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00)rag redu,, ,cores a hit from page 22.) drag-racers have been satis- for a hundred-percent vol- you know, we're not doin' )ad. You know, we've done this time before; this was our sec- time. And our third time will a know, it's a learning ibr us." COMPLAINT he heard past weekend, adds the was that the track of bumpy in spots. our cars do not feel the track - at all," puts in fel- whSD SA,,founding m'ember Peggy ssZOW. It s the 8- and 9-second s s that ,feel the bumpy track. : there s not much we can do -y, y0 . lant it till we can resurface it. ag.l t's_ not, a horrible complaint, gh. It s not gonna throw 'em ;te the wal! or anything like that. thighs like, Oh. Well, it was a lit- d0umpy., ,, sd after the first pass," re- rca Reid, most of 'em got to ct the bumps and they were 1]y for em. You know, if we do ig in 300-mile-an-hour cars, it ht get a little dicey. But-" y ut they're planning to resur-  the thing anyway, aren't they, key get the port commissioners' ahead for more racing? oi ires,,, says Reid. "If we can get m , thing to make this corner, im L_be a brand-new racing surface e spring of next d then we wonYear'"t have those COes," adds Zamzow ,r jii eaH: S COMING WEEKEND, bray rate, the racers' ante is al- , [y up. agdeed, for the first time ever e, .say organizers _ and that ,x[. des Shelton's glory days back o_e ixties - entrants will be mling for Wallys, as they re not competing in a divisional race. And they take this very serious. That Wally is like your Oscar; ev- erybody wants one, and not too many people get one." Just like last weekend's, this coming event starts with tomor- row's "Five-Dollar Friday," where you pay $5 to get in plus $20 to race. Members of a huge national Mustang club will show up Fri- day afternoon for picnicking and such, "and they will be able to go race their cars as well as the locals will," says Myers. Saturday and Sunday will be the event's "National Dragster Challenge," as it's called, with the aforementioned Wallys up for grabs. MORE COMPETITIVE, then, than this past weekend? "Much more competitive," says Myers. "The Nostalgia Drags last weekend was a chance for people to bring their street rods or what- ever out - that they show or drive - and get a chance to see what they'll do. This next weekend is more competitive, because most of these people that are out here are lookin' to win that Wally." And how's that accomplished? 'Tou have to win your class," says Zamzow, whose son Corey is among a select handful of locals with a legitimate shot at doing so. "And the classes are Sportsman, Pro, Super Pro, Super Street, Su- per Gas and Super Comp -just like in Bremerton and at other tracks." GATES OPEN for racers at 7 a.m. all three days and for specta- tors at noon Friday and at 7 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Rac- ing starts at noon Friday and at 9 a.m. the next two days. Local expectations are running high once again for a big turnout. "Consider this," offers direc- tor Redman. "We'll have as many t's your Oscar in drag racing," visitors over the two weekends as r Zamzow. And that will brin there are residents in this commu- irs out of everywhere that are g nity..." la ,e ' tic 00;'dons, cys fibrosis fund-ralser set • ;i he Lions clubs of Shelton once "Bragging Rights Division" m are sponsoring the anno tic Fibrosis Chanty rnament. their seventh yearly go-around hetfor Saturday, August 18, at e Limerick Golf Club. "ntry is $75 per player and cIrs _green fees, a sack lunch, dsthAlae d barbecue and tee '2." s will be given for ;Sshand" women's long and r s,  anves and KPs, plus e ll be a car up for grabs for one making a hole-in-one. onsorships are available ting at $100. Service clubs and 'nesses can sponsor a team in A for an additional $100 donation to cystic frbrosis. Last year's bragging-rights winner and traveling trophy recipient was Windermere/ttimlie Realty. The tournament format is a four-person scramble, and space is limited to the first 64 players registering. Net proceeds will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For more information or to get on the list, call Bob Buhl at 427- 5854 or DJ at the Lake Limerick pro shop, 426-6290. i00otorcyele poker run !00ill benefit dlve team i e Mason County Search Scue Dive Team has an- ednt € will stage a fund- e_}i g otorcycle poker run rUraonth. a tide & Dive Run 2007," as ,been dubbed, will be Satur- iI e a spaghetti feed lit at the last stop, say spon- , which include the follow- :Uick Throttle Magazine, Sted Chopper Energy Drink, J. E's Lounge, Little Creek no, Northwest Harley-Da- on, Paulson' , , s Motor Sports, .]d Sport n Dive, Shelton Safe V ' 1. ern s Restaurant, Lynch Li k Floral, Three 60, Thom- ,'rintmg," Beane Sem e  ry p "alty ' arough Coffee of Belfair Dillanos Coffee Roasters, lng