Wow low early registration for the pros categories
maybe a few locals will fill the spots
Pacific raceway used to be a huge draw, 32-64 FC or Fuelers
Pro-Stocks were big there too
bikes not so much
It's a great track facility, great air RAD a lot of conifers/trees to make O2
track is still good relatively moderate compared to Sonoma heat wise
great tarck surface & sea air O2 there also
There's not much of a west coast swing, now only 2 races,
now no Bandimere/Mile High MoPar race
Kent/Pacific Raceway
& Sonoma Sears Point/Infinity Raceway the only 2
It's a long way for those outside of the west coast, to stomach/travel in the heat
for only 2 races,
NHRA they should do a The Strip/Las Vegas, Firebird/Idaho or somewhere in Texas maybe
maybe an event/s PLANNED 'paid', for some match race/s in between
Bakerfield/Famosa &/or another Pomona race maybe, Redding (?) Samoa in Calif.
or other locations
in Oregon, Woodburn or Medford maybe
maybe Tuson or even Chandler (already a NHRA track) make it worth the trip/s,
for the people coming from all the way over on the east coast
be a killer money maker 'for teams' & the hotels, groceries & local restaurants nearby too
have some good old "paid" match races scheduled, make some $$$
stay out here/west for 4-5 weeks, somewhere west of the Rookies at a min...
the current NHRA schedule sucks ***, I know some is traditional dates,
but it's makes no damn sense, didn't matter with Pomona, they moved that...
Move some of the others dates too...
I can't wait till the next "new" track in Denver area/Bandimere Family too still
at-least it will be a sort of west coast swing once again
(PITA like me dealing with all the races on the east coast, NE, SE, Midwest
most any past the Mississippi, many are/were 2000+ - 2,500+ miles each way, some 3,000+
made it hard to justify that trip & then rush, comeback home to my businesses/work,
I did start paying 2 guys toi stay with my rig/car & I'd fly back home to take care of business
then have to fly back & $1,500 extra pay a week & hotel costs for the 2 guy
(good thing I was the owner) a lot of vacation time a week each driving/towing,
several times a year/season... I'd go down to Long Beach & get 99% of my parts...
Wasn't so bad when we had 27 tracks out here/West, in Calif. alone,
another 20-ish in other neighboring states...
There's plenty of tracks in between the Westcoast swing too
Anything past the Rookies was a huge traveling road time/expense & hassle,
it partially why most the Pro-teams have an Indy area shop now, as their base,
to be closer to 80% of the races)