2009 SOVREN PACIFIC NW HISTORICS // SATURDAY & SUNDAY

The SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historics are an event like no other here in the Great Northwest. An opportunity to see some of motorsports most important creations doing what they were intended to do, all day, for three full days. Lining up two wide, racing through the green flag along the front straight, braking hard into turn two, diving down the long hill into 3A, powering out of 3B and up the backside, all the while running nose to tail with other pieces of motorsport history. An event that I have been fortunate enough to witness year after year, the 2009 SOVREN races were like many before it, epic.

Having made his way to the back side of Pacific Raceways, ColdTrackDays contributor Camden Thrasher was able to capture some of the vintage iron at speed... [read more]

Here, the 1965 GT350 Mustang of Terry Hollinger brakes hard as he prepares to enter the 3A/3B chicane.

Art Conner (1961 Porsche S90 #91) and Leonard Turnbeaugh (1958 Porsche 356D #149) race out of turn 9 and back onto the front striaight.

The 1978 Porsche 935 K3 of Woody Perkins was a corwd favorite, screaming down the front straightaway and into turn 2.

Group 7 consisted of a number of IMSA, IMSA GTP and Can-Am cars, to include the 1977 Greenwood Corvette of Tom Armstrong, the 1986 Camaro of Ron Tirbble, the 1974 Porsche 911 of Pat Costin and the 1979 Tiga SC79 of Rick Korn.

Always a pleasure to see, the 1971 Tyrrell 004 of Jackie Stewart also ran in Group 7. A thunderous noise arose from the mid-mounted, naturally aspirated Ford-Cosworth DFV 2993cc V8. The predecessor to Stewart's 003 car which won not only the 1971 Formula One World Championship, but the 1971 Constructors Championship as well, the Tyrrell 004 is now owned by John Dimmer and is obviously being put to good use.

An era in motor racing that can never be duplicated, the early Trans-Am series represented the pinnacle of American muscle, with cars like the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, AMC Javelin and Dodge Challenger battling it out on race tracks across the US, to include I might add, the Northwest's very own Pacific Raceways.

For a look at more photos from this years SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historics, click here

Photo: Camden Thrasher
Editorial: Justin Coffey