others. ,,tor more information contact  490-433, :i ii The Mason Conty Search & Rescue Dive Team is a non- profit organization comprised of volunteers dedicated to provid- ing rescue and recovery services on Mason County waterways as well as assisting surrounding areas. There are approximately 300 miles of saltwater shoreline plus more than 200 lakes and numerous waterfront vacation areas in Mason County, and the team is funded solely by dona- tions and fund-raising efforts. Each volunteer provides his or her own equipment and donates time and resources for missions and training. The team is affiliated with the Mason County Sheriff Search and Rescue Division. It consists of certified divers and surface support tenders. Divers must complete the basic open-water certification as well as the re- quired training set forth by the sheriffs office for emergency workers. TWISPIAN WALT PEARCE poses with 'His Mistress' Saturday morning at Sanderson Field. His 'addiction' isn't a drag By STEVE PATCH Walt Pearce hails from the town of Twisp, but residency wasn't his chief claim to fame last weekend at the Shelton Drag Strip. The youthful seventysomething was commemorating a date of rare personal significance. "My first drag race was in Santa Ana, California, in July of 1957," he tells you. "So this is my 50th anniversary for that addiction. He grins. HIS SHELTON ENTRY? Pearce laughs. "My wife calls it 'His Mistress.' And there's actually a song titled that. "It's a 1932 Chevrolet sport coupe. It's got a rumble seat. It's got a Chevy 256 in it. Six-cylinder. And in 2005 at Spokane it ran a 13.40. It's a little off its pace right now, but we're workin' on it." Its top speed in the quarter mile? "It's never cracked a hundred," says Walt. "Ninety's the quickest it's ever gone. In the early Fifties and Sixties and Seventies I was runnin' a B-3 roadster - that '29 A roadster pickup - with a 283 and a tri-power. Its quickest mile per hour was 105, but 13.8 was the quickest it ever went. And it was 400 pounds lighter than this car!" SO HIS LIL  COUPE is pretty amazing? "Yeahhhh," says Walt, grinning anew. And is it just as big a thrill now, all these years later? The Twispian nods. "In fact, right now," he says, "I didn't realize how excited I was to come to this race until I was getting here. I was giddy." He laughs. "It's my 'carrot' in life." And what's drag racing's appeal? "It's always got your mind workin'," says Walt. "Always thinkin' what you're gonna do next, where you're gonna be racing. All winter I'm mopin' around - and it's snow country - But getting it to go faster; getting it to do well; racing with my buddies, it's-" WHAT? IT'S NOT just as simple as the speed? "Oh! Heck, no," says Walt, laughing good-naturedly. "No, no, no. If it was just winning and speed I probably would have quit a long time ago. "But it's kicking V-8 ass with a little six-cylinder. That's big on my plate." He laughs anew. He's done that a few times, has he? "Oh yeah," says Walt. "Particularly in the eighth mile. My home track is an eighth mile. And there's a lot of 12-second cars that can't catch me in an eighth mile. "It's quick. It's 60-foot time is a 1.72. And it's only a 13-second car. That compare well with other cars, does it? "Well, a lot of 12-second cars are like 1.8s," says Walt. "So, yeah: It's quick out of the hole!" He laughs. "Oh, it's very quick out of the hole..." Bayshore Bayshore's ladies yielded the ibllowing the past two weeks: July 3, Gross & Net First division - Coralie Watters low gross (93) and Alice Chapman low net (72). Second division - Billie Elms low gross (no total given) and Deb Rechnitz low net (69). Nine-holers - Charleen Wallitner low gross (55) and Lois Poe low net (33.5). Fewest putts - Charleen Wallitner among the nine-holers and no one among the 18-holers. Birdie - Toni Stevens (3rd hole). Chip-in -Mary Lou Wicken (15th hole). July 10, Gross First division - Eeva Kissick 84, Cor- alle Watters 91. Second division - Billie Elms and Pen- ny Greaves tied at 105. Nine-holers- Pat Oltman 56, Debi Re- chnitz 58. Fewest putts - Eeva Kissick 28 among the 18-holers and Lois Poe .and Kaye Knudsen tied with 15 among the nine-hol- ers, Birdies - Coralie Watters (4th hole) and Toni Stevens (9th). Chip-ins - Lois Poe (6th hole) and Eeva Kissick (18th). ----You wanna call SUNBAKED CLIMBER FIELD summons up another dust storm at home plate Sunday as Shelton Timbers pitcher Tristin Richerson puts the tag on a Capital baserunner. Alas, though a virtually identical play by the brand-new Climber graduate scant moments earlier wound up costing the visitors an out, this call went to the kids from Thurston County and they went on to win the game by a 7-0 count. For a complete account of the local Legionnaires' doubleheader and more, see next week's Journal. Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23 00)rag redu,, ,cores a hit from page 22.) drag-racers have been satis- for a hundred-percent vol- you know, we're not doin' )ad. You know, we've done this time before; this was our sec- time. And our third time will a know, it's a learning ibr us." COMPLAINT he heard past weekend, adds the was that the track of bumpy in spots. our cars do not feel the track - at all," puts in fel- whSD SA,,founding m'ember Peggy ssZOW. It s the 8- and 9-second s s that ,feel the bumpy track. : there s not much we can do -y, y0 . lant it till we can resurface it. ag.l t's_ not, a horrible complaint, gh. It s not gonna throw 'em ;te the wal! or anything like that. thighs like, Oh. Well, it was a lit- d0umpy., ,, sd after the first pass," re- rca Reid, most of 'em got to ct the bumps and they were 1]y for em. You know, if we do ig in 300-mile-an-hour cars, it ht get a little dicey. But-" y ut they're planning to resur-  the thing anyway, aren't they, key get the port commissioners' ahead for more racing? oi ires,,, says Reid. "If we can get m , thing to make this corner, im L_be a brand-new racing surface e spring of next d then we wonYear'"t have those COes," adds Zamzow ,r jii eaH: S COMING WEEKEND, bray rate, the racers' ante is al- , [y up. agdeed, for the first time ever e, .say organizers _ and that ,x[. des Shelton's glory days back o_e ixties - entrants will be mling for Wallys, as they re not competing in a divisional race. And they take this very serious. That Wally is like your Oscar; ev- erybody wants one, and not too many people get one." Just like last weekend's, this coming event starts with tomor- row's "Five-Dollar Friday," where you pay $5 to get in plus $20 to race. Members of a huge national Mustang club will show up Fri- day afternoon for picnicking and such, "and they will be able to go race their cars as well as the locals will," says Myers. Saturday and Sunday will be the event's "National Dragster Challenge," as it's called, with the aforementioned Wallys up for grabs. MORE COMPETITIVE, then, than this past weekend? "Much more competitive," says Myers. "The Nostalgia Drags last weekend was a chance for people to bring their street rods or what- ever out - that they show or drive - and get a chance to see what they'll do. This next weekend is more competitive, because most of these people that are out here are lookin' to win that Wally." And how's that accomplished? 'Tou have to win your class," says Zamzow, whose son Corey is among a select handful of locals with a legitimate shot at doing so. "And the classes are Sportsman, Pro, Super Pro, Super Street, Su- per Gas and Super Comp -just like in Bremerton and at other tracks." GATES OPEN for racers at 7 a.m. all three days and for specta- tors at noon Friday and at 7 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Rac- ing starts at noon Friday and at 9 a.m. the next two days. Local expectations are running high once again for a big turnout. "Consider this," offers direc- tor Redman. "We'll have as many t's your Oscar in drag racing," visitors over the two weekends as r Zamzow. And that will brin there are residents in this commu- irs out of everywhere that are g nity..." la ,e ' tic 00;'dons, cys fibrosis fund-ralser set • ;i he Lions clubs of Shelton once "Bragging Rights Division" m are sponsoring the anno tic Fibrosis Chanty rnament. their seventh yearly go-around hetfor Saturday, August 18, at e Limerick Golf Club. "ntry is $75 per player and cIrs _green fees, a sack lunch, dsthAlae d barbecue and tee '2." s will be given for ;Sshand" women's long and r s,  anves and KPs, plus e ll be a car up for grabs for one making a hole-in-one. onsorships are available ting at $100. Service clubs and 'nesses can sponsor a team in A for an additional $100 donation to cystic frbrosis. Last year's bragging-rights winner and traveling trophy recipient was Windermere/ttimlie Realty. The tournament format is a four-person scramble, and space is limited to the first 64 players registering. Net proceeds will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For more information or to get on the list, call Bob Buhl at 427- 5854 or DJ at the Lake Limerick pro shop, 426-6290. i00otorcyele poker run !00ill benefit dlve team i e Mason County Search Scue Dive Team has an- ednt € will stage a fund- e_}i g otorcycle poker run rUraonth. a tide & Dive Run 2007," as ,been dubbed, will be Satur- iI e a spaghetti feed lit at the last stop, say spon- , which include the follow- :Uick Throttle Magazine, Sted Chopper Energy Drink, J. E's Lounge, Little Creek no, Northwest Harley-Da- on, Paulson' , , s Motor Sports, .]d Sport n Dive, Shelton Safe V ' 1. ern s Restaurant, Lynch Li k Floral, Three 60, Thom- ,'rintmg," Beane S em e  ry p "alty ' arough Coffee of Belfair Dillanos Coffee Roasters, lng others. ,,tor more