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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