PIR BRACKET RACING NEWS
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PHOTOS: PETE & CINDY
MACIAS
Racing on the Big Stage
While the National Championships many have eluded them this time, we are still proud of our two
Divisional Champions!
The 2007 PIR Awards banquet will be held at the Shilo Inn on
Bunch O’ Stuff. First
some good news. I received an email from
Mark Canty on Monday. He reports that
while he is obviously not completely healed and is still in a fair amount of
pain, his Doctor has cleared him to race at
Mark also mentioned as of Monday, he just needed to install
the faring and do some testing and his bike should be ready to go. His new leathers and coat should have arrived
by now, so now it is a matter of healing, getting the bike
setup for the full tree they will be utilizing in
Brian Hryciw
Pete and Cindy
Jeff Marsh
Glenn Dewey
And to all the people from Woodburn who sent wishes and
money.
We all certainly wish you and Justin the best in
SEND OFF GET
TOGETHER PARTY FOR
JUSTIN SAXE
AND MARK CANTY
Everybody is invited to wish our two racers well
before they head down to
Monday October 29th,
Kenton Station Restaurant and Pub
Hope to see all of you there.
As many of you may have heard, earlier this month, long time
threat in Pro Bracket, Ron Anderson suffered a couple of strokes. Ron is currently in rehab and is progressing
well. Although he still has a tough road
ahead of him with many months of therapy, the good news is he might be able to
go home this weekend. We wish you the
best Ron! Well wishes, card and letters
can be sent to:
Ron and Gayl Anderson
And finally for now, I have recently added some more drag pics in the History
section.
This just in from Cindy:
“Mark Canty
As many of you may have heard Mark Canty took a tumble
at the finish line Saturday the 29th at Woodburn.
Below is the post we put on
Post 1 (Sun AM)
Wanted to give an update on Marks condition. He was
admitted to the hospital last night with 7 broken ribs, a punctured lung,
broken wrist and collar bone. His is in a good deal of pain as you might
expect. Pete and I will be going over to see him in a bit and get an idea of
what the rest of the prognosis is.
I'll post again with any new details. He's gonna need
a good deal of support to get through this so keep him in your thoughts.
Post 2 (Sun PM)
Update
He's pretty banged up. Spending another night at the hospital. Pretty drugged
up for pain management. Pretty groggy and wakes and sleeps by the minute. His
right wrist is broken and his left side ribs and collar bone are broken.
Needless to say he's not going to be to much good to himself for a bit. Pete is
stopping by again tomorrow.
Comments:
He has every intention of getting himself back up and
running in time to make the trip to
Keep him in your thoughts”.
Mark certainly will be in my thoughts – if anybody has any
updates on Mark’s condition, by all means, please let ME know and I’ll post them
here.
As I’m sure most of you are aware by now, Wally Parks has
passed. For some great photos, stories
and tributes to the man responsible for creating the sanctioning body under
which we all race, please check out the NHRA website.
Carol Brown has posted hundreds of the pictures she took at
the Bracket Finals on her web site.
Check them out HERE
September 11,
2007
Although the winners in all the bracket categories from the Finals have been determined, there is still one winner that has yet to be named. The 50/50 drawing winning ticket holder has yet to claim their prize. If you are the lucky person to possess ticket number 399815, Lettie is generously extending the claim date until the end of this month. If you’ve got the winning ticket, contact her at 503-644-5707.
September 10, 2007
While I’m sure most of you are well
aware of the results from this weekends Division 6 Bracket Finals at Woodburn,
but just in case anybody missed out on all the excitement, here is a brief
recap. Out of the 20 teams
participating, Team Portland finished second – with the home team taking the
overall win. Second place is certainly not a bad place to be – I salute all of
you who took part in the race for a job well done! Special congrats to our usual Wednesday night
announcer Dan Bullis for making it to the finals in
Sport Compact and to Raymond Rippe for his semi final finish in Pro!
And while a second place overall
finish is certainly something to be proud of, Saturday’s Race Of Champions gave Team PIR something to be really proud of
as both Mark Canty (Motorcycle) and Justin Saxe (Sportsman) are heading to
PHOTO: Carol Brown
PHOTO: Carol Brown
PHOTO: Carol Brown
In the final round of the 2007 King
of the Track series last Wednesday night, it was Raymond Rippe vs Mark Canty.
PHOTO: Carol Brown
PHOTO: Carol Brown
In the end, the Wally went home with
Mark Canty.