information contact  490-433, :i ii The Mason Conty Search & Rescue Dive Team is a non- profit organization comprised of volunteers dedicated to provid- ing rescue and recovery services on Mason County waterways as well as assisting surrounding areas. There are approximately 300 miles of saltwater shoreline plus more than 200 lakes and numerous waterfront vacation areas in Mason County, and the team is funded solely by dona- tions and fund-raising efforts. Each volunteer provides his or her own equipment and donates time and resources for missions and training. The team is affiliated with the Mason County Sheriff Search and Rescue Division. It consists of certified divers and surface support tenders. Divers must complete the basic open-water certification as well as the re- quired training set forth by the sheriffs office for emergency workers. TWISPIAN WALT PEARCE poses with 'His Mistress' Saturday morning at Sanderson Field. His 'addiction' isn't a drag By STEVE PATCH Walt Pearce hails from the town of Twisp, but residency wasn't his chief claim to fame last weekend at the Shelton Drag Strip. The youthful seventysomething was commemorating a date of rare personal significance. "My first drag race was in Santa Ana, California, in July of 1957," he tells you. "So this is my 50th anniversary for that addiction. He grins. HIS SHELTON ENTRY? Pearce laughs. "My wife calls it 'His Mistress.' And there's actually a song titled that. "It's a 1932 Chevrolet sport coupe. It's got a rumble seat. It's got a Chevy 256 in it. Six-cylinder. And in 2005 at Spokane it ran a 13.40. It's a little off its pace right now, but we're workin' on it." Its top speed in the quarter mile? "It's never cracked a hundred," says Walt. "Ninety's the quickest it's ever gone. In the early Fifties and Sixties and Seventies I was runnin' a B-3 roadster - that '29 A roadster pickup - with a 283 and a tri-power. Its quickest mile per hour was 105, but 13.8 was the quickest it ever went. And it was 400 pounds lighter than this car!" SO HIS LIL  COUPE is pretty amazing? "Yeahhhh," says Walt, grinning anew. And is it just as big a thrill now, all these years later? The Twispian nods. "In fact, right now," he says, "I didn't realize how excited I was to come to this race until I was getting here. I was giddy." He laughs. "It's my 'carrot' in life." And what's drag racing's appeal? "It's always got your mind workin'," says Walt. "Always thinkin' what you're gonna do next, where you're gonna be racing. All winter I'm mopin' around - and it's snow country - But getting it to go faster; getting it to do well; racing with my buddies, it's-" WHAT? IT'S NOT just as simple as the speed? "Oh! Heck, no," says Walt, laughing good-naturedly. "No, no, no. If it was just winning and speed I probably would have quit a long time ago. "But it's kicking V-8 ass with a little six-cylinder. That's big on my plate." He laughs anew. He's done that a few times, has he? "Oh yeah," says Walt. "Particularly in the eighth mile. My home track is an eighth mile. And there's a lot of 12-second cars that can't catch me in an eighth mile. "It's quick. It's 60-foot time is a 1.72. And it's only a 13-second car. That compare well with other cars, does it? "Well, a lot of 12-second cars are like 1.8s," says Walt. "So, yeah: It's quick out of the hole!" He laughs. "Oh, it's very quick out of the hole..." Bayshore Bayshore's ladies yielded the ibllowing the past two weeks: July 3, Gross & Net First division - Coralie Watters low gross (93) and Alice Chapman low net (72). Second division - Billie Elms low gross (no total given) and Deb Rechnitz low net (69). Nine-holers - Charleen Wallitner low gross (55) and Lois Poe low net (33.5). Fewest putts - Charleen Wallitner among the nine-holers and no one among the 18-holers. Birdie - Toni Stevens (3rd hole). Chip-in -Mary Lou Wicken (15th hole). July 10, Gross First division - Eeva Kissick 84, Cor- alle Watters 91. Second division - Billie Elms and Pen- ny Greaves tied at 105. Nine-holers- Pat Oltman 56, Debi Re- chnitz 58. Fewest putts - Eeva Kissick 28 among the 18-holers and Lois Poe .and Kaye Knudsen tied with 15 among the nine-hol- ers, Birdies - Coralie Watters (4th hole) and Toni Stevens (9th). Chip-ins - Lois Poe (6th hole) and Eeva Kissick (18th). ----You wanna call SUNBAKED CLIMBER FIELD summons up another dust storm at home plate Sunday as Shelton Timbers pitcher Tristin Richerson puts the tag on a Capital baserunner. Alas, though a virtually identical play by the brand-new Climber graduate scant moments earlier wound up costing the visitors an out, this call went to the kids from Thurston County and they went on to win the game by a 7-0 count. For a complete account of the local Legionnaires' doubleheader and more, see next week's Journal. Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23