2012
BRACKET
RACING NEWS
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The focus of this site will remain as it has been for the
past twelve years – as a source to keep you updated on the Bracket Racing program at PIR. I'll leave the street legal races,
import races, etc. up to someone else.
While this remains a volunteer deal, as with all previous seasons, I’ll
do my best to post the race results and current point standings within 24 hours
of receiving them. I will also continue
to submit the weekly race results to National Dragster and to The
Oregonian.
If you have any information, news, comments or concerns
regarding Bracket Racing at Portland International Raceway that you would like
to have posted here, just send an e-mail to:
MAY 16, 2012
From the Booster Club
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This is a reminder to always check your 50-50 ticket!!
Last week’s 50-50 winner still has not claimed their winnings of $206.50!!
The Winning Ticket Number still is: Blue 121102
The Booster Club will hold the money, for this winning ticket, until the PIR banquet. The ticket was purchased right after Jack Russell’s ticket (121100), so if you remember purchasing your ticket after Jack, you are most likely the winner.
The word of the week is: Rule Book
The Pie Flavor of the week is: Lemon meringue |
A New Booster Club
Raffle!
Beginning this week,
thanks to culinary student (and Ol Gold crewperson)
Katryn Comeau, the booster Club will be
adding a tasty additional raffle:
Pie Palooza!
This week’s 50-50 word
and more raffle info:
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>>> TWO BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK FROM THE BOOSTER CLUB <<<
1) The Tasty Announcement !! This week’s Pie Flavor to be raffled is: Apple Tickets will be $1 each, separate tickets/drawing for the pie, see Lettie.
2) Additional Winner Payout !! Beginning this week, the winner in each category, will receive an extra $25 dollar payout.
This additional payout is due to Lettie’s determination to locate sponsors to provide this to the racers. If you know of a potential sponsor, or are interested in being one, please contact Lettie.
The 50-50 special word this week is ‘pre-stage’. |
The new win lights are
up! While the old lights remain in place
for the
drivers, the new lights on the bridge make for
a very welcome addition for
the spectators.
From the Booster Club:
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At the next Wednesday Night Bracket Race, look for an announcement from the booster club for a TASTY raffle prize. This is to be come a regular/weekly feature.
The 50-50 secret word for 05-02, is ‘starting line’.
If we rain-out 05-02, it will be a different word for the following week
race, so check the website regularly, at least a couple of times per week!! |
More rainy day fun:
1977 Time slip
1981 Time slip
I thought I’d bring
back some more memories with these old time slips. Obviously hand written and obviously not
always completely filled in. Which is
certainly understandable considering the amount of manual work it took back
then. At least they had a rubber stamp
for red lights!
Time slips used to be
given out at the base of the tower. They
were sent down from the second story via a pvc pipe
to the time slip person below who would then hand them to the driver or crew
person.
From the Booster Club:
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The 50-50
secret word for the next race is: Cash Bash This word is
for the next 50-50, at the next bracket race, regardless of the date!! The Booster
Club also wants suggestions from the racers for naming the Booster Club’s 2nd
Chance/Cash Bash race. We need a
good name for Woodburn
uses: Run Tuff Your suggestion
is wanted, What should Write it
down and mail/give to Lettie, or email Ken at edio@clear.net |
No racing tonight
(obviously), but we can still have a little fun. Here’s another big event flier.
This
Sunday Test and Tune
Cash Bash Results: Congratulations to
the first participants of the PIR Booster Club Cash Bash Sunday, March 4th. The winner was Robert Glafka and the runner
up was Gordon Cady. The Booster Club has
listened to the racers and made the following changes to the Cash Bash: Total
Payout will be 80% of proceeds split 2/3
to the winner and 1/3 to the runner-up.
There have been a couple
of recent rule changes/amendments that you will
need to be aware of. At this years
will be mandatory on all vehicles running
9.99 and quicker or exceeding 135 mph. For more info regarding tech for the
Finals, click HERE.
It appears the SFI certified window net issue has been basically
dropped. From the NHRA website, this
sentence is to be deleted from the 2012 rulebook:
“SECTION
4A: SUPER PRO, PRO, SPORTSMAN, INTERIOR:6, WINDOW NET (Page 5) (3/5/2012) Window net meeting SFI 27.1 mandatory in any
full-bodied car required by the rules to have a roll cage.”