Congrats Mark for winning the 2007
King of the Track series as well as winning the 2007 PIR Motorcycle track
championship.
Congratulations are also in order
for the other 2007 Portland International Raceway track champions:
SUPER/PRO: Mike Nicholson
PRO: Casey Allum
SPORTSMAN: Rodney Hohlt
HIGH SCHOOL: Laura Laughery
JR. DRAGSTER LIGHTNING: Sadie Floyd
JR. DRAGSTER THUNDER: Sydney
Schiffman
Best of luck to all of you competing
in the Race of Champions this weekend at the Div. 6 Bracket Finals in Woodburn
– may you make it all the way to the winners circle in
Best of luck as
well to all of you who qualified for
a slot on Team Portland. Not only may you defend the Division title, but may one of you bring
home a Wally in every category!
Lots-o-stuff just in:
2007
NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Finals
competitor information /
schedule click HERE
Tomorrow night’s pairings for the
King of the Track series finals:
Super Pro
Nicholson, Mike
Laskowske, Steve
Nicholson, Nick
Kelly, Bob
Pro
Figini, Pat
Clifton, Mike
Rippe, Raymond
Kielman, Greg
Sportsman
Classen, Robert
Masterman, Johdi
Saxe, Justin
Porter,
Motorcycle
Canty, Mark
Vandehey, Don
Smith, Van
Bromley, Kevin
Darnell, Len
Adams, Mark
___________
Test n Tune Drags
Wed., August 29,
2007
¼ Mile
Racing Action at
Portland International Raceway
ADMISSION SCHEDULE
Adults ( 13 & older): $
5.00 Gates
Open 4pm
Children
( 6-12 ): Free
Time Trials:
Test
n Tune $25 Eliminations:
Cash Bash $10
Take exit 306-B off I-5 503.823.7223
__________
2007 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment
Finals
competitor information / schedule click
HERE
TEAM RACE MANDATORY MEETING: This
Wednesday night (August 29) all members
MUST attend – rain or shine. 7:00pm at
PIR. While the participation in the 50/50 drawings has been great, a sponsor or
sponsors are needed for the Team Race.
If you are interested, see Lettie at the track
or call her at 503-644-5707. I’ll post
more Team Race info as I receive, but in the meantime, all racers participating
need to review the rules as posted HERE
Next Wednesday night (Sept. 5) will
be the LAST Wednesday night of the 2007 season.
In preparation for the Team Race, this will be a ¼ mile test and tune
event.
Points finally posted. Sorry for the delay – of all the times for problems…… I know many of you are getting down to the wire in your standings. With one points race to go, a lot will be on the line this Wednesday night. There many good battles going on right now in every category, with many possible scenarios that can affect Track Championships, a spot in the Race Of Champions as well as qualifying for the Team Race. With the weather people saying a chance of rain this Wednesday night, I sure hope we don’t have a rain out as this promises to be an exciting last night of the 2007 points chase! In those immortal words of Steve Evans, BE THERE!
National Dragster Challenge and
Junior Dragster Challenge results:
PHOTO: Carol Brown
ELECTRONICS
WINNER: Dave Sattem
8.79/152.07
RUNNERUP: Tim Schillereff
8.48/142.72
SEMI: Gary Ericksen
PHOTO: Carol Brown
NON-ELECTRONICS
WINNER: Ron Anderson 11.96/110.70
RUNNERUP: Bill Amick
12.45/105.05
SEMI: Adam Tabor
SECOND CHANCE
WINNER: Jeff Taylor 10.80/127.91
RUNNERUP: Rick Olson 11.91/110.18
SEMI: Mark Canty
PHOTO: Carol Brown
JR. DRAGSTER – LIGHTNING
WINNER: Forrest Schiffman 8.30/67.70
RUNNERUP: Nick Schillereff
8.25/77.92
PHOTO: Carol Brown
JR. DRAGSTER – THUNDER
WINNER: A.J. Harmon 11.31/55.46
RUNNERUP: Merranda Molinari
11.17/57.43
JR. DRAGSTER – SECOND CHANCE
WINNER: Emily Mix 10.94/56.01
RUNNERUP: Sydney Schiffman
12.17/50.90
While for many years we have had the
pleasure of PIR Bracket Race photographer Carol Brown offering her great 4X6
photographs for a small donation to cover her printing costs, she has just made
many of her pictures available to racers electronically. With the creation of her new website, many of her recent pics are now available for downloading! Check her site each
week as she plans to continue to add new pics.
