Show 'n Go Results
The Show 'n Go weekender presented by the Southern California Chapter of POCI and Pontiac Drag Days was a smashing success! Nearly 100 cars were on display on Saturday, February 16th at Jim Wangers Garage in Oceanside with an estimated 400 visitors. Over 200 lunches were served and a great time was had by all. A film crew was on hand and posted their "shot" on YouTube. Click here to see the video.
Then on Sunday , February 17th Pontiac Drag Days made its first journey to the Barona 1/8th Mile Dragstrip. Our track experience was great, the track surface was great and the track personnel treating us like old friends. Click the Show 'n Go button for complete results.
Pontiacs to Invade Super Chevy Show
The Super Chevy Show makes a tour stop at the Auto Club Dragway at California Speedway in Fontana the end of the month—March 28-30. Super Chevy’s bracket classes are open to ALL GM vehicles and the bracket designations fall in line with our PDD brackets. The Procharger bracket is for slicks and electronics, the Jeg’s bracket is for slicks with NO electronics and the NitroPlate DOT Street Fight is for DOT tires and mufflers (no electronics). The attached bracket information file details the brackets and the payout information.
Saturday are the “time trials” with “eliminations” taking place on Sunday. You can come in on Friday and “test ‘n tune” for an additional $25. The complete weekend schedule is attached.
Wangers will have the GeeTO Tiger and the Ponte at the event and we look forward to a fun weekend.
For more information go to http://superchevyshow.com/events/fontana.html
Pontiac Heaven
Next up is the annual PDD migration to Phoenix—no, not for the weather, but some great Pontiac racing. Pontiac Heaven will take place at Speedworld on Saturday, April 5th with its sister event Musclecar Heaven taking place on Sunday the 6th. This is always a fun weekend at a great facility—laying down some personal bests and breaking bread with Pontiyakers for all points east, north and south. Saturday is for “traditional” Pontiac powered only and concludes with a hosted BBQ by event promoter Steve Barcak.
Stay for Sunday and beat up on some local Mopars, Buicks, Chevys and Fords.
For more information go to http://pontiacheaven.org.
HK Motorsports Dyno Day
Fellow PDD racer Harry Khodanian will open his HK Motorsports Dyno Shop in Van Nuys for a PDD Dyno Day on Sunday, April 20th. Details are just now coming together. Harry has extended a special PDD price of $65 for three (3) dyno pulls to see the HP, TQ and A/F ratio of your Pontiac.
Mark your calendar for some bench racing at the HK Motorsports Dyno Shop! Space is limited so reserve your dyno time by emailing Harry at haryk2@aol.com.
PDD Says Goodbye to LACR
Since
1994 Pontiac Drag Days has operated a race program at Los Angeles County
Raceway. Sadly, on July 22, 2007 Pontiac Drag Days' string of race seasons at
LACR came to an end. Sad as it is — Pontiac Drag Days stayed the course and went
our celebrating the many years, the great Pontiac racing and most importantly
the great many friendships built over the years.
At the end of the race day, we Pontiyakers staged our cars one last time at LACR. An eclectic gathering of Pontiacs from GTOs to Trans Ams to GTPs and everything in between assembled for this historic photo. And yes, Bill Baker did a "burn out" after the photo. Here it is — Pontiac Drag Days' final picture at Los Angeles County Raceway. If you would like to purchase a glossy 11" x 17" copy click go the Merchandise page.
On July 29, 2007 LACR closed the gates for the last time. Now there are hundreds and hundreds of drag racers with no place to race!
My Space
Pontiac Drag Days now has a My Space site (www.myspace.com/pontiacdragdays) providing us with another place to communicate and grow our program. If you have a My Space account click over and add PDD to your Friends. I will be posting pictures of our racers and events on the site.
Email…
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