Seattle SOVREN vintage racing pics

Eric Coffey · 05-16-2004, 10:30 PM

Another great PNW weekend...

Eric Coffey · 05-16-2004, 10:32 PM

a few more...

chrisreale · 05-16-2004, 11:52 PM

The quality of these pics is amazing. Thanks for sharing

IROC · IROC's Garage

Makes me want to sell my car and buy a vintage racer. Really.

Mike

MarkP · 05-17-2004, 05:55 AM

As usual, great shots Eric!

I had a great weekend, turned a personal best of 1:46.6 (faster than my old 911) and finished 8th of 39 in the final race!

Mike, you wouldn't be sorry. Vintage racing is, as they say, as much fun as you can have with your clothes on!

derek murray · derek murray's Garage

beautiful pictures eric... thanks

are you shooting digital or film?

Zeke · 08:42 AM

Fantastic. We have HSR in a month at Fontana. But, it won't be as picturesque as that.

There is something to racing the vintage cars that is in a way provincial and yet romantic. I was at the POC Cup races yesterday with the smattering of GT3s and other exoctics including 2 Ferraris (new). While it's fun to be around these cars, I can't identify with them. If I were to get another track car, it would have to qualify as a vintage racer. I'm telling you, you can have as fun in a well sorted 2.0 as a 3.8. This is only my opinion, of course. POC is sort of the antithesis of vintage racing, although there were some great early 911s there. John Dilger comes readily to mind.

Rich Lambert · Rich Lambert's Garage

Great pictures Eric!

Superman · 05-17-2004, 07:22 AM

Awesome, Eric. Those darned outlaw 356's are, in my view, some of the meanest looking race cars I have ever seen. And some of the fastest too.

Drago · Drago's Garage

Where's the Pelican K-9 mascot? Oh wait...

Schrup · Schrup's Garage

What a great day, it was a pleasure to meet Mark & all the other Pelican that showed up at the swap meet. To bad the batteries went dead in my camera. Glad Eric had it covered with amazing pics.

racea911 · 05-17-2004, 09:58 AM

How many race tracks are there in the greater Seattle area, and what cities are they in? My inlaws live up there and I'd like to check out some track events while we're vacationing.

Thanks

don911 · don911's Garage

Great pixs. I wish I could have been there.

MarkP · 05-17-2004, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by racea911
How many race tracks are there in the greater Seattle area, and what cities are they in? My inlaws live up there and I'd like to check out some track events while we're vacationing.

Thanks

Pacific Raceways in Kent Washington is our only track in the greater Seattle area. Click the link below to see information on the Pacific Northwest Historics, by far the largest road racing event in the Northwest each year - 250+ cars.

Eric Coffey · 05-17-2004, 11:53 AM

Thanks guys.

Derek-
shooting all digital these days.

Drago-
didn't you take some pics too? Let's see em!

Ok, here's a few more........

Can you tell I liked the 910?

Jeff Higgins · 05-17-2004, 12:01 PM

Great photos. That 910 had to be the class of the show. I kind of worry seeing irreplaceable pieces of history out there "racing", though. I guess that's the chance one must take to truly enjoy a classic such as this. Sitting silent in a museum just wouldn't be right, and it sure is a treat to see them running. I just hope those fortunate enough to own such a machine are carefull with them.

Eric Coffey · 05-17-2004, 12:03 PM

last batch...

MarkP · 05-17-2004, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jeff Higgins
Great photos. That 910 had to be the class of the show. I kind of worry seeing irreplaceable pieces of history out there "racing", though. I guess that's the chance one must take to truly enjoy a classic such as this. Sitting silent in a museum just wouldn't be right, and it sure is a treat to see them running. I just hope those fortunate enough to own such a machine are carefull with them.

Hehe - I'm on TV again! Thanks Eric.

Jeff, Mike Malone drives the 910 very hard, frequently sliding sideways through turns. I ask him if he was driving full out at Rennsport/Daytona and he just chuckled and said "pedal on the floor". It was no different this weekend at our local club event - he was flying!

Drago · Drago's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by Eric Coffey
Drago-
didn't you take some pics too? Let's see em!

I'll try to find some time on the tube when I get home from work...

Jeff Higgins · 05-17-2004, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkP
Hehe - I'm on TV again! Thanks Eric.

Jeff, Mike Malone drives the 910 very hard, frequently sliding sideways through turns. I ask him if he was driving full out at Rennsport/Daytona and he just chuckled and said "pedal on the floor". It was no different this weekend at our local club event - he was flying!

He sure looked like he was pushing hard, but it's really hard to tell when there are no other cars in the class to gauge it against. I thought I saw it crossed up coming out of 8 a couple of times. Must be an absolute blast, but the pucker factor in such a rig would be way too high for me. I'm sure he realizes he wouldn't be the only one crying if he stuffed that thing. Brand new Porsche Cup car; oh well, they can fix it or get another. Classic 910.... oooooh noooo, sob, snivel... Anyway, I'm glad he's having fun. I'm envious.