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SCENES FROM DRAG RACING'S Summer of '06 sequel last weekend at Shelton's Sanderson Field find attrac- tions running the gamut as usual - from seven-second top fuel dragsters of Sixties and Seventies nostalgia (top) to dunk-tank diversions (near) provided by the likes of Shel. Page 22 - SheltOn-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 12, 2007 ton High cheerleaders Amanda Sims (left) and Sam Hernandez, both juniors-to-be. Our hirsute and reflec- tive race fan midpage left? He's Dave Smith of McCleary, Officials estimate more than 20,000 folks attended and close to 600 cars went down the track. With more this weeke: Drag redux00 is a By STEVE PATCH Act II: twice the gate, cars, twice the love? i! Well, two outta three i half bad last weekend wh Shelton Drag Strip Assa returned to the scene of its st of '06 love-in, the 40-ye coming resurrection of Sa Field's quarter mile of drag" history. Indeed, with paying attex exceeding 20 thousand th and race entries similarly do to nearly 500, last week's successive-weekend renew 'That's they pay the big buck00 even the most optimistic of expectations, and the fun was commensurate by aim accounts. BUT LOVE? Make no mistake, c0 SDSA executive director Redman: Last summer evel was a little more, well, for what with the celebratory 1 of the event after 40 long without. Now, he says, they're exl thin'gs to be smooth and of And they're not afraid to sou if disappointed. "So it's time for us to pro he says matter-of-factly, s that the timing-system rep made with $15,000 out of h pocket since last year's ina event are only the first ste process that involves plenty the-fly learning. But is he prepared for t so-warm-and-fuzzy world time drag racing, where co tors demand nothing short best? Redman nods. "That's wh pay me the big bucks," h - and he remains straight right up to the point when h in a mock-sheepish half mt . Oh, yeah: I'm a volunteer... SPEAKING OF WHICI though the SDSA is not and has been about making in a corporate sense, in its l 'Oh, yeah: I'd VOLUNTEE0000,. event's rather conspicuous w a lot of money indeed. "We put over six figures i bank," advises Reid Myers of the organization's foundiJ ricers. "We're talking over s dred thousand dollars. And have a weekend coming like it's starting to sound like, we end up with, say, a quarter dollars in total cash revenUd the end of this coming weeke That, of course, does nc clude the bills that remain I paid, adds Myers. "We figu the time we're done we will 1 spent roughly $120,000 on it says, "for the two weekends., Ultimately, adds Fran l - Reid's morn and the SDSA's! surer - the plan is to have e money left over after exp € to start a scholarship at Slid High School, ideally for a thy student of auto mechani the like. But that remains oI drawing board despite the more-encouraging returns. AN UNQUALIFIED suC This latest renewal? "I'd say so," says Reid. feedback I'm getting from s T tors and stuff has been aboU percent positive. There's still i people complaining about not ing enough bleachers to sit oV getting there early enough t close enough for trackside ing. But, overall, the spec have been satisfied - and m0 (Please turn to page 251 SCENES FROM DRAG RACING'S Summer of '06 sequel last weekend at Shelton's Sanderson Field find attrac- tions running the gamut as usual - from seven-second top fuel dragsters of Sixties and Seventies nostalgia (top) to dunk-tank diversions (near) provided by the likes of Shel. Page 22 - SheltOn-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 12, 2007 ton High cheerleaders Amanda Sims (left) and Sam Hernandez, both juniors-to-be. Our hirsute and reflec- tive race fan midpage left? He's Dave Smith of McCleary, Officials estimate more than 20,000 folks attended and close to 600 cars went down the track. With more this weeke: Drag redux00 is a By STEVE PATCH Act II: twice the gate, cars, twice the love? i! Well, two outta three i half bad last weekend wh Shelton Drag Strip Assa returned to the scene of its st of '06 love-in, the 40-ye coming resurrection of Sa Field's quarter mile of drag" history. Indeed, with paying attex exceeding 20 thousand th and race entries similarly do to nearly 500, last week's successive-weekend renew 'That's they pay the big buck00 even the most optimistic of expectations, and the fun was commensurate by aim accounts. BUT LOVE? Make no mistake, c0 SDSA executive director Redman: Last summer evel was a little more, well, for what with the celebratory 1 of the event after 40 long without. Now, he says, they're exl thin'gs to be smooth and of And they're not afraid to sou if disappointed. "So it's time for us to pro he says matter-of-factly, s that the timing-system rep made with $15,000 out of h pocket since last year's ina event are only the first ste process that involves plenty the-fly learning. But is he prepared for t so-warm-and-fuzzy world time drag racing, where co tors demand nothing short best? Redman nods. "That's wh pay me the big bucks," h - and he remains straight right up to the point when h in a mock-sheepish half mt . Oh, yeah: I'm a volunteer... SPEAKING OF WHICI though the SDSA is not and has been about making in a corporate sense, in its l 'Oh, yeah: I'd VOLUNTEE0000,. event's rather conspicuous w a lot of money indeed. "We put over six figures i bank," advises Reid Myers of the organization's foundiJ ricers. "We're talking over s dred thousand dollars. And have a weekend coming like it's starting to sound like, we end up with, say, a quarter dollars in total cash revenUd the end of this coming weeke That, of course, does nc clude the bills that remain I paid, adds Myers. "We figu the time we're done we will 1 spent roughly $120,000 on it says, "for the two weekends., Ultimately, adds Fran l - Reid's morn and the SDSA's! surer - the plan is to have e money left over after exp € to start a scholarship at Slid High School, ideally for a thy student of auto mechani the like. But that remains oI drawing board despite the more-encouraging returns. AN UNQUALIFIED suC This latest renewal? "I'd say so," says Reid. feedback I'm getting from s T tors and stuff has been aboU percent positive. There's still i people complaining about not ing enough bleachers to sit oV getting there early enough t close enough for trackside ing. But, overall, the spec have been satisfied - and m0 (Please turn to page 251