The following applies to window nets (basically as the rule was in
2011):
“A ribbon-type or SFI 27.1
mesh-type window net is mandatory
for any full-bodied car running 7.50 (*4.50) to 9.99 (*6.39) or if vehicle runs
135 mph or faster. See General Regulations 6:3.”
Please see the NHRA
rulebook revisions/amendments page for more info.
It appears something
good did come out of my major computer crash a few weeks ago!
I found a file that I
had started a few years ago for the History section that I thought I
had lost during a different crash. It is basically just some newer (drag racing)
history stuff
starting in 2000 and
going through about 2005. Nothing too exciting
I suppose….. But it
might be of interest
if you are new to PIR. Along the lines
of old stuff, here’s another flier
from my archives. This one is from 1978.
March 5, 2012
While the commitment to
better traction is a welcome improvement for the racers,
these new win lights will be a welcome
improvement for the spectators .
As stylish as they
look on the back of one of the track support trucks, the
lights will be mounted
on the bridge near the reader boards.
Cool new deal for 2012
from the Booster Club!
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Your
PIR Booster Club will be active this Sunday for the PIR opening day. CASH BASH Your
Booster Club will conduct our initial Cash-Bash. This
will become a regular feature during each Points Race for all racers
participating as a 1st Round Runner-up (Losing 1st
round J ). The Entry will be $10 per car. Payout will be 60% of money collected Winner 65% Runner-up
35% We
also plan on conducting our initial 50-50 drawing; you could be the lucky
winner!!!! REMEMBER,
ALL BOOSTER CLUB NET PROCEEDS ARE RETURNED TO TEAM MEMBERS, at the Team Race,
Year End Banquet, etc. |
While we’re waiting for
the season to begin, I thought I’d post up another one from
the archives. This letter would have been from early
1983. As noted in the history
section, the
100’concrete pad was installed (at a cost of $18,680) in 1983.
Along the lines of
traction and “bite”, in a conversation with Pete the other day,
he mentioned one of
his primary focuses for improvement of the facility this year
is going to be working
on improving traction. More frequent
scrapings and more
(or different)
traction compounds will be utilized. The
only downside of course being
these do come at a
cost which means a slightly higher ($2) entry fee in each category.
In my personal
opinion, this small increase will be well worth the benefit the racers will
receive in return. I’ve heard racers expressing their
frustrations over the past few years
regarding traction (or
more specifically, the lack of). Of
course the improved traction
means more consistency
for everyone, but will also hopefully bring some of those
racers back who were
having traction issues. Which in turn
will result in higher car
counts, which in turn
will result in higher payouts. And
besides that, it’s just a lot more
fun when there are
more cars!
At this point, the
weather forecast is looking good for the 2012 Winter Opener this Sunday! Depending on turnout, this test and tune
could evolve into a race of some sort, but whatever
the case, this is a
non points race event.
2012 Updated schedule
now posted. Still a few details to work
out – one being whether or not to make the National Dragster Challenge / Jr.
Dragster Challenge on Wednesday, July 4th a points race or not. Let Pete
know your thoughts.
Here is the backside
of the (circa 1978) Blitz flier posted below.
I think you’ll really
get a kick out of some
of these rules and regulations!
Still waiting for some
clarification on a few of the events for 2012, but not
wanting to wait any
longer, I have posted the most recent 2012 schedule in
the schedule section along with a
printable (pdf) version.
JANUARY 20, 2012
While we’re waiting
for the 2012 schedule details, I thought some of you might get a
kick out of this circa 1978 pre-season flier.
I’m still working on
the 2012 schedule page and I’ll post it as soon
as I get some updates
/ clarifications (hopefully sometime this week).
I’m also waiting on some
updates to the Info page, but I have posted a 2012
points signup sheet
there.
Damn – hard to believe
this is the 12th year of this deal, but here we are!
Happy New Year
everybody!
Check back in a day or
so as I’ll be posting the 2012 schedule as well as updating
some of the other
sections…….