Points racers feel free to submit Carol’s pics of your car – or (non-copyrighted) pics
by anybody else for that matter, to ME
for posting in the Pictures section of this site. Just let me know who the photographer was so
I can give them credit.
June 26, 2007
While no points will be awarded next
Wednesday, there are a couple of Wallys to be had….
National Dragster Challenge and Jr.
Dragster Challenge
Portland
International Raceway Dragstrip
July
4, 2007
Gates Open 9am Qualifying
and time trails run from
Gamblers Race 2 Classes* Entry
* Electronic $55 * Non-Electronic $ 45 (Race for an NHRA Wally each class )
General Admission Adults $ 9.00
Child 6-12 $ 5.00
Portland International Raceway Dragstrip
Presents
Jr.
Dragster Challenge 2007
Gates
Open
Entry
$25.00 Gen. Admit $9.00 6-12 $5.00
(
I-5, Exit 306B ) (503) 823 –7223
www.portlandraceway.com
While the weather guessers are calling
for rain this afternoon/evening, remember, rain or
not, due to the Champ Car race this weekend, there will be no
bracket racing tonight.
It was just brought to my attention
that Mark Canty has put together a PIR drag bike web site
I'd be more than happy to list this
sort of thing here, but you guys gotta let me know!
Along the lines of "it's up to
you", as I noted above, I'd like to update the Photo pages, but it is up
to you - the racers running for points, to send me your pics……
Don't forget, tonight is the NWDRA May Pay Day In
The Park bonus payout race for May.
Due to all the rain outs, the NWDRA has decided to roll over the April
"Pay Day In The Park" bonus cash payout for
tonight (May 9).
Yet another rain out. There have
been more rain outs than races so far this season! Hopefully, better weather is
just around the corner......
I've been noticing an increase in
hits this site has been receiving this season vs
previous years. Since there is no racing tonight, perhaps you new viewers might
be interested learning more about the history of PIR. If you haven't already,
go back and click on the History link on the Home page. Along the lines of PIR
history, I picked up an new (old -circa 1977) PIR event shirt at the Swap Meet
a few weeks ago:
As you can see, the shirt features
two events. Promoters often did this when they had left over shirts from a
previous race. Sometimes they had many shirts left over as rain outs were as
common back then as they are today…….
SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! Winter
Opener at PIR! Points begin in all categories (except Jr. Dragster). Gates open
at 9:00 am, eliminations at 12:30. While at this time, the weather people are
showing a chance of rain on Saturday night as well as Sunday night, but Sunday
looks clear. If it looks iffy on Sunday morning, call the track at 503-823-7223
for rain-out info.
Otherwise, BE THERE!
February 1, 2007
I can't believe I neglected to post
this after I got my software problem figured out a few months ago…. Last fall,
in an effort to bring the users of the track, its neighbors and the city
together, the group Friends Of PIR was formed. I HIGHLY encourage all of you to
visit their web site and sign up to receive their online
newsletter.
The 2007 Bracket Racing
schedule is now posted. Also see the INFO page for 2007 rules and regulations
as well as a 2007 points sign up sheet.
From Donald Shepard (Pro Bracket #
P603) comes this Racer Update:
Well, after all the back half work,
and new motor last season in my yellow Nova I've got a few bugs to work out
with it. We had a melt down in the motor (oil pump pickup broke off at the
weld!!!!) and my rear suspension likes to bind and unload early. SOOO I've got
a brand new motor being built (thanks to Richard Tabor). Corey Seekins is gonna help work out my
suspension bugs. And Mark at METRO Transmissions is working over my tranny to take the new motor. Ran 10.88 at 122 with last
motor. hoping for mid to low 10's with new motor.
I have it on good authority that Bob
Brown will be making a return to the Brackets this season. This time with a Camaro which will be faster than the Vega he ran a few
seasons ago. Look for pics here soon.
January 7, 2007
Let me first take this opportunity
to wish everybody a happy 2007! I hope it's a great year for everybody! This
site returns for its seventh season and while I don't have any major changes in
store for this year, you can count on this place to provide all the information
it has in the past - with maybe a few new twists thrown in here and there…..
As always this time of the year, if
you have any racer updates (new car, sponsors, etc., etc.), send 'em to ME and I'll post it here in the News
section. When submitting, please use the subject line "Racer Update"
and if possible, please try to keep the photo sizes under 300KB - and in jpeg
format.
I'll have some more stuff to add
here in the next few days and I'll post the 2007 schedule just as soon as I
receive.