Grill.

NASCAR FInishes

Well how about the 2009 NASCAR season so far? Mark Martin has won 4 races, Dale Earnhardt Jr. hasn't done anything and the other two Hendrick cars are up there as always. But it seems as though the new "car of tomorrow" (COT)has thrown some teams for a loop. And some of the racing at some tracks has been bad. Single file racing, that like F1!
So Introduce double file restarts in NASCAR, which is what they did and it makes the starts interesting but once a car is out front it is hard to catch. Those new cars seem to be great in clean air but noone can ever catch them it seems. BUt how about that finish at Dayton a few weeks ago? Now that was NASCAR at it's finest!

Northwest Nat's time again

Well it's that time again that the NHRA Northwest Nationals are in Seattle again and we are leaving in two day to go watch it. I can't wait! It's the most awesome sporting event I have ever seen.
Although looking thru the entry lists on NHRA.com there may be only 16 cars in each pro class, but given the so called recession it is understandable. BUt it will cut sown on some drama like who will be bumped out of the top 16 qualifiers, as if only 16 show up then they will all make the show.
But it is still awesome to go see.

Oh by the way this us down infront of driver introductions on raceday.
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